Top 5 Cinema or DVD releases of 2005

[Lambretta]

So with 2005 finally pissing off into the sunset and with only 1 more sleep before 2006 for many of you :p it is time to reflect on our favourite movies of the year.

Now, sometimes it's really hard to work out what was released this year and what was released late last year, so you can include any filum (for the Irish out there) that either got it's first cinema release or it's first dvd (or video) release during the last 12 months.

I will have a think about my top 5, but you can be as sure as shit it will include Million Dollar Baby, Crash and Downfall.

[Chittty]

was sin city released this year?
that should be up there somewhere

[alexmac]

sin city and kung-fu hustle were great...

[cinditude]

Dead Like Me, Season 1 and 2

[twistedbydesign]

chitty i just noticed your sig

this was my next one
"life is a waste of time, time is a waste of life, so get wasted all of the time and have the time of your life"
-michelle mastrolacasa

not quite as succint huh..

end irrelevant dribble

[Xpose]

Sin City, Crash, Million Dollar Baby, Charlie & The Chocolate Factory & Batman

May not be a purists list but i enjoye dthem all immensley

[qoop]

these are some of the movies/DVD-releases that i have enjoyed this year (which may not have come out this year though)


Crash
Garden State
Saw 1
Saw 2
Headrush
Layer Cake
Ong Bak

Arrested Development
Curb your Enthusiasm
Scrubs
Family Guy

[Gee Frizz]

I have only two nominations;

Simpsons Season 6 on DVD (it's been a LONG wait!!!) and
Layer Cake.

[FunkingTrance]

Layer Cake, Mysterious Skin and The Constant Gardener

[Juggalo Muli]

wtf is so good about Sin City? I watched it the other night, drove me insane!

The fukn naration is what killed me.

[twistedbydesign]

futurama monster box set
dangermouse box set
time to go howard
The Gods Must be Crazy box set
family guy box set
monkey complete series

[Lambretta]

Maybe you should stick to Spongebob and Squarepants Muli :P

[Xpose]

I also enjoyed Garden State & Sideways.

[Imperial Tee]

Only 5 filums? That’s nay good. I'll go for 10...........

Downfall - Achtung, Das ist eine sehr wunderbar film (apologies for my shit german). If we did not know that this is exactly how it happened this movie could be dismissed for wallowing in senseless and gratuitous violence

Look Both Ways - Who said Aussies can't make a good movie? Bloody brilliant. (Proposition, Little Fish and Wolf Creek were all pretty good too) A movie where you really do feel for the characters and the myriad of disasters and triumphs that makes up everyday life.

Sin City - At long last somebody has been able to successfully adapt the world of the comic book/graphic novel to the big screen. A truly original visual masterpiece

Sideways (was that this year?) - This film allowed me to momentarily suspend my misgivings about the much maligned 'buddy/road trip' genre. Then I remembered the crimes against humanity perpetrated by Seann William Scott various abominations. Nonetheless it’s a top film.

Bad Education - Almodóvar is as reliable as a Swiss watch when it comes to making quality films. He is also as odd as a $6 note, a trait that makes his movies so unique. This tortuous tale of the lives and loves of two ex-orphans is trademark Almodóvar.

The Sea Inside - Is life worth living if you cannot do so with dignity? This stellar movie tackles the issue of whether or not we have a right to life or death in a charming and unsentimental way. The fact that is based on a real man's fight for the right to die makes it all the more poignant.

Crash - A study of the fear and loathing inherent in modern day America and the loneliness caused to yourself by alienating others. Crash is a day in the life of a group of seemingly disparate characters whose lives are all inextricably linked.

Broken Flowers - Bill Murray shows the theatrical impact that can be gained from a simple look of bemused disinterest; he is the very antithesis of the Mariah Carey school of OTT acting. Jarmusch makes (imo) his best film yet and the supporting cast were also in fine fettle. Broken Flowers makes the list for the 'Lolita' scene alone, funny, funny shit.

