The greatest Movie of 2004 Thread.

[partygirluk]

Eternal Sunshine of the SPotless Mind.

[BusterStacks]

Anchorman.

[ThaSaltCracka]

nothing really.

[Non_Comformist]

I didn't see too mnay this year and in general I consider one of the worst years in a while.

My picks

Shrek 2, The Incredibles

weak I know

[GuyOnTilt]

I didn't see too many films this year, 'cause there just weren't many I found myself interested in. But the two best I saw were City of God and Eternal Sunshine, in that order, though City of God wasn't made this last year.

GoT

[wacki]

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nothing really.

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What about Team America? You even made it your avatar.


My vote:

Dawn of the Dead


I still have to watch Team America, Shaun of the Dead and BubbaHoTep (sp?)

[Joe_d72]

Top 5 of 2004 would be

Closer
Spiderman 2
Garden State
Ray
Miracle

[ThaSaltCracka]

eh, it was funny.

[Tron]

Napoleon Dynamite.

[GuyOnTilt]

Garden State

I forgot about this one. Very good film. Definitely one of my top 5 I saw this year.

Spiderman 2

What the hell are these two words doing in this thread?

GoT

[wacki]

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Spiderman 2

What the hell are these two words doing in this thread?

GoT

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It was a good movie. And didn't it earn the most in 2004?

[GuyOnTilt]

And didn't it earn the most in 2004?

Yes, and Stepford Wives is the number one most online rented DVD from Blockbuster.

GoT

[ThaSaltCracka]

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Spiderman 2

What the hell are these two words doing in this thread?

GoT

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It was a good movie. And didn't it earn the most in 2004?

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I hated Spiderman 2.

[elwoodblues]

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And didn't it earn the most in 2004?

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I thought it was the Passion, either way, that's not a sign of greatness.

[CrazyEyez]

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Eternal Sunshine of the SPotless Mind.

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Agreed, but I didn't see many movies this year.

[Popinjay]

Spiderman 2 was very good I thought.

[Ian J]

I think National Treasure and Man on Fire were both extremely good.

[Sooga]

Twilight Samurai was far and away the best movie I've seen this year.... runner ups would be Spider-man 2 and Eternal Sunshine

[Piz0wn0reD!!!!!!]

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Garden State

I forgot about this one. Very good film. Definitely one of my top 5 I saw this year.



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1st half funny, second half GAY!

[Piz0wn0reD!!!!!!]

Napoleon Dynamite
Team america
Anchorman

[dr. klopek]

If it was in fact made this year, "City of God." But if it wasn't, "Napoleon Dynamite."

[Sponger15SB]

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Garden State

I forgot about this one. Very good film. Definitely one of my top 5 I saw this year.



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1st half funny, second half GAY!

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Word on that.

Also if you liked Napoleon Dynamite you just might have a vagina.

[Piz0wn0reD!!!!!!]

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Also if you liked Napoleon Dynamite you just might have a vagina.

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How could you even know that?!?!?

[thatpfunk]

It was fine until it got whored out by frat guys thinking they were cool and artsy to like it.

[Piz0wn0reD!!!!!!]

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It was fine until it got whored out by frat guys thinking they were cool and artsy to like it.

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The epitimy of hipsterism is to like or dislike something based on popular disposition.

[YourFoxyGrandma]

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I think National Treasure and Man on Fire were both extremely good.

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Possibly the two worst movies I saw this year.

Eternal Sunshine gets my vote. Both Kaufman and Carrey's best work, IMO.

[Tron]

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It was fine until it got whored out by frat guys thinking they were cool and artsy to like it.

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That's pretty much the weakest thing I've ever heard. You're going to let a bunch of frat boys ruin a movie for you? Flippin' sweet.

[Alobar]

oh my god, closer sucked ASS

[thatpfunk]

Sure I will. If you have to hear something over and over it gets annoying. Things get played out, especially when you go to a costume party and their are 5 groups of Napolean/Pedro costumes and you hear "Sweet" or "Vote for Pedro" over and over throughout the night.

