Best / Worst Films Of 2003

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I don't think this thread has been done yet so here it goes. What were your top  10 best films of 2003,And Top 5 worse?

My list for The Best:

1. The Matrix Reloaded/The Matrix Revolutions(They are essentially one film)
2. The Return of The King
3. Pirates Of The Carribean
4. Kill Bill Vol. 1
5. Finding Nemo
6. The Last Samurai
7. The Hulk
8. Daredevil
9. Bad Boys II
10. Bruce Almighty
 
Worst:

1. Jeepers Creepers 2
2. S.W.A.T
3. The Rundown
4. Freddy Vs Jason
5. Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle

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FINALLY! SOMEONE RECOGNIZES THE MATRIX MOVIES FOR THEIR GENIUS! WHOOO!

My list...
Best:
1. Return Of The King
2. Matrix Reloaded/Matrix Revolutions
3. Pirates Of The Carribean
4. Bubba Ho-Tep
5. Finding Nemo

The next five on the best list I haven't seen, but have heard they are all really good:

6. Bad Santa
7. The Last Samurai
8. School Of Rock
9. The Triplets Of Belleville
10. Lost In Translation

Worst:
1. Gigli
2. Charlie's Angels 2
3. Jeepers Creepers 2
4. SWAT
5. The Haunted Mansion

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Woah! I forgot about Charlie's Angels 2! Since I never saw Gigli, I'll put this on the list.

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(movies I actually splurged on and saw) with the exception of one

The Good:
Pirates of the Carribean
Bad Santa
School of Rock
Kill Bill
X2 (was it this year?)

The Bad:
Charlies Angels Full Throttle (it was missing something)
Matrix Revolutions (didnt like how it ended)


The Ugly
Gigli (i didnt see it thank god, but I had a coworker save me the trouble)

Im still debating with Paycheck, it was okay

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Best:

1. LOTR: return of the King
2. The Rundown
3. Pirates of the Carribean

Worst:
Everything else.

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Originally posted by SlaytanicMaggot:
FINALLY! SOMEONE RECOGNIZES THE MATRIX MOVIES FOR THEIR GENIUS! WHOOO!

No way--people on the internet, liking bad scifi movies! Freaking unbelievable!

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Best:
LOTR: Return of the King
Kill Bill Vol. 1
X-men 2
Pirates of the Carribean
Elf
Bad Boys 2

Worst:
The Matrix Reloaded
The Matrix Revolutions
The Hulk
Timeline

Fair-to-Middling:
Underworld
Daredevil
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Bruce Almighty

Edit: Added Pirates of the Carribean, as I'd forgotten about it (I saw it first Christmas Eve on DVD). Pretty good flick.

Re-edit: Added Elf, because Will Ferrell is awesome. Also stuck Daredevil somewhere.

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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen was not what I wanted it to be.

Another Comic book movie that doesn't measure up. Though if you ask me, it was a little soon. The title is only a couple years old.

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The Good.
1.LOTR-ROTK
2.Kill-Bill Vol.1
3.School Of Rock

The Decent.
1.S.W.A.T.
2.Bruce Almighty.
3.Little Nemo.

The Awful.
1.Jeepers Creepers 2
2.Daredevil
2.The Matrix:Revolutions.

The Unmentionable.
1.Gigli.
2.The Hulk.
3.The Cat In The Hat.

I'll Be Sure To Add More And Change Spots When My Final Decicisons Are Made.

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I was dissapointed with The Leage too.

Hmmm, I have to agree with the majority of good and bad films here. I was troubled how Matrix Revoloutions ended as well.

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For me, it was easier to find disappointing/terrible films in 2003 than to find good ones.

The Good
1. Return of the King
2. Kill Bill, Vol. 1
3. X-Men 2
4. A Mighty Wind
5. Cowboy Bebop: Knocking on Heaven's Door (okay...techincally it's a 2002 release. Bite me.)

The Weak
1. Matrix: Reloaded and Matrix: Revolutions
2. The Hulk
3. The Last Samurai
4. Terminator 3
5. League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

The Unseen
1. Lost in Translation
2. Pirates of the Carribean
3. Finding Nemo
4. Spider
5. Big Fish

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My Top Ten Favorites (In No Particular Order)
Return Of The King
Kill Bill Vol. 1
School Of Rock
Bad Boys II
Pirates Of The Carribean
X-Men 2: X-Men United
Bruce Almighty
Matrix Reloaded
Old School
Charlies Angels: Full Throttle (Yeah, that's right)

My List Of The Worst (I'm sorry, but I just have a hard time criticizing films. I can't really think of any movie that I saw that was too horribly bad. I didn't think The Cat In The Hat was too bad.)

