01. 01/07/05: Yi Yi (Edward Yang, 2000) ****
02. 01/08/05: Vertical Ray of the Sun (Anh Hung Tran, 2000) ***
03. 01/08/05: Ran (Akira Kurosawa, 1985) ****
04. 01/09/05: Sleeper (Woody Allen, 1973) ***
05. 01/09/05: Key Largo (John Huston, 1948) *** ½
06. 01/09/05: Out Cold (Brendan & Emmett Malloy, 2001) * ½
07. 01/10/05: Frankenstein (James Whale, 1931) * ½
08. 01/11/05: Just Married (Shawn Levy, 2003) * ½
09. 01/11/05: Battleship Potemkin (Sergei M. Eisenstein, 1925) *** ½
10. 01/12/05: Airplane! (Jim Abrahams, et al, 1980) ****
11. 01/12/05: The Good Girl (Miguel Arteta, 2002) **
12. 01/13/05: Castle in the Sky (Hayao Miyazaki, 1986) ****
13. 01/14/05: In Good Company (Paul Weitz,2004) *** ½
14. 01/14/05: Léon (Luc Besson, 1994) ****
15. 01/15/05: House of Flying Daggers (Yimou Zhang, 2004) *** ½
16. 01/15/05: The Triplets of Belleville (Sylvain Chomet, 2003) *** ½
17. 01/15/05: In the Mood for Love (Kar Wai Wong, 2000) *** ½
18. 01/16/05: Meet the Fockers (Jay Roach, 2004) * ½
19. 01/17/05: Kiki’s Delivery Service (Hayao Miyazaki, 1989) ***
20. 01/18/05: Cries and Whispers (Ingmar Bergman, 1972) **
21. 01/19/05: Star Runner (Daniel Lee, 2003) *** ½
22. 01/20/05: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring (Ki-duk Kim, 2004) ****
23. 01/21/05: Iron Monkey (Woo-ping Yuen, 1993) ***
24. 01/22/05: The Laramie Project (Moisés Kaufman, 2002) ** ½
25. 01/23/05: Chungking Express (Wong Kar-Wai, 1994) ****
26. 01/23/05: Princess Mononke (Hayao Miyazaki, 1997) ****
27. 01/24/05: Twilight Samurai (Yoji Yamada, 2004) *** ½
28. 01/25/05: Before Sunrise (Richard Linklater, 1995) *** ½
29. 01/26/05: The 400 Blows (François Truffaut, 1953) ****
30. 01/27/05: A Very Long Engagement (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2004) *** ½
31. 01/29/05: The Last Wave (Peter Weir, 1977) ****
32. 01/29/05: Million Dollar Baby (Clint Eastwood, 2004) ****
33. 01/30/05: Koyaanisqatsi (Godfrey Reggio, 1983) *** ½
34. 01/30/05: Mysterious Object at Noon (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2001) ** ½

l'm still trying to kinda gather thoughts on Mysterious Object at Noon, but needless to say, it was very hit-and-miss...often wonderful, often horrible. So, yeah.

1. 1/8/2005: Scream 2 -- 8.0/10 (A-)
2. 1/9/2005: Scream 3 -- 7.5/10 (B+)
3. 1/10/2005: White Noise -- 7.0/10 (B)
4. 1/10/2005: Garden State -- 9.0/10 (A+)
5. 1/12/2005: Meet the Parents -- 8.0/10 (B+)
6. 1/12/2005: Hotel Rwanda -- 9.5/10 (A+)
7. 1/14/2005: Saw -- 8.3/10 (A-)
8. 1/14/2005: Elektra -- 5.8/10 (C+)
9. 1/16/2005: The Village -- 8.5/10 (A-)
10. 1/17/2005: Meet the Fockers -- 7.6/10 (B+)
11. 1/17/2005: Urban Legend -- 4.3/10 (C)
12. 1/19/2005: Assault on Precinct 13 -- 7.6/10 (B+)
13. 1/23/2005: Are We There Yet? -- 6.8/10 (B)
14. 1/29/2005: Little Shop of Horrors (1960) -- 6.9/10 (B)
15. 1/29/2005: The Terminal -- 8.0/10 (A-)

Little Shop of Horrors -- very cheesy film that unfortunately wasn't cheesy enough to be truly funny. Some of the parts were laugh-out-loud but many were also groan-inducingly long. The pacing was off, but this was only a B-grade horror film, so what would be expected?

The Terminal -- one of the best of 2004. Excellent performances by both Hanks and Zeta-Jones, although the ending was a little dissapointing.

1. Superman: The Movie (1978) -- 1.13 A+
2. Million Dollar Baby (2004) -- 1.21 A+
3. Live and Let Die (1973) -- 1.27 A+
4. Dr. No (1962) -- 1.16 A+
5. The Aviator (2004) -- 1.7 A+
6. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) -- 1.18 A+
7. Sleepless in Seattle (1993) -- 1.25 A+
8. The Terminal (2004) -- 1.12 A+
9. Superman II (1980) -- 1.15 A
10. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) -- 1.20 A
11. Anchorman: Unrated (2004) -- 1.9 A
12. Under Suspicion (2000) -- 1.30 A
13. Assault on Precinct 13 (2005) -- 1.19 A
14. Super Troopers (2002) -- 1.23 A-
15. Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle (2004) -- 1.8 A-
16. Coach Carter (2005) -- 1.17 A-

17. True Colors (1991) -- 1.29 B+
18. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) -- 1.22 B+
19. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) -- 1.28 B
20. Comedian (2002) -- 1.10 B
21. Napoleon Dynamite (2004) -- 1.11 B
22. Diamonds are Forever (1971) -- 1.27. B-
23. The Big Bounce (2004) -- 1.25 B-
24. The Village (2004) -- 1.13 B-
25. Are We There Yet? (2005) -- 1.26 B-

26. Paparazzi (2004) -- 1.22 C+
27. Elektra (2005) -- 1.14 C+
28. Day of the Dead (1985) -- 1.23 C+
29. Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) -- 1.11 C
30. The Forgotten (2004) -- 1.22 C-
31. Open Water (2004) -- 1.22 C-

32. Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) -- 1.22 D

Tomorrow is Day 25, so we're almost done! :wink:

Great. I have 5 days to watch 14 movies (just about done with The Day After Tomorrow...#16), not gonna happen. Maybe next time.

