Best Movies of 2005

[Bonejangles]

Here is my list of the best movies of 2005:



Star Wars: Episode III--Revenge of the Sith
Batman Begins
War of the Worlds
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Corpse Bride
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
King Kong

[Joe Russo]

I posted my Best of 2005 list over at the site....the feature will be up within a day or two, but you can check out my top ten favorites by clicking HERE!!!!! (http://www.movietack.net/id318.html)

[Powder Monkey]

Great picks. Those are some of my fav movies.

[Natoksane]

How about the BEST movie of 2005?

I'll go with Sin City.

[Not_My_Style]

King Kong is near the top for me. I just saw it and thought it lived up to the hype.

[Feyd]

Lord of the rings.

[Bonejangles]

Lord of the rings.


We're talking about the best movie of 2005, Feyd. I'd have to go with Narnia on this one.

[DeMenTeD]

Star Wars: Episode III--Revenge of the Sith yes
Batman Begins yes
War of the Worlds no was stupid and sucked
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ehhh half credit
Corpse Bride yes
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire yes
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobet o late will be in for 06
King Kong to late will be in for 06

IMHO

[TheTaxidermist]

Where is Cinderella Man in that list??? Great movie.

[Fito]

How is Narnia and Kong too late for this year? If you go by the Academy year then they are both fine....King Kong and Brokeback Mountain are probably the two best movies of the year. I haven't seen Munich or Capote though...

[Joe Russo]

How is Narnia and Kong too late for this year? If you go by the Academy year then they are both fine....King Kong and Brokeback Mountain are probably the two best movies of the year. I haven't seen Munich or Capote though...

I agree on the schedule but you gotta see Munich before bearing down and picking a favorite pick...trust me, its awesome

[Powder Monkey]

Narnia, hands down.

[dooganking]

War of the Worlds no was stupid and sucked
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ehhh half credit



i don't know man... if charlie got a half credit there's no reason why war of the worlds shouldn't either...

i haven't seen the original in a while but i thought (emphasis on thought...) that they changed it up enough to keep it interesting... charlie they changed a number of things but everything that was supposed to be in there was...

don't get me wrong though... i liked charlie a lot and would probably put it slightly ahead of war of the worlds...

[Joe Russo]

Hey guys the results of the Best of the Best competition are finally all posted @ Movie Tack.net.....see what films reigned supreme in their respective catagories!

[Fito]

War of the Worlds started out great but after the first hour or so I started to lose intrest, which is odd for a Spielberg movie not entitled The Terminal. I thought the characters and such were good enough but the action started to get repetitive and the whole basement scene just sort lost the movie's steam. Better then average blockbuster at best in my opinion.

On the subject of Munich, most things I've seen about the movie says it's great so I'm definitely going to see it the first chance I have. In retrospect I probably should've said that those were the two best movies that I'VE seen this year.

[maccus_cogitae]

Sin City, without a doubt.

[dooganking]

