Kenji Wrote: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?