No wonder I don't know any of those movies
Oh, the hell with these stuffy awards. Following are the best films I saw in 2003:
The Return of the King
Kill Bill Volume 1
Finding Nemo
Big Fish
School of Rock
Pirates of the Caribbean
Lost in LaMancha
Cowboy BeBop
Holes
Bad Santa
I guess I need to get out more.
Is there anyone out there tonight or are you all having Oscar parties and ignoring the hard work that some people in the blog world are putting out just to entertain people who aren't even at their computers?
Comments
Haven't looked at the Oscars once (okay, I peeked for a few seconds at Maria Menudos doing the red carpet pre-show, but other than that...)
Posted by: Ferro Lad | February 29, 2004 09:18 PM
I was going to watch the Oscars. But my tv is in another room, making commenting awkward, and besides, the only movie I saw last year was ROTK... and it occurred to me that I don't care about these award shows. I'll get the recap tomorrow anyway. Heck, tonight probably, somewhere.
Posted by: Andrea Harris | February 29, 2004 09:20 PM
watching and commenting - my wife noticed that renee zellweger looked cute from the front, but what the heck did she do with the back of her dress?!?
Posted by: rick | February 29, 2004 09:29 PM
heck with the Oscars...I'm watching "Patton"
Posted by: Dave in Texas | February 29, 2004 09:36 PM
I'm out here. Talking to friends online, watching "Blade II" (having just watched "Wine Fundamentals" - I'm a diverse Netflixer, you see), and avoiding the Oscars.
I watched Holes the other night but couldn't really get into it. Not sure why. (shrug)
Posted by: andy | February 29, 2004 09:52 PM
I watched the intro. The crushing of Michael Moore was guaranteed to be the highlight of the 4+ hours so I haven't bothered watching. I did catch Renee Z's speech. Boring but pleasant. What they need to have is a ticker along the bottom of the screen to let you know who won what already. If it was good enough for Sep. 11, it should be good enough for Oscar.
Posted by: Sean Hackbarth | February 29, 2004 10:43 PM
You know, QVC's "Bargain Shopper's Challenge" is highly underrated as a prime time programming event.
Posted by: Jeff | February 29, 2004 11:11 PM
The Return of the King
Finding Nemo - DVD
Pirates of the Caribbean - DVD
I think I saw 3 movies in theaters last year.
Posted by: Aaron's Rantblog | February 29, 2004 11:27 PM
Just doing my taxes and checking in from time to time.
Posted by: JAB | February 29, 2004 11:43 PM
I'm actually liveblogging this dreary thing.
Posted by: Kate | February 29, 2004 11:44 PM
Cowboy Bebop was released in 2001, not 2003.
Posted by: Aravis | March 1, 2004 01:02 AM
I didn't see Cowboy Bebop in the theater until 2003, Aravis. Maybe it had a limited run in '01, but I live in Atlanta, and doubt we would have been skipped in '01 had that been the case.
Posted by: Azrael | March 1, 2004 01:44 AM
I don't see anything I strongly disagree with on your list, except that I think Lost In Translation is a great movie. I never have been able to work up much enthusiasm for any of Tolkien's stuff, but I am going to make an effort to see if I might have somehow overlooked something in LOTR...
Posted by: MikeR | March 1, 2004 02:28 AM
Wow, you have five of my top ten, including the top four (Fish, LOTR, Kill Bill, School of Rock). Didja see "Capturing the Friedmans"?
Posted by: Stephen Silver | March 1, 2004 03:53 AM
Azrael, et al, Cowboy Bebop was first run in Japan - 2001, and later in festivals in the US in 2002, and eventually in 2003, first a limited release then later a full release. So we were all right.
Posted by: Aravis | March 1, 2004 08:21 AM
I was too busy gettin' some.
We did take a break to watch the last 30 minutes, though.
Posted by: AimeeC | March 1, 2004 12:42 PM