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i hate em. you hate em. they're top ten lists! AND THEY'RE RIGHT HERE ON XIXAX! in the tradition of sir roger ebert, tell us. what are your top ten movies of the year?

here are mine (i may edit later, as i haven't seen everything i've been meaning to yet, but these are them right now).

1. Kill Bill Vol. 1
2. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
3. 21 Grams
4. Big Fish
5. Finding Nemo
6. House of 1000 Corpses
7.Matrix Reloaded
8. Anger Management
9. Old School
10. Elf

i had a really hard time making this list. i had to research and think back to the good movies. this was all i could come up with. it's not a great list, but it's OK. I own (or will own) all these dvd's, except for matchstick men (which has now been knocked off, effective dec 31), probably, so, they're good enough to buy, they're on the list.

this is tenative:

1. Lost in Translation
2. Elephant
3. American Splendor
4. The secret Lives of Dentists
5. Kill Bill Vol. 1
6. Irreversible
7. Liya 4-Ever
8. The House of Sand and Fog
9. All The Real Girls
10. The Man Without a Past

I havent seen many of what some people talked about as the 'best movies' of this year... but this is the top 10 as far as the movies i did watch.

1) The Return of the King
2) The Matrix Revolutons
3) Kill Bill
4) Love Actually
5) The Matrix Reloaded
6) Pirates of the Caribbean
7) Mystic River
8) Finding Nemo
9) 28 Days Later
10) Confessions of a Dangerouns Mind

I havent seen Lost in Translation or Big Fish yet, which may be important additions to my list.

1. Street Theatre
2. The Jailbird
3. Omelas
4. The Isis Age
5. My Prayer
6. Evolution Street
7. Teresa
8. Nickles & Dimes
9. Riviera
10. Time Takes A Cigarette

hey! no fair! he mentioned obscure independent movies nobody's ever heard of!

And I call myself a film buff. I haven't heard of a single one of those movies!

Quote from: andyk10) Confessions of a Dangerouns Mind

Released in 2002.

this is my list of most enjoyed of 2003, not the 'best of' just a most enjoyed

1) Kill Bill
2) 28 days later
3) Lost in Translation
4) Return of the King
5) Bubba HoTep
6) Finding Nemo
7) a Mighty Wind
8) Stoked: rise and fall of gator
9) party monster
10) bad boys 2 (guilty pleasure extrordinaire)

I just made mine up earlier today and was going to make this post! Damn you, taz! Well, not really, thanks for saving me the trouble.

Anyway...

1. Lost In Translation
2. Kill Bill
3. Return Of The King
4. Dogville
5. Gerry
6. In America
7. The Cremaster Cycle
8. Elephant
9. The Station Agent
10. Peter Pan

1. Lost In Translation
2. Bubba Ho-Tep
3. Return of the King
4. Pirates of the Carribean
5. 28 Days Later
6. A Mighty Wind
7.  House of 1000 Corpses
8. Hulk (minus the last 20 minutes)
9. School of Rock

My list is also tentative. I am seeing In America, The House of Sand and Fog, and Elephant this tuesday so I have a feeling my list will certainly change. (I also haven't seen Return of the King, American Splendor, The Company, The Last Samurai or even House of 1000 Corpses!) The list for now:

1. Lost in Translation
2. Man on the Train
3. Finding Nemo
4. Mystic River
5. Kill Bill
6. Whale Rider
7. Matchstick Men
8. Man Without a Past
9. Master and Commander
10. Thirteen

Best Letter of 2003: M.

i can't believe i'm doing this.

(i have yet to see american splendor and in america :( )

1. ....

fuck it, i can't do it. lists suck........

1. the return of the king
2. lost in translation
3. finding nemo
4. 21 grams
5. matrix reloaded
6. all the real girls
7. kill bill
8. hulk
9. matrix revolutions
10. whale rider

December 29?! Way too early yet...

Quote from: The Silver BulletDecember 29?! Way too early yet...

That's why people are calling them tentative or saying they'll edit them. Like me.
It's fun to change your list at the end of the year, isn't it? No? Ah, fuck all of you...

Quote from: nixAnd I call myself a film buff. I haven't heard of a single one of those movies!

that's cos they're shit.

there's already a huge thread on this. eh.. anyway

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1. In America
2. Lost in Translation
3. HULK
4. Finding Nemo
5. 21 Grams

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6. American Splendor
7. Gerry

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8. Reloaded
9. School of Rock


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10. All the Real Girls

Kill Bill will be included in next years list.
21 grams hasn't been released here yet but i can safely assume it'll end up where i put it.
City of God is counted as 2002.

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Quote from: andyk10) Confessions of a Dangerouns Mind

Released in 2002.

doh! i wasnt sure about that one...

i would have to replace it with X2  :roll:

lost in translation
kill bill: volume one
all the real girls
finding nemo
return of the king
american splendor
station agent
bad santa
28 days later
school of rock

1. City Of God (I guess this counts for 2002)
2. American Splendor
3. All The Real Girls
4. Kill Bill
5. Elephant


honourable mentions for Spellbound, Northfork, and Intolerable Cruelty

I can finish the list after I see Gerry, 21 Grams, Return Of The King, Dogville, and Triplets Of Belleville

Quote from: SoNowThen1. City Of God (does this count for 2002 or 2003??)

Quote from: PCity of God is counted as 2002.

it's okay. i don't read a lot of other ppl's posts either.

City Of God can go on either 2002 or 2003 lists, since Miramax is pushing it for Oscars this year. Just like some of us are putting Dogville on our lists this year, but most people will count it as a 2004 release. Foregin distribution always blurs the lines.

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Quote from: SoNowThen1. City Of God (does this count for 2002 or 2003??)

Quote from: PCity of God is counted as 2002.

it's okay. i don't read a lot of other ppl's posts either.

Actually, that was posted as I was writing mine. So when I hit submit, I saw it there.

But no edit was made. I'll take it off once I've seen all those others I mentioned.

regarding dates.. i go by imdb and so does the universe.

ping pong
capturing the friedmans
the station agent
kill bill
triplets of belleville
ong-bak
x-men 2
mystic river
northfork
all the real girls

P, I completely missed where you ranked Kill Bill on your thing...oh, and if you're going to bash it, don't bother answer that last statement.

