Top Ten Movies of 2004

[Ultimate_X-Men]

These movies popped up in my mind. I haven't watched the last six, but I heard they are all pretty good.

1) Spiderman 2
2) The Incredibles
3) I, Robot
4) The Bourne Supremacy
5) Collateral
6) Shrek 2
7) The Manchurian Candidate
8) Super Size Me
9) Kill Bill Volume 2
10) Napoleon Dynamite

[Socko]

Movies I saw that were good:

Napoleon Dynamite
Spiderman 2
The Bourne Supremacy
Hero
Troy
Kill Bill
The Terminal

I cant really think of others. Im sure someone will post them though...

I didnt think that Collateral was all that good. I just watched it today and was like "whatever." That happened a lot in that movie, and I just wasnt pleased.


Whereas, You have the genius script of Napoleon Dynamite.

One Scene, We see Napoleon test a Time Travelling machine.

I cried from laughing.

[Mägo de Oz]

Saw...

Saw has to be on the list... it's one of the few movies that has left me the way it did after the movie was over...

[PaladinKWA]

I was really looking forward to Napoleon Dynamite and it was a BIG letdown. They had some great characters but the director never did anything with them.

My top 10:

Incredibles
Ocean's 12
Troy
Kill Bill Vol. 1
Finding Neverland
13 Going on 30
House of Flying Daggers
Fahrenheit 9/11
Shaolin Soccer
Shrek 2

[Gacy's Clown]

Looks like Mago beat me to it....

SAW has to be on the list or you may as well just toss the credibility of this list out the window.

[smokin trees]

I don't know if was released this year or last but EVERYONE interested in comics should check out this awesome flick with a great cast...Comic Book Villains
(Its even at BlockBuster!!!)

[Gacy's Clown]

Man, I can't believe Kill Bill has only been out less than a year. That movie rocked and definitely deserves to be on the list too.

The Incredibles, while a good movie, wasn't anything breakthrough or amazing. I mean, all of them were just a family version of many of our favorite comic characters already.

I'd even put Super Size Me on there as well, just for the amount of useful information that can be obtained from it...and all at the director's expense.

[whiteking]

How could you leave off Bubba Hotep???

[Darth Sabre]

In no particular order:

1. Man on Fire
2. Meet the Fockers
3. Collateral
4. Shrek 2
5. Spider-Man 2
6. The Bourne Supremacy
7. Bubba Ho-Tep
8. Eternal sleep of the Spotless mind
9. Spongebob Square Pants, The movie :p
10. Taking Lives

These are ones that I could think of off the top of my head.

I saw Meet the Fockers today, and it will go down as one of the funniest movies that I have ever seen.

[skeevo666]

1. Troy
2. Spider-Man 2
3. Shaun of the Dead
4. Hellboy
5. Hero
6. Punisher
7. Jersey Girl
8. Sky Captain & the World of Tomorrow
9. Alien vs. Predator
10. Blade: Trinity

[THOMAS5]

Originally posted by PaladinKWA


My top 10:

Incredibles
13 Going on 30
Fahrenheit 9/11
Shaolin Soccer
Shrek 2






Are you a girl?

(or just a pre-teen)

(just wondering,
your profile doesn't say)

[skeevo666]

Originally posted by THOMAS5
(or just a pre-teen)

(just wondering, your profile doesn't say)


But it does list a birthday; do the math, genius :rolleyes:

[Gacy's Clown]

Punisher just came out this year??? Man it must have been a long year for me or something.:rollseyes: I liked Punisher more than any other comicbook movie besides Batman with Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson.
Add that to my list!

[Toddums]

saw? SAW? Saw sucked so bad, I wanted to SAW out my eyes... I wish I never SAW it......




k im done.

[Manchine]

1) Spiderman 2
2) The Incredibles
3) National Treasure
4) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
5) Princess Diaries 2
6) Alien Vs Punisher
7) Passion of Christ
8) I Robot
9) The Chronicles of Riddick
10) The Day After Tomorrow

[Gentlegamer]

The Return of the King, Special Extended Version

[skiman]

1.Incredibles
2.Spiderman 2
3.Harry Potter (3)
4.Friday Night Lights
5.Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
6.Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera
7.King Arthur
8.Blade: Trinity
9.Shaun of the dead
10.Dawn of the dead

I know my list is wierd..but oh well.

skiman

[Socko]

I forgot Man on Fire.


and was Bubba Ho-tep from this year?

Thats a good movie.


"Man, Im thinking all this up on Sand man!"


And SAW, Well, I havent SAW it(yeah, I thought that was stupid to... doesnt even make sense...) yet but Everyone of my friends who saw it said it was awesome.

[JayThor]

I didn't really see many movies this year. Most were lame-looking, and I didn't have the funds to see them. So bear in mind that I didn't see much.
Of what I saw:
1. Spiderman 2
2. Passion
3. Punisher
4. Van Helsing
5. Bourne Supremacy

I didn't get to see (but want to see):
Shrek 2
Incredibles
AvP
I, Robot
Chronicles of Riddick
Meet the Fockers

[Gacy's Clown]

Originally posted by Toddums
saw? SAW? Saw sucked so bad, I wanted to SAW out my eyes... I wish I never SAW it......

k im done.

