The Month in Movies - October 2003

[Adam J. Hakari]

Here I am again, with the ten best and ten worst movies I saw throughout the course of October. So, on a **** scale, here we go...

The Best:

1. UNFORGIVEN - ****
2. SLEUTH - *** 1/2
3. KILL BILL: VOL. 1 - *** 1/2
4. BETTER LUCK TOMORROW - *** 1/2
5. THE ITALIAN JOB (1969) - *** 1/2
6. IN COLD BLOOD - *** 1/2
7. WHALE RIDER - *** 1/2
8. FAIL-SAFE (1964) - *** 1/2
9. THE LAST OF SHEILA - ***
10. RUNAWAY JURY - ***

The Worst:

1. BOAT TRIP - *
2. BEYOND THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE - * 1/2
3. GOOD BOY! - * 1/2
4. HAGGARD - * 1/2
5. OCEAN'S 11 (1960) - **
6. IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY - **
7. THE DIARY OF ELLEN RIMBAUER - **
8. DESTINY TURNS ON THE RADIO - **
9. RADIO - **
10. GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE 2 - **

A grateful absence of sucky movies, I'd say. :cool: What are your picks for the best and worst over the course of the month?

[Slim]

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[thompsoncory]

THE BEST:
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - 10/10
Intolerable Cruelty - 8/10
The School Of Rock - 9/10
Scary Movie 3 - 8/10
Bend It Like Beckham - 8/10
A Nightmare On Elm Street - 7/10
Any Given Sunday - 7/10

THE WORST:
Wrong Turn - 4/10
Hollywood Homicide - 5/10

[Trinity]

Movies I saw for the first time in October:

9/10
Splendor in the Grass (1961)
It Happened One Night (1934)
That Hamilton Woman (1941)
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
From Here to Eternity (1953)
The Godfather (1972)
Schindler’s List (1993)

8/10
The Opposite of Sex (1998)
Unforgiven (1992)
Fallen Angel (1945)
To Catch a Thief (1955)
A Patch of Blue (1965)
Bend It Like Beckham (2003)
High Sierra (1941)
Matchstick Men (2003)
Madame Bovary (1949)
My Favorite Year (1982)
The Color Purple (1985)
Lilya 4-Ever (2003)


7/10
An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
The Godfather II (1974)
He Loves Me…He Loves Me Not (2002)
Talk to Her (2002)
Bowling for Columbine (2002)
They Drive by Night (1940)
Whirlpool (1949)
Saratoga (1937)
Song of the Thin Man (1947)
Pirates of the Carrebean (2003)
Riding in Cars with Boys (2001)
Where the Sidewalks End (1950)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
The Miniver Story (1950) 7/10

6/10
The Canterville Ghost (1944)
Sweet Home Alabama (2002)
Dodge City (1939)
Suzy (1936)
Bruce Almighty (2003)
East Side, West Side (1949)
They Died with Their Boots On (1942)
Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
Across the Pacific (1942)

5/10
The Swan (1956)
Mrs. Skeffington (1944)
Lover Come Back (1961)

4/10
City of Lost Children (1995)

3/10
Bringing Down the House (2003)
Never Let Me Go (1953)

[Hannibal21]

Haven't seen much this month, just a lot of re-watches.......

BEST:
1. Citizen Kane - 10+/10
2. Casablanca - 10+/10
3. All About Eve - 10+/10
4. The Third Man - 10/10
5. The Manchurian Candidate - 10/10
6. The 400 Blows - 10/10
7. North by Northwest - 10/10
8. Breakfast at Tiffany's - 9.5/10
9. Halloween - 9.5/10
10. Stagecoach - 9.5/10
11. The Bicycle Thief - 9/10
12. Battle Royale - 9/10

IN THE MIDDLE:
Kill Bill - 8.5/10
Bowling for Columbing - 8/10
Friday the 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter - 7/10
Warriors of Heaven and Earth (a Chinese film I saw that I forgot to post about in the 'What film/s did everyone watch today?' thread) - 6.5/10
Friday the 13th Part III - 6/10

WORST:
Daddy Day Care - 4/10
From Justin to Kelly - 1/10

[ilovemovies]

Best:

Lost in Translation
Mystic River

Worst:
Can't think of it right now.

