Continuing on with the same 'best' theme from last week, let's move over to the cinema and list'em up. This time there shall be no 'discovered in' blanket, just the best films of '05, straight up.
Top 5 Movies of 2005 (that i've seen)
- Dig! I believe this first made the festival scene in '04, but didn't receive full release until '05, so i can honestly sneak it in as my top pick. This is an unbelievable rock n' roll documentary cranked up to 11. I am a newfound convert to the revivalist ways of the Brian Jonestown Massacre, and could probably watch this film on a weekly basis and not tire of it's pure rock exploits. The music, the bands, the biz, the drugs, the insanity; they're all present in flying colours. Do yourself a favour and dig this film asap!
- Sin City. Finally, a comic book (sorry, graphic novel) movie the way it should be done. Marv rules the world.
- Wedding Crashers. The annual entry in the Vince Vaughn laugh-fest category. He's on a roll, babies!
- No Direction Home. Bobby D as intimately as he's ever been seen. Still not all the layers of the onion, but fucking great nonetheless!
- Broken Flowers. Bill Murray picks up where he left off with Lost in Translation and plays deadpan comedy to perfection. The way the movie is left open to interpretation has me onto a third viewing within a one week period. That's good cinema. As a sidenote, i'm also exploring a theory that the movie subtly references other Murray films, but another viewing is required to either confirm, or disconfirm that suspicion.
Honourable Mentions - Corpse Bride, Stripes Extended Cut, 40 Year Old Virgin.
Posted by scotty at January 10, 2006 06:54 PM
i never seem to be able to come up with 5. in fact i don't even think i can remember 5 movies that a saw in 2005. but i think you all should go see Capote. thats an awesome movie!
Living in the world of porn and bootlegged movies it's "hard" to "cum" up w/a top 5...especially since I have no idea when the movie was "released"! So I will just "shoot" some of last years favs:
1. Wedding Crashers
2. Sin City
3. Star Wars
4. Drawing a Blank
5. Blanks Ahoy
beautiful new fairmonts picture...justin do you ever wear that belt buckle.sad.
Posted by: batman on January 16, 2006 01:50 AMSteveo your a jerk.:(
Posted by: batman on January 15, 2006 01:20 PMwow, it's like your own personal journal!
Posted by: Rosa on January 14, 2006 12:42 AMYo!Beautiful london nite last nite!!...almost didnt drive home b\c I wanted to stay so bad :(
Brass was happening as always(I mean...lol)lots of cute pictures were had and applejacks(JD n apple juice..Mmm!)
Fairmonts entertaining as always...Scottys ma & pa were out-adorable by the way!!!!
Miss u guyz and see ya soon I imagine.
Pumpernickel's better.
Sweet bum love :P
you know how i know you're gay? cause i've seen you make spinich dip in a loaf of sour dough bread once.
Posted by: Rosa on January 12, 2006 05:06 PMKnow how I know you're gay?...'cause you didn't have heterosexual porn on your list. No, Rosa...I do not want to watch School of Cock with you.
Posted by: The Captain on January 12, 2006 02:25 PMscotty, fit your as in a teacup is not a movie, there is no plot, no storyline, or even a star. Teacup is porn. now if wanted to compile top 5 porn movies i'd gladly submit my list!
Posted by: Rosa on January 12, 2006 12:01 PMrosa, i'm shocked and appalled that "you could fit your ass in a teacup" didn't top your list! speaking of,........ what gives, man?! justine, jimmy's birthday isn't a movie from last year - save it!!
Posted by: scotty on January 12, 2006 08:36 AM"HAPPY BELATED TO MY DEAR JAMES JIMMY PAGE"(this past monday the 9th)
And what a wonderful nite\wkd it was...wow Jack Daniels kicked my ass...toasted to the great man on the Friday out for drinks n eats w\my dad then Saturday a stag n doe..Sunday celebrated a friends 25th and Monday got inhilated @ a little pub w\a juke box playing Physical Graffiti!CHEERS!xoxo
Hmm movies...
