Popcultureboy's Top Ten Films of 2004

Oh, I think you've got to rank Garden State above Open Water and The Dreamers. But at least it made your list...what is the matter with those Golden Globe people??

These must be films YOU saw in 2004, because some came out in 2003, such as Monster.

Jon, Monster came out in the UK in April 2004, which is why I included it. Oldboy isn't released in the US until later in 2005 but I still included it here because it opened in the UK in 2004.

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I'll play, even though I have yet to see Million Dollar Baby, The Aviator, A Very Long Engagement, House of Flying Daggers, The Motorcycle Diaries, Hotel Rwanda, Ray, Closer, I Heart Huckabees, Life Aquatic... or Vera Drake.

1. Kill Bill vol 2
2. Bad Education
3. The Incredibles
4. Fahrenheit 9/11
5. Finding Neverland
6. Kinsey
7. Garden State
8. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
9. Shrek 2
10.Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

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I will take this list right to the Video store....

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PopCultureBoy -- could you see your way to adding my personal pick (and only film I saw last year): The Princess Diaries II; A Royal Engagement?

I need to catch up on my film watching. :/

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Updated On: 1/1/05 at 04:26 PM

LMAO!!!

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No Eternal Sunshine? *sniffle*

Further proof that I have a lot of movies to catch up on. Oh, and that the theater owners in my area are tasteless.

Vera Drake doesn't open in the UK until Jan 7th 2005, so I will hopefully include it on next year's best of list.

As for Eternal Sunshine, well, I didn't like it. Loved the performances and the visuals, HATED the screenplay. I am no fan of Charlie Kaufmann anyway, as I didn't like Being John Malkovich and I flat out loathed Adaptation. But the great reviews and word of mouth on Eternal Sunshine made me think that this could be different. It wasn't.

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Unfortunately, they do not seem to stand a realistic chance of being nominated for Best Picture. And, I get that Bad Education is ineligible for Best Foreign Film as I think Spain submitted The Sea Inside--which is nominated for a Golden Globe. I could be wrong about this. Heck, Bad Education may even be ineligible this year for any awards for some reason.

Here is where the Best Picture race is thought to stand currently by 3 different Oscar buzz followers:

http://www.oscarwatch.com/ (these are in order with top being frontrunner; asteriks refer to major awards/nominations)
Million Dollar Baby**
The Aviator**
Sideways**
Finding Neverland**
Hotel Rwanda*
Ray**
Kinsey**
Closer*
Phantom of the Opera**
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind**
Collateral*
Fahrenheit 911
The Motorcycle Diaries
The Passion of the Christ
A Very Long Engagement

Another Oscarwatch.com pundit http://www.oscarwatch.com/Kris/oscarchart04.html (parenthetical info is change in place):
1 THE AVIATOR
2 MILLION DOLLAR BABY
3 SIDEWAYS (+3)
4 RAY (-1)
5 FINDING NEVERLAND (-1)
6 FAHRENHEIT 9/11 (+2)
7 HOTEL RWANDA (NEW)
8 THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-2)
9 KINSEY (-2)
10 COLLATERAL

http://www.oscarcentral.com/2005/category/picture.html

1. The Aviator
2. Finding Neverland
3. Sideways
4. Ray
5. Kinsey
6. Closer
7. The Phantom of the Opera
8. Million Dollar Baby
9. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

I would conclude the following:

1. Million Dollar Baby
2. The Aviator
3. Sideways
4. Finding Neverland
5. Ray or Kinsey

BUT there are almost always 1 or 2 surprises!

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Updated On: 1/2/05 at 07:50 PM

No Napoleon Dynamite?

Akiva

ive seen none from your best list and half of your worst list.