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Date Posted: 11:03:26 12/18/03 Thu
Author: Pouncer
Author Host/IP: 156.80.140.85
Subject: Pouncing Question of the Day

In your opinion, which of this year's movies was best?

Commentary on Golden Globe nominations is also welcome (with thanks to Mo for calling my attention to the matter).

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[> I've had the most fun with... -- Grim ,_,_), 11:22:18 12/18/03 Thu (66.95.229.84)

Finding Nemo
Pirates of the Carribean
Bend it Like Beckham
Winged Migration

And I'll even put X2 in there as one I really enjoyed.

I haven't seen RotK yet, but I bet it'll make the list too.


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[> [> And I must add... -- Grim ,_,_), 11:24:14 12/18/03 Thu (66.95.229.84)

Holes.

Go rent it. Great family fun and a good story.

The best sleeper film of the year.


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[> Re: Pouncing Question of the Day -- wwolfe, 12:58:40 12/18/03 Thu (161.149.63.100)

By far, the movie from this year that I enjoyed the most, that affected me most deeply, and that I'm sure I'll watch many times with increased affection over the years, is "Lost in Translation." A grand romance, an insightful character study of two people, an amusing travelogue of Tokyo, and an almost shockingly grown-up work that never lost faith in the audience's intelligence.

I also enjoyed "Master and Commander" (far more than I expected, in fact, given my less-than-fondness for Russell Crowe, "L.A. Confidential" aside), "School of Rock," "Finding Nemo," "Winged Migration," and "A Mighty Wind."

Unlike every single human being on planet Earth, other than Rosemary, I'd rather be hit in the face with a cast iron skillet than ever suffer through "Bend It Like Beckham" again. God, how I loathed that movie.

I'd still like to see "Elf," "Bad Santa," and "Love, Actually."

I don't really want to see "Mystic River," "Cold Mountain," and, most especially, "The Last Samurai." (I'd be interested in seeing "The Shakiest Samurai in the West," starring Don Knotts, though.)

Perhaps the most memorable, and definitely the weirdest, sight I saw on film this year was Michael Landon singing a soul song in his role as guest host of "Hullabaloo," a mid-Sixties prime time rock show that my best friend in Ohio bought on DVD at e-Bay. And Little Joe wasn't half-bad. Well, OK - he WAS half-bad, but that means he was also half-good. In the world of soul music, unfortunately, that also meant he was half-assed. But he wasn't the shriek-inducing embarrassment I would have predicted. Who knows - if only he'd been given a little encouragement, his career in music might have taken off. Meaning we never would have suffered through "Little House on the Prairie" or "Highway to Heaven" or that made-for-TV movie about his own childhood as a bedwetter. I mean, if Lorne Greene could have a #1 with "Ringo," why not Michael Landon with "Little Latin Lupe Lu"?


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[> [> I sense you're wavering on Bend It Like Beckham. -- Grim ,_,_), 13:31:30 12/18/03 Thu (66.95.229.84)

'Master & Commander' was OK, but I like a little less brain activity in my ocean-battle epics.

You won't catch me watching 'Elf' even with YOUR eyes. I detest Will Ferrell's performances. The man is not funny.

I would also pay good $ to see 'The Shakiest Samurai in the West.'


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[> Bearing in mind I have yet to see Return of the King... -- Kuzibah, 14:42:15 12/18/03 Thu (12.175.117.195)

...which I have ridiculously high hopes for, given my incredibly positive reaction to the first two, but anyway...

I really liked Finding Nemo. I like it more each time I see it (five times so far).

Also (in no particular order):

X2 (I read the comics in my teens, and I am so thrilled that not only do these movies not suck, they're actually pretty good.)
Master and Commander (Like wwolfe, I generally can't stand Russell Crowe, but I actually liked him in this. Maybe it was the fact that he cracked a smile, for once.)
Pirates of the Caribbean (Good fun.)
Holes (best surprise/sleeper)


Movies I liked, but didn't Love:
Winged Migration
Bend It Like Beckham
28 Days Later
Kill Bill

Movies I'm Glad I saw, but I can't really qualify as "Good":
House of 1000 Corpses
Once Upon a Time in Mexico

Movies I would like to see:
Identity
The Italian Job
Seabiscuit
Bubba Ho-Tep
School of Rock
Return of the King
Elf

Movies I have a Morbid Curiousity about:
The Hulk
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Tomb Raider II
Underworld

Movies I just can't get interested in, even though I've heard they're good:
Lost in Translation
Mystic River
Love, Actually

Movies I feel confident I made the right choice in skipping:
Cat in the Hat
Freddy Vs. Jason
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Both "Matrix" sequels
Gothika

Movies From Last Year I Didn't See until this Year on video, and really enjoyed:
Far From Heaven
Catch Me If You Can


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[> [> I forgot "The Italian Job" and "Kill Bill." -- wwolfe, 15:11:41 12/18/03 Thu (161.149.63.100)

The latter was obviously a Freudian slip.

"The Italian Job" was everything that Hollywood does best, even if it doesn't do it often enough, and almost nothing that it does badly. A very solid little entertainment machine that hummed along nicely from starting line to the checkered flag - meaning those zippy little cars were its perfect emblem.

From last year, I forgot "Roger Dodger," which should have ended one scene sooner, but was otherwise an excellent rendition of a very creepy type, and "Femme Fatale," about which the highest compliment I can offer is that I'm still amazed that Brian DePalma made a movie I liked a lot.

Also from last year, I'm still trying to see "Auto Focus." So far, Blockbuster's one and only copy has been out every time I've checked. And my thirteen HBO channels via digital cable have allowed me to make the happy discovery that "Secretary" holds up very well after repeated viewings. (On the other hand, "The Rules of Attraction" is like a pond scum milkshake - by far the most repellant movie, in an entirely unartistic way, that I've seen in many years.)


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[> Hmm... -- Mo, 17:14:13 12/18/03 Thu (169.152.251.99)

Let's see, I've seen a lot of movies this year that I really enjoyed. From Old School right on through to Return of the King, the only two movies I saw in the theaters and did not like much were Freddy vs. Jason and Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

Of the movies I caught on video, I'll second Bill's voucher of The Italian Job. I was delighted and surprised at how enjoyable that movie was to watch. 28 Days Later, to me, was a great movie for about an hour or so, then it rapidly turned to, for lack of a better word, shit.

And, as much as it was a little on the long side, I think I too will go with Pirates of the Carribean as the best movie I've seen this year. Aside from the fact that going into it, I thought it would suck, and that it's based on a Disney theme-park ride that I've never been on, I found it to be highly entertaining, and provided one of the year's most indelible characters in Captain Jack Sparrow.


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[> I personally hope that "Big Fish" at least gets something. -- Heather, 22:30:44 12/18/03 Thu (209.179.223.122)

It probably won't though. I was glad to see that it at least got some nominations.


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