Quote from: aClockworkWalrusP, I completely missed where you ranked Kill Bill on your thing...oh, and if you're going to bash it, don't bother answer that last statement.

i didn't rank it. on the other thread called "So far this year.." i gave it an honorable mention, and it was below all the real girls. i'm convinced it's best to judge it with the second part.

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Words of wisdom Lloyd P words of wisdom...

Quote from: 1976blah blah blah [I starve for love]

Me too, but I still liked Kill Bill and the Matrix Reloaded.

why are you so mean to 1976?

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Quote from: nixAnd I call myself a film buff. I haven't heard of a single one of those movies!

that's cos they're shit.

actually...it's because I made them all up.

Quote from: 1976actually...it's because I made them all up.

Hahaha... that was brilliant.

I'd pay to see "Time Takes a Cigarette"

And it's Hollywood sequel would be "Time Takes a Holiday."

1000 + 976 = cool beanz

Time takes a Cigarette - David Bowie reference right?

We need to link to this:

http://xixax.com/viewtopic.php?t=2463

Quote from: Pby the end of the year everyone will agree 2003 was the first great movie year of the 2000s.

man, you were way off.

......of what i have seen.....

one-21 grams
two-return of the king
three-mystic river
four-kill bill vol I
five-finding nemo
six-united
seven-reloaded
eight-lost in translation
nine-???  .. i forgot.....
ten-?????????...i forgot.....

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Quote from: Pby the end of the year everyone will agree 2003 was the first great movie year of the 2000s.

man, you were way off.

i said that back when Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was scheduled for this year. and when revolutions sounded like a good idea. and when we weren't sure if Kill Bill would be two films or one. all in all, i'd say it was ok, the best year of the millenium so far.

keep in mind I haven't seen a lot of the movies I've been meaning to:

Lost in Translation
X2
Finding Nemo
Kill Bill vol. 1
Narc (I dunno when it was released, but I saw it in theaters early 2003)
Matchstick Men
Love Actually
Intolerable Cruelty
Bruce Almighty
Pirates of the Caribbean

I think it had the same number of good movies as any other year, so far.  but what about 2001?  the royal tenenbaums came out that year.  so did battle royale, amelie, waking life, donnie darko, muholland drive, memento, ghost world, a beautiful mind, shaolin soccer, in the mood for love, apocalypse now redux, first lord of the rings, amores perros, man who wasn't there, and I dunno what foreign films I'm leaving out.

2003 has been the best year of the 2000's. End of story.

::stares at a melitng ice cube in his cup::

actually .....the best year will be 2007......its allways the repitition of the number seven.....

starting from the 1900's............

1907-1917-1927-1937-1947-1957-1967-1977-1987-1997-2007.......

Quote from: Cinephile2003 has been the best year of the 2000's. End of story.

no way, dude.

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Quote from: Cinephile2003 has been the best year of the 2000's. End of story.

no way, dude.

way!

I personally think it has. Or maybe it's as good as 2001, but the quality has been evenly spread out. I look at all the movies that didn't make my top ten list but came close...Man On The Train, Whale Rider, Finding Nemo, Raising Victor Vargas, Irreversible, Bad Santa, Big Fish, X2, The Fog Of War, etc....and that's excluding most of the popcorn movies I had a blast at, like Pirates Of The Carribbean....just a whole lot of goodness, all around.

Quote from: GhostboyI look at all the movies that didn't make my top ten list but came close...Man On The Train, Whale Rider, Finding Nemo, Raising Victor Vargas, Irreversible, Bad Santa, Big Fish, X2, The Fog Of War, etc

Exactly. So many good fuckin' movies this year. Case closed, Pete.

1. PDL (only came out in Aus this year so i'm counting it)
2. Kill Bill
3. Lost in Translation
(man, it was really close between these three^)
4. ROTK


that'll do for now. American Splendor, Mystic River, Finding Nemo, Bish Fish, 21 Grams, Dogville and Legally Blonde 2 are among those I have yet to see. Maybe if I hadn't waisted my time seeing KB and PDL as many times as i did. :?

Quote from: peteI think it had the same number of good movies as any other year, so far.  but what about 2001?  the royal tenenbaums came out that year.  so did battle royale, amelie, waking life, donnie darko, muholland drive, memento, ghost world, a beautiful mind, shaolin soccer, in the mood for love, apocalypse now redux, first lord of the rings, amores perros, man who wasn't there, and I dunno what foreign films I'm leaving out.

In Praise Of Love got it's French release, I think...

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Quote from: GhostboyI look at all the movies that didn't make my top ten list but came close...Man On The Train, Whale Rider, Finding Nemo, Raising Victor Vargas, Irreversible, Bad Santa, Big Fish, X2, The Fog Of War, etc

Exactly. So many good fuckin' movies this year. Case closed, Pete.

No, 2001 is wayyy better than 2003. Way. How can you compare Mulholland Drive, Amelie, Royal Tenenbaums, In the Mood for Love and Amores Perros with Whale Rider, Finding Nemo, Bad Santa, X2 and Pirates of the Carrabean. For god's sake.

haha y'all are so wrong.

There are still so many movies that i want to see but these I really enjoyed


In no particular order

Last Samurai
Kill Bill
Reloaded
Revolutions
Return of the King
Finding Nemo
Freddy vs Jason
28 Dayls Later
Cabin Fever
X2

Everyone needs to see In America (http://xixax.com/viewtopic.php?t=3025&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0).

1. Lost in Translation
2. Elephant
3. Kill Bill
4. Thirteen
5. Mystic River
6. Return of the King
7. Cabin Fever
8. Dirty Pretty Things
9. Swimming Pool
10. Matchstick Men

Quote from: Film Student7. Cabin Fever

But no 28 Days Later?

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But no 28 Days Later?

11. 28 Days Later
12. All the Real Girls
13. Bad Santa
14. Magdalene Sisters
15. School of Rock

That's better.

These my favorite ten movies that came to my town and that I saw in 2003. They were not all released in 2003. Also, I didn't get a chance to see Triplets of Belleville yet, nor did I catch Thirteen or Dirty Pretty Things or The Good Thief. This is just my personal list:

1. 21 Grams

2. Morvern Callar

3. The Cremaster Cycle

4. Lost in Translation

5. Russian Ark

6. American Splendor

7. Elephant

8. The Barbarian Invasions

9. Swimming Pool

10. Bad Santa

Honorable mentions: Kill Bill, Vol. I and The Weather Underground.