Saturday consisted of no movies except for The Man With The Golden Gun. I swear I watched things all day Sunday, including Hellboy twice (Starz!).

01. 01.01.2005 - Open Water. (2004) d. Chris Kentis. Grade: F
02. 01.01.2005 - Sideways. (2004) d. Alexander Payne. Grade: A
03. 01.01.2005 - King Arthur. (2004) d. Antoine Fuqua. Grade: C
04. 01.02.2005 - The Manchurian Canidate. (2004) d. Jonathan Demme. Grade: B
05. 01.02.2005 - Innocence: Ghost in the Shell 2. (2004) d. Mamoru Oshii. Grade: B-
06. 01.03.2005 - De-Lovely. (2004) d. Irwin Winkler. Grade: C-
07. 01.05.2005 - Notorious C.H.O. (2002) d. Lorene Machado. Grade: D+
08. 01.08.2005 - Million Dollar Baby. (2004) d. Clint Eastwood. Grade: A+
09. 01.08.2005 - Code 46. (2003) d. Michael Winterbottom. Grade: D+
10. 01.09.2005 - The Door in the Floor. (2004) d. Tod Williams. Grade: C+
11. 01.09.2005 - House of Flying Daggers. (2004) d. Zhang Yimou. Grade: B+
12. 01.10.2005 - Vampires: The Turning. (2005) d. Marty Weiss. Grade: F
13. 01.10.2005 - The Prophesy. (1995) d. Gregory Widen. Grade: D+
14. 01.11.2005 - Napoleon Dynamite. (2004) d. Jared Hess. Grade: B
15. 01.12.2005 - Bamboozled. (2000) d. Spike Lee. Grade: B-
16. 01.13.2005 - Good Burger. (1997) d. Brian Robbins. Grade: D-
17. 01.14.2005 - Once Upon A Time In Mexico. (2003) d. Robert Rodriguez. Grade: C+
18. 01.15.2005 - Silver City. (2004) d. John Sayles. Grade: C
19. 01.15.2005 - We Don't Live Here Anymore. (2004) d. John Curran. Grade: C-
20. 01.15.2005 - In Good Company. (2004) d. Paul Weitz. Grade: B-
21. 01.15.2005 - The Village. (2004) d. M. Night Shyamalan. Grade: B+
22. 01.16.2005 - Eurotrip. (2004) d. Jeff Schaffer. Grade: D
23. 01.16.2005 - Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen. (2004) d. Sara Sugarman. Grade: D
24. 01.17.2005 - The Firemen's Ball. (1967) d. Milos Forman. Grade: A-
25. 01.20.2005 - The Forgotten. (2004) d. Joseph Ruben. Grade: D+
26. 01.20.2005 - Friday Night Lights. (2004) d. Peter Berg. Grade: B+
27. 01.21.2005 - Ray. (2004) d. Taylor Hackford. Grade: B+
28. 01.22.2005 - Hotel Rwanda. (2004) d. Terry George. Grade: B
29. 01.22.2005 - Mona Lisa Smile. (2003) d. Mike Newell. Grade: C-
30. 01.25.2005 - Slacker. (1991) d. Richard Linklater. Grade: D
31. 01.25.2005 - Alien vs. Predator. (2004) d. Paul W.S. Anderson. Grade: D+
32. 01.26.2005 - Metallica: Some Kind of Monster. (2004) d. Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky. Grade: C-
33. 01.30.2005 - Color of Night. (1994) d. Richard Rush. Grade: D-
34. 01.30.2005 - My Boss's Daughter. (2003) d. David Zucker. Grade: D+
35. 01.30.2005 - Mean Creek. (2004) d. Jacob Aaron Estes. Grade: B+

33. Color Of Night - Awful, just awful.

34. My Boss's Daughter - Likewise.

35. Mean Creek - Ahhh now here's a great little flick. Expertly told story of 5 kids who take the local bully out so he gets his just deserts (he was just supposed to run home naked) and instead events spin wildly out of control and ends in the death of the bully.

But the fascinating thing about Mean Creek is its emotional aftermath and the havoc with which it plays with their minds.

The immediate aftermath of the event has a five minute dialogless, emotional scene where the kids take in what has just happened.

The greatest touch though is the bully himself. Once out on the road heading towards the river, we learn that there is probably a lot of sadness and secret pain in him, but when it comes to what happens to him, even HE is not blameless in Jacob exacerbating the problem. One can argue, that he is indeed the MOST responsible one for his own death.

There is a little overacting by the kids before the death but afterwards its pretty smooth sailing. The film didn't also need the small armed robbery subplot either but eh... A great way to end my month of January.

Heh, Color of Night.

That has got to be up there with the worst movies I've seen. That sex scene is ridiculous.

