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Saw "Brokeback Mountain" yesterday and thought it was great.
"Gloomy Sunday" was my runner-up.

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crash was complete crap. worst movie ive seen in years on so many levels.

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war of lord is the best. hands down.

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Haven't seen Cinderella Man but that got medoicre reviews too.

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No. It got reviewed as well as anything else released this year. reviews

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Cinderella Man
Syriana
Sin City
Good Night and Good Luck
March of the Penguins (cinematography was amazing to say the least)

My top 5

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I thought Crash started off with great potential, but by the end it was just blah.

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I'll add a few that (I believe) have not been mentioned.

March of the Penguins.
Grizzly Man.
The Beat That My Heart Skipped.

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I'm a big comic-book-movie-Batman fan and I was disappointed. The fight scenes were sssssoooooooo bad, you couldn't see a thing. Flash-bam-boom, five guys on the ground and you have no clue how they got there.

The Scarecrow? Couldn't they have come up with a better costume? A burlap bag, is that all the guy can do? I remember when supervillians had style.

The tumbler car was cool looking, but wouldn't it be easier to move around on rooftops and evade capture without it? The thing's pretty easy to track.

I thought the performaces were fine, tho Neeson nothing to write home about, and I did like the production design, the whole look of Gotham.

I haven't seen enough of this year's films yet to comment on what might be the best. My favorite so far is probably Sin City. I'd have to think about it though.

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LOL right after I make my comment I see that I wasn't the only one that felt that way.

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Agreed - Scarecrow sucked as a villain. But remember, Batman had a dying Rachel with him when he was in the Tumbler evading the cops. Don't ask me why Batman didn't have the antidote with him (vehicle for the car chase?) but whatever.

ScottieK

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I didn't read all of the New Yorker review for Munich but the gist seemed to be that it was pretty bad. Unless it gets slammed across the board I'll see it anyway since it's Spielberg, but I hope it's actually worthwhile.