2005 Film List - Page 2

January 8, 2005
Million Dollar Baby:

January 15, 2005
In Good Company:
Elektra 3/4

February 5, 2005
Bad Education: 3/4
Hotel Rwanda:

February 12, 2005
Hitch:
Ong-Bak:

February 19, 2005
Constantine: 1/2
Because of Winn Dixie:

March 12, 2005
Hostage:
Robots: 3/4

March 19, 2005
The Ring 2: 1/2
The Pacifier:
The Upside of anger:

March 25, 2005
Guess Who?: 1/2
Miss Congeneality 2: 1/2

April 2, 2005
Sin City: 3/4

April 8, 2005
Fever Pitch:

April 23, 2005
A Lot Like Love:
The Interpreter:
Kung-Fu Hustle:

May 6, 2005
Kingdom of Heaven: 1/2
Crash: 3/4

May 15, 2005
Kicking and Screaming: 1/2
Unleashed: 3/4

May 19, 2005
Star Wars III: RotS: 3/4

May 28, 2005
The Longest Yard: 3/4

June 5, 2005
Cinderella Man: 1/2
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants:

June 15, 2005
Batman Begins:

June 24, 2005
Herbie: Fully Loaded: 1/2

June 30, 2005
War of the Worlds: 1/2

July 8, 2005
Dark Water: 3/4
Fantastic Four: 1/2

July 15, 2005
Wedding Crashers:
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: 3/4

July 22, 2005
Bad News Bears: 3/4
The Island:

July 30, 2005
Must Love Dogs: 3/4
Sky High: 3/4

August 6, 2005
Stealth:
The Dukes of Hazzard:
The March of the Penguins: 1/2

August 20, 2005
The 40 Year Old Virgin: 3/4

September 17, 2005
The Constant Gardner:

September 24, 2005
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride:
Flightplan:

October 1, 2005
Serenity: 1/2

October 8, 2005
A History of Violence: 3/4
Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit:

October 15, 2005
Domino: 1/2
Elizabethtown: 3/4

October 23, 2005
North Country:
Doom:

October 24, 2005
Stay: 3/4

October 29, 2005
The Weather Man: 1/2
Prime: 3/4
The Legend of Zorro:

November 5, 2005
Chicken Little: 1/2
Jarhead: 3/4

November 12, 2005
Derailed:
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang: 1/2

November 17, 2005
Shopgirl: 3/4

November 18, 2005
Walk the Line: 1/2
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: 1/2

November 23, 2005
Rent:
Pride and Prejudice:

November 28, 2005
Just Friends: 1/2

December 2, 2005
Aeon Flux:

December 9, 2005
Syriana: 1/2
Chronicles of Narnia:

December 10, 2005
Capote: 1/2

December 15, 2005
King Kong:

December 17, 2005
The Family Stone: 3/4
Brokeback Mountain: 3/4

December 21, 2005
Cheaper by the Dozen 2: 1/2
Fun with Dick and Jane: 3/4

December 30, 2005
Munich:
The Producers:

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Films seen, but not rated or reviewed so far:

The Ice Harvest
In Her Shoes
Hustle and Flow
Millions
Me and You and Everyone We Know
Proof
Saw 2
The Aristocrats
Four Brothers
Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Transporter 2
Bewitched
Ocean's 12



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Sorted by rating (ranked within rating):


Batman Begins


3/4
Crash
Brokeback Mountain
Sin City
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The 40 Year Old Virgin



1/2
Serenity
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Capote
Cinderella Man
Syriana
The March of the Penguins
Walk the Line


Munich
Pride and Prejudice
Chronicles of Narnia
King Kong
Wedding Crashers
Kung-Fu Hustle
The Constant Gardner
Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Rent
In Good Company
Hotel Rwanda
North Country
The Interpreter
The Upside of Anger
Hostage
Fever Pitch
Hitch
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Because of Winn-Dixie
Ong-Bak


