List/Rank the 2003 Films You've Seen

Discussion in 'Movies, TV and Music' started by DoctorJones24, Nov 8, 2003.

  1. carolinab

    carolinab Member+

    Aug 21, 2000
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    Lost in Translation

    Once Upon a Time in Mexico

    Dopamine

    Kill Bill, Volume 1

    Bend It Like Beckham

    Pirates of the Caribbean

    Does the rerelease of Alien count? No?

    Finding Nemo

    In the "why on god's great earth did I see these?" portion of the list:

    Seabiscuit - here are my heart strings, please tug on them
    Under the Tuscan Sun - it did make me want to go on a gay tour of Tuscany, though...
    X2 - ick
    Charlie's Angels - ick
    T3 - how is possible for action movies to be boring? Oh.
    The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - actually, I didn't hate it. I don't think I'll ever be forgiven by the person I took with me, though.
     
  2. SABuffalo786

    SABuffalo786 New Member

    May 18, 2002
    Buffalo, New York
    Finding Nemo was that good?
     
  3. boots15

    boots15 New Member

    Sep 19, 2000
    San Diego, CA
    I'm pretty embarassed of my list: I never knew how many non-substance movies I have seen.

    Loved:

    Old School
    Bruce Almighty
    Italian Job
    Love Actually
    Seabiscuit
    How to lose a guy in 10 days

    Liked:
    Bend it Like Beckham
    American Wedding
    Bringing Down the House
    Intolerable Cruelty
    Charlies Angels 2
    Legally Blonde 2

    Didn't Like:
    Just Married
    Anger Management
    Uptown Girls
     
  4. whirlwind

    whirlwind New Member

    Apr 4, 2000
    Plymouth, MI, USA

    Yes.

    Did you like Toy Story I and II? Monsters Inc.? Nemo's storyline is their equal and looks even better.
     
  5. carolinab

    carolinab Member+

    Aug 21, 2000
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    I forgot to add Old School.
     
  6. Levante

    Levante Member+

    Jul 28, 2001
    Actually didn't see it...........but it's on my list of movies to watch.
     
  7. Levante

    Levante Member+

    Jul 28, 2001
    No........You suck.
     
  8. Alex_K

    Alex_K Member+

    Mar 23, 2002
    Braunschweig, Germany
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    That would be quite a short list, as i haven't seen a single 2003 movie.
     
  9. GringoTex

    GringoTex Member

    Aug 22, 2001
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    Are you sure? I think you Mexicans knew it by this title: Por Que No Podemos Hacer Peliculas Como Esto En Mexico?
     
  10. Ombak

    Ombak Moderator
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    Apr 19, 1999
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    I did (see my replies in said thread).

    I enjoyed it, just haven't compiled a list here on this thread.

    For the record, everyone I went with thought it was weird and didn't like it too much. They basically thought it was a regular old shoot 'em up action movie.
     
  11. GringoTex

    GringoTex Member

    Aug 22, 2001
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    It IS a shoot 'em up action movie. It's also the closest thing to a fairytale the cinema has ever produced. It's also the first truly bilingual film to come out of America. It's also the first genre movie that defines itself by what it omits as much as by what it includes. It's a masterpiece, years ahead of its time, and I'll be as right about this film as I was about Casino.
     
  12. Levante

    Levante Member+

    Jul 28, 2001
    Just wanted a rise out of you ol' Gringo. But are you sure about that statement above? Ever watched Amores Perros?

    To quote my former Anglo roomate....."Why can't Mexicans make regular t.v. as good as their movies?"


    You're wrong about Casino by the way...........because that's really a sequel to Goodfellas.
     
  13. DoctorJones24

    DoctorJones24 Member

    Aug 26, 1999
    OH
    4 recent additions to my original list. Saw Intolerable Cruelty tonight and was really happy with it...why was the buzz so quiet on that one?

    1) Whale Rider
    Finding Nemo
    Intolerable Cruelty
    Bend it Like Beckham
    Swimming Pool
    Pirate of the Caribbean
    School of Rock
    Terminator 3
    X-Men
    Old School
    Matrix Reloaded
    Kill Bill: Vol 1
    Elf
    A Mighty Wind
    Love Actually
    The Italian Job

    Hulk
    American Wedding
    Holes
    Shanghai Knights
    Lara Croft: Cradle of Life
    The Guru
    23) Bruce Almighty

    I'll proably end up with about 30 seen, now that the ones from early in the year are coming out on video.
     
  14. nicodemus

    nicodemus Member+

    Sep 3, 2001
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    An update after my wife wanted to watch a chick flick, and wanted me to watch it too:

    Here they are ranked:

    01. Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony
    02. All the Real Girls
    03. City of God
    04. Kill Bill Vol. 1
    05. Bend It Like Beckham
    06. A Mighty Wind
    07. The Backyard
    08. Old School
    09. The Matrix: Reloaded
    10. Phone Booth
    11. The Recruit
    12. Raising Victor Vargas
    13. Bruce Almighty
    14. The Guru
    15. Man on the Train
    16. Shanghai Knights
    17. Bulletproof Monk
    18. Dysfunktional Family
    19. Irreversible
    20. How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
    21. The Real Cancun

    Because of having to watch that drivel last night, she has to watch Russian Ark tonight. :D Considering everything I've heard, I imagine that one will be high on the list.
     
