JamesStewartFan95 Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 Is it okay if I post my 2002 picks yet, or should I wait a few days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted June 9, 2017 Author Share Posted June 9, 2017 Is it okay if I post my 2002 picks yet, or should I wait a few days? We usually wait until we are about to start the previous year's performances in the other thread. So 2002 lists next Thursday/Friday. This week was a bit premature because of the end of decade round-up in the performances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted June 15, 2017 Author Share Posted June 15, 2017 TOP TEN FAVORITE MOVIES OF 2002 (259 titles seen) 1) The 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) Russian Ark Runner-ups: The Twilight Samurai, Auto Focus, Bubba Ho-Tep, Talk to Her, and Public Enemy. TEN WORST MOVIES OF 2002 (over all) 1) My Little Eye 2) Mummy Raider 3) Terror Toons 4) To Become One 5) Reign In Darkness 6) Last House on Hell Street 7) Bikini Party Massacre 8) A Candle In the Dark 9) Insaniac 10) The Bisbee Cannibal Club TEN WORST MOVIES OF 2002 (wide release) 1) Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever 2) Feardotcom 3) Rollerball 4) Frank McKlusky, C. I. 5) Austin Powers in Goldmember 6) Extreme Ops 7) Half Past Dead 8) Halloween: Resurrection 9) I Spy 10) High Crimes TOP TEN BOX OFFICE OF 2002 1) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 3) Spider-Man 4) Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones 5) Men in Black II 6) Die Another Day 7) Signs 8) Ice Age 9) My Big Fat Greek Wedding 10) Minority Report 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shutoo Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 favorites of 2002 Chicago The Hours Catch Me if You Can My Big Fat Greek Wedding The Importance of Being Earnest The Pianist The Good Girl Adaptation 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 My Top Ten Films of 2002 1. Road to Perdition 2. The Pianist 3. Spider 4. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 5. City of God 6. Frida 7. My Big Fat Greek Wedding 8. Bowling For Columbine 9. About Schmidt 10. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CinemaInternational Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 2002, ah, I see a lot of kids films here, which makes sense at the time, even though most are disposable. Some good adult-oriented films make it a decent year, although not the match of 2001. Bear in mind also that ticket sales reached their modern-day peak (still only a fraction of classic-era attendance) in 2002. I have one 2002 film on tap for viewing soon, The Importance of Being Ernest. 1. Chicago 2. In America 3. About Schmidt 4. About a Boy 5. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 6. Unfaithful 7. Rabbit-Proof Fence 8. Adaptation. 9. Gangs of New York 10. The Pianist Of Note: The Hours, Far from Heaven, Punch-Drunk Love, The Good Girl, The Emperor's Club, Russian Ark, Catch Me If You Can, The Quiet American, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Bend It Like Beckam, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Insomnia, Hollywood Ending, Whale Rider Kids films of several classes: Excellent: The Cat Returns, Treasure Planet, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron Decent: Stuart Little 2, Ice Age Ho-hum: Lilo and Stitch Forgettable: Jonah, Return to Neverland Um....:Sweet Home Alabama Forgotten: The Rookie What Exactly happened here?: Die Another Day Stinky: The Country Bears 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skimpole Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 1997 L.A. Confidential The Fifth Element Boogie Nights Kundun The Sweet Hereafter Mother and Son Taste of Cherry Lost Highway Princess Mononoke The Spanish Prisoner Runner-ups: Deconstructing Harry, The Game 1998 Saving Private Ryan Lovers of the Arctic Circle Dark City The Thin Red Line Eternity and a Day Black Cat, White Cat Out of Sight The Flowers of Shanghai Rushmore After Life Runner-up: Beloved 1999 Time Regained Magnolia South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut The Matrix Toy Story 2 Eyes Wide Shut The Ninth Gate Beau Travail Felicity’s Journey Rosetta Runner-ups: The End of the Affair, Fight Club, The Straight Story, The Wind Will Carry Us, Ghost Dog: the Way of the Samurai, L'Humanitie 2000 Requiem for a Dream Memento La Commune (Paris 1871) The Gleaners and I In the Mood for love Werckmeister Harmonies The Circle As I was Moving Ahead I Occasionally Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty The House of Mirth Yi Yi Runner-ups: Platform, Amores Perros, George Washington, High Fidelity, The Day I Became A Woman, Nine Queens 2001 A.I. Mulholland Drive The Lord of the Rings: the Fellowship of the Ring In the Bedroom Ghost World The Others Gosford Park Amelie The Royal Tenenbaums Fat Girl Runner-ups: In Praise of Love, La Cienaga, The Piano Teacher, Time Out, Atanarjuat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesStewartFan95 Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 Top 10 2002 1. Adaptation 2. Far from Heaven 3. The Pianist 4. Spirited Away 5.Catch Me if You Can 6. Road to Perdition 7. City of God 8. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind 9. Chicago 10. Frida Honorable Mentions: 24 Hour Party People, Gangs of New York, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, The Hours, Insomnia, Lilo and Stitch, Men with Brooms, One Hour Photo Guilty Pleasures: Treasure Planet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted June 16, 2017 Author Share Posted June 16, 2017 24 Hour Party People Men with Brooms Bravo for mentioning 24 Hour Party People. I'm not familiar with Men with Brooms. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesStewartFan95 Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 I'm not familiar with Men with Brooms. I'll cover it in more detail when we go over the Best of 2002 picks a couple weeks from now, but basically it's a Canadian comedy about the sport of curling. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KilgoreTrout Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 The Best Films of 2002 1. Le Fils 2. Devils on the Doorstep 3. Adaptation 4. Talk to Her 5. Bowling for Columbine 6. Spirited Away 7. Gangs of New York 8. Igby Goes Down 9. Far from Heaven 10. Russian Ark HM: Moonlight Mile, The Man from Elysian Fields, Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, Late Marriage, Changing Lanes, Minority Report, The Rules of Attraction, Frailty, Femme Fatale, Sweet Sixteen, 13 Conversations About One Thing, All or Nothing, Intacto, 24 Hour Party People, Signs, Solaris, Narc, The Quiet American, Auto Focus, Better Luck Tomorrow, Int. Trailer - Night, An Evening with Kevin Smith, Lantana Worst: 1.) Cabin Fever 2.) Enough 3.) Serving Sara 4.) The Sweetest Thing 5.) Rollerball 6.) Dragonfly 7.) My Big Fat Greek Wedding 8.) Blood Work 9.) Death to Smoochy 10.) Resident Evil Dishonorable mention: Life or Something Like It, Poolhall Junkies, I Spy, Ghost Ship 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted June 22, 2017 Author Share Posted June 22, 2017 TOP TEN FAVORITE MOVIES OF 2003 1) Kill Bill, Vol. 1 2) The 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: The Best of Youth, Finding Nemo*, The Fog of War*, Spring Summer Fall Winter...and Spring, and Big Fish. *This was such a lean year for movies that I really liked that I included an animated movie and a documentary in my runner-ups, even though I normally don't like to include them in my lists. TOP TEN WORST OF 2003 (overall) 1) The Room 2) Sin Sisters 3) DarkWolf 4) Barely Legal Lesbian Vampires 5) Blood of the Beast* 6) Scarecrow Slayer 7) Ancient Warriors 8) Holla If I Kill You 9) Terror at Baxter U 10) Invitation *This is the only movie on IMDb that lists my hometown as a filming location. TOP TEN WORST OF 2003 (wide release) 1) Marci X 2) House of the Dead 3) Kangaroo Jack 4) Spy Kids 3: Game Over 5) The Cat In the Hat 6) Chasing Papi 7) Hollywood Homicide 8) Head of State 9) Cold Creek Manor 10) The Haunted Mansion TOP TEN BOX OFFICE OF 2003 1) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2) Finding Nemo 3) The Matrix Reloaded 4) Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 5) Bruce Almighty 6) The Last Samurai 7) Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines 8) The Matrix Revolutions 9) X-Men 2 10) Bad Boys II 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 My Top Ten Films of 2003 1. Lost In Translation 2. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 3. Something's Gotta Give 4. Mystic River 5. Touching the Void 6. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 7. Seabiscuit 8. American Splendor 9. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 10. Intolerable Cruelty 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesStewartFan95 Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 2003 Top 10 1. Mystic River 2. Lost in Translation 3. American Splendour 4. Finding Nemo 5. Baadasssss! 