[charliebobo]

OCTOBER TOP 10

Great:
1.Reds
2.Pulp Fiction

Very good:
3.The Big Chill
4.Jaws
5.The Verdict
6.The Lady Vanishes

Good:
7.Body Heat
8.Rosemary's Baby
9.Phone Booth
10. (tie) Heaven Can Wait
10. (tie) Radio Days

I'll edit if I remember other good movies I saw...

[zeppelin]

In theaters:
1. Mystic River- 9/10
2. Kill Bill: Volume One- 9/10
3. School of Rock- 8/10
4. Alien: The Director's Cut- 7/10

On video:
1. Psycho- 10/10*
2. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre- 10/10
3. Jaws- 10/10*
4. The Silence of the Lambs- 9/10*
5. The Shining- 9/10*
6. Young Frankenstein- 9/10*
7. The Nightmare Before Christmas- 9/10*
8. Nosferatu (1922)- 9/10*
9. The Phantom of the Opera (1925)- 9/10*
10. Amores Perros- 8/10
11. The Mummy (1933)- 8/10*
12. Night of the Living Dead (1968)- 8/10*
13. Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn- 8/10*
14. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)- 7/10*
15. An American Werewolf in London- 7/10*
16. Dawn of the Dead- 7/10
17. The Invisible Man (1933)- 7/10*
18. A Nightmare on Elm Street- 7/10*
19. Wes Craven's New Nightmare- 7/10*
20. 28 Days Later- 6/10

*= repeated viewing

So I didn't see a bad movie all month.

[Briare Rabbit]

The Good:
Life as a House
Kill Bill Volume 1
The Italian Job (1969)

The Bad:
Good Will Hunting
Giant
Reservoir Dogs
2010: The Year We Make Contact

And the Ugly:
Scary Movie 3

Gee, I haven't watched much this month.

[Lazy Boy]

Best
1. Kill Bill: Volume 1 - 8.5/10
2. Elephant - 7/10
3. School of Rock - 7/10
4. The Truth About Cats and Dogs - 7/10

Worst
1. Bubba Ho-Tep - 5/10
2. Mystic River - 6/10

Didn't really watch many films this month...nothing stands out as really being a great film, although KB comes close.

[Hucksta G]

10 Best
1. American Beauty (10/10)
2. Goodfellas (10/10)
3. Lord of the Rings:The Two Towers (10/10)
4. Vanilla Sky (10/10)
5. American History X (10/10)
6. Saving Private Ryan (10/10)
7. Punch-Drunk Love (10/10)
8. Kill Bill Volume 1 (9/10)
9. Dances with Wolves (9/10)
10. Braveheart (9/10)

10 Worst
1. Coyote Ugly (4/10)
2. 2001: A Space Odessy (5/10)
3. SWAT (6/10)
4. About Schmidt (6/10)
5. Chicago (6/10)
6. Jason & The Argonaughts (7/10)
7. 2 Fast 2 Furious (7/10)
8. Hot Shots (7/10)
9. The Fast and the Furious (7/10)
10. Jackass (7/10)

[Hannibal21]

Originally posted by Hucksta G
10 Worst
2. 2001: A Space Odessy (5/10)


:(

Oh well, to each his own.

[Sad man]

Damn! I forgot to keep track of October. Let me see if I remember...

OCTOBER.

THEATER

FREDDY VS JAS0N - 7/10 (B)
DOGVILLE - 8/10 (A-)
DOWN WITH LOVE - 8/10 (B+)

DVD/VHS

BANDANA: VIVIR INTENTANDO - 3/10 (D)
BULLY - 5/10 (C)
ANATOMY 2 - 6/10 (C+)
THE HUNTED - 7/10 (B)
HOUSE ON HOUNTED HILL - 6/10 (C+)
GHOST WORLD - 10/10 (A+)
ZOMBI 3 - 0/10 (F-)
DUMB AND DUMBERER: WHEN HARRY MET LLOYD - 3/10 (D)
PEOPLE I KNOW - 5/10 (C)
FINAL DESTINATION 2 - 7/10 (B)
HOLLOW MAN - 6/10 (C+)
A WALK TO REMEMBER - 8/10 (B+)
WILLARD - 8/10 (A-)
HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE - 3/10 (D)
THE HOLE - 9/10 (A-)
WRONG TURN - 8/10 (B+)
NADAR SOLO - 7/10 (B)

TV.