3/4
Star Wars 3: RotS
Sky High
Prime
The Family Stone
A History of Violence
Fun with Dick and Jane
Stay
Must Love Dogs
Jarhead
Robots
Shopgirl
Bad Education
The Longest Yard
Unleashed


1/2
War of the Worlds
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Constantine
Fantastic Four
The Weather Man
Guess Who?
Kingdom of Heaven
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Miss Congeneality 2
Domino
Just Friends
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Kicking and Screaming
Chicken Little



Flightplan
The Island
Aeon Flux
The Pacifier
A Lot Like Love
The Legend of Zorro
The Producers
The Dukes of Hazzard
Stealth
Doom
Derailed


3/4
Elektra
Dark Water
Bad News Bears
Elizabethtown


1/2 stars
The Ring 2

Seth's 2005 list
I use the NY/LA release criteria, aka Oscar criteria
Bold for score readability
Red will mark top films, with full bold too
Film list is alphabetical only

97 seen / 28 theatrically

Recent additions
Memoirs of a Geisha (7.5)
Zathura (6.5)
Aeon Flux (3.5)
Howl's Moving Castle (7.5)
Oldboy (10)



2046 9
The 40 Year Old Virgin 8.5
Aeon Flux 3.5
The Aristocrats 7
Assault on Precinct 13 4
Bad News Bears 7.5
Batman Begins 10
Be Cool 2.5
Bewitched 7
Breakfast on Pluto 6.5
Brick 9
Brokeback Mountain 9.5
The Brothers Grimm 4.5

Capote 10
Casanova 7
Charlie and the Choc. Factory 8.5
The Chronicals of Narnia 8
Cinderella Man 10
The Constant Gardner 8.5
Constantine 7
Corpse Bride 7.5
Crash 9.5
The Devil's Rejects 7.5
Domino 5
Doom 1
The Dukes of Hazzard 1.5

Elektra 4
Elizabethtown 3
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room 8.5
The Exorcism of Emily Rose 6
The Family Stone 8
Fantastic Four 4.5
Fever Pitch 3.5
Flightplan 5.5
The Fog 2
Fun with Dick and Jane 4
Good Night, and Good Luck 9
Grizzly Man 9.5

Happy Endings 7.5
Harry Potter 4 9
Havoc 3
Hide and Seek 3
A History of Violence 8.5
Hitch 7.5
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy 8
House of Wax 5.5
Howl's Moving Castle 7.5
Hustle and Flow 9
The Ice Harvest 8

In Her Shoes 8.5
Inside Deep Throat 9
The Interpreter 7.5
Into the Blue 3
The Island 6
Jarhead 9.5
Jesus is Magic 7.5
King Kong 7.5
Kingdom of Heaven 6
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang 9
Land of the Dead 5.5
London 6.5
The Longest Yard 2.5
Lord of War 7

Madagascar 7.5
March of the Penguins 9
The Matador 8.5
Match Point 8.5
Me and You and Everyone We Know 7
Memoirs of a Geisha 7.5
Mr. and Mrs. Smith 6
Mrs. Henderson Presents 7
Munich 9.5
Murderball 9
The New World 10
Oldboy 10
Pride and Prejudice 8.5
The Producers 7.5
Red Eye 8
Rent 7
Robots 6

Sahara 3
Serenity 8.5
Shopgirl 8.5
Sin City 9.5
Sisterhood of Traveling Pants 7
Sky High 7.5
Son of the Mask 2
The Squid and the Whale 10
Star Wars Ep 3 8.5
Syriana 9
Transamerica 8

Walk the Line 9.5
Wallace and Gromit: Were-Rabbit 9
War of the Worlds 9
Wedding Crashers 7
White Noise 5.5
The World's Fastest Indian 8.5
Zathura 6.5


Top 10
The New World
Capote
Cinderella Man
Batman Begins
Oldboy

The Squid and the Whale
Brokeback Mountain
Crash
Jarhead
Munich

Bottom 10
Son of the Mask
Doom
The Dukes of Hazzard
The Fog
Be Cool

The Longest Yard
Hide and Seek
Havoc
Into the Blue
Sahara

I might as well reserve a spot but it's going to be a while before I update since I have a ton of 2004 movies still waiting to be viewed.

reserve

This year it'll just be aught-five stuff rather than every movie since we have an every movie film tracker thread now too!