well as long as we're on top lists i thought i'd make my own (i actually made it as an edit in my last post but apparently i posted and then the site was taken down for 2.0's arrival...) but anyway i got my 16 most enjoyable (don't ask me why i chose 16) movies. Please remember this has nothing to do with technical merit but just the entertainment value to me...
1. Ong-Bak: the Thai Warrior - alright alright... i realize this movie technically came out in 2003 but it didn't (legally) make it to the US until this year (or at least to my local best buy...). I straight up loved this movie and enjoyed every second of it...
2. Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith - I'm a nerd and no one can deny me my nerdiness...
3. MirrorMask - Joe's got a great review of this movie on his sight, but i thought it had great story and woulda given it a bit higher score. Very cool and imaginative filmmaking.
4. Walk the Line - just a good, well-done movie.
5. Grizzly Man - Great documentary of a couple who were eaten by a Grizzly in Alaska.
6. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - While no one can replace Gene Wilder, this movie still held its own against the original. And who can't love Danny Elfman for doing everything for the oompa loompa's except the actor who portrayed them...?
7. Constantine - This one surprised me. Thats the only reason its up this high. Well... that and i saw it with a girl (she actually suggested seeing it... if you must know...)
8. Robots - I love animated movies. I love Robin Williams. 'Nuf said.
9. Mindhunters - I'm probably one of few who actually liked this movie, but even though it wasn't all that believable it was still better than saw 2...
10. War of the Worlds - I haven't seen the original in a LONG time but this movie changed enough of it to keep me interested to the end. (Note (particularly for Fito): pretty sure this was a Spielberg flick... not stephen king)
11. Unleashed - A decent mix of action and drama.
12. Good Night and Good Luck - I just thought it was neat. There was a sort of anticipation of something that was gonna happen and although that anticipation never came true i still thought it was a decent, informative movie. I shoulda known that though cuz nothing ever happens in reality...
13. Kingdom of Heaven - Definitely Orlando Bloom's best movie to date, which isn't saying much i know, but don't not see it because of him. It's a little preachy of religious tolerance (which i don't necessarily see as a good thing) but entertaining nonetheless)
14. The Island - Again, probably one of few that liked this one but i was still entertained.
15. Hostage - I thought this played out quite well.
16. A History of Violence - Kinda drawn out movie and i probably only enjoyed it because of viggo.

NOTE: These are just the movies that I have seen. This list does not include movies such as Final Fantasy: Advent Children as it hasn't been legally released in the US. If it were however, i'd probably put it in the number 1 spot. Other movies i have yet to see: Munich, King Kong, Brokeback Mountain, Narnia, The Weather Man, North Country, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Serenity, Cinderella Man, Crash, or Sin City. And my vote for worst/most dissappointing movie goes to Mr. and Mrs. Smith... i'm not a big fan of technical merit but from the looks of things it appears that Walk the Line will at least make a good run at the academy's... as well as King Kong and Brokeback Mountain

[Fito]

Wow...I have no idea where Stephen King came from.......I edited the post so that it makes sense now....

[Joe Russo]

14. The Island - Again, probably one of few that liked this one but i was still entertained.



You are not aone here.....I liked the film alot, so did Spieldream and Joel....Scarlett looks AMAZING in it, the action is great, the science fiction is alot of fun, and Ewan delivered too. It is suprising considering its Michael F'n Bay of all people

[dooganking]

yeah, I think if people saw it (The Island) they would like it also, but its just that it really didn't do well at all at the box office...

[Joe Russo]

yeah, I think if people saw it (The Island) they would like it also, but its just that it really didn't do well at all at the box office...
yea that is unfortunate too because it caused the producers to put the blame on two very capable stars rather than what I felt was just poor marketing

[Jacob]

Where is Cinderella Man in that list??? Great movie.
true that, but i wonder if everyone can appriciate a boxing film. sure, it's not ALL about that, but...that's what it is when you get to the bare bones of it. *shrugs*

[Fito]

true that, but i wonder if everyone can appriciate a boxing film. sure, it's not ALL about that, but...that's what it is when you get to the bare bones of it. *shrugs*


Well, the academy definitely appreciated Million Dollar Baby and Rocky...I wouldn't be surprised if Cinderella Man got a few nods either.

[dooganking]

didn't ali get some noms too?

[Fito]

Yeah, I know that Will Smith got nominated for Best Actor.

[Joe Russo]

didn't ali get some noms too?

as it should have seeing as it was a michael mann film....oh yeah

Cinderella Man was good but I don't see it winning any awards, maybe a nom or two though

[dooganking]

it was a little early in the year for the academies...

[Bonejangles]

it was a little early in the year for the academies...


No it wasn't. As long as a movie comes out in 2005, it can be elligible (sp?) for the Academy Awards this year.

[Joe Russo]

No it wasn't. As long as a movie comes out in 2005, it can be elligible (sp?) for the Academy Awards this year.

