Oh, I didnt put team america on the list? I must've forgot it. I liked it slightly more than team america. It is hard to compare the two comedies and which one is better ect. because they are each their own style so I am comparing them on which one I laughed more in and enjoyed.

my top 10 so far:

Eternal Sunshine
Before Sunset
The Dreamers
Closer
Birth
Kill Bill, vol 2
harry Potter
Sideways
I Heart Huckabees
Garden State

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The Dreamers

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This came out in 2004? Add it to my list.

I still dont see what the big deal with Sideways is. Does it have a secret meaning or message behind it that I am missing? I just find it a movie about wine, interesting, but so what? I heard recently it won the New York Film Critics best picture and LA as well. People really are seeing something that I am not.

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Originally posted by "Sweetie"
This came out in 2004? Add it to my list.

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The Dreamers didn't come out in the theatres here in Phoenix until February of this year, I don't know if it's technically a 2004 film or not. But it's on my list, great flick.

Here's My Current Top Ten:

1. Dogville
2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
3. Vera Drake
4. Sideways
5. Kill Bill, Vol. 2
6. We Don't Live Here Anymore
7. Before Sunset
8. Maria Full of Grace
9. The Bourne Supremacy
10. House of Flying Daggers

Honorable Mentions (first 5):
The Incredibles
Primer
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Spider-Man 2
Finding Neverland OR Mean Creek

Most Overrated:
Fahrenheit 9/11
Collateral
Garden State

Most Underrated:
Spartan
Mean Girls
Cellular

Still Need to See:
The Life Aquatic
Million Dollar Baby
The Aviator

Super interesting list, PQ, but when "The Incredibles" doesn't break the Top Ten, I've gotta take it with a grain. "The Incredibles" is ONE of the BEST 15 films EVER made!

Yeah... The Incredibles was an excellent film, but I didn't think it was the best Pixar film... (still in the minority that loves Monsters Inc. above all others). Even so, the bottom half of my list would probably look different depending on what day it is, so it hypothetically COULD end up on it... I'm not saying it was a bad film, I guess I was just a little more impressed with the others... And I'm still hitting myself for not including Harry Potter 3 and Primer. Those movies were incredible too! There just isn't enough room for everything, you know.

Here is my official list:

1. The Incredibles
2. The Bourne Supremacy
3. Shrek 2
4. Spiderman 2
5. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
6. Blade 3: Trinity
7. Collateral
8. The Chronicles of Riddick
9. Ocean’s 12
10. Dawn of the Dead

Honorable Mentions:

Elf
Open Water
Starsky and Hutch
Man on Fire
Resident Evil Apocalypse
Fahrenheit 9/11

Worst of the Year:

Welcome to Mooseport
White Chicks
The Punisher

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I don't see very many movies in theatres, so I'm not quite caught up. I haven't seen "Eternal Sunshine" yet and I have high hopes for the new Wes Anderson flick.

What I've really liked this year:

1. Mean Girls
2. Saved!
3. Dawn of the Dead
4. Open Water
5. Super Size Me (bonus points for being something I can use when teaching my Business Ethics course...I already assigned parts of Schlosser's _Fast Food Nation_!)
6. Harry Potter and the Prisoner

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After catching up on a few movies recently, I'll have to add Collateral, Shrek 2, Kill Bill 2and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind to my (non-ordered) list.

I still want to see the Wes Anderson flick and The Incredibles, and I've got to see Garden State and Napoleon Dynamite, but my faves will likely stay pretty steady.

Many people have ranked Collateral as overrated. I enjoyed it. But after seeing the Bourne Supremacy, I'm puzzled as to why so many people rank it so highly. It was good, but not outstanding. Maybe the fact that it came out this year, which seems to be a down year for movies, is a factor.

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after seeing the Bourne Supremacy, I'm puzzled as to why so many people rank it so highly. It was good, but not outstanding. Maybe the fact that it came out this year, which seems to be a down year for movies, is a factor.

