FFA Movie Poll - 2005 Countdown Monday!! (1 Viewer)

[KarmaPolice]

Polish a turd, you cannot.  

 

[Ilov80s]

#18 55pts

3/-

Yeah? So?

Which pretty much sums up my reaction to this overrated, pretentious pile of indulgent pap. This mind-bogglingly awful, brain-numbingly slow film starts with a potentially interesting premise and then grinds away, pointlessly and at the speed of sludge, as if to spite anyone whose hopes might have been raised. Whole scenes lack shape, pace or even purpose, and go on for longer than should be permitted. At the end of each scene, the only realistic reaction is, "Yeah? So?" This is not, as many fans will be quick to claim, just anti-Hollywood, it is anti-film. I do not expect instant resolution or fast editing or obvious story-telling. I do expect some sort of point, even if it be pointlessness. It is said that this is an "open work", that it is up to the audience to bring what they will to it. Nonsense. This merely means that the filmmaker was too lazy to bring any vision of his own to the table, but merely lays out the half-baked result so that some chin-stroking cineastes can go,"Oooooh, look -- how profouuuuuund". Mind you, from what I've read, a lot of the fans seem determined to read anything they can into this mess. George's is a racist? And how...how did this ever present itself? For that matter, how did anything present itself? I'm not about to indulge in "spoilers", here, solely because there is nothing to spoil: what "revelation" there is, when it comes, is of the "Yeah? So?" variety, a trivial, meaningless event that took place years before and is never really explained (You know, so you can read whatever you want into it, maaaaaaan) Implausible situations pile upon implausible motivations: people say things they would never say, do things that no real person would ever do, conversations consist merely of people shouting at each other and never actually answering the questions they're asked merely to prolong the shouting match (not for any dramatic or realistic effect).

Do yourself a favour: skip this pile of Emperor's New Clothes, because it's time you'll never get back, time you'd be better off on far more fulfilling pursuits, like clipping your toenails or trying to staple yourself to a plank.

Caché    

That’s a shame 

 

[Ilov80s]

#10 87pts

8/-

I Walked The Line... Straight To The Doors.

All I'd heard about Walk the Line were seemingly wonderful things, like "the acting is wonderful" and "The music is superb and great to listen to", so I went to the cinema expecting a fantastic movie.

I should've gone to see King Kong again.

Now I'm not a fan of Johnny Cash (I do love 3 or 4 songs though), but my god, what a dull, dull movie about a dull, drunk man. Joaquin couldn't draw any pity from me even when his character was at the bottom of the barrel. Even Reese's spark seemed to be out as she just went through the motions of the movie. And the overly dramatic cinematography was the final nail in the coffin.

If you want a movie to depress you, Walk the Line is great. Otherwise, go see a movie where the actors/actresses aren't made of cardboard.

WALK THE LINE

You mean Ray Part 2: White with Sight

 

[Ilov80s]

Somehow I missed Thank You For Smoking was 05. I did really like that movie.

 

[KarmaPolice]

That’s a shame 

The review or it's ranking?

 

[KarmaPolice]

Somehow I missed Thank You For Smoking was 05. I did really like that movie.

If only it was mentioned about 10 times in this thread...

 

[KarmaPolice]

#6  102pts

9/-

If you wanted Capote to die.....

.....I stand with you. There were so many problems with this film that made it a bear to watch.

1. Story - It seemed hours went by without anything happening. From the beginning until 20 minutes from the end you could cut and replace with four minutes so it would fit into a half hour on TV. I did feel a great deal of emotion at the end, but not because of the story.

2. Voice - I do not care how accurate your voice is to the real person, if it sounds bad stop it. It was nominated for many awards so it can not be that bad. His voice was the second part of this movie that annoyed me.

3. Direction - I can't hate the director because he just played with the plot given to him, but I know he deserves some blame too. So many emotions come to mind after seeing these broken, hacked up scenes displayed before me.

When watching the movie, the only bright part was when I heard him call the lady Harper Lee. I had heard of her, I hated her book, but I had heard of her.