Overrated: Mystic River

Pure hogwash: Party Monster, In the Cut

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Quote from: aClockworkWalrusP, I completely missed where you ranked Kill Bill on your thing...oh, and if you're going to bash it, don't bother answer that last statement.

i didn't rank it. on the other thread called "So far this year.." i gave it an honorable mention, and it was below all the real girls. i'm convinced it's best to judge it with the second part.

For a second, I thought you didn't like Kill Bill.

That would've made me a saaaaad Panda.

Hahaha cool reference there Walrus

i'm insanely jealous of everybody that got to see the cremaster movies. it was playing right by me, too and i just let it slip away.

Quote from: taz.i'm insanely jealous of everybody that got to see the cremaster movies. it was playing right by me, too and i just let it slip away.

At least it's Netflixable.

NO, JEREMY, IT'S NOT!

the only thing they released was a thirty minute segment from cremaster 3.

Oh, well, that's what I meant.

I STILL haven't seen In America, the House of Sand and Fog, or American Splendor :(  BUT I have now edited my list with the movies I DID see.

1. Lost in Translation
2. Man on the Train
3. Finding Nemo
4. Elephant
5. Mystic River
6. Kill Bill
7. Whale Rider
8. Matchstick Men
9. Man Without a Past
10. The Station Agent

Looks better than 2001 to me. :wink:

I have no idea when I'll be able to see Elephant, which is just killing me... what makes it worse is I almost saw it. And American Splendor has to wait until February. I guess it's not that bad, though.

Quote from: Cinephile2003 has been the best year of the 2000's. End of story.

the worst year since 2000.  this year blew hard, with the exception of...

1. kill bill: volume one
2. city of god
3. lost in translation

4. finding nemo
5. 21 grams
6. lord of the rings: return of the king
7. peter pan
8. cold mountain
9. seabiscuit
10. pirates of the carribean

honorable mentions: big fish, matchstick men, the last samurai, mystic river, intolerable cruelty

1. Lost In Translation

2. Matchstick Men

3. Narc

4. Mystic River

5. Finding Nemo

6. Kill Bill Vol. 1

7. Pirates Of The Carribean

8. Big Fish

9. Lord Of The Rings: ROTK

10. The Good Thief

I'm gonna see a marathon of Big Fish, Cold Mtn, 21 Grams and House of Sand and Fog tomorrow, then I'll be able to post a list.

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Quote from: Cinephile2003 has been the best year of the 2000's. End of story.

the worst year since 2000.  this year blew hard, with the exception of...

Thank you

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Quote from: Cinephile2003 has been the best year of the 2000's. End of story.

the worst year since 2000.  this year blew hard

I think 2002 may have been better...

Quote from: GoneSavageTime takes a Cigarette - David Bowie reference right?

correct, from the song "Rock & Roll Suicide."

1. Kill Bill
2. The Animation Show
3. LOTR: ROTK
4. 21 Grams
5. Lost in Translation
6. Bad Santa
7. X2
8. Pirates of the Caribbean
9. Big Fish
10. House of Sand and Fog

Honorable mentions (aka 10 is not enough): Cold Mountain, Elf, Intolerable Cruelty, A Mighty Wind, T3, The Italian Job.

Edit: This list was without seeing: Elephant, Station Agent, American Splendor, In America, Whale Rider, Matchstick Men, et al.

I saw the movie IN AMERICA and it made me cry like a baby. I think it was pretty touching flick, I'll probably own it on DVD (I also have Sheridan's other movie IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER). Anyway, I'd put it towards the top of the list. I guess if I have to compare it to a cheeseburger, it would have to be the new bacon BK burger. Fast food chains keep introducing all these new burgers, and they're all so dissapointing, then finally I munch on a BK bacon burger and I've gotten what I wanted -- satisfaction. I don't know though, I'm cynical about it because of the fact that I hadn't seen any previews on it. Like P said, maybe if I saw the trailers and sat in the hype, the movie would turn to dissapointment by betraying my preconceived notions. Or maybe I'm just a prick who likes bacon burgers? Who knows. Here are my favorites from the year, I still need to see 21 GRAMS, BIG FISH and maybe ELEPHANT.
*in america
*dogville (I ordered this puppy on DVD. I'd say it's a good buy)
*return of the king - my favorite aspect of the whole lord of the rings journey was the frodo and sam adventure. It makes me want to go on my own adventure..it's dissapointing though that my biggest adventure was getting someone else's mail in my mail box and going to their address to return it. Actually I accidently opened one of the letters thinking it was mine, but I threw that one away so I wouldn't look like some idiot. In retrospect, I wish there was some cash in it, but it was just a holiday card with a signature.  
*lost in translation (I feel like a prick putting this up on my "list" because I didn't fall in love with it like everyone else, but what else is there? I guess 28 days later would work.)
*28 days (edit-LATER)works

Quote from: nixthis is tenative:

1. Lost in Translation
2. Elephant
3. American Splendor
4. The secret Lives of Dentists
5. Kill Bill Vol. 1
6. Irreversible
7. Liya 4-Ever
8. The House of Sand and Fog
9. All The Real Girls
10. The Man Without a Past

wow, someone lives at the arthouse.  do you have something against 'hollywood' movies or what?

Quote from: GhostboyI personally think it has. Or maybe it's as good as 2001, but the quality has been evenly spread out. I look at all the movies that didn't make my top ten list but came close...Man On The Train, Whale Rider, Finding Nemo, Raising Victor Vargas, Irreversible, Bad Santa, Big Fish, X2, The Fog Of War, etc....and that's excluding most of the popcorn movies I had a blast at, like Pirates Of The Carribbean....just a whole lot of goodness, all around.

here is what i see...

