Best 2005

The Island ? Serious ?

I admittedly have'nt seen a ton of what may be considered the best films of 2005; Munich, Syriana, Crash (Brokeback - it's hip to be Queer) - Mountain

I guess my favorites that I have seen are:

War of the Worlds - One of the best popcorn film I have seen in years; good times.

Cinderella Man - Russel Crowe and Ron Howard = Magic. Or is it Russel Crowe + X = Magic.

The Devil's Reject's - The most inspiring film of the year. I loved Phil Parmet's 16mm work on this and look forward to Rob Zombie's next film; and yes, Rob Zombie is a legitimate filmmaker.
 
The best movie I saw this year was "Munich". Spielberg's new stuff has been great.

I saw a screening of "The Island" with a Q&A afterward which was interesting, but to me it was two different movies in one. The first one interesting (1st half of the movie) then it degenerated quickly into a typical Michael "how much can I blow up" Bay feature.

"Crash" was good.

"Batman Begins" really good.

I liked "Kingdom of Heaven" a lot. Welcome back Ridley Scott.
 
Blaine said:
I saw a screening of "The Island" with a Q&A afterward which was interesting, but to me it was two different movies in one. The first one interesting (1st half of the movie) then it degenerated quickly into a typical Michael "how much can I blow up" Bay feature.
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I agree with that. I guess Michael Bay has "blowing up/mindless mayhem" quota that he as to meet with each film. Oh well.
 
Yeah, in "The Island" Q&A the writer talked about "Transformers". You actually COULD NOT pay me to go see it.
 
Cinderella Man and King Kong. Both very inspiring and moving pictures. First - beautiful amazingly acted human story; second - an adventure SO big, SO loud, SO larger-than-life, easily the BIGGEST and most memorable movie going experince for me at least since ROTK, if not ever.

There were other great films like the mentioned above Batman Begins, War of the Worlds and Kingdom of Heaven, but they're not really in the league with these two in the sense of the sheer emotional impact.

(Mind you I haven't seen Crash and Munich, Brokeback Mountain, Memoirs of Geisha are not out here yet)
 
War of the Worlds - One of the best popcorn film I have seen in years; good times.
The Devil's Reject's - The most inspiring film of the year. I loved Phil Parmet's 16mm work on this and look forward to Rob Zombie's next film; and yes, Rob Zombie is a legitimate filmmaker.
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I'll second Hudson on these two. And i'll put Munich and History of Violence on top of that list.


As for biggest dissappointment of 05.

I got King Kong.
 
The Machinist said:
I'll second Hudson on these two. And i'll put Munich and History of Violence on top of that list.


As for biggest dissappointment of 05.

I got King Kong.
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Right on Machinist; and coincidentally Mucnich and History are probably the 2 films I wan't to see more than any other's.

King Kong

Sigh; I liked it; I really enjoyed it and after a first viewing gave it a fairly glowing review (see thread) but after coming down I have to admit; it was'nt the spectacle I thought it would be. (My review says why) Sides; can any movie be more mis-cast ? (Not Anne's role)
 
history of violence...ehh that movie was really disappointing! (had potential, but would get really weird, and what's with that Mullet-haired kid who wanted to beat up the son for catching his fly ball? kinda cheesy.)

munich was great! that's easily my favorite of the year.

King Kong was cool, but too long/ jackson should have cut the fat off this one (and some of the CG on the dinos looked pretty bad)

Batman Begins was everything i wanted from a batman movie and more!

still have to see the constant gardener...
 
coincidentally Mucnich and History are probably the 2 films I wan't to see more than any other's
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Hudson do yourself a favor and don't put it off much longer. I mean you have to wait for Violence's DVD release but if you can go see Munich right away. I was shocked by how much i loved it. The style, the gritty hardness of it, and the story deserve to be seen on the big screen.

The big thing that Munich had that Kong didn't was pacing. They're comparably long but whereas I had all kinds of problems with the running time of Kong I didn't check my watch once during Munich. There were a lot of other things that caused me to dislike Kong but most of them are personal reasons and I know alot of people dug it so I'm not gonna mess with anyone else's preferences. But glad I'm not alone in my dissappointment. I'm still a Jackson fan, I owe him so much for Frighteners.


history of violence...ehh that movie was really disappointing!
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I heard alot of people voice similar complaints. For me it was perfect. However I am a big Cronenberg fan. Videodrome is one of my all time favs so I'd of been dissappointed if this movie didn't leave the audience disquieted. It got a gut reaction out of alot of people and I loved it.
 
I am NOT a Cronenberg fan. Not at all. Period. But I really liked "A History of Violence" and the reason it was left off my list is simple. I forgot about it. :embarasse It was well worth seeing. It is another movie that I saw in a screening and the Q&A with the writer afterward was very interesting. When it comes out on DVD I'll be picking it up. I just ran out a few minutes ago and got "The Constant Gardener" and I'll be watching it in a couple of hours. I'm a big Le Carre fan.

Machinist, I agree about the pacing on "Munich". It was a short long movie. It really moved for me.
 
sympathy for lady venegence, the promise, and a bittersweet life on the asian side of films.
 
Batman Begins.
The Devils Rejects.
Oldboy.

I have yet to see much this year as well. Actually, I'm about to watch "Crash", tonight. As far as "King Kong", I agree with Machinist.... Total disappointment, maybe if he cut an hour from it.
Wanna see "Munich" and "History.."
 
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