The Month in Movies - December 2003

[A.J. Hakari]

Hey all! It's that time of the month again, for me to do my "The Month in Movies" summary, and this time it's the last one for the year 2003. But in addition, I'm going to post a "The Year in Movies" summary shortly after this. I hope you check out both, and I hope you had a great month/year at the movies! And now, the best and worst of December (on a **** scale)...

Best:

1. FREAKS - ****
2. THE LAST SAMURAI - *** 1/2
3. THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING - *** 1/2
4. THE MUMMY (1932) - *** 1/2
5. SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE - ***
6. TWO-MINUTE WARNING - ***
7. FREE ENTERPRISE - ***
8. ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN - ***
9. PETER PAN (2003) - ***
10. THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH (1964) - ***

Worst:

1. HOME ALONE: TAKING BACK THE HOUSE - 1/2 *
2. RESCUE HEROES: THE MOVIE - *
3. ALEX & EMMA - * 1/2
4. CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN (2003) - * 1/2
5. THE MUMMY'S CURSE - * 1/2
6. THE MAN FROM PLANET X - * 1/2
7. GIGLI - * 1/2
8. THE MYSTERY OF THE WAX MUSEUM - **
9. SON OF DRACULA - **
10. ASSASSINATION TANGO - **

Number of First-Time Viewings: 56 (including one short and one "MST3K" episode)

Best Actor: Tom Cruise, THE LAST SAMURAI
Best Actress: Rachel Hurd-Wood, PETER PAN (2003)
Biggest Surprise: FREE ENTERPRISE
Biggest Disappointment: DRACULA (1931)
Most Fucked-Up Movie: CHERISH
Person/Character I Never Want to Meet: Emma (Kate Hudson), ALEX & EMMA
"Why Is He/She Still in Movies?" Award: French Stewart, HOME ALONE: TAKING BACK THE HOUSE
Recurring Genre Throughout the Month: Old-Timey Horror Movies
Ultimate "What the Fuck?" Moment: The limbless man lighting a cigarette, FREAKS
Best Line: [after being told another kid thinks Han Solo is cooler than Captain Kirk] "Kick the little fucker's ass!" -William Shatner (as himself), FREE ENTERPRISE

[Sublime]

These are all the movies I've seen:

This Month In Movies : DECEMBER

1. Notting Hill - Dec. 1
2. Hush - Dec. 1
3. Bridget Jones Diary - Dec. 3
4. Down With Love - Dec. 7
5. The Last Samurai - Dec. 13
6. Bad Boys 2 - Dec. 13
7. How To Deal - Dec. 13
8. Jury Duty - Dec. 14
9. The Battle Of Shaker Heights - Dec. 14
10. Spellbound - Dec. 16
11. The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King - Dec. 17
12. Freaky Friday - Dec. 18
13. National Lampoons Van Wilder - Dec. 19
14. The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Dec. 20
15. Buying The Cow - Dec. 20
16. 44 Minutes - Dec. 20
17. 29 Palms - Dec. 21
18. Inspector Gadget 2 - Dec. 21
19. Dirty Deeds - Dec. 21
20. Back To School - Dec. 21
21. Carlito's Way - Dec. 22
22. Return To Paradise - Dec. 22
23. The Man Who Knew To Little - Dec. 22
24. Life Without Dick - Dec. 23
25. The Yards - Dec. 23
26. Alex & Emma - Dec. 23
27. Paycheck - Dec. 26
28. The Medallion - Dec. 29
29. Jeepers Creepers 2 - Dec. 29
30. About A Boy - Dec. 29
31. Melvin Goes To Dinner - Dec. 29
32. Anything Else - Dec. 29
33. Crime Spree - Dec. 30
34. JFK - Dec. 30
35. Muscle Beach Party - Dec. 30

BEST: JFK
WORST: JURY DUTY

[A.J. Hakari]

Just BUMPin' this up for the new year. Just wanted to thank you all for reading my Month in Movie summaries over the course of the year. I hope you enjoy the others I do in the future! :cool:

[Guy Strong]

FIVE BEST:

1. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - 9/10
2. Fargo - 9/10 (DVD)
3. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - 8/10 (DVD)
4. A Christmas Story - 8/10 (TV)
5. Rushmore - 8/10 (DVD)


FIVE WORST:

1. Paycheck - 3/10
2. Jeepers Creepers II - 3/10 (DVD)
3. Gigli - 4/10 (DVD)
4. The Last Samurai - 5/10
5. Peter Pan - 5/10

[Hannibal21]

Since I watch Citizen Kane and Casablanca every month, I'm not even gonna mention the two in these 'months in movies' threads, you know they're always gonna be # 1 and 2 on my list. ;)

Apart from those:

