More movie thoughts
Jan. 3rd, 2004 10:07 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mmcirvinIf I had to pick a best movie of 2003, Return of the King would be in second place; I think my sentimental favorite would be A Mighty Wind, which I finally saw (twice) after I got it on DVD. It's got fewer outright laughs than the previous Christopher Guest-and-pals ensemble projects, but it more than makes up for that with a story thread for Catherine O'Hara and Eugene Levy (playing his strangest character yet) that turns into genuinely touching drama, and a collection of musical pastiches that are in some cases slyly hilarious in a subtle way you rarely find in modern parody, and in others just plain good on their own.
(Warning: The people on IMDB don't seem to agree with me on this.)
Third place would be The School of Rock, with the special award for Best Movie We Had No Right To Expect; fourth would be Lost in Translation, which was overrated, but had some nice scenes and a typically great performance by Bill Murray, who can carry whole movies with a facial expression. But I honestly didn't see that many new movies this year, so this list is probably biased by small sample size.
Update: Damn, I forgot Pirates of the Caribbean. Okay, Lost in Translation moves down to fifth, and actually there were two Amazingly Entertaining Movies We Had No Right To Expect.
(Warning: The people on IMDB don't seem to agree with me on this.)
Third place would be The School of Rock, with the special award for Best Movie We Had No Right To Expect; fourth would be Lost in Translation, which was overrated, but had some nice scenes and a typically great performance by Bill Murray, who can carry whole movies with a facial expression. But I honestly didn't see that many new movies this year, so this list is probably biased by small sample size.
Update: Damn, I forgot Pirates of the Caribbean. Okay, Lost in Translation moves down to fifth, and actually there were two Amazingly Entertaining Movies We Had No Right To Expect.