I know not every movie can follow up "The Cave" and take my head and wrap it around such a stunning story as I felt watching "The Cave". I felt I liked these types of movies, but I was very wrong. I can't even classify Capote as it doesn't follow the rules of genre. It isn't a drama because to be a drama it needs a serious story. Capote didn't deliver. Now that I think about it Capote would be a Horror/Thriller. I found myself at the edge of my seat waiting for something to happen.

If Capote wasn't dead I'd kill him for inspiring this film.

CAPOTE

 

[KarmaPolice]

#5  103pts

8/1

Wasted opportunity

Sadly, this is a real stinker.

The characters are laughably wooden and the dialogue is excruciatingly hackneyed. In short this is the Yiddish A-Team does Europe, without the humour.

But this is much worse than simply poor entertainment. I believe that when making a film about an historical event the director has an obligation to either portray that event as faithfully as possible or to clearly state that it does not. The film begins with the words "Inspired by real events" which is merely a disingenuous muddling of the fact that this film is a complete fiction. It is not only dishonest but damaging to Hollywoodize history in this way, for both the real people touched by these events and the people who will come away from this film believing it to be the truth.

There were two documentaries about the post-Munich events shown recently on British TV. They were not only far more moving and gripping but told the facts. It was a great story; unfortunately Spielberg wasted the opportunity to tell it.

MUNICH

 

[KarmaPolice]

#4  121pts

6/1

simply propaganda

This is a propaganda flick if I ever saw one. There is no fair comment in this movie. Everyone has off days filming and Herzog has obviously hand picked every one of Timothy Treadwell's. There were also clips of film selected that were obviously personal and not intended for public viewing.

What is the purpose of this movie? Ostensibly to support Herzog's personal hypothesis that nature is nothing but chaos and destruction. Obviously Herzog has never looked into a bee hive. Herzog's personal agenda screams out throughout this film down to the "interviews" he conducts with Timothy Treadwell's friends and relatives. This is not a movie about Timothy Treadwell. It is a movie about the dark and dull mind of Werner Herzog.

GRIZZLY MAN

 

[TripItUp]

nice to see Cinderella Man get props, Howard doesn't get enough credit for that film...probably because boxing is such a saturated genre.

 

[KarmaPolice]

#3  123pts

8/1

Waste of time and money

Terrible, yet another mind-numbingly boring film that isn't worth the price of admission. Why Owen Wilson keeps getting cast in movies is a mystery to me. Can't act, has an annoying voice and is about as funny as a rectal exam. Plus,I find the weird crook of his nose disturbing. I was dragged to this by my wife who has a strange love for what passes for a comedy nowadays. I wish I had the 2 hours back. I walked out before the ending. I couldn't take it anymore, it just wouldn't end. Can't anybody write a big (or medium) budget comedy anymore? The plot of this was paperthin, absurd and ran out of steam in about a half hour. How many rehashed ideas or TV shows do I have to sit through before something original comes out? Chris Walken where have you gone??? Talk about selling out...Jesus, remember when you were great actor???

WEDDING CRASHERS

 

[KarmaPolice]

#2  178pts

11/2

I hated hated hated this movie!

"The 40 Year Old Virgin" exists in a world I don't understand. A world where an electronics store employee can tell his boss to "f*** off" and broadcast videos of his naked ### throughout the store and not get reprimanded. A world where it's really funny to go drunk driving and smash into other peoples' cars. A world where it seems okay for a boss to sexually harass her underlings. A world full of raging and offensive stereotypes of ethnic minorities. And a world without any funny jokes! I am absolutely shocked at the seeming chorus of viewers who liked this movie. I thought every scene was like a bad Saturday Night Live sketch - not very funny to begin with, and stretched out beyond all rational thought. The chest-waxing scene went on FOREVER.

The characters, aside from Carell, were totally one-note. And the romantic elements were completely contrived, particularly the scene where Keener finds porn in Carell's apartment. That was just lame.

And I also found the "Aquarius" sequence totally annoying and excessive. I hated hated hated this movie!

THE 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN

 

[KarmaPolice]

#1  216pts

10/4

The Worst Interpretation of Batman Ever

A lot would argue that "Batman and Robin" was the worst Batman movie of the whole series, and that is something I have to agree on. However I feel "Batman Begins" is the worst interpretation of Batman ever. I admit I was not too happy with the reinterpretation that occurred with "Batman Forever" but that I could live with because there was still a lot of amusing and visual elements to it that made it watchable. "Batman Begins" on the other hand is heavy handed and a little too much so to the point that it becomes abysmal and practically unwatchable early on in the first act. I found it becoming tedious with Bale delivering lines like an automaton and even though I think he's a good actor and liked him in other roles, he just wasn't Batman and did not fit the role well enough. As for seasoned actors Freeman, Oldman, and Caine popping in this mish mesh I have no idea what on earth they were thinking. They just made it more grating to bear. Caine has a lot of cred and has been in many superior films but it was actually depressing watching him tread through this sloppy disjointed sludge. He needs to retire. And the less mentioned about the dreadful and miscast Katie Holmes aka Mrs. Cruise the better. I think this was very much catered to the current MTV generation with extremely short attention spans and little imagination. This movie did not amuse or fancy me the way previous Batman films did. In fact it did not entertain me in that way at all, and for that reason I found it to be without value whatsoever. I say why even bother making a Batman film that is so abysmally dull and dim.

BATMAN BEGINS

 

[KarmaPolice]

I think that gives Mr. Nolan 2 #1 movies in our countdowns...

 

[Ilov80s]

The review or it's ranking?

The ranking 

 

[KarmaPolice]

The ranking 

I am surprised it was on the countdown, so I guess we should be thankful there were so few lists.  It was just you, Krista, and I who had that one on their list.  

 

[KarmaPolice]

I am probably just crazy and didn't notice it, but now that I see it, I swear that the ability to see the reviews by score on imdb is new... 

 

[Ilov80s]

Two comedies in the top 2 seems rare. Batman Begins at 1 isn’t surprising but also really? 

 

[Ilov80s]

I am surprised it was on the countdown, so I guess we should be thankful there were so few lists.  It was just you, Krista, and I who had that one on their list.  

True and I did give it my highest score. In the end 05 was just very pedestrian.

 

[KarmaPolice]

The rest of the movies getting votes:

40-49:

The Descent

Good Night and Good Luck

Crash

Serenity

30-39:

The Devil's Rejects

The Greatest Game Ever Played

Fever Pitch

Mr and Mrs. Smith

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

American Pie:  Band Camp

20-29:

Lady Vengeance

Hostel

War of the Worlds

Pride & Prejudice

The Matador

Junebug

March of the Penguins

49 UP

Wallace & Gromit:  The Curse of the Wererabbit

Match Point

Kicking & Screaming 

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

 

[KarmaPolice]

Two comedies in the top 2 seems rare. Batman Begins at 1 isn’t surprising but also really? 

It's no Major League, that's for sure.  

 

[KarmaPolice]

10-19:

Corpse Bride

Constantine

Legend of Zorro

King Kong

Hitch

Sky High

Lord of War 

Tristam and Shandy

The Squid and the Whale

Everything is Illuminated

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Me and You and Everyone We Know

Paradise Now

The Beat That My Heart Skipped

13 Tzameti

The Death of Mr. Laz..

L'Enfant

Brick

Aeon Flux

Be Cool

Single Digits:

Domino

Hostage

Skeleton Key

Madagascar

The Cave 

House of Wax

The Jacket

Robots

Kingdom of Heaven

Unleashed

The Island

Red Eye

Sound of Thunder

Hustle & Flow

An Unfinished Life

Flightplan

Wolf Creek

Chicken Little

Saw II

North Country

Rent

Memoirs of a Geisha

Nortorious Bettie Page

Fantastic Four

Leonard Cohen:  I'm Your Man

Mad Hot Ballroom

Street Fight

Man Push Cart

Constant Gardener

The World's Fastest Indian

The Producers

Kill Zone 

Ice Harvest

Sahara

Elektra

Transporter 2

The Ring 2

Cruel World

White Noise

Miss Congeniality 2

Syriana 

Broken Flowers

New York Doll

 

[KarmaPolice]

1971 thread is up and running -----> HERE

I will work on updating the links in that thread tomorrow.  

 

[krista4]

Two comedies in the top 2 seems rare. Batman Begins at 1 isn’t surprising but also really? 

Documentaries at #4 and #8.   My faith is restored.

 

[TripItUp]

Not surprised to see that I'm the only one infatuated with Kingdom of Heaven...I have no idea why I'm so obsessed.

 

[wikkidpissah]

Not surprised to see that I'm the only one infatuated with Kingdom of Heaven...I have no idea why I'm so obsessed.

That's the story of 2005 to me. Almost all the movies i was most looking forward to - Munich, Kingdom of Heaven (been wanting a definitive Crusades film all my life, even outlined an Order of Assassins project once), a Nolan Batman reboot, even Lion, Witch & Wardrobe - were dead pigs, and movies i'm surprised i even watched blew me away.

 

[Todem]

The Descent was shafted. What a great atmospheric horror movie. Great characters as well. Should have been to 20. And I am sorry....Fever Pitch is still to this day a total hoot and probably one of the very best chick flicks/date night movies ever.

It's a baseball movie for crying out loud!!! And a damn good one at that.

 

[Keith R]

This movie is nothing more than "Showgirls" with lots of guns..

If that was literally the case, it would be a must-watch

 

[Don Quixote]

I noticed "Crash" on the other receiving.  I think I was asked about that one, but was told it was 2004 because of a festival release (I haven't seen it, but was asking for research).

 

[Gr00vus]

Not surprised to see that I'm the only one infatuated with Kingdom of Heaven...I have no idea why I'm so obsessed.

If I had remembered to vote, I'd have given it 20 to 30. A serious guilty pleasure for me. That said, they got some super hammy performances from some usually good actors (Gleeson in particular) and some not so great ones (Csokas I tend to laugh at in this film he's so over the top). I thought Bloom, Green, and Norton were good, and I really liked Alexander Siddig in this one.

 

[KarmaPolice]

I noticed "Crash" on the other receiving.  I think I was asked about that one, but was told it was 2004 because of a festival release (I haven't seen it, but was asking for research).

I am old and very forgetful.  It could have been a case of me answering you, forgetting that I did, and then not paying attention to it when getting the lists b/c it's a movie I hate.   Sorry if that was the case...

 

[KarmaPolice]

And I am sorry....Fever Pitch is still to this day a total hoot and probably one of the very best chick flicks/date night movies ever.

It's a baseball movie for crying out loud!!! And a damn good one at that.

Poor attempt to bastardize and Americanize a book about European football. 

 

[Don Quixote]

I am old and very forgetful.  It could have been a case of me answering you, forgetting that I did, and then not paying attention to it when getting the lists b/c it's a movie I hate.   Sorry if that was the case...

No worries, and no need to apologize.  Yeah, I think the response(s) were along the lines of "good news that you don't have to watch that piece of trash until we get to 2004."  I may still consider it in my 2004 research when we get there if it can still count for that.

 

[KarmaPolice]

No worries, and no need to apologize.  Yeah, I think the response(s) were along the lines of "good news that you don't have to watch that piece of trash until we get to 2004."  I may still consider it in my 2004 research when we get there if it can still count for that.

Now I remember that.  

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

Sorry to see that the Matador got only my vote.  I was sure a few others would've enjoyed it enough to throw some points it's way.

 

[krista4]

Sorry to see that the Matador got only my vote.  I was sure a few others would've enjoyed it enough to throw some points it's way.

I did enjoy it enough for votes, but unfortunately had too many that I put a little ahead of it.  There are many movies I think are great but didn't make my list.  Definitely would recommend that movie, though, and appreciate you and others suggesting it.

 

[El Floppo]

Sorry to see that the Matador got only my vote.  I was sure a few others would've enjoyed it enough to throw some points it's way.

As aleays, a bunch in the didn't make it like that would have gotten votes from me if I remembered to vote... This, brick, Enron, Tristan shandy, etc...