BEST:
1. Double Indemnity - 10/10
2. Letter From an Unknown Woman - 10/10
3. Persona - 10/10
4. Mulholland Drive - 10/10
5. LOTR: ROTK - 10/10
6. Raiders of the Lost Ark - 9/10
7. A Place in the Sun - 9/10
8. Stray Dog - 9/10
9. Eyes Wide Shut - 9/10
10. Batman Returns - 9/10
11. City of God - 9/10
12. Mystic River - 9/10
13. Kill Bill Vol. One - 9/10

IN THE MIDDLE:
Wolf - 8.5/10
The Last Samurai - 7.5/10
Seabiscuit - 7.5/10
Infernal Affairs - 7/10

UNSURE:
Pi - ?/10

WORST:
1. Darkness - 2/10
2. Close Encounters of the Third Kind - 5/10
3. Bad Santa - 5/10

Best Actor: Toshiro Mifune, Stray Dog
Best Actress: Barbara Stanwyck, Double Indemnity
Biggest Disappointment: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Biggest Surprise: Eyes Wide Shut (3 viewings to understand it's brilliance)
Most Entertaining: Raiders of the Lost Ark
Best Atmosphere: Mulholland Drive & Persona
Most WTF Movie: Pi
Most Disturbing: City of God
Biggest Waste of Time: Darkness

[arto_j]

All I saw in December here, counting first time viewings only :


10/10
The Best Years of Our Lives

9/10
About Schmidt
Lawrence of Arabia

8/10
Bad Santa
Phone Booth
Punch-Drunk Love
Barton Fink
The Shape of Things
Dogville
Chicken Run
Elling

7/10
The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King
Rien à faire
Confidence
Nobody's Fool

6/10
Hulk
Final Destination 2
Hollywood Homicide
American Wedding
The Family Man
Tears of the Sun

5/10
Black Dog
The Animal
I Spy
Daddy Day Care
Johnny English
Mindhunters
Basic

4/10
Legally Blonde 2 : Red, White & Blonde

3/10
Bulletproof Monk


Best Actor: Peter O'Toole in Lawrence of Arabia
Best Actress:Nicole Kidman in Dogville
Biggest Disappointment: Tears of the Sun
Biggest Surprise: Bad Santa
Most Entertaining: Chicken Run
Best Atmosphere: Barton Fink
Most WTF Movie: Barton Fink
Most Disturbing: Dogville
Biggest Waste of Time: Bulletproof Monk

[Fisting Ackbar]

Just listing the movies that I saw, not in which order I like them best.

THE TERROR 5/10
FINDING NEMO 8/10
SPY KIDS 3-D: GAME OVER 3/10
ENTER THE DRAGON 8/10
HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES 6/10
LOST IN TRANSLATION 9/10
LOVE ACTUALLY 9/10
21 GRAMS 8/10
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING 10/10
BAD SANTA 7/10
IN AMERICA 6/10
THE RECRUIT 5/10
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS 6/10
AMERICAN WEDDING 6/10
THE LAST SAMURAI 8/10
HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG 8/10
ELEPHANT 8/10
MONSTER 8/10
MEET THE PARENTS 8/10
THE CIDER HOUSE RULES 8/10
BATTLE ROYALE II: REQUIEM 3/10
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK 10/10
GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING 7/10
THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE 6/10

[Slim]

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[Sad man]

Best

Ghost World (10/10)
The Hours (10/10)
Scream (10/10)
Amelie (9.5/10)
Bowling For Columbine (9/10)
Whale Rider (9/10)
Far From Heaven (9/10)
Kissing Jessica Stein (9/10)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (9/10)
The Virgin Suicides (8.5/10)
La Fleur Du Mal (8.5/10)
Thirteen (8.5/10)
Finding Nemo (8.3/10)
Mystic River (8/10)
Shrek (8/10)
Scream 3 (8/10)
Moulin Rouge! (8/10)
The Blair Witch Project (8/10)
The First Wives Club (8/10)
From Dusk Till Dawn (8/10)
American Psycho (8/10)
Legally Blonde (8/10)
Meet Joe Black (8/10)
Kill Bill Vol. 1 (8/10)
Chiken Run (8/10)
Charlie's Angels: Full Throtle (7.5/10)
Bridget Jones's Diary (7.5/10)

Worst

The Faculty (5/10)
Urban Legends: Final Cut (5/10)
Ice Age (4.5/10)
Lara Croft - Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (5/10)
The Core (5/10)
Before Night Falls (5/10)
Wilde Girls (4/10)
Girlfight (4/10)
The Score (4/10)
Jason X (4/10)
Jurassic Park 3 (4/10)
Lara Croft - Tomb Raider (4/10)
Russian Ark (3/10)

