Indy
12-04-2004, 09:33 AM
So, it's that time of year when everyone is dishing out awards left, right and centre. Let's keep it nice and simple here, your favourite 3 films of the year.
- Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (Jim Carrey has only had, I think, three 'serious' roles, and for the third time he hits one out of the park. A brilliant concept and a highly enjoyable film, probably the most original film of the year. For all the brilliance of the concept at writing though, it's gotta be Kate Winslet that steals the show as the ideal girlfriend (particularly impressive to me as I've been out with someone very similar who was very annoying but I loved Clementine in this). For a lot of people, including me, this is the film that should win Best Film at the Oscars, but it's not Oscar-y enough. Should win Best Original Screenplay though and Kate Winslet is a sure thing for an acting award.)
- Lost in Translation (I think this might class as 2003 in America but it was released in 2004 over here so it still counts. This now registers as one of my absolute - top 3 - favourite films ever, and shoots Toyko to #1 on my list of places I'd love to visit. Bill Murray was robbed of the Best Actor Oscar, (particularly when you consider they gave it to the weaker of Sean Penns two nominated performances), and this has got to be his greatest performance ever, even beating Groundhog Day. Charlotte Johansson is adorable in ways I never thought she could be. The only film this year that I literally wanted to watch it again as soon as the credits came on.)
- Troy (Tough call here, as there were lots of good films this year, but as I've yet to see what I think in time would be #3 (Finding Neverland) Troy just pips The Incredibles onto the list. I'm often a bit bored by 'Historical Epics', but I was gripped by this and thought it had the right mix of politics/history and all out action. When me and my friends went to see this, we were all on a high afterwards, and thats what seeing films is all about .
- Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (Jim Carrey has only had, I think, three 'serious' roles, and for the third time he hits one out of the park. A brilliant concept and a highly enjoyable film, probably the most original film of the year. For all the brilliance of the concept at writing though, it's gotta be Kate Winslet that steals the show as the ideal girlfriend (particularly impressive to me as I've been out with someone very similar who was very annoying but I loved Clementine in this). For a lot of people, including me, this is the film that should win Best Film at the Oscars, but it's not Oscar-y enough. Should win Best Original Screenplay though and Kate Winslet is a sure thing for an acting award.)
- Lost in Translation (I think this might class as 2003 in America but it was released in 2004 over here so it still counts. This now registers as one of my absolute - top 3 - favourite films ever, and shoots Toyko to #1 on my list of places I'd love to visit. Bill Murray was robbed of the Best Actor Oscar, (particularly when you consider they gave it to the weaker of Sean Penns two nominated performances), and this has got to be his greatest performance ever, even beating Groundhog Day. Charlotte Johansson is adorable in ways I never thought she could be. The only film this year that I literally wanted to watch it again as soon as the credits came on.)
- Troy (Tough call here, as there were lots of good films this year, but as I've yet to see what I think in time would be #3 (Finding Neverland) Troy just pips The Incredibles onto the list. I'm often a bit bored by 'Historical Epics', but I was gripped by this and thought it had the right mix of politics/history and all out action. When me and my friends went to see this, we were all on a high afterwards, and thats what seeing films is all about .