Movies — 2005

What the Stars Mean (More or Less)

	One of the best ever, I would buy the DVD
	Pretty good, probably wouldn't buy the DVD
	OK
	Bad with occasional redeeming features
	Bad with few redeeming features
	Utter Excrement

1. The Bad and the Beautiful

   A guilty soap-opera pleasure about an ambitious Hollywood movie producer and the people he walks over during his rise and fall. You're supposed to (according to the IMDB) make parallels to actual people, but who cares about that? Watch for Kathleen Freeman.

2. Meet the Fockers

   A pleasant surprise. I was bracing myself for a sequel that was a cynical attempt to squeeze some more money out of the moviegoing public with a minimum of creativity. And there's some of that going on. But Dustin Hoffman in full-goof mode is hilarious, and his scenes with De Niro are a joy to watch. So this gets (barely) four stars.

3. Shrek 2

   Starting to go through my Christmas DVDs … same stars as last year.

4. Star Trek: Generations

   Continuing with Christmas DVDs … I can't (or I guess, shouldn't pretend to) judge Star Trek movies critically, for I am a total fanboy. But despite the usual Gaping Plot Holes, I enjoy this one quite a bit.

5. Finding Nemo

   Continuing with Christmas DVDs … I watch this movie with sheer joy. Do the folks at Pixar have any idea how incredibly talented they are? I suppose they do.

6. Groundhog Day

   Every February 2. It just gets better and better each time I watch.

7. Cellular

   Predictable. But not otherwise bad, with some winning humor. You know, you can hit a normal landline phone with a sledgehammer, and it can still be made to work, sort of. But merely dropping a cell phone off a lousy building--not a chance that puppy's gonna ring again.

(Remaining movies are rated and described on my blog.)

8. Million Dollar Baby
9. The Core
10. Booty Call
11. Hostage
12. The Incredibles
13. Envy
14. Finding Neverland
15. Sideways
16. The Rundown
17. Sin City
18. Star Trek: First Contact
19. Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith
20. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
21. House of Flying Daggers
22. Pootie Tang
23. National Treasure
24. In Good Company
25. Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
26. Assault on Precinct 13
27. Flight of the Phoenix
28. After the Sunset
29. I ♥ Huckabees
30. The Aviator
31. War of the Worlds
32. Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
33. Hitch
34. Ray
35. Maria Full of Grace
36. Star Trek: Insurrection
37. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
38. Batman Begins
39. Bad Day at Black Rock
40. The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou
41. The Killers (1946)
42. The Killers (1964)
43. High and Low
44. The Killer
45. Submerged
46. A Very Long Engagement
47. Sanjuro
48. The Singing Detective
49. The Transporter 2
50. The Cooler
51. Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle
52. Any Given Sunday
53. Yojimbo
54. Bride and Prejudice
55. The Machinist
56. The Magnificent Seven
57. Serenity
58. xXx: State of the Union
59. Night Moves
60. Star Trek: Nemesis
61. Point Blank
62. Kung Fu Hustle
63. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
64. Today You Die
65. Wallace and Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
66. Saw
67. A History of Violence
68. Sahara
69. Quadrophenia
70. Crash
71. 11:14
72. Infernal Affairs
73. 12 Angry Men
74. Dear Frankie
75. Oldboy
76. Millions
77. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
78. Sunset Boulevard
79. Robots
80. Fever Pitch
81. 3-iron
82. The Italian Job
83. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
84. Must Love Dogs
85. Office Space
86. A Face in the Crowd

Filmography links courtesy of The Internet Movie Database.

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