Regardless of the fact that it came out in 2005 the Academy tends to lean towards films that come out during the fall and winter when giving out their votes.....Look at the snub Eternal Sunshine of the Spottless Mind got, and that was one of the best of 2004!

[dooganking]

exactly...

[maccus_cogitae]

exactly...
Nobody can argue with that...

[John Clabo]

Eternal Sunshine was a horrible movie in my opinion.

[SpielDream]

Eternal Sunshine was a horrible movie in my opinion.

That is sad...but it is your opinion...but seriously maybe re-watch?

but hey as long as you didn't like Boondock Saints I will forgive you...or did you...

[John Clabo]

Hehehehe!

Boondock Saints kicked serious tail man.......

[Joe Russo]

Hehehehe!

Boondock Saints kicked serious tail man.......

oh god...not a phony fan boy of boondocks....god that movie is overhyped...oh and eternal sunshine was one of the best of 2004....now that is a movie that is cool!

[Fito]

Comparing Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind to Boondock Saints is extremely ignorant. ESOTSM is incredible and truly visionary. Kate Winslet's performance is one of my favorites in a long time and Jim Carrey showed that he's got some game. Boondock Saints is one of those badass movies that a lot of people are going to like, similar to Die Hard I guess, but ESOTSM is what filmaking is all about. One of my favorite movies in a loooooooooong time.

[Joe Russo]

Comparing Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind to Boondock Saints is extremely ignorant. ESOTSM is incredible and truly visionary. Kate Winslet's performance is one of my favorites in a long time and Jim Carrey showed that he's got some game. Boondock Saints is one of those badass movies that a lot of people are going to like, similar to Die Hard I guess, but ESOTSM is what filmaking is all about. One of my favorite movies in a loooooooooong time.

I wasn't trying to compare the two....it was two statements in one. They are so different you are right, they can't be compared. What can be though is Boondock and Die Hard, hands down Die Hard wins....that is a modern day classic....Boondock just isn't as great as everyone claims it is....it just is the sad god honest truth

[Natoksane]

oh god...not a phony fan boy of boondocks....god that movie is overhyped...oh and eternal sunshine was one of the best of 2004....now that is a movie that is cool!

I agree. Very interesting movie.

[dooganking]

nevertheless, boondock is a newer movie, with albeit a crappy sort of point... its a relatively fresh retelling of an old tale yes, which is why boondock saints has already been erased from the minds of alot of people...

yes die hard is a classic (though i hope the fourth installment doesn't change my mind...) and it already has stood the test of time but every now and then people want something a little new and a little different...

hell if you want a better example of this look at spiderman... in my opinion it was below average, certainly subpar to CLASSICS like Batman and (imo) superman... there is no reason to pound a specific point across to an audience 10 times in a movie like spiderman does... it really had nothing that hasn't been done before... the special effects of spiderman, although may be better than in 1997, still make spiderman look like a rubber contortionist... and you have got to be ****ing kidding me that if a packed subway saw spidey's face that they'd ALL agree right then and there, to not give away that information even though that information is worth, literally, millions or even billions... and look at how well the spiderman movies have been received...

now... if we compare boondock to die hard, besides kinda hero action movie... what is there? yeah... there's a story and guns... so what... tons of movies have had them since the advent of the movie... BUT die hard never had a toilet being dropped on a guy... never had a prayer to go with every execution... and i don't believe boondock specificly named a movie that they were ripping off (ala spiderman ripping off superman story and auntie whatserface saying "you can't be superman ya know..."... )

alright... i can continue my hate of spiderman anytime if anyone would like to go there...but it CERTAINLY shouldn't be in this thread...

[Fito]

Haha, countless Spiderman arguments from Gamer-Station come to mind Doogan. But alas, we don't need to do that anymore. The point that I was trying to make, and I fully agree with you Joe on pretty much everything you said, is that Boondock Saints and Die Hard had a similar appeal to people. A different kind of appeal then Eternal Sunshine had.