You sleep through it or just not get it?:cheeky:

[WhiteRabbit909]

...and in no particular order (except alphabetical):

- Garden State
- Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle (just two more weeks until it comes out on DVD)
- The Incredibles
- Man on Fire
- Napoleon Dynamite
- National Treasure
- Ocean's 12
- Shaun of the Dead
- Shrek 2
- Spider-man 2

[GroovyBoy]

Hey, I love any franchise with Danny Glover as much as the rest of you, but Alien v. Predator was a pile of dung (and I have plenty of HCRealms back-up here, as I saw it with Gacy, Retardog, Dolemite199, Billy Batson, SonofVader, and DS). That's like me listing Chronicles of Riddick as one of the best movies of the year. Yeah, I liked it, but let's face it, it was no cinematic masterpiece...

[Ro-gan]

Originally posted by smokin trees
I don't know if was released this year or last but EVERYONE interested in comics should check out this awesome flick with a great cast...Comic Book Villains
(Its even at BlockBuster!!!)

This movie has been out for a couple years now, IIRC.

It's the one where a comics collector dies and rumor is spread that he had a vast and expensive collection, right? And the owners of two different comic stores try and con the mother out of it and then try to steal it and things go to heck?

IF this is the one I am thinking of it is really worth renting and buying when it goes on sale. I don't know if I would pay full price for this on DVD. But it was really good.

Sadly, I have only seen a few movies this year:

AvP
Spider-Man 2
The Grudge

I think that is it.

I would only qualify Spidey 2 on the Top 10 Great Movies for 2004.

I have seen the Kill Bill duology and own them on DVD, though. They both qualify to make the List.

[dj_sha]

In no paticular order:

Spider-Man 2
Kill Bill 2
Anchorman
Eternal Sunshine on a Spotless Mind
Bubba Ho-tep
The Incredibles
Hellboy
Farenheit 9/11
Spongebob Squarepants
Napoleon Dynamite

To those of you putting down Kill Bill 1, the first volume came out last year. The second volume came out this spring.

[Gacy's Clown]

Originally posted by GroovyBoy
Hey, I love any franchise with Danny Glover as much as the rest of you, but Alien v. Predator was a pile of dung (and I have plenty of HCRealms back-up here, as I saw it with Gacy, Retardog, Dolemite199, Billy Batson, SonofVader, and DS). That's like me listing Chronicles of Riddick as one of the best movies of the year. Yeah, I liked it, but let's face it, it was no cinematic masterpiece...

He's not lieing on this one....

[Ro-gan]

That's right, I forgot about Hellboy. I didn't see it in the theatre but I do own it on DVD. GREAT MOVIE!

[Gacy's Clown]

Originally posted by dj_sha
To those of you putting down Kill Bill 1, the first volume came out last year. The second volume came out this spring.

Alrighty, I feel a little better. I thought it seemed like more than a year since I'd seen it. I'll definitely get it on DVD once they pack both movies together into some Super Delux Ultimate Extended #####poppin' Special Edition!

[Magnito]

Spider Man 2
Kill Bill 2
Fahrenheit 9/11
Super Size Me
Shrek 2
Harry Potter 3
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Garden State
Collateral
The Incredables

[Greenandgold]

Originally posted by Gacy's Clown
I'd even put Super Size Me on there as well, just for the amount of useful information that can be obtained from it...and all at the director's expense.

Super Size was a pointless move. Let me get this straight, if I drink 2 quarts of Coke a day I'll get addicted to caffeine??

And if I eat super-sized portions of food I'll feel like carp?

Super Size Me could have been about any restaurant out there (almost). I was actually disappointed at how simplistic and obvious it turned out to be.

[St-Dumas]

What is wrong with you people?

TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE!!!

And of course:

The Incredibles
Spider-Man 2
LOTR: Return of the King
Kill Bill 2
Shrek 2
Napoleon Dynamite
Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy
House of Flying Daggers

[SpaceGhost]

Wow, looking at all these list only affirms that I was the only person to see Thunderbirds.

3 Times.

With the DVD in my Computer right now.

And all the toys sitting next to me on my desk.



Ok that last one I'm not to proud of...

[ReZourceman]

Okay thats pretty weird.....out of about 24 people only two mentioned Anchorman : The legend of Ron Burgundy... ???

anyway, in no particular order..(too hard to choose)

Anchorman : The legend of Ron Burgundy
National Treasure (saw it an hour ago !!!)
Saw
I, Robot
The Girl Next Door (probably fav)
Blade Trinity (i liked it)
Spider-man 2
Mean Girls?


