Try and predict your Top Ten of 2002! (Fun inside!) (1 Viewer)

[Tom Ryan]

Hmm...fun game
1. The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers
2. Minority Report (seeing it today!)
3. Star Wars: Episode II
4. Road To Perdition
5. Catch Me If You Can
6. Insomnia
7. Spider-Man
8. Signs
9. Red Dragon
10. Star Trek: Nemesis

 

[Kristian]

Just saw Minority Report. It's also very likely to still be in my top 10 at year's end.

 

[Brian Lawrence]

Nearing the year's end and I have only seen Panic Room from my list. I'd give that a :star::star::star:1/2 (out of five)

 

[Brook K]

I have only seen 2. The Lady and the Duke was a bit of a disappointment. I liked it, but I have very high expectations when it comes to Eric Rohmer and they weren't met. Sunshine State I throughly enjoyed and it will likely end up on my year end list, it sits at #2 or 3 for now.
It looks like Dogville will not be coming out this year.
My #1 so far was left off my list: Miyazaki's Spirited Away

 

[Scott Weinberg]

Several of my predicted Top Ten aren't out yet, but I'm pretty sure that Minority Report and Spider-Man will make my year-end Top Ten. (and LOTR I bet)

 

[JonZ]

Black Hawk Down and Monsters Ball both went wide in 2002 so they appear on my list

My list:

Black Hawk Down

Monsters Ball

Road To Perdition

Punch Drunk Love

Panic Room

Spider-Man

My Big Fat Greek Wedding

Star Wars Attack Of The Clones

We Were Soldiers

One Hour Photo

Havent seen:

Kissing Jessica Stein

Gangs Of NY (Damn, this movie is like 2 years late)

25th Hour

Frida

LOTR:The Two Towers (Supposedly better then FOTR)

Harry Potter & The Chamber Of Secrets (A few advanced reviewers thought it was better than the first)

The Grey Zone

Secretary

Bowling for Columbine

 

[Paul_D]

-All or Nothing / Mike Leigh, Not much is known yet about this ensemble drama, except that it is set in modern, 21st century London.

It doesn't come close to his best films. Not even close to being in the top 10 of the year for me.

 

[Brook K]

Just saw Punchdrunk Love and it knocked my socks off. (well, not literally). Very likely to be on my year end list. I did finally get to see the trailer for Adaptation and it looked amazing, just as I'd hoped.

 

[Jason Little]

1. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

2. About a Boy

3. Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Clones

4. The Good Girl

5. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

6. Catch Me If You Can

7. Minority Report

8. The Ring

9. Possession

10. Chicago / Solaris / Die Another Day (time will tell!)

Just for fun, the 10 worst movies I've seen this year:

1. The Tuxedo

2. Ghost Ship

3. xXx

4. The Sum of All Fears

5. Scooby-Doo

6. Reign of Fire

7. Murder By Numbers

8. Collateral Damage

9. Dragonfly

10. The Time Machine

And what I expect to be widely considered as the worst movie of all time:

1. The Hot Chick

 

[Vickie_M]

While searching for the FAQ, I came across this thread. I noticed that the last post was in November, long before all the big "Christmas" movies came out. Now that it's March, and most or all of the movies have come out and (hopefully) been seen, what do you folks think now?

 

[Lew Crippen]

I was not around to play at the beginning, but my hindsight view is:

1.The Quiet American

2.The Pianist

3.Far From Heaven

4.Cidade de Deus/City of God

5.Chicago

6.Hable con ella/Talk to Her

7.Frida

8.Bowling for Columbine

9.Gangs of New York

10.Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

 

[Brook K]

My precognition wasn't too good as most of my list turned out to be disappointments to one degree or another. Only Sunshine State really delivered.

Dogville didn't come out and will likely premiere at Cannes this year. Lady and the Duke, The Two Towers, Minority Report, Gangs of New York did not quite meet my expectations.

I still haven't gotten around to seeing Adaptation and Confessions of a Dangerous Mind was gone from Atlanta in 3 weeks so I didn't get a chance to see it either.

 

[Scott Weinberg]

Hoo boy. Who dredged up this ridiculous thread?

Let's see how I did.

My original post (2/21/02):


1. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
2. Spider-Man
3. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
4. The Panic Room
5. Catch Me If you Can
6. Gangs of New York
7. Minority Report
8. Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Clones
9. Death to Smoochy
10. Signs

Movies I wanted to include but I couldn't make them add up to 10:

The Road to Perdition
Chicago
Insomnia
Showtime
Hollywood Ending
Windtalkers


OK, before I even look back over my 'locked in final' Top 10 of 2002, I gotta wonder what the flying farts I was thinking? Hollywood Ending?? And what's THE Panic Room? God I'm such a dork. Anyway, lemme go open up another browser and find the Top 10 thread...

nothin but workworkwork

My Top Ten as of this very second:

1. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2. Minority Report
3. Frailty
4. Bowling for Columbine
5. Chicago
6. Adaptation
7. 25th Hour
8. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
9. The Good Girl
10. Spirited Away

--> So what have I learned? Well I liked The Two Towers. Genius I am.

The only other predictions I got right were Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (which I love even more after a second visit) and Minority Report.

Spider-Man would have made my Top 15 (if there were such a thing), Panic Room I still really dig, Catch Me If You Can also would have made that imaginary Top 15, Gangs of New York I didn't much care for (visual palette / DD Lewis aside), Star Wars I'm proud to admit I really liked - though it's hardly Top 10 material, Death to Smoochy is a movie I truly enjoy but it's kind of a big mess, and Signs...hmph...dunno. I saw it twice and absolutely dug it both times, but it doesn't make the list. Oh well.


(Should we try this again for 2003?)

 

[Wes C]

HAHAHA!!!

What a great thread. Look at all the excitement for Simone. Where were all of you when it was released, I think they could have used your ticket sales.

P.S - probably would have been on my predicted top ten if I had made one :b

EDIT: Yes we should try for 2003 - I guess its not TOO late.

 

[Vickie_M]

What's great fun (and exhilarating) about this is knowing that there are ALWAYS going to be these wonderful little films that come out of nowhere (for most of us) or that just don't seem like they'll be as special as they turn out to be. On Scott's list we have:
Frailty
Bowling for Columbine
Adaptation
25th Hour
The Good Girl
Spirited Away
None of which were on his original list. I too loved every one of them.
I look forward to more of these great discoveries in the year to come.

 

[Vickie_M]

I didn't say it at the time, but I was (and am) very impressed with Brian Lawrence's list. That list alone put those films on my radar. Unfortunately, I only ended up seeing:

-Sunshine State /John Sayles

-Heaven / Tom Tykwer

-Panic Room / David

-Adaptation / Spike Jonze

But I still want to see:

-Spider / David Cronenberg

-Ararat / Atom Egoyan

-Invincible / Werner Herzog

-All or Nothing / Mike

-Coastlines / Victor Nunez

-Happy Times / Zhang Yimou

It isn't just Brian's list. Everybody's lists added to (or reinforced) my radar, and I appreciate it.