- year's best
- some flaws to overlook but damn good with potential to improve with age
--- Entertaining to see once, no major problems with the film
--- I'd hedge my bets before giving it another go
----- money wasn't wasted, I was entertained
----- money wasted
------- I was offended
------- I won't stop ranting about this film
ZERO ----- I left the theater

Best of 2005
History of Violence
Munich
Brokeback Mountain
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
In Her Shoes
The Family Stone
Sin City
Serenity
New World
Mad Hot Ballroom
Grizzly Man
Enron Smartest guys in the Room
Millions
Batman Begins
Good Night, and Good Luck
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Everything is Illuminated
Hustle and Flow
Howl's Moving Castle
Corpse Bride
The Longest Yard

1. 2005 films - By Title

1. A
2. The Animation Show - - 02/18/2005
   
   B
3. Batman Begins - - 06/15/2005
4. Bewitched - - 12/27/2005
5. Brokeback Mountain - - 1/21/2006
   
   C
6. Capote - - 11/12/2005
7. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - - 07/14/2005
8. Chronicles of Narnia: the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe - 12/12/2005
9. Cinderella Man - - 01/02/2005
10. Corpse Bride - - 09/15/2005
11. Crash - - 12/20/2005
    
    D
12. Downfall - - 02/20/2006
    
    E
13. Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room - - 02/04/2005
14. Everything is Illuminated - - 09/20/2005
    
    F
15. The Family Stone - 12/16/2005
16. 40 Year Old Virgin - - 02/03/2006
    
    G
17. Greatest Game Ever Played - - 09/22/2005
18. Grizzly Man - - 02/05/2005
19. Good Night, and Good Luck - - 10/06/2005
20. Green Street Hooligans - - 09/01/2005
21. Gunner Palace - - 03/19/2005
    
    H
22. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - 11/18/2005
23. Herbie: Fully Loaded - - 06/23/2005 revised down 9/23
24. A History of Violence - - 03/14/2005
25. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - - 04/30/2005
26. Holy Lola - - 11/17/2005
27. Hostage - - 03/12/2005
28. Howl's Moving Castle - - 07/01/2005
29. Howl's Moving Castle (dubbed) - - 11/13/2005
30. Hustle and Flow - - 07/19/2005
    
    I
31. In Her Shoes - - 09/29/2005
32. Inside Deep Throat - - 01/18/2005
33. The Island - - 07/23/2005
    
    J
34. Jarhead - - 11/13/2005
35. Junebug - - 02/19/2005
    
    K
36. Kicking and Screaming - Zero - 12/19/2005
37. King Kong - - 12/14/2005
38. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang - - 10/27/2005
39. Kung Fu Hustle - - 12/19/2005
    
    L
40. Layer Cake - - 06/04/2005
41. Loggerheads - - 07/08/2005
42. The Longest Yard - - 05/29/2005
    
    M
43. Mad Hot Ballroom - - 12/14/2005
44. Madagascar - - 05/28/2005
45. March of the Penguins - - 12/15/2005
46. Me and You and Everyone We Know - ZERO - 01/2006
47. Memoirs of a Geisha - - 12/01/2005
48. Millions - - 04/28/2005
49. Monster-in-Law - - 08/02/2005
50. Mr. and Mrs. Smith - - 06/22/2005
51. Munich - - 1/17/2006
52. Must Love Dogs - - 12/27/2005
    
    N
53. New World - - 02/04/05
    
    O
54. Oldboy - - 03/15/2005
    
    P
55. Pride and Prejudice - - 11/03/2005
    
    Q-R
56. Robots - - 03/11/2005
    
    S
57. Serenity - star: - 09/30/2005
58. Sin City - - 04/03/2005
59. Star Wars - Episode III:Revenge of the Sith - - 05/15/2005
60. Steamboy - - 03/24/2005
61. Syriana - - 12/04/2005
    