Movies that havent come out at the cinemas near me or arent released until early 2005 that i NEED to see -

Harold and Kumar get the munchies
Team America
Garden State

[ca551u5]

No particular order

Kill Bill Volume 2 (BRILLIANT! Better than the first!)
Hero (Wow. Just...wow. All praise Zhang Yimou)
Saw (Second scariest film I've seen)
Team America: World Police (AMERICA...F### YEAH! And the speech at the end had me in tears!)
Hellboy (Second best comic adaptation, behind Burton's Batman)
Napoleon Dynamite (What the hell...I'm still scratching my head!)
Spiderman 2 (OH yeah...nothing original, just great fun)
The Incredibles (Pixar raise the bar. Again.)
Shaun Of The Dead (SEE IT!)
Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind (Pure, unadulterated genius.)

And some of the worst:

Passion of the Christ (It was a frickin' Snuff movie!)
AVP (Did neither franchise justice)
Meet The Fockers (a real let-down!)
The Village (Good, but that ending was just STUPID!)
The Girl Next Door (nice sexploitation! Cretins.)

[St-Dumas]

Originally posted by ca551u5
Team America: World Police (AMERICA...F### YEAH! And the speech at the end had me in tears!)

What took ya so long? I was in tears at the Paris scene.

[weezer_10]

My top 10 movies of 2004, in no particular order:

- The Passion of the Christ
- Kill Bill Vol. 2
- Spider-Man 2
- The Village
- Saw
- Troy
- The Day After Tomorrow
- Shrek 2
- The Incredibles
- The Bourne Supremacy

[weezer_10]

Originally posted by ca551u5
Passion of the Christ (It was a frickin' Snuff movie!)
I'm not sure if you know, but "Snuff" movies are real, live execution-style videos; no actors, no special effects, no scripts. Snuff movies are illegal, underground video captures of murders, executions, etc.

The Passion was the re-telling of a story, that, yes, was violent and had graphic imagery, but really, was it any different to the opening scenes of Saving Private Ryan? Or any scene in Black Hawk Down? Fundamentally, there was no real difference.

[Maniac_nmt]

no one enjoyed Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow? It did exactly what it was supposed to, and was a great tribute to the old serials. Right down to the Flash Gordon Ray Gun.

Passion of the Christ was, well, I wouldn't rate it. It was an excellent film, and extremely well done. The story it told though is above something as petty as say the Oscars, or a ranking system.

[St-Dumas]

Sky Captain was an hour and a half setup for one joke. It was a funny joke, but not a good movie.

[Prof. Aragorn]

10: Incredibles

Good twist on superheroes. Can you say Heroclix exploitation?

9: Shrek 2

Good fairy tale comedy sequel that while involving cliches seems to still entertain.

8: Kill Bill vol 2

Very good action movie, Would have been 3rd best if Cowboy Bebop came out this year instead of last.

7: Meet the Fockers

Hilarious sequel, too bad that Ben Stiller just stars in way too many movies.

6: The Village

MKS is trying so hard to be Alfred Hitchcock. His stories teach a moral and have a twist. Over time we have predicted this twist. The village-while somewhat disappointing, still has a strong moral that it teaches.

5: Saw

Psycho movie with a twist in a sense. Pretty good.

4: Dawn of the Dead

Pales in comparison to Night of the Living Dead, but Kenyan Zombies running amok with lots of gore, violence, nudity, and lesbians scream greatness.

3: Napoleon Dynamite

Good comedy with the underdog nerd actually being the nerd rather than the victim who wins in the end.

2: Spider-man 2

'Nuff Said

1: Spider-man 2

'Nuff said

Movies that sucked/weren't good enough for 2004:

Hellboy-I don't understand it, the one liners were okay, but not funny enough, the action sequences were good, but the movie just seemed extremely rushed.

Passion of the Christ-If you considered Jesus to really exist, then this movie can easily be considered a snuff film. Yeah, the cinemetography was good, the acting was good, but all it did was just reinstigate religous propaganda and put Mel Gibson in the lime light again. After the Mad Max series, there's nothing left Mel!

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow-Entertaining flick, but suffers from Attack of the Clones syndrome.

Blade 3: Trinity-Dracula is the only saving grace in it-that and a superfluous amount of one-liners.

Aliens vs. Predator-I'm a big fan of these two icons, the movie is way too fast paced however, and the make up is all wrong for the predators. Now if they took the movie and made it 2 hours like a normal Alien/Predator movie and then actually did some exploration of character, it would have been better.

And I'm done, let the flaming commence.

[Mägo de Oz]

Well this is all wrong... how can you people put all those movies and not put Saw??? one of the best movies ever!!

some people put AvP?? and not SAW which is like waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better?

:ermm:

[skeevo666]

Originally posted by Mägo de Oz
some people put AvP?? and not SAW which is like waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better?

:ermm:


Well if said people hadn't seen "Saw" (say those last 3 words five times fast!) but had seen "AvP" they might have an excuse :cool:


Not that I fit into that category or anything . . .

[Khatt]

I'd be willing to submit my top ten list... but seeing as the year isn't over yet (and I put the cap for seeing 2004 movies on Oscar DAY, to give me time to catch up), I haven't completed it yet. And we're in the middle of the best part of the year for film, so I think there will be quite a bit of shake up in the top ten. BUT I will list my top 5, as I am fairly certain they will be in the top 10 at the end of the year.