I think it's harder trying to find a scene that wasn't ridiculous

1/11 - A Rape In A Small Town (2004) - B
1/11 - A Certain Kind of Death (2003) - B
1/12 - Anchorman Uncut (2004) - A+
1/13 - Garden State (2004) - A+
1/14 - Napoleon Dynamite (2004) - B
1/15 - King Arthur Unrated (2004) - B
1/16 - Stevie (2002) - A+
1/17 - Year of a Bull (2003) - C
1/18 - The Killing (1956) A
1/18 - Paths of Glory (1957) A
1/19 - The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) A
1/20 - The Big Bounce (2004) B
1/21 - Cast A Deadly Spell (1991) A
1/21 - All The Little Animals (1998) B
1/21 - B.Monkey (1999) B-
1/22 - Girl With A Pearl Earring (2003) D
1/23 - Something To Scream About (2002) B
1/24 - Ride The Bullet (2004) D
1/25 - Dirty War (2004) C
1/25 - Control Room (2004) B
1/26 - Tupac: Resurrection (2003) B
1/27 - Wake Up Ron Burgundy (2004) C
1/28 - Sideways (2004) A+
1/29 Million Dollar Baby (2004) B
1/29 The Aviator (2004) B-
1/30 Aliens of the Deep (2005) A-

1/31 Torque (2004) - F-
Wow, I'm speechless

1. 1/8/2005: Scream 2 -- 8.0/10 (A-)
2. 1/9/2005: Scream 3 -- 7.5/10 (B+)
3. 1/10/2005: White Noise -- 7.0/10 (B)
4. 1/10/2005: Garden State -- 9.0/10 (A+)
5. 1/12/2005: Meet the Parents -- 8.0/10 (B+)
6. 1/12/2005: Hotel Rwanda -- 9.5/10 (A+)
7. 1/14/2005: Saw -- 8.3/10 (A-)
8. 1/14/2005: Elektra -- 5.8/10 (C+)
9. 1/16/2005: The Village -- 8.5/10 (A-)
10. 1/17/2005: Meet the Fockers -- 7.6/10 (B+)
11. 1/17/2005: Urban Legend -- 4.3/10 (C)
12. 1/19/2005: Assault on Precinct 13 -- 7.6/10 (B+)
13. 1/23/2005: Are We There Yet? -- 6.8/10 (B)
14. 1/29/2005: Little Shop of Horrors (1960) -- 6.9/10 (B)
15. 1/29/2005: The Terminal -- 8.0/10 (A-)
16. 1/31/2005: The Day After Tomorrow -- rating pending
17. 1/31/2005: Hide and Seek -- rating pending

1. 1/7/05: Troy (2004, Wolfgang Petersen) - C+
2. 1/7/05: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003, Ki-duk Kim) - A-
3. 1/8/05: Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle (2004, Danny Leiner) - B
4. 1/9/05: Akira (1988, Katsuhiro Ôtomo) - C
5. 1/9/05: Being John Malkovich (1999, Spike Jonze) - A
6. 1/9/05: Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002, George Lucas) - B
7. 1/9/05: Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004, Alexander Witt) - B+
8. 1/10/05: Cruel Intentions (1999, Roger Kumble) - A
9. 1/11/05: Infernal Affairs (2002, Wai Keung Lau & Siu Fai Mak) - B
10. 1/11/05: Before Sunrise (1995, Richard Linklater) - A
11. 1/11/05: Before Sunset (2004, Richard Linklater) - A-
12. 1/13/05: The Lion King (1994, Rober Allers and Rob Minkoff) - A
13. 1/14/05: Moulin Rouge! (2001, Baz Lurhman) - A+
14. 1/14/05: Maria Full of Grace (2004, Joshua Marston) - A-
15. 1/15/05: The Manchurian Candidate (2004, Jonathan Demme) - B
16. 1/15/05: The Stepford Wives (2004, Frank Oz) - B
17. 1/16/05: Mean Girls (2004, Mark Waters) - A-
18. 1/17/05: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004, Michel Gondry) - A
19. 1/17/05: The Phantom of the Opera (2004, Joel Schumacher) - A
20. 1/18/05: The Village (2004, M. Night Shyamalan) - A-
21. 1/19/05: Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004, Rawson Marshall Thurber) - C+
22. 1/21/05: Open Water (2004, Chris Kentis) - D
23. 1/22/05: Kill Bill Volume 1 (2003, Quentin Tarantino) - A
24. 1/22/05: Kill Bill Volume 2 (2004, Quentin Tarantino) - A
25. 1/26/05: Freaky Friday (2003, Mark S. Waters) - B+
26. 1/26/05: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004, Kerry Conran) - B+
27. 1/26/05: Mean Creek (2004, Jacob Aaron Estes) - B+
28. 1/27/05: Schindler's List (1993, Steven Spielburg) - A
29. 1/28/05: Spider-Man 2 (2004, Sam Raimi) - B+
30. 1/29/05: Shakespeare in Love (1998, John Madden) - A
31. 1/29/05: Eyes Wide Shut (1999, Stanley Kubrick) - C
32. 1/30/05: Million Dollar Baby (2004, Clint Eastwood) - A
33. 1/30/05: Pulp Fiction (1994, Quentin Tarantino) - A

Hm.. I'll watch The Usual Suspects and something else, I'll watch either Jackie Brown or Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon.

