2003: Movies I've Seen

Tags: 
  • A

  • Lost in Translation
  • Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
  • The Station Agent
  • A-

  • Capturing the Friedmans
  • Finding Nemo
  • Kill Bill: Vol. 1
  • Oldboy
  • B+

  • American Splendor
  • Bad Santa
  • House of Sand and Fog
  • Monster
  • Mystic River
  • X2: X-Men United
  • B

  • The Dreamers
  • The Saddest Music in the World
  • School of Rock
  • Swimming Pool
  • The Triplets of Belleville
  • 21 Grams
  • B-

  • Bend It Like Beckham
  • Elf
  • The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons From the Life of Robert S. McNamara
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
  • Matchstick Men
  • C+

  • American Wedding
  • Big Fish
  • Bringing Down the House
  • Bruce Almighty
  • Elephant
  • Love Actually
  • Once Upon a Time in Mexico
  • Phone Booth
  • C

  • Camp
  • Identity
  • Pirates of the Carribean: Curse of the Black Pearl
  • Something's Gotta Give
  • The Matrix Reloaded
  • C-

  • The Italian Job
  • Scary Movie 3
  • D+

  • The Matrix Revolutions
  • Old School
  • D

  • Anger Management
  • 28 Days Later
  • D-

  • Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
  • F

  • Should See

  • The Barbarian Invasions
  • Shattered Glass
Author Comments: 

3/15/2003 - The first film on this list is "Old School." Now, I do a quick PowerSearch on the ol' IMDB... Year: 2003; Exclude TV Movies, Videos, and TV Series; and let's set a minimum vote count to 100. Hey, whaddaya know - I've seen the best movie of 2003 so far!

C+ or higher = all movies I liked to some degree and would probably recommend
C = average
C- or lower = all movies I disliked to some degree and would probably not recommend

Cloned From: 

I'm so happy to see Bad santa on the top teir.

I saw 21 Grams yesterday. It was excellent.

Other than that, I don't know about American Wedding being second tier. It would have been bottom of the bottom on my list.

I must admit I have a soft spot in my heart for the antics of Jim, Finch, Stifler, and everyone else.

C'mon... "Identity" that high? With that twist?

I really have mixed feelings about the twist. I mean, sure, the filmmakers are manipulating you, but I think they at least dropped some hints as to the twist, and if some rules of filmmaking may have been broken in order to surprise the audience, I don't think any rules of nature were. I don't think the twist ruined the movie.