The Month in Movies - January 2005

[A.J. Hakari]

Hey, all! 'Tis my first Month in Movies column of the year, and thanks for posting your thoughts and viewings in my previous threads. Let's start things off with my viewing slate for 2005 (on a **** scale), and feel free to contribute your lists and thoughts as well!

Number of First-Time Viewings: 51

THE BRILLIANT

No Man’s Land (2001) - ****

THE GREAT

The Hidden Fortress - *** 1/2
Mean Creek - *** 1/2
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster - *** 1/2
Spanglish - *** 1/2
8 Women - *** 1/2
Jesus Christ: Vampire Hunter - *** 1/2

THE PURTY GOOD

Silver City - ***
Eddie Izzard: Glorious - ***
Freeze Frame - ***
Riding Giants - ***
Hype! - ***
The Man Without a Past - ***
Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events - ***
Assault on Precinct 13 (2005) - ***
Meet the Fockers - ***
Shall We Dance? (2004) - ***
Bookies - ***
Only the Strong Survive - ***
When Will I Be Loved - ***
Lil’ Pimp - ***
Vanity Fair (2004) - ***

THE O.K.

The Burkittsville 7 - ** 1/2
In Enemy Hands - ** 1/2
The Pope of Greenwich Village - ** 1/2
Stark Raving Mad - ** 1/2
Wings of Courage - ** 1/2
The Quiet Earth - ** 1/2

THE SO-SO

Elektra - **
White Noise - **
Stealing Sinatra - **
Shadow of the Blair Witch - **
Hide and Seek - **
Paranoia: 1.0 - **
Mulan II - **
Bad Lieutenant - **
Young Adam - **
Racing Stripes - **
A Woman of Paris - **
Anchorman: Wake Up, Ron Burgundy - **
Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song - **

THE SUCKY

Tangled - * 1/2
Pauly Shore Is Dead - * 1/2

THE REALLY SUCKY

The Cookout - *
29 Palms - *
Dracula 3000 - *
Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 - no stars
Are We There Yet? - no stars

No ratings:

Bambi Meets Godzilla
Mystery Science Theater 3000: “The Wild World of Batwoman”
Un Chien Andalou

THE BEST:

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THE WORST:

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Best Actor: Mickey Rourke, THE POPE OF GREENWICH VILLAGE
Best Actress: Paz Vega, SPANGLISH
Best Supporting Actor: Dustin Hoffman, MEET THE FOCKERS
Best Supporting Actress: Geraldine Page, THE POPE OF GREENWICH VILLAGE
Best Director: Akira Kurosawa, THE HIDDEN FORTRESS
Best Original Screenplay: Danis Tanovic, NO MAN’S LAND (2001)
Best Adapted Screenplay: Francois Ozon, 8 WOMEN
Biggest Surprise: RIDING GIANTS
Biggest Disappointment: BAD LIEUTENANT
Most Fucked-Up Movie: UN CHIEN ANDALOU
“I’m Pretty Damn Sure No One Else Has Seen This”: FREEZE FRAME
Person/Character I Never Want to Meet: 187 (Coolio), DRACULA 3000
“Why Is He/She Still in Movies?”: Casper Van Dien, DRACULA 3000
Recurring Genre: Rachael Leigh Cook movies
Ultimate WTF? Moment: The women pulling a horseshoe back and forth, “Mystery Science Theater 3000”: THE WILD WORLD OF BATWOMAN
Best Line: "Neutrality does not exist in the face of murder. Doing nothing to stop it is, in fact, choosing. It is not being neutral." - Jane Livingstone (Katrin Cartlidge), NO MAN’S LAND (2001)
Best Scene: General Makabe (Toshiro Mifune) versus the enemy general, THE HIDDEN FORTRESS
Movie I Finally Got to Friggin’ See: THE HIDDEN FORTRESS
Coolest Title: SWEET SWEETBACK’S BAADASSSSS SONG

[ilovemovies]

1. Meet the Fockers *** 1/2
2. Assualt on Precinct 13 ***
3. America's Sweethearts ***
4. The Incredibles ***
5. Elektra ***
6. Flight of the Pheonix (2004) ***
7. Coach Carter ***
8. Summer School ***
9. Racing Stripes ***
10. Shadow Conspiracy ***
11. Beyond the Sea ** 1/2
12. The Mighty Quinn **
13. Black Knight **
14. Closer **
15. The Life Aquatic * 1/2


