Nope, they air at 8 p.m. EST! I'll be watching just to see what SIDEWAYS
doesn't win.
This isn't a complete list because I'm sure I have a few more tickets scattered around my room (when I come home from the theatre, I just toss any tickets and spare change onto my night table and it can be a while before I remember to put them in "the pile"), but here's all the stubs I currently have (short reviews to come later):
X
THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT
HIDALGO
*
THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST (2)
*
DAWN OF THE DEAD
KILL BILL VOL. 2
x
SECRET WINDOW
MEAN GIRLS
X
VAN HELSING
TROY
SHREK 2 (2)
x
THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW
THE NOTEBOOK
ANCHORMAN
*
KING ARTHUR (2)
x
I, ROBOT
OPEN WATER
EXORCIST: THE BEGINING
COLLATERAL
*
HERO
WICKER PARK
CELLULAR
X
RESIDENT EVIL: APOCALYPSE
*
VANITY FAIR
X
THE FORGOTTEN
SUSPECT ZERO
SHARK TALE
LADDER 49
X
THE VILLAGE
*
THE POLAR EXPRESS
x
THE GRUDGE
*
TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE
() = movies I saw more than once in the cinema and how many times I saw it
* = my favorites
X = complete shite
x = mostly shite
My favorites, in order, would have to be:
1. HERO
2. TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE
3. THE POLAR EXPRESS
4. KING ARTHUR
5. DAWN OF THE DEAD
6. THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST
7. VANITY FAIR
I also rented ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND, NAPOLEON DYNAMITE, and GARDEN STATE recently. GS was the best of them, and I liked it a lot, I'm just not sure if I would put it on the list. I have trouble discerning a good movie from one that I love, which is why I don't make lists often.
My opinion of the year in whole:
It was a really great summer. Almost every film coming out looked amazing, and though some ended up extremely disappointing (Village, Forgotten), the experience of going to the theatre is always worth it, so imo, it's never really a waste.
Even my local theatre was able to keep up with all the great flicks coming out, and they're usually awful at that sort of stuff. I may have jinxed it because once autumn arrived, they'd keep the same shitty movies around for a month, and not play the "good" flicks at all. And I was really looking forward to seeing (among others) CLOSER, THE LIFE AQUATIC, FINDING NEVERLAND, THE AVIATOR, and FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX. They only started playing NATIONAL TREASURE last week (might not be an Oscar movie, but I'll see it for the Beanster), and it took two months for ALEXANDER to come here and it only stayed for a week (so I missed it). PHANTOM OF THE OPERA hasn't so much as farted in our direction yet, and I've been dying to see that one since February.
Would love to participate in the Oscar discussions this year, but I haven't been able to see a single one of the contenders! 2004 seemed to be very low-key anyway. When you think about the flicks getting all the nominations these days, they're mostly independant films and ones that aren't going to make much money. HOTEL RWANDA, KINSEY, MILLION DOLLAR BABY, ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND, SIDEWAYS, etc.
I still know that RAY, THE AVIATOR, FINDING NEVERLAND, SIDEWAYS, and MILLION DOLLAR BABY will get the Best Picture nominations at the Oscars, though.
Wish I could attribute that to my razor sharp brain, but every other award ceremony is nominating those exact five as well. I fear that the 2005 awards will be a year without surprises or much interest.
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