6. Whale Rider 7. Kill Bill: Volume 1 8. In America 9. House of Sand and Fog 10. Monster Honorable Mentions: Big Fish, Cold Mountain, Girl with a Pearl Earring, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Love Actually, A Mighty Wind, Out of Time, Peter Pan, Phone Booth, The Station Agent 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CinemaInternational Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 So, here it is 2003, with Return of the King now under my belt after viewing it today. And again, I feel as though I must look like a Richard Curtis fanboy. (Four Weddings and a Funeral and Notting Hill made my top 10s in the past, Love Actually is near the top this year, and Pirate Radio and About Time will make lists in the future) 1. Lost in Translation 2. Love Actually 3. Big Fish 4. Mystic River 5. The Station Agent 6. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 7. Finding Nemo 8. All the Real Girls 9. House of Sand and Fog 10. Something's Gotta Give Of note: Seabiscuit, Calendar Girls, Under the Tuscan Sun, American Splendor, Down with Love, The Company, Girl with a Pearl Earring, Secondhand Lions, Cold Mountain, Intolerable Cruilty Fun for a Little Kid: Brother Bear, Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas, Piglet's Big Movie, Peter Pan Mixed Bag: Mona Lisa Smile At least there was one good performance: Freaky Friday Spare Me: Legally Blonde 2, The Jungle Book 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shutoo Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 favorites of 2003 Pieces of April Girl With a Pearl Earring A Mighty Wind Down With Love School of Rock Cold Mountain Monster The Cooler okay--Mona Lisa Smile everyone else liked, I really didn't--Lost in Translation 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesStewartFan95 Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 TOP TEN WORST OF 2003 (wide release) 1) Marci X 2) House of the Dead 3) Kangaroo Jack 4) Spy Kids 3: Game Over 5) The Cat In the Hat 6) Chasing Papi 7) Hollywood Homicide 8) Head of State 9) Cold Creek Manor 10) The Haunted Mansion I'm surprised that you didn't include Gigli on your list Lawrence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted June 23, 2017 Author Share Posted June 23, 2017 I'm surprised that you didn't include Gigli on your list Lawrence. It was bad, but I thought the ones I listed were worse. I gave Gigli a 4/10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KilgoreTrout Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 The Best Films of 20031. Lost in Translation2. Ripley's Game 3. City of God4. Kill Bill: Volume 1 5. Saraband6. An Injury to One 7. The Man on the Train8. Gerry9. Lilya-4-Ever10. 21 GramsHM: Bus 174, Matchstick Men, House of Sand and Fog, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, The Man Without a Past, The Weather Underground, The Last Samurai, Owning Mahowny, Elephant, Memories of Murder, The Good Thief, Finding Nemo, The Fog of War, Mystic River, Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World, The Dreamers, Butterfly of Love, Open Range, Rabbit-Proof Fence, Capturing the Friedmans, Los Angeles Plays Itself, Shattered Glass, Big Fish, Goodbye, Dragon Inn, The Five Obstructions, All the Real Girls, The Corporation, Wasp, The Shape of Things, A Decade Under the Influence, Fast Film, Northfork, This is John, WVLNT, Cameras Take Five, Raising Victor Vargas, The Station Agent, Monster, Love ActuallyWorst 1.) War of the Planet/Terrarium 2.) House of 1000 Corpses3.) Freddy vs. Jason4.) How To Lose a Guy in 10 Days5.) The Texas Chainsaw Massacre6.) High Tension 7.) Dreamcatcher8.) Bad Boys II9.) Sol Goode 10.) The Haunted Mansion Dishonorable mention: Daredevil, The Matrix Revolutions, The Cat in the Hat, Gigli, Cold Creek Manor, Basic, Masked & Anonymous, A Brief History of Paradise as Told by the Cockroaches, Couch, 2 Fast 2 Furious 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted June 29, 2017 Author Share Posted June 29, 2017 TOP TEN FAVORITE MOVIES OF 2004 (285 movies seen) 1) Million Dollar Baby 2) Team America: World Police 3) Layer Cake 4) The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou 5) Shaun of the Dead 6) Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy 7) Dawn of the Dead 8) The Aviator 9) Kill Bill, Vol. 2 10) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Runner-ups: The Incredibles, Napoleon Dynamite, Fahrenheit 9/11, A Very Long Engagement, and House of Flying Daggers. TEN WORST MOVIES OF 2004 (overall) 1) Zombie Nation 2) Dracula 3000 3) Vampires vs Zombies 4) The Great American Snuff Film 5) Ring of Darkness 6) Tomb of the Werewolf 7) Recon 