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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jan 9, 2024 17:19:56 GMT -5
I would go with Koreeda's Nobody Knows, although it's a sad film. Before Sunset is nice, but I prefer the first film. Howl's Moving Castle has some beautiful animation but Spirited Away was a much better film. Wong Kar Wai's 2046 was awful. Such a disappointment. I didn't much care for Almodovar's Bad Education either, yet both of these films appear to have a solid reputation these days. 3 Iron was good. I liked Hotel Rwanda. I've never seen Napoleon Dynamite or The Life Aquatic but those films have plenty of fans. Napoleon Dynamite was filmed in eastern Idaho in a town that I'm very familiar with. My wife's family love the movie and I can definitely understand why. For me it's solidly okay...but not really my thing. They did do a retrospective of it recently at the theater my youngest son works at part-time with some of the cast members. He said they were all very pleasant. |
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Post by Confessor on Jan 9, 2024 17:59:42 GMT -5
Napoleon Dynamite was filmed in eastern Idaho in a town that I'm very familiar with. My wife's family love the movie and I can definitely understand why. For me it's solidly okay...but not really my thing. They did do a retrospective of it recently at the theater my youngest son works at part-time with some of the cast members. He said they were all very pleasant. I love Napoleon Dynamite. I saw it at the cinema when it came out and found it strangely compelling. With subsequent viewings on DVD I've grown to really love it. It's quite a subtle film and was definitely a slow burn with me, in terms of coming to love it. It's a fascinating combination of quirky, funny and the strangely moving. |
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Post by tartanphantom on Jan 9, 2024 22:16:34 GMT -5
Did somebody mention Napoleon Dynamite? One of the most meme-worthy films ever made.  |
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Post by berkley on Jan 9, 2024 22:49:41 GMT -5
I would go with Koreeda's Nobody Knows, although it's a sad film. Before Sunset is nice, but I prefer the first film. Howl's Moving Castle has some beautiful animation but Spirited Away was a much better film. Wong Kar Wai's 2046 was awful. Such a disappointment. I didn't much care for Almodovar's Bad Education either, yet both of these films appear to have a solid reputation these days. 3 Iron was good. I liked Hotel Rwanda. I've never seen Napoleon Dynamite or The Life Aquatic but those films have plenty of fans.
I didn't notice 2046 when I skimmed through the list: I wouldn't say it was my favourite fim that year or one of Wong Kar Wai's best but there were large chunks of it that I liked. One of the most off-putting aspects to me is that he somehow managed to make Gong Li look unattractive, which takes some doing.
edit: I didn't recognise the title 'Nobody Knows' but after looking it up I realise that I did see this film at the theatre. I couldn't honestly describe it as a favourite but it definitely made an impact. I haven't seen Howl or Bad Education yet.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jan 26, 2024 15:53:20 GMT -5
And it's been a really long time. Partly because I'm super swamped at work at and home. Partly because, as I move closer to the present, I've seldom seen any of these movies more than once, and my memory just ain't what it used to be. But... 2005. Batman Begins - Honestly, this belongs in the "it's been too long section," but I felt like I should address it. I remember thinking this was okay when I saw it in 2005. I think I may have seen it once more on DVD...but maybe not. I know I didn't love it. But I didn't hate it, like I do the other two Nolan Batman films. I haven't watched it again because I fear that I'll hate it if I do. And there are just other things to watch. Sin City - I think I've only seen this...maybe twice. I definitely liked it. It's an interesting comics to screen adaptation. But that's mostly what I have...I remember liking it when I saw it. Good Night and Good Luck - Yeah...I love this film. Murrow is a hero of mine. The acting is amazing. Yeah it plays a bit loose with the facts and the timeline. But it's still a great and timely film. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada - This is just an amazing modern western. Tommy Lee Jones is not only gold in the starring role as Pete Perkins. It's also his directorial debut and I think he does a great job in that seat. One of those amazing little films that gets lost in the shuffle and shouldn't. Seriously...If you haven't seen it, you need to. March of the Penguins - This is almost certainly the film from 2005 that I've seen the most often. It's probably one the films from the entire 2000s (2000-2024) that I've seen the most. My youngest son absolutely loved this movie. And he watched it a LOT. I think that it's not without its problems, but overall it's an amazing documentary and even if you turn the sound off it's amazing to watch those birds do their thing. As usual there are many films I've either not seen or not seen in far too long. Including; most foreign films; Serenity (I've only seen this once. I loved Firefly, but remember this being only okay); Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (I need to watch this again. Because I know I've only seen it once. But apparently I really liked it when I did. So...yeah.); A History of Violence (Ditto what I said on Kiss Kiss Bang Bang); Thank You For Smoking (Ditto the last two); So what's my favorite film of 2005? It's Good Night and Good Luck by a pretty comfortable margin. I really love that film. I do think that "The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada" is an excellent film though and in a lot of years it could easily win. And I really do feel like it need to see Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, A History of Violence and Thank You for Smoking again. And 2005 in film for those as need a look. |
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Post by berkley on Jan 27, 2024 2:49:42 GMT -5
I'm probably missing a lot of titles when I scan through these lists - for example, I just realised I didn't notice Sin City, even though it must have been there - but anyway, for what it's worth, I'll go with a documentary called Across the Bridge about Turkish rock/pop music that I remember being very impressed with at the time, both the music and the cultural scene it portrayed. Looking at dramatic or fictional movies as opposed to docs, Cronenberg's A History of Violence was the one that stood out as I skimmed through the lists.