    T
62. Thumbsucker - - 08/25/2005
63. Turtles Can Fly - - 01/10/2006
    
    U
64. Upside of Anger, The - - 01/03/2005
    
    V-W
65. Walk the Line - - 11/25/2005
66. Wallace and Grommit: the Curse of the Were-Rabbit - - 11/12/2005
67. War of the Worlds - - 06/29/2005
68. The Weatherman - - 10/13/2005
69. The Wedding Crashers - star: - 07/28/2005
    
    X-Z
70. Zathura - - 11/10/2005

2005 films - By Rank

Animation Show, The
Batman Begins
Brokeback Mountain
Chronicles of Narnia, The: The Lion The Witch And the Wardrobe
Cinderella Man
Corpse Bride
Downfall
Enron the Smartest Guys in the Room
Everything is Illuminated
Family Stone, The
Good Night, and Good Luck
Grizzly Man
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
History of Violence, The
Howl's Moving Castle
Howl's Moving Castle (dubbed)
Hustle and Flow
In Her Shoes
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Layer Cake
Longest Yard, The
Mad Hot Ballroom
Millions
Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Munich
New World
Oldboy
Serenity
Sin City
Thumbsucker


40 Year Old Virgin
Capote
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Hostage
Inside Deep Throat
Island, The
Jarhead
King Kong
Kung Fu Hustle
Star Wars - Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Turtles Can Fly
Walk the Line
Wedding Crashers, The



Crash
Green Street Hooligans
Holy Lola
Madagascar
March of the Penguins
Monster-in-Law
Must Love Dogs
Steamboy
Syriana
Upside of Anger, The
War of the Worlds
Zathura


Bewitched
Greatest Game Ever Played, The
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Loggerheads
Memoirs of a Geisha
Wallace and Grommit the Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Weatherman


Herbie Fully Loaded (revised down Sept. 22)
Pride and Prejudice
Robots


Gunner Palace




Junebug

ZERO
Kicking and Screaming
Me and You and Everyone We Know

Scott, I can't wait to see Millions and OldBoy, good to see them getting high marks as they're my first two big anticipations for 05.

Ad,

I think I saw those both on the same day...and they couldn't possibly be more different!!

Millions plastered a grin onto my face and kept it there for 90 minutes.

Oldboy had me scratching my head, fascinated, periodically sickened and entirely engrossed.

2005 Film List

Last Updated: December 31, 2005
Total Eligible Films: 50
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2005 Eligible Releases
Title, Rating (Director, Running Time, Country)

