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Father Geek lists his TOP 20 FILMS of 2003, along with his Top 5 Film Related Experiences of the year.
Father Geek here, once again putting together that dreaded yearend list of the films that most got his ole blood pumping, tears dripping, giggles rippling, and brain cells a'sparkin in the calendar year 2003. Annnnd at least 10 of the 20 motion pictures listed managed to stimulate all 4 of those areas during the course of the flick's running time, the others still hit on three of those emotional que-cards that Father Geek uses in a darkened theatre. I was truely susprized by how good some of these were this year, and if you had asked me last year at this time I might have told you they were impending disasters on the cinema horizon. I strongly feel that ALL the movies on my list of 20 are strong 4 star flicks, for various reasons obviously.
I see over 300 movies in a theater every year, sooooo to make this list means the film beat out alot of good competition along the way, especially since I don't just go to every flick released even when they are offered up for free. I try to budget my screening time by using ALL the advance knowledge made available to me (alot of it by you our readers) to avoid those films I strongly suspect have NO interest, or appeal to me, oorrrr are just gawd awful pieces of cineturds. Sometimes because I've been mislead I have to play catchup when friends tell me to get my butt over to the megaplex right away. I get alot of screeners during a year, but THIS list is of films I've seen projected in the theater experience at least once. Some of these I've already seen on the big screen 5 times. How a film holds up under multible viewings is a major factor on making the list. However, there is a group of flicks NOT on this list that because they were fun, but mainly mindless entertainment I did see them multible times, annnnd enjoyed them every time, buuuuuut...
The films will be listed in reverse order of preference, with the best being last on the list. Keep in mind that this order is not written in stone. On any given day they could switch around, although NOT radically... #18 will not likely replace say #3 for example. Annnnnd remember they are ALL 4 star films in my opinion.
The films will be listed in reverse order of preference, with the best being last on the list. Keep in mind that this order is not written in stone. On any given day they could switch around, although NOT radically... #18 will not likely replace say #3 for example. Annnnnd remember they are ALL 4 star films in my opinion.
20. BIG FISH
19. SWIMMING POOL
18. FINDING NEMO
17. COLD MOUNTAIN
16. BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM
15. THE LAST SAMURAI
14. THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE
13. THIRTEEN
12. MASTER AND COMMANDER
11. PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN
10. MYSTIC RIVER
9. PING PONG
8. HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG
7. AMERICAN SPLENDOR
6. OLD BOY
5. THE PASSION
4. 21 GRAMS
3. LOST IN TRANSLATION
2. KILL BILL #1
1. LOTR: RETURN OF THE KINGNow for a completely different kind of list...
These are 5 EVENTS related to filmgoing that were my five favorite filmic experiences of 2003. Events where the overall fun surrounding the film itself overshadowed the actual movie elevating the whole thing to another plain, an all together overwhelming, unforgetable film experience...
5. Camping out (starting at 9pm Monday) For the Triple Feature Event screening of the entire LORD OF THE RINGS EPIC. The line was what it was about (we already had our tickets), 30 degree windchill, companionship, the automatic lawn sprinkler system, shared food and drink, all night talk... then... at 2 pm Tuesday...
4. THE NERD FEST in New York City... Flying into NYC from Austin, Texas to see a double feature of flicks I had already seen multible times individually (AMERICAN SPLENDOR and REVENGE OF THE NERDS) it was a near Holy experience, a trip to Mecca with the faithful, we ate some fantastic pizza too...
3. Joining 800+ horror geeks and Marine Corp vets on the grounds of the old abandoned state Nut-house in the hills outside of Austin overlooking a state prison to witness the World Premiere of THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE. Seeing an Extra-salty Ex-gunnery Sgt. R. Lee Ermey keep the beer guzzling crowd in line was a never to be forgotten experience... "Well, here I am in Texas again, who are you retards, I thought Texas was nothing but Steers and Queers, give me one bit of trouble and I'll pop you in the snot locker..."
2. Attending CAMP HACK N SLASH with close to 1200 total Horror nuts from all over the country (and outside it), the campgames, campcrafts, camp swimminghole, camp uniforms, wet T-shirts, fire breathers, and great camp Bar-BQ. It was simply FUNTASTIC. Actors, Directors, Producers walking around, beers in hand, mixing with the campers (some even donning the camp uniform) Just FUNFUCKINTASTIC... then as night creap into the woods the films started... The World Premiere of FREDDY VS JASON with the stars, writer, director, etc... then SLEEPAWAY CAMP with the star... Then 2 more horrific camp flicks and then... The Thunderstorm... outstanding experience...
1. Then there was BUTT-NUMB-A-THON 5 this year it was just 24+ hours of the BEST films you could hope to see RETURN OF THE KING (on Dec. 6th)with Peter Jackson and his co-writers there with us, THE GENERAL (with a bluegrass/outlaw country live band), OLD BOY, HAUT TENSION, GINGER SNAPS 2, THE UNDEAD, THE PASSION with Mel Gibson in attendance, annnnd there were more films, great doorprizes, fantastic food, and 230 wonderful filmlovers from around the world to bond with... AS great as all that was the SAT-SUN event started on Thurs. for Harry and I and lasted thru TUES. evening with dinners, lunches, parties, BS sessions, etc with attendees from everywhere, just a great great time... Well, there you have it and I didn't even include watching ENTER THE DRAGON with Jim Kelly, or BLACK CHRISTMAS with John Saxon, or eating "all-you-can-eat" Bar-B-Que with Director Stuart Gordon and actor George Wendt after watching their fine little indie flick KING OF THE ANTS (No giant ants, No swarms of ants, really NO ants at all)... Yeah its been a great filmgoing year for Father Geek...
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Yeah, I'd have to agree with Geek's list moreso than Latauro. Rock on, Pops.
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C'mon, Drew, kill that whale!
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...and it was awesome! Thanks to AICN and the producers of "American Splendor" for the inspired double-feature of that great film and "Revenge of the Nerds." It was nice meeting Harry (hope you are off the crutches by now)and Father Geek. Happy New Year and best of luck in the coming year.
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Nice try at pimping the heat of the "sexiest tomboy beanpole", but FUCKING FORGET IT! Word.
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Dec 28, 2003 7:04:56 PM CST
yeah cos bend it like beckham is definitely better than finding
by captain katanga
I know its all subjective but fuck me if the popularity of BILB doesnt astound the hairs off my balls. It is an offensively average film. Ah well I better get back to watching Midnight Run on dvd... I'M MOSELEY!!!!!!