5. Finding Neverland
4. Napoleon Dynamite
3. Closer
2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
1. Garden State

And no... I'm not a girl.

[WakandaMan]

Gotta agree with you Maniac, The Passion is far above any rating system. It's an experience not a movie.

Oh and Prof, since Jim Caviezel is not in fact Jesus Christ, you are unequivocably wrong about it. And also, what about Braveheart? The Lethal Weapon series? Mel is, and always will be, an absolute legend in my book?

Here's my stab at a list:

1. Spider-man 2
2. Troy
3. The Incredibles
4. The Village
5. I, robot
6. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy
7. Shrek II
8. Hellboy
9. Punisher
10. Without a Paddle

[Croaker]

Wow, I just kind of realized how many movies that I missed this year. I don't think I even saw ten. I still haven't seen Spider-man 2 yet (though a friend loaned it to me, it's still just sitting there), maybe I'll get to it this weekend.

So, here are mine from the ones I saw,

1. Garden State (freaking unbelievable, go see it!!!!)

2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (what can I say that hasn't already been said)

3. Farenheit 9/11 (love him or hate him, Moore made a movie that had everybody talking, and it's nice to see some documentaries get some attention this year)

4. The Incredibles (great superhero story with great messages in it)

5. Bubba-Hotep (what's not love about Bruce Campbell as Elvis?)

6. Shaun of the Dead (great fun)

7. Saved (I went to a Christian university, and man, did I know a lot of these people, it was hilarious without being offensive)

8. Harold and Kumar (for a stoner movie I was so surprised by how smart this movie was. If you have a sense of humor, see it)

9. Mean Girls (surprisingly funny and poignant, though a little too tweeny)

Movies I still haven't seen but plan on seeing:

Spider-man 2
Team America
Saw
Napoleon Dynamite
and probablly a lot more.

[Inbetweener]

This was a strange year for films...my favorite action films was probably Kill Bill 2...Spiderman 2 was also very good but we saw a bit of a spike in quality indy films too. All five films Khatt indicates were excellent. Kinsey was another favorite of mine. I'm expecting alot from The Aviator and the one about Rwanda as well but I haven't seen them yet. Anyway, I say it's a strange year because in perspective this year contained two extremely significant films...The Passion of the Christ and Farenheit 9/11...both are controversial and wildly popular the demographic they preach too. I think in the long run these films will be remembered the most. I can't quite form a top ten yet but so far my number one is Closer.

[Maniac_nmt]

Originally posted by St-Dumas
Sky Captain was an hour and a half setup for one joke. It was a funny joke, but not a good movie.

That's because you were expecting something other then the movie. It billed itself as a tribute to the old serials and radio dramas, and that's exactly what it was.

The fuzzy lighting to simulate old film, corny dialouge, and a mad scientist.

Then again I enjoy alot of those (even had a few of the old Lone Ranger radio serials on tape as a kid).

[StormCrawler]

Big Fish was the best one I saw. Didn't see that many others to make a decent top 10.

[venarnage]

I like Hero...awesome soundtrack, and the color scheme was sick! Definately one of my fav. movies.

[rowzdowermst3k]

Kill Bill Volume 2--> Tarantino made a huge jump forward with this film considering his last (excluding Kill Bill V. 1) wasn't that great (Jackie Brown).

Bubba Ho-Tep--> Everyone loves Bruce, but what about Ossie Davis?!?!?! He was frickin' brilliant. I almost like him more than I do Bruce. Considering he's in his 80's, Davis gave a very heartfelt performance as the ex-president.

Shaun of the Dead--> Excellent Brit comedy. The tagline sold me. "A Romantic Comedy. With Zombies."

Farenhiet 9/11--> I understand Moore is biased, but so is the news media. If you don't like the subject material, you still have to appreciate the man for his craftsmanship. He's an amazing filmmaker. Bush sucks.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind--> Winslet and Carrey were phenomenal and Kaufman pumped out another brilliant script.

Hellboy--> Without knowing anything about Hellboy, the film prompted me to do my homework and get to know the loveable demon. Ron Perlman was the only one who could have pulled that off. Hellboy kicks ###!

Spiderman 2--> Raimi's done it again, but I wasn't entirely pleased with the Doc Ock backgroud story. I prefer him evil to the core, but that's just nit-picking. The film was great!

I am eagerly waiting to watch Closer, The Aquatic Life, Sideways, and the Avaitor. I'm sure these would all make my favorites of this year too.

[venarnage]

Kill bill was good...bubba hotep...its another B-rated pleasure put out by everyones fav. chin. I havent seen Shaun. I liked 9/11. I did like Carrey's role in Eternal. That was such a great movie! Jumped to my top 5 list immediately. Hellboy I enjoyed...it kept me interested. Spidey 2, much better than the first...much better, but mj just kept pissing me off....

