2003
TOP GROSSING
WORLD WIDE
1.
The Lord of the Rings: The
Return of the King
2.
Finding Nemo
3.
The Matrix Reloaded
4.
Pirates of the Caribbean:
The Curse of the Black Pearl
5.
Bruce Almighty
6.
The Last Samurai
7.
Terminator 3: Rise of the
Machines
8.
The Matrix Revolutions
9.
X2
10.
Bad Boys II
UPON FURTHER
REVIEW: Worst Top Grossing Film: The Last Samurai.
Long, dull,
quasi-historical epics with famous headliners are supposed to get inexplicably
nominated for Academy Awards, not inexplicably net hundreds of millions of
dollars.
Best Picture
Award:
The Lord
of the Rings: Return of the King
Lost in
Translation
Master &
Commander: The Far Side of the World
Mystic River
Seabiscuit
UPON FURTHER
REVIEW: Worst Nomination: Lost in Translation
Working
Title: Japan is Weird, Bill Murray Takes Stock. I know people who love this
movie, but I suspect that if the screenwriter’s last name wasn’t Coppola, this
movie a) isn’t loved by anyone and b) never lands a stock-taking Bill Murray to
make it interesting. But maybe I’m bitter that Sophia stinkbombed that movie
that claimed to be a Godfather sequel.
Most
Overrated: Big Fish. I remember loving this movie when it came out. Channel
surfing the other day, I was shocked to discover it was just boring and campy. The
rudest awakening I’ve had since I tried to watch an old He-Man episode. Just
try to get through all 20 minutes of this with your childhood memories intact: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6QpD-MaFuo.
Most
Underrated (Then): The Rundown. The Rock in top form. Stifler in top form. Cowbell
Christopher Walken ad-libbing the entire movie. Arnold cameo. Monkeys. Yes, I proudly
own this movie.
Most
Underrated (Now): Master & Commander.
The series that failed to launch because of exorbitant production costs and no
viable love interest. It’s a shame, Crowe is at home in this role, the dialogue
is solid, and there are some great scenes. Since the second movie tended to be
the best in the Ott Trilogies, I feel like we were denied a truly classic
M&C2.
Most
Influential: Finding Nemo. Both visually
and narratively, this movie is a thing of beauty. For ever after, digital
animation could dare to be art.
Most
Representative of the Decade:
Cradle2 the Grave, Freddy vs. Jason
Desperate
for ideas with a marketing platform to build off of, Hollywood turned to middling hip-hop star
crossover and setting up one played-out franchise against another. This was the cultural wasteland of the decade that was.
Best Scene:
Intolerable
Cruelty – Heinz the Baron Krauss von Espy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2IkPKHoMZ0
plus some great stuff beforehand from CZJ
Intolerable
Cruelty – Love is Good
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyM4ctfYzks
again missing some stuff on the front and back end)
Love
Actually – Christmas Cards for Juliet
Master &
Commander – Cutting the lines
The Rundown –
The Tooth Fairy
School of
Rock – The Man (a lot of material to pick from here)
WINNER:
Intolerable Cruelty – Heinz the Baron Krauss von Espy
BEST 10
MOVIES:
1.
Finding Nemo
2.
Pirates of the Caribbean
3.
School of Rock
4.
Elf
5.
The Rundown
6.
Old School
7.
Love Actually
8.
Intolerable Cruelty
9.
Seabiscuit
10.
The Italian Job
2 comments:
Totally agree on Master and Commander
"Lesser of two weevils"...nuff said
Totally agree on Master and Commander
"Lesser of two weevils"...nuff said
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