[dooganking]

i wouldn't mind bringing a few of those GSnet discussions over here though, then i'd more than likely hear (read) more than 2 points of view...

[Bonejangles]

What kind of discussions, doogan? I could maybe start a couple.

[dooganking]

any of the longwinded ones that i was a major part of would be good... (they usually made me look good...)

[Joe Russo]

I can't believe you guys have been dissing spidey! I agree that Superman and Batman Begins are great, but how could you not like Spiderman! Sam Raimi is a great director and he brought a distinct stamp to the series....aside from the power ranger green goblin I loved the first movie and the second one blew my mind. The characters were rich and well developed, the action was spectacular, and it never lost the humorous touches that define the comics. Yeah what now lol

[Fito]

Alright, here we go again Doogan...some of the special effects did you chessy, but they wanted to keep the comic book feel to the whole movie and they succesfully did that with the chessy screenplay etc. I'm not saying that they didn't do any stupid stuff with the movie, but it's a mostly faithful adaptation to the comicbooks.

[dooganking]

alright... my biggest beef with spidey is that NO PART OF THE STORY HADN'T BEEN DONE BEFORE... do we really need watch spidey debate whether he believes in himself for the ENTIRETY of the two movies? the fact that he can't really be with a single other person for their safety has been done in every superhero/comicbook movie from the beginning of time... ya know what... i'm gonna go find that post i had on gs net... i'll be back in a bit...

edit: dammit its gone... that means i have to go find a short essay i did on this for college...

edit: oh yeah... the fact that he doesn't say anything to whatserbuns, how many times? 10? 13? 18? and each one for no less than 3 minutes... i mean jesus... i've never been treated so childlike as an audience...

i agree that sam raimi is a good director, i like(d) tobey maguire, and i am one of willem dafoe's biggest fans... but the spidey movies said, "hey kid, yeah you there sitting in the audience, yeah you the one that payed 8 bucks to see this movie, we're going to repeat 2 or 3 things over and over and over and over and over again until we've just about pounded it through that little itty bitty bit of skin you call an ear drum, and then for good measure we'll keep 2 of these things and put them in the next movie as well..."

edit: well eff... the paper's gone too... and if ya please joe, tell me what you thought raimi's "distinct stamp" to the series was? i will give your comments some thought, but i doubt i will change my stance that the entirety of spiderman 1 and 2 are all complete rehashings of older superhero movies that are stretched out FAR longer than they ever need to be.

also i think another point was that we really don't need to see that spidey's having second thoughts about being spidey (identity crisis) for as long the movies carried it on for... beyond that i felt the dialogue was rather subpar even if it was based on a comic book...

[Fito]

This is what I love Doogan...forum fights at 4 in the morning! You do have very very good points, but for whatever reason I still think that I enjoyed myself watching the movie and I guess that's all that can be said....here's the rankings on recent comic book movies......I'll probably forget some so let me know

4. Spiderman 2
3. Blade (the first one)
--------the next two are far superior
2. X2
1. Batman Begins

[dooganking]

i got no arguments with that list as spidey's at number 4...

oh another thing.. i had mentioned batman before and then joe came right back with batman begins... i actually meant the tim burton/micheal keaton original batman, which is still the best 'super'hero movie ever... i really enjoyed the recent remake of punisher as well... the x-men series thus far has been incredible in my mind (and i thought the legends games were great too...). And blade has its place as well.

another one i liked was Alive, the Japanese movie from 2002 that was (i think) based on a comic book. Different and a little wierd but i liked it (i'm a sucker for different movies). if you want to know more the imdb page is HERE (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0331834/)

[Joe Russo]

if you want to see Raimi's stamp on the series please rewatch scenes like the Dr. Octopus hospital scene in Spiderman 2......his use of his horror background made this scene incredible, you can see the influence of Evil Dead on it. It is raimi's distinct humor and directorial touches that allowed him to put his stamp on the series......oh and by the way Punisher was awful.

