How about your 2004? Did you see a lot of movies....?

Those are my best ranking movies in 2004.

1, The Lord of the Rings Return of King.

2, Spider Man 2.

3, Big Fish

4, Lost in Translation

5, Man on Fire

6, Terminal

7, Collateral

8, Van Helsing

9, The Incredibles.

10, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

Worst 10....

1, Starship Troopers 2.

2, Haunted Mansion.

3, Hollywood Homicide.

4, King Arther.

5, The Human Stain.

6, Confidence.

7, Paycheck.

8, The Alamo.

9, God Diva.

10, The Medallion.


What's yours?

How about your 2004? Did you see a lot of movies....?

Those are my best ranking movies in 2004.

1, The Lord of the Rings Return of King.

2, Spider Man 2.

3, Big Fish

4, Lost in Translation

5, Man on Fire

6, Terminal

7, Collateral

8, Van Helsing

9, The Incredibles.

10, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

Worst 10....

1, Starship Troopers 2.

2, Haunted Mansion.

3, Hollywood Homicide.

4, King Arther.

5, The Human Stain.

6, Confidence.

7, Paycheck.

8, The Alamo.

9, God Diva.

10, The Medallion.


What's yours?

Is is far easier to chose the worst than the best but here goes

The Worst


Ray- Isn't an actor supposed to create a character rather than talk about it so much?

The Village/ Taxi- Enough said

Closer- Having seen the play in New York with Natasha Richardson in the Roberts film role, Roberts didn't have a clue on how to convey such a distasteful character. Ms. Richardson's abrasive/abusivness toward her husband/lover was emotionally honest and in a strange way, brutally sweet.
Law looked like he just wandered in from the ALFIE set, Portman's posture screamed "I-am-an-actress". She was so uncomfortable in seducing Owen that I almost laughed. Owen was the only one who understood his role and brought some resemblance of reality to it. Oh wait. Why wouldn't he? He created the Law role on the London stage !!!!

King Arthur- The marketing mavens removed the focus from Owen's Arthur and placed it on Keira Knightley's shoulders in an effort to satisfy their teenage boy demographic. Too bad. Arthur is such an interesting character and to see him subjagated in his own film was too much too bear !!!!

Oceans 12- With a very old looking Clooney and Ms I-like-to-sue-Zeta Jones,

this was a tremondous waste of celluloid

Troy- Pitt as Achilles was no Crowe as Maximus

Of the films, I appreciated there are but a few

The Punisher- a guilty pleasure

The Passion of the Christ- For Gibson having the courage of his convictions. So few people in Hollywood do.

Van Helsing and Potter- Popcorn films

The Best Film I have seen in this year or in any other is clearly Million Dollar Baby. Storytelling at it best. With performances, stripped down and raw as to be emotionally powerful yet beautiful, capturing the grace of being alive and what defines that life. It is done without didactism or pretension. It is as if Eastwood has come to say -It just the way things are. Freeman is effortless and Swank surpasses her Oscar winning role, creating a flesh and blood person someone the audience cares so very much for.

And that's about it for me















The Forgotten- Didn't SONY PICTURES see the ill concieved SIGNS?

I can only remember the names of 11 movies I saw this year. Ranked in order best to worst:

Passion of the Christ
Spiderman 2
Elf (saw it for first time on pay per view last week)
Van Helsing
I Robot
Catwoman
Series of Unfortunate Incidents
The Day After
The Grudge
Lost in Translation
Starship Troopers 2

Best:

• #1 - The Village (M. Night Shyamalan is my favorite director currently, and this was a masterpiece.)
  
• Collateral (Yes, Tom Cruise was amazing, but so was Jamie Foxx and the movie as a whole!)
  
• Kill Bill, Vol. 2 (no explanation needed)
  
• Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (Beautiful and exciting)
  
• The Day After Tomorrow (Exciting and kind of scary in a plausible sort of way)
  
• The Forgotten (Really gripping and well-written)
  
• The Bourne Supremacy (YES!!)
  
• Blade: Trinity (Over a year of waiting paid off...what can I say, I love Blade!)
  
• Hidalgo (Fun and exciting adventure)
  
• Spider-Man 2 (no explanation needed)
  

Worst: Troy. (Worst. Movie. Ever. Read my review at IMDb...I get into intimate details there as to why this is worse than any so-called horror flick or even Gangs of New York).

Ones I haven't seen but looked so bad I would consider them the worst top 10 outside of Troy:

• Exorcist: The Beginning (Paul Shrader's version sounded like it at least had a CHANCE at being good)
  
• Alexander (Especially after the atrocity known as Troy)
  
• King Arthur (ditto)
  
• The Passion of the Christ (oh G..., uh...oh please)
  
• Dodgeball (a dumb sport just got dumber)
  
• Garfield (Lorenzo Music is dead. It works as a cartoon or on paper ONLY!!).
  
