Top Films 2004

Possibly the two best last lines in a movie, ever.

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Review: Cabin in the Woods 8/10

I'll paste my list that I put up on another MB (some of these weren't released in '04, but I saw them last year).

Best -

Zatoichi - Kitano's best since Sonatine for me.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Simply delightful.

Spartan - Mamet does twisty, noiry stuff (again). Not for everyone but I loved it.

Capturing The Friedmans - Amazing documentary which I'm still thinking about.

Open Range - Back to basics for Costner with a superb western.

Monster - Charleze Theron, deserved Oscar, intriuging film.

Shaolin Soccer - Great fun (including the subtitle translation) which set my mind thinking about a future Shaolin Snooker. ;-)

Shaun of the Dead - Perfectly pitched RomZomCom.

Touching the Void - Wonderful drama-documentary detailing one man's fortitude (with some of the year's best swearing thrown in).

Worst -

The Day After Tomorrow - I believe the phrase is 'Who's the daddy?'

Cabin Fever - Nasty little movie with no redeeming qualities from the so-called 'new king of horror'.

Secret Window - Oh dear. Good cast + hack director + Steven King = Horrible mess.

Something's Gotta Give - Nancy Meyers should be banned from going near a studio, sooo sweet I had to visit the dentist afterwards.

The Missing - A Ron Howard western (need I say more?)

Gothika - Hilariously bad, with a twist my 6 year old could have spotted 20 minutes in.

The Butterfly Effect - Darko-lite. Maybe if I was a teenager I could have enjoyed it - I'm not, so I didn't.

Godsend - De Niro looks painfully embarassed all the way through this TV-Moviesque nonsense.

The Village - Tripe."

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how about a top 20

1)passion of the christ
2)collateral
3)eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
4)friday night lights
5)the terminal
6)spiderman 2
7)shrek 2
8)bourne supremacy
9)50 first dates
10)ladder 49
11)dodgeball
12)shaun of the dead
13)kill bill vol 2
14)metallica:some kind of monster
15)napoloen dynamite
16)harold and kumar go to white castle
17)hellboy
18)the notebook
19)mr.3000
20)alfie/jersey girl

Adding Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle.

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Revision no. 1:

1. The Aviator
2. Shaun of the Dead
3. The Incredibles
4. Hotel Rwanda
5. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
6. House of Flying Daggers
7. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
8. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
9. Van Helsing
10. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

Still waiting on Silver City, Steam Boy, 2046, and a few others.

I want to see Holden's list.

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I still need to see Million Dollar Baby and Bad Education. I think both'll be here in the next couple weeks. But I can tell you I'm pretty sure Van Helsing won't be on my list.

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"Film is a disease. When it infects your bloodstream it takes over as the number one hormone. It bosses the enzymes, directs the pineal gland, plays Iago to your psyche. As with heroin, the antidote to Film is more Film." - Frank Capra

Well, that's just a crying shame.

I'm yet to see a whole heap, of course, but as a blogger, I felt obligated to write a tentative list at least.

Bad Education gets here soon as well. I can't wait.

There are a few others I just won't get to see in time for my list, stuff I either missed from earlier in the year or that hasn't opened here or whatever: Vera Drake, Being Julia and The Assassination of Richard Nixon are three I haven't seen I wish I had. And I haven't seen Kinsey, even though it's been around.

Scoff if you must but I genuinely liked that movie. I thought it was a pretty competant alternative to the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen adaptation... which is something I've been jonesing for ever since LXG sucked.

Anyhow, it's an pretty good blockbuster, but it probably won't make my final list either. To give you an idea of what I mean, here's what it beat out so far:
Alien vs. Predator; The Bourne Supremacy; The Butterfly Effect; Cutie Honey; I, Robot; Kill Bill: Vol. 2; Napoleon Dynamite; Spiderman 2; Starsky & Hutch.

edit~ Darn, and I was hoping you, or someone else here with decent taste would give me a quick review of Bad Education.

2004 Best Movies
1: Passion of The Christ
2: Spider-Man 2
3: Collateral
4: Spanglish
5: The Village
6: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
7: The Punisher
8: Miracle
9: The Incredibles
10: The Terminal

2004 Worst Movies
1: Open Water
2: Man on Fire
3: Resident Evil: Apocalypse
4: The Whole Ten Yards
5: Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
6: Chronicles of Riddick
7: Van Helsing
8: Alien vs Predator
9: Alexander
10: Taking Lives

2004 Most Overrated
Kill Bill 2
Manchurian Candidate
Starsky & Hutch
Friday Night Lights
The Bourne Supremacy
The Day After Tomorrow

1. Million Dollar Baby
2. The Aviator
3. Hotel Rwanda
4. Closer
5. Garden State
6. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
7. Kinsey
8. Kill Bill: Vol. 2
9. Skrek 2
10. House of Flying Daggers

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Courtesy Of The Red, White & Blue - Toby Keith

*ALL CONSIDERED 2004 FILMS BY U.S. RELEASE DATE



"Some things you have to do yourself."