2002
punch-drunk love, road to perdition, minority report, solaris, CQ, about schmidt. adaptation, about a boy, gangs of new york, i am trying to break your heart. lord of the rings: the two towers. catch me if you can. lilo and stitch. the 25th hour, the hours, moonlight mile, chicago, the ring, spider-man, bowling for columbine, the pianist, insomnia, y tu mama tambien, harry potter & the chamber of secrets, ice age, star wars episode II: attack of the clones, confessions of a dangerous mind, panic room,  igby goes down, far from heaven, frailty, 8 mile, signs, one hour photo, the good girl

2001
the royal tenenbaums, moulin rouge, memento, amelie, donnie darko, the lord of the rings: fellowship of the ring, a.i.: artificial intelligence, mulholland drive, vanilla sky, the man who wasn't there, oceans 11, harry potter and the sorcerors stone, ghost world, the others, snatch, black hawk down, monsters inc., blow, made, wet hot american summer, from hell, zoolander, spy game

this year i can barely find a dozen movie that i really really liked.  i'm not saying all  of these are fantastic, but damn, i have trouble finding near as many movies i can even say i 'enjoyed' this year.  i am embarrased so many movies that i had problems with still ended up being as high as they did for me (finding nemo: one of my LEAST favorite pixar movies, 21 grams: didnt enjoy it nearly as much as amores perros or as much as i thought i might for that matter, return of the king: some major problems with that too, etc.)  2001 and 2002 there were tons of movies i wished could make my list of top 20 but didnt have room for. this year blew hard.

I think the point is that this is a good decade.

I still can't see how it's any better than any other decade.  Good movies have always been coming out and overlooked by most, this year is no exceptiion.  Just because there is a forum of people who are actively participating in "good-movie-watching" doesn't make this year any more special.  If you wanna talk about the death toll of famous people this year, that's a different story.  2003 stands out in that respect, but good movies, that's a lukewarm argument at best.  "end of story" or not.

Quote from: peteI still can't see how it's any better than any other decade.

It's better than 80-83 and 90-93.

Quote from: peteJust because there is a forum of people who are actively participating in "good-movie-watching" doesn't make this year any more special.

what the hell does this forum hav to do with it? in 2002 there was also a forum with ppl talking about movies and it didn't change the fact that 2002 wasn't very special. i've been saying this in real life and again, what the hell does this forum hav to do with it?

it's not that there's more good movies, but rather that the movies themselves are qualitatively better, whether there's more or less or if there's a bunch of losers talking about them is beside the point.

Quote from: Pit's not that there's more good movies, but rather that the movies themselves are qualitatively better

Exactly. I would take Dancer in the Dark over Dances with Wolves.

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punch-drunk love, road to perdition, minority report, solaris, CQ, about schmidt. adaptation, about a boy, gangs of new york, i am trying to break your heart. lord of the rings: the two towers. catch me if you can. lilo and stitch. the 25th hour, the hours, moonlight mile, chicago, the ring, spider-man, bowling for columbine, the pianist, insomnia, y tu mama tambien, harry potter & the chamber of secrets, ice age, star wars episode II: attack of the clones, confessions of a dangerous mind, panic room,  igby goes down, far from heaven, frailty, 8 mile, signs, one hour photo, the good girl

2001
the royal tenenbaums, moulin rouge, memento, amelie, donnie darko, the lord of the rings: fellowship of the ring, a.i.: artificial intelligence, mulholland drive, vanilla sky, the man who wasn't there, oceans 11, harry potter and the sorcerors stone, ghost world, the others, snatch, black hawk down, monsters inc., blow, made, wet hot american summer, from hell, zoolander, spy game

this year i can barely find a dozen movie that i really really liked.  i'm not saying all  of these are fantastic, but damn, i have trouble finding near as many movies i can even say i 'enjoyed' this year.  i am embarrased so many movies that i had problems with still ended up being as high as they did for me (finding nemo: one of my LEAST favorite pixar movies, 21 grams: didnt enjoy it nearly as much as amores perros or as much as i thought i might for that matter, return of the king: some major problems with that too, etc.)  2001 and 2002 there were tons of movies i wished could make my list of top 20 but didnt have room for. this year blew hard.

Looking at your list there, I see your point, but I also I did think higher of most of the movies this year than you did. I think, in the end, Jeremy summed it up best with his comment about the decade, which is definitely true.

I'll bet it's only going to get better, too.

I didn't say anything about TALKING about movies, I said watching movies.  Just because more people have seen and still remember the films of 2003 doesn't make this a better decade (and Jeremy Blackman, c'mon man, 3 years is hardly a decade) or even the beginning of a better decade.
As to the point about qualitively better...I side with themodernage02 on this one.  A lot of overrated-ness, and most of that comes from a lack of better movies as a whole.

and most currently great directors weren't even in the house representin' this year.  The most high-profile directors this year were QT, Clint Eastwood, and Gus Van Sant, then I dunno, Alejandro Gonzales and Jim Sheridon.  QT would make that list in any year, and maybe Clint too,  but the rest of them consistently good directors are all still working on other projects.  And then some of them just flat-out sucked like Woody Allen and Ang Lee.
I'm not saying that only famous directors make good movies, or that first time nobodies can't be badass.  I'm saying had the good directors turned out some movies this year, and had the movies we have right now tagged along--then maybe 2003 can be an outstanding year, but right now it's no head and shoulder above nothing and never will be since that year is over.

And how can you say 2002 wasn't special when there were all those films themodernage02 mentioned ealier, on top of spirited away, hero, infernal affairs, rabbit-proof fence, talk to her and city of god?

overall, you know a year can't be that good when the most acclaimed movie of the year is an American movie that wouldn't stop taking potshots at those WHACKY  WHACKY Japanese people.

Quote from: peteand Jeremy Blackman, c'mon man, 3 years is hardly a decade

Four years. Almost half a decade.

And why would I claim that this decade as a whole is better than the 90s as a whole, when this decade hasn't happened yet? I'm not saying that:

Quote from: Jeremy BlackmanIt's better than 80-83 and 90-93.

Quote from: themodernage02this year i can barely find a dozen movie that i really really liked.

Try the arthouse.

I'm not sure how my list looks but Phone Booth is on there. That's for sure. People think it's stupid etc etc but I really find Stu's emotional journey interesting and...emotional. When he confesses to his wife. I love that.

In no order

Kill Bill vol.1
21 Grams
LOTR:Return of The King
Lost in Translation

Quote from: kotteI'm not sure how my list looks but Phone Booth is on there. That's for sure. People think it's stupid etc etc but I really find Stu's emotional journey interesting and...emotional. When he confesses to his wife. I love that.

