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?
You turn on any of my crew, you turn on me.
Mal ,'Ariel'
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DavidS - Aug 18, 2004 11:27:12 am PDT #2863 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Steph L. - Aug 18, 2004 11:27:30 am PDT #2864 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I can't remember what all I saw this year. HP3, and Spidey 2, and Fahrenheit 9-11, and Saved!, and.... can't remember.
Kate P. - Aug 18, 2004 12:07:03 pm PDT #2865 of 10001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
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.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 18, 2004 12:08:25 pm PDT #2866 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
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.
DavidS - Aug 18, 2004 12:11:20 pm PDT #2867 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Jeez, Matt, you saw a lot of bad. Except, I really liked Harry Potter and Spidey 2.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 18, 2004 12:19:09 pm PDT #2868 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I enjoyed parts of each, but I didn't think they were good movies. I'm about ready for the tidal wave of craptacularity to recede and give me some good Oscar contenders.
Oh well, at least I managed to avoid all the cat-themed tac nukes that got lobbed at theaters in the past year. I think Bast must have put a curse on Hollywood.
Kate P. - Aug 18, 2004 12:31:30 pm PDT #2869 of 10001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Oh yeah, I saw Troy and The Day After Tomorrow too. Not terribly impressed with either. Oh, and Hidalgo, which I'd forgotten completely until just now (I'm looking back through my LJ to see what else I've seen this year). Yeah, that won't be on my top-ten list either.
Tal - Aug 18, 2004 12:35:47 pm PDT #2870 of 10001
have you seen I ROBOT?
P.M. Marc - Aug 18, 2004 12:45:42 pm PDT #2871 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I don't get out to see a lot of movies--the time/money issue means we normally wait until DVD.
How does it rank against Dude, Where's My Car or Bill & Ted?
It's a much smarter movie than either of those. While it does have the sort of goofy sweet weirdness that hallmarks the genre, it does in fact transcend said genre. It is hard to explain just how happy the movie made me, with its cheerful exploration of sterotypes and race relations.
If there is justice in this world, the handsome and talented leads (John Cho and Kal Penn) will go onto blockbuster careers where race ain't an issue.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 18, 2004 1:32:29 pm PDT #2872 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Unfortunately I think such careers would have to occur in Fantasyland.