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1. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2. Master and Commander: the Far Side of the World 3. Kill Bill: Volume 1 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 5. 28 Days Later WORST FILM OF THE YEAR (in my opinion): Dr. Seuss commits suicide hackfest.
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17. COLD MOUNTAIN
13. THIRTEEN
8. HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG
3. LOST IN TRANSLATION
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cds you are right on all accounts. Very overrated.
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I was glad to see someone preaching 28 DAYS LATER. All you horror junkies can stop PMSing about how not-gory it was and go hang out at the mall. Later.
Sure, I dig Romero too, but the fact is 28DL had a lot more heart than like ANY horror flick. Plus it pretty much set the bar for DV shooting (thats what happens when you get the DP from The Celebration), and they werent just using it cause 35mm's expensive. Rock on Boyle. And go Cillian Murphy, that kids gonna blow up.
Also, I was a big fan of X2. It beat the pants off the flawed original, which I also liked, but you cant say shit to comic movies treated as seriously as Singer's XMEN.
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Was seeing sixteen Aardman shorts together on a movie screen at the Worldwide Short Film Festival. I don't know when I've ever cried for so many different reasons across such a short time span. The masterpiece of the bunch, however, was the rarely-shown, fifteen-minute Babylon (1985), that was easily the most devastating film (let alone claymation short) made in this half of the century that I've seen. I completely missed the next short, something about a leopard, I think (but not Creature Comforts), because I was crying so much... not out of sadness but rather out of... I don't know... terror? If Babylon had been the last film on the program, I think that half the audience would have immediately committed suicide upon exiting the theatre.
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LOTR being the favorite film of the year among an AICN writer? Wow. Whoda thunk it. I can't argue though, it was my favorite of the year too followed by Pirates.
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How someone rates Pirates of the Caribbean ahead of both Master & Commander and The Last Samurai is beyond me.
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Well from my memory anyway. I was quite disappointed with Rotk. the matrix movies pretty much sucked. the studio should be embarrassed to release dribble like reloaded.kid stays in the picture with all its excess was pretty good. kill bill and pirates were fun but the only film that i can remember standing out above the crowd was Lost in Translation. there are a lot of docos i really wanted to see but haven't had the chance. finding nemo was shit. there was no miyazaki flick. no star wars- not that it would have be any good. at least Once upon a time in the west was released on dvd.
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Best: 1. Return of the King 2. Finding Nemo 3. Kill Bill Vol. 1 4. X2 5. Pirates of the Caribbean Honorable mention: Matrix Revolutions
Worst: 1. Hulk 2. LXG 3. Terminator 3 4. Bad Boys II (didn't see it, but come on...the trailer was enough to tell me how stupid that movie would be) 4. Gigli (again, didn't see it, but based on previews and reviews...wow...piece of shit) -
i enjoyed xmen2 and the hulk for the editing. T3 was a festering sore. and My vote for best performance of the year must go to Mr. Nick Nolte in the hulk and depp in pirates. one was deliberate and the other wasn't.
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And no X2! Bah.
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Yeah, I'm going to use some mind-control serum to control complex actions. Oh, and by the way, Magneto wants to kill all the humans. FUCK THAT, that ain't Magneto. Matrix Reloaded ruled, Matrix Revolutions sucked. ROTK best of the year. Peace out, have a happy new year!
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into thinking that finding nemo and return of the king are great films. RotK is a good film. not great...IMO anyway.and it's nothing to do with the books. but the FotR is brilliance, this isn't. Finding nemo is for 8years old and that's about it. its really hammy and over played. too simple a plot and seems to use all of the cunning techniques of the master manipulator (speilberg). and I just want to add to the crap list:
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When I saw all of the previews for 28 days later I was like whoa, and I really wanted to see the movie. Well, I never saw it in the theater but I did finally manage to see it on dvd. While I felt that it was a fairly good movie, it did not feel like a horror movie. And I'm not talking about gore, I don't care if there's any gore or not. It's just that it wasn't very 'scary' In fact, I would say that ROTK is scarier than 28DL. So, anyway, even though I enjoyed the movie, I do not think that it is one of the top 10 movies of the year. Also, I think that the Wachowski's started with the mantra "let's make everyone hate these movies so much that they spend over a billion dollars to go see them all over the world" I don't think it's the fact that the movies are bad, because they're not. I think it's the fact that people can't deal with such a layered story, and then a sad ending juxtaposed with a happy sunrise. I would say spoilers in the next sentence, but I'd wager anyone who reads this has seen the movie. Anyway, you all know that if Neo and Trinity had survived and dropped a nuclear bomb on the machines, and completely obliterated The Matrix, every single person would cheer, and leave the theater feeling happy, and not bothering to think about it. By having the courage to give us an ending that is more realistic, and is not the way your average blockbuster ends, the Wachowski's stood true to their vision, and made one of the better trilogies ever made. However, that's all fairly superfluous, because LOTR is the greatest trilogy ever. Who else here can't wait to see the 5+ hour extended edition?
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I haven't seen house of sand and fog cause the name is too annooying, but I don't see what was good about last samurai. I wanted to like it too but it just didn't work imo. But I guess the entire point of these lists is starting arguments so... whateva. I did agree about kill bill tho, which kicked ass, but if they could release three three hour movies with Lord of the Rings, I think Kill Bill could be released as one 3 hour movie instead of milking the public for their money.
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I've been to a lot of epic films - Sparticus, Lawrence of Arabia, 2 Fast 2 Furious, but this was the single most homo-erotic cinema experiance of my life.
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Dec 28, 2003 9:54:41 PM CST
ROTK best movie of the year, Fucken fanboys dont know SHIT about
by rcamacho2278
Nobody was even saying Matrix reloaded or revolutions were the best films of the year, they were fun rides but not the best. I just dont fucken get how people can say Return of the fucken king is best movie of the year when it was not that big of a fucken deal!
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I certainly agree on the order of your top 3.
I would have included 28 Days Later in my top 6 and I didn't quite like Pirates that much, but still a top 20 film for me.
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It's amongst my favorite foreign films I saw all year on the big screen--Right up there with WHALE RIDER and CITY OF GOD and, yes, OLD BOY (which has a 10 minute single-take hammer fight you have to see to believe). Anyway, I'm just glad to see PING PONG getting its props. Thanks fathergeek.