......if your serious about phonebooth.        i agree its goood......and i think RK really liked it also...... :wink:

In alphabetical order, thus far:

Cold Mountain
Dogville
Gettin' Square
Goodbye Lenin
Japanese Story
Kill Bill Vol. 1
Lost In Translation
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Love Actually
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

I think people are underestimating this year...

Here is my top 10

1.  Kill Bill Vol 1
2.  American Splendor
3.  Lost in Translation
4.  Finding Nemo
5.  The Station Agent
6.  Love Actually
7.  Mystic River
8.  Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
9.  Intolerable Cruelty
10.  Swimming Pool

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Quote from: kotteI'm not sure how my list looks but Phone Booth is on there. That's for sure. People think it's stupid etc etc but I really find Stu's emotional journey interesting and...emotional. When he confesses to his wife. I love that.

......if your serious about phonebooth.        i agree its goood......and i think RK really liked it also...... :wink:

dead serious.

Only the ones I really really LOVED (no order).....

-The School of Rock
-Kill Bill: Volume 1
-All the Real Girls
-Lost in Translation
-Elf
-Bad Santa
-Finding Nemo

I still have yet to see "Big Fish" and "Elephant" so this isn't really final till I see them, they better be good too. Um, I don't really know to say, I guess this year was better than last year....it was I thinnk....it was definitely a hell of a lot better than 2001 which was just awful, I can say that for sure. I have more faith in next year too with Wes Anderson and DGG and David O. Russell and Scorsese and all them coming back, it should be awesome.

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Quote from: themodernage02this year i can barely find a dozen movie that i really really liked.

Try the arthouse.

shit, believe me i tried.  irreversible blew, spider blew, spun blew, mighty wind was okay, northfork blew HARD, dirty pretty things blew, american splendor was okay, singing detective blew, bubba ho tep was okay, and elephant was okay.  the rest are on my list.

Quote from: ebeamanit was definitely a hell of a lot better than 2001 which was just awful, I can say that for sure.

i'm sorry to keep trying to refuse these statements, but i just cannot see where you are coming from on this.  you only have 6 movies you really liked for this whole freaking year, and you cant tell me looking at my list from 2001 you cant find atleast 6 flicks that were as good?!? i think you're all crazy.

i think i know what the problem is. that list u gave, of the movies of the year, the best ones always come out for a day at the end of the year and then get released wide the next year. also., not everyone goes to see every movie that comes out., so they discover them on dvd a year late. at the end of this year i think we'll hav a good enuff list of what really came out in 2003, and what was OK, what was GREAT. and what was GOOD. the list u gave of other years were just full of good movies. lilo and stitch? come on. if u don't hav kids u'll never think of that again.

Quote from: ebeamanit was definitely a hell of a lot better than 2001 which was just awful, I can say that for sure.

2001 saw Mulholland Drive- my personal top candidate for best film so far (SO FAR only) of the decade. Also, Royal Tenenbaums. Just off the top of my head.

2001 (a brief summary of the great movies released in a so called awful year)

Memento
Amores Perros
Chopper
The Princess and the Warrior
Ghost World
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Mulholland Drive
Waking Life
The Man Who Wasn't There
Amilie
Sidewalks of New York
Vanilla Sky
LOTR: Fellowship
The Royal Tennenbaums
In the Bedroom
Donnie Darko
Monster's Ball

It's not quite 1999, but goddamn. These are some pretty good flicks.

jesus christ no one said it's awful.

u know what, since every year is so great, why do ppl complain. let's all agree that every year is the best year for movies ever, except 2003 cos it was the first time anyone tried to officially claim it.

Quote from: Pjesus christ no one said it's awful.

ebeaman did.

Quote from: Pu know what, since every year is so great, why do ppl complain. let's all agree that every year is the best year for movies ever, except 2003 cos it was the first time anyone tried to officially claim it.

2000 blew too.  a handful of great movies, but not nearly as many as the year previous, or the two years that followed.

If I may pound the shit out of a dead horse...

2003 the only year since 99 I can honestly say there were 4+ masterpieces.

2000 ate greasy old man ass.
2001 was okay.
2002 was salvaged for me by Gangs Of New York (and to a lesser degree, Comedian).

Quote from: SoNowThen2000 ate greasy old man ass.

Compared to 1999... but what about Dancer in the Dark, Requiem for a Dream, Traffic, The Virgin Suicides, and Unbreakable?

Liked Requiem, loved Virgin.

Traffic's gotta be one of the most overrated films in a looooooooong time...

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2002 was salvaged for me by Gangs Of New York (and to a lesser degree, Comedian).

But not PDL?

With this post I will cease arguing about one year's superiority. I think we can all agree that there are great films every year, some more than others, but in the end I don't care about the year at all -- only the films, which if they are great are timeless and transcend any pointless arguments bound to a temporal plane.

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2002 was salvaged for me by Gangs Of New York (and to a lesser degree, Comedian).

But not PDL?

With this post I will cease arguing about one year's superiority. I think we can all agree that there are great films every year, some more than others, but in the end I don't care about the year at all -- only the films, which if they are great are timeless and transcend any pointless arguments bound to a temporal plane.

I completely agree with this. Our culture is so addicted to listmaking and quantifying and summarizing and generalizing... it's getting to be a bit much. There really isn't some magical cutoff on 12/31 of any year, or at the last year of any decade. Those kinds of divisions are just convenient ways for our brains to organize things, nothing more.

Quote from: SoNowThenLiked Requiem, loved Virgin.

Traffic's gotta be one of the most overrated films in a looooooooong time...

whoa whoa whoa whoa. stop right there. traffic is amazing. traffic kicks everybody's ass. that's just a genuinely great movie. it deserves every bit of praise it gets. how dare you try to argue that.

performances are stunning. the color scheme techniques were innovative while enhancing the story. it addresses an important issue in our society (several, actually). definitely the best film of that year. better than gladiator.

Quote from: SoNowThenTraffic's gotta be one of the most overrated films in a looooooooong time...

Why? I'm honestly interested. Not like when GT gives a bad review.


I'm with taz on this one.
A truly amazing film. There are nothing bad about it. No obvious SFX, great performances from everyone, entertaing story yet important in this day 'n age.