Good Night & Good Luck - George Clooney reaffirms his position as the leading liberal in Tinseltown. Instead of staging some pointless demonstrations or harping on about some utopian political solutions (take note Sean Penn) he does what he does best; make movies. Murrow's takedown of McCarthyism is especially relevant in today's political climate. Watch out for Syriana.

*****. My 5 Star, silver bullet, triple A choice for the year was Wallace & Grommit. I know it was a movie for nippers but it was probably the best thing I have ever seen (and I have seen the face of God). A movie that doesn't seek to patronise anybody and neither does it hold back on laughs for the cynical adults. The most uproariously, good humoured movie I can remember.

[Juggalo Muli]

Maybe you should stick to Spongebob and Squarepants Muli :Plol i hate that shit


but seriously, i don't get why the movie gets such good reviews :meh:

maybe because im not really a fan of comics, unless it was the simpson comic books :lol:

[Megs]

Sin City, Crash, Million Dollar Baby, Charlie & The Chocolate Factory & Batman

May not be a purists list but i enjoye dthem all immensley
this is why i like you

i agree on all but burtons choc factory remake

just didnt do it for me im fraid

[PiNkUniCoRn]

Wallace & Gromit
Madagascar
Million Dollar Baby
King Kong
Garden State

Madagascar was my fav - I'm a sucker for cute animated movies :blush:

[special ed]

hmmm..

sin city
mysterious skin
napolean dynamite (this year?)
sea inside
charlie and the chocos

[Xpose]

this is why i like you

i agree on all but burtons choc factory remake

just didnt do it for me im fraid
I thought it was my sparkling wit, love of boobs and trash TV addiction ?

[Lambretta]

Imperial Tee.

Brilliantly written stuff.

Thanks for those tips. I will be looking up the ones I haven't seen as soon as is humanly possible.

:)

[Imperial Tee]

Cheers old bean, I thought it would be better to try and shed a modicum of light on the films I like rather then just list them and say that they rock.

[eman]

Crash
History of Violence
Sin City
The Woodsman
Oldboy

[Sambuca]

The Wire Season 1
The Wire Season 2

Not sure if anyone has been able to catch this series on TV, but its definitely my fav at the moment.

Little Fish
Brilliantly acted. Kudos to Hugo Weaving for giving such a convincing performance. My only gripe was the hodge podge accent from Dustin Nguyen.

I also received last month the box set of Naruto. A japanese animated series in the vein of Dragonball / Teknoman etc.

BEST ANIMATED SERIES EVER.

[E-Leigh-T]

I also received last month the box set of Naruto. A japanese animated series in the vein of Dragonball / Teknoman etc.

BEST ANIMATED SERIES EVER.

You should check out Bleach, it's haps better than Naruto. Everyone I know that likes Naruto/DragonBall love Bleach better once they get into it.

[indie_doll]

Sin City
Crash
Goodbye and Goodluck
The beat my heart skipped
Paradise now
Wolf Creek
The Magician.

There were so so many great films this year.

[WINGZ]

Flying Daggers
Crash
Garden State
Kung-fu Hustle
The Proposition
Downfall
Layer Cake
Sideways

Chappells Show (Season 2)

[Sambuca]

You should check out Bleach, it's haps better than Naruto. Everyone I know that likes Naruto/DragonBall love Bleach better once they get into it.
I've seen the first 10 eps of bleach, just couldn't get into it.

[indie_doll]

Oh gee, i forgot about flying daggers.
Was that this year?
Was such a beautiful film, cinematography at it's best!

[SKYCRUISER]

little fish-brilliant film! such a big fan of Hugo Weaving and Cate Blanchett

Head On-it's a German film about a Turkish girl who's trying to escape her protective muslim parents, she just want's to get out and live life and the only way she can is to marry another turk, it's a brilliant film, well worth a look! bit violent in places and a fair amount of drug use.., it came out on dvd this year. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0347048/

Der Untergang-the ultimate film on the last days of the 3rd Reich, no need for another film about it, was lucky enough to score the limited edition double dvd!

Saw 2-don't mind a bit of psychotic violence, Tobin Bell was fantastic!

i do recommend that anyone loving a good movie, take out head on! it's a brilliant film, i can't recommend it enough!

overrated

million dollar baby-didn't like it, thought it was a bit of a let down

few others that i can't think of just now, seen so many flicks this year.

flying daggers-well it's just not crouching tiger, the art work was awesome, just didn't enjoy the story.

[nrjize]

Bad Education - Almodóvar is as reliable as a Swiss watch when it comes to making quality films. He is also as odd as a $6 note, a trait that makes his movies so unique. This tortuous tale of the lives and loves of two ex-orphans is trademark Almodóvar. :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:

My additional 3:

Mysterious Skin - so very very awesome the uncomfortable feeling it left you with upon leaving was great.

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - For me to list a hollywood action flick starring Val Kilmer in my top 5 there must be something bloody good about it!

Garden State - a nice snuggle under the doona film

DVD: Seinfeld Volume 5 + 6 Special Edition simply because it comes with a bonus "Puffy Shirt" replica.

[Imperial Tee]

Forget the past. Let us cast our eyes to the future. As we speak I am lasciviously licking my liver coloured lips and suggestively caressing my ample manhood in apprehension for the following.........

Syriana - Mr Clooney is on a roll at the moment. Well done George.

The New World - Shocks come on 2 fronts. #1 Colin Farrell in a good movie. #2 Terrence Malick takes less than a decade to direct another film.

Brokeback Mountain - Ain't no cowboy like a gay cowboy

History of Violence (somebody has already said they have seen it, I thought it wasn't released yet) either way its meant to be top notch flick

A Cock & Bull Story - Anybody else who has read Tristram Shandy will agree with the general consensus that it would be impossible to make it into a coherent film, yet somehow I hear that A Cock & Bull Story has pulled it off.

"The Misadventures of Senor Imperial Tee and his quest for the holy banana" - A stunning 6 hour epic directed by Scorsese and starring a disinterred Marlon Brando as Dr. Imperialis Teeopolis a dashingly brave young doctor who cures 14th Century Paris of its addiction to midget porn.

[Megs]

I thought it was my sparkling wit, love of boobs and trash TV addiction ?
those things are all very important also
its a package thing

[Xpose]

those things are all very important also
its also the package of your thing
edited for truth.

[Megs]

:lol: *sigh* i cant fight the truth

[Xpose]

Wow didn't even need the ether soaked rag this time. :blush:

[eman]

History of Violence (somebody has already said they have seen it, I thought it wasn't released yet) either way its meant to be top notch flick

bitTorrent

[Imperial Tee]

Bloody computers are ruining mankind.

[Spoony]

Batman begins: best movie of the year

Sincity still not my best either, dono wat the fuss is about, probably coz of jessica "p

[Imperial Tee]

Yeah, Sincity wuz teh sh1t cept 4 jessica"p. I like movies wit titties. WERD.

[Megs]

:lol: yeah boobs :thumb:

[Xpose]

Somebody say boobs :? I'm in :love:

[Imperial Tee]

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[Imperial Tee]

Once Again : Werd Up

[Lambretta]

Batman begins: best movie of the year

Sincity still not my best either, dono wat the fuss is about, probably coz of jessica "p:lol: Yes, I will ignore a stunningly spectacular visual tour de force and instead I will give my vote to a Hollywood blockbuster.

I thought Batman Begins was actually quite good, but movie of the year?? Get a grip. Still this is an opinion thread and as worthless and ill informed as your opinion is, you are welcome to it.

Well, let's face it.... no one else wants it :P

[Spoony]

well maybe harry potter might get movie of the year but i would rather watch batman.