If that is hipsterism or elitism, then so be it.

[GuyOnTilt]

Both Kaufman and Carrey's best work, IMO.

None of Carrey's other stuff pops out at me as better than this, though I might be forgetting something. I absolutely loved what Kaufman did with Adaptation though. That gets my vote for best Kaufman screeenplay, though I understand others going with Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine. It's exciting to hear that he's working with Spike Jonze again though for an upcoming film.

GoT

[MarkL444]

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Anchorman.

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this movie sucked. there is no reason a will ferrell movie should suck so bad.

on another note, i have a copy of eternal sunshine ive been meaning to watch, and i am now inspired to do just that.

[YourFoxyGrandma]

"The Truman Show"
"Man on the Moon"
"Me, Myself and Irene"
"The Majestic"

[GuyOnTilt]

"The Truman Show"
"Man on the Moon"
"Me, Myself and Irene"
"The Majestic"

I forgot about Man on the Moon. Decent, but not as good a performance by him as Eternal Sunshine. I guess that one wins! /images/graemlins/smile.gif

GoT

[partygirluk]

I had not enjoyed any of Carey's previous works. It was nice to see he could actually act rather than just gurning and jumping about like he was on E.

[MarkL444]

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I had not enjoyed any of Carey's previous works. It was nice to see he could actually act rather than just gurning and jumping about like he was on E.

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whatever! ace ventura rules!

[partygirluk]

Ugh.

[ThaSaltCracka]

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I had not enjoyed any of Carey's previous works. It was nice to see he could actually act rather than just gurning and jumping about like he was on E.

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whatever! ace ventura rules!

[/ QUOTE ]yeah, and Dumb and Dumberer is one of the funniest movies ever.

[Sweaburg]

City of God was made in 2002. But that movie kicked almost enough ass to win for the last 3 years running.

[GuyOnTilt]

City of God was made in 2002. But that movie kicked almost enough ass to win for the last 3 years running.

Yeah, if it were on the ballot that's what would be getting my vote.

GoT

[MarkL444]

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Ugh.

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shut up.

[NLSoldier]

Is it wierd that City of God is not even remotely ringing a bell for me?

Like not only have I not seen it, but I've never even heard of it before this thread.

[ThaSaltCracka]

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Ugh.

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shut up.

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[kyro]

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Anchorman.

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this movie sucked.

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ummm no.

[AngryCola]

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Is it wierd that City of God is not even remotely ringing a bell for me?

Like not only have I not seen it, but I've never even heard of it before this thread.

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You are not alone. I really do pay attention to a lot of different movies, but this title eludes me.

Who is in the cast?

[partygirluk]

IT is a Brazilian film.

[partygirluk]

Touching the Void came out in '03 over here, but '04 elsewhere. It deserves a mention.

[kerssens]

Ray was the best.

Napoleon Dynamite was not only the worst movie of the year, it was was worst single act of creativity in the history of western civiliation.

[partygirluk]

Also, I thought the Passion of the Christ was surprisingly powerful and well shot.

[MarkL444]

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"The Truman Show"
"Man on the Moon"
"Me, Myself and Irene"
"The Majestic"

I forgot about Man on the Moon. Decent, but not as good a performance by him as Eternal Sunshine. I guess that one wins! /images/graemlins/smile.gif

GoT

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how did you forget about man on the moon when you kept saying the name "kaufman"?

[wacki]

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And didn't it earn the most in 2004?

Yes, and Stepford Wives is the number one most online rented DVD from Blockbuster.

GoT

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touche.

Although I have a feeling women are responsible for 99.9% of those rentals.

[wacki]

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I hated Spiderman 2.

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I have to ask, why did you hate it?

[jaeon]

ok, it wasn't made in 2004 but it was released in the u.s. in 2004:

Hero

[Tron]

I think this thread should be a poll. Therefore, I'm going to make a poll based on this thread.

[Vince Young]

Anchorman was awful, both as a movie and as pure comedy. Random humor ("Where'd you get your suit, the toilet store?") is extremely lame. Best movie of 2004 was Kill Bill Vol. 2.