In the middle

Jawbreaker (6.5/10)
The Adam's Family Values (7/10)
Bulletproof Monk (6.5/10)
Behind Enemy Lines (6.5/10)
Obession (6/10)
Charlie's Angels (7/10)
Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (7/10)
Josie and the Pussycats (6.5/10)
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (7.3/10)
Cruel Intentions (7.3/10)
American Pie (7/10)
Scream 2 (7/10)
The Next Best Thing (6.5/10)
Love Actually (7/10)
Ghosts of Mars (7/10)
The Ring (7/10)
The Fast and the Furious (6.5/10)
Scary Movie (7/10)
The Guru (6.5/10)
The Relic (6/10)
Sexy Beast (6.5/10)
Breaking the Waves (6/10)
Home Alone (6/10)


Best Movie: Ghost World
Best Actor: Christian Bale (American Pyscho)
Best Actress: Julianne Moore (Far From Heaven)
Biggest Surprise: Whale Rider
Biggest Dissapointment: Russian Ark
Most Funny: Bridget Jones's Diary
Most Scary: The Blair Witch Project

[FilmBuff84]

Chicago (10/10)

Wrong Turn (9/10)
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (9/10)
Daredevil (9/10)
Phone Booth (9/10)

Seven (8/10)
Love Actually (8/10)
Elf (8/10)

Heathers (7/10)
Universal Soldier (7/10)
2 Fast 2 Furious (7/10)
S.W.A.T. (7/10)
The Hunted (7/10)
Scary Movie 3
Lord of the Rings: The Return Of The King (7/10)
Blue Crush (7/10)

Daddy Day Care (6/10)
Master and Commander: The Far Side Of The World (6/10)
Undead (6/10)

The Glow (5/10)
Home Room (5/10)

Double Impact (4/10)
A Guy Thing (4/10)

After Sex (3/10)
The Real Cancun (3/10)

Best Movie : Chicago
Worst Movie : The Real Cancun
Best Actor : Colin Farrell (Phone Booth)
Best Actress : Catherine Zeta - Jones (Chicago)
Worst Actor : Jean Claude Van Damme (Double Impact)
Worst Actress : Grace Zabriskie (The Glow)
Biggest Surprise : Elf
Biggest Dissapointment : Master and Commander
Most Overrated : Return Of The King
Most Underrated : Heathers

[Trinity]

First time viewings only, from best to worst:

1. Double Indemnity (1944) – 10/10
2. Wuthering Heights (1939) – 10/10
3. Ball of Fire (1941) – 9/10
4. The Little Foxes (1941) – 9/10
5. City Lights (1931) – 9/10
6. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) – 9/10
7. What’s Up Doc (1973) - 9/10
8. How to Steal a Million (1966) – 9/10
9. Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993) - 9/10
10. Doctor Zhivago (1965) – 9/10
11. Return of the King (2003) – 9/10
12. In the Name of the Father (1993) – 9/10
13. The Kid (1921) – 9/10
14. Paper Moon (1973) – 9/10
15. Bugsy (1991) – 8/10
16. Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife (1938) – 8/10
17. The Last Picture Show (1971) – 8/10
18. The Grapes of Wrath (1940) – 8/10
19. The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947) – 8/10
20. The Great Dictator (1941) - 8/10
21. Stalag 17 (1953) – 8/10
22. The Remains of the Day (1993) – 8/10
23. The Gold Rush (1925) – 8/10
24. Kiss of Death (1947) – 8/10
25. Say Anything (1989) - 8/10
26. One Way Passage (1932) – 7/10
27. This is My Affair (1937) – 7/10
28. Love Story (1970) – 7/10
29. The Southerner (1945) – 7/10
30. Darling (1965) - 7/10
31. Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956) – 7/10
32. Rocky (1976) – 7/10
33. Frenchman’s Creek (1944) – 7/10
34. The Bigamist (1953) – 7/10
35. No Way Out (1950) - 7/10
36. Days of Heaven (1978) – 7/10
37. My Beautiful Laundrette – 7/10
38. Guns of Navarone (1961) – 7/10
39. The Beguiled (1971) – 7/10
40. People Will Talk (1951) – 6/10
41. Thieves Highway (1949) – 6/10
42. His Woman (1931) – 6/10
43. God is Great, I’m Not (2000) – 6/10
44. Executive Suite (1954) – 6/10
45. Tender is the Night (1962) – 6/10
46. Bullets Over Broadway (1994) – 6/10
47. The Prince of Tides (1991) – 5/10
48. Master And Commander (2003) – 5/10
49. Born to Be Bad (1950) – 5/10
50. Night and the City (1950) – 5/10
51. Single White Female (1992) – 5/10
52. They All Laughed (1981) - 4/10
53. Stand-ins (1997) – 3/10
54. A Clockwork Orange (1971) – 1/10


Best Actor: Laurence Olivier, Wuthering Heights
Best Actress Barbara Stanwayck, Double Indemnity & Ball of Fire