Alright, I'm not an avid fan of quoting users. I'll just respond to your entire statement, after I welcome you of course. Welcome!

Now, down to business. Anchorman was agreeably a decent movie, so I won't give you shit for that. But c'mon, Envy? Also, what's this about being a Stiller fan and then turning around and saying Dodgeball sucked? Many would argue its a showboat for Ben Stiller, or at least average Ben. Simply put, if you didn't enjoy Dodgeball, but liked Envy, just what is it that you see in Stiller.

I've argued with others about the Butterfly Effect, so I won't even get into that one. Pretty much, I just have to ask about Team America. Quickly, Napoleon was a great movie full of quirky, amd dead pan, offbeat humor. The same can EASILY be said about Team America. Besides the satire, the humor featured had no punch lines. Is it the vulgarity that attracts you to such a film? I would assume the answer is probably yes.

Anyways, I don't want to confront you, just trying to keep things interesting. Since I didn't compose a list of my favorite films..its going to be hard to get a response out from you, but look for me on other areas of the forum.

The choice of "Team America World Police" as a favorite movie is as bewildering problem as "Napoleon Dynamite." Both pictures have very different subject matters presented in significantly different ways. Team America uses the old fashioned X-15 cartoon, stop-action doll model approach supposedly allowing for wide parody and off-putting political statements on almost everything that some might find cute and innovative but for others just weirdly absurd, dumb, and mindless. Napoleon focuses on the nerdy world of rural America and the less visible class of high school student with odd ways of looking at things that for some presenting a characters that get rare attention and provides a rather dry humor experience but for others a wasteful time looking at people who are off the typical movie radar screen. Personally, since I could identify with some of Napoleon, I found a lot that I could enjoy in the movie. It seemed to actually hit closer to home of normalcy than most movies.

01. Hotel Rwanda
02. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
03. Before Sunset
04. Closer
05. Garden State
06. Kill Bill Vol. 2
07. Maria Full of Grace
08. Finding Neverland
09. A Very Long Engagement
10. The Motorcycle Diaries

I cannot name ten. However, three were creative enough to make me glad I bought the ticket. I loved "Ray." Jamie Foxx was brilliant! Unlike many movies using real characters as their subject matter, Ray Charles was not placed on a pedestal. We were allowed to see his "feet of clay." It was this humanity that placed him on one of the pedestals I have reserved for great musicians who blew a hole in a suppressive, prejudiced culture. Though many did not like "The Village" I was enthralled with it. The movie makes us wonder how many people living the arena we call "the powers that be" attempt to make life static through fear. How many lies are told to ensure that someone remains in power, or to ensure that culture does not change in a manner with which they are uncomfortable? I also thought "Maria Full of Grace" was a powerful movie. Few movies have revealed the true perception of human life by those in the drug trade. Life means nothing! Preying on young women caught in a society with no social mobility, offering them the hope of a better life as mules is as dehumanizing as it gets. This movie is so powerful it feels like you are watching a documentary. The story is not glamorized. There are no gunfights, car chases, etc. There are three young women swallowing condoms of cocaine, praying they will not burst, and trying to keep from passing them too early. Sick? Exactly. That is the point of Maria. Those three films (and a few others) made 2004 bearable.

1. Sideways
2. Ray
3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
4. The Incredibles
5. Kill Bill Volume 2
6. Napoleon Dynamite
7. Million Dollar Baby
8. Garden State
9. Finding Neverland
10. Hotel Rwanda

Honorable Mention: Closer and La Mala Educacion (Bad Education)

1. House of Flying Daggers
2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
3. Kill Bill Vol. 2
4. The Incredibles
5. Hero
6. The Twilight Samurai
7. Maria Full of Grace
8. Control Room
9. Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
10. Spiderman 2

Honorable mention: Shaun of the Dead, The Aviator, Sideways

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Originally posted by unKeMPt:
4. The Incredibles

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I cannot name ten. However, three were creative enough to make me glad I bought the ticket. I loved "Ray." Jamie Foxx was brilliant! Unlike many movies using real characters as their subject matter, Ray Charles was not placed on a pedestal. We were allowed to see his "feet of clay." It was this humanity that placed him on one of the pedestals I have reserved for great musicians who blew a hole in a suppressive, prejudiced culture.

Well stated. I refuse to write this performance off because of the casting choice. I did avoid it for some time though due to this very reason. I must admit, I enjoyed it very much. I think Jamie Foxx did a splendid job and deserves the credit he recieved. I would watch this movie over Walk the Line any day.

There should not be a best of chart for movies, since most of it is unbearable to watch, and a complete waste of money...$40,000,000 budgets for movies that are best watched stoned out of your minds...

Well Kill Bill was the onli thing I saw at da cinema in 2003. And I saw Team America last year, so if that was released in 2004, thenit is the best movie of 04. Would have liked to see more fun making done of Michael Moore though.