Rewatches:

Simone ***
I, Robot ***
Training Day ***
Clear and Present Danger *** 1/2
Air Force One ****
Go *** 1/2
Cellular ***


Best Actor: Samuel L. Jackson, Coach Carter
Best Actress: Jennifer Garner, Elektra
Best Supporting Actor: Dustin Hoffman, Meet the Fockers
Best Supporting Actress: Kate Bosworth, Beyond the Sea
Most pleasant surprise: Summer School
Biggest Disappointment: The Life Aquatic


This was suppose to be my comeback month, but with only 15 new movies I saw, it still sucked.

[Fisting Ackbar]

Well, on a personal note, January completely sucked...but hey, I got to drown away the pain by watching a bunch of movies :cool:



RASHOMON 9/10
MILLION DOLLAR BABY (2004) 9/10
2046 9/10

DEAD MAN'S SHOES (2004) 8/10
LILYA 4-EVER 8/10
SIDEWAYS 8/10
A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT 8/10
THE CRYING GAME 8/10
THIEF (1981) 8/10
SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE 8/10
FESTEN (THE CELEBRATION) 8/10
THE GREAT DICTATOR 8/10
11:14 8/10
GREAT EXPECTATIONS (1946) 8/10

GEGEN DIE WAND (HEAD-ON) 7/10
THE ITALIAN JOB (1969) 7/10
ERIN BROCKOVICH 7/10
KINSEY 7/10
BOILER ROOM 7/10
WESTWORLD 7/10
ROUNDERS 7/10
IN GOOD COMPANY 7/10
KUNG FU HUSTLE 7/10
K-PAX 7/10
MICROCOSMOS 7/10
FLESH & BLOOD 7/10
THE FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX (1965) 7/10
NEAR DARK 7/10

SONATINE 6/10
RAY 6/10
THE ASSASSINATION OF RICHARD NIXON 6/10
THE NOTEBOOK 6/10
A LOVE SONG FOR BOBBY LONG 6/10
JOINT SECURITY AREA 6/10
MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN 6/10
ALEXANDER 6/10
CITIZEN RUTH 6/10
GOONCON2K4 6/10 (short)
GAYNIGGERS FROM OUTER SPACE 6/10 (short)

THE GRUDGE 5/10
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (2004) 5/10
MINDHUNTERS 5/10
THE BROWN BUNNY 5/10
COOL! 5/10
UN CHIEN ANDALOU 5/10 (short) (twice)

SERIES 7: THE CONTENDERS 4/10
ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE 4/10


Best Actor: Paddy Considine - DEAD MAN'S SHOES / Jamie Foxx - RAY (tie)
Best Actress: Hilary Swank - MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Best Supporting Actor: Jaye Davidson - THE CRYING GAME
Best Supporting Actress: Virginia Madsen - SIDEWAYS
Best Director: Akira Kurosawa - RASHOMON
Best Original Screenplay: RASHOMON
Best Adapted Screenplay: SIDEWAYS
Biggest Surprise: 11:14
Biggest Disappointment: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
Most Fucked-Up Movie: 11:14
“I’m Pretty Damn Sure No One Else Has Seen This”: GOONCON2K4
Person/Character I Never Want to Meet: The incestous pedophile/animal fucker (William Sadler) - KINSEY
“Why Is He/She Still in Movies?”: Minnie Driver - THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
Recurring Genre: Movies featuring cocks and/or balls
Ultimate WTF? Moment: Anything out of UN CHIEN ANDALOU
Best Scene: The long car chase featuring the Mini Coopers - THE ITALIAN JOB
Movie I Finally Got to Friggin’ See: THE CRYING GAME
Coolest Title: GAYNIGGERS FROM OUTER SPACE

[Hucksta G]

1. Vanilla Sky (10/10)
2. Chasing Amy (10/10)
3. Team America: World Police (10/10) *
4. Magnolia (9/10)
5. Kill Bill Vol. 2 (9/10)
6. Apocalypse Now (9/10)
7. Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (9/10)
8. Kill Bill Vol. 1 (9/10)
9. Love Actually (8/10)
10. The Shining (8/10)
11. The Girl Next Door (8/10)
12. Before Sunset (8/10) *
13. Before Sunrise (8/10) *
14. The Virgin Suicides (8/10)
15. The Sixth Sense (8/10)
16. Snatch (8/10)
17.Road Trip (8/10)
18. Jersey Girl (8/10) *
19. The Sponebob Squarepants Movie (8/10) *
20. Me, Myself and Irene (7/10)
21. Deliverance (7/10) *
22. Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (7/10) *
23. Man on Fire (7/10) *
24. Wimbledon (7/10) *
25. 13 Going on 30 (6/10) *
26. Blade: Trinity (6/10) *
27. Saving Silverman (5/10) *

12 first viewings.

