Which was the best movie of the year? Which one was the Worst of the year

[Nikepallas]

I think the best movie I saw this year.(besides F9/11) Spiderman 2. normally I hate the action films and all that stuff went with my husband to see it and I left totally blown away.

Worst movie...Girl with the pearl earring. I loved the book and I know I should compare to different items but you hope the movie stays true to the ideas of the book. IT was terrible.

[saltpoint]

1. Have a nomination for best film...

TARNATION by Jonathan Cauette.

Really engaging film.

[DireStrike]

2. A movie that will certainly bring comments, if claimed best OR worst...

The Village. Personally, I liked it. The ending didn't bother me like it did some people, and I was able to curb my thinking for a lot of the movie.

Best movie? I dunno... The Grudge was ok. I didn't see many movies. National Treasure was nice because I felt like there were coded messages in there against the repukes. Eh... wasn't a particularly good movie year, I felt.

[lenidog]

3. I really liked the Village

my second choice would have been Troy.

[bigwillq]

7. I was just disappointed by the ending, that's all

I thought it was a really interesting film that brought up a lot of good points.

The more I sat and thought about the movie, the better I like it but when I was in the movie and the ending was "revealed" I had to admit that I was pissed.
I sort of figured it out but it still wasn't what I was expecting but I should've known better with M. Night.

[puddycat]

15. I enjoyed The Village. But I knew the ending before I went in.

Somehow I believe that enhanced my enjoyment of it. The individual I went did not know the ending and was more undecided about it.

[BeyondThePale]

4. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

[kwassa]

23. my favorite too, along with Sideways ....

[Jean Louise Finch]

5. Best and worst

Best! Shaun of the Dead
Worst! The Stepford Wives or Troy

this is the result of a two second thinking spell.

[MemphisTiger]

12. Stepford wives wasn't that bad

I don't think it expected to win any awards. Just a fun flick

[Chovexani]

17. Troy had Brad Pitt in a skirt

That's enough to shoot it way above The Stepford Wives, for me.

Yeah, I'm easy. ;)

[Kire]

6. Garden State, Eternal Sunshine or Sideways

I could never live in the country.

[Touchdown]

8. Worst: White Chicks!

What a piece of crap! It's not funny, they look creepy, not like girls, and it's silly beyond stupid! The Wayan's really dropped the ball on this one.

My favorite is probably Spiderman 2. Any adventure film that can actually THRILL me is quite an accomplishment. The El train sequence did just that. The dizzying highwire camerawork climax in I'Robot comes in a close second, but the rest of that film had it's problems.

[Chovexani]

18. Shawn and Marlon Wayans aren't funny

And it completely pisses me off that these are the two that have been foisted upon us. Kim Wayans' left pinky is more funny than those two clowns put together. Damon is more funny comatose, or at least he was before his lame-ass sitcom neutered him. Yet Shawn and Marlon still have careers. There's no justice in this world.

I have no sympathy for anyone who paid money to go see White Chicks. Unless it was at the dollar theater to MST it, but when you do something like that, you know what your expectations are (I'll admit to paying $5 just to see how bad Queen of the Damned was).

[Bombtrack]

9. Best - Spider-Man 2, worst - King Arthur n/t

[dryan]

10. Two of the worst....

Day After Tomorrow
Van Helsing - poor Hugh Jackman

[jobycom]

27. Van Helsing-- I agree, that's my worst, too. I've gotta ask (SPOILER)

How in the Hell a woman gets thrown fifty feet in the air and slammed into concrete pillars, then falls thirty feet, repeatedly, and winds up with a thin, erotic rivulet of blood on the corner of her mouth, but a big, shaggy dog barely falls on her and kills her? Damn, it was awful. No plot, no consistency, and dumb effects. Had to be the worst man-to-werewolf effects I've ever seen.

Okay, I'm better. Still trying to decide on my favorite.

[jobycom]

26. I just saw Arthur, and thought it was on of the best

What did people not like about it?

Kill Bill, too. I just saw it and thought it was hilarious. It gets slammed a lot, too.

[ExclamationPoint]

11. Best:Girl with a Pearl Earring

I loved it, Scarlette Johanson looked so much like the painting and I love how it was recreated. I didn't really like the spider man movies because I hate cartoons and marvel comics, but I did love Tobey Maguire.

Edit: I really loved Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind too, I thought it was Jim Carrey's best and the movie was quite thought provoking. I didn't see White Chicks, but if I had it would've rated pretty badly with me.

Oh and not to get political on a non-political forum, but "Michael Moore Hates America" was a horrible film.

[sans qualia]

13. Did anybody here see I Heart Huckabee's?

I loved that movie. It's probably my favorite, along with Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

[gottaB]

14. I Heart Huckabees was a gas

Another small gem from David Russell. It's hard to measure up to Flirting with Disaster though.


Eternal Sunshine probably wins my vote for best film 2004.

[ruthg]

16. I loved Flirting with Disaster years ago

" Jerry Garcia, blah blah blah"......<g> So far this year, however, I have to put The Aviator on the top of my list.....with Eternal Sunshine way up there. Tonight I saw Spanglish, - another great Tea Leoni performance....Movie was ok, she made a very unsympathetic character heartbreaking. Very underrated actress, that.

[PallasAthena]

22. Very creative and original (as his others were also). You will also like

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (by Wes Anderson), if you liked this one. It has a very similar sensibility. I treasure films like these.

[AP]

28. IHeartHuckabees was great. So was The Return and Spiderman-2

[sakabatou]

19. Best and worst

Best: Spiderman 2
Worst: National Treasure

[dryan]

20. The Stepford Wives ...

'revisited' - I was totally disappointed. We watched it New Year's Eve on pay per view. The first movie was scary --the new movie is totally camp. The ending made no sense whatsoever.

[AgadorSparticus]

21. best: Hero. worst: Soul Plane.

[SoonerShankle]

24. I try to avoid movies that I think are in the worst catagory, so

luckily I did not see movies such as White Chicks.

Movies I appreciated: The Phantom of the Opera
Spider-Man 2
The Incredibles
Fahrenheit 9/11

I still wish to see: The Aviator
Finding Neverland
The Life Aquatic

[Emboldened Chimp]

25. Best: Million Dollar Baby

Worst: Umm...haven't seen a bad movie. I see movies I know will at least be pretty good.