AGNES BROWN - 8/10 (B+)
ALIVE! - 7/10 (B-)
YOU CAN COUNT ON ME - 9/10 (A-)
JUDA'S KISS - 7/10 (B-)
THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS - 8/10 (B+)
MERMAIDS - 10/10 (A+)
THE BEVERLY RICH - 5/10 (C)

[Jon Lyrik]

Originally posted by Hucksta G
2. 2001: A Space Odessy (5/10)

AH! My heart!

[Adam J. Hakari]

In honor of Nate's birthday, I'm giving this one furgin' BUMP.

[FilmBuff84]

In cinemas
The League Of Extraordinary Gentleman (7/10)
Swimming Pool (8/10)
Kill Bill: Volume 1 (10/10)
Intolerable Cruelty (8/10)
Alex and Emma (7/10)
Freddy Vs Jason (7/10)
Runaway Jury (7/10)

First time video watches
Kangaroo Jack (3/10)
May (9/10)

DVD Re-watches
Varsity Blues (6/10)
The Wedding Planner (6/10)
Whatever It Takes (6/10)
What Lies Beneath (8/10)
X-Men 1.5 (8/10)
Final Destination 2 (9/10)
How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days (9/10)

[blankpage]

First Viewings Only....


Yummy-The Best

1. Kill Bill (10/10)
2. Strangers on a Train (9/10)
3. The Big Chill (9/10)
4. Mystic River (9/10)
5. A Fistful of Dollars (8/10)
6. Fearless (8/10)
7. Clockers (7/10)
8. Natural Born Killers (7/10)
9. Runaway Jury (7/10)
10. The In-Laws (7/10)


My Eyes!- The Worst

1. The Hills Have Eyes (1/10)
2. Malibu's Most Wanted (1/10)
3. Out of Time (4/10)
4. Willard (4/10)
5. Radio (5/10)
6. Intolerable Cruelty (5/10)
7. The Sweet Hereafter (6/10)
8. Wrong Turn (6/10)
9. House of 1000 Corpses (6/10)
10. Raising Victor Vargas (6/10)


The Rest

Poolhall Junkies (7/10)
The School of Rock (7/10)
Four Rooms (7/10)

[Annie Hall]

* denotes rewatches

10s
Trainspotting (10/10)*

9s
The Magdalene Sisters (9/10)
Lost in Translation (9/10)
True Romance (9/10)*
The Truman Show (9/10)*
12 Angry Men (9/10)
Animal House (9/10)*
Kes (9/10)

8s
Don't Look Now (8.5/10)
Gods and Monsters (8.5/10)
The School of Rock (8/10)
Citizen Kane (8/10)*
Jerry Maguire (8/10)*
Kill Bill Vol. 1 (8/10)
Mulholland Drive (8/10)
Office Space (8/10)*
Iris (8/10)
Brief Encounter (8/10)
A Time to Kill (8/10)
Lethal Weapon (8/10)
All About Eve (8/10)
All That Jazz (8/10)
The Bicycle Thief (8/10)
JFK (8/10)

7s
Freeway (7.5/10)
Dead Heat (7.5/10)
Flatliners (7/10)
Behind the Red Door (7/10)
Article 99 (7/10)
The Lost Boys (7/10)
Truth or Consequences, N.M (7/10)
Eraserhead (7/10)
South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut (7/10)
The War of the Roses (7/10)

6s
Mission Impossible (6/10)
Like Water for Chocolate (6/10)
The Vanishing (6/10)

4s
Eye for an Eye (4/10)
The Right Temptation (4/10)