A.J. Hakari
01-01-2006, 09:21 PM
Howdy there, fellow schmoes. A.J. here, and after another great year of doing the Month in Movies columns as a means for the schmoes to share and talk about their viewings, we've come to the one last blast: the Year in Movies summary. Don't worry, all the ratings won't be reposted here (read the respective "Year in Movies" ratings topics to see others' lists and post your own). But this is a general summary topic, to give out your own little awards to the movies you saw over the course of 2005 and reflect on your year in movie watching.
And here be my awards for the flicks I saw in 2005...
Number of First-Time Viewings in 2005: 506
THE TOP TEN:
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1. The Yes Men
2. Sideways
3. The Woodsman
4. The Assassination of Richard Nixon
5. Bang Bang, You’re Dead
6. Sin City
7. Oldboy
8. Crash (2005)
9. A Very Long Engagement
10. Kinsey
THE BOTTOM TEN:
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1. Dark Harvest 2: The Maize
2. Holla! If I Kill You
3. Son of the Mask
4. A Lot Like Love
5. Caligula
6. Are We There Yet?
7. Zolar
8. Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2
9. National Lampoon’s Gold Diggers
10. Lethal Dose
BEST ACTOR:
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Kevin Bacon, THE WOODSMAN
RUNNER-UP: Bruno Ganz, DOWNFALL
BEST ACTRESS:
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Judi Dench, LADIES IN LAVENDER
RUNNER-UP: Charlize Theron, NORTH COUNTRY
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
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Boris Karloff, THE BODY SNATCHER
RUNNER-UP: Paul Giamatti, CINDERELLA MAN
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
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Reese Witherspoon, WALK THE LINE
RUNNER-UP: Jennifer Carpenter, THE EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSE
BEST DIRECTOR:
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Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller, SIN CITY
RUNNER-UP: Jang Joon-hwan, SAVE THE GREEN PLANET!
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
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Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco, CRASH (2005)
RUNNER-UP: Bill Condon, KINSEY
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
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Jo-yun Hwang and Joon-hyung Lim & Chan-wook Park, OLDBOY
RUNNER-UP: Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, SIDEWAYS
Best Action Film: SIN CITY
Best Animated Film: TOKYO GODFATHERS
Best Documentary: THE YES MEN
Best Drama: THE WOODSMAN
Best Family Film: MILLIONS
Best Foreign Film: OLDBOY
Best Horror Film: DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978)
Best Musical: REEFER MADNESS: THE MOVIE MUSICAL
Best Romance: A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT
Best Sci-Fi Film: SAVE THE GREEN PLANET!
Best Thriller: HOSTAGE
Best War Film: NO MAN’S LAND (2001)
Best Western: FOUR BROTHERS (the closest thing to a Western that I saw this year…)
Funniest Movie: REEFER MADNESS: THE MOVIE MUSICAL
Best Directorial Debut: Paul Haggis, CRASH (2005)
Best Line: “Whenever we’re about to do something horrible, we always say the French have been doing it for years.” Sir Edward Hyde (Edward Fox), STAGE BEAUTY
Biggest Disappointment: BAD LIEUTENANT
Biggest Surprise: SEED OF CHUCKY
Coolest Title: SWEET SWEETBACK’S BAADASSSSS SONG
“I Swear, No One’s Seen This But Me”: OLE AND LENA
“I’m Kicking Myself for Missing This in Theatres”: PRIDE & PREJUDICE
“I’m Kicking Myself for Seeing This in Theatres”: SON OF THE MASK
Most Aggravating: THE MACHINIST
Most Boring: LETHAL DOSE
Most Fucked-Up Movie: CALIGULA
Most Memorable Scene: The Persian shopkeeper confronts the locksmith, CRASH (2005)
Most Overrated: TETSUO: THE IRON MAN
Most Pointless: SON OF THE MASK
Most Underrated: THE ASSASSINATION OF RICHARD NIXON
Movie I Finally Got to Friggin’ See: The “Living Dead” trilogy (NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, DAWN OF THE DEAD, DAY OF THE DEAD)
And here be my awards for the flicks I saw in 2005...