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Faves of 03:

1) Matrix Reloaded
2) Matrix Revolutions
3) T3
4) Treasure Planet
5) Finding Nemo

And that's about all the new films I saw...

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I only saw three films:

Finding Nemo
Pirates Of The Carribean
Anger Management

 Two were great, one was forgettable.

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Favourite films of 2003:
1) LOTR: The Return Of The King
2) Finding Nemo
3) Pirates of the Carribean
4) X-Men 2
5) Matrix Reloaded

Least favourites:
1) Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (The worst film I'd ever seen in my life!)
2) Matrix Relovutions
....I haven't seen many!

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I don't have 10 favourites from last year but here's what rocked....

1.Phone Booth
2.T3(for the ending)

Damn I didn't see much last year....

Didn't like....
1.Matrix: Reloaded was god awful boring to me....
2.Anger Management, preview looked good but I guess those were the best parts....

I haven't seen POTC yet but everyone says it rocks....wooo

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Good thing I have done something like that recently...

Good ones

- Return of the King
- Hero
- Kill Bill
- Master and Commander
  and a few more...

Very bad ones
- NEMESIS!!! (aka Star Trek X)
(and yes, I know that this one was released in 2002, but it was my first movie in 2003.)
- Matrix Revolutions
- Matrix Reloaded

There are more for each category, but it seems like that my memory is failing me...   

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Originally posted by neonluvchixn:
Charlies Angels Full Throttle (it was missing something)

yeah, a plot, decent set pieces - plus it had some really bad cameos.  I'm looking at you Olsen Twins.

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Good Films In No Particular Order:
1. Johnny English
2. Matrix Revolutions/Reloaded
3. Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King
4. Kill Bill
5. Final Destination 2
6. 8 Mile

Moderate Films:
1. Tomb Raider: Cradle Of Life

And I have no bad films to list because if a film looks bad then I refuse to go and see it.

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Good
1. ROTK
2. Kill Bill
3. T3 - probably 1 sequel too far but I still enjoyed this flick and the TX is definetely the most wankable terminator so far.
4. Pirates of the car

Crap
Maxtrix revolutions - Major dissapointment after all the hype, reloaded wasn't that great either.

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i saw only three movies this year that I liked...
Pirates of the Carribean
X-men 2
Elf

i disliked almost all the rest

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Originally posted by Otis P Jivefunk:
Faves of 03:

1) Matrix Reloaded
2) Matrix Revolutions
3) T3
4) Treasure Planet
5) Finding Nemo

And that's about all the new films I saw...

Darn, how did I forget Finding Nemo? I really loved this movie! I've seen it a million times and I never get tired of it.

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Favs of '03 (in order)
1)The Last Samurai
2)Willard
3)Pirates of the Carribean
4)X2
5)Bruce Almighty
6)Bad Santa
7)The Rundown


The merely ok of '03
1) The Matrix Movies
2) T3
3) Anger Management
4)Hollywood Homocide
5) The Hulk

Unseen of '03
1) Return Of The King
2) Finding Nemo
3) Master and Commander

In retrospect, this was one of the best years for movies in a long time, much better than 2002 IMO. I  didn't bother to go see any movies that I knew I would hate (Like Gili), I more or lees know if I will hate a movie or not before I go see it now days (I was dead wrong about Pirates of the Carribean, because it was awsome).

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The Good
Bad Santa
Better Luck Tomorrow
Kill Bill Vol. 1
Big Fish
LotR: RotK
Pirates of the Carribean

The Bad (or very disappointing)
The Matrix Reloaded
The Hulk
Lost in Translation (Worst Bill Murray movie ever, and that's saying a lot)
Charlies Angels: Full Throttle
Anger Management
Gigli
2Fast2Furious

The Overrated
Finding Nemo
Bruce Almighty
The Last Samurai
X2

And The Unseen
Master and Commander (I wanted to go see this movie, but I couldn't stop laughing through any of the previews because Russel Crowe on a ship reminded me way too much of Russel Crowe's t.v. show from South Park)
A Mighty Wind
The Matrix Revolutions
T3

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My two favourite are finding nemo and pirates of the caribbean, they both tie in first.
I liked elf and Xmen 2 and Bruce Almighty was ok.

There aren't any other films because I never see any films, meh.

EDIT: I just remember I saw Freaky Friday at the end of December and that was ok.

In total I have seen 6 films this year! Wooh!

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Originally posted by zoidberg74:
i saw only three movies this year that I liked...
Elf

Damn, how could I have forgotten Elf? One of the funniest movies I saw this year, along with Bad Boys II.

