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Of the 24 movies I have seen in theatres this year, these I feel strongly about.

Best:

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Big Fish
Butterfly Effect, The
Chronicles of Riddick, The
Dawn of the Dead
Day After Tomorrow, The
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
Manchurian Candidate, The
Man On Fire
Monster
Passion Of The Christ, The
Spider-Man 2
Shrek 2
Stepford Wives, The

Worst:

Bubba Ho-Tep
Godsend
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
King Arthur
Punisher, The
Taking Lives

Best:

The Passion of the Christ
Spider-Man 2
Kill Bill Volume 2
Dawn of the Dead

Worst:

Catwoman
Faranheit 9/11

all i could think of

Best:
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Shaun of the Dead
Spiderman 2
Kill Bill Volume 2
HellBoy
Dodgeball

Worst:
The Passion of the Christ

We obviously have 180-degree differing opinions on movies, I would have flip-flopped most of your choices.

Best

Dawn of the Dead
SpiderMan 2
The Butterfly Effect
Big Fish
Dodgeball
Anchorman

Worst

Metallica Some Kind of Monster
King Arthur
Harry Potter and the Prizoner of Azkaban
Hidalgo

Hidalgo was definately one of the worst. If it wasn't in the LOTR wake I wouldn't know why they even bothered.

BEST(in no order)
Kill Bill 2
The Manchurian Candidate
Bourne Supremacy
The Passion
Spiderman 2
Mean Girls
Shrek 2
Butterfly Effect
Out of Time
Man on Fire
The Village(ask me why)
monster
The terminalI robot
Farenheit 911

WORST
Chronicles of Riddick
Hellboy
King Arthur
Dodgeball(too random)
Harry Potter
two broothers(took my neice blah)
Catwoman
A cinderealla Story(hey i won free tickets )
The notebook

It did suck. The only reason i went to see it is because a friend asked me if I wanted to go to the movies and so I did and we saw Hidalgo. It was such a bland movie

i have never heard of the friging village ... ??

Wow. Not one opinion on Troy.

Best so far:

Kill Bill vol. 2
Dawn of the Dead
Shrek 2
Passion
Dodgeball


Worst so far:

Catwoman
Troy
Van Helsing
The Punisher
Soul Plane
White Chicks

BEST:

Spiderman 2!!!!!!!!!
Mean Girls
Harry Potter Prisoner of Azkaban
Troy

WORST:
Catwoman
Fahranheit 9/11

Absolute Best......Dawn of the Dead
Absolute Worst......King Arthur

troy wasnt the best but it ceratinly wasnt the worst. people would see it just not buy it and King Arthur was te biggest let down

Like what?

Best movies of 2004 so far is Spider-Man 2 and Kill Bill Vol. 2.

Worst movies of 2004...it's a tie, and they both debuted on the same day:
- Van Helsing
- New York Minute (yes, I did see that movie)

Just so you know, there is a movie titled Without A Paddle coming along in about 2 weeks, thus I could very well change those selections for worst movie of 2004.

If I had to narrow it down those would be my choices two

what was so bad bout van helsing? the plot ending was kinda weak but it was till good

Kill Bill, The Village, The Passion, Anchorman to name a few. And I don't watch Harry Potter movies but if I did see it I'm sure it would be on the latter list.

Everything.

I disagree

BEST

1. Spider-Man 2
2. Passion Of The Christ
3. The Punisher
4. Hellboy

WORST
Random Order

Shrek 2
Catwoman
Kill Bill Volume 2
The Village
Chronicles Of Riddick
I, Robot
Troy

as do i

I don't think Troy was one of the worst at all. I thought, besides dubious dialogue here and there, that it was a very good movie.

Mean Girls I have never seen and will never see but just from it's concept I can tell you it deserves no place other than that of the worst list.

-AC

I'm cool with that.

The cast was great Eric Bana, Brad Pitt, and Orlando Bloom. But the story was a bit weak at best. They made it seem as if all these thousands of people were killed over some woman. Orlando didn't do much of anything in the film. Eric was killed with about 45 minutes left in the film. I think the film could have been done much better than it was.