1. Superman: The Movie (1978) -- 1.13 A+
2. Million Dollar Baby (2004) -- 1.21 A+
3. Live and Let Die (1973) -- 1.27 A+
4. Dr. No (1962) -- 1.16 A+
5. The Aviator (2004) -- 1.7 A+
6. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) -- 1.18 A+
7. Sleepless in Seattle (1993) -- 1.25 A+
8. The Terminal (2004) -- 1.12 A+
9. Superman II (1980) -- 1.15 A
10. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) -- 1.20 A
11. Anchorman: Unrated (2004) -- 1.9 A
12. Under Suspicion (2000) -- 1.30 A
13. Assault on Precinct 13 (2005) -- 1.19 A
14. Predator (1987) -- 2.1 A- (Still deciding between an A- or an A)
15. Super Troopers (2002) -- 1.23 A-
16. Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle (2004) -- 1.8 A-
17. Coach Carter (2005) -- 1.17 A-

18. True Colors (1991) -- 1.29 B+
19. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) -- 1.22 B+
20. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) -- 1.28 B
21. Comedian (2002) -- 1.10 B
22. Napoleon Dynamite (2004) -- 1.11 B
23. Diamonds are Forever (1971) -- 1.27. B-
24. The Big Bounce (2004) -- 1.25 B-
25. The Village (2004) -- 1.13 B-
26. Are We There Yet? (2005) -- 1.26 B-
27. The Clearing (2004) -- 1.31. B-

28. Paparazzi (2004) -- 1.22 C+
29. Elektra (2005) -- 1.14 C+
30. Day of the Dead (1985) -- 1.23 C+
31. Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) -- 1.11 C
32. The Forgotten (2004) -- 1.22 C-
33. Open Water (2004) -- 1.22 C-

34. Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) -- 1.22 D

* The Clearing -- The only reason why I am giving the movie a somewhat positive grade is because of the acting. That's really all the movie has going for it. The ending is somewhat bold, but that's easy for me to say since I didn't pay to see the movie. If I had payed to see it, I think I would've been kind of annoyed.

* Predator -- A very good action film that is somewhat overrated. The action is a lot of fun, but one thing bothered me. The music. The movie was composed by Alan Silvestri, the same man who composed Back to the Future. For some odd reason, the two scores seemed too much alike. I got to the point where I became distracted by it. I'm not saying it's a bad score, it just sounds too similar. The film however itself is great, so I am still deciding on the grade. An A- sounds good right now.

1. 1/8/2005: Scream 2 -- 8.0/10 (A-)
2. 1/9/2005: Scream 3 -- 7.5/10 (B+)
3. 1/10/2005: White Noise -- 7.0/10 (B)
4. 1/10/2005: Garden State -- 9.0/10 (A+)
5. 1/12/2005: Meet the Parents -- 8.0/10 (B+)
6. 1/12/2005: Hotel Rwanda -- 9.5/10 (A+)
7. 1/14/2005: Saw -- 8.3/10 (A-)
8. 1/14/2005: Elektra -- 5.8/10 (C+)
9. 1/16/2005: The Village -- 8.5/10 (A-)
10. 1/17/2005: Meet the Fockers -- 7.6/10 (B+)
11. 1/17/2005: Urban Legend -- 4.3/10 (C-)
12. 1/19/2005: Assault on Precinct 13 -- 7.6/10 (B+)
13. 1/23/2005: Are We There Yet? -- 6.8/10 (B)
14. 1/29/2005: Little Shop of Horrors (1960) -- 6.9/10 (B)
15. 1/29/2005: The Terminal -- 8.0/10 (A-)
16. 1/31/2005: The Day After Tomorrow -- 6.1/10 (B-)
17. 1/31/2005: Hide and Seek -- 6.9/10 (B)
18. 2/1/2005: Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid -- 4.6/10 (C)

The Day After Tomorrow -- was much more entertaining the second time. The gaping plot holes didn't stand out as bad and while the acting was bad, it was tolerable. The special effects were quite good, but that is the only thing that truly stands out in the film, as otherwise it is merely mediocre.

Hide and Seek -- excellent performances by DeNiro and Fanning elevated this film from mediocre to quite good. While the twist was contrived and not nearly as good as expected, the film was still suspenseful. The final conclusion however was entirely too long, and once the twist had been revealed, there was little left in the film to sustain it.

Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid -- there are many ways to describe bad. But perhaps the best is to simply reference Anacondas, or its predecessor, Anaconda. Both were bad, even on a B-grade scale. The plot holes were far to numerous to list, and the acting was just bad. One of the most un-needed sequels of 2004 and one of the worst creature features of recent memory.