The 40 Year Old Virgin A- (Judd Apatow, 116 min., USA)
The Amityville Horror D+ (Andrew Douglas, 90 min., USA)
Assault on Precinct 13 B (Jean-François Richet, 109 min., USA)
The Bad News Bears C- (Richard Linklater, 113 min., USA)
Batman Begins A (Christopher Nolan, 140 min., USA)
The Baxter B+ (Michael Showalter, 91 min., USA)
Be Cool D- (F. Gary Gray, 118 min., USA)
Boogeyman C- (Stephen Kay, 88 min., USA)
The Brothers Grimm D (Terry Gilliam, 118 min., USA)
Constantine B- (Francis Lawrence, 121 min., USA)
Cry Wolf C (Jeff Wadlow, 90 min., USA)
Cursed C (Wes Craven, 91 min., USA)
The Devil's Rejects B (Rob Zombie, 109 min., USA)
Domino B (Tony Scott, 120 min., USA)
Guess Who? C- (Kevin Rodney Sullivan, 106 min., USA)
Haute Tension B+ (Alexandre Aja, 91 min., France)
Hide and Seek D (John Polson, 100 min., USA)
A History of Violence B (David Cronenberg, 96 min., USA)
Hitch B- (Andy Tennant, 120 min., USA)
Hostage B (Florent Emilio Siri, 113 min., USA)
House of Wax B- (Jaume Serra, 112 min., USA)
Hustle and Flow B-(Craig Brewer, 116 min., USA)
The Jacket B- (John Maybury, 102 min., USA)
Kicking and Screaming B- (Jesse Dylan, 95 min., USA)
King Kong B+(Peter Jackson, 187 min., USA)
Kingdom of Heaven C (Ridley Scott, 145 min., USA)
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang A (Shane Black, 102 min., USA)
Kung Fu Hustle B (Stephen Chow, 100 min., China)
Land of the Dead A- (George Romero, 93 min., USA)
Layer Cake A- (Matthew Vaughn, 101 min., UK)
Long Distance D (Marcus Stern, 90 min., USA)
Mindhunters B+ (Renny Harlin, 106 min., USA)
Munich A (Steven Spielberg, 165 min., USA)
November C (Greg Harrison, 78 min., USA)
Oldboy A (Chan Wook Park, 120 min., South Korea)
The Pacifier C- (Adam Shankman, 95 min., USA)
The Producers C+ (Susan Stroman, 134 min., USA)
Red Eye B- (Wes Craven, 85 min., USA)
Saw 2 B- (Darren Lynn Bousman, 93 min., USA)
Seed of Chucky D+ (Don Mancini, 87 min., USA)
Sin City A (Frank Miller & Robert Rodriguez, 124 min., USA)
The Skeleton Key B- (Iain Softley, 104 min., USA)
Stealth C- (Rob Cohen, 121 min., USA)
Undead C (Michael & Peter Spierig, 100 min., Australia)
Unleashed B+ (Louis Leterrier, 103 min., France/USA)
Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit A- (Steve Box & Nick Park, 85 min., UK)
War of the Worlds B (Steven Spielberg, 116 min., USA)
The Wedding Crashers A- (David Dobkin, 113 min., USA)
White Noise D- (Geoffrey Sax, 98 min., USA)
XXX - State of the Union D+ (Lee Tamahori, 101 min., USA)

Craig's 2005 Film List

Criteria: NY/LA Academy Qualification

Rating Scheme: 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest)

Last updated March 12, 2006

Number of Films Seen: 82 (All seen theatrically except those marked with * seen on DVD)

Brokeback Mountain: 10 (1/8/06)
Capote: 10 (11/13/05)
Cinderella Man: 10 (7/3/05)
The Constant Gardener: 10 (9/3/05)
Crash: 10 (5/14/05)
Good Night And Good Luck: 10 (11/19/05)
Munich: 10 (12/23/05)
Pride & Prejudice: 10 (11/27/05)
Sin City: 10 (4/2/05)
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada: 10 (2/25/06)

The 40-Year Old Virgin: 9 (8/20/05)
Batman Begins: 9 (6/19/05)
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe: 9 (12/4/05)
The Family Stone: 9 (12/18/05)
The Great Raid: 9 (8/20/05)
Harry Potter & The Goblet Of Fire: 9 (11/26/05, 12/25/05)
Howl's Moving Castle: 9 (7/9/05)
Jarhead: 9 (11/5/05)
King Kong: 9 (12/15/05, 12/29/05)
The Lord Of War: 9 (9/18/05)
Match Point: 9 (1/21/06)
Millions: 9 (4/22/05)
Mrs. Henderson Presents: 9 (2/18/06)
The New World: 9 (1/22/06)
Oldboy: 9 (4/18/05)
Serenity: 9 (9/30/05)
Shopgirl: 9 (11/6/05)
Star Wars Episode III: The Revenge Of The Sith: 9 (5/19/05, 6/26/05)
Syriana: 9 (12/11/05)
The Upside Of Anger: 9 (3/20/05)
Walk The Line: 9 (11/26/05)
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit: 9 (10/14/05)
War Of The Worlds: 9 (7/2/05)
The Weather Man: 9 (11/6/05)
The Wild Parrots Of Telegraph Hill: 9 (4/21/05)