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Post by Hoosier X on Jan 27, 2024 3:00:13 GMT -5
I have a tie for my favorite film of 2005.
Domino
Pride and Prejudice
It was a great year for Kiera Knightley movies.
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Post by EdoBosnar on Jan 27, 2024 4:41:53 GMT -5
First off, I have to say that I really need to get around to watching Good Night, And Good Luck and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (I've only watched part of the latter once when channel-surfing). That would probably influence my choice. Otherwise, nothing sticks out to me among the films from this year that I have watched - Sin City is pretty good, Batman Begins is just o.k. in my opinion, as were some of the other big-budget action films of this year, like War of the Worlds or Mr. & Mrs. Smith.
I'm gonna go with one I have watched several times and always find entertaining, Robots:
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jan 27, 2024 9:44:43 GMT -5
First off, I have to say that I really need to get around to watching Good Night, And Good Luck and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (I've only watched part of the latter once when channel-surfing). That would probably influence my choice. Otherwise, nothing sticks out to me among the films from this year that I have watched - Sin City is pretty good, Batman Begins is just o.k. in my opinion, as were some of the other big-budget action films of this year, like War of the Worlds or Mr. & Mrs. Smith. I'm gonna go with one I have watched several times and always find entertaining, Robots: I vaguely recall seeing that at least once with my boys. Nathan would have been 9 or 10 and Connor 4 when it came out. But the only thing I remember about it is the design of the main robot. |
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Post by commond on Jan 27, 2024 18:47:31 GMT -5
There are a lot of films from 2005 that I've never seen. I haven't seen A History of Violence despite the fact that I generally like Cronenberg films. I never saw Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Munich, or Good Night, and Good Luck. I was heavily immersed in older films at the time.
I did like The Squid and the Whale, Woody Allen's Match Point, and Herzog's Grizzly Man. Haneke's Cache is good, as is Malek's New World. I also like the Dardenne brothers' L'Enfant.
Apparently, my favorite film was The Death of Mr. Lazarescu by Cristi Puiu, but I can't remember much about it off the top of my head.
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Post by berkley on Jan 27, 2024 19:48:11 GMT -5
There are a lot of films from 2005 that I've never seen. I haven't seen A History of Violence despite the fact that I generally like Cronenberg films. I never saw Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Munich, or Good Night, and Good Luck. I was heavily immersed in older films at the time. I did like The Squid and the Whale, Woody Allen's Match Point, and Herzog's Grizzly Man. Haneke's Cache is good, as is Malek's New World. I also like the Dardenne brothers' L'Enfant. Apparently, my favorite film was The Death of Mr. Lazarescu by Cristi Puiu, but I can't remember much about it off the top of my head.
Ah, I missed Caché when I looked through the titles. That would be a contender for me. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Feb 21, 2024 17:42:11 GMT -5
Huh...who'd a thunk doing three people's jobs would take up most of your time? On to 2006...to the extent I can remember any of the movies from that year. So this is going to be short. Because as I go through the list of movies from 2006 I find that there are quite a number that I remember seeing and remember liking at the time. But I literally saw them once and have not seen them again in the last 17+ years. So...it's going to default to the one film that I not only liked, but that I've seen a few more times over the years. Idiocracy - Who'd a thunk that Mike Judge would be freakin' Nostradamus? Just off by about 500 years. What started out as a satire has rapidly started to become a documentary as we apparently find it necessary to be ruled by a Kakistocracy, to the extent we aren't ruled by our corporate overlords (though to be fair, many of our corporate overlords appear to be as idiotic and/or mentally ill as our politicos). When people look to Gwyneth Paltrow for medical advice I'm sure we're only a few years away from watering our crops with Brawn-do. As usual there are many films I've either not seen or not seen in far too long. Including; most foreign films; Pan's Labyrinth (Yeah...haven't seen it since 2006); The Departed (I've only seen it once and mostly don't remember it); The Prestige (Ditto); Children of Men (and again); Casino Royale (Ditto); Letters From Iwo Jima (This one too); Lucky Number Slevin (Sigh); For Your Consideration; So what's my favorite film of 2006? It might well be Idiocracy anyway...but honestly my memory is getting worse and I have only the vaguest recollection of most of the films I've seen from 2006. And 2006 in film for those as need a look. |
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Post by berkley on Feb 21, 2024 22:11:46 GMT -5
Unless I've missed something, it'll probably be Pan's Labyrinth for me.
Other titles I recognised after a quick scan through:
13 Tzameti - disturbing French film, depressing even, but no doubting its impact.
The Host - entertaining monster movie from Bong Joon-ho.
Paprika - I saw this animated Japanese movie for the first time just last week. Not quite Miyazaki level but interesting.
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Post by Hoosier X on Feb 22, 2024 11:11:13 GMT -5
I have a tie for 2006.
Borat
Volver
I saw Paprika within the last two or three years and I remember liking it a lot but I don’t really otherwise remember it. Maybe I should see it again.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Feb 22, 2024 11:32:38 GMT -5
I have a tie for 2006. Borat Volver I saw Paprika within the last two or three years and I remember liking it a lot but I don’t really otherwise remember it. Maybe I should see it again. Those are two that I feel like I should see. There are so many movies and so little time. |
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