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I think the best movie of 2005 that I've seen was probably the 40 Year Old Virgin.

― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 20:45 (eighteen years ago) link

I liked it.

― Chino (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 20:46 (eighteen years ago) link

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2046
A History of Violence

Not slam dunks, no; and it depends how Malick is received.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 20:47 (eighteen years ago) link

Here. I sent this to Alex, now you can have it too.

http://blogs.indiewire.com/reverseshot/archives/006454.html

― Chino (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 20:48 (eighteen years ago) link

article due in 3 days & i'm feeling pretty clueless

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 20:48 (eighteen years ago) link

Alright. No use overthinking it. Here's my guesses to the Take Seven top 10 in no particular order:

A History of Violence -- probably #1, the Wong has a significant contingent of "it's no ITMFL"-ers... the only other major contender is:
Grizzly Man
The Squid and the Whale
The New World
Tropical Malady
2046
Match Point
Brokeback Mountain
Kings & Queen
Last Days

There are so many well-reviewed mainstream crowd-pleasers that I don't know which ones could break through: Kung Fu Hustle, 40 Year Old Virgin, even... Red Eye? Such is this year I almost think the Wallace and Gromit movie could sneak into the top 10, and probably will in the place I gave to Kings and Queen (on the guess that a FC cover story is enough to put it over the top).

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 20:53 (eighteen years ago) link

Haha... I handicap because (in many cases) I can't see yet.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 20:54 (eighteen years ago) link

i'm struggling with whether to put kung fu hustle on my list actually

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 20:54 (eighteen years ago) link

it probably won't make it. deuce bigalow 2 might just yet though!!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 20:55 (eighteen years ago) link

If it's not too secret, what else is fighting for slots in your list besides The Holy Girl and European Gigalo?

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 21:01 (eighteen years ago) link

... and war of the worlds and squid vs. whale...

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 21:02 (eighteen years ago) link

Oh God, Brokeback could very well win the Voice poll; like that joke the year Arrested Development won the Pazz & Jop because someone said they just sent in a photo.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 21:03 (eighteen years ago) link

syriana
batman begins (maaaaaaaybe)
taste of tea (doesn't really count though)
good night & good luck
the aristocrats
old boy

god... i don't know!! primer?!?! hustle & flow?!! (no) zorro?!?!?

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 21:04 (eighteen years ago) link

i'm seeing capote on thursday (i missed this morning's brokeback mtn screening.. :( )

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 21:05 (eighteen years ago) link

argh

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 21:06 (eighteen years ago) link

i saw cinderella man finally! wow is that corny.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 21:07 (eighteen years ago) link

At least their releasing it a third time paid off in your case!

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 21:10 (eighteen years ago) link

Yeah, I couldn't decide what to give the tepid-but-widespread-support slot on the top 10 to. I went with Brokeback, but I could easily see either Good Night, and et al. or Broken Flowers in there on the same wavelength.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 21:17 (eighteen years ago) link

it occured to me that a much more efficient title for the film would have been "cinderfella". same meaning, less words!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 21:20 (eighteen years ago) link

http://dvdvideo.co.nz/shop/images/roadshow/cinderfella.jpg

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 21:21 (eighteen years ago) link

ok, cinderfella 2

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 21:22 (eighteen years ago) link

And with the same leading man, even.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 21:23 (eighteen years ago) link

more or less!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 21:25 (eighteen years ago) link

oh god I forgot hitchhiker's came out this year. what a fucking disaster. worst movie of the year by far

― kyle (akmonday), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 21:35 (eighteen years ago) link

People generally mean "measured against expectations" when they say that, right? cuz Paris Hilton was in some slasher movie.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 21:42 (eighteen years ago) link

House Of Wax! A remake of the Vincent Price CLASSIC!

― Chino (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 21:45 (eighteen years ago) link

Yeah, I don't trust most of my friends when they talk about the "worst movie of the year," because they self-select what they see and thus probably actively avoided a lot of the bad stuff in the first place. Critics who are obligated to see everything, on the other hand...

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 21:48 (eighteen years ago) link

What about your Film Critic Friend?

― Chino (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 21:49 (eighteen years ago) link

I've seen an awful lot of films this year, but three stand out, and they're not very surprising:

I Heart Huckabees
Batman Begins
Sideways

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 21:53 (eighteen years ago) link

speaking of bad movies i also have a "bottom 5" to do... here's the shortlist:

star wars 3
elektra
casanova
mindhunters
huckabees
racing stripes?
be cool
the pacifier
brothers grimm

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 21:55 (eighteen years ago) link

What about your Film Critic Friend?

I knew you were going to say that!

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 21:55 (eighteen years ago) link

Mindhunters!

― Chino (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 21:56 (eighteen years ago) link

Please sir, don't mindhunt me!

― Chino (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 21:57 (eighteen years ago) link

He says that The Cave is "one of the" worst movies of the year -- I don't know what else is on the list.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 21:59 (eighteen years ago) link

Oh, also Elektra, apparently.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 22:01 (eighteen years ago) link

I am combing through e-mails.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 22:01 (eighteen years ago) link

The Cave was made better in Britain (predictably), as "The Descent".

― Chino (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 22:01 (eighteen years ago) link

Elektra was also made better in Britain.

― Chino (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 22:01 (eighteen years ago) link

slocki, what did you think of sideways?

― cozen (Cozen), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 22:03 (eighteen years ago) link

The British evrsion was better.

You know, Last of The Summer Wine.

― Chino (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 22:04 (eighteen years ago) link

Also, Sideways was a 2004 release in N. America!

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 22:05 (eighteen years ago) link

"N. America" is a United Kingdom production.

― Chino (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 22:05 (eighteen years ago) link

s1ocki, we've had our flamey diffs but you're a bright guy. C'mon, even if huckabees didn't work for you it had the courage of its ambitions. (also 2004 US)

A friend sez he's got a surreptitious huckabees tape to lend me of D.O. Russell going apeshit on the set, abusing the actors, etc -- anyone hear tell?

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 22:06 (eighteen years ago) link

Also, I liked Batman. I really enjoyed it.

― Chino (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 22:07 (eighteen years ago) link

russell certainly had some notorious snit-fits on the set! and i really do like his other stuff--and i won't hold his ambitions against him--but huckabees is a real failure to me, and not a particularly interesting one. i mean it's certainly better than elektra!

actually didn't it come out in 2004? so scratch it.

i thought sideways (also 2004) was mostly junk.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 22:09 (eighteen years ago) link

I hated sideways (anti-friendship) and loved huckabees (close your eyes and count to five, now: nothing has the name you give it)

― cozen (Cozen), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 22:09 (eighteen years ago) link

I liked Sideways. Huckabees was okay, sort of annoying.

― Chino (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 22:10 (eighteen years ago) link

huckabees' shrill bad fake screwball stuff really rubbed me the wrong way (and i think o. russell can do screwball WELL when he gets it right)

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 22:11 (eighteen years ago) link

there is one classic scene in huckabees (the commercial scene) and the rest of the movie is a lame excuse for that scene, and it's also really poorly edited. but it's still better than hitchhiker's.

― kyle (akmonday), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 22:17 (eighteen years ago) link

Yeah, it's strange that I can't ever really say what my favorite movie of any given year is without rattling off a list of 9 or 10 movies I haven't seen yet that "could change that," but conversely I have no real qualms about calling Crash the worst movie I saw this last year full stop.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 22:20 (eighteen years ago) link

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