RON’s TOP TEN MOVIES for 2004
1. SIDEWAYS
2. ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
3. HOTEL RWANDA
4. KILL BILL: Vol. 2
5. MILLION DOLLAR BABY
6. THE AVIATOR
7. FINDING NEVERLAND
8. VERA DRAKE
9. FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
10. BEFORE SUNSET>>walking around Paris for 80 minutes with Julie Delpy – now THAT’S a movie!
Honorable Mention (or the next eight, in order):
The Woodsman (with Kevin Bacon) – Control Room (doc) – The Dreamers (Bertolucci) – The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou –
(Tie): Fahrenheit 9/11 (doc) & The Passion of the Christ [because cinematically, both are the uncompromising vision of their creators (I don't get into politics when I'm rating a movie!)] - Tarnation (doc) - Kinsey
Saw & enjoyed (alpha-11):
Closer – Collateral – Harry Potter 3 – I (heart) Huckabees* –– The Machinist – Primer – Ray – Spiderman 2 – Stage Beauty – Troy – We Don’t Live Here Anymore*
* starring the lovely NAOMI WATTS
Monday, February 14, 2005
Thursday, February 10, 2005
2004 -- FOREIGN FILMS
RON’s TOP TEN FOREIGN FILMS for 2004
** twice-as-good a year for foreign films than 2003 (when I had a Top Five list)
1. A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT (France)
>>French gamine Audrey Tatou cracks the #1 spot for the second straight year!
2. The Motorcycle Diaries (Brazil)
3. Bad Education (Spain)
4. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter … and Spring (Korea)
5. Since Otar Left… (Georgia)
(tie) The Return (Russia)
7. The Belvaux Trilogy (France) (“On the Run” / “An Amazing Couple” / “After the Life”)
8. Goodbye, Lenin! (Germany)
9. Distant (Turkey)
10. Twilight Samurai (Japan)
Honorable Mention:
Crimson Gold (Iran) – Strayed (France) – Intimate Strangers (France) – Hero (China) –Moolaade (Senegal) – Red Lights (France) – Zelary (Czech) –
The Story of the Weeping Camel (Mongolia) [this was NOT a documentary!]
-- and finally -- Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman (Japan)
[the director who made the gay samurai movie is back with a samurai musical !! (sort-of)]
** twice-as-good a year for foreign films than 2003 (when I had a Top Five list)
1. A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT (France)
>>French gamine Audrey Tatou cracks the #1 spot for the second straight year!
2. The Motorcycle Diaries (Brazil)
3. Bad Education (Spain)
4. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter … and Spring (Korea)
5. Since Otar Left… (Georgia)
(tie) The Return (Russia)
7. The Belvaux Trilogy (France) (“On the Run” / “An Amazing Couple” / “After the Life”)
8. Goodbye, Lenin! (Germany)
9. Distant (Turkey)
10. Twilight Samurai (Japan)
Honorable Mention:
Crimson Gold (Iran) – Strayed (France) – Intimate Strangers (France) – Hero (China) –Moolaade (Senegal) – Red Lights (France) – Zelary (Czech) –
The Story of the Weeping Camel (Mongolia) [this was NOT a documentary!]
-- and finally -- Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman (Japan)
[the director who made the gay samurai movie is back with a samurai musical !! (sort-of)]
Tuesday, February 08, 2005
2004 -- The Worst of the Worst
THE WORST EIGHT MOVIES I SAW in 2004
Or: “Fifteen hours of my life I will never get back”
[in reverse order]
8. Shrek 2
7. The Ladykillers (with Tom Hanks)
6. Open Water
5. The Silence / Hour of the Wolf (both 1960s-era Ingmar Bergman)
4. Chaos (France 2001) -- a video rental
3. Two or Three Things I know about Her (France 1967: Jean-Luc Godard)
2. Goodbye, Dragon Inn (Taiwan 2003)
1. Songs from the Second Floor (Sweden 2000)
On a positive note: I saw the bottom three films for FREE (courtesy of Washington, DC museums).
Or: “Fifteen hours of my life I will never get back”
[in reverse order]
8. Shrek 2
7. The Ladykillers (with Tom Hanks)
6. Open Water
5. The Silence / Hour of the Wolf (both 1960s-era Ingmar Bergman)
4. Chaos (France 2001) -- a video rental
3. Two or Three Things I know about Her (France 1967: Jean-Luc Godard)
2. Goodbye, Dragon Inn (Taiwan 2003)
1. Songs from the Second Floor (Sweden 2000)
On a positive note: I saw the bottom three films for FREE (courtesy of Washington, DC museums).
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