Alpha GO SEE MEAN GIRLS IT HILARIOUS! and troy...weher was helen in all of it? she had like 2 scnees

"The cast was great Eric Bana, Brad Pitt, and Orlando Bloom. But the story was a bit weak at best. They made it seem as if all these thousands of people were killed over some woman. Orlando didn't do much of anything in the film. Eric was killed with about 45 minutes left in the film. I think the film could have been done much better than it was."

That's how it happened so I'm cool with how they did it. Pretty accurate and that's coming from a history/mythology fan.

"Alpha GO SEE MEAN GIRLS IT HILARIOUS! and troy...weher was helen in all of it? she had like 2 scnees."

I've got enough airheaded bimbos around where I live without paying to see them do nothing on a screen thanks.

Troy was about the consequences of everything, not the one woman.

-AC

Best

Manchurian caniadate
Miracle
Eternal sunshine on the spotless mind
Kill bill Vol 2
Hellboy
Master and commander
Anchorman
Saved

Worst

Catwoman
Vanhelsing
Troy
Irobot
Punisher
Chronicles of riddick
shrek 2
the last samuri
and pretty much everything else
Man on fire ( i wanted to like but the style of filmakfing, with the flashing , giving me a migrane, killed it for me)

You didnt like Last samuri? I thought it was really good.


Master and Cmander and last samuri came out last year

did it ? i;m sorry, i was just reaching for somthing to keep my faith in the movies.

No i thought last samuri was grosley over done which overlooked the actual samuri culture and way of life, ah..but thats just me slap tom cruise on it and it will sell. He's good but not that good, you know

yea I dont really like most of his movies

How could I forget ...

My Baby's Daddy

Actually, I take it back...I rather forget about it.

ruddy catwoman .. fffffff.........ing shite

Best:

Troy
The Notebook
The Village(I liked it alot i don't know why)
Mean Girls
Big Fish
Kill Bill
DodgeBall
Spider-man2
Shreak2

Worst:
White Chicks
Harry Potter Prisoner of Azkaban
King Arthur
Secret Window(first time it was good than the 2nd time is was bornig
Along came Polly(meh)

and troy load of f..ing poo poo

Best:
Love me if you dare
Spider-man 2
Farenheight 9/11
The Corporation
Supersize Me
Jersey Girl

Worst:
Catwoman

everything else i haven't seen yet or fits somewhere in between.

you thought the last samurai was good?
#1 o god a white man as the last samurai
#2 the fighting

I'd like to add "I, Robot" to my personal best, and "Collateral" to my worst.

jersey girl? from what I've heard it was craptastic.

it was. a waste of blondes

there weren't any blondes, Jersey girl was great even if it didn't have jay and silent bob or explosions.

hmmm i usually dont waste my time to go see crappy movies so i have more good movies than bad

BEST, so far
Spiderman
Shrek 2
I Robot
Harry Potter
Troy ( hey it wasn't bad)

Worst->
Day after tommorow ( was alright but it insulted my intelligence)


i'll add more if i go to the cinema soon.

tom cruise wasnt the last samurai....katsumoto was.

BEST:

Spider-Man 2
I-Robot

WORST:

Van Helsing

The Best
Hellboy
The Village
Kill Bill Vol. 2


The Worst
Garfield
The Day After Tomarrow
I, Robot
Starsky and Hutch
Troy

Worst this year would be MAN-SPIDER 2
BEST? Harry Potter 3.

I don't get why everyone is putting 'Dawn of the Dead' I mean it was another one of those stupid "Look there are dead rotting people.. run" movies. If I were to choose one of those movies that was actually good, it would be 28 days later.. it actually carried a PLOT.

Best:

Kill Bill vol. 2
Eternal Sunshine Of the Spotless Mind (went straight to my favorites list)
I can't remember the dates of most of these movies.. let's just say that there were alot of movies that were advertized really well and LOOKED really good but turned out to be pure CRAP.