1. 1/7/05: Troy (2004, Wolfgang Petersen) - B-
2. 1/7/05: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003, Ki-duk Kim) - A-
3. 1/8/05: Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle (2004, Danny Leiner) - B
4. 1/9/05: Akira (1988, Katsuhiro Ôtomo) - C
5. 1/9/05: Being John Malkovich (1999, Spike Jonze) - A
6. 1/9/05: Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002, George Lucas) - B
7. 1/9/05: Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004, Alexander Witt) - B+
8. 1/10/05: Cruel Intentions (1999, Roger Kumble) - A
9. 1/11/05: Infernal Affairs (2002, Wai Keung Lau & Siu Fai Mak) - B
10. 1/11/05: Before Sunrise (1995, Richard Linklater) - A
11. 1/11/05: Before Sunset (2004, Richard Linklater) - A-
12. 1/13/05: The Lion King (1994, Rober Allers and Rob Minkoff) - A
13. 1/14/05: Moulin Rouge! (2001, Baz Lurhman) - A+
14. 1/14/05: Maria Full of Grace (2004, Joshua Marston) - A-
15. 1/15/05: The Manchurian Candidate (2004, Jonathan Demme) - B
16. 1/15/05: The Stepford Wives (2004, Frank Oz) - B
17. 1/16/05: Mean Girls (2004, Mark Waters) - A-
18. 1/17/05: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004, Michel Gondry) - A
19. 1/17/05: The Phantom of the Opera (2004, Joel Schumacher) - A
20. 1/18/05: The Village (2004, M. Night Shyamalan) - A-
21. 1/19/05: Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004, Rawson Marshall Thurber) - C+
22. 1/21/05: Open Water (2004, Chris Kentis) - D
23. 1/22/05: Kill Bill Volume 1 (2003, Quentin Tarantino) - A
24. 1/22/05: Kill Bill Volume 2 (2004, Quentin Tarantino) - A
25. 1/26/05: Freaky Friday (2003, Mark S. Waters) - B+
26. 1/26/05: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004, Kerry Conran) - B+
27. 1/26/05: Mean Creek (2004, Jacob Aaron Estes) - B+
28. 1/27/05: Schindler's List (1993, Steven Spielburg) - A
29. 1/28/05: Spider-Man 2 (2004, Sam Raimi) - B+
30. 1/29/05: Shakespeare in Love (1998, John Madden) - A
31. 1/29/05: Eyes Wide Shut (1999, Stanley Kubrick) - C
32. 1/30/05: Million Dollar Baby (2004, Clint Eastwood) - A
33. 1/30/05: Pulp Fiction (1994, Quentin Tarantino) - A
34. 2/1/05: Vanity Fair (2004, Mira Nair) - C+

1. 1/8/2005: Scream 2 -- 8.0/10 (A-)
2. 1/9/2005: Scream 3 -- 7.5/10 (B+)
3. 1/10/2005: White Noise -- 7.0/10 (B)
4. 1/10/2005: Garden State -- 9.0/10 (A+)
5. 1/12/2005: Meet the Parents -- 8.0/10 (B+)
6. 1/12/2005: Hotel Rwanda -- 9.5/10 (A+)
7. 1/14/2005: Saw -- 8.3/10 (A-)
8. 1/14/2005: Elektra -- 5.8/10 (C+)
9. 1/16/2005: The Village -- 8.5/10 (A-)
10. 1/17/2005: Meet the Fockers -- 7.6/10 (B+)
11. 1/17/2005: Urban Legend -- 4.3/10 (C-)
12. 1/19/2005: Assault on Precinct 13 -- 7.6/10 (B+)
13. 1/23/2005: Are We There Yet? -- 6.8/10 (B)
14. 1/29/2005: Little Shop of Horrors (1960) -- 6.9/10 (B)
15. 1/29/2005: The Terminal -- 8.0/10 (A-)
16. 1/31/2005: The Day After Tomorrow -- 6.1/10 (B-)
17. 1/31/2005: Hide and Seek -- 6.9/10 (B)
18. 2/1/2005: Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid -- 4.6/10 (C)
19. 2/2/2005: Million Dollar Baby -- 9.6/10 (A+)

--- review coming soon ---

You guys embaressed me.

I am only on like # 5 haha ... I added Taking Lives (garbage) and Million Dollar Baby since last posted. I think that is all ... I caught a few movies on TV, but not the whole things.

What'd you think of Million Dollar Baby?

1. 1/7/05: Troy (2004, Wolfgang Petersen) - B-
2. 1/7/05: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003, Ki-duk Kim) - A-
3. 1/8/05: Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle (2004, Danny Leiner) - B
4. 1/9/05: Akira (1988, Katsuhiro Ôtomo) - C
5. 1/9/05: Being John Malkovich (1999, Spike Jonze) - A
6. 1/9/05: Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002, George Lucas) - B
7. 1/9/05: Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004, Alexander Witt) - B+
8. 1/10/05: Cruel Intentions (1999, Roger Kumble) - A
9. 1/11/05: Infernal Affairs (2002, Wai Keung Lau & Siu Fai Mak) - B
10. 1/11/05: Before Sunrise (1995, Richard Linklater) - A
11. 1/11/05: Before Sunset (2004, Richard Linklater) - A-
12. 1/13/05: The Lion King (1994, Rober Allers and Rob Minkoff) - A
13. 1/14/05: Moulin Rouge! (2001, Baz Lurhman) - A+
14. 1/14/05: Maria Full of Grace (2004, Joshua Marston) - A-
15. 1/15/05: The Manchurian Candidate (2004, Jonathan Demme) - B
16. 1/15/05: The Stepford Wives (2004, Frank Oz) - B
17. 1/16/05: Mean Girls (2004, Mark Waters) - A-
18. 1/17/05: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004, Michel Gondry) - A
19. 1/17/05: The Phantom of the Opera (2004, Joel Schumacher) - A
20. 1/18/05: The Village (2004, M. Night Shyamalan) - A-
21. 1/19/05: Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004, Rawson Marshall Thurber) - C+
22. 1/21/05: Open Water (2004, Chris Kentis) - D
23. 1/22/05: Kill Bill Volume 1 (2003, Quentin Tarantino) - A
24. 1/22/05: Kill Bill Volume 2 (2004, Quentin Tarantino) - A
25. 1/26/05: Freaky Friday (2003, Mark S. Waters) - B+
26. 1/26/05: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004, Kerry Conran) - B+
27. 1/26/05: Mean Creek (2004, Jacob Aaron Estes) - B+
28. 1/27/05: Schindler's List (1993, Steven Spielburg) - A
29. 1/28/05: Spider-Man 2 (2004, Sam Raimi) - B+
30. 1/29/05: Shakespeare in Love (1998, John Madden) - A
31. 1/29/05: Eyes Wide Shut (1999, Stanley Kubrick) - C
32. 1/30/05: Million Dollar Baby (2004, Clint Eastwood) - A
33. 1/30/05: Pulp Fiction (1994, Quentin Tarantino) - A
34. 2/1/05: Vanity Fair (2004, Mira Nair) - C
35. 2/2/05: Ray (2004, Taylor Hackford) - A

