2005 Film Journals

[Josh]

As with the Music Journals thread, we may not have much use of this one for a while, but we might as well create it and sticky it so that it'll be here when we need it.

This is a thread for you to share whatever films you see in 2005. You can regulate it to 2005 releases only or include older films that you see. Feel free to include ratings, brief summaries, links to reviews that you've written elsewhere, or tenative Top 10 lists. Whatever tickles your fancy.  =)  

[murlough23]

I'm still catching up on 2004 releases, and probably will be for a few weeks, so I'm going to include anything that I meant to see in '04, but didn't get around to seeing before Dec. 31st, in the '04 Film Journals thread, and maybe write up a Top 10 Movies of 2004 article near the end of January. I'll start posting here when I start seeing films that were actually released in '05.

NP: "Herself (I Want a Girl)", Everyday Sunday

[Josh]

2005 Reveal Film Awards!

[dgp11776]

1.  Hitch  A
2.  Transporter 2  A
3.  The Upside of Anger  A-
4.  Mr. and Mrs. Smith  A-
5.  In Good Company  A-
6.  Red Eye  B+
7.  The Longest Yard  B+
8.  A Lot Like Love  B+
9.  Coach Carter  B+
10.  War of the Worlds  B
11.  Guess Who?  B
12.  Sahara  B-
13.  Madagascar  B-
14.  The Pacifier  C
15.  The Wedding Date  C

Last update:  9/15/05

[murlough23]

The Best of 2005:
1. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe A
2. Hitch A-
3. In Good Company A-
4. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith A-
5. March of the Penguins A-
6. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory A-
7. Good Night, and Good Luck A-
8. Millions B+
9. Memoirs of a Geisha B+
10. Casanova B+

Missing the Cut:
Cinderella Man B+
Batman Begins B+
Must Love Dogs B+
Monster-In-Law B
Flightplan B
Serenity B
Walk the Line B
A Lot Like Love B
Guess Who? B
Sky High B
Madagascar B
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants B
Pride and Prejudice B
Crash B
Zathura B
Fever Pitch B-
Proof B-
My Date with Drew B-
The Legend of Zorro B-
The Family Stone B-
The Longest Yard B-
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy B-
The Interpreter B-
Chicken Little B-
Robots B-
Because of Winn-Dixie C+
Valiant C
Kicking and Screaming D

(Last update: 12/15/06)

[enemy anemone]

finally updating this...

2005 releases:

Batman Begins - A
Broken Flowers - A
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe - A
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - A
King Kong - A
March of the Penguins - A
Millions - A
Mr. and Mrs. Smith - A
Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of The Were-Rabbit - A

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - B
Elizabethtown - B
In Good Company - B
Pooh's Heffalump Movie - B
Red Eye - B
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants - B
War of the Worlds - B
Zathura - B

Bewitched - C
Madagascar - C
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous - C

Assault on Precinct 13 - D
Constantine - D
Ice Princess - D
Kicking and Screaming - D
Must Love Dogs - D
Robots - D

[bethany]

* denotes a first-time viewing

January
*Sideways
*The Incredibles
*The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
*The Man Who Cried
*Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself
The Witches
*Empire of the Sun
*Open Water
San Quentin
*Action in the North Atlantic
*Sinbad
*In Good Company
13 Going On 30
*The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
*Amores Perros
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Village
Never Give A Sucker An Even Break
*The Closet
*Collateral
Hamlet (Mel Gibson version)
*The Aviator
*Woman of the Year

February
Sense and Sensibility
Duck Soup
*The Big Clock
*Million Dollar Baby
*Mean Creek
*Three On A Match
*Blow-Up
Finding Neverland
*The Bad and the Beautiful
Castle In the Desert
*Fahrenheit 451
*A Very Long Engagement
*Holiday
*The Grudge
*Sylvia Scarlett
She Done Him Wrong
Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope
The Empire Strikes Back
Before Sunset
A Hard Day's NIght
*P.S.
*But I'm A Cheerleader

March
*Bureau of Missing Persons
*Fat City
*Strange Alibi
*Son of Dracula
*The Killers
*Criss Cross
Emma
Lost In Translation
Dumbo
*The Lost Weekend
You Can Count On Me
In Good Company
*Supersize Me
*I Walked With A Zombie
Casablanca
 

[AldaForPresident]