Best
eternale sunshine
kill bill vol 2
some kind of monster
anchorman
farenhieght 9/11
garden state




wosrt
the village
saved
king arthur

WOAH you've seen garden state?! I need to get a straight answer, when the hell does it come out?!?!

o really? now ill watch it

IT IS OUT

You have it upside down

Ok, finally getting around to doing this:

Best (no order):
Kill Bill 2
The Ladykillers
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Starsky and Hutch
Napoleon Dynomite
Dodgeball
Man on Fire
Manchurian Candidate
The Village
The Bourne Supremacy

Worse(no order):
Along Came Polly
Hellboy
The Whole 10 Yards
Chronicles of Riddick

Best movie of 2004- Lord of the rings, Troy (LOTR was more 2003 ish)

Worst " " " - The Village

apparently it came out August 6th but I've seen it in no theatres, today I was informed of two in my city.

The remake of Dawn of the Dead had more zombies. We love zombies! Besides is the same thing with 28 days later. Look there are rotting people...run. So much for a plot.

its a true story the fighting was awesome.




O.K. were does Kill Bill 2 come into the area of a good movie? they were both loads of crap

The horror movies of this era are also loads of crap... nothings bloody scary at all... they are all let downs. you could take the zombies and give em rifles and call it a 80 war film

um there have been alot of bloody horror movies within the past few years Dawn of the Dead, Cabin Fever, Freddy vs. Jason, House of 1000 corpses and I cant really think of any others

you aren't aware of the adverb bloody its like saying freakin or f'ing

yeah but it doesn't matter, whether YOU used it as an adverb or not he was using it as an adjective.. it didn't change what either one of you were saying.. but that doesn't matter. Kill Bill WAS a good movie, it was gorey yeah but who cares? It wasn't put into a horror movie genre...

Worst
catwomen added

actually it would change what i was saying... blood filled horror movies are usually the crapiest anyway... they think if they throw gore at you it will some how make it scarier.

kill bill was awesome but if they ddiitn have blood that wouldve defeated the purpose of KILL bill

Kill Bill did kick ass.

Thats the thing, a human mind responds to things like blood and guts in resent and fear. It's not very appealing to the brian (there are exceptions?) Nowadays peoples minds have become used to seeing blood and cuts and severed heads in movies but way back when it was new and scary..

Kill Vol.1 sucked.

Taratino is a good director but he just doesnt know how to write a story.Instead of putting the whole story out of order he should've put it in the order it happened.It wasnt fair to me that I had to spend a whole 90 minutes of my life watching this person fight so many people for a reason I didnt even know much about.

Kill Bill Vol.2 on the other hand is excellent

Kill bill was made to be stupid guys... it was making fun of already stupid 80's martial arts movies which makes it in turn stupid.

It was stupid.This kind of movie makes me think who pathetic and easily pleased the average movie goer is.Just throw them mindlless gore and they'll love.Dont worry about the plot because there gonna be so busy and the gore they wont even care anymore

the butterfly effect
man on fire
garden state
kill bill vl2
eternal sunshine
bourne supremacy
troy
i robot

some of the best of the year in my opinion the first 3 are my top choices for sure.. the others were pretty good

In retrospect, after seeing "Kill Bill: Volume 2", I have to disagree. Aside from the anime segment, the hospital rape scene, and the "pussy wagon", which I detested, I did like "Kill Bill" deep down. It was a fun flick to watch.

The problem lies in the fact that the movies were split up. There was PLENTY of backstory in "Kill Bill" to merit Kiddo's actions. She "roared and rampaged" through 1/2 of her "death list", much like "The Bride Wore Black", with the Kung Fu themed movie feel.

The plot, Stormy, is simple. Revenge. Gore and obscene language is typical Tarantino.

That said, "Kill Bill: Volume 2" was the beginning of the end. The elaborate explanation of Kiddo's backstory was totally unnecessary and would have been more effective at the beginning of 1, during it's flashback segment.

Had that been thrown into the first movie, cut out all the unnecessary training montages, her being buried alive, Budd getting fired from his job, and her drama trying to find Bill through the Latino pimp, and of course drop the HUGE BUCKETS OF SAP that were alllll throughout this movie, the two would have worked seemlessly.

I didn't see the point in The Bride being buried alive. Wasn't Budd being an acomplice in her attempted murder enough of a catalyst to murder him? Seemed like a time filler, and besides, if it were to "test her strength", both physically and mentally, was this not already tested in the first movie, given everything she had to overcome?

2 was just a messy, messy movie. It jumped from having a little correlation with the first installment, to being an "Enough" like girl power ripoff, back to her exacting her revenge, then plunging into some baby drama, which was superbly sugar coated and sappy. Not typical Tarantino fare, by any means.