In order of their bestness:

1. The thread for 2003's films
2. The thread  (http://xixax.com/viewtopic.php?t=40)for 2002's films
3. The thread  (http://xixax.com/viewtopic.php?t=1594)for 2000's films
4. The thread  (http://xixax.com/viewtopic.php?t=1523)for 2001's films

dogville
american splendor
return of the king
hulk/ kill bill (kinda)

MY GOD i have to catch up.

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.

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

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

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

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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.

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

www.pentegram.9cy.com

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!

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


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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.

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.

Dogville and Kill Bill. That's it.

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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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.

Yeah, I found Spiderman a waste of time, and I like Sam Raimi quite a bit.

I'll really have to check Hulk out. Thanks!

again,  I tried to like the Hulk (i promised to myself  that i'd be the first one of my friends to like the movie) but  i just couldn't... maybe it's me,  or maybe it's the fact that i saw it just after i saw Once Upon a Time in America ,which automatically became one of my all-time favorites.

i like it a lot, but it got even better after i heard that ang lee did all the movements of the hulk creature. oh man, the images in my head, too perfect.

My favourite part of the Hulk was the giant rabid poodle, it really makes you think.

Quote from: chuckhimselfoor maybe it's the fact that i saw it just after i saw Once Upon a Time in America ,which automatically became one of my all-time favorites.

you mean, West right? please tell me you mean West...

Altough I recieved it as  a Christmas present, I haven't seen West.  Is there anything wrong with liking OUATIA?

Quote from: chuckhimselfoAltough I recieved it as  a Christmas present, I haven't seen West.  Is there anything wrong with liking OUATIA?

Hell no, it's just that West is like 50 times better.

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Quote from: chuckhimselfoAltough I recieved it as  a Christmas present, I haven't seen West.  Is there anything wrong with liking OUATIA?

Hell no, it's just that West is like 50 times better.

Ah, OUATIA is great. 10 times better, 20 times better -- or not even greater at all. Its all arguable. Both Leone pictures are masterpieces of the cinema.

It's a shame that Dogville won't be released into theatres into later in the year. Tons of people have seen it outside the country when it was first released.

I just realized that half of my list (http://www.xixax.com/viewtopic.php?t=4996&start=116) is spiritual movies (21 Grams, Lost in Translation, Whale Rider, In America, Gerry), and really good ones at that. I can't remember another year with that kind of pattern.

1. Once Upon A Time In Mexico
2. Lost In Translation
3. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
4. Love Actually
5. Kill Bill Volume 1
6. Mystic River
7. Big Fish
8. Finding Nemo
9. Phone Booth
10. L'Auberge Espagnole

Hahaha, that's funny.

So is Pedro the Wombat

(get it?  "funny little creature"?  Right?  Peace, peace)

Quote from: godardianI'll really have to check Hulk out. Thanks!

have u seen it yet?

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Quote from: godardianI'll really have to check Hulk out. Thanks!

have u seen it yet?

somehow i doubt godardian will appreciate the finer points of HULK.

u think? well, if for nothing else, u get to see eric bana's naked ass a couple of times. (and what an ass it is :shock: )

not to mention the hulk's green sexy pectorals.  :)

Quote from: chuckhimselfo.not to mention the hulk's green sexy pectorals.  :)

mmm.... :x

No, I have faith in Godardian's appreciation of the film, especially if he's going in with a pro-HULK bias.

Top Five List:

1. LOST IN TRANSLATION
2. 21 Grams
3. Kill Bill vol. 1
4. Mystic River
5. Big Fish

Here's my new top 5 list, now that I've seen a few more.

1. Kill Bill Vol 1
2. Lost In Translation
3. 21 Grams
4. Big Fish
5. Finding Nemo

Still have to see Mystic River, American Splendor, In America, Dogville and Love Actually (damn that's a fucking annoying title :x)

Quote from: Brock LandersLove Actually (damn that's a fucking annoying title :x)

Quote from: P

Quote from: Jeremy Blackman[Something's Gotta Give] may be the most annoying movie title this year.

love actually.

:lol: nice to see i'm not alone

If I may update my list yet again after seeing some films that qualified for 2003.. there are quite a few changes:

1. Lost in Translation
2. Monster
3. In America
4. Elephant
5. Man on the Train
6. Finding Nemo
7. Mystic River
8. Kill Bill
9. The Barbarian Invasions
10. Whale Rider

I shifted a few of the titles around too. Anyway, this is probably my definitive list that American Splendor would likely pop its way on somewhere on Feb 3.

HERE IS MY 2 CENTS

1. RETURN OF THE KING
2. CITY OF GOD (I DONT CARE IF IT CAME OUT 2002, I SAW IT IN 2003)
3. KILL BILL VOLUME I
4. 21 GRAMS
5. PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN:CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL
6. IN AMERICA
7. 28 DAYS LATER
8. WHALE RIDER
9. FOG OF WAR
10. HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG

Still very subsceptable to dramatic change:

01. Lost in Translation (d. Sophia Coppola)
02. Dogville (d. Lars von Trier)
03. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (d. Peter Weir)
04. Big Fish (d. Tim Burton)
05. Cold Mountain (d. Anthony Minghella)
06. 21 Grams (d. Alejandro González Iñárritu)
07. Love Actually (d. Richard Curtis)
08. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (d. Peter Jackson)
09. Kill Bill Vol. 1 (d. Quentin Tarantino)
10. School of Rock (d. Richard Linklater)

I haven't seen a lot of films that have gotten a lot of attention, but really, my mind is pretty much made up:[list=1]

• Lost in Translation       ****+
  
• Finding Nemo              ****+
  
• Love Actually             ****
  
• School of Rock            ****
  
• American Splendor         ****
  
• In America                ***½
  
• 21 Grams                  ***½
  
• Girl with a Pearl Earring      ***½
  
• A Mighty Wind             ***½
  
• Bend it Like Beckham      ***½[/list:o]
  Honorable mentions: Whale Rider, Kill Bill: Vol. 1, The Cooler, All the Real Girls.

updatearoo:

1. American Splendor
2. All The Real Girls
3. City Of God
4. Kill Bill
5. Elephant
6. Triplets Of Belleville
7. Northfork
8. Intolerable Cruelty
9. Gerry
10. tie -- The Cooler (for lighting, camera work, and Baldwin) & Owning Mahowny (PSH, that's it)

as of now

1.  Kill Bill Vol 1
2.  American Splendor
3.  Lost in Translation
4.  Finding Nemo
5.  In America
6.  All the Real Girls
7.  The Station Agent
8.  21 Grams
9.  Big Fish
10.  Mystic River

hmmmm... I used to be good at lists...

