2000: Movies I've Seen
Submitted by AAA on Wed, 03/05/2003 - 10:48
Tags:
- Top Tier
- Before Night Falls
- Chicken Run
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
- Dancer in the Dark
- The Filth and the Fury (D)
- The House of Mirth
- I'm the One That I Want (D)
- Requiem for a Dream
- Wonder Boys
- Yi Yi
- You Can Count on Me
- Second Tier
- Best in Show
- Billy Elliot
- Bring it On
- Chuck & Buck
- Erin Brockovich
- Hamlet
- High Fidelity
- Not One Less
- Nurse Betty
- O Brother, Where Art Thou?
- The Virgin Suicides
- Third Tier
- Cast Away
- Charlie's Angels
- The Emperor's New Groove
- Galaxy Quest
- Pollock
- Quills
- Small Time Crooks
- Snatch
- Thirteen Days
- Traffic
- What Lies Beneath
- X-Men
- Fourth Tier
- The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
- Almost Famous
- The Contender
- Finding Forrester
- The Gift
- Gladiator
- Keeping the Faith
- Meet the Parents
- Mission: Impossible II
- The Original Kings of Comedy (D)
- Shadow of the Vampire
- Shanghai Noon
- Titan A.E.
- Bottom Tier
- Bedazzled
- Chocolat
- Dr. Suess's How The Grinch Stole Christmas
- Loser
- The Patriot
- Remember the Titans
- Scary Movie
- The Skulls
- State and Main
- Where the Heart is
Author Comments:
(D) - documentary
Ah, weren't "Wonder Boys" and "You Can Count on Me" great? I love those movies. Ditto for "Best in Show" and "High Fidelity."
I also agree with you that "Remember the Titans" was really overrated, although I probably liked it slightly more than you do. Not the great movie that some people make it out to be though. I also agree with you on "Meet the Parents" and "Mission: Impossible II", both crappy movies.
I'm a bit surprised you didn't like "Almost Famous" and "State and Main" though. The first was another well-made character-driven drama, similar to "Wonder Boys" and "You Can Count on Me", and the second was a witty Hollywood satire, IMHO.
I'm also surprised you liked "Bring it On" so much. While I admit it was a rather fun guilty pleasure for me, there must've been something more you saw in it that I didn't.
Thanks for putting out this list, I enjoyed seeing your choices!
OK, now I'm really confused. I did a few searches on your profile and found that you gave "Almost Famous" an A-, you loved Frances McDormand's performance, and you said it was an oversight that it did not get nominated for an Oscar. Is it a mistake that it is in your fourth tier? Or do you consider the movies in your first three tiers just that amazing?
That was my first viewing, it has signifigantly dropped in the two other viewings I have had of it. Talk more later...must go to school...fast.
Nice post on a nice list. I had to try another clone experiment. It's here.