All of that coupled with one of the biggest letdowns of an ending to a franchise I have EVER seen, it just made for a really unusual, and boring viewing experiences. It was just a messy movie that just didn't stick, and would have been so much better had it been conglomorated, shaved down, and given an over all "hip" feel in lieu of the 2nd's tone of taking itself way too seriously.

I'd consider it one of the worse movies of the year, in which doing so, you can't even take "Kill Bill Volume 1" into consideration. They are two totally seperate movies, and this movie can't stand alone.

^that pretty much sums it up... but the parts about sliming the story down would not have helped either... it just plain sucked

Dude your being really unfair with this movies.Its great.The story and the acting is great and it focused more on story between all these characters so we got to see what they where really like before she started killing em all.



I understand what the plot is I just think that before she started her death list it could have given us the wedding scene at the beginning of the second,but it just rushed in.

my fave movie so far would have 2 b The Day After Tomorrow'

Wort 'King Arthur'

Van Helsing people, Van stinkin' Helsing.

yes, van helsing indeed.. what has happened to our beloved vampires? THEN they killed vampires AND picked on the poor werewolves in 'Underworld'..psh.. lycans.. I know that that's short for lycanthropes or Werewolves but please the way Kate Beckinsale said it really pissed me off.. the best part of that movie was her outfit.. by far.

The Day After Tom. had to be the worst film I saw the whole summer. Besides the scenes of the storms ripping through the cities, there was nothing even remotely good about the film. The way they showed the whole story of Dennis Quaid(sp?) and his son, Jake whatever his name is, was just pathetic. At the end I wanted them both to die in the cold and I didn't really care what happened. What another surprise, another summer movie with action and no story, only this one was by far the worst of the summer for me.

Best

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Even though that is more 2003...)
Kill Bill Vol. 2
Troy
Spider Man 2
Shrek 2
Peter Pan

Worst

Starsky and Hutch
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

That's all I can think of right now...

Best: Spider-Man 2, Harry Potter 3, Hellboy, Van Helsing
Worst: (Don't have one yet, but Kill Bill: Vol. 1 could be one for last year...)

You liked Harry Potter 3 but you didnt like Kill Bill vol.1

butterfly effect the best
that napleon dynamite piece of crap is the worst

I heard Napolian Dynamite was great. Butterfly Effect was good but quite the best.

Best:Kill Bill Vol.2,Spider-Man 2,HellBoy,I Robot,and The Village

Worst-Anchorman,Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen,Starsky and Hutch.

If I ever see Ashton Kutcher leave MTV for the big screen again.. I will bomb his home.

Why? this was by far the best performance of his career

you forgot Dawn of the Dead

it was the best of his career yes, which is sad because it means his career is unbelievably crappy and this was crap but it was.. bearable crap.

i thought he was great in butterfly effect

He is,anybody that cant appreciate that just doesnt know movies

SlipKnoT,I havent seen the "Dawn of the Dead" remake yet

Don't go as far to make such an ignorant blanketed statement such as that.

He's good in the movie, but Kutcher's overall performance isn't anything special, it's only noteworthy because he broke out of a stereotype.

He was a good actor tho not just because he was doing something different.

its not that hard to act stupid like he does in al his other movies

so people just wont give him a chance

I wasnt reffering to his other movies

Yea, he really shined in Dude Where's my Car, and My Bosses Daughter

Don't forget "Just Married" and the stoner in "Down To You".

He's not a great actor, however, "TBE" is a step up from his usual, and his breakout performance. Granted.

ha i loved just married. hes not a great actor. the butterfly effeect was good but i was itching to see him crack a joke or trip or somting

I just dont know why people dont like Ashton Kutcher in TBE I mean you got to give him credit for his breaking out performance .He's really not a bad actor he just doesnt pick the best roles

Good actors know the difference between good and bad roles.

Kutcher is going to continue having a hard time convincing people of his talents until he puts out a few more movies that do not feature him in his 70's show type persona. More reason for him to choose carefully in picking future roles.