Coach Carter: 8 (2/20/05)
Elizabethtown: 8 (11/13/05)
The Exorcism Of Emily Rose: 8 (10/2/05)
Flightplan: 8 (10/1/05)
A History Of Violence: 8 (9/30/05)
Hostage: 8 (3/20/05)
Hustle & Flow: 9 (2/25/06) *
The Interpreter: 8 (4/29/05)
Junebug: 8 (3/4/06) *
Melinda And Melinda: 8 (1/21/06) *
The Matador: 8 (1/8/06)
North Country: 8 (2/26/06) *
Red Eye: 8 (9/5/05)
Rent: 8 (12/4/05)
Sahara: 8 (4/30/05)
Transamerica: 8 (3/12/06)
An Unfinished Life: 8 (9/17/05)
Wedding Crashers: 8 (7/24/05)

The Aristocrats: 7 (2/12/06) *
The Brothers Grimm: 7 (8/27/05)
Corpse Bride: 7 (9/25/05)
Dominion: A Prequel To The Exorcist: 7 (5/30/05)
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy: 7 (4/29/05, 5/7/05)
The Ice Harvest: 7 (11/26/05)
Kingdom Of Heaven: 7 (5/6/05)
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang: 7 (11/19/05)
Oliver Twist: 7 (10/7/05)
The Producers: 7 (1/14/06)
Robots: 7 (3/19/05)
Rumor Has It: 7 (12/30/05)
Two For The Money: 7 (10/15/05)

Aeon Flux: 8 (12/4/05)
Be Cool: 6 (3/6/05)
Constantine: 6 (2/18/05)
Derailed: 6 (11/19/05)
Domino: 6 (11/4/05)
Fantastic Four: 6 (7/24/05)
Four Brothers: 6 (8/14/05)
The Libertine: 6 (3/12/06)
The Longest Yard: 6 (5/30/05)
Madagascar: 6 (12/21/05) *
Memoirs Of A Geisha: 6 (12/30/05)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith: 6 (6/26/05)

Dark Water: 5 (7/9/05)
The Jacket: 5 (3/4/05)
The Ring Two: 5 (3/19/05)

Elektra: 4 (1/15/05)

The ever-changing "2005 Releases I Want To See" List:

Tsotsi

The "Missed It - Gotta Wait For The DVD" List:

2046
Bee Season
Breakfast On Pluto
Broken Flowers
Cache
Casanova
Charley & The Chocolate Factory
Chicken Little
Christmas In The Clouds
Dear Frankie
Duane Hopwood
Ellie Parker
Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room
Eros
Everything Is Illuminated
Grizzly Man
Gunner Palace
Havoc
In Her Shoes
Jesus Is Magic
The Kid & I
Layer Cake
Lords Of Dogtown
Mad Hot Ballroom
March Of The Penguins
Mondovino
Must Love Dogs
Off The Map
Paradise Now
Proof
The Squid And The Whale
Ringers: Lord Of The Fans
Steamboy
Tideland
The War Within
Where The Truth Lies
The White Countess
The World's Fastest Indian
The Year Of The Yao

The "Life Is Too Short" Pile:

Films I refuse to waste my time & money on. To those of you brave enough to see these, I salute you - thanks for taking one for the team!
Are We There Yet?, Cheaper By The Dozen II, The Dukes Of Hazzard, House Of Wax, Just Friends, The Pacifier, Racing Stripes, The Wedding Date, Yours, Mine & Ours

The "Already Looking Forward To 2006" List:

All The King's Men
American Dreamz
The Ant Bully
Apocalypto
Art School Confidential
Ask The Dust
Bubble
Cars
Casino Royale
Catch & Release
Clerks II
The DaVinci Code
The Departed
Dreamgirls
Glory Days
Flags Of Our Fathers
The Fountain
Freedomland
Happy Feet
Ice Age II: The Meltdown
Inside Man
Lady In The Water
Looking For Comedy In The Muslim World
Miami Vice
Mission Impossible 3
Over The Hedge
Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Poseidon
Revolver
A Scanner Darkly
Scoop
Superman Returns
Thank You For Smoking
Tristan & Isolde
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
V For Vendetta
Water
X-Men III

