Fave five films 2003

Amnesiac_ie

What were your five personal cinema releases of 2003?

5 Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Clooney's directorial debut was surprisingly polished. A kaleidoscope of colour, a stellar supporting cast (even Julia Roberts was bearable) and a typically sharp and hilarious script from the genius that is Charlie Kaufmann provided us with one of the funnest films of the year. Something Reese Witherspoon and Sally Fiel failed very much.

4 Kill Bill Volume 1
It's only since Volume 1 has left our cinemas that I've realised how much Tarantino has whet my appetite for Volume 2. It's a Visual Orgy of Violence and Uma Thurmans first decent role since Pulp Fiction. In a year when CGI battles ruled our screens, remember the Bride versus the Crazy 88s involved no CGI whatsoever.

3 The Hours
A chick flick yes but a very deep, dark and depressing one with three extraordinary performance from three of the best actresses working in Hollywood. The parallels and interplay between the three narratives are edited sublimely and the emotionally charged score is another highlight

2 Goodbe Lenin!
Funny. And auf Deutsch. This appeared here late summer when the English language offerings were slightly lacking. It's a charming take on the aftermath of the fall of the Berlin wall in East Berlin. The engaging performance by the male lead (who bears more than a passing resemblance to the yummy Jake Gyllenhaal) is a highlight in a film that manages to be deeply touching and laugh aloud funny in equal measure.

1 Adaptation
A flawed masterpiece but it still gets my nod as film of the year. A sequel of sorts to being John Malkovich, I never did find out whether or not Charlie Kaufmann was asked to adapt a non-fiction book about orchids for the big screen. Nicholas Cage

Honourable mentions:
X Men 2, Igby Goes Down, Punch Drunk Love, The Rules of Attraction, Dolls

angelofdeath

in no particular order

black balls
kill bill
intermission
the ring
finding nemo

god cinema was really bad this year, took me a while to pick those five

if your having any trouble heres a list of films for 2003

http://www.cineworld.co.uk/content/yearview.php?viewYear=2003

polarbelly

matrix revolutions everytime.... woooh woooh!!!!

Jim

3. Kill Bill
2. 25th Hour
1. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

Makaveli

1. City of God
2. PoTC
3. Kill Bill Vol. 1
4. The Good Thief
5. Catch Me if You Can

smiaras

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DiscoStu

i can only come up with 2, kill bill vol 1. and spirited away.

christ, its been a really bad year

ixoy

Pretty **** year as such (altho' it looks like it's gonna end well) so I'm gonna include movies I saw this year but were released last year:

1. Kill Bill - Volume I
2. Finding Nemo
3. Cidade de Deus
4. Alien: The Director's Cut
5. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

Honorable mention goes to Spellbound, probably Trilogy (gotta wait for Three), and I'm almost sure Return of the King. The good stuff is towards year's end, as per usual.

-Wheeler-

Originally posted by Jimeatsmenu
2. 25th Hour

I'm with you on that one. A very good, under-rated film that rarely gets a mention.

Goodshape

Originally posted by Amnesiac_ie
I never did find out whether or not Charlie Kaufmann was asked to adapt a non-fiction book about orchids for the big screen.

As far as I'm aware, he was. The book he's trying to adapt and most of the characters in the film are real. The film itself is more of a true story than not I suppose.

Truth... just a bit spiced up and extra-exciting towards the end. Exactly what he didn't want

AngelofFire

In no particular order.

The Ring
Matrix reloaded
Matrix revolutions
Terminator 3
Finding Nemo

wasabi

frida
secretary
spirited away
the pianist
good bye lenin

hon mentions to alien, far from heaven, buffalo soldiers, respiro, max, whale rider, intacto, solaris, revenger's tragedy, punch drunk love, dirty pretty things,

worst: equilibrium (christian bale acts worse than a robot). or irreversible...

and just for fun, here's my list of films that got away this year that have to be tracked down on video:
cypher, holes, spellbound, once upon a time in mexico, etre et avoir, springtime in a small town, russian ark, mostly martha, l'homme du train, the man without a past, lilja 4-ever, LIE.

beardedchicken

Far from Heaven
The Pianist
Pirates of the Carribbean
Igby Goes Down
Finding Nemo

Pepe LeFrits

Seen so many films, its hard to remember whats been on this year. Looking at some of the names mentioned so far though, i enjoyed:

SWAT, 25th Hour, Xmen 2, Catch Me If You Can, T3, Pirates, and loads more. Worst films i've seen this year were Reloaded and Revolutions.

