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2004, A Lazy Recap

by : DokBrowne [ email this article to a friend ]
 
Just felt like making some kind of list. Not as complete as the full-blown "awards" galas I used to compile fruitlessly, but that's what happens when I do this after work and late at night when I'm not in a good mood

BEST OF 2004
1) The Incredibles
2) The Aviator
3) Before Sunset
4) Sideways
5) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
6) Spider-Man 2
7) Hero
8) Garden State
9) Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle
10) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Runners-up: In Good Company, I Heart Huckabees, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, Baadasssss!, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Shaun of the Dead

Haven't Seen Yet: Million Dollar Baby, Kinsey, Finding Neverland (eh)

WORST OF 2004 (since there were so many crazily awful movies this past year, I decided to base this list instead on ones for which I hold the most spite. "New York Minute", for example, is just too easy a target)
1) The Grudge
2) King Arthur
3) The Punisher
4) The Day After Tomorrow
5) Resident Evil: Apocalypse
6) Blade: Trinity
7) Saw
8) I, Robot
9) Shark Tale
10) House of Flying Daggers

MOST OVERRATED
1) House of Flying Daggers
2) The Bourne Supremacy
3) Collateral
4) The Passion of the Christ
5) Dawn of the Dead

MOST UNDERRATED
1) The Butterfly Effect
2) Alfie
3) Around the World in 80 Days
4) Van Helsing
5) Ella Enchanted and Princess Diaries 2

MOST DISAPPOINTING (all predominantly 'cuz of faith in the filmmaker)
1) The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (Wes Anderson)
2) House of Flying Daggers (Yimou)
3) The Polar Express (Zemeckis)
4) The Ladykillers (Coens)
5) Spanglish (James L. Brooks)
Grand Jury Prize: The Village (Shyamalan)


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