The "2004 Releases Seen In 2005" List:

De-Lovely: 5 (1/30/05) *
Flight Of The Phoenix: 6 (1/1/05)
Hotel Rwanda: 10 (1/8/05)
In Good Company: 10 (1/16/05)
The Incredibles: 10 (3/19/05) *
Kinsey: 10 (1/9/05)
Million Dollar Baby: 10 (1/8/05)
The Phantom Of The Opera: 9 (1/3/05)
A Very Long Engagement: 10 (1/15/05)
The Woodsman: 9 (1/15/05)

The "Older Films Seen For The First Time" List:

The Cincinnati Kid (1964): 8 (7/2/05) *
Dial "M" For Murder (1954): 8 (1/9/05) *
How To Steal A Million (1965): 8 (2/6/05) *
Murder, My Sweet (1945): 9 (3/5/05) *
Shattered Glass (2003): 9 (6/25/05) *

Rented an indecipherable piece of DTV weirdness called Bullfighter and took in the predictably disappointing White Noise, which is a stew comprised entirely of The Forgotten, Final Destination, Frequency and (of course) The Sixth Sense. I hope it makes some money just for the sake of Michael Keaton's career (I like the guy), but the flick's an absolute snoozer. Prime January material all the way. Darnit.

2005 Film List Spot

Switched over from my '04 list is one of the nastiest and sleaziest horror movies I've ever seen: Murder-Set-Pieces

Too bnd it's so amazingly boring, too.

Ir's playing in NYC. Stay away.

Chris' 2005 Film List
Loosely based on Craig's format

Criteria: Academy Criteria

Last Updated: April 13th

2005 Films
Number of Films Seen - 9

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: 9 (05/02/05)
Kung Fu Hustle: 9 (04/30/05)
Sin City: 9 (04/01/05)
The Interpreter: 9 (04/22/05)

Constantine: 7 (02/18/05)
Kingdom of Heaven: 7 (05/08/05)

The Amityville Horror: 6 (04/21/05)
Assault on Precinct 13: 6 (05/10/05)

Be Cool: 5 (03/14/05)

Robots: 4 (03/25/05)

Elektra: 2 (04/11/05)


2004 Films seen in 2005

Sideways: 10 (02/02/05)

Kill Bill:Volume 2: 9 (01/15/05)
Million Dollar Baby: 9 (02/27/05)
The Aviator: 9 (01/17/05)

Closer: 8 (03/30/05)
Garden State: 8 (01/03/05)
Maria Full of Grace: 8 (02/17/05)
Mean Creek: 8 (03/02/05)
The Incredibles: 8 (03/22/05)
Vera Drake: 8 (03/30/05)

Butterfly Effect: 7 (01/19/05)
I Heart Huckabees: 7 (03/02/05)
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster: 7 (01/26/05)
Merchant of Venica: 7 (05/11/05)
Miracle: 7 (05/09/05)
Motorcycle Diaries: 7 (02/17/05)
P.S.: 7 (03/16/05)
Spanglish: 7 (04/11/05)

Alfie: 6 (03/16/05)
Assassination of Richard Nixon: 6 (05/02/05)
Dawn of the Dead: 6 (03/26/05)
Meet The Fockers: 6 (02/09/05)
National Treasure: 6 (05/03/05)
Troy: 6 (01/04/04)
Without A Paddle: 6 (01/26/05)

Anchorman: 5 (01/01/05)
Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle: 5 (01/05/05)
Ladder 49: 5 (03/15/05)
Mean Girls: 5 (01/21/05)
Mr. 3000: 5 (01/29/05)
Ocean's Twelve: 5 (01/23/05)
The Manchurian Candidate: 5 (03/26/05)

Napoleon Dynamite: 4 (03/04/05)
Two Brothers: 4 (01/04/05)

In Good Company: 3 (01/18/05)
The Phantom of the Opera: 3 (05/03/05)