So which movie u think fits best movie of the year then ehh???

[big eddie]

umm only really started going to the movies again in the 2nd part of the year (stopped working nite shift)

anyway, films that I really enjoyed this year.

Little fish
The proposition
Pride and prejudice:blush:

[Gee Frizz]

I forgot about Wallace & Grommit. I've yet to see it but I'm sure it'll be my 3rd nominee.

Spongebob was funny but nothing that overly special.

[Evan]

The Proposition
Ghost in The Shell 2: Innocence
Sideways.
Rize!
Sin City

[Rusty_OHara]

:lol: Yes, I will ignore a stunningly spectacular visual tour de force and instead I will give my vote to a Hollywood blockbuster.

I thought Batman Begins was actually quite good, but movie of the year?? Get a grip. Still this is an opinion thread and as worthless and ill informed as your opinion is, you are welcome to it.

Well, let's face it.... no one else wants it :PI didn't mind Batman Begins for the (semi)decent story line, and a lot darker then previous efforts...

Just watched Sin City the other night, not bad, but not the best movie I've ever seen. Maybe cause I already knew how all the stories went etc?

But for the whole atmosphere / catching the imagery of Frank Miller's graphic novels? Spot on the money, 10/10 in that regard for me; it looked excellent and is probably the best comic book/graphic novel to movie adaption I have ever seen.

[Lambretta]

Add RAY starring Jamie Foxx to my nominations for film of the year. Shiiit boy, that man could sing.

[N4TE]

bout time someone made a batman filum that had a real batman in it. a tortured, fucked up, brutal and malevolent foe of evil. A Dark Knight. A nemesis for every two bit, punk ass, malformed psycho baddy. And they end it with a brilliantly subtle hint at a second instalment. If you want to see the real dichotmus tenacious thug slash pilar of society batman movie, the one I used to say best portrayed the batman character I knew from the comics, check batman vs dracula, the animated one. Batman punches holes in his gloves beating the shit out of vampires. You tell em, Bruce. someone show this to the directors before they go and fuck it up by resolving shit in comic book based movies. There's not meant to be an end. You tell the begining near the middle, in parts, and it never ends, it just goes n , day to shitty day, with the heros suiting up and stepping out because, well, because someone has to.

Sin City. A movie I looked forward to with a mix of trepidation and anticipation. My all time fave graphic novel writ large on the silver screen. The only other movie all year I deemed worthy of the closed eyes and blocked ears treatment whenever trailers came on, to say I had high expectations is like saying as couple of people got ipod nanos for christmas. I managed to be delighted and astonished at the sheer brilliance in bringing the high contrast, low key, film noiresque style off the page and onto a screen. The cinematography was awesome. A complete rip off of the visual style of the books, which of course is exactly what fans of the source material wanted to see. Sin city wasn't like the other books. It didn't look the same, it didn't feel the same, it didn't cover the same subject matter. It was white man's manga, you felt seedy and heavy just reading it, having those stories turning over in your brain while the other kids were talking about what was happening on neighbors and home and away. It was a secret, vile world, a city you'd only ever visit alone, exchanging knowing nods at comic book stores when you found someone else looking at the hard copy version you'd been salivating over for six months. And for once, Hollywood didn't fuck up something awesome. Frank wouldn't let them. Oh, it had a happy ending. kinda happy, anyway. still, a happy ending that got there by visiting every backalley in sin city on the way. Fair trade, I guess. And what was that I read today about a Sin City 2?

Narnia. run me a warm bath and fetch me a bottle of vodka while I tell the nice people how gutted I am that I can't include Narnia on this list.

Wolf Creek. fuck you afi pink mafia. nuff said.

Kung Fu Hustle. Most suprising inclusion on this list, showing that China's mainland film industry is every bit as awesome as the hong kong counterpart. I've been into chinese film for a good many years, this one had pretty much every reason why thrown in. Love the chinese sense of humor, it's so fucked up.

if i can think of anything else worthy, I'll be back.