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I don't care about whatever it is I'm supposed to be speaking back about, but could those of us in Britain and/or Ireland puh-lease have a designated area in which to talk (back) about the last episode of The Office, perhaps the best, most emotionally satisfying piece of television I have ever seen. Anyone from these hallowed isles of ours care to agree or disagree thereof?
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Most ludicrously overpraised film of 2003: Lost In Translation._______________Most disappointing film of 2003: Kill Bill Volume1.______Worst film of 2003: View From The Top____Most unfairly maligned film of 2003: Gigli. Not a great film but hardly a terrible one. I wonder how many of the sheep who trashed the film ACTUALLY SAW IT?_________The Two most criminally ignored films of 2003:The Hulk and Intolerable Cruelty.
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I'm not going to bore anyone with my Best/Worst lists of 2003 because 1.) We're all tired of that and 2.) I found something to enjoy in every single movie that I saw this year...EXCEPT for Daredevil and Bulletproof Monk. These two films, in my opinion, take the coveted award of "Worst of 2003"...or at least "Induced the Most Groans in 2003". And this is coming from me, a huge Daredevil (the comic book) AND Chow Yun Fat fan. I think even The Medallion had its strong points in comparison to DD and Bulletproof Monk.
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Dec 28, 2003 10:52:38 PM CST
The reason why I think ROTK is in so many Top 10 lists..
by amy chasing
Because it touches those people's hearts in a way no other film this year did. Master & Commander, Lost In Translation and American Splendor were all excellent films, but nothing affected me as much as seeing a book I love turn its last page on the silver screen. I know I'm biased, but this is something the J.K. Rowling and Stephen King adaptations are yet to crack.
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When they put "21 Grams" anywhere near their top list. It was just awful trite crap. Absolutely inferior in every respect to almost every other movie released this year. And Kill Bill? Cmon.
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If a critic likes 21 Grams or Kill Bill Vol 1, that simply means that they like to see things that are different, not the same old special effects laden shit.
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I hate when they do top 20 lists and put #1 in the front cause it ruins the rest, I like slowly going down the list. Anyways cool summery of 2003, I loved the LotR festival, and I loved all those films on the top 20 (That i've seen)
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The proverbial elephant in the living room. A problem so big that it is easier to ignore it rather than confront it. Dirty pretty things was a love letter to Hitchcock. Absolutely captivating.
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Five BEST of the year:
1)LOTR:ROTK
2)Matrix Reloaded/ Revolutions
3)Kill Bill Vol. 1
4)X2: X-Men United
5)Pirates of the Carribean
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Have you guys seen A Tale of Two Sisters and Infernal Affairs II??
That two belong to my best of 2003 list.
And IMHO, Kill Bill is way too overrated...that movie didn't do much to me, even the fights was just so-so, and to be honest, Pirates of Caribbean is boring! Most of my friends said the movie is damn boring, they almost fell asleep while watching it. -
Have any of you heard of or seen the movie RAD from the 80's
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Did a show on the Drafthouse in Austin. That is what I call a movie theatre!
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I just saw In America tonight. Anybody else like that one? I thought it was a really good film. Let the "In America sucks testicleass!!!!" begin.
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Dec 29, 2003 1:20:43 AM CST
How can anyone call HULK or DAREDEVIL worst of the year???
by blok narpin
If Hulk and Daredrvil were bad then I wish more movies could be that bad. Hulk didn't thrill me because I've never been a big Hulk fan, but it had some of the most realistic CGI work I've ever seen ( when Nolte touched Hulk's face it looked like they actually had the Hulk in the room with him!)AND was well directed. The split screen-as-comic-panel effect was novel and interesting to watch. Daredevil was simply fantastic. My only complaint was that it was too short. I wanted more (simular to how I felt after the first X-Men). It was well written, and well directed. Colin Farrel was great as Bullseye, and the movie gets better in repeat viewings. I wish more comic movies were this "bad". My top films of the year: 5) Bubba Ho-Tep. 4) Lost in Translation. 3) American Splendor. 2) X-Men United. 1) Kill Bill Vol. 1. The are my picks and I'm sticking with them.
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Great read. I agree with a lot of your picks. And it's always good to read about someone enjoying movies and the experiences surrounding them. I know the feeling :)
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5 worst movies of the year: 5. In the Cut 4. Cold Creek Manor 3. Boat Trip 2. Johnny English 1. Gods and Generals
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I am not from across the Atlantic, but I agree that there should be something about the last ep. of The Office. It is a brilliant show, and this last episode was a knockout. R. Gervais was more uncomfortably pathetic than ever. I just wish they weren't making a US version. It is going to take this wonderful show and make it crap..."Coupling" anyone?
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While Clint's campaigning is certainly pathetic, I have to take issue with your accusations against the creator of Cold Mountain (the film). This isn't some Hollywood suit sitting in his office on the lot. Mingella was writing a screenplay of his own that dealt with a journey of sorts, and was coincidentally send the manuscript of Cold Mountain by several different people. He felt the themes of the book were in league with what he wanted to say in his next picture, and he went out and made the film with some of the best collaborators in the business. The fact that Miramax put up the money (and are going to campaign like bloodthirsty wolves) for it doesn't have anything to do with the intentions of the artist. It's ironic that you refer to Shawshank Redemption as the antithesis to that, because that was a total sentimental Oscar Film if there ever was one (and it was a great film, no doubt). In addition, Shawshank's director Frank Darabont gave us the disturbingly overweight and oscar hungry Green Mile, and for his third film The Majestic served up those utterly dispicable post-9/11 commercials with scenes from the film intercut with "testimonials" from Jim Carrey and Darabont talking about how the film was about America and good people and some other sap-baiting gobbletygook. One of the sadddest promotional things I've ever seen from a filmmaker.
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Dec 29, 2003 3:56:44 AM CST
And the gigaloff award for best death scene goes to(slight spoil
by gigaloff
The hitman with asthma in Intolerable Cruelty. With an honourable mention to Denethor in RotK for sheer thoroughness, and to Lucy Liu's character for becoming a convertible.
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I like Japanese movies, from Kurosawa and Ozu to "Battle Royale". But, good lord, PING PONG was just unwatchable. Acting that belongs on a third-rate sitcom, a one-dimensional story, an actress apparently in her 30's or 40's playing an ancient grandmother, a whiny little "hero", and pointless dialogue. I literally forced myself to watch only because I already bought the DVD and damn it, I was determined to get my money's worth. But the only way that could happen, it turns out, would be if I snapped the disc into pointy shards of plastic and used them to cut off the two fingers Harry used to type his rave review of this shitpile. Really, really, bad.