Here are my favorite comic book films:

Superman
Batman
Batman Returns
Xmen
Spiderman
X2
Spiderman 2
Sin City
Batman Begins

[John Clabo]

The punisher, top 3 on my all time favorite movies list...Joe your insane ;)

[Joe Russo]

The punisher, top 3 on my all time favorite movies list...Joe your insane ;)


With a 28 percent on Rotten Tomatoes I don't think I am alone in thinking Punisher was a steaming pile.....other than Thomas Jane, who was pretty good as the title character, the movie had no substance and wasn't that fun to watch. It could have been SO much better considering the ferocity and intensity of the comic book character and story. Want to watch a better modern day revenge movie, see Kill Bill......and if that is to mainstream cool see Munich, because that is an awesome story of revenge......heck even see Hostel....the revenge the hero takes in that film is great! I can go on all day.....point in case Punisher didn't live up to its potential and could have been a much better comic adaptation

[John Clabo]

Kill Bill.....I feel asleep in the middle of that movie. I did see the "oh so cool" part towards the end where she takes on a bunch of stupid looking guys with masks...the movie was a stinker in my opinion. Munich I have not seen yet...I'll look into it.


Movies I'm keeping my eye on this year:
Resident Evil: Afterlife
Hitman (This movie could be great....or it could suck badly)
The punisher 2
Batman 2 (sequel to batman begins...the sequel's name hasnt been announced)
and a few others I cant seem to think of.


-John

[dooganking]

This is what I love Doogan...forum fights at 4 in the morning!

cuz these day fights have way too much logic and reasoning...

but anyway... don't take this as being snippety... but... i never said punisher was good... i said i enjoyed it (ya gotta remember people are sick and twisted and the movie had a few twisted parts). similar to fifth element... everyone knows that movie isn't good by any means... but almost everyone i know likes that movie a helluva lot... as for kill bill... i didn't think there was anything to it besides an effing list... there just was a broken storyline (something tarantino's famous for so no biggie...) and a list being crossed off... thats not revenge... thats shopping... but then again i couldn't bring myself to watch the second part... i couldn't take how much tarantino used the excessive blood (i know... thats the point... it gets pretty retarded and ridiculous after a while without much comedy...) the other thing i thought about the movie was that if this was a tribute to some of those movies that influenced tarantino i thought that kill bill was more of a spoof of a tribute...

and john i'm hoping for hitman as well... but i'm not gonna hold my breath for any resident evil movies anymore...

[John Clabo]

I loved the 5th element.......

[Joe Russo]

it is 2 bad you guys didnt watch vol. 2 because you missed the point of the entire movie and in a sense your comments about it are unjustified because you don't have the context to make those criticisms..... and it is a tribute if you have seen or have an understanding of the films it is paying homage too.

and 5th element is a good movie, punisher is not

[dooganking]

i was told not to by every single one of my friends who did see it (vol 2.) who told me the exact same things i've put in these posts... beyond that i was completely put off by the first. And basically what it comes down to for me, is where you saw substance in the kill bill movies i saw emptiness... thats just my opinion, if ya take it worth a grain of salt thats a different matter completely... (i've also been told that vol. 1 is all action and maybe a little story and vol. 2 is all story and a little action, don't know if thats true or not but... it was what was said... though if you ask me revenge requires very little story in the first place...).

[Jacob]

All i know is Kill Bill gets my thumbs up. very well done 2 moive story. :)

[Joe Russo]

(i've also been told that vol. 1 is all action and maybe a little story and vol. 2 is all story and a little action, don't know if thats true or not but... it was what was said... though if you ask me revenge requires very little story in the first place...).

that is true and that is why you missed the movie, if you haven't seen both halves, which is essentially two parts to one movie, then you missed the whole point. Yes story is needed in revenge to serve as motivation, otherwise who cares

[Fito]

The Punisher is so bad it probably deserved like 10% on rotten tomatoes...Bad acting, bad direction, bad writing...what is good in the film?

