Movies of the year

[wiggy]

Another blatant excuse to starta thread.

So what are you favourite movies of this year?

[polanski]

ive only seen two films at the cinema this year - spider-man 2 and the day after tomorrow. spider-man 2 was superior.

[Ruby]

'Coffee and cigarettes' and 'Harry Potter' were the ones I enjoyed most.
'Wimbledon' made me want to saw the top of my head off and throw the contents at the screen.

[Sessafish]

lovely visual. *G*

[Sessafish]

Hmm...I think Troy, and Harry Potter. I can't think of the other ones I saw that I really liked this year.

[evie_the_rogue]

'saw' was pretty good, and 'starsky & hutch'. i think i've only seen three films at the cinema this year :?

[Angus Macgyver]

Shaun of the Dead, its got to be in there some where. Cracking film :D

[Ruby]

Shaun of the Dead, its got to be in there some where. Cracking film :D

Aaaah, I forgot about Shaun of the Dead!
Was that this year though?

[Luce]

When was Monster out? That was really good. As was starsky and hutch i thought. Obvious reasons I thought the day after tomorrow was FOOKING ace. And I just saw Ichi the Killer recently. Dunno when that was out but it was good (although almost made me vomitmorethanonce.oh.myspacebarisntworking.hmm.)

[Angus Macgyver]

Aaaah, I forgot about Shaun of the Dead!
Was that this year though?


Yer it was this year. Well i hope it was coz if it wasn´t, i have made an ass of myself :roll:

[polanski]

oh yeah. how can i completely forget i went to see shaun of the dead and the night of the living dead remake, even tho the latter was mentioned several times. im stupid. um, spider-man 2 draws with shaun of the dead.

[mila]

Layer Cake is by far the best movie of 2004

[RW]

I saw connie and carla (there was nothing else on!), the tom hanks airport one, fahrenheit 9/11 and anchorman at the cinema this year. of those anchorman was the best and it was rubbish for the first 20 minutes. it made me cry with laughter. the best film i saw this year was elf. i hate xmas and i hate xmas films but i absolutely loved it and cried with laughter at it too. will ferrell owns

[spiritof76]

Shaun of the Dead, Fahrenheit 9/11, Super Size Me and Starsky and Hutch all rocked my pants this year.

I also found the time to watch some dodgy Korean films, including Phone and The Isle. Koreans are a little odd.

The only film I walked out of this year was The Grudge.

[wiggy]

The only film I walked out of this year was The Grudge.

Were you scared?

[Angus Macgyver]

The Grudge - laughed my little socks off the whole way through

[jen]

I Heart Huckabees, The Motorcycle Diaries, Big Fish, the remake of Alfie, and even though it didn't come out this year I've only just seen it, so La Haine.

I'm sure that The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou and A Very Long Engagement (I'm on a Mathieu Kassovitz kick) will also be added to this list, but I have to wait until Christmas to see both of those.

[spiritof76]

Were you scared?

I'm not sure scared is really the right word. "Bored shitless" would be a more apt description.

[wiggy]

The Grudge was more funny than scary. Although sitting in the bath in the dark that night was a little nervy..

[Ruby]

Is 'I Heart Huckabees' any good?
Haven't seen it yet.

[car_crash]

I Heart Huckabees, The Motorcycle Diaries, Big Fish, the remake of Alfie, and even though it didn't come out this year I've only just seen it, so La Haine.

I'm sure that The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou and A Very Long Engagement (I'm on a Mathieu Kassovitz kick) will also be added to this list, but I have to wait until Christmas to see both of those.


la haine is awesome

[jen]

Ruby, it's not overly serious nor overly superficial, and it's nearly impossible to go wrong with a cast like that.... really I was very impressed with it. I haven't come across anyone yet that's taken serious offense to Huckabees either, so odds are that you'll like it.

[jen]

la haine is awesome

It was very well done, the editing and framing of the shots somehow highlights the complexity of not only hatred, but Vinz, Hubert, and Saïd's reactions to it. I guess someone high up in the UF circuit appreciates it as well, since my friend Ramy and I got to rent it for free from one of the campus libraries.

This year I was trying to catch up on Kassovitz films, next year it'll probably be Fassbinder.

[car_crash]

i like fassbinder too. well ive seen "in a year of 13 moons" anyhow. very very bleak and very very good. i especially recommend it to vegetarians

[RW]

thanks. i watched the idiots yesterday, it was provocative, intelligent, entertaining and THEY WERE REALLY HAVING SEX!

