8.15.2005

bad box office leads to great flick


wow - saw this a month ago on DVD- definitely the best movie I've seen this year. (It is an intense film that is provactive with a purpose, so be discerning in watching it)
I've been really dissapointed with the offerings at the cinema this year, especially in light of the 2004 offerings - does anyone have a good recomendation for me, I can't find anything at the theater or Blockbuster so I've been having to reach back a couple years and thankfully found this PT Anderson masterpiece.


Think about last years crop of films:
Great Dramas:
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Garden State, Mean Creek
Good Dramas:
The Passion of the Christ, Sideways, Spanglish, The Motorcycle Diaries

Great Comedies:
Napoleon Dynamite, Anchorman, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Good Comedies:
Saved, Mean Girls,
Great Thrillers:
Collateral, The Bourne Supremacy
Great Action:
Hero, House of the Flying Daggers, Spiderman 2, The Incredibles

Compared to this Years: 2 films make the list
Revenge of the Sith and Fever Pitch and neither of them are great.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

For cinema deffinatly check out batamn begins. it's by far the greatest movie of 2005. And for dvd the best i've seen recently is Rumble in the Bronx with jackie chan. 2 great films.

jed dearing said...

thanks eric - I have heard good things about Batman Begins - a friday night movie might be in the works