Number of First-Time Viewings in 2005: 506
THE TOP TEN:
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0006N2DSI.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
1. The Yes Men
2. Sideways
3. The Woodsman
4. The Assassination of Richard Nixon
5. Bang Bang, You’re Dead
6. Sin City
7. Oldboy
8. Crash (2005)
9. A Very Long Engagement
10. Kinsey
THE BOTTOM TEN:
http://g-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/45/4f/d430124128a011a437717010.L.jpg
1. Dark Harvest 2: The Maize
2. Holla! If I Kill You
3. Son of the Mask
4. A Lot Like Love
5. Caligula
6. Are We There Yet?
7. Zolar
8. Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2
9. National Lampoon’s Gold Diggers
10. Lethal Dose
BEST ACTOR:
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Kevin Bacon, THE WOODSMAN
RUNNER-UP: Bruno Ganz, DOWNFALL
BEST ACTRESS:
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Judi Dench, LADIES IN LAVENDER
RUNNER-UP: Charlize Theron, NORTH COUNTRY
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
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Boris Karloff, THE BODY SNATCHER
RUNNER-UP: Paul Giamatti, CINDERELLA MAN
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
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Reese Witherspoon, WALK THE LINE
RUNNER-UP: Jennifer Carpenter, THE EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSE
BEST DIRECTOR:
http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/dimension_films/sin_city/_group_photos/frank_miller5.jpg
Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller, SIN CITY
RUNNER-UP: Jang Joon-hwan, SAVE THE GREEN PLANET!
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
http://www.nyfa.com/images/film_crash1.jpg
Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco, CRASH (2005)
RUNNER-UP: Bill Condon, KINSEY
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
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Jo-yun Hwang and Joon-hyung Lim & Chan-wook Park, OLDBOY
RUNNER-UP: Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, SIDEWAYS
Best Action Film: SIN CITY
Best Animated Film: TOKYO GODFATHERS
Best Documentary: THE YES MEN
Best Drama: THE WOODSMAN
Best Family Film: MILLIONS
Best Foreign Film: OLDBOY
Best Horror Film: DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978)
Best Musical: REEFER MADNESS: THE MOVIE MUSICAL
Best Romance: A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT
Best Sci-Fi Film: SAVE THE GREEN PLANET!
Best Thriller: HOSTAGE
Best War Film: NO MAN’S LAND (2001)
Best Western: FOUR BROTHERS (the closest thing to a Western that I saw this year…)
Funniest Movie: REEFER MADNESS: THE MOVIE MUSICAL
Best Directorial Debut: Paul Haggis, CRASH (2005)
Best Line: “Whenever we’re about to do something horrible, we always say the French have been doing it for years.” Sir Edward Hyde (Edward Fox), STAGE BEAUTY
Biggest Disappointment: BAD LIEUTENANT
Biggest Surprise: SEED OF CHUCKY
Coolest Title: SWEET SWEETBACK’S BAADASSSSS SONG
“I Swear, No One’s Seen This But Me”: OLE AND LENA
“I’m Kicking Myself for Missing This in Theatres”: PRIDE & PREJUDICE
“I’m Kicking Myself for Seeing This in Theatres”: SON OF THE MASK
Most Aggravating: THE MACHINIST
Most Boring: LETHAL DOSE
Most Fucked-Up Movie: CALIGULA
Most Memorable Scene: The Persian shopkeeper confronts the locksmith, CRASH (2005)
Most Overrated: TETSUO: THE IRON MAN
Most Pointless: SON OF THE MASK
Most Underrated: THE ASSASSINATION OF RICHARD NIXON
Movie I Finally Got to Friggin’ See: The “Living Dead” trilogy (NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, DAWN OF THE DEAD, DAY OF THE DEAD)