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Best-- X2: X-Men United, Daredevil, Finding Nemo, Cowboy Bebop, Looney Tunes Back In Action, Return Of The King. Worst---Agent Cody Banks, The Lizzie McGuire Movie, Pirates Of The Carribean, Freaky Friday, Gigli, Charlie's Angles: Full Throttle, 2 Fast 2 Furious, My Bosses Daughter, The Cat In The Hat, The Haunted Mansion, Cheaper By The Dozen, Piglet's Big Movie, The Parris Hilton Video.
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I also forgot "From Justin To Kelly", and "House Of The Dead" on my wost list.
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Here's my top 15 if you give a shit: keep in mind I'm from Holland so some movies came out this year in my country:
1 The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King: TRULY THE KING OF CINEMA
2 The Matrix Revolutions/ Kill Bill: REVOLUTIONS OWNED NO MATTER WHAT YOU SAY, KILL BILL =MASTERPIECE
3 Pirates Of The Caribbean/ The Matrix Reloaded: THESE 2 MOVIES WERE THE MOST FUN I HAD THIS SUMMER
4 Spirited Away/ City Of God: BEST FOREIGN FLICKS THIS YEAR
5 X2: WORTHY OF ANOTHER SEQUEL AND THATS SAYING A LOT THESE DAYS
6 T3/ Hulk: THE 2 MOST UNDERRATED BLOCKBUSTERS THIS YEAR
7 8 Mile : FUCK I LIKE EMINEM, THE LAST BATTLE WAS HANDS DOWN ONE OF THE YEARS MOST CAPTIVATING SCENES
8 25th Hour: WHY IS THIS GEM ALMOST NEVER MENTIONED?
9 The Pianist: I CRIED, NUFF SAID
10 S.W.A.T.: MY BIGGEST SIN
11 Master And Commander: RUSSELL CROWE IS THE CAPTAIN I WOULD FOLLOW
12 Bad Boys 2/ Finding Nemo: BB WAS MINDLESS FUN, FINDING NEMO BEST ANIMATION OF THE YEAR
13 Equilibrium/ Phonebooth: THESE 2 MOVIES MADE ME REALIZE THAT COLIN FARRELL AND CHRISTIAN BALE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE THE BIGGEST STARS IN HOLLYWOOD IN 10 YEARS
14 Freddy Vs. Jason: WITH A BUNCH OF FRIENDS THIS ONE IS A CLASSIC
15 28 Days Later: I KNOW THEY ARE NOT ZOMBIES BUT SCREW IT : BEST ZOMBIE FLICK IN THE LAST 5 YEARS
SHIT AND PUKE LIST:
5 Tomb Raider 2
4 Chicago
3 Just Married
2 Dreamcatcher
1 Death To Smoochy
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Dec 29, 2003 6:51:53 AM CST
CAN THEY EVER FUCKING HAVE ONE OF THESE WHERE A LOTR FILM DOESN'
by rogue_leader
Thank God these movies are finally ending this year. Now all these fanboy losers can finally go back to their lives of geekdom.
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most of you even fail to see how crappy the new prequels are.
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Lost in Translation is great despite hype... tension in the whole movie etc. Seriously, Revolutions wasn't bad, I thought it had some serious symbolism that people might have missed.
I only saw one other post bashing League of Extrordinary Gentlemen. Please put this on a permanant crap list. It is one of the most sucky movies of all time. And also why is Sean Connery so cool... he was Bond, so what. Tim Dalton was too and everyone hates him. Sean Connery hasn't done a cool movie since the Rock, and more sucky ones before that than anyone cares to list.... sorry, I ramble. -
Dec 29, 2003 8:10:05 AM CST
My favourite film of 2003 is LOST IN TRANSLATION, and I haven't
by shanghai nicky
but, trust me, when I do I know I'll love it. The trailer just blew me away. Not seen ROTK yet, but I don't know why people cream themselves over the LOTR films. Yes, they're good, solid, entertaining films. All-time classics? Get the fuck outta here. DIRTY PRETTY THINGS is good, but horribly overrated. Manipulative, push-the-politically-correct-buttons filmmaking. T3 I intially thought was excellent, then I felt it was a crappy movie that I'd only TRIED TO CONVINCE MYSELF was good, but now I realize it's a pretty decent honest-to-God action movie, and by no means a disgrace to the monde du cinema de 2003.
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KILL BILL VOL 1 was superb. Worst of the year: THE MATRIX RELOADED (skipped REVOLUTIONS in disgust) and X2.
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I was just thinking that we need an Office talkback, since they've just shown the very last episode over here in England. But then I realised that Herc controls all the TV stuff and all he puts up is stuff he likes, like anything and everything to do with Joss Whedon!
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The reason why ROTK tops everyones 'best film' list is, quite simply, because it is the best film that person has seen this year. Why can you not accept that? Here we have a film that is critically regarded as this years best film, which has also been seen by a HUGE amount of people worldwide! It is BOUND to top their lists!! If you cant deal with that then tough shit!!!! Just cos whatever film you loved isnt top of everyone else's list seems to indicate that everyone else in the world is wrong except you!!! Another thing.......people are criticising this website for always talking 'LOTR'. Well.... maybe its cos for the last three years LOTR has been seen as the greatest and most widely anticipated cinematic event since Star Wars!!! That is why it has so much coverage!! ________Oh and Britbuffguy, what the fuck is your problem? You dont like LOTR (obviously) but still you moan and whinge like a little girl any time its mentioned! If you dont want to read about it, just piss off! You've not even seen ROTK and still you stamp your feet and cry, desperately trying to get your voice heard! Give it up for christ's sake!!! I also noticed that you slag off several other good films this year. Perhaps you would care to enlighten us as to which films (if any), you have liked?
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Dec 29, 2003 8:28:16 AM CST
Ya know what? You fuckin' idiots REALLY annoy me!!! (PART 2)
by snake-eyes
I have to also have a message for those closet cock smokers who continuously bitch about the apparent 'gay' undertones in LOTR........GIVE IT A REST!!!! There are NO GAY UNTERTONES IN LOTR!!!! Allow me to educate you idiots as best I can. It is what
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To all those others who mentioned the office, I am a big 'Office' fan and I also saw the both parts of the last episode over xmas as well and they were BLOODY BRILLIANT!!! Especially the last 10 minutes of the second part. TRULY GREAT STUFF. That series is incredible and had more emotion in the last 10 minutes than any other so-called DRAMA on tv this year! HOORAY FOR TIM AND DAWN!!!!!!!! Even Ricky Gervais's character ended on a high! When he told Finchy to FUCK OFF we all cheered!!! BRILLIANT!!! And when he got a nice girl as the end....GREAT!!!! I wanna see it again! My only concern is how the US will undoubtedly screw up their version.....*shudders at thought*
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All those flicks are in my top 20 as well. Swimming Pool is very underrated. I would replace Bend it like Beckham with Whale Rider. Whale Rider was simply wonderful while I found Bend It Like Beckham to be a little to sitcomish (made up word)
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That final episode was one of the best things on TV ever. A great shame that most Americans will never get to see David Brent, Gareth Keenan, Tim, Dawn, Chris Finch et al in the way they were intended, with British accents and without canned laughter. And as for LOTR, I've already conceded that they're good, solid, entertaining films - what do you want, blood? I like 'em, but I don't worship 'em like many people here seem to do. Wanna know about great, TRULY great cinema? Check out Fellini, Kurosawa, Ozu, Mizoguchi, Ray, Bertolucci, Tati and a few others, and THEN look at the LOTR films for what they are. Very good pictures, but NOT earthshatteringly great works of art.
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Yep, Gili and From Justin to Kelly will not be on this list because I was smart enough not to see them so here we go.
The 5 Best Flicks I have seen this year:
1. ROTK; (2) Whale Rider; (3) Finding Nemo; (3) Pirates of the Carribean; (4) Matrix Reloaded; (T5) 28 Days Later; (T5) Swimming Pool
The 5 Worst Flicks I have seen this year:
1.) S.W.A.T.; (2)Bulletproof Monk; (3)2 Fast 2 Furious; (4) Charlie's Angels 2; (5) Bruce Almighty
My Top 5 Guilty Pleasures worth checking out:
1.) The Hulk- very Ang Lee, critics loved it and audiences hated it but it is not that bad; (2) Bad Boys 2- again, not as bad as the critics say it is. Very entertaining and full of kick ass explosions; (3) T3- not as great as T1 or T2 but very entertaining nonetheless- it does its job of entertaining the audience; (4) Matrix Revolutions- not the ending everyone wanted but gets kudos from me for being honest about where it wanted to go; (5) Freddy v. Jason- I agree with a previous post, if you view it as more of a comedy- you'll love it!
Top 5 I want to see but my girlfriend keeps bullshitting!
1.) Last Samarui; (2) Master & Commander; (3) Cold Mountain; (4) Lost in Translation; (5) Monster
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You guys may have seen it before a lot of people, but the official release date is in 2004. Maybe you did it delibertly so you can put it in this years list and next years list. Just a little nit-pick.
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Tied in the first place - Battlefild Earth and LXG
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It was the great comeback vehicle for Makaluay Culkin!! and I did see Gigli to see how bad it was and truly, it was bad( makes Dunguens and Dragons seem like Citizen kane!!)
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Dec 29, 2003 11:15:50 AM CST
A BOLD prediction: evry single best-of list posted at AICN will
by jules windex
ROTK is very good, but unlike Harry I do not believe the entire film industry needs to be shut down now since nothing will ever be able to match it. Now then, MY top 5: Kill Bill, Matchstick Men, X2, Thirteen, Lost In Translation. Also City Of God, but I think that's techniclly a 2002 film.
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Dec 29, 2003 11:19:35 AM CST
Dreamcatcher is even worse than 2002's "worst film", Windtalkers
by dr. robert
How the hell did I forget the appalling Dreamcatcher? The inability of Critics to recall films released during the early months of the year (when compiling self-serving best/worst lists) has always amused me. Dreamcatcher was actually even worse than Paltrow's View From The Top (what the fuck happened to Kasdan in recent years?). Anyone who can confidently place The Hulk on a "worst list" deserves to be forced to watch The Virgin Suicides, Lost In Translation, The English Patient and Cold Mountain back to back.
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Great to see Arnold bowing out with a good crowd pleaser. Im gonna miss the guy. No matter what you think of his acting or politics; he is a true icon and a testiment to what dedication an hard work can achieve.
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T3 is the softest R rated film in recent memory. A PG-13 picture disguised as an R. It's also has the shittiest production values for any film budgeted over 100 million dollars. Bad Boys 2 is without the hardest R rated film of 2003. I'm surprised the media didn't make an issue with the film's staggering use
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Dec 29, 2003 11:55:57 AM CST
Can someone explain to me why everyone loves Master and Commande
by hardcorerocker
First off, I love most of those selections. I was thrilled to see Ping Pong on there, which I had the pleasure of seeing this year, and it's awesome. But can someone explain to me why Master and Commander has all this Oscar buzz and is making everyone's lists? It's decently acted enough, and I respect the fact that it's a very realistic account of what happens on a boat, but isn't it all just a bit...I don't know...boring? You only care for three characters, the rest are interchangeable, there's a ton of fat to the film that could've been trimmed, and Russell Crowe turns in one of his most average performances to date...he merely seems to be sleepwalking with a grin on his face. I guess I don't "get it" or something, but I love long epic films, and I love swashbuckling adventures, and I love Russell Crowe films, AND I love Peter Weir films! This one just didn't do anything special for me. Reviews of ROTK and Peter Pan at www.rockithardcore.com.
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Like EVERYONE has to piss and moan about a top 20 list. uh... that's called OPINION! Quit wanking about what people like, cuz umm do you think you'll change their minds? oh and by the way. The Matrix SUCKS!!
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Dec 29, 2003 2:35:00 PM CST
(S)PUD.......winner of 2003's 'stupendous fool' award!!! Congrat
by snake-eyes
PUD.....for two year's now you've spouted the same bullshit remarks about LOTR. Why even bother posting such ridiculous and outlandish claims that LOTR glorifies racism and promotes homosexuality??? It's clearly not true, so why even bother??? If youre gonna bash LOTR, at least come up with something new and funny!! *yawns*
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GIGLI was crucified before even one critic or paying audience member had a chance to see it. As others here have thankfully pointed out, it was a mildly amusing, slightly overlong, off-kilter and ultimately harmless movie that if nothing else gives us a seriously goofy Affleck performance that's at least intentional for once. It's not that bad. Heck, it's probably a better film than Brest's previous one -- MEET JOE BLACK. Now, for the true worst of the year, look to SPUN, the most grating, show-offy obnoxious entry yet in the SALTON SEA/REQUIEM genre, a film with such contempt for its idiotic characters, it's like being trapped in a torture chamber for 90 minutes. And DREAMCATCHER is the most incomprehinsble, absurd, and overlong studio film in YEARS, doubly sad because it comes not from a hack, but a once-great filmmaker (Kasdan).