1. City of God: Just watched it again this weekend and I've decided it's the BEST film of this year (that I've scene)
2. Lost in Translation
3. Kill Bill
4. Return of the King
5. Elephant
6. American Splendor
7. 21 Grams
8. Finding Nemo
9. Whale Rider
10. Hulk

10.Finding Nemo
9.A Mighty Wind
8.Big Fish
7.Matchstick Men
6.21 Grams
5.School of Rock
4.Cold Mountain
3.City of God
2.In America
1.Lost in Translation

the biggest dissapointment was Kill Bill, the biggest suprise was Love Actually, the worst was Mona Lisa Smile

1.) Finding Nemo
2.) Seabiscuit
3.) Magdalene Sisters
4.) Lost In Translation
5.) In America
6.) Mystic River
7.) 21 Grams
8.) City Of God
9.) Matrix Reloaded
10.) Open Range

Runner-Ups:
11.) Monster
12.) Gerry

1 - 21 grams
2 - dogville
3 - american splendor
4 - city of god
5 - kill bill
6 - hulk
7 - finding nemo
8 - return of the king
9 - intolerable cruelty
10 - lost in translation

whatever i need to see more

1. Kill Bill: Volume One
2. City of God
3. Lost in Translation
4. Mystic River
5. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
6. Finding Nemo
7. Peter Pan
8. Cold Mountain
9. The Last Samurai
10. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

runners up....
Matchstick Men
Hulk
X2: X-Men United
Big Fish

wanted to see....
21 Grams
Seabiscuit
The Station Agent
In America
American Splendor

Quote from: filmboy701. Kill Bill: Volume One
2. City of God
3. Lost in Translation
4. Mystic River
5. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
6. Finding Nemo
7. Peter Pan
8. Cold Mountain
9. The Last Samurai
10. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

now that's a list...

1. 21/g
2. Gerrray
3. Trans(Lost)lation
4. ill ill
5. Loaded Again!
6. Ahmayrickanne Schplendore
7. *NAmerica
8. The Belvits of Tripoli
9. Finding Waldo
10. Lotter Rot'k

*due for an update apres M. Riv, Region of Gosh et l'ephant.

I've seen most of the films of last year so this list is pretty complete. Only a few changes could happen with the last few major films I have yet to see.

1.) City of God
2.) Sylvia
3.) Finding Nemo
4.) Whale Rider
5.) The Triplets of Belleville
6.) Capturing the Friedmans
7.) Winged Migration
8.) Nowhere in Africa
9.) Irreversible
10.) The Fog of War

Quote from: The Gold TrumpetI've seen most of the films of last year so this list is pretty complete. Only a few changes could happen with the last few major films I have yet to see.

1.) City of God
2.) Sylvia
3.) Finding Nemo
4.) Whale Rider
5.) The Triplets of Belleville
6.) Capturing the Friedmans
7.) Winged Migration
8.) Nowhere in Africa
9.) Irreversible
10.) The Fog of War

well arent you just mr. arthouse!   :wink:  sylvia huh?  that died a pretty quick death at my local arthouse and dont remember it getting a whole lot of word here either to get me interested enough to see it (even though i did get free passes). i dont remember you writing a review, so do you mind explaining why it was good?  or what you liked about it enough to rank number 2.

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Quote from: Film Student7. Cabin Fever

But no 28 Days Later?

Okay whats this with EVERYONE liking 28 Days later?! My friend and i left in the middle of it.. because any movie that starts with diseased monkeys killing everyone in the world..and turning them to zombies is alittle gay.. :twisted:  :?:  :!:

Okay..

The Ring
21 Grams
House of 1000 Corpes <-- i think thats how you spell it
SPiderman
Kill Bill:v1
Cold Creek Manor
CABIN FEVER
Secret Window
Big mommas house
Office Space

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Quote from: Jeremy Blackman

Quote from: Film Student7. Cabin Fever

But no 28 Days Later?

Okay whats this with EVERYONE liking 28 Days later?! My friend and i left in the middle of it.. because any movie that starts with diseased monkeys killing everyone in the world..and turning them to zombies is alittle gay.. :twisted:  :?:  :!:

Exactly! 28 Days later is gay! Listen to the lady when she talks! And Cabin Fever is the bomb!

are u the same person.

Quote from: horrorchick76The Ring
21 Grams
House of 1000 Corpes <-- i think thats how you spell it
SPiderman
Kill Bill:v1
Cold Creek Manor
CABIN FEVER
Secret Window
Big mommas house
Office Space

Do you know how many of those are actually from 2003?

hahaha crazy

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Quote from: The Gold TrumpetI've seen most of the films of last year so this list is pretty complete. Only a few changes could happen with the last few major films I have yet to see.

1.) City of God
2.) Sylvia
3.) Finding Nemo
4.) Whale Rider
5.) The Triplets of Belleville
6.) Capturing the Friedmans
7.) Winged Migration
8.) Nowhere in Africa
9.) Irreversible
10.) The Fog of War

well arent you just mr. arthouse!   :wink:  sylvia huh?  that died a pretty quick death at my local arthouse and dont remember it getting a whole lot of word here either to get me interested enough to see it (even though i did get free passes). i dont remember you writing a review, so do you mind explaining why it was good?  or what you liked about it enough to rank number 2.

I heard almost nothing about Sylvia too upon initial release. No thread or even mention here. I read the Stanley Kauffmann review of it but immediately forgot everything he said. I still haven't went back to it to see how my thoughts correlated with his. It just so happened I was wondering around my video store and rented the film because I was surprised my little city even had it.

