Joe's Corner: Best ANd Worst Of 2004
Joe's Corner: Mixed Bag
To reiterate: my standards for "2004" are different fromt he Academy. I feel a movie should have an actual wide release in a given year to be considered a release of that year. So a number of films the academy thinks of as "2003" releases will be on this list because that's when 99.9 percent of the country saw them. Also, a number of "2004" releases aren't here because they still haven't had a wide release... they'll be eligigble for my list of best and worse of 2005. Also, I didn't do a "runners up" list because while I found enough films to make top ten lists, there weren't enough good ones for a runners-up list. And I don't have a "worst" list for the art house list because although there were plenty of art movies this year that I didn't much care for, I didn't really actively dislike very many of them. SO...
TOP TEN FILMS IN COMMERCIAL MULTIPLEXES
10. Collateral
9. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
8. The Aviator
7. Shaun of the Dead
6. Ray
5. Kill Bill, Volume Two
4. The Incredibles
3. Spider-man 2
2. Fahrenheit 9/11
1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
WORST TEN COMMERCIAL RELEASES
10. Welcome to Mooseport
9. The Whole Ten Yards
8. Van Helsing
7. Exorcist: The Beginning
6. Connie and Carla
5. Envy
4. Spanglish
3. Meet the Fockers
2. (Broken Lizard's) Club Dread
1. Alexander
The 8th annual "Jerry Maguire" award for most over-rated movie of the year: "Open Water"
The 1st annual "Kevin Costner Bad Accent" award: Angelina Jolie for "Alexander".
TOP TEN ART HOUSE FILMS OF 2004
10. In This World (England) (Oak Street Cinema)
9. At Five In The Afternoon (Iran) (Oak Street Cinema)
8. Primer (U.S.) (Lagoon)
7. The Machinist (U.S.) (Uptown)
6. Zatoichi (Japan) (MSPIFF Festival at Riverview)
5. The Story of the Weeping Camel (Mongolia)(MSPIFF Festival at the Bell)
4. Wellstone! (U.S.) (Bell Auditorium/formerly U. Film Society)
3. Mind The Gap (U.S.) (Parkway)
2. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (South Korea)(Edina)
1. The Twilight Samurai (Japan) (Edina)
To reiterate: my standards for "2004" are different fromt he Academy. I feel a movie should have an actual wide release in a given year to be considered a release of that year. So a number of films the academy thinks of as "2003" releases will be on this list because that's when 99.9 percent of the country saw them. Also, a number of "2004" releases aren't here because they still haven't had a wide release... they'll be eligigble for my list of best and worse of 2005. Also, I didn't do a "runners up" list because while I found enough films to make top ten lists, there weren't enough good ones for a runners-up list. And I don't have a "worst" list for the art house list because although there were plenty of art movies this year that I didn't much care for, I didn't really actively dislike very many of them. SO...
TOP TEN FILMS IN COMMERCIAL MULTIPLEXES
10. Collateral
9. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
8. The Aviator
7. Shaun of the Dead
6. Ray
5. Kill Bill, Volume Two
4. The Incredibles
3. Spider-man 2
2. Fahrenheit 9/11
1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
WORST TEN COMMERCIAL RELEASES
10. Welcome to Mooseport
9. The Whole Ten Yards
8. Van Helsing
7. Exorcist: The Beginning
6. Connie and Carla
5. Envy
4. Spanglish
3. Meet the Fockers
2. (Broken Lizard's) Club Dread
1. Alexander
The 8th annual "Jerry Maguire" award for most over-rated movie of the year: "Open Water"
The 1st annual "Kevin Costner Bad Accent" award: Angelina Jolie for "Alexander".
TOP TEN ART HOUSE FILMS OF 2004
10. In This World (England) (Oak Street Cinema)
9. At Five In The Afternoon (Iran) (Oak Street Cinema)
8. Primer (U.S.) (Lagoon)
7. The Machinist (U.S.) (Uptown)
6. Zatoichi (Japan) (MSPIFF Festival at Riverview)
5. The Story of the Weeping Camel (Mongolia)(MSPIFF Festival at the Bell)
4. Wellstone! (U.S.) (Bell Auditorium/formerly U. Film Society)
3. Mind The Gap (U.S.) (Parkway)
2. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (South Korea)(Edina)
1. The Twilight Samurai (Japan) (Edina)
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