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I agree that this show should get it's own forum. So wonderful and funny. My husband and I do the "David" dance all the time. Uh uh uh! Uh uh uh! Too right on. And ROTK was fantastic! As well as Old Boy. Lost in Translation made me so sad, then I'd think about Bill Murray as the Rat Pack and crack up. And why isn't the entire population of Tokyo ADHD?
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1. 21 grams (Holy shit...that was intense and great fucking acting all over) 2. The Return of the King (not as good as The Two Towers, great trilogy) 3. X-men 2 (Wolverine says "bub", fuck yeah!) 4. Hulk (sadly underrated, Nick Nolte is the man) 5. 101% All Natural (great porn with great tits)...CHEERS Amigos, HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR WITH LOTS OF SEX.
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How could I forget the utter dreck that is Dreamcatcher?! Maybe some part of my subconscious was trying to completely erase it from my memory. Far and away, it was one of the worst movies of this year - HOWEVER, I can say that I enjoyed Morgan Freeman playing an utter bad ass for once. Some of his lines in that movie are priceless, and count as the only inspired moments in the entire film. ///// To whomever mentioned it earlier: I for one have also seen INFERNAL AFFAIRS II, and definitely count it as one of the best of the year. My preconcieved notion was that there was no way it'd stand up to the first movie but, to my surprise, they're equally excellent. If anything, IF2 makes IF even better. //// And I still think DD was one of the worst of the year. The action was uncomprehensible due to poor lighting, editing, and directing. Ben Affleck was absolutely lifeless in his clueless interpretation of the titular character. In my mind, what I saw onscreen had very, very little to do with the character I read about each month in the comic book. If that was Elektra, then I'll gladly burn my comic book collection because what I saw was not Elektra. And don't give me that BS of, "Oh, she's still becoming who she is in the comic. It's more of her origin." Please. That flick was a Hollywood bastardization of the DD comic book, and a complete rip-off of Tim Burton's first Batman movie.
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I'm tired of all these people missing the point of Matrix Revolutions. For an intelligent dissection of the movie, go to http://skyline_10.tripod.com/
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Dec 29, 2003 10:44:33 PM CST
Damn...I forgot (actually tried to forget) about Dreamcatcher, t
by sod off baldric
That would definitely knock Bad Boys II off my list, as I actually endured Dreamcatcher. The best thing about that movie was the Matrix short before it. In response to the poster who wondered how anyone could confidently put the Hulk on a worst list, it really isn't that hard. The Hulk was pretentious, overwrought, badly written, and featured the worst "performance" of the year in Nick Nolte's unintentionally over the top performance as David Banner/The Absorbing Man. While I applaud Ang Lee for daring to be different, the comic book panel thing just did not work (especially during Talbot's death scene). I will grant you that any scene featuring the Hulk was great (including both the battle with the Hulk Dogs, and the tussle with the tanks in the desert), and, after Gollum, the titular character was some of the most impressive CGI we have seen to date. Otherwise, that movie was just plain ridiculous. I know I'm making fun of a movie that you apparently enjoyed. I'm not sorry for tearing apart the movie, I'm just sorry that you liked it (bless you, Bill Hicks). Also, to all the posters bitching about the supposed gay subtext in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, all I can say is stop hiding in that closet. Your boyfriends are getting lonely. Of course, I liked the Dune mini-series, so what do I know? Later.
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I would like to add my vote for one of the best movies of the year.. MAY
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I dont see the big thing about "Lost in Translation" My first viewing I hated it and I thought ok I was getting over the flu so i went back with some friends. Sofia Coopola will be a star director i have no doubt in that. Virgin Suicides was a great flick and highly underrated. Lost in Translation had no substance it had no direction and worst of all it had no plot. it hinges on the abscence of subtitles so when Asian people speak you have no idea what there saying unless you are fluent in the lnguage. Its more irriating then anything. The one redeeming quality and the only one didnt pay off it was a decent romance but in the end *SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER* They dont get together. The Movie would of been decent if they did end up together. I just dont see why this movie has critical raves. Thirteen was a great flick a true and honest potrayal of what its like to be a teen and the lengths a kid goes to be popular. Holly Hunter I give huge props and also the star of the film the teenager cant remember her name. House of Sand and Fog a good flick if your not moved in some way with the last 20 minutes then theres nothing behind your ribs. 21 Grams hell of a great flick "Sean Penn has a great 2003* ROTK I loved it I loved Fellowship and Towers. American Splendor was an awesome flick a movie in a perfct movie world would be on 2000 screens. Kill Bill Vol 1 was the type of movie that a movie addict like myself wants to shoot up more and more and cant wait for vol 2. Mystic River a great flick but i couldnt see watching it multiple times once you know who the killer is it doesnt hold up on multiple viewings but that first time you watch its pure gold. Master and Commander is a better flick then Pirates but they are two different movies. Both Great flicks. I would of placed Swimming Pool higher. I havent seen Ping Pong, Old Boy, or The Passion but want to see The Passion is that the Mel Gibson one? Movies I look foward to in 2004 1)I Robot 2)Stepford Wives 3. The Manchuarian Candiate remake 4. Nolan's Batman Movie 5. Seriously Dude wheres my car ( Ummm no ) 6. The Village
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Screw Disney. Peter Jackson can go fuck himself. Spielberg and Minghella can both die in a fiery waterskiing accident. The Wachsowski Brothers can disappear forever into the voids of Siegfried and Roy's voluminous beef holes. And Tom Cruise, well, he just needs to have his ass beat down... badly. No seriously, big time beat down. By a bunch of kids off the short yellow bus. That'd be kinda funny.
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My biggest beef with the stupid movie is how Ben Affleck can't act. Its like watching a flacid "you know what" strut around pretending its a real hard-on. Seriously, I wish Ben would stop acting. His brother is way cooler anyway.
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It's true, so true.