1. Batman Begins, A+
2. Munich, A+
3. Broken Flowers, A
4. Dear Frankie, A
5. Serenity, A
6. Pride and Prejudice, A-
7. Sin City, A-
8. The Upside of Anger, A-
9. Winter Solstice, A-
10. Wedding Crashers, B+
11. Good Night, and Good Luck B+
12. Match Point, B+
13. Crash, B+
14. Mr. and Mrs. Smith, B+
15. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, B+
16. The Producers, B+
17. Walk the Line, B+
18. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, B+
19. In Her Shoes, B
20. Corpse Bride, B
21. Brokeback Mountain, B
22. War of the Worlds, B-
23. The Exorcism of Emily Rose, B-
24. A History of Violence, B-
25. Cinderella Man, B-
26. The Constant Gardener, B-
27. Elizabethtown, B-
28. Red Eye, B-
29. Kingdom of Heaven, B-
30. The 40-Year-Old Virgin, B-
31. Memoirs of a Geisha, B-
32. Capote, B-
33. Hitch, B-
34. Kicking and Screaming, B-
35. Kung Fu Hustle, B-
36. Bad News Bears, B-
37. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, C+
38. An Unfinished Life, C+
39. Shopgirl, C+
40. Bewitched, C+
41. King Kong, C
42. The Weather Man, C
43. Flightplan, C-
44. Two for the Money, D
45. Fun with Dick and Jane, D
46. Derailed, D
47. Hide and Seek, D
48. Madagascar, D
49. Robots, D-
50. The Island, D-

Last updated 05/17/06

[Brenden]

I may as well do a journal, looks like I'll be seeing more of this year's releases.

Thus far
Batman Begins - A+
Corpse Bride - A
Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of The Were-Rabbit - A
Dear Frankie - A -
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe - A-
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory - A-
King Kong - B
War of the Worlds - B
Mr. and Mrs. Smith - B
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - B
Red Eye - B
Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of The Sith - B-
The Exorcism of Emily Rose - B-
Robots - C
Valiant - D-

[Coffy]

Josh: If you liked Kung Fu Hustle you should also watch Shaolin Soccer. stephen chow directs and stars in this one just like in Kung Fu Hustle.

[AldaForPresident]

Josh: If you liked Kung Fu Hustle you should also watch Shaolin Soccer. stephen chow directs and stars in this one just like in Kung Fu Hustle.

I read that there's a sequel in the works for Kung Fu Hustle. For some reason, I think it's supposed to start shooting in August or sometime this summer. I can't remember where I read it; probably IMDB, which is not the most reliable source. If it is true, though, cool beans.

And now that I think about it, I shouldn't be cluttering this thread with speculation. Feel free to delete, eye(s) in the sky. As long as everyone thinks I've written something scandalous.

[Tom]

I'm not 100% sure these are all 2005 releases, feel free to correct me. But of all the new movies I have SEEN in 2005, these are my rankings:

1. The Corpse Bride - A+
2. Star Wars, Episode III: Revenge of the Sith - A-
3. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - B+
4. Brothers Grimm - B+
5. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - B+
6. Beyond The Sea - B+
7. Bride & Prejudice - B-
8. Hitch - C+
9. Kung Fu Hustle - C+
10. Sahara - D+
11. Constantine - F-

Looking forward to seeing:

way more than I care to list, but including Batman Begins

[AldaForPresident]

We're not going to un-sticky this for a while, are we? Because personally, as evidenced by the growing list of films I still haven't seen, I'm not anywhere close to being done.

[Josh]

We're not going to un-sticky this for a while, are we? Because personally, as evidenced by the growing list of films I still haven't seen, I'm not anywhere close to being done.

We usually unsticky these journal threads two or three weeks after the new year, but they never get deleted or anything, so you can update 'em anytime. I know what you mean about not being anywhere close to done-- I was updating my 2004 journal well into summer 2005-- but I generally don't like the boards to get too cluttered with sticky threads, and since we'll be starting 2006 journals at some point...

[AldaForPresident]

We usually unsticky these journal threads two or three weeks after the new year, but they never get deleted or anything, so you can update 'em anytime. I know what you mean about not being anywhere close to done-- I was updating my 2004 journal well into summer 2005-- but I generally don't like the boards to get too cluttered with sticky threads, and since we'll be starting 2006 journals at some point...

Okie dokie. Sounds good.

[murlough23]

I'd recommend bookmarking this thread. I've done that for 2004 Music Journals, since I still update that whenever I listen to something new that I missed from last year.

[AldaForPresident]

I was marveling the other day at how few of the films on my list I would truly consider "favorites" at this point. The first three, and that's about it. There are still several I haven't seen, but overall it seems to have been a dismal year for great movies.

[ajyouthguy]

I think I saw two movies at the theater in 2005...which was one more than I saw in 2006...and I honestly don't remember renting any 2005 releases either.  anyways, I saw I Walk the Line and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, and I liked them both...I'm not sure which would be 1 and which 2, but since there are only 2, I guess it doesn't matter too much, huh?