[Non_Comformist]

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Best movie of 2004 was Kill Bill Vol. 2.

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Oh [censored] I can't believe I forgot this one, and I can't believe it wasn't mentioned yet. Great call and I agree.

[brassnuts]

I thought Kill Bill v. 2.0 sucked. Also, while I wouldn't say it was the 'greatest' movie of 2004, I think Collateral deserves honerable mention. I'm just a pretty big fan of Michael Mann.

[GuyOnTilt]

how did you forget about man on the moon when you kept saying the name "kaufman"?

Different Kaufman, but yeah, point taken. I had just watched Man on the Moon within the last couple months too.

GoT

[GuyOnTilt]

Although I have a feeling women are responsible for 99.9% of those rentals.

Yeah, I definitely don't doubt women are responsible for quite a few of those. My point was that the general American public is a pretty crappy judge of how good a film is. Titanic broke records for gross. Spiderman broke records for gross. Spiderman 2 broke records for gross. None of those were good films. Spiderman in particular had probably the biggest "how much did this movie gross" to "how well written was this movie's dialogue" ratio EVER.

GoT

[GuyOnTilt]

Is it wierd that City of God is not even remotely ringing a bell for me?

Not really. It's a Brazilian film, released as subtitled in the US. Most people have never heard of it and never will hear of it. It's an incredible film though. Go find it and buy it.

GoT

[captZEEbo1]

Kill Bill 2

[granny50]

Garden State
I cant believe no one said Hero. Primer was very different and interesting too. Collateral was ok. Kill Bill 2 wasnt as good as the first. Eternal Sunshine did kick ass.
For you foreign film connosieurs, if you like martial arts, you should watch a Thai movie called Ong Bak. Tony Jhaa the lead actor kicks Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan's ass combined.

[daryn]

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I cant believe no one said Hero.

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you no read g00t

[Alobar]

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Tony Jhaa the lead actor kicks Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan's ass combined.

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Mentioning bruce lee and jackie chan in the same sentance discredits any value your statment on Tony Jhaa kicking ass has.

[nicky g]

I second Eternal Sunshine. Best film in a long time.

Collateral was enjoyable; so was Dawn of the Dead. Nothing else great that I remember. Blade 3 was the worst I saw (and I say that as a big fan of the first Blade film).

[WillMagic]

City of God is almost certainly going to be looked back on as a truly great film...like a Casablanca or Third Man. That said, it wasn't made this year.

Out of what was made this year:

1. Garden State
2. Before Sunset
3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
4. Sideways
5. The Incredibles
6. Collateral
7. Closer
8. Hero

[thatpfunk]

There were aspects of Before Sunset that I appreciated what they were trying to do (great dialogue) but didn't think it was very good overall.

[Popinjay]

As far as comedies go you can't beat Harold and Kumar go to White Castle!

[Schneids]

1. Garden State
2. Eternal Sunshine
3. Kill Bill Vol 2
4. Collateral
5. Dawn of the Dead

Wow, weak year... FWIW I haven't seen The Incredibles (everyone I know that has seen it says it's awesome), Polar Express, Ray (the few people who I've talked to about this movie say it was fantastic), or Before Sunset (I've inteded to see it for quite awhile).

[elwoodblues]

A lot of buzz around Million Dollar Baby. Anybody seen it?

[ThaSaltCracka]

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I hated Spiderman 2.

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I have to ask, why did you hate it?

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I just thought it was corny and completely predictable. I honestly was bored through most of the movie.

[jakethebake]

The term "greatest" precludes me from responding to the question. I did not see a "great" movie this year.

[Rick Diesel]

I really liked the Incredibles. I took my 10 year old cousin to see it, and we both loved it.

[TimM]

Awesome, I have not seen a single movie mentioned in this thread so far.

[Paluka]

I really liked Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and The Motorcycle Diaries. City of God was awesome but not 2003. Hero I liked but I thought it was overrated. Everyone I know says Sideways is amazing and I'm sure I'll like it but I have not seen it yet. I liked Garden State but it had some weak/cheesy parts and not quite good enough to be best film of the year.

