Rank Your 2005 Films

[criterionmaster]

Yes, I know it is going on 2007, but I think I want to go back and do each individual year and have people either rank their favorites or at least say what their favorite film was. And you can discuss what they thought of the year as a whole or films that came out that year.

I will have to think of my list before I post mine though.

[dontdigonswine]

[1] Sin City
[2] Broken Flowers

Those are the only two I have on my list. I have briefly forgotten about every other movie made in 2005 for some reason.

[nonfiction]

1. Eli, Eli, Rema Sabachthani?
2. A Bittersweet Life
3. Su-ki-da
4. Three Times
5. Cache
6. Me And You and Everyone We Know
7. Funky Forest
8. C.R.A.Z.Y.
9. The Constant Gardener
10. The Bow (Hwal)
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runner ups:
Broken Flowers
The Squid and the Whale
The Wayward Cloud

[kiddo]

I thought The Squid and the Whale was excellent, and much better than the poor The Constant Gardner. God, I hated the camera work in The Constant Gardner. It destroyed the whole film. And it wasn't that interesting story to begin with either. A truly overrated film. I cannot see the "greatness" in it. Leaved me totally empty, and even a bit irritated.

[criterionmaster]

Was that film done by the same guy who did City of God, or am I thinking of some other film?

[kiddo]

No, that's correct. He made City of God, which is a far better film in my view.

[criterionmaster]

That is the only reason I would ever check the film out, just because I really liked City of God. But I will not be killing myself to try and see it.

[captainofbeef]

Its a very good film, You should see it.

[ie]

I completely disregarded the Constant Gardner because the title was just so horrible. Constant gardener? What the fuck? So, the main character constantly gardens? Yeah. (I know it's not about that, but still, that's a horrible title. It causes what could be a decent movie to be completely ignored. Guess what? I saw the Constant Gardener! Yeah, thought you'd agree.)


1.) Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (#050)
2.) Brick (#052)
3.) Sin City (#067)
4.) Are You the Favorite Person of Anybody? (#150)
5.) I'm not going to argue over this one, so I'll leave it a mystery.
6.) Tom Yum Goong (#451)


I need to re-watch V for Vendetta, and actually, that's it as of right now. I only got interested in movies this year, so not surprisingly, I didn't see any of those in the year 2005.

[criterionmaster]

Here is a list of films I can remember from 2005, probably forgot some.

1. Match Point
2. No Direction Home
3. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
4. Broken Flowers
5. The Devil's Rejects
6. Sin City
7. Grizzly Man
8. Me and You and Everyone We Know
9. Revenge of the Sith
10. Munich
11. Land of the Dead
12. King Kong
13. Batman Begins
14. History of Violence
15. The Chronicles of Narnia
16. Cinderella Man
17. Corpse Bride
18. War of the Worlds
19. Wolf Creek
20. Millions
21. Mr. and Mrs. Smith
22. Madagascar
23. Saw II

Not a bad year, not bad at all. Features a couple of films in my top 250. Although the bottom four are some of the worst films ever made.

[agentknight]

1. Takeshis'
2. The New World
3. Hidden
4. Brick
5. The Squid and the Whale

All I can think of :/

[ie]

Here are some reminders.

As a sidenote: Oldboy was made and released in 2003; taking two years to get to the mystical shores of USA Inc. does not count.

[criterionmaster]

Ah, I have seen:

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Ring Two
Skeleton Key
Red Eye
Transporter 2
Robots
Oliver Twist
The 40-Year Old Virgin
Dukes of Hazzard
Fantastic Four
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

Guide: EH Movies, Movies that have some quality, TERRIBLE FILMS!

Man, I saw WAY too many movies in 2005.

[misterbalco]

Red Eye has quality??

No sir, you have not seen enough movies from 2005! See The New World, Nine Lives, Syriana, L'Enfant, and Gus Van Sant's Last Days. At that point, you can claim you have seen too many films from 2005.

Ive seen 21 films from 2005. I'll most my list soon. I need to see some more 2006!

[Nomansvally]

1. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (top 30 material)
2. Caché
3. The Proposition
4. L'Enfant
5. Broken Flowers
6. Match Point
7. Munich
8. History of Violence
9. Walk the Line
10. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Then comes the rest which I really don't care about...

Batman Begins
Sin City
King Kong
Revenge of the Sith
War of the Worlds
Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Cinderella Man
Saw II (probably one of the worst films I've ever seen!)

[criterionmaster]

misterbalco said:

Red Eye has quality??

Well I was so close to not bolding it, but it was a good film from Craven especially compared to most. And there was no stupid fucking twist ending. I guess good compared to normal horror films coming out.

EDIT: And Yea, I will see those films soon.