Jasmine ,'Power Play'
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Because I'm one of those fuckers that likes to rank things...
Top Five Movies of 2004 so far in my humble (but correct!) opinion:
1) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2) Kill Bill, Volume 2
3) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
4) Saved!
5) A three-way tie between Spider-Man 2, Shrek 2, and Mean Girls. But I'll probably put Mean Girls above the other two in my final, end-of-the-year top ten list.
Sadly I don't think I've seen enough good movies this year to fill out a 5 Best list. Hellboy is the only one I can remember really liking after the fact, if you discount the Surviving Christmas trailer.
Sadly I don't think I've seen enough good movies this year to fill out a 5 Best list. Hellboy is the only one I can remember really liking after the fact, if you discount the Surviving Christmas trailer.
My list is pretty sad.
1. Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle
2. Dodgeball
3. Hellboy
4. You know, I can't remember seeing anything else in the theatre this year that was released this year, even though I'm pretty certain I did.
Oh yeah, I saw Harry Potter, as well.
You didn't see Eternal Sunshine, Plei? That would make my list for sure, and HP3. Don't know about the rest.
I saw Dr. Strangelove on the big screen on Monday, at a local arthouse cinema. I'd never seen it before, and I howled with laughter through the whole thing. That is one funny movie. My friend told me afterwards that he'd once seen someone cite the opening scene, with the planes refueling, as the best sex scene on film. And here I'd thought that was just me and my dirty mind!
You people not loving this year's movies? I'm kind of impressed that I've enjoyed them so much, actually. This time last year, I only liked Finding Nemo and X2 with any seriousness. Whereas I clearly had issues coming up with only five movies for this year.
1. Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle
You are such a sucker for the stoner buddy movie.
How does it rank against Dude, Where's My Car or Bill & Ted?
I can't remember what all I saw this year. HP3, and Spidey 2, and Fahrenheit 9-11, and Saved!, and.... can't remember.
I saw Hellboy and Bourne Supremacy and enjoyed them both very much, but I don't know if they'll be making any top ten lists. Ditto for Spider-Man 2. This is apparently the year of the pleasing-but-not-overly-memorable films, for me. Oh, I did like Saved a lot, and I have high hopes for Garden State. Haven't seen F9/11 yet. Hmm, what else? I missed Before Sunset, which I really wanted to see.
I saw...
The Good:
Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle
Hellboy
Shrek 2
The Station Agent
The Bad:
13 Going on 30
The Day After Tomorrow
De-Lovely
The Dreamers
Eurotrip
The Girl Next Door
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Uzbekestan
Punisher
Spider-man 2
Starsky & Hutch
Troy
Young Adam
The Ugly:
Butterfly Effect
Dawn of the Dead (I walked out of this)
Van Helsing
Thank God I remembered that I saw The Station Agent in January, or I'd have thought it better to have stayed at home all year.
Jeez, Matt, you saw a lot of bad. Except, I really liked Harry Potter and Spidey 2.