• Anchorman: The Story of Ron Burgundy (another no)
  
• Catwoman (and...no)
  
• Surviving Christmas (go away, Affleck...just go AWAY!)
  
• Shall We Dance (really, was a remake necessary?)
  

I'm sure lots of people are disgusted with my selections. Oh well, that's opinion for ya. Tee-hee.

I saw a lot of good and bad films this year.

I'm only going to name one, that I saw a mere two days ago, as my favorite film of 2004:

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Anderson finally crafted his ultimate film. It was pure joy for me from frame one. The reason I hasten to make it my favorite for the past year is that it's the only one I remember wanting to see immediately again after the credits were over. Not many films induce that feeling in me.

I saw a lot of good and bad films this year.

I'm only going to name one, that I saw a mere two days ago, as my favorite film of 2004:

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Anderson finally crafted his ultimate film. It was pure joy for me from frame one. The reason I hasten to make it my favorite for the past year is that it's the only one I remember wanting to see immediately again after the credits were over. Not many films induce that feeling in me.

I just saw this movie and I loved it! In addition to the marvelous Bill Murray, who just keeps getting better and better, it stars Angelica Houston. I could NOT take my eyes off her! What a screen presence, whenever she was on screen, she was all I saw. She had that effect in PRIZZI'S HONOR (another fabulous film), too, but not since then. I particularly liked that she is proudly middle aged, looking like a powerful, dynamic, redoubtable, sensual and electric woman who makes no bones about her age or her life experiences. For me, she was awe inspiring.

In addition to Angelica, every single member of the cast was terrific. The story is insane and a joy to watch unfold. And it's beautifully shot.

The costumes are hysterical, too. In a non-costume drama, when was the last time you noticed costumes?

This is a must see movie, quirky as the day is long, but so much fun!

I just saw this movie and I loved it! In addition to the marvelous Bill Murray, who just keeps getting better and better, it stars Angelica Houston. I could NOT take my eyes off her! What a screen presence, whenever she was on screen, she was all I saw. She had that effect in PRIZZI'S HONOR (another fabulous film), too, but not since then. I particularly liked that she is proudly middle aged, looking like a powerful, dynamic, redoubtable, sensual and electric woman who makes no bones about her age or her life experiences. For me, she was awe inspiring.

In addition to Angelica, every single member of the cast was terrific. The story is insane and a joy to watch unfold. And it's beautifully shot.

The costumes are hysterical, too. In a non-costume drama, when was the last time you noticed costumes?

This is a must see movie, quirky as the day is long, but so much fun!

Did you see "The Royal Tenenbaums"? That movie was pretty good,too.
Has it relationship with "The Royal Tenenbaums"? :confused:

Did you see "The Royal Tenenbaums"? That movie was pretty good,too.
Has it relationship with "The Royal Tenenbaums"? :confused:

Good comparison, Kenji. Both are written and directed by Wes Anderson, though each had a different co-writer. Angelica Houston, Owen Wilson, Bill Murray and Seymour Cassel are in each. Each film is funny and quirky, very quirky. Each film deals with odd families and their bizarre extended families as well, and each has Angelica as the matriarch.

Gee, I hadn't realized there were so many similiarities.

But THE LIFE AQUATIC has Bill Murray in the lead, and while I absolutely love Gene Hackman, I think Murray is just funnier as Steve Zissou. The whole plot is off the wall nuts, moreso than TRT.

At any rate, Kenji, if you liked THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS, I think you'll like AQUATIC.

Good comparison, Kenji. Both are written and directed by Wes Anderson, though each had a different co-writer. Angelica Houston, Owen Wilson, Bill Murray and Seymour Cassel are in each. Each film is funny and quirky, very quirky. Each film deals with odd families and their bizarre extended families as well, and each has Angelica as the matriarch.

Gee, I hadn't realized there were so many similiarities.

But THE LIFE AQUATIC has Bill Murray in the lead, and while I absolutely love Gene Hackman, I think Murray is just funnier as Steve Zissou. The whole plot is off the wall nuts, moreso than TRT.

At any rate, Kenji, if you liked THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS, I think you'll like AQUATIC.

Thanks, Maggers. I'm looking forward to release in Japan. I must see this film.

Just now, I watched trailer in apple.com. Oh, yeah, this is fun! I felt this is funnier than The Royal Tenenbaums. I think I've never seen Dafore's comedic performance.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/touchstone...large.html