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The Good

Matrix Reloaded
Matrix Revolutions
Bruce Almighty
Finding Nemo

The Bad

Johnny English
Jungle Book 2

I think they were the only ones I saw last year 

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Great:
Return of teh King!!!1!1!1!!!!!!1!!!!111ONEONE
Two Towers Extended Edition

Good
Italian Job
Pirates
X2

Not bad:
Matrices
Nemo

So bad it's good:
Underworld
2 Fast 2 Furious 222222222

Wanted to see, but never got to:
Lost in Translation
Open Range

Wouldn't go to see, unless paid copius amounts of money:
Chasing Amy 2: Gigli
Uptown Girls
Cat in the Hat
Haunted Mansion

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The good: Return of the King (suprise, suprise)
          Pirates of the Carribean
         
The Bad: Legally Blonde 2
Good lord this movie was an abomination, I had to go to it in order to see the Matrix Reloaded(Damn the R rating!), and as many of the people here can tell you, the trade-off was not worth
it. After seeing this, the only option left in mu opinion is to deliberately trigger the holocaust and start the human race over from scratch.

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Originally posted by Slurm Guy:
I didn't think The Cat In The Hat was too bad.)

BLASPHEMER TO THE BRILLIANT MIND OF DR. SEUSS!

*Knocks Haunted Mansion off his worst 5 list, moves all movies down a notch, and places Cat In The Hat at #1 (Yes, there was a worse movie than gigli...I just totally zoned on it...)*

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I liked the Matrices, X2, Return of the King, Kill Bill and Bruce Almighty. I don't usually go to a movie if I'm not sure about it but I got taken to see Charlie's Angels 2 and reign of fire. Crappy crappy crappy...

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Excellenté:
Return Of Teh King
Pirates
Kill Bill
Finding Nemo

Not quite as good but will get on DVD:
Matrix Reloaded and Revolutions
X2

Enjoyed
Hulk0r
Bruce Almighty
T3

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Best:
The Return of the King
Catch me if You Can
Mystic River
The Matrix sequels
Master and Commander
Kill Bill
Phone Booth
Finding Nemo
Gangs of New York
Terminator 3

I also really enjoyed
Alien the Directors Cut
X Men 2
Jackass The Movie
Pirates of the Carabeen
The Hulk (horribly underated by the masses, who expected a big dumb non stop action flick). I think the Hulk has some of the most outstanding effects, direction and editing I've ever seen. Remember, Ang lee was going for a greek tragedy feel.
I haven't been to see any films I really disliked, atleast I can't think of any right now.
 

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Kill Bill, The Last Samurai, Gothika, and Texas Chainsaw Massacre were all pretty good. [wish I could've seen more horror movies...]

Finding Nemo, Bruce Almighty, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Return of the King were overrated. (There was way too much schmaltz in all of these.)

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The Good:
X Men 2
Jackass The Movie
Pirates of the Carabeen
Daredevil
The Hulk
The Return of the King
Catch me if You Can
Finding Nemo
Gangs of New York
Terminator 3

The Bad:
Ice Age

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Ice Age this year?

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Welp, going through my ticket stubs:

The Best:
Pirates of the Carribean
Bruce Almighty
Something's Gotta Give
Big Fish
X2
American Wedding

The OK:
The Matrices (I swear I came up with that before Nix)
Shanghai Knights
Elf
Matchstick Men
Bringing Down the House

The Disappointing:
Johnny English
Duplex

The Unseen:
LOTR:ROTK
A Mighty Wind

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The only movies that play where I live are the mainstream explosion flicks so that coupled with the fact that I'm a shut in leads to me not seeing nearly as many movies as I would like. Plus I avoid movies I know I'll hate (unless it's the good kind of hate, ie: Matirx, Underworld, B:E).

Movies Released in 2003 which I have seen:
Hot:
Lost in Translation
Bend it Like Beckham*
Finding Nemo
Underworld
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Medium:
Whale Rider*
28 Days Later*
A Mighty Wind*
Matrix Reloaded*
X-2: X-Men United
Elf
Cold:
Better Luck Tomorrow*
The Italian Job*
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines*
Matrix Revolutions

* denotes movie not viewed in a theater

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Aw jeesh, Big Fish is out already? I gotta see that.

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Ya know, a lot of these best lists are pretty depressing. Not because the choices are "wrong", but because they reveal what a shitty year this was for cinema.

Anyways, keeping in mind I still need to see Lost in Translation and ROTK...

Good:
Finding Nemo
School of Rock

Okay:
Bruce Almighty
Pirates of the Carribean

Atrocious beyond belief:
Seabiscuit
The Cat in the Hat

And that's it really.  I didn't even bother much this year, because so many films were just stupid sequels and action flicks.  The summer in particular was rather painful.