  15. BadAzzSnowboarder

    BadAzzSnowboarder New Member

    Jan 14, 2003
    Malibu, CA
    Yesterday I saw 20 minutes or so of Von Trier's Dogville until I could take no more. A friend of mine demanded that I see this film. She thinks it's one of the most creatively executed films, but I think she's just a simple-minded fool for rewarding creativity over content.

    I swear, aside from Breaking the Waves, Von Trier is pretty much a turd director.

    The entire movie was set inside a big ass soundstage with a village blueprint painted on the concrete floors to represent homes and buildings. The actors would act inside and would panto-mime things like opening a door and walking out of their wall-less homes. The fact the actors had to act inside non-existent settings obviously affected their ability to perform realistically as most of their performances reeked of stage-acting-like unreality. And I'm sure this criticism on their stank performance can be countered with, "it wasn't suppose to be realistic" but I say viewers have to be able to believe in the things the characters emote to become involved in the story-line.

    The movie was basically Von Trier patting himself on the back and jerking off to his own self-satisfaction. What a a jag-off he is. Maybe the movie had something profound to say if I'd stayed watching the entire thing, but I highly doubt it.
     
  16. DoctorJones24

    DoctorJones24 Member

    Aug 26, 1999
    OH
    I love that you've actually seen The Real Cancun. I'm guessing it has the bottom spot "locked" for the year?
     
  17. MichiLind

    MichiLind Member

    May 8, 2001
    Outside Boston
    I always say I'm going to see more, better movies, but I never do. Regardless...

    1. Bad Boys II (I'm a teenager...I'm supposed to like crap like this...stupidly entertaining)
    2. A Mighty Wind
    3. Old School
    4. X2
    5. Finding Nemo
    6. Matrix: Reloaded/Revolutions (all the same)
    7. Seabiscuit
    8. School of Rock (so disappointing...)
     
  18. CG

    CG Member

    Jul 25, 2001
    School of Rock

    why does everybody not like this movie? I liked it. It seemed aimed at kids though.
     
  19. nicodemus

    nicodemus Member+

    Sep 3, 2001
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    Like I posted earlier, thank goodness I didn't pay for it in the theatre, I didn't "rent" it either. I got it from Netflix, which seems to have some effect of allowing you to rent a real piece of junk, because you don't really feel like you're paying for it. Considering I usually get around 15-20 a month or so from them, renting one that you know is going to be a stinker doesn't sting too bad. I just wanted to see if it could possibly be as bad as the reviews...and the amazing thing is the critics were way too kind to it. This thing probably has the bottom spot locked for every movie I've ever seen. It was so bad it was incredible. I'd take an Ed Wood movie over that anyday.

    I think the "cleanse" myself afterwards, I watched 2 or 3 Kurasawa movies in a row :D
     
  20. bojendyk

    bojendyk New Member

    Jan 4, 2002
    South Loop, Chicago
    Just saw Master and Commander over the weekend. At least one (very, very good) review referred to it as an action movie for adults, which sounds about right. I thought it was excellent. Second best movie of the year, just behind Mystic River.
     
  21. DoctorJones24

    DoctorJones24 Member

    Aug 26, 1999
    OH
    According to the critics, these are the best movies so far in 2003:

    Finding Nemo
    Lost in Translation
    School of Rock
    American Splendor
    Dirty Pretty Things
    Winged Migration
    The Station Agent
    Shattered Glass
    In America
    The Triplets of Belleville
    Girlhood
    The Revolution Will Not Be Televised


    Not necessarily in that order. All have gotten positive reviews from at least 90% of critics, according to RT.com.
     
  22. nicodemus

    nicodemus Member+

    Sep 3, 2001
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    I have three more to add. I probably shouldn't add Naqoyqatsi since it was released in 2002, but it was only released in 8 cities before it went to DVD, so it wasn't even possible to see it otherwise, so I'm adding it.

    01. Three Tales
    02. Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony
    03. All the Real Girls
    04. Naqoyqatsi
    05. City of God
    06. Kill Bill Vol. 1
    07. Bend It Like Beckham
    08. Whale Rider
    09. A Mighty Wind
    10. The Backyard
    11. Old School
    12. The Matrix: Reloaded
    13. Phone Booth
    14. The Recruit
    15. Raising Victor Vargas
    16. Bruce Almighty
    17. The Guru
    18. Man on the Train
    19. Shanghai Knights
    20. Bulletproof Monk
    21. Dysfunktional Family
    22. Irreversible
    23. How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
    24. The Real Cancun

    No surprise, Real Cancun still has the bottom spot locked.
     
  23. Dolemite

    Dolemite Member+

    Apr 2, 2001
    East Bay, Ca
    i saw "21 grams" when i was in NYC last weekend. that's gotta be high up on the list for best movies of the year
     
  24. Kenobi

    Kenobi Member

    Jul 11, 1999
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    DC United
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    United States
    Good:
    Lost In Translation
    The Station Agent
    X2

    Bad:
    pretty much everything else I saw this year

    Most of the movies I saw were even more "leave your brain at the door" than usual. And what was so great about Kill Bill? I'm not a old kung-fu flick aficionado, so I admit all the references were lost on me, but it seemed to me to be a flimsy excuse to shoot two hours worth of fight scenes. I'll save my $10 for Return of the King, thanks. At least the violence serves to advance the plot (mainly because there is one).
     

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