Rivero

Maybe he temporarily forgot? :shrugs:

indy2029

1. Kill Bill Vol.2 (Better than the first IMO)
2. Dawn of the Dead (Surprised that it didn't suck, it was GREAT)
3. Eternal Sunshine in the Spotlight (Sad, and Sweet)

jough

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RichC2

I thought I posted in here before, guess not.

1. Kill Bill Volume 2 - **** / ****
Absolutely loved this movie. Love remained on a second viewing. I can't explain it.

2. Shaun of the Dead - ***1/2 / ****
Hugely surprising. The beginning is a bit forced and I figured I was in for a dud, that quickly changed and it turned out being a hugely entertaining, hillarious zombie romp with the neccessary gore. It'd be a crime for this not to get a US release.

3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - *** / ****
I have mixed feelings about this movie. While it had me thinking and I did like it immediately afterward, the more I think about it the less I like it. It may take a second viewing to solidify its rating.

4. Old Boy - *** / ****
Dark and different, left me feeling dirty but in a good way. The most involving movie this year. (Depending on what year you want to count it in :P)

5. Harry Potter: tPoA - *** / ****
Best in the series thus far, excellent style, good pacing, good humor, excellent effects. A jolly good time.

6. Hellboy - *** / ****
Exuberant and fun.

7. Mean Girls - *** / ****
God I'm a puss. Lohan and Co are hot and the writing for a majority of the movie was just peerless for the genre. Ending? A little weak, but stands out non-the-less.

8. Shrek 2 - *** / ****
Good clean fun, an excellent second half make up for a borderline first.

9. Starsky and Hutch - *** / ****
I laughed and enjoyed.

10. Dawn of the Dead - **1/2 / **** (very borderline with ***)
There was nothing bad about the movie per-se, but I felt like a little something was missing and I - somehow - managed to forget the movie before it had ended, there's a rarity.



xx. 50 First Dates - ** / ****
Liked it the first time. Saw it a second time, it was painful. Odd.

xx. Van Helsing - ** / ****
Bleh.

Calistoga

3 favorites:

The Passion of the Christ ****
50 First Dates ***
Kill Bill 2 ***

Up next,
Troy

Josh H

1. Troy (A-)
2. Kill Bill Vol. 2(A-)
3. Van Helsing(C+)
4. Hellboy(C-)

Original Desmond

Dawn of the Dead 7/10
Hellboy 6/10
Punisher 7/10
Van Helsing 8/10
Mean Girls 8/10
You Got Served 9/10
Kill Bill Vol 2 9/10
Passion of the Christ 5/10
Shrek 2 9/10

Original Desmond

Eurotrip 8/10
Starsky and Hutch 7.5/10

jaeufraser

Kill Bill 2 - 10/10
Van Helsing - 4/10
Troy - 7/10
Day After Tomorrow - 6/10
Shrek 2 - 8/10
Harry Potter POA - 9/10

Kill Bill has been the best thing I've seen all year, but HP was quite impressive to me also. Shaping up to be a decent year so far though. Here's hoping Riddick is decent.

cfloyd3

Out of ****

1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (****)
2. Kill Bill: Volume 2 (***1/2)
3. Coffee and Cigarettes (***1/2)

A truly awful film that I cannot believe I paid to see
Spartan (no stars)

nightmaster

I realise that the deck is usually stacked for late fall to keep movies fresh in the voters' minds and all.....but right now the Oscars are looking downright ho-hum :P.....Passion Of The Christ doesn't seem to be getting very much competition and looking down the road I wonder if there's any HUGE picture that will come up to challenge it......