Its really one of the most exceptional biography films I've seen in a while. Of the last 25 years, Raging Bull is prolly the most applauded. I think its overrated. A good film that captures the fire of Jake LaMotta in the ring but generalizes his life outside the ring that doesn't get beyond typical drama. For those who love Raging Bull, I wish they'd see This Sporting Life from 1963. A movie that really captures the fire of frustation a sportsman has in his whole life and the ambiguilty of that pain. Sylvia does the same for Sylvia Plath's paranoia and sense of loneliness in a magnificent texture of feeling put onto film. The movie never talks about her general, hallmark events but the traumatic secrets that dominated her existence and kept her from any happiness. Gywneth Paltrow finally gets a role she can speak for just on physical characteristic and she is great through out the entire film. Her best performance ever. I couldn't imagine anyone else in the role.

I almost put this as the best film of the year. City of God has the filmmaking power of almost no other film in a long time, but Sylvia is the drama of recent years for me and ten times the film City of God is in substance. The filmmaking achievement in City of God just won me over. I'm going to buy the dvd of Sylvia and watch it again and hopefully elaborate more in my appreciation.

My Final 10:
Kill Bill Vol 1
American Splendor
Lost in Translation
All the Real Girls
Finding Nemo
Station Agent
In America
Seabiscuit
21 Grams
Mystic River

Just Missed:
Triplets of Belleville
Love Actually

1. Dracula: Pages From A Virgins Diary
2. Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King
3. Lost In Translation
4. Northfork
5. The Triplets Of Belleville
6. The Man Without A Past
7. American Splendor
8. In America
9. Dirty Pretty Things
10. Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl

yeah, I'm late to the party, oh, well.

my top ten:

10) House of Sand and Fog
09) School of Rock
08. X2: X-Men United
07) Finding Nemo
06) Mystic River
05) Big Fish
04) American Splendor
03) Lost in Translation
02) Kill Bill--Vol. 1
01) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

extremely updated list:


1 Elephant

2 City of God

3 21 Grams

4 28 Days Later

5 Kill Bill Vol. 1

6 Gerry

7 Hulk

8 Whale Rider

9 Lost in Translation

10 The Shape of Things

I should ask now, seeing as how North America didn't get Dogville until this year, can we vote for it in the 2004 things?

Quote from: SoNowThenI should ask now, seeing as how North America didn't get Dogville until this year, can we vote for it in the 2004 things?

No. we go by imdb dates, we always hav, that's the true date of release for all films it's only a rare thing that u ppl got it a year after us this time. a shame, but that's just the way it goes.

otherwise change the name to "North American Xixax Awards"

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Quote from: SoNowThenI should ask now, seeing as how North America didn't get Dogville until this year, can we vote for it in the 2004 things?

No. we go by imdb dates, we always hav, that's the true date of release for all films it's only a rare thing that u ppl got it a year after us this time. a shame, but that's just the way it goes.

otherwise change the name to "North American Xixax Awards"

but i didn't vote for Dogville because Mac said we should wait...

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Quote from: SoNowThenI should ask now, seeing as how North America didn't get Dogville until this year, can we vote for it in the 2004 things?

No. we go by imdb dates, we always hav, that's the true date of release for all films it's only a rare thing that u ppl got it a year after us this time. a shame, but that's just the way it goes.

otherwise change the name to "North American Xixax Awards"

Well, that's fair, I guess.  :(


But doesn't imdb list release dates per country? Or do we just go by first non-festival theatrical showing date?

i dont' know what Mac was huffing, we go by the year under the title, the one that is highlighted in the main title page. the official date of birth.

Don't we force ourselves to more or less follow the Oscar dates? The imdb dates include any kind of limited release. I thought we excluded Dogville from the last awards for that reason.

MacGuffin! Please help!

Quote from: Jeremy BlackmanDon't we force ourselves to more or less follow the Oscar dates? The imdb dates include any kind of limited release. I thought we excluded Dogville from the last awards for that reason.

MacGuffin! Please help!

Quote from: MacGuffin"Irreversible" is since it came out in the US in 2003.
"Dogville" has yet to come out in the US and has only done the festival circuit, so I'd say no. Also most members here have yet to see it.
"Spellbound" is a toss up. It was nominated for the Oscars held in 2003, but I don't think it got a release until 2003.

If we go by Oscar dates (which we pretty much do), then it would be eligible for Foreign Film since it was released in it's country of origin (and that country would have to submit it to represent their country) in 2003. But to qualify for the Oscars in other catagories for 2004, it would have to play for a straight week in the US (which it did). Thus, it would be eligible for the 2005 Xixax Awards in all catagories.

Okay...my updated top five list for 2003 (counting Dogville as 2004 and City of God as 2002)...

1. Lost in Translation

2. Kill Bill : Volume 1

3. Mystic River

4. 21 Grams

5. Peter Pan

I'll get to the rest later... :wink:

1. Elephant and Dogville
2. Mystic River
3. Lost in Translation
4. The Company
5. Whale Rider
6. Millennium Mambo
7. The Barbarian Invasions
8. American Splendor
9. The Station Agent
10. Kill Bill: Volume 1

Quote from: samsong1. Elephant and Dogville

a list is dense enough. a list in which 1st place cant be distinguished is painfully aggravating. no offence ofcourse, if you can't choose thats cool  8)... plus it gave you the opportunity to fit last years best film to the list. i get where your coming from now. :yabbse-thumbup:

I have always used Oscar eligibility to determine year of release, as I live in the US.  Dogville wasn't released theatrically in the US in 2003, neither was Brown Bunny, so I count both as 2004 films (that is, if Brown Bunny gets picked up for distribution).  I don't count Virgin Suicides, Black & White and Jesus' Son as 1999 films, since they were all released in 2000 in the US (even though they all premiered at US film fests in 1999).  The rule of thumb, for me at least, is a film must play one week in NY and one week in LA in a regular theatrical run -- i.e., to establish Academy Award eligibility.

My 2003 list continues to evolve -- I finally saw Elephant, and must place that high on my list.  I must see Mystic River a 2nd time to determine if that is the best film of 2003, or if Elephant is.  I would place Lost in Translation at 3, Kill Bill 1 at No. 4, Gerry at No. 5.

I haven't seen Master & Commander, Sylvia, Girl With Pearl Earring, and a bunch of other films.

I decided to do the other lists since I did 2004's list so here we go.
1. Dogville
2. Elephant
3. Owning mahoney
4. The cooler
5. Kill Bill Vol. 1
6. 21 Grams
7. City of God
8. American Splendor
9. Lost in Translation
10. The Shape of Things