[N4TE]

http://www.forumsigs.com/users/nate_pix919/SCdesk4.bmp


sin city ftw.

[PiNkUniCoRn]

Top Australian Box Office Releases, 2005

1. Star Wars - Episode III $35m

2. Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire $31m

3. Madagascar $25m

4. Charlie & The Chocolate Factory $24.5m

5. War of The Worlds $21.5m

6. Mr & Mrs Smith $20.3m

7. Wedding Crashers $ 16.6m

8. Batman Begins $ 15.5m

9. Hitch $14m

10. King Kong $14m

[tonE_e]

Cinderella Man
Napoleon Dynamite
Oldboy

2005 has been another yr of bollocks in hollywood

[P_Floyd]

Best DVD Release: Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas........its been a long wait.

Also, I love Huckabees.........funniest film I've seen since There's Something about Mary.


Favourite Cinema Releases: probably Crash for me. Really didn't think their was many standouts this year.

[Evan]

Fear and Loathing got released on DVD years ago.

[SKYCRUISER]

finally watched Crash, brilliant film and the score is damn powerful too, the scene where they are trapped in the upside down 4x4 left me gasping! one of the best films of 2005 for sure. I don't think words can do justice for this film!

In The Deep-Bird York one of the most beautiful songs i've ever heard!

[Lambretta]

funniest film I've seen since There's Something about Mary.
Hold on. SaM isn't a comedy. It's a huge pile of steaming shit, filled with the worlds most obvious jokes and painfully cringeworthy scenarios.

One of the least funny films in the history of film making.

[Lambretta]

If you want to see a very clever and originally brilliant film, go see Curse of the Ware Rabbit.

I saw it last night on Imperial Tee's reccommendation and it was absolutely superb :D

[DANCINGDI]

finally watched Crash, brilliant film and the score is damn powerful too, the scene where they are trapped in the upside down 4x4 left me gasping! one of the best films of 2005 for sure. I don't think words can do justice for this film!

In The Deep-Bird York one of the most beautiful songs i've ever heard!
I don't remember the last film I saw where the music and the film fitted so perfectly from the first note.:bow:

The Constant Gardener, saw it tonight, Brilliant!!

[Andrew Wowk]

Movies
5. The Life Aquatic (I love Bill Murray's quirky humour)
4. Collateral (first Tom Cruise movie I've seen in a long time that I've truly enjoyed)
3. Dodgeball (yes it was stupid, but it was so much fun too)
2. Sideways (absolutely superbly written with lots of clever, witty humour)
1. Shaun Of The Dead (just downright brilliant in every way)

DVDs
5. 24 Season 3
4. Futurama Box Set
3. The Office
2. Family Guy Box Set
1. Lost Season 1

[Davomaxi]

finally watched Crash, brilliant film and the score is damn powerful too, the scene where they are trapped in the upside down 4x4 left me gasping! one of the best films of 2005 for sure. I don't think words can do justice for this film!

In The Deep-Bird York one of the most beautiful songs i've ever heard!

IMO Crash was the most overrated release of 2005. I was quite impressed with the first three quarters of it then found the endings absolutely ridiculous and not believable. The part when the little girl runs out to daddy just as the store owner shoots him/her was hollywoodcrap laughable!

Can't go past Sin City for mine.

[Vital]

Kung Fu Hustle
Sin City

Are 2 DVD releases which should get a mention.

[Anselm]

1. Downfall
2. Downfall
3. Downfall
4. Downfall
5. The A-Team

[Lambretta]

IMO Crash was the most overrated release of 2005. I was quite impressed with the first three quarters of it then found the endings absolutely ridiculous and not believable. The part when the little girl runs out to daddy just as the store owner shoots him/her was hollywoodcrap laughable!


Then you obviously aren't a parent.

I for one almost had a fucking heart attack.