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The reason that the Bourne Supremacy is so high on my list is because as you stated, this seem to be a bad year for movies. I would have probably put it at number 10, but It shouldn't be as highly rated as I rated it. I just wasn't impressed overall this year.

I am still, however, baffled as to how highly you rated Mean Girls, it was far too cliche for me. And after coming out of highscool not too long ago, it was a sort of "So-what" affair. But whatever floats your boat, no hard feelings here.

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The reason that the Bourne Supremacy is so high on my list is because as you stated, this seem to be a bad year for movies. I would have probably put it at number 10, but It shouldn't be as highly rated as I rated it. I just wasn't impressed overall this year.

I am still, however, baffled as to how highly you rated Mean Girls, it was far too cliche for me. And after coming out of highscool not too long ago, it was a sort of "So-what" affair. But whatever floats your boat, no hard feelings here.

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Two things: it's not a ranked list (so, I'm not saying it was the #1 movie I saw this year).

Second, it might be because of the so-so quality of the comedies I saw this year. While I haven't seen "Anchorman" and "Dodgeball" yet (both looked stupid but funny), I really can't think of movies that made me laugh out loud this year. "Elf" at times, and "Saved!" to be sure, but not very many others.

I really can't recall, specifically, what I found so funny about "Mean Girls" but I found the writing to be crisp and smart. And I love Tina Fey, both as a writer and an actor.

I thought I Robot was awesome. I thought that was the greatest movie in a while.

I, Robot was good. I was expecting far less than it served. All around decent and didn't leave a sour taste in my mouth like so many movies done in this style.

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I thought I Robot was awesome. I thought that was the greatest movie in a while.

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I thought it was good, not excellent though. As for Bourne Supremacy, I enjoyed it, but didnt find it to be that great of a movie. I actually enjoyed many of the movies this year and dont see what all the complaints are about. Bourne Supremacy wasnt neccesarily that good of a movie/plot versus the entertainment in it; fight scenes ect. It wasnt nearly as well done or smart as the Bourne Identity which I really enjoyed.

My list is most certainly changing now, I just finished watching "ESOASM" and was blown away, I also rented, "The Manchurian Candidate," "I Robot," and "The Terminal," none of which I have gotten around to yet. But, hear this, MY list is going to be dramatically changed.

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I, Robot was good. I was expecting far less than it served. All around decent and didn't leave a sour taste in my mouth like so many movies done in this style.

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I was surprisingly impressed with I, Robot, which I watched this weekend. I don't know the Asimov story (I'm not really a sci-fi buff at all) but I liked the pacing, the structure, and the effects. Will Smith was pretty good although the female lead was so-so, but the acting, overall, was decent.

I may use this film in the section of my Intro Philosophy course on the nature of minds and brains or the section on free will and determinism...

This year I believe its release in the UK was 2003, but we got it in our theaters in 2004. I must say, Shaun of the Dead, will remain one of my favorites forever more since that day I sat in the theaters and viewed it. To my left, a psychotic old lady that laughed at the graphically violent scenes, to my right, three men that sat a seat apart presumably to give the "anti-gay" vibe. Needless to say, I was at home with my croud. It was a great experience and this movie is a hoot. God that psycho woman laughed loud.

I think Eternal Sunshine of the spotles mind was the best movie i saw this year, and i think Dawn of the death was the best Horror movie i saw this year, Resident evil 2 apocalipse cant even be compared whit this greath Zombie movie Remake!, sure Kill Bill Vol 2. was great but not has great as the first one

Excuse my English im from Venezuela

I really don't see what the big deal is about "I Robot." There were some pretty well done things in it, such as the plot which was a suprise. But, I have never really been a fan of Will Smith (and people pick on Keanu Reeves acting) and he drops my rating down significantly. I will have to get back to you on my list, I still have to see "The Manchurian Candidate" remake.