[Inbetweener]

I'm pretty sure Big Fish, Return of the King, Kill Bill vol. 1 and Bubba Ho-Tep are considered 2003. I'm not positive though...Big Fish was a really great movie.

My least favorite films are in here as some people's favorites...Chronicles of Riddick and Saw were horrible...as was of course Catwoman. This of course just my own opinion.

[hail_eris]

Like Inbetweener's list quite a bit, but I've got to add a few:

* The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou - even if you hate the movie, go see it for the soundtrack. Bowie in Portuguese is something not to be missed.

* any of the documentaries that Robert Greenwald is churning out. If Michael Moore is preaching to the converted, Greenwald is doing it better, on a smaller budget, and with closer adherence to the rules of actual journalism.

* Sideways - look! A literate buddy movie! I can't even think of a precedent for that.

* Motorcycle Diaries - another buddy pic, but this one has the added twist of being a biopic of Che Guevara.

* Metallica: Some Kind of Monster - judge not, this is some of the best documentary film-making in recent years. Director Joe Berlinger is the guy who did "Paradise Lost" a couple years ago and his technique has only improved over time.

* A Very Long Engagement - pay very close attention - this is *the* date movie of the year. You'll look cool and brainy for having picked a foreign film, the story is, well, engaging, and you get to stare at Audrey Tautou for two hours. If you liked "Amelie", this is the same director - but this has war in it, too. Win-win for everyone.

Honorable mentions:

* Spartan - as usual, Mamet's dialogue sparkles.

* Before Sunset - runner-up for best date movie.

* A Dirty Shame - it's a new John Waters movie, so it makes my list by default.

* Mayor of Sunset Strip - there were two record-breaking documentaries in 2004. This was the other one. Until we get a decent biopic of John Peel, this will be *the* portrait of the star-making DJ...

[Inbetweener]

I've been wanting to see Motorcycle Diaries and A Very Long Engagement...that limited release business hurts me every year. Long Engagement is kind of like "Amelie at War" with Tatou and Jeunet but I want to see that one even more.

[Khatt]

Originally posted by StormCrawler
Big Fish was the best one I saw. Didn't see that many others to make a decent top 10.

See... that's why I wait for after the Oscar season to finish. Big Fish was actually technically a 2003 film. An amazing film, but not from 2004.

[Mägo de Oz]

Originally posted by skeevo666
Well if said people hadn't seen "Saw" (say those last 3 words five times fast!) but had seen "AvP" they might have an excuse :cool:


Not that I fit into that category or anything . . .

Then I guess said people would be excused... hehe

[JayThor]

If Big Fish counts, I did see that, and it was very good....

[CapSpalding]

10.) Y Tu Bamf Tambien : The heartbreaking story of a young girl who, in order to feed her impoverished South American family, sells her Nightcrawler on E-Bay.
9.) The Quest For Iscandar : I can't wait for the twelve DVD releases, each with 7 hours of additional footage of Frodo eating breakfast.
8.) National Audit : The latest Nick Cage/Jerry Bruckheimer blockbuster in which Cage plays a heroic IRS auditor who must...oh who cares? Things explode.
7.) Brother Power the Geek The Movie : I was as skeptical as anyone of the casting of Scott Baio as BP, but darned if he didn't make me tear up a little.
6.) Too Stupid To Move : The years most terrifying story of yet another person seeing ghosts.
5.) Lord of the Rings IX: Electric Boogaloo
4.) Freaks : Thank God that Disney had Ron Howard do a big-budget feel-good version of the Tod Browning film. My twins, Muffy and Maddy, love playing with the McDonald's Happy Meal toy of the Pinheads.
3.) Joel Schumacher's Cats : Hmmn. Who would have guessed he was such a fan of musical theater?
2.) Lord of the Rings XXIV: Outtakes, Blooper Reel, Producer's Home Movies : The epic finally winds down to a momentary pause in sucking money from our wallets.
1.) Flimsy Comedy But With Gratuitous Nudity : I'll be buying the DVD.

[Prof. Aragorn]

Originally posted by WakandaMan
Oh and Prof, since Jim Caviezel is not in fact Jesus Christ, you are unequivocably wrong about it. And also, what about Braveheart? The Lethal Weapon series? Mel is, and always will be, an absolute legend in my book?

Sorry, remake of a snuff; maybe something like Last House on the Left or something.

Braveheart wasn't great, the dialogue and message is good and it's basis is fine, but the fighting scenes were pretty bad and if I want a movie like Braveheart I'll watch Lord of the Rings.

Lethal Weapon is okay, but there are so many parodies of it these days. I guess I'm mostly mad at Mel for the fact of how sucky and predictable Signs was . . .

[hail_eris]

Originally posted by Prof. Aragorn
Braveheart wasn't great, the dialogue and message is good and it's basis is fine, but the fighting scenes were pretty bad and if I want a movie like Braveheart I'll watch Lord of the Rings.
The first Braveheart was okay, but then they started making all those sequels. Sean Connery comes back to life, then there was the awful one with Mario Van Peebles in it, and then they had to bring in the Braveheart's brother from the Braveheart TV series to do the last one. That Queen song from the soundtrack still rules, though.

