[Top Ten Films of...]

2003  -  252 films seen

 

 

1. Kill Bill, Vol.1

2. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

3. Oldboy

4. The Last Samurai

5. X-Men 2

6. Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World

7. 21 Grams

8. Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior

9. Cold Mountain

10. Lost in Translation

 

 

Runner-ups:  Big Fish, A Mighty Wind, Bubba Ho-Tep, Bad Santa, and House of 1000 Corpses.

 

 

Uncle Bingo's Kartoon Korner:  Finding Nemo  &  The Triplets of Belleville

 

 

Larry's Choice:  House of the Dead

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Here are the 1001 Movies to See Before You Die entries for 2002:

 

 

Adaptation

Bowling for Columbine

Bus 174**

Chicago

City of God

Far From Heaven

Gangs of New York

Hero

Irreversible

Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

The Pianist

Rabbit-Proof Fence**

Russian Ark**

Talk to Her

Uzak**

 

 

**denotes films I have not seen

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I will get a jump on: 2003 by saying that I found none of the movies of that year to be particularly noteworthy. I have looked at several lists of movies of that year and can find none which I would wholeheartedly recommend.

 

Then watch and learn!

 

Just kidding. But I found 15, plus 2 toons and a funny stinker...so it's just like every other year for me.

[What's in a Name?]

Tommy Boy

[A to Z of Characters]

Oswald, Lee Harvey - Gary Oldman in JFK

[Actor/Movie Association Game]

Lee J. Cobb

[*A to Z of actresses and actors*:)]

Keener, Catherine

[Colorful Movies]

The Red Kimono

[*A to Z of Movies*]

Flying Down to RIo

[Movies by Number]

8mm

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Bogie, I don't know Open Hearts or An Amazing Couple.

 

In America was originally on my runner-up list.

 

I'm the one person that didn't see My Big Fat Greek Wedding.

[Top Ten Films of...]

 

My ten favorite from 2002 in alphabetical order:

 

28 Days Later

About a Boy

Blade II

Bloody Sunday

The Bourne Identity

Evelyn

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

My Big Fat Greek Wedding

The Transporter

 

And a dishonorable mention for Star Trek: Nemesis. Still surprised that that franchise survived that one.

 

 

 

Welcome, LiamCasey! I like the shout out for Blade 2. I felt it was better than the first, probably due to director Guillermo Del Toro. And you're dead on about ST: Nemesis. It was terrible. Current star Tom Hardy would probably like to forget that early role.

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Swithin, I haven't seen The Magdalene Sisters. I also liked The Hours, Dirty Pretty Things, and Road to Perdition. Glad to see someone else liked 28 Days Later, as well!

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2002  -  225 films seen

 

 

1. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

2. Bowling for Columbine

3. The Pianist

4. Adaptation

5. Punch-Drunk Love

6. The Bourne Identity

7. Gangs of New York

8. 28 Days Later

9. The Ring

10. Signs

 

 

Runner-ups:  Hero, The Twilight Samurai, Talk to Her, Public Enemy, and Auto Focus.

 

 

Uncle Bingo's Kartoon Korner:  Lilo & Stitch  &  Ice Age

 

 

Larry's Choice:  Heart of America

[Top Ten Films of...]

Here are the 1001 Movies to See Before You Die entries for 2001:

 

 

A. I.: Artificial Intelligence

Amelie

Fat Girl**

Kandahar

Lantana

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Monsoon Wedding

Mulholland Dr.

No Man's Land

The Piano Teacher**

The Royal Tenenbaums

The Son's Room**

Spirited Away

What Time Is It There?**

Y Tu Mama Tambien

 

 

**denotes films I have not seen

 

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Bogie, you saw Ginger Snaps? That doesn't seem like one you would see, for some reason. Is it because it's Canadian?

[Sadly, not so much of a civil rights type of day but one of particular minority race...]

How, exactly, is George Washington "unsung"?

 

Besides the holiday celebrating his birth, he's on two forms of currency, our capital is named after him, we have a state named after him, the largest monument in the capital, his giant head carved in a mountain, his picture is in every classroom in the nation, there are countless books, films, tv miniseries, etc.

 

So where's the unsung part?

 

Oh, wait. MLK has one day in January. So we needed to complain about it.

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The LORD OF THE RINGS films are a monumental achievement, in my opinion. I was never a particular fan of the books, although I read them, and I'm not the biggest fan of high fantasy in general. But Peter Jackson and crew, with those films, managed to create an epic, living, breathing world on a scale unlike anything since the original STAR WARS. There were times in those films that I was close to tears, thinking of the implications that the seamless effects work held. Nothing in the imagination of man, from past to future, would be out of reach to portray on the screen.

 

Of course, most of the time this has led to mindless CGI noise flashing across the screen, but used properly and sparingly, some amazing things have and will be done. But, up to this point, nothing has yet been done with the skill and professionalism as the LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy.

[Celebri-links]

Susan Blakely had a small role in THE TOWERING INFERNO with Jennifer Jones.

[NAME A YEAR, NAME A MOVIE, NAME THE ACTOR/TRESS]

Shotaro Hanayagi

[Actor/Movie Association Game]

Rex Harrison

[*A to Z of Movies*]

DON'T BOTHER TO KNOCK

[*A to Z of actresses and actors*:)]

Irwin, Bill

[A to Z of Characters]

M - Judi Dench in CASINO ROYALE

[The Director's Cut]

You're right, Princess!

 

My next clue would have been that he directed the film debut of Mae West!

 

The thread is yours, your Highness...