[SAI]

54 Films, 33 First viewings (asterisked)

1st: The Good Girl 4/5

2nd: Jersey Girl 3/5
*Conspiracy 3/5*
*Wisconsin Death Trip 2/5*
The Accused 4/5

3rd: *Anna And The King 3/5*
*Soldier Blue 2/5*
The Bone Collector 3/5

4th: *The Pledge 3/5*

5th:* Heaven 4/5*
*Buffalo Soldiers 3/5*

6th: *Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3 3/5*
*The Dead Zone 3/5*
The Silence Of The Lambs 3/5

7th: *The Cats Meow 4/5*

8th: * Pi 2/5*
School of Rock 4/5

9th: Perfect Blue 4/5
*The Aviator 4/5*

10th: You Can Count On Me 4/5
Roadkill 3/5

12th: A Fish Called Wanda 5/5
Untitled 5/5

13th: *The Day After Tomorrow 1/5*

14th: *Team America: World Police 3/5*
*Million Dollar Baby 4/5*
*A Hole In My Heart 3/5*

16th: Lethal Weapon 3/5

17th: *Lethal Weapon 2 3/5*

18th: *Stephen King's IT 1/5*

19th: The Gift 3/5

20th: Memphis Belle 4/5
*The Glimmer Man 2/5*

21st: Blade 2 4/5
*Lethal Weapon 3 2/5*

22nd *B Monkey 2/5*
*The Devil's Backbone 4/5*
Leon 5/5

23rd: *Rasputin 2/5*
*About A Boy 3/5*
The American President 4/5

24th: *Simply Irresistible 1/5
*Dear Frankie 3/5*
*A Very Long Engagement 4/5*
Mute Witness 4/5

26th: Capturing The Friedmans 4/5

27th: *Les Amants Criminels [Ciminal Lovers] 4/5*
Farenheit 9/11 3/5

28th: *The Rules of Attraction 4/5*

30th:* 8 Femmes [8 Women] 4/5*
*The Blade 2/5*

31st: *Total Recall 3/5*
*The Man Who Wasn't There 4/5*
Nikita 4/5

Best Film
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Untitled [Almost Famous Directors Cut]

Best First Viewing (Home)
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Eight Women

Best First Viewing (cinema)
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A Very Long Engagement

Worst Film
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Simply Irresistible (it's VERY poorly named)

Best Actor:Billy Bob Thornton: The Man Who Wasn't There
Best Actress: Jodie Foster: The Silence of the Lambs
Best Supporting Actor: Mark Ruffalo: You Can Count On Me
Best Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett: The Aviator and Kate Hudson: Untitled (can't believe I forgot Cate earlier)

[Cronos]

Number of First-Time Viewings: 59

10/10

Fahrenheit 9/11
Team America: World Police

9/10

Rasputin
Walking Tall

8/10

Big Trouble
Death To Smoochy
Empire
Jungle 2 Jungle
Looney Tunes Back In Action
Rules Of Attraction, The

7/10

12 Angry Men
Airport 1975
Anatomy 2
Body Snatchers
Brewster's Millions (90)
Butcher Boy, The
Cradle 2 The Grave
Finding Forrester
Reindeer Games
Rollercoaster
Rosemary's Baby

6/10

Amityville Horror 3D
Dogs Of War, The
Hearse, The
Her Alibi
Hit And Run
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 4: The Next Generation
Time Cop 2: The Berlin Decision

5/10

Analyse That
It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Midnight Express
Simply Irresistable
Stolen Hearts

4/10

War And Peace (56)

3/10

Appointment With Venus
Encrypt
First Shot
Funny Bones
Grey Owl
Hours, The
Hunchback Of Notre Dame (96)
Twisted Desire