[Manchine]

Originally posted by hail_eris
The first Braveheart was okay, but then they started making all those sequels. Sean Connery comes back to life, then there was the awful one with Mario Van Peebles in it, and then they had to bring in the Braveheart's brother from the Braveheart TV series to do the last one. That Queen song from the soundtrack still rules, though.



Braveheart?????


You mean Highlander right?

[hail_eris]

Originally posted by Manchine
Braveheart?????


You mean Highlander right?
There's an Aqua Teen episode where Shake sort of blends the two together. They're both movies about Scots with swords, so I've never seen any real problem treating them as the same film. Besides, Robert the Bruce charging the English lines at Bannockburn would have been much improved with him shouting "There can be only one!" and a rocking Queen soundtrack.

[BigSoph]

Originally posted by CapSpalding
6.) Too Stupid To Move : The years most terrifying story of yet another person seeing ghosts.
1.) Flimsy Comedy But With Gratuitous Nudity : I'll be buying the DVD.

Since y'all use the same name as my icon, I hadda comment!

These movies really made a difference in my life

But you neglected to include "Vampire Sword Fight: The Motion Picture"

Actually, there were a couple movies this year I really enjoyed (real ones!)

Team America
Fahrenhype 9/11 (busting the fat one's lies)
Harold and Kumar go to White Castle
The Incredibles (despite the hype a solid super hero movie)
Garden State

[Inbetweener]

Excellent posts by both Hail and CapSpalding (the Mencken quote certainly helped a bit as well).

Even Return of the King had a Braveheart-like entry...the leader strolling about on his horse yacking about pride-this and love of country-that and that all this is worth dying for junk. It's hard to call Return of the King cliche were it not for the painfully derivative Shakespeare in every other page of the book and therefore five minutes of the film. Still a great movie and if the Extended version counts as 2004 it must apear here on my top ten...the more Witch King and Orc footage the better, as my only real problem with Lord of the Rings is that generally speaking...well, the good guys won.

[Manchine]

Originally posted by hail_eris
There's an Aqua Teen episode where Shake sort of blends the two together. They're both movies about Scots with swords, so I've never seen any real problem treating them as the same film. Besides, Robert the Bruce charging the English lines at Bannockburn would have been much improved with him shouting "There can be only one!" and a rocking Queen soundtrack.



Ahhh....... Ok. :ermm: :ermm: :cross-eye :cross-eye

Let me guess, you had to be there. :laugh: :p ;)

[venarnage]

Originally posted by hail_eris
There's an Aqua Teen episode where Shake sort of blends the two together. They're both movies about Scots with swords, so I've never seen any real problem treating them as the same film. Besides, Robert the Bruce charging the English lines at Bannockburn would have been much improved with him shouting "There can be only one!" and a rocking Queen soundtrack.

hmm...must have missed that one...but I have all 3 seasons on DVD...and have seen every episode...multiple times....but I think you are thinking of Dumber Dolls, where Meatwad wants a Jiggle Billy doll, but ends up getting Happy Time Harry with his "Action Bills". Harry ends up turning out to be a masochistic white trash maniac, wanting nothing more than to die. Shake decides he will give him the opposite, and throw him off the cliff to make him a highlander...big discussion happens, and Shake jumps off too...and becomes THE HIGHLANDER! (in a wheelchair w/ crazy eyes) *End Epidsode*

[TheFreak]

Have to say:

Hellboy, Punisher, Spidey 2, AvP, Dawn of the Dead, The Incredibles and my personal fave of the year?

RESIDENT EVIL APOCALYPSE bought it last night and man i love it

[Inbetweener]

I saw Dawn of the Dead as I'm a huge horror fan. Besides The Others, 28 Days Later and Frailty I really don't think we've seen an original horror film in years. Dawn of the Dead was a pleasant surprise though. The first five minutes were great but overall the film fell short...then again it's hard to remake a film that is more noted for being innovative than good. Zombie films are a tired genre and 28 Days Later was just a different and high quality take on it. Saw was horrendous. What's next for horror? I think we should see a spike in some films that learn to apply CGI techniques with realism (like Gaspar Noe did in the opening scene of Irreversible)...from what I understand remakes of older ghost films are working hard at doing this right now (Amityville Horror and the Changling)...it would be nice to see new convincing ghost movies. I also think that realistic and shocking gore combined with a compelling story has to be the way to go. What good is horror if it doesn't seem real? It becomes comedy essentially. For the record...the original Amityville was terrible minus the "Get Out!" scene, so it's could use a remake...The Changling though? Leave it alone you unholy bastards!

Resident Evil though? I saw the first one and found myself waiting patiently to see Milla Jovavich get naked...after .3 seconds of that little cheap thrill, I got bored real fast.

