Best Movies Of 2003

[Bill Murphy]

Note: Winged Migration & Spellbound don't count, even though most of us saw them this year, else both'd be in the top five.

Rivers & Tides
American Splendor
Capturing The Friedmans
Lost In Translation
Return Of The King
Finding Nemo
SChool Of Rock
Mystic River
Pirates Of The Caribbean
Cold Mountain

I did not see Secret Lives Of Dentists or 21 Grams; I'm sure I'm forgetting something(great Mexican or Brazilian film, maybe?); and IMO the quality really drops after the top six or seven.

Kill Bill 1 & Last Samurai are great "popcorn" movies and I think Mystic River is the best overrated movie ever.

Gotta give credit where credit is due to Sofia Coppola; doubt there have been many directors who've gone two for two outta the gate like she has. Terence Malick(although I've never seen his first two & thought Thin Red Line sucked), Tarantino. Did Scorsese start Mean Streets-Taxi Driver?

Yeah, she's had every advantage but she's got the chops; can both write & adapt, as well as direct no-names & big stars. Of course, I know plenty of people who hated Virgin Suicides so there you go.

[Clarkmeister]

I thought Nemo was overrated and saved by Ellen's brilliant performance.

No Seabiscuit? For shame! [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Boris]

Agree about Seabiscuit. That is a great movie. maybe it's too much of a feel good flick and has too much mass appreal to gain critical accolades.

[Bill Murphy]

I didn't see it, but I haven't heard a bad thing about it.

Hell, it's got William H. Macy in it, so it has to be good, no matter how bad Toby is.

[Roy Munson]

Seabiscuit, despite the annoying performance by William Macy, was an excellent film. The movie triggered a desire to read the book upon which it was based.

What a treat to find the Laura Hillenbrand penned book far surpasses the excellence of the film, especially the collectors edition containing many spectacular photos.

[Clarkmeister]

I too bought the collectors edition and agree that its a beautiful package.

[John Cole]

Is the PBS American Experience documentary included?

[Rick Nebiolo]

Seabiscuit was excellent IMO and it got me to read the book too. I liked Macy even though I came to understand that his character was sort of a movie represention of the overall press coverage.

Anyway, I'm posting because I thought you might enjoy listening to some of Seabiscuit's most famous races

I haven't read all the posts in this thread but I'll put in a vote for Master and Commander. That also got me to read the book and now I wondered how I missed this Author.

~ Rick

[_2000Flushes]

Despite the fact that I had to wait until the credits to figure out who played Seabuscuit, I agree that it was a good movie.

Did someone speak positively of Solaris earlier?

I had high hopes for Stuck on You, but I'm actually just grateful that I found a theater willing to show it.

And I vote Eugene Levy for best supporting actor in A Mighty Wind.

-2kF

[David Steele]

From your list (that I saw):

I also liked:
Capturing The Friedmans
Lost In Translation
SChool Of Rock
Mystic River

Hated:
Pirates Of The Caribbean
21 grams ( hated this the most )
and didn't like Kill Bill anywhere near the
rest of the Tarantino movies.

D.