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It's funny to see it. Any half witted sociologists could predict for you this phenomena. After three straight years of LOTR, you are bound to get those who love to go against the grain spouting off. These people just love to not be a part of what they perceive as the majority because the majority sucks. It is actually funny how some try to say that the movie was just OK. There was nothing ordinary about that movie.....nothing. It is the only true epic to come alone in decades and it blows everything away. The last installment was by far the best. There will always be those who have to bash because it's just in their nature.....but guys, look at the box office. There are not that many fan boys in the world. The entire world loves this movie for the simple reason that it is the most enjoyable story (all three movies) to come alone in a long while. Box office doesn't lie......people all over love this movie and you guys are in the definate minority (where you wanted to be anyway).
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Dec 30, 2003 3:20:23 PM CST
Pretty please, with sugar on top, give us a fucking THE OFFICE T
by shanghai nicky
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I don't know why people are yanking their dinguses with Kill Bill. It fucking sucked and was overrated as hell. Shitty dialogue, lousy and sometimes inconsistant characters, artsy touches that served no purpose, and even the gore was lame. We wanto to see thick, gushing torrents, not a collection of tiny little lawn sprinkler spurts. That movie was just stupid. Fuck Tarantino and the apologists that eat his shit thinking it's high quality chocolate with delectable nuts in it.
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It's IA2 and IA, dumbass. And could Father Geek have listed a more predictable top twenty? Sheesh. This site has gone totally down the shitter.
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Whaddaya mean most American's will never get to see the british version? It's on BBC America every sunday night...and thank God. So what season just ended in england? third? Sucks that it has to end. What's even worse is that U.K tv seasons are just too fucking short. Six episodes? Shiiiiiiit!
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Heteroerotic scenes in LOTRs: FOTR (1) Rosie Cotten shaking her stuff at Sam, (2) Aragorn pining for Arwen before Weathertop, (3) All scenes with Arwen on Horseback, (4) Arwen with nearly dead Frodo in her bosom at the Ford, (5) Aragorn and Arwen in Rivendell, (6) Galadriel kissing Frodo in Lothlorien, TTT (7) Wormtongue lusting after Eowyn, (8) Eowyn and Aragorn swordplay, (9) Eowyn feeding Aragorn stew, (10) Aragorn dreaming of Arwen, (11), Arwen spiritually kissing Aragorn after the cliff dive (12), Arwen's vision of Aragorn in death, (13) Eowyn pining for Aragorn at Helm's Deep, ROTK (14) Eowyn serves Aragorn a drink at Edoras, (15) Arwen's vision of her son, (16) Aragorn's dream of Arwen, (17) Flowers for the suicide ride of Faramir, (18) Eowyn and Faramir at the coronation, (19) Aragorn washing Arwen's tonsils (ala Al Gore and Tipper), (20) Sam finally speaking to Rosie Cotten, (21) Marrage of Sam and Rosie, (22) Returning to 3 Bagshot Row.
Homoerotic scenes (and this is REALLY a stretch): FOTR, (1) Sam holds Frodo's hand after Frodo nearly dies at the Ford, (2) Boromir, Merry and Pippin playing with their swords in Misty Mountains, (3) Aragorn kisses Boromir after Boromir dies, (4)Frodo and Sam hug after Sam almost drowns, TTT NONE, ROTK (5) Frodo kisses Sam on forehead at Gray Havens.
Bondage scenes: FOTR NONE, TTT (1) Gollum bondage scene before Dead Marshes, (2) Frodo and Sam bondage after capture by Faramir, (3) Frodo, Sam and Gollum bondage in Osgiliath, ROTK (4) Frodo bondage in Cirith Ungol (with bare chest).
22 heteroerotic versus 5 homoerotic at best. These movies show a definite and blatent bias towards the heterosexual agenda.
You people need to grow the fuck up. Just comparing Frodo's forehead kiss of Sam with any of the times Aragorn kisses Arwen is a joke. If LOTR bothers you this much, then here is a short list of TV shows to avoid: Gilligan's Island (Skipper on Gilligan action), Lost in Space (Dr. Smith/Robot/Will/Major West), Bonanza (All 4 of them), SpongeBob SquarePant, The Simpsons, anything on Bravo, anything on Lifetime, Ebert/Roeper, Hardball, the O'Reilley Factor, Monday Night Football, in fact, anything having to do with Football, Basketball or Baseball. In fact, you should avoid Sesame Street, Batman and Robin, Battlestar Gallactica, The original Star Trek series.
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I can't believe this film has earned this much money after Viggo Mortensen said what he said about the US! Absolutely sickening! http://www.celiberal.com/showCeliberal.php?id=38
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Dec 30, 2003 9:19:52 PM CST
Office's last episode was better than any movie this year
by headless roland
And Elephant was the most self-indulgent ,artsy-fartsy masturbation excersize from anyone outside of film school.
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Dec 30, 2003 9:21:06 PM CST
Office's last episode was better than any movie this year
by headless roland
And Elephant was the most self-indulgent ,artsy-fartsy masturbation excersize from anyone outside of film school.
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Dec 30, 2003 11:23:18 PM CST
thecutestofborg, Learn What The Damn Constitution Actually Means
by devilmusicsucks
The constitution says that the government can't step in to take away freedom of speech. However, the private citizen has the right to boycott products, request tv shows to be removed, and ask the radio to remove songs if they feel they are offensive. That is not a violation of someone's free speech. It's what a person does who is actually proud of this great country and does not want to help fund the people who don't stand by this great nation in its time of need. Viggo was born in the US btw.
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If you don't like Lost in Translation, fine, but your rationale for not liking it is simply inane.
Subtitles for the Japanese actors would be missing the point. The fact that Murray and Johannsen can't understand what they say adds to their feelings of disorientation. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE JAPANESE ARE SAYING!
Secondly, the real beauty of their relationship is that they DON'T hook up. To do so would have been so cliche. Not doing it was unexpected and made their relationship somehow sweeter.
Next time, leave the intelligent movies for the grown-ups. Go see "House of 1,000 Corpses" or something instead.
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Dec 31, 2003 4:06:26 AM CST
People like Devilmusic make Republicans look bad (him and Rush L
by the doubleposter
I am someone that supports bush and the war in iraq, but devilmusic you are an idiot.