Anyone looking forward to any specific films for 2005? (excluding the obvious Episode III and Batman Begins). Quite Surprisingly, I find myself anticipating Johnning Depp in Burton's Willy Wonka.

[hail_eris]

Oh, yeah. I've become thoroughly convinced that Johnny Depp can play *any* part (he's come a long way from Jump Street). The preview looks especially Burtonesque, although I didn't notice any Oompa Loomps (I know they'll be in there, I just expect them to be especially weird). I'm also looking forward to Burton's animated project, "The Corpse Bride", which is set to debut in September.

And, not wanting to steal any thunder from Batman, the big comic movie I'm looking forward to is Sin City. Batman might be a fun movie, but Sin City has a shot at being a great film. Be intersesting to see if it lives up to its potential.

[Kid Zero]

Man, until I got to this thread, I didn't realize how many bad or just lackluster ones that I have seen this year.
In no particvular order:
1) Anchorman
2) Saw (definitely not a teen slasher movie, altho' I fear a sequel will kill it)
3)Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind
4) National Treasure
5) The Incredibles
6) Was Spiderman 2 this year?
7) Saw part of Shawn of the Dead, greatly enjoyed it, especially when it was hard to tell who was a zombie and who was just going to work.

[Kid Zero]

I forgot:
Sky Captain
Definitely a good movie that hit almost all of the Pulp Fiction cliches. (Where else do you get the impression that a major city has a contingency plan involving giant robots?)

[CapSpalding]

Originally posted by Inbetweener
Excellent posts by both Hail and CapSpalding (the Mencken quote certainly helped a bit as well).

Thanks, although i saw that i screwed up #9. Its should have read, "Lord of the Rings VI: The Quest For Iscandar". But seeing as how most people sort of ignored my post, that footnote is all for you, baby.

[Prof. Aragorn]

Originally posted by hail_eris
Besides, Robert the Bruce charging the English lines at Bannockburn would have been much improved with him shouting "There can be only one!" and a rocking Queen soundtrack.

Yeah, I think that-along with Clancy Brown instead of Mel Gibson- would have made Braveheart rule.

And then you add on Sean Connery!

And don't forget Chris ####ing Lee as Dracula.

[dj_sha]

Braveheart is too historically inaccurate. Mel has a tendancy to do that to films.

[JayThor]

Originally posted by dj_sha
Braveheart is too historically inaccurate. Mel has a tendancy to do that to films. 1 film does not make a tendency. The Passion was pretty darn accurate.......And most of his others aren't historical docudramas. Patriot was historical fiction, wasn't it?

[Richard]

Originally posted by Manchine
1) Spiderman 2

6) Alien Vs Punisher

10) The Day After Tomorrow

Alien Vs Punisher?!?!?!:p :p :p

I was laughing so hard that people came into my office to check on me.


And for those who did not like AVP, suppossedly the film was cut by the studio to appeal to a wider audience (PG-13). The director said he anticipated an R rating and was over ridden by the studio. I have not seen it yet but, I will wait for the Director's Cut.

[thugit]

1. The Passion
2. The Incredibles
3. Spiderman 2
4. Dodgeball
5. The Punisher
6. Dawn of the Dead (1st 15 minutes are AWESOME.)
7. Anchorman
8. King Arthur
9. Spongebob Squarepants
10. Hellboy

[Inbetweener]

The Passion was sort of a compilation of the major gospels...so like it or not it was right on.

Not enough is known about William Wallace to make a perfectly accurate depiction and so further liberties were taken in some respects too...I still think it is hands down one of the best films of that decade.

[thugit]

I think he was just making a backhanded reference to The Passion in an attempt to rile people up......

[Inbetweener]

Typical.

I wanted to update everyone that I finally saw Hotel Rwanda and a little film called Sideways...without getting into it too much the latter blew me away and would be amidst my top ten but the former was a big disappointment but look for Cheadle to pick up an Oscar anyway (he was truly great in a mediocre film).

[thugit]

Cheadle and his HIDEOUSLY AWFUL fake accent ruined Ocean's 11 for me, preventing me from seeing the sequel.


That's without question the worst accent ever put to film.

[Inbetweener]

I hated Ocean's Eleven...cheadle is hit or miss for the most part...he needs a good script. He was great in Traffic and Boogie Nights.

[thugit]

Didn't see either of those, so I'll have to take your word for it.......

[Khatt]

Everything about Boogie Nights was great. My introduction to Paul Thomas Anderson... AND Heather Grahame.

On a side note, I saw the Aviator on New years day... and I feel that it will be in my top ten when the final list is compiled late February. A late cap gives me time to include things like Sideways, Hotel Rwanda, and A Very Long Engagement.

[Inbetweener]

Boogie Nights is one of my all time favorites. Any time a screenplay can create distinguishable characters and make you sympathize with like 30 of them is remarkable. P.T. Anderson is something special...I hope we hear from him again soon.

[Gacy's Clown]

Originally posted by Greenandgold
Super Size was a pointless move. Let me get this straight, if I drink 2 quarts of Coke a day I'll get addicted to caffeine??