I think someone is perhaps mixing up "I think Ashton Kutcher is a great actor" with "Ashton Kutcher gives me confusing feelings down in my little bald sac"

lol

That one is perfect for you

Ok, let's not get in on the gay jokes. Though Mr. Zero's comment was really funny, a respect-worthy come back doesn't include taking their diss and just saying it applies to them more than you..

"YOU'RE stupid"
"yeah, that's more like you."

no dice.


Ashton Kutcher did a GOOD JOB in TBE but in general he's not a good actor, he did BETTER in this, but he's still not a GOOD actor.

it wasnt that good

As of today, here's my top 5 best and worst:

1. Shrek 2
2. Spiderman 2
3. I, Robot
4. Bourne Supremacy
5. Collateral

Honorable Mention: Anchorman, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

-5. Fahrenheit 9/11 (just a one-sided political campaign... actors and directors need to stop with flaunting their political viewpoints. And Michael Moore is a complete ass-biscuit.)
-4. Van Helsing
-3. Highwaymen
-2. Troy
-1. Torque

Just not crappy enough: Secret Window, Passion of the Christ, Godsend

If I didn't see it, I didn't include it. Hence the reason crap like Catwoman isn't on my list.

Its usually better to post things you know cant be used agaisnt you

secret window waz a big dissapointment

Stop causing trouble and stay on topic.

I didnt throw the first blow

THAT'S a good reason for off-topic posts. "He started it! He started it!" How old are we?

Before I get accused of being a hypocrite, I need to add Jersey Girl to my Dishonorable Mention list. Now I'm back on topic.

You haven't thrown a single blow at all. More like little girl slaps.

Anywho. I think AvP is one of the worse movies of the year.

Most bored I've been in the cinema this year
Taking Lives.

Most fun I've had in the cinema this year so far.
Van Helsing.

Personal faves so far:
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
Napoleon Dynamite

isnt it taking lives?

Yes, Eternal Sunshine... was a great film! Nice to see it on some lists.

My bad - the only thing that was stolen was my $7

BEST: Troy

WORST:Catwoman

Exactly how can you like "Troy", and dislike the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy?

They are practically related.

Best: Catwoman

Worst: The Village

And your favorite movie quote is the lame-ass "toad-lightning" theory from X-Men as well. Your obsession with Halle is clouding your better judgment.

and your willingness to just accept and be satisfied with ANY spider-man movie is clouding your better judgement as well.

Really bad movie i swa this year is johnson family vaction.

The Village wasnt that great but it takes a huge shit on Catwoman

I like the "Catwoman" but its certainly not the best film of the year neither is "The Village" the worst :/


"The Village" is probaly one of the best movies ive seen this year.

Why does this not surprise me, Stormy?

il oved 50 first dates

WORST:

01. Along Came Polly directed by John Hamburg
02. Punisher, The directed by Jonathan Hensleigh
03. Passion of the Christ, The directed by Mel Gibson
04. Ned Kelly directed by Gregor Jordan
05. Village, The directed by M. Night Shyamalan ur #3, so im guessing ur not religious at all or an atheist

What?

The fact that I dont think Catwoman is the best of the yeare or that I really like The Village?

That you actually liked Catwoman.

Best:
Kill Bill Vol. 2
Spiderman 2
The Bourne Supremacy
The Passion of the Christ

Worst:
Too many to name.

Kill Bill was cheesy and I know it was supposed to be parody of other movies and all...but I just didn't dig it. Doesn't really seem worth it to see the sequel. Sorry Kill Bill fans!

you better be sorry

If I didn't like, than I didn't like it. What more can I say?

I kind of regret giving it as high as a rating that I did but I still like it for its cool CGI,and also too much talk about it being horrible that I kind of just walked away liking it looking at all the things that people where saying and just thinking its not as bad as all that.

Best: Dogville. jenius, i really can't stop thinking of it

Worst: Troy, not beacause i am greek and saw all these inaccuracies (that was really funny. Sparta had a port;; Really;;;;, simply because it felt nothing, watching it

I'm going to include Hero for best in 2004 (I know the film is originally from 2002, but too bad! I love the damn movie! ). And for worst I'm going to add AVP.

oh yes, 13 going on 30 was horrible, that came out mid 2004 if i recall, wha a load of crap that movie was

Best

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Shrek 2
Spiderman 2


Worst

Along Came Polly