2020: The Caprini Massacre 8) Creature Unknown 9) Shower of Blood 10) Kill the Scream Queen TEN WORST MOVIES OF 2005 (wide release) 1) Catwoman 2) Torque 3) Twisted 4) Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid 5) Blade: Trinity 6) Van Helsing 7) Blessed 8) Never Die Alone 9) Godsend 10) The Stepford Wives TOP TEN BOX OFFICE OF 2004 1) Shrek 2 2) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 3) Spider-Man 2 4) The Incredibles 5) The Passion of the Christ 6) The Day After Tomorrow 7) Meet the Fockers 8) Troy 9) Shark Tale 10) Ocean's Twelve 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CinemaInternational Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 2004, a year I need to bone up on some more. 1. Rory O'Shea Was Here (AKA Inside I'm Dancing) 2. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou 3. Million Dollar Baby 4. Being Julia 5. The Aviator 6. Before Sunset 7. The Terminal 8. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 9. Birth 10. Vera Drake Of note: Sideways, The Polar Express, Ladies in Lavender, I Heart Huckabees, The Ladykillers, Finding Neverland, Hotel Rwanda Guilty Pleasures: 13 Going on 30, Mean Girls, Shall We Dance, Ella Enchanted, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason Barely remember: Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius I remember liking it: The Incredibles, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Ho-hum: The Princess Diaries 2 The Academy might have loved it, but I don't: Crash Disney bottoms out: Home on the Range 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesStewartFan95 Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 2004 Top 10 1. Ray 2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 3. Hotel Rwanda 4. Finding Neverland 5. The Incredibles 6. The Aviator 7. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy 8. Sideways 9. Collateral 10. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou Honorable Mentions: Being Julia; Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban; The Manchurian Candidate; Man on Fire; Million Dollar Baby; The Notebook; The Polar Express; Secret Window: Shaun of the Dead Worst Animated Film of the Year: Home on the Range Worst Film of the Year: Surviving Christmas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted June 29, 2017 Author Share Posted June 29, 2017 LOL...wow, you both didn't care for Home on the Range. I haven't seen it, but what's so significantly bad about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesStewartFan95 Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 LOL...wow, you both didn't care for Home on the Range. I haven't seen it, but what's so significantly bad about it? It has been repeatedly called the nadir of post-2000 Disney animation for being too bouncy, simplistic, and uncreative to compare to the usual effort that Disney has traditionally put into its animated efforts. It's also a waste of the talents of Judi Dench, Steve Buscemi, and Alan Menken. Most people have said it's not suitable for anyone over the age of 3. And all of this coming from a fan of Disney and its animated films. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CinemaInternational Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 I think that to best understand Home on the Range is to put it in perspective. Computer animation started in 1995 with Toy Story and was all the rage after further Pixar films and DreamWorks' smash hit Shrek in 2001. Hand-drawn films were not doing well, films like Atlantis, Treasure Planet, Brother Bear, Sinbad, Spirit. The only hand-drawn film that had gone over well was Lilo and Stitch. By around 2002, Disney decided to abandon hand-drawn animation. And they decided to make a break with it with the completion of Home on the Range. (Since then, they did Winnie the Pooh and The Princess and the Frog in handdrawn) Home on the Range thus feels like an afterthought. The animation is very flat. The story might amuse a few toddlers but that is about it. Roseanne Barr and Cuba Gooding Jr. ham it up in the voice department. With the exception of one song (Will the Sun Ever Shine Again sung by Bonnie Raitt) the songs are exceedingly forgettable. If one didn't know any better they would think that this was direct to video..... But Disney's next film Chicken Little is even worse, while the one after that, Meet the Robinsons only has a triumphant ending keeping it from being on the level of these two. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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