Favorite: Matrix: Reloaded or LOTR: ROTK. Pirates of the Carribbean a very close 3rd. maybe the most enjoyable overall movie i've seen in a while. all the jokes seemed to work. the atmosphere was great, the story, all the pirate talk, the sets. depp and rush were great. it was all great. it just didn't have quite the grandeur of the other two movies for me. worst movie? hmmm. wasn't the worst but matrix: revolutions was definitely the most disappointing.
Best: Return of the King Worst: The "remake" of Texas Chainsaw Massacre, the only movie I have ever walked out on.
I can't believe how many of you have seen Gigli. Best: Pirates of the Carribbean Worst: Sea Biscut (you Gigli guys might have me here)
Best: Let's see here... I think I'm going to go with Lord of the Rings: Return of the King. Most overrated: Cold Mountain- a fine film, but hardly the best of the year, as some critics have hailed it. Worst: I didn't see a "bad" movie this year, so I'll go with Gigli. Just seeing a clip was enough... But for some reason, I am looking forward to watching this film on cable just for a good laugh.
Best: Lord of the Rings: Return of the King Worst: League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (LXG) (Although, had I actually watched either Kangaroo Jack or Gigli, I have no doubt they would've supplanted LXG on my list.)
I also enjoyed this movie. I think a big reason why I liked it so much was because I went into it not knowing what to expect and it was really quite good. In these days of massive TV, trailer, magazine, pretty much freaking everything publicity of movies, I didn't know much about it. I was pleasantly surprised. As for best and worst...Lord of the Rings: ROTK was easily the best. Worst was definitely Matrix Revolutions. On a side note, anyone else find it humorous that Nomar makes up two categories not originally asked for just so he can bash Lord of the Rings once more and reiterate his feelings about "racist" Lost in Translation?
My wife is the secretary of our group and I am going by her spottedly kept, written records; she does have Undercover Brother on the list but I think she made a mistake. Also, we saw LOTR the very first Friday it was out at a 610 BusinessRadio free showing so if that was 2003, it has to included. We all however actually liked Pirates a little bit more for it's entertainment value though it would come in second for pure granduer. When we we running down the list, not one of us could recall the plot of Rundown or Confidence. Once we looked them up we thought well those were pretty good movies, in fact, Confidance had tons of star power, strange. Clear up LOTR's release date please and nominate on!
I noticed this and decided to just ignore it. As others have said, arguing on the internet (about subjective opinions) is pointless. I'm sure nomar and I will have another go with the release of the next Harry Potter movie (which I'm sure will get its very own nomar thread, complete with predictable ), but until then, I guess I'll try to keep silent. (Unless, of course, nomar feels like bashing Frank Herbert's untalented hack of a son, which'll mean uniting on an issue for once. )
Hey man. The new Dune books are great. They're a tad lengthy, but fun reads nevertheless. I'm looking forward to "The Machine Crusade".
Fun? Fun? That's the problem. The legacy of Dune isn't a "fun read". It's a religious experience. Brian is cheapening his father's work. He better not screw up Dune 7.
Elf was a good movie! And so was Matrix Reloaded, Charlie's Angels 2, and Kill Bill. How could they be the worst movie of the year? You can only say that after watching a ton of movies. The Cat in the Hat, not a horrible movie, was worse than all three, and Gigli was worse than that. Meanwhile, I don't know if anyone here has seen this Korean movie. It's called "Musa: The Warrior." It has Zhang ZiYi in it as a Ming Dynasty Chinese princess kidnapped by the Mongols and rescued by a band of Koreans. Now there's some powerful filmmaking!
See? There's the nomar I remember. Brian Herbert has completely rewritten his father's universe for the worse, much like Brannon and Braga did to Roddenberry and his vision of Star Trek.
Nomar, for a 19 year old kid, you certainly are an old fuddy-duddy sometimes. I have read every single Dune novel. I thought the original was absolutely brilliant; one of the best novels ever written. The sequels, however, are disappointments. Sure, some of them are better than others, but as a whole they are dull, and do not even come close to living up to the original. Brian's stories are good. His style is very different from Frank's. While nothing he has written compares to the original "Dune", I enjoy his novels a heck of a lot more than any of the Dune sequels and think that his father would be proud of the work he's doing.
