TOP TEN - 2003!!!!!

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phil marlowe

#105
January 05, 2004, 04:39:11 PM
dogville
american splendor
return of the king
hulk/ kill bill (kinda)

MY GOD i have to catch up.

j_scott_stroup04

#106
January 07, 2004, 08:41:19 PM
This list excludes those films that have been branded into "the best of 2003" by most of the people on this site (21 Grams, Mystic River, Big Fish, etc.)

1- Kill Bill Vol. 1

2- Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

3- Lost in Translation

4- Hulk (I think the majority of us would agree that this is the most artistically satisfying superhero picture since Burton's Batman Returns)

5- 28 Days Later

6- Once Upon a Time in Mexico

7- Intolerable Cruelty

8- Bad Santa

9- X2: X-Men United

10- Anything Else

I realized while typing this that this was a pretty crappy list.  Besides the first three, I didn't HIGHLY enjoy any other film of 2003 (so far anyway). Kill Bill was the only film that blew my mind, LOTR was close, but it dragged on too long at the end to conclude with the complete blowing of the mind, and Lost in Translation was just brilliant.

I'm almost certain that after this Friday, I will include Big Fish (hopefully, anyway), and whenever the oppurtunity arises that allows me to view School of Rock, 21 Grams, Mystic River, American Splendor, Cold Mountain, Last Samurai, Spider (I think that was 2003), and a few others that I can't think of right now, I will be able to give a thoroughly accurate Top 10 list for 2003.
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StacksEdwards

#107
January 07, 2004, 08:49:57 PM
I have been thinking about this one...

*I didn't see alot of movies

10.  The Last Samurai
9. School of Rock
8. Elf
7. Master and Commander: Far Side of the World
6. Finding Nemo
5. The Cooler
4. Owning Mahowny
3. Lost in Translation
2.  Kill Bill Volume 1
1.  Mystic River
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ComixFan

#108
January 08, 2004, 06:05:14 PM
My current top ten of 2003:

01) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
02) Kill Bill--Vol. 1
03) Lost in Translation
04) Finding Nemo
05) X2: X-Men United
06) School of Rock
07) House of Sand and Fog
08) A Mighty Wind
09) The Last Samurai
10) Matchstick Men

samsong

#109
January 08, 2004, 07:47:49 PM
for now...

1. (tie) Elephant and Dogville
2. The Company
3. Mystic River
4. Lost in Translation
5. Whale Rider
6. The Barbarian Invasions
7. American Splendor
8. Kill Bill Vol. 1
9. The Station Agent
10. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

Pozer

#110
January 09, 2004, 07:35:30 PM
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10.and the rest

Ernie

#111
January 09, 2004, 07:56:29 PM
Quote from: j_scott_stroup044- Hulk (I think the majority of us would agree that this is the most artistically satisfying superhero picture since Burton's Batman Returns)

Ooooh, this makes me want to see it. Superhero movies aren't my favorite things but B-man Returns is a classic.

Sleepless

#112
January 10, 2004, 10:16:00 AM
Okay, I'm in the Uk, so my list is based on the best films released in the UK during 2003.


First off, my favourite film of 2003 was 25th Hour. Man, that film had it all - Ed Norton, PSH, Anna Paquin, Brian Cox, Barry Pepper. It looks so goo, just everything about it, amazing. I can't believe all the Oscar hype, etc just ignored it completely. Without a doubt that film is my favourite of 2003. No question about it. And now the rest of the best (so to speak), in no particular order:

Spirited Away
Punch-Drunk Love
Moonlight Mile
Igby Goes Down
Buffalo Soldiers
Belleville Rendez-Vous
Adaptation
Kill Bill Vol. 1
Pirates of The Caribbean
Return of The King
The Hours
The Pianist
X-Men 2
Intolerable Cruelty
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Sleepless

#113
January 10, 2004, 10:40:01 AM
He held on. The dolphin and all the rest of its pod turned and swam out to sea, and still he held on. This is it, he thought. Then he remembered that they were air-breathers too. It was going to be all right.

Finn

#114
January 10, 2004, 03:41:49 PM
OK...Here's my top ten list! I haven't seen Elephant, 21 Grams or Monster yet. So when I do, I'll revise my list. But for now...here it is!

10. The Shape of Things

Neil LaBute is always good at shocking and challenging the audience, and he does again here. Rachel Weiz and Paul Rudd are terrific!

9. Raising Victor Vargas

A film that knows the truth about relationships and youth.

8. Peter Pan

No other movie won me over more this year than this rare treasure. Rachel Hurd-Wood is simply wonderful!

7. Irreversible

Gasper Noe's film is deeply disturbing, dark, unrelenting...and profound.

6. Gerry

The story is simple, the filmmaking is amazing.

5. All the Real Girls

What a beautiful, haunting and vibrant gem this is. David Gordan Green is one of our best young directors. Paul Schneider is great!

4. Capturing the Friedmans

The best documentary in years!

3. Mystic River

It's a drama, crime story and a character study all rolled into one. Great performances all across the board, Eastwood's best directorial effort!

2. Kill Bill : Volume 1

Tarantino's bloody, brutal and brilliant homage! Regardless of how number 2 will be, it stands alone as his best movie since Pulp Fiction.

1. Lost in Translation

An extremly rare movie that gets everything just right. The best film of the year!
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Jeremy Blackman

#115
January 10, 2004, 08:00:38 PM
1 21 Grams

2 City of God

3 28 Days Later

4 Kill Bill Vol. 1

5 Lost in Translation

6 Whale Rider

7 In America

8 Hulk

9 Gerry

10 The Shape of Things


severely edited 1/20/04

SoNowThen

#116
January 12, 2004, 11:55:57 AM
Am I allowed to put Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind on my list? It's listed as coming out in limited release on Dec 31, 2002, and most of its first showings were at 2003 festivals...

if so, it can sit at a firm 2nd place.
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godardian

#117
January 12, 2004, 02:04:57 PM
I'm really surprised to see how many have The Hulk on their top ten. I'll have to rent it. I like Ang Lee on and off, but I'm not a big fan of superhero movies, and that, combined with the roundly terrible reviews, was enough to inspire me to skip it.
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cron

#118
January 12, 2004, 02:10:51 PM
Dogville and Kill Bill. That's it.
context, context, context.

cine

#119
January 12, 2004, 04:38:02 PM
Quote from: godardianI'm really surprised to see how many have The Hulk on their top ten. I'll have to rent it. I like Ang Lee on and off, but I'm not a big fan of superhero movies, and that, combined with the roundly terrible reviews, was enough to inspire me to skip it.
The terrible reviews were from people who creamed their pants over Spiderman, so that gives you a good idea of the taste from those critics who shit on Hulk. Hulk was a thinking person's movie, which is why I agreed with Ebert's review that it's not for the typical comic book fan.
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