...BEST PICTURE
1. Dogville (Lars von Trier)
2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry)
3. Hotel Rwanda (Terry George)
4. A Very Long Engagement (Jean-Pierre Jeunet)
5. The Corporation (Abbott & Achbar)
6. Million Dollar Baby (Clint Eastwood)
7. The Aviator (Martin Scorsese)
8. Fahrenheit 9/11 (Michael Moore)
9. The Incredibles (Brad Bird)
10. Closer (Mike Nichols)
11. Shaun of the Dead (Edgar Wright)
12. The Motorcycle Diaries (Walter Salles)
13. I ♥ Huckabees (David O. Russell)
14. I'm Not Scared (Gabriele Salvatores)
15. Touching the Void (Kevin Macdonald)
16. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (Wes Anderson)
17. Maria Full of Grace (Jashua Marston)
18. Control Room (Jehane Noujaim)
19. The Saddest Music in the World (Guy Maddin)
20. Young Adam (David Mackenzie)
21. Baadasssss! (Mario Van Peebles)
22. Incident at Loch Ness (Werner Herzog)
23. Super-Size Me (Morgan Spurlock)
24. Goodbye, Lenin! (Wolfgang Becker)
25. Silver City (John Sayles)

...BEST DIRECTOR
1. Lars Von Trier, Dogville
2. Michel Gondry, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
3. Jean-Pierre Jeunet, A Very Long Engagement
4. Terry George, Hotel Rwanda
5. Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby
6. Martin Scorsese, The Aviator
7. Mike Nichols, Closer
8. Gabriele Salvatores, I'm Not Scared
9. Michael Moore, Fahrenheit 9/11
10. Brad Bird, The Incredibles

...BEST PERFORMANCE, LEAD ACTOR
1. Don Cheadle, Hotel Rwanda
2. Javier Bardem, The Sea Inside
3. Gael García Bernal, The Motorcycle Diaries
4. Leonardo DiCaprio, The Aviator
5. Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby
6. Bill Murray, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
7. Jim Carrey, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
8. Sean Penn, The Assassination of Richard Nixon
9. Gael García Bernal, Bad Education
10. Ewan McGregor, Young Adam

...BEST PERFORMANCE, LEAD ACTRESS
1. Tilda Swinton, Young Adam
2. Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby
3. Nicole Kidman, Dogville
4. Audrey Tautou, A Very Long Engagement
5. Catalina Sandino Moreno, Maria Full of Grace
6. Kate Winslet, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
7. Sophie Okonedo, Hotel Rwanda
8. Annette Bening, Being Julia
9. Nicole Kidman, Birth
10. Neve Campbell, When Will I Be Loved?

...BEST PERFORMANCE, SUPPORTING ACTOR
1. Clive Owen, Closer
2. James Caan, Dogville
3. Omar Sharif, Monsieur Ibrahim
4. Morgan Freeman, Million Dollar Baby
5. Willem Dafoe, The Clearing
6. Nick Frost, Shaun of the Dead
7. Chris Cooper, Silver City
8. Lluís Homar, Bad Education
9. Peter Sarsgaard, Garden State
10. Mark Wahlberg, I ♥ Huckabees

...BEST PERFORMANCE, SUPPORTING ACTRESS
1. Isabella Rossellini, The Saddest Music in the World
2. Cate Blanchett, The Aviator
3. Natalie Portman, Closer
4. Irma P. Hall, The Ladykillers
5. Laura Dern, We Don't Live Here Anymore
6. Cate Blanchett, Coffee & Cigarettes
7. Eva Amurri, Saved!
8. Helen Mirren, The Clearing
9. Sandra Oh, Sideways
10. Isabelle Hupert, I ♥ Huckabees

I've missed this movie, is it worth watching besides the performance of the suave, geriatric Bridge champion?

Yes. And it's been available on R1 DVD since July of 2004.

Thanks Holden, no sign of an R2 release which is probably why it escaped me...

I think Lost In Translation was amazing!

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So do a lot of other people, but Lost in Translation was releasd in 2003.

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50 first dates? really???

Fahrenheit 9/11
Collateral
Ray
the Butterfly Effect
Napolean Dynamite
Million Dollar Baby
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Garden State
Anchorman
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

this is not in order and I keep changing it as I see more movies from 2004