[car_crash]

they were?! BREAK OUT THE CANISTEN! yeah i love the idiots too

[polanski]

thanks. i watched the idiots yesterday, it was provocative, intelligent, entertaining and THEY WERE REALLY HAVING SEX!

you mean ive had porn on tape for 6 years and ive never bothered to watch it? i taped it on the end of my Kids tape, in case i needed it for media studies, but to be honest i find all that Dogme 95 stuff dull as hell

[car_crash]

you mean ive had porn on tape for 6 years and ive never bothered to watch it? i taped it on the end of my Kids tape, in case i needed it for media studies, but to be honest i find all that Dogme 95 stuff dull as hell

which ones have you seen?

[RW]

they were?! BREAK OUT THE CANISTEN! yeah i love the idiots too

how could you not notice the close up of some guys spassed out cock going in a womans fanny? not to mention the other people having spass fucks on the floor around them?

[car_crash]

i did notice it. i just wasnt sensationalized by it

[spiritof76]

how could you not notice the close up of some guys spassed out cock going in a womans fanny? not to mention the other people having spass fucks on the floor around them?


Spass fucks. Such a lovely descriptive phrase. I wish to talk about spass fucks more often in conversation.

[RW]

thats the term used in the film, get it on amazon now!

[spiritof76]

The Idiots is good, but my favourite porn-disguised-as-art film is Baise-Moi. The bit where she shoots a guy up the arse? Pure quality.

[groovy]

I went to see Garden State the other day... twas quite a lovely film.

[wiggy]

The bit where she shoots a guy up the arse? Pure quality.

Lovely.

[minor_threat]

not strictly a movie but if you added all the MAYAS MAD MONDAY episodes of corrie together it would be feature-length.

'the alarms goin off in the eccles shop, probably just a cat'
'argh'
'the alarms going off in the ancoats shop? noooooo'
ashton, salford, hulme, weatherfield BANG.

best thing on any kind of screen all year.

[shigs]

haha best thing on any kind of screen, i <3 minor. Did you see last of the summer wine yesterday? it was class.. spike millagen singing a song and old ladies talking about 'taking it both ways' i havnt laughed at the idiot box like that in decades.

[RW]

not strictly a movie but if you added all the MAYAS MAD MONDAY episodes of corrie together it would be feature-length.

'the alarms goin off in the eccles shop, probably just a cat'
'argh'
'the alarms going off in the ancoats shop? noooooo'
ashton, salford, hulme, weatherfield BANG.

best thing on any kind of screen all year.

she didnt hurt the elephant though, so its all good.

[ScottishFiction]

So I take it no-one wound up seeing Bubba Ho-Tep? An elderly Elvis fighting a mummy? Good surprisingly touching fun. But best film I wound up seeing overall this year was L'Appartement, even though it was made in 1996.

Worst film of 2004 = The Forgotten.

[RW]

l'apparetement was great, but what was the ending all about?

[spmd]

ichi the killer was the most fucked up movie I've seen all year

[Ruby]

I forgot about Eternal Sunshine of the whatsit mind, with Kate Winslet. That was ace.

[wiggy]

I forgot about Eternal Sunshine of the whatsit mind, with Kate Winslet. That was ace.

Spotless. Good film.

Finding neverland was good also.

[vice-captain-nick]

The Idiots is good, but my favourite porn-disguised-as-art film is Baise-Moi. The bit where she shoots a guy up the arse? Pure quality.

I've heard so many fucked and disturbed things about that film that I never want to see it.

[minor_threat]

yeah whatever. more likely youre just scared of being aroused by the rape scene.

[jen]

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou: fabulous. And Wes Anderson's film has a Sigur Ros song thrown in. :)

[vice-captain-nick]

yeah whatever. more likely youre just scared of being aroused by the rape scene.

what a fucking stupid thing to say.

[minor_threat]

ta. quite an honour coming from the authority on fucking stupid things to say round ere.

[RW]

it probably didnt come out this year, but i watched goodbye lenin the other day. it was completely brilliant.

[wiggy]

I just watched the Incredibles last night. I actually enjoyed it. Quite funny.

[spmd]

Has anyone seen Hero because I missed it

[Joseph]

No, I didn't see hero because you missed it.

[minor_threat]

i got given a snide copy of the incredibles the other day. its dead good isnt it.

[wiggy]

i got given a snide copy of the incredibles the other day. its dead good isnt it.

Quite a good copy, isn't it?