1. Incredibles
By far the best Pixar film to date, and possibly one of the greatest animated movies ever made. It's filled with brilliant writing, lovable characters, mysterious espionage, and some of the best fight scenes in years. It's everything positive about films rolled into one.
Grade: A+

1. Ultraman The Next
That's right, folks: It's a tie for first. "Ultraman The Next" may be one of the best 2000-2007 films yet. Revamping the uber popular hero Ultraman, "The Next" takes things deeper and creates a dark and heroic story about a man with destiny thrusted upon him. I was very mad to see that this wasn't released in American theaters. I got the DVD bootleg, since there's no other kind with subtitles. If you ever can, check this masterpiece out.
Grade: A+

1. Spider-Man 2
It's a three way tie. Spiderman is one of my all-time favorite superheroes. His look, his character, everything about him makes you wish he was real. They keep that dream going in this sequel to the greatest superhero film of all time: "Spider-Man". While the original can't be topped, this film fills you with glee as Spiderman returns to the big screen yet again. The special effects, protagonists, and antagonists are perfectly set as Sam Raimi blows us yet again out of the water in one of the best sequels I have ever seen.
Grade: A+

3. Ladder 49
A tear-jerking piece of brilliance that all people should watch. I don't want to spoil anything, but it will truly make you respect the work the firemen do, and understand the risks they take everyday doing what they do.
Grade: A

4. Bourne Supremacy
It just doesn't get any better than a sequel to the powerful movie "Bourne Identity", especially when the sequel exceeds the original by a long shot. Jason's back, only now he's mad. Movie goers everywhere have been begging for Jason to strut his stuff, and he finally has. Fast paced action and great dialogue, "The Bourne Supremacy" is an action fan's fantasy. Best line ever: "We're going to do what we were too lazy to do last time around: We're going to take this son of a bitch down once and for all!" As good as it is, it is very tinily trumped by "Ladder 49".
Grade: A

5. Million Dollar Baby
A tear jerking story of a girl who stood so tall that she eventually fell. You couldn't help but sniffle at the ending as everything came into place. The final boxing match was next to unbelievable, to tell you the truth. Just......wow. Brilliant film that should be recognized more.
Grade: A-

this was a great year for films:

1. 2046
2. Dogville
3. Before Sunset
4. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
5. Kill Bill 2
6. Birth
7. Undertow
8. Bad Education
9. Life Aquatic w Steve Zissou
10. Sideways

11. I Heart Huckabees
12. Five Obstructions
13. A very long Engagement
14. Anchorman
15. Spiderman 2

have yet to see millenium mambo and the saddest music in the world.

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rgautam
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Posted 28 December 2007 12:24 PM Hide Post
this was a great year for films:

1. 2046
2. Dogville
3. Before Sunset
4. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
5. Kill Bill 2
6. Birth
7. Undertow
8. Bad Education
9. Life Aquatic w Steve Zissou
10. Sideways

11. I Heart Huckabees
12. Five Obstructions
13. A very long Engagement
14. Anchorman
15. Spiderman 2

Side by Side Comparison

rgautam/tabuno

1. 2046/Dogville
2. Dogville/Touching The Void
3. Before Sunset/Kill Bill No. 2
4. Eternal Sunshine/Enternal Sunshine
5. Kill Bill 2/The Aviator
6. Birth/Wicker Park
7. Undertow/The Incredibles
8. Bad Education/Alexander
9. Life Aquatic w Steve Zissou/Spartan
10. Sideways/Collateral
11. I Heart Huckabees/Spiderman 2
12. Five Obstructions/Passion of the Christ
13. A very long Engagement/The Bourne Supremacy
14. Anchorman/Little Black Book
15. Spiderman 2/Against The Ropes

Not exact but similiar ratings on a number of movies. Maybe there are a few you haven't seen that you might want to check out.

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Not exact but similiar ratings on a number of movies. Maybe there are a few you haven't seen that you might want to check out.

i liked spartan a lot...val kilmer was perfectly casted.
and i m one of those ppl who thought the passion of christ was a decent movie...had a few very good scenes, but the more i thought about it i started to question the decisions made my the director...close to if not the same as a slasher movie.

just saw the trailer for touching the void...its on top of my list to checkout...thanx.

1. Million Dollar Baby
2. Sideways
3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
4. The Incredibles
5. Kill Bill Vol. 2
6. Spider-Man 2
7. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
8. Vera Drake
9. The Sea Inside
10. Collateral

my top 10 movies are. . .
50 First Dates
The Incredibles
Passion of the Christ
Troy
A Cinderella Story
Ella Enchanted
Garfield
The Girl Nexy Door
The Notebook
You Got Served!

inno particular order.