Best Movie 2005

[The Stranger]

i havent seen much movies this year...but I say war of the worlds

[Arcanum]

I found the War of the Worlds to be a good movie...'till the end. At the end I was very disappointed. I mean come on! Planning an invasion for fiftythousand0mg years and they can't think of (what was it again?) air or some bacteria?

Pff, fo' real. :(

Star Wars 3, was that this year? Wait, no. I'll have to go with "Napola"

[The Stranger]

yeah thas right...what i disliked more though was the happy ending...not of the world but of the family...c'mon that boy could never have made it back...but i ti is the best movie i've seen in 2005

[TinCow]

War of the Worlds as best film of the year? You've gotta be kidding me. That was the worst Spielberg has ever done.

Potential nominees IMO. By no means a complete list:
Cinderella Man
Batman Begins
Sin City
A History of Violence
The Constant Gardner
Downfall
Crash

[Tricon]

So far, for me it's Sin City.
There were a few good others, but this is the only one that really surprised me (even knowing the comics).

[Crazed Rabbit]

How was A History of Violence? Any good? Looks interesting to me.

Crazed Rabbit

[The Stranger]

yeah i want to see cinderellla man...it suposed to kick ass...just like Four Brothers....who saw that one

oooh and how was Charlie and The chocolate factory

[Spino]

Cinderella Man is very good but horribly cliched, especially with regard to its depiction of Max Baer, the reigning heavyweight champion of the time. Baer was nothing like the cold blooded, bullying braggart portrayed in the film. The movie's distortion of actual events and people is totally uncalled for and seriously taints the films longevity as an all time great boxing film. Shame really, because Braddock's true to life, astounding comeback is more than enough to compel the average idio... err, moviegoer to root for him. Goddamn Hollyweird!

[The Stranger]

ahahahaha i'm not your average idio...eh moviegoer

[The_Doctor]

Why is this in the backroom?

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

Sin City or Batman Begins for me.

I haven't seen Downfall yet, but I'd really like to.

[Big_John]

sin city was very well done on many levels, but it lacks any meaningful depth (imo). proof was very good, i'd probably say that was the best of the year.. not a great year for cinema, imo. i want to see capote and good night, and good luck, both are supposed to be very good. i want to see serenity too, because i liked the tv show (firefly).

[Scurvy]

i thought crash was very good and war of the worlds was okay although i found it a tad long

[Kekvit Irae]

I found the War of the Worlds to be a good movie...'till the end. At the end I was very disappointed. I mean come on! Planning an invasion for fiftythousand0mg years and they can't think of (what was it again?) air or some bacteria?

That's the way it was in the original 1953 War of the Worlds (including the book)

The Martians had no resistance to the bacteria in our atmosphere to which we have long since become immune. Once they had breathed our air, germs, which no longer affect us, began to kill them. The end came swiftly. All over the world, their machines began to stop and fall. After all that men could do had failed, the Martians were destroyed and humanity was saved by the littlest things which God and His wisdom had put upon this Earth.

[yesdachi]

This is one of the same reasons I hated the end of “signs”. Water is deadly to them why attack a planet covered with water. The stupid aliens from WOW’s could have analyzed what’s in our atmosphere before invading to find out if they should breath our air. DUH!

[Ronin]

i´d say Sin City overall and I had Serenity as the best sci-fi movie i´ve seen in years...blows the new star wars movies clear out of the water...

I can only really mention those 2....really it´s hasn´t been such a great year....

[Azi Tohak]

Favorite that I have seen, hands down is Batman Begins.

But then, I have seen: Bewitched (a chick made me go), Sin City, Madagascar, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Kingdom of Heaven, Star Wars Episode III.. and that is all I can remember.

I would like to see History of violence, Lord of War, Corpse Bride...

But I liked Batman Begins more than any other comic book movie I have ever seen.

Azi

[Strike For The South]

Waiting...

[Byzantine Prince]

2046 was my favorite this year. I am a pretty eclectic guy though when it comes to film , so when I hear Batman and Σταρ ουαρς , I cringe. Sorry to sound snobbish.

[The Wizard]

Of the movies I saw this year -- Hitch (2005) or Musa (2001)

Nice runner-up is Het Schnitzelparadijs (2005) a Dutch movie

[Lazul]

its kinda hard, but I would say "I heart Huckabees", "Kingdom of Heaven" or "Crash".

[Kraxis]

I found the War of the Worlds to be a good movie...'till the end. At the end I was very disappointed. I mean come on! Planning an invasion for fiftythousand0mg years and they can't think of (what was it again?) air or some bacteria?

As already said, what could they do with the movie?
Should they have gone the way of Independence Day and used a computer virus (that was so obviously ripped from War of the Worlds)? That wouldn't work either as it would have been even more fishy.

While I don't think WoW was the best it was good enough. At times you did feel as if the director didn't know which stool to sit on and sat himself between it. Would it be a personal story or an action movie? In te end it becmae neither. You got a glimpse into Tom's character, but just as he was about to reveal more it became crash bang boom and oneliners, which was instantly interrupted by a repeat of the character development... The theory of the movie was great, but was flawed in its execution. I hope this will be tried again soon as it honestly was good.

The best movie... Well, I haven't seen any truly great ones this year. To say that Star War III is the best says a whole lot.
Yes it is great but come on... Lots of movies are better. I would say that in a normal year SW3 would perhaps be top 5 but not the winner, ever (well this year certainly crushes that huh).

[Alexanderofmacedon]

I don't know really. If I were to count Alexander (last November) then I'd say that, but I can't say aside from that.

[The Wizard]

Ugh, that movie sucked. Seriously. Trying to fit everything of Alexander's life into a single flick gives you an ill-paced, wrongly fitted together, badly plotted piece of cinema history.

[Alexanderofmacedon]

I think you have a very good point.

I think, it would have been better to make a series of movies. That in my opinion would have been awsome.

BUT, I do think, if there was a go at a one movie life story, this would be the best bet. I thought the battle scenes were very nice, and it was astonishingly historically accurate. One of the only flaws: The mutiny happened before Hydaspes in the movie, instead of afterwards.

[Soulforged]

This is not as hard as it looks, and I'll not choose old Hollywood this time. I say "Twilight Samurai", and a special mention to "Iluminados por el Fuego" ("Iluminated by Fire"). The first of Japan, the second from here.

[Alexanderofmacedon]

From "here" you mean Argentina?

[solypsist]

good question. a move is in order.

Why is this in the backroom?

[Devastatin Dave]

Was Kingdom of Heaven any good. I'm considering buying the DVD. I have a feeling it's going to be super PC.

[solypsist]

it was a snoozer. i was so worked up over seeing it, and then Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Was Kingdom of Heaven any good. I'm considering buying the DVD. I have a feeling it's going to be super PC.