The Spongebob Squarepants Movie: 2 (03/16/05)

Taxi: 1 (01/02/05)

Marty's 2005 Film List
Out of
Last Updated: November 20th
Title Count: 58

Alone in the Dark ZERO
Amityville Horror
Assault on Precint 13
Bad News Bears
Batman Begins
Be Cool
Boogeyman

Charlie & the Chocolate Factory
Coach Carter
Constantine
Crash
Cursed

Dark Water
Derailed
[b]Domino
Doom
Elektra
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Fantastic Four
The Fog
The 40-Year-Old-Virgin

Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire
Herbie:Fully Loaded
Hide & Seek
High Tension
A History of Violence
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Hostage
House of Wax

Inside Deep Throat
The Island
It's All Gone Pete Tong
The Interpreter
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Kung Fu Hustle
Land of the Dead
Legend of Zorro
The Longest Yard
Lord of War

Madagascar
MindHunters
Mr.& Mrs. Smith
Murderball

North Country
Ong-Bak
Red Eye
Robots

Sahara
Sin City
Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants
The Squid and the Whale
Star Wars Episode III:Revenge of the Sith
Transporter 2


War of the Worlds
The Wedding Crashers
Where the Truth Lies
White Noise
Year of the Yao

Well, the 2005 movies are slowly getting better. Sometime in February, they may make the leap to watchable.

(positions 1-15 are things I saw at previews/festivals in '03 and '04)
#16: White Noise - ¼ - Downright insulting horror movie. I defy anyone to make sense of the end.
#17: Hide and Seek - ½ - Slightly less stupid "thriller". Can't even do "by the book" right.
#18: Monsieur N. - ¾ - Weak French/English coproduction speculating about Napoleon's last days. The actor playing Napoleon is good, though.

Just caught the inexhaustable Kim Ki-duk's 3-Iron--quite an interesting capture of an inarguably odd relationship within the urban sprawl. Reminded me of Tsai Ming-liang's work in that aspect. It fit in well with Kim's other works that I've seen, notably Samaria, which features another unexpected pairing. I don't know how well the minimal dialogue model works in these two cases, without the allegory and unique setting of Spring, Summer...

finally went and caught a film from 05 this weekend, The Animation show opened in LA and some friends and I caught it opening night, afterwards Hertzfeldt, Cornwall (dir. Ward 13), and Mike Judge were there for Q and A which was cool. Following this up with a couple hours chilling and discussing the film at Canter's Deli made for an excellent night.

The sad thing is that with Because of Winn Dixie from Walden and Constantine being released this weekend there were three flicks I wanted to see but got no chance to, and I still want to see Hitch as well.

Adam

Update my film list..... finally....

moved to my higher spot that I missed somehow

Robots


~Edwin

Oliver Hirschbiegel's Downfall (Germany)


Next Up: Gunner Palace


~Edwin

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2005 Film List: (2005 Portuguese theatrical releases)

Closer (Mike Nichols) 1/2
The Machinist (Brad Anderson) 1/2
A Very Long Engagement (Jean-Pierre Jeunet) 1/2
Elektra (Rob Bowman)
The Grudge (Takashi Shimizu)
Million Dollar Baby (Clint Eastwood) 1/2
Constantine (Francis Lawrence) 1/2
Saw (James Wan)
House of Flying Daggers (Yimou Zhang)
Oldboy (Chan-wook Park) 1/2
The Ring Two (Hideo Nakata)
Hide and Seek (John Polson) 1/2
Assault on Precint 13 (Jean-François Richet)
Kingdom of Heaven (Ridley Scott) 1/2
The Jacket (John Maybury) 1/2
Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith (George Lucas) 1/2
Sin City (Roberto Rodriguez; Frank Miller) 1/2
Batman Begins (Christopher Nolan) 1/2
Madagascar (Eric Darnell; Tom McGrath)
Boogeyman (Stephen T. Kay) 1/2
The Amityville Horror (Andrew Douglas) 1/2

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