2/10

Emma's Wish
Jack Reed: One Of Our Own
Sea Wolves, The
Secret She Carried, The

1/10

As Told By Ginger: Far From Home
As Told By Ginger: The Wedding Frame
Blind Vision
B. Monkey
Dumb And Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Emmanuelle In Space: First Contact
Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery, The
It's Great To Be Young
Passport To Paris
Poetic Justice
Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street
Recess The Movie: School's Out
West Side Story

THE BEST:

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THE WORST:

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Best Actor: Alan Rickman, RASPUTIN
Best Actress: Mia Farrow, ROSEMARY'S BABY
Best Supporting Actor: Robin Williams, DEATH TO SMOOCHY
Best Supporting Actress: Kirsten Wilson, WALKING TALL
Best Director: Trey Parker, TEAM AMERICA
Best Original Screenplay: TEAM AMERICA
Best Adapted Screenplay: ROSEMARY'S BABY
Biggest Surprise: WALKING TALL
Biggest Disappointment: MIDNIGHT EXPRESS
Most Fucked-Up Movie: TEAM AMERICA
“I’m Pretty Damn Sure No One Else Has Seen This”: HIT AND RUN
Person/Character I Never Want to Meet: Doctors in ANATOMIE 2
“Why Is He/She Still in Movies?”: Melissa Joan Hart, TWISTED DESIRE
Recurring Genre: Draca / Comedy
Ultimate WTF? Moment: many scenes in RULES OF ATTRACTION
Best Line: TEAM AMERICA, "Gary Johnston: We're dicks! We're reckless, arrogant, stupid dicks. And the Film Actors Guild are pussies. And Kim Jong Il is an asshole. Pussies don't like dicks because pussies get fucked by dicks. But dicks also fuck assholes. Assholes that just want to shit on everything. Pussies may think they can deal with assholes their way. But the only thing that can fuck a asshole is a dick, with some balls. The problem with dicks is they fuck too much or fuck when it isn't appropriate. And it takes a pussy to show them that. But sometimes pussies can be so full of shit that they become assholes themselves. Because pussies are a inch and half away from assholes. I don't know much about this crazy crazy world, but I do know this. If you don't let us fuck this asshole we're going to have our dicks and pussies all covered in shit."
Best Scene: beginning of TEAM AMERICA
Movie I Finally Got to Friggin’ See: DEATH TO SMOOCHY
Coolest Title: TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE

[Trinity]

A bit less than usual last month:

1. Closer (2004) - 4/5
2. Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004) - 4/5
3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) - 4/5
4. Spider-Man 2 (2004) - 4/5
5. Being Julia (2004) - 4/5
6. Separate Tables (1958) - 3/5
7. Lifeboat (1944) - 3/5
8. That Uncertain Feeling (1941) - 3/5
9. Black Widow (1954) - 3/5
10. Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) - 3/5
11. A Hole in the Head (1959) - 3/5
12. The Girl Can't Help It (1956) - 2/5
13. Above Suspicion (1943) - 2/5
14. Betrayed (1954) - 2/5

[Tayzlor]

Total Viewings - 40
First Time - 28
Rewatch - 12
*=rewatch

none
Un Chien Andalou

10/10
L’Avventura*
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie*
Persona*
The Third Man*
George Washington*
Million Dollar Baby
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Notorious
The Rules of the Game
Mulholland Drive
Sideways
Patton

9/10
Diary of a Country Priest
In Cold Blood
Casablanca*
Goldfinger*
Say Anything…
The Hustler
The Wild Bunch

8/10
Diary of a Chambermaid
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy*
The Battleship Potemkin*
A Woman Under the Influence
I Vitelloni
The Hidden Fortress
The Lower Depths (Kurosawa)
Dead Man Walking
All About Eve
Physical Pinball (short)

7/10
Shattered Glass
Maria Full of Grace
Faraway, So Close!
Kingpin*

6/10
Fistful of Dollars
The Battleship Potemkin
For Your Eyes Only*
Wake Up Ron Burgundy!