And if I eat super-sized portions of food I'll feel like carp?

Super Size Me could have been about any restaurant out there (almost). I was actually disappointed at how simplistic and obvious it turned out to be.

Although the ending was obvious, there are millions and millions of people out there that don't realize the effects of what they eat. Yes, it would have been the same for Burger King, Wendy's, or any other fast food chain, but in order to keep with the experiment, he just kept with McD's. Just like the ending was going to be obvious to people with a brain, it's pretty obvious the effects would be the same at other resturaunts as well.
As for caffeine, not everyone gets hooked on things so easily, but I used to have to drink it all the time. It was a ##### to get off of and I'm glad I did. Think of people who have to have coffee every morning just to get going. It's not just limited to colas.

[Gacy's Clown]

Soo, uh, CapSpalding and BigSoph...you guys pumped about The Devil's Rejects? I know I am!

[Bubblehead]

The only movie I saw in 04 was SpiderMan2 because ....well i don't have to explain it to you....Raimi, Spidey, Kirsten Dunst as MJ :) nuff said.

My 1 y.o. son keeps me out of the theatres and I have to wait for DVDs.

Although I'm looking forward to Incredibles. That's going to be a blast. And for you Mamet fans out there, my wife is working on his new one. A very disturbing script to be sure.

And with a bit of luck, I will be working as well!!!!! ;)

[JayThor]

Kirsten Dunst was the worst part about the Spiderman movies. She looks nothing like the model that MJ should be.

[WakandaMan]

Originally posted by Richard
Alien Vs Punisher?!?!?!:p :p :p

I was laughing so hard that people came into my office to check on me.


And for those who did not like AVP, suppossedly the film was cut by the studio to appeal to a wider audience (PG-13). The director said he anticipated an R rating and was over ridden by the studio. I have not seen it yet but, I will wait for the Director's Cut.

Man, Alien Vs. Punisher would probably be really cool!

I still haven't seen AVP myself, but looking forward to it when it's released on DVD.

[CapSpalding]

Originally posted by thugit
Cheadle and his HIDEOUSLY AWFUL fake accent ruined Ocean's 11 for me, preventing me from seeing the sequel.


That's without question the worst accent ever put to film.

Nope, that would be Kevin Costner's laughable British accent in Robin Hood, an accent so bad Costner seems to have abandoned it completely about mid-way through filming.

[CapSpalding]

Originally posted by Gacy's Clown
Soo, uh, CapSpalding and BigSoph...you guys pumped about The Devil's Rejects? I know I am!

I am more pumped about Brenda Starr 2, directed by David Lynch and starring Lindsay Lohan (replacing Brook Shields, who reportedly appears in a cameo as Lohan's lesbian lover).

[Gacy's Clown]

Hmm...that'd be a shame.:grin:

[Nickel97]

Hard pressed to make a ranked list of ten, but I'll try

1. incredibles
1. Napoleon Dynamite (tie)
3. Spidey 2
4. hero
5. national treasure
6. harry potter 3


maybe some others

Blade 3 was a disappointment, Shrek 2 didn't really do much for me either. Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou was only Wes Anderson's 3rd best (it beat Tennenbaums for me).

I saw (and liked) a bunch of other movies, but not enough to make the top 10ish list.

[Manchine]

Originally posted by Richard
Alien Vs Punisher?!?!?!:p :p :p

I was laughing so hard that people came into my office to check on me.


And for those who did not like AVP, suppossedly the film was cut by the studio to appeal to a wider audience (PG-13). The director said he anticipated an R rating and was over ridden by the studio. I have not seen it yet but, I will wait for the Director's Cut.

Hey I liked it. I dont look for plot holes or anything like that. (Even though the first 15 minutes of National treasure had one the size of the grand canyon.)

[WakandaMan]

Wait....you've seen Alien vs. Punisher Manchine? Get out! :p;)

Saw Blade Trinity last night. It was okay, but not top 10 material. National Treasure was another poor movie. Which plot hole are you speaking of?

[Manchine]

Originally posted by WakandaMan
Wait....you've seen Alien vs. Punisher Manchine? Get out! :p;)

Saw Blade Trinity last night. It was okay, but not top 10 material. National Treasure was another poor movie. Which plot hole are you speaking of?

The one where he is able to figure out that the map is on the back of the Declaration of Independence. It was a pretty good movie other then that.

[CREED]

:devious:So reading this list I now understand why most of theaters I got to are empty.
SAW-liked it better when it was the last five minutes of MAD MAX.
FAHRENHEIT 9/11-better as FAREN-HYPE-9/11-not seen as often,but that's the way it goes.
Passion was a snuff film??????????Get over your P.C. self-Christianity is becoming the world's favorite religion to kick in the junk!!!!
First and foremost 2004 was the Year of the Zombie and the best movies featured them
Dawn of the Dead
Shaun of the Dead
Hellboy
Aside from those Napoleon Dynamite was the breakthrough great film of the year.Pure magic-it's got it's haters,but some people are too cool for anything!!!