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Simply put, as we near the end of 2005, what were the best and worst films that you had the fortune/misfortune of seeing within the theaters? I'll start the bat rolling:

Best
1. ROTS
2. Batman Begins
3. Steamboy
4. Howl's Moving Castle
5. Serenity
6. Good Night and Good Luck

Worst
1. White Noise
2. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
3. Sahara
4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Edit -- 5. War of the Worlds

Best:
1. ROTS
2. Batman Begins
3. Serenity
4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

I can't really say were really bad, although I've haven't seen too many new movies this year. However, Hitchhiker's Guide wasn't what it could have been, and War of the Worlds was kind of disappointing.

These are just the movies I've seen.

BEST:
1. Batman Begins (easily)
2. Serentiy
3. March of the Penguins
4. Wallace and Grommit: Curse of the Were Rabbit
5. 40 Year Old Virgin

Meh territory:

6. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Unconvincing Voldemort
7. Narnia: The Lion, the Lich and the Wardrobe

WORST:
1. War of the Worlds (just awful, awful characters and an ending to make a grown man cry in frsutration)
2. Revenge of the Sith (I really didn't like it, no matter how much I tried)

Anything else I've seen has been totally forgotten.

Didn't see too many this year, but of those I saw:

BEST:
Batman Begins
A History of Violence
Sin City
Cinderella Man
Crash
The Aristocrats
Layer Cake
Wedding Crashers

WORST:
Must Love Dogs (I could only hack 15 minutes)
Be Cool
Dukes of Hazzard
Exorcism of Emily Rose
Fantastic 4
HHGTTG

DISAPPOINTING:
ROTS
Kingdom of Heaven
Serenity
War of the Worlds

STILL WANT TO SEE:
Kong
Narnia
Syriana
Walk the Line

I don't see bad movies in the theaters.

Best five films I've seen on the screen this year, in no particular order:

Syriana
The 40-Year Old Virgin
Serenity
Batman Begins
Revenge of the Sith


And a bonus for Ghostbusters, although it doesn't count since it wasn't released this year.

Best movies I've seen:

Serenity
ROTS
Batman Begins
War of the Worlds (say what you will but I liked it)

I can't say I've seen any really bad movies.

Best:
"The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe"
"Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"
"Star Wars: Return of the Sith"

Worst:
"Doom

Uh, don't remember what else I've seen.

Zaia wrote:Best:
"The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe"
"Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"
"Star Wars: Return of the Sith"

Worst:
"Doom

Uh, don't remember what else I've seen.

*suspiciously eyes the lack of Rent on Miss Z's list.

Let's see. I hope these are all titles from this year; I get screwed up sometimes.

1. Cave. This was a pretty bland, generic monster movie, with a bland plot, bland characters, and pathetic, thinly disguised sequel-hoping ending. The only reprieve was that it had some very pretty cave scenery.

2. Fantastic Four. This is a bit of a personal choice, but I really didn't like this movie. It just made me squirm in my seat when I saw it at the theatres, from the name "Victor von Doom" to the ridiculously obvious romantic tension between Mr. Fantastic and the Invisible Woman, to the toy-selling lines.

Haven't had a chance to see many films this year.

The Best were Serenity, Batman Begins, ROTS

The worst was War of the Worlds. I'm sure there was another film I saw this year, but I'm damned if I can remember what it was.

The Core was from 2003 I think. Best movie I saw this year was Serenity, and I can't afford to see bad movies.

Sorry about that, CC. I mean the Cave. Jesus, sometimes I think I'm a bit dyslexic . . .

Yay! Rob Wilson's back!

I only watched two movies this year, Batman Begins and RotS. Really loved Batman, RotS was pretty good too but not quite up to the same level. I plan on seeing Narnia after the holiday madness is over, I hope it's good.

J wrote:Yay! Rob Wilson's back!

Feel the love. Glad to see you back from Nepal (yes I realise that was a while ago, but I've been gone a while ). Make the most of it, I'm only back for a short while. My work load next year means even more absence than this year.

J wrote:I only watched two movies this year, Batman Begins and RotS. Really loved Batman, RotS was pretty good too but not quite up to the same level.

But big things go bang, and hands get chopped and Wookies act like morons... hang on forget that bit, did I mention big things go bang?

J wrote:I plan on seeing Narnia after the holiday madness is over, I hope it's good.

I'm planning on seeing Kong soon and taking the Godkids out to see Narnia, and then try and track down Wallace and Gromit.

King Kong probably wasn't the worst movie of the year, but the fact that it had a $200 million budget bumps it up there. Peter Jackson should never be allowed to use slow motion again or make a movie over 2 hours long.

JME2 wrote:Simply put, as we near the end of 2005, what were the best and worst films that you had the fortune/misfortune of seeing within the theaters?

I didn't see any movies in theater I was very disappointed by, but here are the top 5 that I avoided because, based on Reputable Internet Buddies, they would have been:

1: Fantastic Four
2: Doom
3: HG2G
4: Aeon Flux
5: ....in honorary fifth place I'll say Mirrormask. It was worth the price of admission (and the missed sleep needed) but if they'd spent a little more time on exposition (setting up sympathy for main character) and maybe had a third questing character for more interesting journey dynamics... there were just lots of things that could have been done a bit better but weren't. Maybe becuase of the superlow budget, but still.

Top 5 movies I'd've liked to've seen in theaters or still plan to (in no particular order):
1: 40 Year Old Virgin (Cross refrence against list of "could have been shit but rocked," not listed here.)
2: That Gay Cowboy Incredible Hulk Sequel
3: Kong
4: Syriana
5: The Devil's Rejects

Grand Admiral Thrawn wrote:King Kong probably wasn't the worst movie of the year, but the fact that it had a $200 million budget bumps it up there. Peter Jackson should never be allowed to use slow motion again or make a movie over 2 hours long.

Not a recommendation then. Well hopefully I'll enjoy it.

I only saw good movies this year. ROTS, Batman Begins, Sin City, and Serenity. That was it, pretty sad huh?

edit: and Rob Wilson makes a surprise appearance. The christmas miracles never end!

I've only seen two movies this last year.

Sin City
Constantine

The big three:
Batman Begins, Return of the Sith, and Serenity.

Col. Crackpot wrote:*suspiciously eyes the lack of Rent on Miss Z's list.

That's because I haven't seen it yet! Doh. I need to fix that. Thanks, babe.

I saw a lot of new movies I really liked this year..

The Good:
Constantine
The Pacifier (it was cute damnit!)
Saw 2
Rent
Brothers Grimm
Harry Potter
40yo Virgin
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Yes, I liked it)
Hitchhikers Guide
Sin City
Batman Begins
Hitch
Lord of War
Cursed
Fantastic 4
Red Eye


The Bad:
Corpse Bride
Doom
White Noise
Transporter 2
Racing Stripes
Elizabethtown
Layer Cake
Serenity
Dukes of Hazzard

Kate doesn't spend an obscene amount of money going to the movies...

aerius wrote:I only saw good movies this year. ROTS, Batman Begins, Sin City, and Serenity. That was it, pretty sad huh?

Sin City I saw that as well, for some reason I thought that was last year. Damn but my sense of time has gone out the window.

aerius wrote:edit: and Rob Wilson makes a surprise appearance. The christmas miracles never end!

I'm the gift that keeps on giving. The fact that what I keep giving has been banned in 40 countries is not important right now.

Tinkerbell wrote: The Bad:
Serenity

Heretic, Stone the Unbeliever!

Seriously though, what didn't you like about it?