1-Walk the Line-entirely beautiful\seen it 3x
2-Charlie & the chocolate factory-good but a little creepy
3-Bewitched-Loved the sitcom back in the day loved the movie so much I bought it
4-War of the Worlds-Saw it w\mom in London in Sept-I think I had her finger prints embedded into my arm!
5-The Perfect Man-cute.
Honourable Mentions:Dukes of Hazzard-Loved the show\love The Judge\love Johnny Knoxville\Jessica Simpson is beautiful\great choice of music and Willie Nelson is the shit-my kind of movie!!Thumbs up!
gonna sound like repeats, but here goes....
1. wedding crashers - 3 times in theatres, and it still makes me crack up! the dvd rocks
2. sin city - twice in the theatre, and the recut and extended dvd for christmas makes steve-o a happy boy! this dvd will blow your mind!
3. bob dylan no direction home - bought before it aired and was not disappointed in the least!
4. 40 year old virgin - more low brow laughs......hey scotty, you know how i know your gay?...cause you have a rainbow bumper sticker on your car that says "i love it when balls are in my face!"
5. kiss kiss bang bang - i could'nt believe how great this movie is. Who better to pull off a gay PI named Gay Perry than Val Kilmer.
hon mention: Star Wars 3, but that goes without saying, which is why it's not on the list. Walk The Line, i had chills for the whole movie! Batman Begins, Christian Bale rocks the role!
Crash/Hotel Rwanda - very depressing and true outlook on this world of ours...why can't we all just get along!
Opps, corrections, didn't see the Wedding Crashers till 2006. But very early 2006 :)
Posted by: Pauls on January 11, 2006 04:44 PM2005 was a lame year for movies as far as I'm concerned. I didn't really get to see very many, so here goes...
1. Sin City - I bought it after one viewing. So well done.
2. 40-year Old Virgin - laughed my ass off!
3. Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire - always good!
4. Brother's Grim - was acctually quite impressed with this one. It's cool how they incorporate the fairy tales.
5. Wedding Crashers - I rank it at number 5, because technically I didn't see it till 2005. And...I love Vince Vaughan. Damn Jennifer Aniston!
although... apparently a film called murderball came out in 2005 about full contact quadriplegic wheelchair rugby... i feel that would be fun to watch...
Posted by: meg on January 11, 2006 02:19 PM1. Crash
2. Corpse Bride
3. Wedding Crashers
4. 40 Year Old Virgin
5. Charlie & the Chocolate Factory
This is basically all of the movies I saw in 2005... some of them twice. 2005 sucked!
Posted by: Chilli on January 11, 2006 02:07 PM1- 40-yr old virgin
2- kiss, kiss, bang, bang
3- walk the line
4- crash
5- wedding crashers/ sin city tie
whaaaa, scotty, no devil's rejects on your list....!?
Posted by: meg on January 11, 2006 10:19 AMwait i have a new list !!!
i just remembered a couple
1. lord of war - nic cage
2. the life aquatic- bill murray i think it was 2005
then the rest of them
1. the island (classic pk dick)
2. star wars
3. war of the worlds (tom is awesome when he is frantic)and come on ...this was written before the turn of the century.
4. wedding crashers
5. danny the dog (only for the good break out of roll for jet li)
not too much this year for stupendous films though
Posted by: westmount on January 11, 2006 08:41 AM1.Crash
2.Walk the Line
3.Charlie & the Chocolate Factory
4.Be Cool - "Genius"
5.Bewitched
And may I also add the worst:
1.War of the Worlds
2.Transporter 2
3.Duece Bigalow... (haven't seen it, but don't need to)
4.House of Wax
5.Into the Blue
1. Walk the Line
2. 40 Year-old Virgin
3. Star Wars III--Revenge of the Sith
4. Batman Begins
5. Wedding Crashers
Booyah.
Posted by: The Captain on January 10, 2006 07:38 PM