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Dec 31, 2003 9:03:16 AM CST
The books are even gayer, and unevenness in the orc dept.
by gypsytrobot
Shit, Faramir KNEELS down and KISSES Sam and Frodo (on the FOREhead), how gay is that? Oh it's all platonic manly love and gracious tenderness, so never you mind. No sex in Tolkien!! +++ Now why are the visuals in RotK are so uneven? The Mumakil scene and Shelob are awesome; the Dead much less so; and I saw a helluva lot of orcs with really bad looking, ill-fitting masks with obvious neck lines. Seriously, nobody noticed that about 10 orcs in the whole series had really good masks/prosthetics and the rest were wearing crap? (and sure seemed like at least one got killed in Moria and came back in TTT) And the worst offenses were in RotK. They couldn't CGI mist or orcs walking in front to cover up the neck lines? Oh wait, let me guess, no, and right now you're scrambling to call me a Tom Bombadil purist for daring to notice bad maskery.
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how everyone used to gush over Blade Runner, as being such an "artistic" endeavor. but, in the long run, no one really ever wants to sit down and watch the boring piece of shit. i suspect the same attitude will apply to not only ROTK, but all 3 LOTR films in the years to come.
the person who posted on an earlier talkback comparing the praise of the LOTR series to the praise that Titanic received 5 years ago was perfectly on the mark.
these 3 films, while enjoyable (yes, i'm being kind, because the second and third films were pretty pitiful, as far as i'm
concerned) will not likely hold up well over time. already, there seems to be a sense of these films being ridiculously overrated, even amongst the fanbase. in many ways, an Oscar victory for best picture will almost guarantee that ROTK be seen as an overrated film, and largely forgotten in the years to come. surely, there have been pictures worthy of the title that did, in fact, win the award. but, clearly there have been a higher number that did NOT deserve to win, and did.
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Buio Omega, there is no third season. What we had were two 50 minutes long special episodes for Xmas.
In England there is a tradition of releasing the occasional special xmas shows of popular series after the series has ended.
America should forget about releasing it's own version and just show the originals, certain aspects may need explaining to an American audience.
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yesterday my brother was watching that jackie chan tripe,the Medallion, and god what utter crap that was. why does jackie chan keep making movies??last enjoyable thing he ever did was drunken master. I take it back, this shit was the worse movie of 03.
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I can't believe the idiocies I'm reading.
Who gives a shit whether Viggo M. is a communist? Does that effect his acting? Does it change the movie in some way? Did he carry a "Let's all be communists together" banner during the movie? Why isn't anyone criticizing him for shaving his beard? That's the important thing.
Sheesh.
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There is no conceivable way to forfeit your right to free speech by simply exercising your right to free speech. Just because you disagree with what he has said, doesn't make him a traitor. I spent four years in the United States Marine Corp (under Reagan) and while I was never saw combat, many of my friends from that time have, including the embassy in Beirut, and the standoff with Libya. The US Military has been repeatedly put in harms way to defend the rights of all American (not just the ones who agree with your narrow-minded jingoistic crap). Both Gov. Howard Dean and General Wesley Clark have made statements regarding the war in Iraq: does this make them traitors, does this make them communist?
If you don't want to see anything involving Viggo ever again in your lifetime, great. That is your right. As someone who has been in a position of actually defending your rights, you can saw and/or think any damn thing you want. But perhaps you should reflect on what these rights mean. Not once have I seen anyone stupid enough to suggest that this talk-back gave up its right to exist because it has promoted Viggo or anyone else, but you want to denegrate a movie whose principle photography ended prior to Bush even being elected, simply because one actor has exercised his constitution rights and spoken out against this "Blood for Oil" war? It is pathetic loosers like you that "effectively" shit on the constitution and all it stands for with idiotic statements like "forfeited his rights" and "traitor". I will make a donation to the Dean campaign in your name, and when Bush is no longer in command, I hope you will follow your implied advice and remove yourself to a place where everyone thinks exactly the same and does exactly the same and no one expresses a contrary position, under threat of death (pre-war Iraq, where Saddam was elected with 100% of the vote). -
Dec 31, 2003 4:47:32 PM CST
re: Johnny Suede and what Viggo wore at the London premiere.
by shagrat999
The following link (http://www.theonering.net/scrapbook/view/10882) shows what Viggo wore to the London premiere of ROTK. It is a blue silk shirt showing the world, with Antartica and parts of both Americas clearly visible. There is no T-Shirt or Joseph Stalin reference in any way, shape or form. While you have a constitutional right to express your dumbass opinion (something which you would like to see denied to others), you may want to check your facts. Libel and Slander are not protected form of speechs, they are crimes!!!
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In the original text, the riders of the elephaunts (sp?) are black men from across the southern water. Smacks of Africa, to this girl, but keep in mind this was written when Amos and Andy was still on. Not that it's right, but just putting it out there. Notice in the movie they were changed from black to reddish borwn with turbans. Arab-esque, indeed.
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*cackles* Forgive me if I laugh, Father Geek, but I'm a Minnesotan. I've stood in line for LoTR in -30 windchill :)
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You meant "Gigli", right?
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At least the guy has an opinion not shaped by his environment, the american media outlets or his peers... a celeb who isn't part politician... about time it happened.
http://www.whatreallyhappened.com ..... http://www.fredoneverything.net/ .... Oh and go here.. http://www.toostupidtobepresident.com -
TOP 4 FILMS:
1) Lost In Translation (amazing)
2) Thirteen (Digital when it rocks)
3) ROTK (not quite as god as Two Towers, mind)
4) Gerry (Did it come out this year?)
5) Master and Commander (stunning cinematography)
An honourable mention must go to 28 Days Later. Not a very scary film at all, but considering it was shot on a Canon Xl1, it looks amazing and much better than films shot on the superior Sony PD150 such as Tadpole and This Is Not A Love Song by Bille Eltringham.
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Anyone who puts "The Last Samurai" on his list of 20 best, or 30 or 40 for that matter, could use a cultural, cinophile overhaul. When Tom Cruise is watching Indians getting slaughter he could be reacting to his father grounding him. He works hard at being world weary, oh does he work, but a Robert Mitchum he'll never be.
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Jan 03, 2004 11:30:31 PM CST
MisterGrimloch still seems to hope that if he clicks his heels t
by raw_bean
But there's no going back to the safe ignorance of Kansas my friend. Decades ago critics who disliked a certain book by a certain Oxford don said much the same things about it that you do about PJ's masterpiece of cinema (in fact, some of them still do). They, like you will be, were proved wrong by a vast majority of people who barely even noticed that there was anyone who felt differently than themselves, and who didn't care anyway.
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Jan 05, 2004 1:01:58 PM CST
More comic relief from the LotR bashing trolls. It's been a hoo
by minderbinder
If you didn't like it, fine. But accept the fact that 99% of critics and the general public will never agree with you.
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