1/11 - A Rape In A Small Town (2004) - B
1/11 - A Certain Kind of Death (2003) - B
1/12 - Anchorman Uncut (2004) - A+
1/13 - Garden State (2004) - A+
1/14 - Napoleon Dynamite (2004) - B
1/15 - King Arthur Unrated (2004) - B
1/16 - Stevie (2002) - A+
1/17 - Year of a Bull (2003) - C
1/18 - The Killing (1956) A
1/18 - Paths of Glory (1957) A
1/19 - The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) A
1/20 - The Big Bounce (2004) B
1/21 - Cast A Deadly Spell (1991) A
1/21 - All The Little Animals (1998) B
1/21 - B.Monkey (1999) B-
1/22 - Girl With A Pearl Earring (2003) D
1/23 - Something To Scream About (2002) B
1/24 - Ride The Bullet (2004) D
1/25 - Dirty War (2004) C
1/25 - Control Room (2004) B
1/26 - Tupac: Resurrection (2003) B
1/27 - Wake Up Ron Burgundy (2004) C
1/28 - Sideways (2004) A+
1/29 Million Dollar Baby (2004) B
1/29 The Aviator (2004) B-
1/30 Aliens of the Deep (2005) A-
1/31 Torque (2004) - F-

2/1 Crime Spree (2003) C

Harvey and Gerald together at last. A funky soundtrack, crazy editing, weird plot, Guy Richie is somewhere preparing his lawsuit.

2/2 Phantom of the Opera (2004) B-

Great visuals, so-so music (the sole exception being Masquerade). With this cast, I can't help but think I would be giving a higher grade had they sung in the nude.

1. 1/8/2005: Scream 2 -- 8.0/10 (A-)
2. 1/9/2005: Scream 3 -- 7.5/10 (B+)
3. 1/10/2005: White Noise -- 7.0/10 (B)
4. 1/10/2005: Garden State -- 9.0/10 (A+)
5. 1/12/2005: Meet the Parents -- 8.0/10 (B+)
6. 1/12/2005: Hotel Rwanda -- 9.5/10 (A+)
7. 1/14/2005: Saw -- 8.3/10 (A-)
8. 1/14/2005: Elektra -- 5.8/10 (C+)
9. 1/16/2005: The Village -- 8.5/10 (A-)
10. 1/17/2005: Meet the Fockers -- 7.6/10 (B+)
11. 1/17/2005: Urban Legend -- 4.3/10 (C-)
12. 1/19/2005: Assault on Precinct 13 -- 7.6/10 (B+)
13. 1/23/2005: Are We There Yet? -- 6.8/10 (B)
14. 1/29/2005: Little Shop of Horrors (1960) -- 6.9/10 (B)
15. 1/29/2005: The Terminal -- 8.0/10 (A-)
16. 1/31/2005: The Day After Tomorrow -- 6.1/10 (B-)
17. 1/31/2005: Hide and Seek -- 6.9/10 (B)
18. 2/1/2005: Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid -- 4.6/10 (C)
19. 2/2/2005: Million Dollar Baby -- 9.6/10 (A+)
20. 2/2/2005: Alone in the Dark -- 2.4/10 (D)

Million Dollar Baby -- easily one of the best films ever made, and the best of 2004. A stunning achievment in film. The acting is flawless, the direction incredible and the lasting impact is strong. Makes it into my Top 5 of all time.

Alone in the Dark -- there is a certain level when a film stops being bad and becomes funny. Unfortunately Alone in the Dark transcends that line and becomes painful to watch. One of the worst films ever made.

01. 1/07/05: Troy (2004). Grade: 9.5/10 - A
02. 1/08/05: White Noise (2005). Grade: 8.1/10 - B+
03. 1/08/05: Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle (2004). Grade: 8.3/10 - B+
04. 1/08/05: Open Water (2004). Grade: 5.3/10 - D+
05. 1/09/05: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003). Grade: 9.4/10 - A
06. 1/09/05: Mindhunters (2005). Grade: 9.5/10 - A
07. 1/09/05: Face/Off (1997). Grade: 9.7/10 - A+
08. 1/09/05: Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004). Grade: 8.4/10 - B+
09. 1/10/05: Cruel Intentions (1999). Grade: 9.3/10 - A
10. 1/10/05: Reindeer Games (2000). Grade: 4.2/10 - D-
11. 1/11/05: Napoleon Dynamite (2004). Grade: 6.2/10 - C
12. 1/12/05: Paparazzi (2004). Grade: 7.3/10 - B-
13. 1/13/05: Not Without My Daughter (1991). Grade: 7.5/10 - B
14. 1/13/05: Bad Boys II (2003). Grade: 9.6/10 - A+
15. 1/14/05: Hotel Rwanda (2004). Grade: 9.7/10 - A+
16. 1/15/05: Elektra (2005). Grade: 7.8/10 - B
17. 1/15/05: Without a Paddle (2004). Grade: 7.1/10 - B-
18. 1/16/05: In Good Company (2004). Grade: 8.3/10 - B+
19. 1/16/05: Coach Carter (2005). Grade: 8.8/10 - A-
20. 1/17/05: The Village (2004). Grade: 6.8/10 - C+
21. 1/17/05: Pirates of the Carribean (2003). Grade: 9.5/10 - A
22. 1/18/05: Secret Window (2004). Grade: 7.8/10 - B
23. 1/19/05: Friday Night Lights (2004). Grade: 8.5/10 - A-
24. 1/19/05: Cellular (2004). Grade: 7.7/10 - B
25. 1/19/05: The Forgotten (2004). Grade: 8.0/10 - B+
26. 1/20/05: The Cookout (2004). Grade: 4.5/10 - D
27. 1/20/05: I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997). Grade: 9.0/10 - A
28. 1/20/05: Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy (2004). Grade: 9.3/10 - A
29. 1/21/05: Spider-Man 2 (2004). Grade: 9.8/10 - A+
30. 1/22/05: Million Dollar Baby (2004). Grade: 9.3/10 - A
31. 1/23/05: Final Destination 2 (2003). Grade: 8.4/10 - B+
32. 1/24/05: Half Past Dead (2002). Grade: 8.2/10 - B+
33. 1/24/05: Assault on Precinct 13 (2005). Grade: 8.8/10 - A-
34. 1/25/05: Payback (1999). Grade: 5.8/10 - C-
35. 1/25/05: Alien vs. Predator (2004). Grade: 9.4/10 - A
36. 1/28/05: The Beach (2000). Grade: 5.0/10 - D+
37. 1/29/05: Hide and Seek (2005). Grade: 8.9/10 - A-
38. 1/29/05: Schindler's List (1993). Grade: 9.5/10 - A
39. 1/30/05: The Recruit (2003). Grade: 8.4/10 - B+
40. 2/02/05: Mr. 3000 (2004). Grade: 6.2/10 - C