bsktballDude1

2004 Releases...Out of ****

Sideways ****
The Aviator ****
Kill Bill Vol. 2 **** (2x)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind **** (2x)
Kinsey ****
Finding Neverland ****
Spider-Man 2 **** (3x)
Ray ****
The Passion Of The Christ ****
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban **** (2x)
Closer ***1/2
The Incredibles ***1/2
The Polar Express ***1/2
Shrek 2 ***1/2
I Heart Huckabees ***1/2
Garden State ***1/2
Friday Night Lights ***1/2
Saved! ***1/2
The Bourne Supremacy ***1/2
Collateral ***1/2
Hero ***1/2
The Village ***1/2
Super Size Me ***1/2
Fahrenheit 9/11 ***1/2
Alfie ***
Birth ***
The Terminal ***
Ocean's Twelve ***
Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera ***
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow ***
The Manchurian Candidate ***
Beyond the Sea ***
Troy ***
Secret Window ***
Starsky & Hutch ***
The Ladykillers ***
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events **1/2
Wimbledon **1/2
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou **1/2
King Arthur **1/2
The Day After Tomorrow **1/2
Meet the Fockers **
The Stepford Wives **

2003 Releases seen in 2004...
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King **** (2nd viewing)
21 Grams ****
Monster ****
Mystic River **** (2nd viewing)
Cold Mountain ***1/2 (2nd viewing)
Girl with a Pearl Earring ***1/2
The Cooler ***1/2
Big Fish ***

The Antipodean

My rankings to date of 2004 films I've seen:

1. Spider-Man 2 (**** of four)
2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (***1/2)
3. Fahrenheit 9/11 (***1/2)
4. Kill Bill Volume 2 (***1/2)
5. Hero (***1/2)
6. Harry Potter 3 (***)
7. Hellboy (***)
8. Miracle (***)
9, The Girl Next Door (***)
10. Eurotrip (**3/4)
11. Going On 30 (**3/4)
12. Along Came Polly (**1/2)
13. The Butterfly Effect (**)
14. Starsky & Hutch (**)
15. Secret Window (*1/2)
16. The Perfect Score (*1/2)

Sunday Morning

port from page 1:

2004

****
01. napoleon dynamite
***1/2
02. fahrenheit 9/11
03. the ladykillers
04. the dreamers
05. kill bill v.2
06. love object
07. spartan
08. mean girls
09. secret window
***
10. ginger snaps II: unleashed
11. starsky & hutch the movie
12. dodgeball
13. miracle
14. envy
15. time of the wolf
16. ned kelly
17. eurotrip
18. aileen: the life and death of a serial killer
19. the darkness
20. ginger snaps back
**1/2
21. spider-man 2
22. eternal sunshine on the spotless mind
23. club dread
24. along came polly
25. confessions of a teenage drama queen
26. 50 first dates
27. the butterfly effect
28. dogville
29. young adam
**
30. the united states of leland
*1/2
31. dawn of the dead

Zodiac_Speaking

January:
House of Sand and Fog: B+
21 Grams: B
Big Fish: B-
Monster: B+
The Cooler: B+

February:
Mystic River: A-
The Passion of the Christ: A-

March:
Hidalgo: C+
Secret Window: B-
Dawn of the Dead: B
Eternal sunshine: B+
Ladykillers: C

April:
Hellboy: B
Taking Lives: C-
Kill Bill, v2: A-
Punisher: C-

May:
Van Helsing: C
Troy: C+
Day After Tomorrow: C

June:
Riddick: C+
Dodgeball: C+
Spider-Man 2: A- (x2)

July:
King Arthur: B-
I, Robot: C
Catwoman: D-
Bourne Supremacy: B
Napoleon Dynamite: B
Manchurian Candidate: B-

August:
Collateral: B+
AVP: C
Open Water: B+
Exorcist: The Beginning: C
Hero: B+

September:
Sky Captain and the WoT: B-
Shaun of the Dead: B+

October:
The Grudge: C+
Saw: C

November:
Seed of Chucky: B-
Alexander: C

Joem

Guess I should start keeping track. For what it's worth, I rank my movies by how much I enjoy them, not by cinematic quality. If I like it, it gets an A or B, even if it's not the next Citizen Kane, so to speak:

JANUARY
along came polly: B
torque: B-
the butterfly effect: A-

FEBRUARY
50 first dates: A
eurotrip: A

MARCH
starsky & hutch the movie: C
spartan: B
dawn of the dead: A
eternal sunshine on the spotless mind: A+
taking lives: C-
jersey girl: A

APRIL
hellboy: C+
walking tall remake: C
the girl next door: A
the punisher: B
man on fire remake: A
13 going on 30: A
mean girls: C+

MAY
van helsing: B-
troy: B
shrek 2: B+
saved!: A

JUNE
harry potter & the prisoner of azkaban: B-
the chronicles of riddick: pitch black 2: B
dodgeball: a true underdog story: A
fahrenheit 9/11: B
the notebook: A-
spider-man 2: A+

JULY
king arthur: C
I, robot: B
the bourne supremacy: B
the village: A

Rivero

The year is halfway over and this is still tops for me:

Debaser

Loved that.

RockStrongo

My favorites this year...

1. Troy **** (really went in with low expectations and loved it!)
2. Passion of the Christ **** (it moved me)
3. Collateral *** 1/2 (great flick!)
4. Man on Fire *** 1/2 (great flick!)
5. Spiderman 2 *** (really good, but somewhat overrated)
6. Bourne Supremecy *** (really good, but jerky cam sucked)
7. Kill Bill 2 *** (eh? first one was better, but good)
8. HP: POA *** (Great, but weaker than the first 2)
9. Day AfterTomorrow *** (better than I expected...lame wolves)
10. Eurotrip *** (low expectations and laughed...replayability!)

jough

Never heard of this one. Is this an abbreviation or some kind of technology fetish video? (Hewlett Packard: PIECE OF ASS!)

Rivero

Harry Potter

Willh51

Here they come...I save my movie tickets in a booklet (i'm a dork) so this is easy...they are in order of viewing.


Dawn of the Dead - B
Hellboy - B-
Punisher - B+
Alamo - B
Man on Fire - B+
Kill Bill Vol 2 - A
Van Helsing - C
Troy - B
Shrek 2 - A-
Day After Tomorrow - C+
Soul Plane - C-
Chronicles of Riddick - B-
Stepford Wives - B
Harry Potter - B-
Dodgeball - B
Terminal - B
White Chicks - C+
Spiderman 2 - B
King Arthur - B-
Mean Girls - B+
Anchorman - B+
I Robot - B+
Bourne Supremacy - A-
Catwoman - C
Manchurian Candidate - B
Village - D-
Collateral - A
AVP - C-
Exorcist Beginning - B

DonnachaOne

Still Spartan for me.

Frank TJ Mackey

The Corporation = B
Fahrenheit 9/11 = A
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind = A
Super Size Me = A
Maria Full of Grace = A
The Mother = B-
Dogville = C-
The Weather Underground = B+
Before Sunset = A-
Kill Bill Vol. 2 = A+
Spiderman 2 = B
Coffee and Cigarettes = B+
Mean Girls = A-
Saved! = A
Man On Fire = A-
The Dreamers = B
The Door in the Floor = A-
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism = A
Garden State = A
The Passion of the Christ = B
Harold & Kumar Go To Whitecastle = B
Dawn of the Dead = B-
Napolean Dynamite = B
The Clearing = B
The Stepford Wives = B-
The Company = C-
Starsky and Hutch = B-
The Bourne Supremacy = A-
Hellboy = B+
The Day After Tomorrow = B
The Terminal = B-
Mayor of the Sunset Strip = B+
Secret Window = C+
Eurotrip = C
The Ladykillers = B-
Troy = B-
The Village = B
The Manchurian Candidate = B+
The Punisher - B
The Statement = B+
De-Lovely = B-
King Arthur = C
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy = C+
Against the Ropes = C
Collateral = A