John Topping's Opinion of Films That He Saw That Were Released Theatrically In The United States In The Year 2004
Films within each category are listed alphabetically
| My Very Favorite Films of the Year |
The Aviator Garden State In Good Company The Incredibles
The Motorcycle Diaries
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Secondary Favorites and Honorable Mentions, As It Were |
Collateral The Dreamers Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Fahrenheit 9/11 Maria Full of Grace What the #$*! Do We Know!?
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Other Films That I Thought Were Exceptionally Good |
Closer Hotel Rwanda Intimate Strangers Million Dollar Baby Napoleon Dynamite Shaun of the Dead Spanglish Spider-Man 2 Super Size Me Vera Drake
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Films I Enjoyed But Didn't Flip Over |
50 First Dates The Bourne Supremacy Dawn of the Dead Cellular Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Dawn of the Dead The Saddest Music In The World
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Most Refreshing Film of the Year |
Before Sunset |
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Most Overrated Film That Was Better Than I Expected It To Be |
Finding Neverland |
| Two Spanish Films I Saw Within The Same Week That Were Refreshingly Unafraid Of Gay Content and That Both Had English Titles That Started With The Letter B
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Bad Education Bear Cub
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| A Film I Thoroughly Enjoyed Because I Saw It In 3-D And It Was The Best 3-D Experience I've Ever Had, But I'm Pretty Sure I Would Have Found It Thoroughly Mediocre If I'd Seen The 2-D Version
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The Polar Express |
| A Film That Was Interesting And Eye-Opening And Yet Strangely Unimpressive
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Outfoxed |
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The Vast Land of Mediocrity and/or Indifference |
The Day After Tomorrow I Heart Huckabees Kill Bill: Volume 2 The Ladykillers The Manchurian Candidate Meet the Fockers Shrek 2 The Terminal
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Kind of Empty But So Fookin' Beautiful |
Hero House of Flying Daggers
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| Proof That Mediocrity Remains Mediocre Even In French
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The Chorus |
| The Film That Was The Most Violently Disgusting, Dramatically Shapeless And Socially Irresponsible And Yet Hard Not To Admire For How Well It Was Done
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The Passion of the Christ |
| The Worst Films of the Year (that I didn't sit through all the way) |
DodgeBall Mean Girls Paparazzi |
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The Worst Films of the Year (that I sat through entirely) |
Greendale Latter Days The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou Ocean's Twelve Open Water
Primer
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Films I Want To See But, As Of The Moment, Haven't
| CATEGORY 1 – WASN'T ORIGINALLY INTERESTED BUT HAVE A FILMGOER'S OBLIGATION SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY ARE NOMINATED FOR ACADEMY AWARDS |
Being Julia
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| CATEGORY 2 – TRULY WANT TO SEE, BUT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU JUST MISS FILMS AND NOTHING CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT |
Kinsey With God on Our Side: George W. Bush and the Rise of the Religious Right in America
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| CATEGORY 3 - SIMPLY A PERVERSE CURIOSITY ON MY PART |
National Treasure
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YOU READ THIS AND SAY
"I MUST EXPRESS HOW MUCH I DISAGREE WITH YOU, JOHN!"
Okay, no problem! Everyone has an opinion about movies, and probably no two lists are alike.
But now you can cast a rebuttal, or simply tell your own opinion. Here's how:
1. Go to this link to get a list of all of the U.S. Theatrical Releases of 2004
2. Rebut or make your own list and send to johntopping@nyc.rr.com.
3. I will then make a link to
your very own page
with
your very
own opinions
like the one by my friend Phake Sampul below
Please bear these things in mind:
- if you are only casting a rebuttal to MY list, please do not be abusive (unless, of course, the abuse is brilliantly witty)
- if you are making your own list, please include every 2004 release that you saw
Oh, look! The lists are starting to come in!
Heath Hewett's 2004 Movie List
Steve Herrick's 2004 Movie List
plus bonus
2004 CD list
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