Johnny_the_fox

Matchstick Men
X-Men2
Veronica Guerin


thats all i can think of...

RasTa

Kill Bill
Irreversible
City of God
Punch Drunk Love
Sprited Away

In that order.

SweetBirdOfTruth

don't feel like braking it down to just five, so top fifteen and bottom fifteen out of something like a hundred forty films seen so far:

top
11'09''01
All The Real Girls
Avalon
Dooruzu (Dolls)
Far From Heaven
In This World
Les Tripletts De Belleville (Belleville Rendez-Vous)
Lilja 4-Ever
Pages From A Virgin's Diary
Pas De Repos Pour Les Braves (No Rest For The Brave)
Revengers Tragedy
Russian Ark
The Rules Of Attraction
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Werkmeister Harmonies

bottom
Adaptation
Buffalo Soldiers
Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry
Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind
Daredevil
Dead Bodies
Japon
L'Auberge D'Espagnole (Pot Luck)
Raising Victor Vargas
Tadpole
Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines
The Hunted
The Matrix Reloaded
Welcome To Collinwood
Young Adam

plastic membrane

1) City Of God (or Return of The King)
2) Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind
3) Adaptation
4) Pirates Of The Carribbean
5) Master ans Commander

PopTart

1. Pirates of the Caribean
2. Finding Nemo
3. Kill Bill
4. American Pie 3
5. Old School

Amnesiac_ie

How could I have forgotten Secretary! Definitely should have made it onto my Top 5.

Terminator

1. Kill Bill
2. Spirited Away
3. X-Men 2

Theres been so many,but here goes

X-men 2
Adaptation
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
City of God
The Dancer Upstairs
Terminator 3
Pirates of the Caribean
Equilibrium
Hulk
Narc
Dark Blue
The Good Thief
Shanghai Knights

antwalsh

Maybe nobody saw it (or noboady liked it) but Roger Dodger was a pretty good film that should be mentioned more in lists like these.

SweetBirdOfTruth

saw it, didn't like it. is up there with igby and tadpole as three of the worst digital flicks of the year.

Miguel_Sanchez

Originally posted by SweetBirdOfTruth
saw it, didn't like it. is up there with igby and tadpole as three of the worst digital flicks of the year.

Igby Goes Down wasn't shot on digital. Of course you quite entitled to dislike it (personally I thought it was pretty enjoyable) but I'm a sucker for details and it was shot on film.

krattapopov

right it is a difficult question and will probably get an edit when im sober but here goes in no particular order

adaptation
25th hour
pirate of the carribean
return of the king

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i know it will be the best of 2003
and ya know what i only saw donnie darko in 2003 so im putting it in... contraversial!

SweetBirdOfTruth

Originally posted by Jeff_Lebowski
Igby Goes Down wasn't shot on digital. [snip] it was shot on film.

so it was - d'oh!

Pepe LeFrits

er, how could i forget - Old School. funniest film of the year.

Cina

Kill Bill Vol 1.
Matchstick Men.
Catch Me if You Can
X-Men 2.
And I'm leaving the last slot clean until RoTK is out.

I don't rate comedies or slapsticks as "great" films, merely a bit of entertainment.
And Shanghai Knights gets my vote as top comedy

byte

In no particular order:

• Finding Nemo
• T3
• Intermission
• Veronica Guerin
• Hopefully, LotR - Return of the King!

ReefBreak

Originally posted by antwalsh
Maybe nobody saw it (or noboady liked it) but Roger Dodger was a pretty good film that should be mentioned more in lists like these.

Probably my favourite film of the year.

ChumpStain

- X-Men 2
- Kill Bill
- Intermission
- Master And Commander
- Rules of Attraction
- Pirates of the Caribbean
- Donnie Darko(Also only saw it this year)
- Equilibrium
- Return Of The King(there is no way it can't be good)

DRakE

3. finding nemo
2. kill bill vol 1
1. SPIN THE BOTTLE!

SweetBirdOfTruth

bump

therecklessone

1. City Of God

Then in no particular order...

Whale Rider
Belleville Rendevous
Spirited Away
Kill Bill
Goodbye Lenin
Mystic River

Honourable mention to 25th Hour and Secretary.

Woden

also in no particular order and they are more just films i liked/enjoyed as the amount of films i saw this year that where absolute crap was unbelievable

equilibrium
pirates of the caribbean
return of the king
phone booth
love actually
punch drunk love (quite different)
the life of david gale
intermission
the good thief
x-men 2
the matrix films i suppose
and of course star trek nemesis which i'd probably enjoy no matter how crap it was

films i wanna see
city of god, veronica guerin, mystic river, buffalo soldier

films that weren't great or let me down
legally blonde 2, Hulk, kill bill vol. 1 (come on be honest if it wasn't tarintino you would have thought it was ****e)

therecklessone

Originally posted by Dataisgod


films that weren't great or let me down
legally blonde 2, kill bill vol. 1 (come on be honest if it wasn't tarintino you would have thought it was ****e)

Legally Blonde 2? Was that not always going to be a disappointment, in that the first film was s***e, so what made you think #2 would be any better?

And Kill Bill??? How dare you!!! I'd have loved it if only for the RZA's soundtrack, and GoGo...:D

Woden

i enjoyed the first legally blonde as i do with a lot of films that i have low expectations when going into them

i liked the soundtrack of kill bill, but the film just wasn't that good, two of my friends even walked out of it shocking

Zaphod B

1) LOTR - ROTK (saw it Saturday, easily the best film of the year)

2) Kill Bill 1 (utterly gratuitous orgy of violence and cheese - of the highest order)

3) Pirates of the Caribbean (just quality entertainment in every way)

4) Finding Nemo (confirming my belief that only CGI movies can save Disney now that their traditionally animated movies have become a joke. Treasure Planet? Jungle Book Pointless Cash-In? No thanks. Nemo = Best since Toy Story)

5) Intermission (originally only went to see this because I heard the Clash was on the soundtrack - shame on me)

4 of my top 5 this year are massive Hollywood blockbusters - I think I'm selling out :eek:

Originally posted by therecklessone
And Kill Bill??? How dare you!!! I'd have loved it if only for the RZA's soundtrack, and GoGo...:D

(Indignation mode activated) No sir, how dare YOU? The RZA soundtrack was one of the best things about the film... course not as good as the RZA soundtrack from Ghost Dog... that is simply too cool...


If I had to pick a worst film of the year, that (dis)honour goes to Bad Boys 2, for too many reasons to count. Scary Movie 3 is close behind though - I saw this in the US and not only was it not remotely funny, it was about an hour long and best of all half the scenes from the trailer were not actually in the movie.

Ring to my surprise turned out to be an effective remake, if a little pointless to me.

Daily D

LOVE ACTUALLY, all the way!

therecklessone

Originally posted by Zaphod B


2) Kill Bill 1 (utterly gratuitous orgy of violence and cheese - of the highest order)



(Indignation mode activated) No sir, how dare YOU? The RZA soundtrack was one of the best things about the film... course not as good as the RZA soundtrack from Ghost Dog... that is simply too cool...

You misunderstood me. I meant I loved the film, but I especially loved the soundtrack...and GoGo...(where's the drool smilie when you nedd it. eh?) I just didn't express myself very well I suppose.

MrNuked

good:
1 Finding Nemo (as good as shrek )
2 City of God (brutal and refreshing)
3 Love Actually (surprisingly funny)
4 28 Days Later (2003?)
5 Gangs of New York (because of 'the butcher' and the soundtrack)

bad:
1 anger management (because I thought it would be good)
2 swat (formulated pap)
3 punch drunk love (sheer wa nk)
4 belleville rendezvous (also sheer wa nk
5 equilibrium (really silly, disappointing fight scenes)

Zaphod B

Originally posted by therecklessone
You misunderstood me. I meant I loved the film, but I especially loved the soundtrack...and GoGo...(where's the drool smilie when you nedd it. eh?) I just didn't express myself very well I suppose.

Heh you expressed yourself fine, I'm just an idiot. I just read it again.. got it now