Very average movie. I thought it would be funny, considering that Bernie Mac is usually a laugh-a-minute kinda guy for me. This movie did not have me laughing, even at laugh-an-hour. It could have been better, but I wasn't expected a whole lot. It also could have been worse. It's miles better than The Cookout and My Babby's Daddy, that's for sure.

Next Movie: Ray

1. Superman: The Movie (1978) -- 1.13 A+
2. Million Dollar Baby (2004) -- 1.21 A+
3. Live and Let Die (1973) -- 1.27 A+
4. Dr. No (1962) -- 1.16 A+
5. The Aviator (2004) -- 1.7 A+
6. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) -- 1.18 A+
7. Sleepless in Seattle (1993) -- 1.25 A+
8. The Terminal (2004) -- 1.12 A+
9. Superman II (1980) -- 1.15 A
10. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) -- 1.20 A
11. Anchorman: Unrated (2004) -- 1.9 A
12. Under Suspicion (2000) -- 1.30 A
13. Assault on Precinct 13 (2005) -- 1.19 A
14. Predator (1987) -- 2.1 A- (Still deciding between an A- or an A)
15. Super Troopers (2002) -- 1.23 A-
16. Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle (2004) -- 1.8 A-
17. Coach Carter (2005) -- 1.17 A-

18. True Colors (1991) -- 1.29 B+
19. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) -- 1.22 B+
20. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) -- 1.28 B
21. Comedian (2002) -- 1.10 B
22. Napoleon Dynamite (2004) -- 1.11 B
23. Diamonds are Forever (1971) -- 1.27. B-
24. The Big Bounce (2004) -- 1.25 B-
25. The Village (2004) -- 1.13 B-
26. Are We There Yet? (2005) -- 1.26 B-
27. The Clearing (2004) -- 1.31. B-

28. Coneheads (1993) -- 2.2 C+
29. Paparazzi (2004) -- 1.22 C+
30. Elektra (2005) -- 1.14 C+
31. Day of the Dead (1985) -- 1.23 C+
32. Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) -- 1.11 C
33. The Forgotten (2004) -- 1.22 C-
34. Open Water (2004) -- 1.22 C-

35. Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) -- 1.22 D

01. 1/07/05: Troy (2004). Grade: 9.5/10 - A
02. 1/08/05: White Noise (2005). Grade: 8.1/10 - B+
03. 1/08/05: Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle (2004). Grade: 8.3/10 - B+
04. 1/08/05: Open Water (2004). Grade: 5.3/10 - D+
05. 1/09/05: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003). Grade: 9.4/10 - A
06. 1/09/05: Mindhunters (2005). Grade: 9.5/10 - A
07. 1/09/05: Face/Off (1997). Grade: 9.7/10 - A+
08. 1/09/05: Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004). Grade: 8.4/10 - B+
09. 1/10/05: Cruel Intentions (1999). Grade: 9.3/10 - A
10. 1/10/05: Reindeer Games (2000). Grade: 4.2/10 - D-
11. 1/11/05: Napoleon Dynamite (2004). Grade: 6.2/10 - C
12. 1/12/05: Paparazzi (2004). Grade: 7.3/10 - B-
13. 1/13/05: Not Without My Daughter (1991). Grade: 7.5/10 - B
14. 1/13/05: Bad Boys II (2003). Grade: 9.6/10 - A+
15. 1/14/05: Hotel Rwanda (2004). Grade: 9.7/10 - A+
16. 1/15/05: Elektra (2005). Grade: 7.8/10 - B
17. 1/15/05: Without a Paddle (2004). Grade: 7.1/10 - B-
18. 1/16/05: In Good Company (2004). Grade: 8.3/10 - B+
19. 1/16/05: Coach Carter (2005). Grade: 8.8/10 - A-
20. 1/17/05: The Village (2004). Grade: 6.8/10 - C+
21. 1/17/05: Pirates of the Carribean (2003). Grade: 9.5/10 - A
22. 1/18/05: Secret Window (2004). Grade: 7.8/10 - B
23. 1/19/05: Friday Night Lights (2004). Grade: 8.5/10 - A-
24. 1/19/05: Cellular (2004). Grade: 7.7/10 - B
25. 1/19/05: The Forgotten (2004). Grade: 8.0/10 - B+
26. 1/20/05: The Cookout (2004). Grade: 4.5/10 - D
27. 1/20/05: I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997). Grade: 9.0/10 - A
28. 1/20/05: Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy (2004). Grade: 9.3/10 - A
29. 1/21/05: Spider-Man 2 (2004). Grade: 9.8/10 - A+
30. 1/22/05: Million Dollar Baby (2004). Grade: 9.3/10 - A
31. 1/23/05: Final Destination 2 (2003). Grade: 8.4/10 - B+
32. 1/24/05: Half Past Dead (2002). Grade: 8.2/10 - B+
33. 1/24/05: Assault on Precinct 13 (2005). Grade: 8.8/10 - A-
34. 1/25/05: Payback (1999). Grade: 5.8/10 - C-
35. 1/25/05: Alien vs. Predator (2004). Grade: 9.4/10 - A
36. 1/28/05: The Beach (2000). Grade: 5.0/10 - D+
37. 1/29/05: Hide and Seek (2005). Grade: 8.9/10 - A-
38. 1/29/05: Schindler's List (1993). Grade: 9.5/10 - A
39. 1/30/05: The Recruit (2003). Grade: 8.4/10 - B+
40. 2/02/05: Mr. 3000 (2004). Grade: 6.2/10 - C
41. 2/02/05: Ray (2004). Grade: 8.4/10 - B+

It's a great film, but it's not a "Best Picture" winner, in my opinion. It's the best biopic, but that's not saying much, since I haven't seen very many. The story was good (of course), and the execution was even better. I enjoyed the first half more than the second, but the whole movie was great. Very sad at times, very fun at times. It had a bit of everything. Though the movie isn't "Best Picture" material, Jamie Foxx's performance was. I'd say the best performance in 2004, hands down. And, I know who I will be nominating for Best Actor for the KJMA's.

B+

Also, I'm going to watch it again, because the middle of the movie kept skippin'. Damn Blockbuster Online. ](*,)

01. 01/07/05: Yi Yi (Edward Yang, 2000) ****
02. 01/08/05: Vertical Ray of the Sun (Anh Hung Tran, 2000) ***
03. 01/08/05: Ran (Akira Kurosawa, 1985) ****
04. 01/09/05: Sleeper (Woody Allen, 1973) ***
05. 01/09/05: Key Largo (John Huston, 1948) *** ½
06. 01/09/05: Out Cold (Brendan & Emmett Malloy, 2001) * ½
07. 01/10/05: Frankenstein (James Whale, 1931) * ½
08. 01/11/05: Just Married (Shawn Levy, 2003) * ½
09. 01/11/05: Battleship Potemkin (Sergei M. Eisenstein, 1925) *** ½
10. 01/12/05: Airplane! (Jim Abrahams, et al, 1980) ****
11. 01/12/05: The Good Girl (Miguel Arteta, 2002) **
12. 01/13/05: Castle in the Sky (Hayao Miyazaki, 1986) ****
13. 01/14/05: In Good Company (Paul Weitz,2004) *** ½
14. 01/14/05: Léon (Luc Besson, 1994) ****
15. 01/15/05: House of Flying Daggers (Yimou Zhang, 2004) *** ½
16. 01/15/05: The Triplets of Belleville (Sylvain Chomet, 2003) *** ½
17. 01/15/05: In the Mood for Love (Kar Wai Wong, 2000) *** ½
18. 01/16/05: Meet the Fockers (Jay Roach, 2004) * ½
19. 01/17/05: Kiki’s Delivery Service (Hayao Miyazaki, 1989) ***
20. 01/18/05: Cries and Whispers (Ingmar Bergman, 1972) **
21. 01/19/05: Star Runner (Daniel Lee, 2003) *** ½
22. 01/20/05: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring (Ki-duk Kim, 2004) ****
23. 01/21/05: Iron Monkey (Woo-ping Yuen, 1993) ***
24. 01/22/05: The Laramie Project (Moisés Kaufman, 2002) ** ½
25. 01/23/05: Chungking Express (Wong Kar-Wai, 1994) ****
26. 01/23/05: Princess Mononke (Hayao Miyazaki, 1997) ****
27. 01/24/05: Twilight Samurai (Yoji Yamada, 2004) *** ½
28. 01/25/05: Before Sunrise (Richard Linklater, 1995) *** ½
29. 01/26/05: The 400 Blows (François Truffaut, 1953) ****
30. 01/27/05: A Very Long Engagement (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2004) *** ½
31. 01/29/05: The Last Wave (Peter Weir, 1977) ****
32. 01/29/05: Million Dollar Baby (Clint Eastwood, 2004) ****
33. 01/30/05: Koyaanisqatsi (Godfrey Reggio, 1983) *** ½
34. 01/30/05: Mysterious Object at Noon (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2001) ** ½
35. 02/02/05: The Emperor’s New Clothes (Alan Taylor, 2001) *** ½

so l finally got around to watching something, and it ended up being this little gem. fantastic film that retells a different version of Napoleon's last days. ian Holm gives two outstanding performances as Napoleon and Eugene, the commoner Napoleon switches places with, in order to escape and hopefully regain his throne. highly enjoyable

Hmmm Vanity Fair or The Grudge.

You should make a new topic for February.

This January 8 to February 8 business sucks. Just bite the bullet and make it the first to the first.