[TheTaxidermist]

How can you go in and say movies like Eternal Sunshine are visionary and just get a "boxing" film out of Cinderella Man? Cinderella Man beats Rocky in my opinion. Jim Braddock had something to fight for, unlike Rocky Balboa. How does Batman Begins get a top nod and not Cinderella Man? It just confuses me.

[John Clabo]

Oh yea? The punisher still rocks.... hehehe

[Fito]

How can you go in and say movies like Eternal Sunshine are visionary and just get a "boxing" film out of Cinderella Man? Cinderella Man beats Rocky in my opinion. Jim Braddock had something to fight for, unlike Rocky Balboa. How does Batman Begins get a top nod and not Cinderella Man? It just confuses me.


I don't just get a boxing film out of Cinderealla Man, Rocky, Million Dollar Baby etc. but that is a central part of the film. Batman gets a top nod because it was the best recent comic book movie which is what i was listing.

[dooganking]

that is true and that is why you missed the movie, if you haven't seen both halves, which is essentially two parts to one movie, then you missed the whole point. Yes story is needed in revenge to serve as motivation, otherwise who cares

uhm... wouldn't the fact that one gets the satisfaction of revenge be motivation? thus, story in a revenge movie is limited, in my opinion, to WHY one wants revenge. So, a movie starts, i start killing people, why am i killing people?, because those people killed my family. Sure there could be a little bit more, like maybe i backstabbed those people or swindled them for bajiliions of dollars, and then there might be a little filler like, they set me up to make it look like i killed my own family... i don't know man... i just don't see much to it past that. The only thing i need to know about revenge is why people are dying... the first movie gave me that... all the other stuff is like toppings... and i HATE peanuts on my sundaes... blech... maybe i'll see it eventually but i doubt i will pay money to do so...


The Punisher is so bad it probably deserved like 10% on rotten tomatoes...Bad acting, bad direction, bad writing...what is good in the film?

as for this... as i said before, its enjoyable. Fifth element had those things as well ('cept for willis and jovovich, and maybe the director) but i still like 'em. And come on... shooting a guy point blank through the neck with an arrow is neat...

[Joe Russo]

until you see both halves of Kill Bill you basicly have no say in whether or not it is a good movie......and punisher had some concepts going for it but it just failed to deliver on its potential....it could have been great, thats why it sucks.

and who said cinderella man wasnt a good movie?? wtf mate it was inspirational

[dooganking]

like i said before... whether you take my opinions worth a grain of salt is a different matter completely...

HOWEVER... the kill bill series was release as 2 movies, thus it should be treated as such... whether the director wanted it released as one or not is good to know but irrelevant. I saw the first one and i thought that was enough. This is what my comments have said so far. I have said very little about vol. 2 besides that i haven't seen it and that i will probably not see it.

gotta love public forums where anything goes...

so anyway... since we've gotten WAY off topic already... i suggest we carry these sorts of conversations to more appropriate threads...

[Jacob]

as for this... as i said before, its enjoyable. Fifth element had those things as well ('cept for willis and jovovich, and maybe the director) but i still like 'em. And come on... shooting a guy point blank through the neck with an arrow is neat...
Yes, 5th element rocked to the next dimension. And Punisher was enjoyable, but i don't see how anyone could like the bow and arrow scene. I mean, this ISN'T the middle ages!

If the punisher was able to get that close to someone and shoot an arrow, couldn't he have just stabbed that guy in the head? or used a traquiler? Or throw a knife? I a gun with a silencer? Anything but a bow and arrow...

Same thing occured with Blade 3. Why are vampire hunters still using bow and arrows? how much more impractical can you get? :blabla: