Best 2005

uhrgl said:
King Kong.

(Crash is garbage, and last year, Million Dollar Baby was garbage).
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I will accept that you liked King Kong and didn't like Crash and Million Dollar Baby. That's the great thing about the movies, everyone is a critic. But garbage? That's not moving the discussion forward. If you didn't like it, fine, say so. If you feel it is garbage, how about some specifics to back up that point of view. I didn't like it....garbage. Two entirely different things.
 
I don't know why everybody liked crash so much, I though it was an alright movie.
-My favriots of this year.....
Sin City
Jarhead
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Broken Flowers

Theres a lot more movies I need to see though
 
Chapman said:
I don't know why everybody liked crash so much, I though it was an alright movie.
-My favriots of this year.....
Sin City
Jarhead
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Broken Flowers

Theres a lot more movies I need to see though
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Oh, I forgot about jarhead! Sincity goes to my favs as well but don't think it was the best film of the year
 
Crash.... great movie. Favorite seen was when the locksmith's daugther runs out to protect her father, man not a dry eye in the house. even this 300lb gansta type was tearing up, that's good film entertainment!
 
Blaine said:
But garbage? That's not moving the discussion forward. If you didn't like it, fine, say so. If you feel it is garbage, how about some specifics to back up that point of view. I didn't like it....garbage. Two entirely different things.
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I slammed both of those movies (in depth) in their respective threads. The bottom line is that the writing is TV-movie-of-the-week tripe. Based on the scripts alone, those movies belong on the Lifetime network.
 
Pastaman said:
Crash.... great movie. Favorite seen was when the locksmith's daugther runs out to protect her father, man not a dry eye in the house. even this 300lb gansta type was tearing up, that's good film entertainment!
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lol.
 
I hate to bring up awards cuz I'm sure people that call it garbage won't care anything, but Crash was nominated for a screenplay golden globe, and will probably get an Oscar nod.

The year before that Paul Haggis got another nomination for Million Dollar Baby.

So it seems really inappropriate to say that it's tripe. A movie written non-linearly and done well is definately not on par with lifetime movies.

We're such to criticize, but what have we written, you know?

Movie wise, I liked King Kong, and a History of Violence.
 
Best Film Overall: Munich, hands down
Best Drama: Good Night & Good Luck
Best Action: Sin City (hon. mention Batman Begins)
Best Comedy: Junebug (hon. mention 40 yr. old virgin)
Best Documentary: Murderball (hon. mention - Grizzly Man, Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill, Enron: Smartest Guys in the Room)
Best Musical: Walk the Line (ok, it's not a musical but I love Johnny Cash and part of it was filmed in my hometown)

Overrated (imo, of course):
Syriana (almost a really good film, but didn't fire on all cylinders for me)

A History of Violence (I must be stupid because EVERYONE from the most
mainstream critic to the most pretentious arty critics loved this - i found it mediocre)

March of the Penguins (was this really that much better than a pretty good National Geographic episode? Admittedly, I saw it on video, not the big screen)

Crash (not in my top 50 for the year)

Haven't seen yet:
Brokeback Mountain
Capote
King Kong
Many, many others, I'm sure made others' lists
 
spencer said:
I hate to bring up awards cuz I'm sure people that call it garbage won't care anything, but Crash was nominated for a screenplay golden globe, and will probably get an Oscar nod.

The year before that Paul Haggis got another nomination for Million Dollar Baby.

So it seems really inappropriate to say that it's tripe. A movie written non-linearly and done well is definately not on par with lifetime movies.
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I know both films are Paul Haggis -- I personally find his writing to be cliche and predictable. MDB was a tiny movie that made saps cry (Crash was a bigger movie that makes saps cry) -- MDB won the Academy Award for Best Picture, but in my opinion, it's no where near the accomplishment in filmmaking as Martin Scorsese's Aviator.

Crash book ends with the same scene; the rest of the movie is a straight line, right? Big deal.
 
uhrgl said:
I slammed both of those movies (in depth) in their respective threads. The bottom line is that the writing is TV-movie-of-the-week tripe. Based on the scripts alone, those movies belong on the Lifetime network.
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ok, then you write something and win the oscar right now.
 
martian scorsese i hope he never wins . he used to be good now he done aviator which was so boring and resorted to remaking my favorite asian gangsta films.
 
John_Hudson said:
The Island ? Serious ?

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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YES HE IS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :thumbsup:
 
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