My movies this year

[dangermousie]

So far this year, I haven't seen any extraordinary movies, and few that I really liked.

Here's my list for the year (in order from most to least) so far:

1. House of Flying Daggers: beautiful and moving
2. Bride & Prejudice: Bollywood-lite and Austin-lite but rather fun. And even Martin Henderson's Darcy won me over by the end.
3. Fever Pitch: sweet and funny
4. Hitchhiker's Guide: pointless but amusing
5. Dear Frankie: well written and well acted but ultimately going nowhere
6. Kung Fu Hustle: some amazing moments, but overall a 2 hour cartoon
7. Sahara: mindless but there are worse ways to waste $
8. Robots: see above. Only with no cute men to compensate.
9. Sin City: dreadful

Just for comparison, here are my last year's Top 10 (with those picks, I am clearly not an Academy member):

1 Hotel Rwanda: so amazing. I did see it this year, but it's last year's movie so goes into this list
2 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: most inventive and romantic movie ever made.
3 Before Sunset: even better than Before Sunrise. And shows that a movie with no kissing can be swoonily romantic.
4 The Aviator: I loved the visual style, and the fascinating central character.
5 Phantom of the Opera: Emotional feast
6 Finding Neverland: I sobbed for half an hour (Yeah, I know it's a better movie than POTO, mut I liked POTO better)
7 Stage Beauty: I love intelligent, witty period movies and this one is.
8 The Incredibles: come on, have you seen it?
9. Spiderman 2: so good. So goooooood.
10. ETA: Collateral: brilliant

Threeway-tie for a honorable mention:
(tie) Troy: cheesy but loads of fun. And Brad Pitt: rowr!
(tie) Shaolin Soccer: so funny.
(tie) Ocean's 12: The plot makes no sense, but who cares: this is too much fun!

Comments

[elvensapphire.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen any of the movies you list for this year...Last year, though! I agree with you on Eternal Sunshine - that movie is genius. Loved the way The Aviator and Phantom were filmed, loved Neverland generally (I sob every single time I watch it), totally enjoyed Spiderman and Troy, and let's face it - Ocean's 12? Is just hot. (*cringe* In the non-Paris Hilton sense.) And now there's so much to anticipate this year, too.

POTO on DVD Tuesday! I'm excited to be able to watch it more closely at home.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Oh, I didn't realize POTO was going to be on DVD this week. I know some people hated it *waves to katranna but I loved it and can't wait to get a copy.

[elvensapphire.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm in the middle. I love the stage show, so I had some issues with the film and some of the acting/singing - but, I still thorougly enjoyed it and am going to be one of the first ones at the store tomorrow! ;)

[ayn-rand-fan-13.livejournal.com]

Whooo House of Flying Daggers, one of the best movies ever! I've only seen two of the movies on your this year list (Sin City, which I loved). I saw almost all of the ones on your list from last year. Eternal Sunshine, POTO, The Incredibles, and Finding Neverland are some of my favorite movies.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, HoFD was like a beautiful painting...swooooon

[neadods.livejournal.com]

I never saw Bride and P in the movie theaters, just pre-ordered it on Amazon. Some things, you just know you're going to want to own...

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

It is very very cute (though not as good as a full-blown BW). Lip-sunching is really off though.

[wasabi-girl1.livejournal.com]

I WANT TO SEE HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS! *dies*

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Is very very good. Sorta like Bollywood with better fights.

[wasabi-girl1.livejournal.com]

Have you seen Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon/Iron Monkey/Hero? Is it better than any or all of them?

I'll probably end up buying the movie on DVD.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

It's better than Hero and Iron Monkey (IMO) but not as good as CTHD. You could get cheap cheap copies on ebay.

[wasabi-girl1.livejournal.com]

I'll probably settle for the real thing though, in the end.

Ah, I liked Hero, so if it's better than that, I'm happy! :)