Best movies of the year

[Aaron Lussier]

I picked Sin City as the best movie I have seen this year (so far). The acting in the movie was a bit wooden.

However,

I was blown away by both the story and the cinematography(sp?). I could see the comic book stills jumping out at me when I watched it. It was the first time I had left a movie slackjawed in a very long time.

-Aaron

[team222badbrad]

I did not vote on the best movie of the year yet, but the worst movie of the year is Life Aquatic w/ Steve Zissou.

It was a waste of time and money to see.

The cover looked cool when I rented it but, it was so boring and impossible to watch.

Anyone else agree?

[dubious elise]

Wowie, I only picked SWIII because it was a Star Wars flick.

I loved Cinderella Man, it was a fantastic film that was totally released at the wrong time. Wedding Crashers, on the other hand, was sleazy and obnoxious...I couldn't stand it.

[sanddrag]

I thought Meet the Fockers was really good.

[The Cyborg]

I voted Charlie and the Chocolate Factory because of the amazing twists that Tim Burton put in the film that separated it from the book... That, and I like candy.

The second movie I liked was Kung Fu Hustle... Who doesn't like a Matrix-esque action film?

Star Wars Episode III was pretty good, but much the acting was horrendous (remembers scene where Darth Vader yells 'nooooo'....oh..the horror).

[George A.]

Originally Posted by The Cyborg

I voted Charlie and the Chocolate Factory because of the amazing twists that Tim Burton put in the film that separated it from the book... That, and I like candy.

The second movie I liked was Kung Fu Hustle... Who doesn't like a Matrix-esque action film?

Star Wars Episode III was pretty good, but much the acting was horrendous (remembers scene where Darth Vader yells 'nooooo'....oh..the horror).

Actually the way that Tim Burton directed this movie was based on the book, sans the ending. He didn't even bother to watch the original until after shooting because he didn't want to corrupt the shooting with the old movie.

Just a little tidbit of info...man i'm a movie nerd...oh well

[Steve Howland]

Originally Posted by team222badbrad

I did not vote on the best movie of the year yet, but the worst movie of the year is Life Aquatic w/ Steve Zissou.

It was a waste of time and money to see.

The cover looked cool when I rented it but, it was so boring and impossible to watch.

Anyone else agree?

I'm afraid I have to disagree - it's actually my favorite on that list. Granted, I only saw about 6 of those so I'm not really qualified to say that The Life Aquatic is the best movie on the list, but still I'll put up a small defense for it.

My friend owns the movie and convinced me and my other friend to watch it. About halfway through I was so bored that I fell asleep, while my other friends stayed awake. The next day they were quoting it left and right, even though we all agreed that watching the movie was a bit painful the first time around. So I watched it again in its entirety and found myself quoting it as well, all of the time in fact. The cast is great at producing its subtle humor throughout the movie so that while there are only a few laugh-out-loud moments in the movie, the same lines become extremely funny afterwords.

I agree that if I tried to watch it alone, I would turn it off and return it and be very frustrated. But if you watch it with friends and watch it all the way through, you may also find yourself using lines from the movie in everyday conversation.

Sin City and The Island were also very good but I must say that Life Aquatic is the one that I actually think of and significantly remember on a daily basis.

[1086Programmer]

I don't go to the theaters anymore, I just see some movies that I like. >.o Mostly because I'm broke and my friends don't liek paying for me. Revenge of the Sith was great. I got out of school the day it came out and went ot see it. I liked the Remake of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Most because of the Tim Burton effect it had, and Johnny Depp. ^^; I'm a die hard TB+JD fan.

[Madison]

I saw War of the Worlds for the third time on Sunday. It's still my favorite.

[scitobor 617]

War Of the Worlds was by far the best movie that I saw this year. The special FX were so amazing. Four Brothers comes in a close second for having a good story and great acting. Had I not seen War of the Worlds and Four Brothers I would say the StarWars III was the best but in comparision the effects looked ok but did not really remind me of the original Star Wars movies.

BTW, is'nt this thread a little premature? I mean Aeon Flux and V for Vandette have'nt even come out yet. I'm exspect both to be pretty good.

[Stina236]

I've only seen a few of the movies on the list but I really enjoyed Charlie and the Chocolate Factory- it was awesome. Meanwhile, the 40 yr old virgin was ridiculous and while some moments were really funny it was painful to sit through. but i absolutely LOVED wedding crashers i don't think i can remember another movie where i've laughed so hard and so often!

[Kyle Love]

The Incredibles...DUH!

[Kyle]

Sin City was my favorite for this year, I thought it was very well done and the cast was also amazing.

[Koko Ed]

Your list lacks the best film I've seen this year. Crash.

[niafabo]

Kungu Fu Hustle was awesome. I loved it just loved it. It was really refreshing to see a kung fu movie that was funny but didn't mock it in the process.