[GuyOnTilt]

2. Before Sunset

Whoa. This is one of those films that I totally meant to see and was excited to see and then it just slipped my mind. It's probably not playing in theatres anymore so I'll have to wait for it to come out on DVD. Bleh. Totally my bad.

GoT

[johnnycakes]

I thought I /images/graemlins/heart.gif Huckabees was awesome. Vastly underrated.
Also:
Eternal Sunshine
Sideways.

That's all that deserves mentioning (as good movies this year).
Haven't seen The Life Aquatic, The Aviator, Finding Neverland, Million Dollar Baby yet.

Closer was OK. It was just a bunch of idiots determined to make themselves miserable. I don't think Natalie Portman is a good actress or physically attractive. I'm not into 12 yr old girls (which is what she looks like).

Garden State was OK. It got melodramatic at the end with some cliche/corny dialogue.

[johnnycakes]

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Hero

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Pretty and stupid.

[stabn]

The best new movie i saw in 2004 was the incredibles. I really don't remember seeing anything else that was truely great, and the incredibles was a damn fun movie.

[WEASEL45]

The Terminal

[sfer]

Sideways, with The Incredibles running behind.

But I still haven't seen Steve Z or the new Scorsese.

[ethan]

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Eternal Sunshine of the SPotless Mind.

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Eternal Sunshine's a good pick, and I'm not surprised to see so many people mentioning City of God. If I had to choose one, though, I'd go with House of Flying Daggers.

[jakethebake]

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The Terminal

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I hate to say it, but for all the terrible reviews it got, I actually enjoyed this one in a really corny sort of way.

[WillMagic]

It's out on DVD already. Since you are a film buff, I will assume you have netflix /images/graemlins/smile.gif

Will

[TimTimSalabim]

I Heart Huckabees was my favorite, but it certainly wouldn't be everyone's cup of tea. I also liked very much Eternal Sunshine and Before Sunset (hey there's a pattern in there somewhere). Closer was very very interesting, although I'm not sure that I "liked" it (as anyone who's seen it will perhaps know what I mean). And Spiderman 2 was definitely the best high-profile movie of the year.

[TimTimSalabim]

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A lot of buzz around Million Dollar Baby. Anybody seen it?

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I don't believe it's out yet, except maybe limited release. It sure is getting a lot of pre-release buzz, along with Aviator.

[phixxx]

Scarface is the best movie ever. Much better than any of these new movies.

[TimTimSalabim]

Just saw Maria Full of Grace, I'm adding it to my list.

[nothumb]

I'm pretty sure I saw this. It's the one where the kid is a photographer, right? Very good movie.

Did Lost in Translation come out in '04? I have a feeling it did. I really liked it.

Also really, really liked Eternal Sunshine.

NT

[Byrn]

Wow what a down year for movies...

Eternal Sunshine has to be on the list.

I saw Finding Neverland over the weekend. I really liked it, Johnny Depp is awesome as usual. The thing I really liked is that the movie was different. I won't go into details here for those that haven't seen it, but if you tire of seeing the same movie every time you watch a movie, its worth a look. Perhaps not a top movie in other years, but this year so far it rates.

Sideways was alright - but I can't say I loved it like every one else seems to. I usually like artsy movies, but to me nothing really happened in this movie.

I can't think of another movie I really loved this year. There had to be another one, right??? I didn't like Closer at all, Kill Bill really didn't do it for me. Taking Lives was the worst movie I have ever seen. The worst movie list would get more nominations.

Oh yeah, I took my friend's foster kid to see Princess Diaries 2, I thought it was quite a good movie. /images/graemlins/smile.gif Thunderbirds was terrible though. /images/graemlins/frown.gif

[partygirluk]

I am surprised no one mentioned Dogville. That was extremely original and powerful.

[private joker]

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Eternal Sunshine of the SPotless Mind.

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[Dr. Strangelove]

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Hero

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Pretty and stupid.

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I agree. This movie has one of the worst messages I have ever seen.