5/10
The Living Daylights*

4/10
Rain Man

Top Ten
01. Million Dollar Baby
02. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
03. Notorious
04. The Rules of the Game
05. Mulholland Drive
06. Sideways
07. Patton
08. In Cold Blood
09. The Wild Bunch
10. Diary of a Country Priest

Best Actor
1. George C. Scott, Patton
2. Paul Giamatti, Sideways
3. Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby

Best Actress
1. Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby
2. Bette Davis, All About Eve
3. Gena Rowlands, A Woman Under the Influence

Best Supporting Actor
1. Anton Walbrook, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
2. Franco Interlenghi, I Vitelloni
3. Thomas Haden Church, Sideways

Best Supporting Actress
1. Virginia Madsen, Sideways
2. Nastassja Kinski, Faraway, So Close!

Best Director
1. Michael Powell, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
2. Alfred Hitchcock, Notorious
3. Federico Fellini, I Vitelloni

[Briare Rabbit]

1 Kinsey (2004)- ****
2 Frankenstein (1910)- ****
3 Hotel Rwanda (2004)- ***
4 ...And Justice For All (1979)- ***
5 Before Sunset (2004)- ***
6 Closer (2004)- ***
7 Shaun of the Dead (2004)- ***
8 A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984)- ***
9 Finding Neverland (2004)- ***
10 The Polar Express (2004)- ***
11 Fahrenheit 451 (1966)- **
12 Napoleon Dynamite (2004)- **
13 Hellboy (2004)- **
14 Pink Floyd The Wall (1981)- *
15 Home on the Range (2004)- *
16 The Passion of the Christ (2004)- *
17 Moulin Rouge! (2001)- *
18 Monster (2003)- *

Best Picture: Kinsey
Best Director: Bill Condon, Kinsey
Best Actor: Don Cheadle, Hotel Rwanda
Best Actress: Julie Delpy, Before Sunset
Best Supporting Actor: Freddie Highmore, Finding Neverland
Best Supporting Actress: Laura Linney, Kinsey
Best Score: Kinsey
Best Original Screenplay: Kinsey
Best Adaptated Screenplay:Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke, Richard Linklater, Before Sunset
Biggest Surprise: Finding Neverland
Biggest Disappointment: Passion of the Christ

[zeppelin]

9/10 (excellent)
1. Sideways
2. Dancer in the Dark
3. E.T.- The Extra-Terrestrial
4. The Fisher King

8/10 (very good)
5. Million Dollar Baby
6. Welcome to the Dollhouse
7. Brazil
8. The Fly (1986)
9. White Heat

7/10 (good)
10. Blade Runner
11. The Triplets of Belleville
12. The Night of the Hunter
13. Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

6/10 (decent)
14. Time Bandits
15. The Sweet Hereafter
16. The Last Picture Show
17. Night of the Living Dead

2/10 (awful)
18. Eraserhead

Best first viewing: Dancer in the Dark
Best Director: Alexander Payne, Sideways
Best Actor: Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby
Best Actress: Bjork, Dancer in the Dark
Best Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church, Sideways
Best Supporting Actress: Cybill Shepard, The Last Picture Show
Best Screenplay: The Fisher King
Best Cinematography: Eraserhead
Biggest Surprise: The Triplets of Belleville
Biggest Disappoitment: Eraserhead

[wyodebbie]

Movies Watched January 2005
* first viewing 1 = bad 2 = fair 3 = good 3.5 = very good 4 = great
*Paycheck 3/4
*50 First Dates 1/4
Last September 3/4
*Against The Ropes 2.5/4
*Spartan 3/4
Shoot To Kill 2.5/4
*Last Samurai 3/4
Iris 3.5/4
Murder By Numbers 2.5/4
Late Show 3/4
Last Temptation Christ 3.5/4
Last Picture Show 3.5/4
Last Orders 3.5/4
Last Of The Mohicans 3/4
Laura 4/4
Mannequin 2.5/4
*Barbarian Invasions 3/4
*Welcome To Mooseport 2.5/4
*Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World 3/4
*Cheaper By The Dozen 2.5/4
Calendar Girls 3/4
Lawrence of Arabia 4/4
Leather Jackets 1/4
Leave Her To Heaven 3.5/4
*Human Stain 3.5/4
Anniversary Party 3/4
Leaving Las Vegas 3/4
Le Divorce 2.5/4
Legends Of The Fall 3/4
Lemon Sisters 3/4
Lenny 3.5/4
*Big Bounce 2/4
Les Miserables 3/4
*To Live And Die In L.A. 3/4
Italian Job 3/4
Soapdish 2.5/4