[indie_doll]

Best DVD Release: Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas........its been a long wait.

Also, I love Huckabees.........funniest film I've seen since There's Something about Mary.


Favourite Cinema Releases: probably Crash for me. Really didn't think their was many standouts this year.I heart Huckabees!!! This movie rocks!!

You rock, rock! :lol:

And there is always something about Mary!

:)

[Alicia Laner]

my favs...

movies:
Sin City
2046
The Life Aquatic
a very long engagement
Revenge of the sith

Dvd's
Twin Peaks box set (with the original pilot)

[Davomaxi]

Then you obviously aren't a parent.

I for one almost had a fucking heart attack.

true I'm not but thats not the point, I just found it a totally unrealistic turn of events.

[Chharge]

my favs...

movies:
Sin City
2046
The Life Aquatic
a very long engagement
Revenge of the sith

Dvd's
Twin Peaks box set (with the original pilot)
was going to check 2046 out the other day.... might do it this weekend.

I liked constantine as one of my fav's

Sin city was ok, only due to its difference to other movies.

[alexmac]

saw Constantine the other day and loved it

the director did an awesome job of making tom cruse not act like tom cruse.

[Alicia Laner]

saw Constantine the other day and loved it

the director did an awesome job of making tom cruse not act like tom cruse.
yeah, It was pretty cool how they made him loook exactly like keanu reeves!

[Chharge]

um, Tom Cruise wasn't in constantine :P Keanu Reeves was.

I think you are thinking of Collateral?

which was also a good movie, and I agree he didn't act like his usual self.

[Imperial Tee]

No no no, you are thinking of Constantinople the taut, political rom-com starring Omar Sharif and the Olsen Twins. What a movie that was.

[kano350chevy]

1. Sin City
2. Kung Fu Hustle

That is all...

[Tron]

Sin City was brilliant :thumb:

Be Cool is entertaining on dvd too.

[Tron]

What did people think of American Dad? Most of season 1 was amusing, especially the episode when stan becomes addicted to masterbating. ftw

[Lambretta]

true I'm not but thats not the point, I just found it a totally unrealistic turn of events.
A movie can also be a vehicle to provoke emotion.

It doesnt have to be something which only shows things that absolutely would happen in all of our lives.

Otherwise there'd be alot of films about internet geeks downloading porn.

[MidgetFidget]

I thought SinCity was shite.

My fave for the year would probably be Downfall.

p

[slinky99]

I liked Crash - very poignant expose of the racial undercurrents in all sectors of the American community. I cried for ages when the little girl almost got shot.

Best movie I have seen recently was Hotel Rwanda. Very thought-provoking and harsh to watch - especially when you think that it was an actual event that has happened in my lifetime. I loved the bit when the UN officer (Nick Nolte) was telling Paul Rusesabinga (sp? Don Cheadle) how the Western countries all decided to abandon Rwanda and the bus leaving with all the white people on it.

[maxomillion]

'The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill' saw it on DVD last night was released in the cinemas last year.
Most definantly one of the best films I have ever seen.

http://www.wildparrotsfilm.com/

'This remarkable movie is the true story of a Bohemian St. Francis and his remarkable relationship with a flock of wild red-and-green parrots. Mark Bittner, a dharma bum*, former street musician in San Francisco, falls in with the flock as he searches for meaning in his life, unaware that the wild parrots will bring him everything he needs.'

Beautiful camera work, no special effects, a true love story which will leave you with tears of happiness.

[bricktop712]

top five

- dig
- i heart huckabees
- little fish
- sin city

okay, four then.

whoever said be cool. :slap:

hehe just kidding. but seriously.

[maxomillion]

Forgot 'Appleseed'

3d manga :drool:

[dancerchick]

I also enjoyed Garden State & Sideways.

I watched Sideways for the first time last night and I cant believe I missed it when It was first released. What an absolute "Laugh riot". Loved it.