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June 2004 Viewings

I am doing a little experiment this year. I am trying to keep a log of all the films and DVDs I will see duringthe course of the year. Yeah, I know - Maybe I have too much time on my hands. What can I say... As this site just launched on July 1st, here is a quick recap what I had logged thus far. Just bare with me.

* Identity: 8.5/10 Excellent Drama about multiple personalities.
* Birthday Girl: 8/10 Solid film and performance by Kidman.
* Real women have curves: 7.5/10 Very well acted drama from Mexico.
* Angel - Season 3: 6/10 Bad overall storyline for the year.
* Coupling Season 3: 9/10 Amazing as usual.
* A guy Thing: 8/10 Jason Lee saver the picture. He is money!!
* Lost in La Mancha: 8/10 Very Entertaining Documentary.
* Pirates of the Caribean: 7/10 Entertaining - Depp is great!
* Alias - Season 2: 8.5/10 Solid story arc. good season.
* Return to Oz: 6/10 Uneven plot that just doesn't deliver the Oz magic.
* The Life of Python: 7/10 Good documentary of comedy group.
* Mystic River: 6/10 Okay cop detective flick. Somethiing was missing for me.
* Chris Rock - Never Scared: 8/10 Funniest Chris Rock show i have seen.
* Bollywood Hollywood: 9/10 Refreshing comedy with song and dance included!
* American Psycho 2: 3/10 Poor film sequel.
* Y tu mama Tambien: 6.5/10 Good Spanish film - entertaining - did not like ending.
* Whale Rider: 6.5/10 Interesting Australian film.
* Benny and Joon: 8/10 Classic Johnny Depp!
* The Simple Life Season 1: 7/10 Entertaining yet so annoying.
* Duran Duran - Sing Blue Silver: 6.5/10 Good Rock Documentary on 1984 tour.
* The Last Casino: 7/10 Good canadian film with cute Katharina Isabelle.
* Duran Duran - Arena: 6/10 Good show but should have been clean DVD footage.
* Fahrenheit 9-11: 8/10 Very interesting documentary on Bush and his friends.
Total: 23

Movies May 2004 Viewings
* Kylie - Live in Sidney: 8/10 Solid Pop Concert
* Sum of all Fears: 7.5/10 Good Jack Ryan film with Affleck.
* Head of State: 3.5/10 Poor comedy starring and directed by Chris Rock.
* Analyze That: 7.5/10 Funny Sequel - good comedic duo.
* How to lose a guy in 10 days: 6.5/10 Funny bits but uneven throughout and full of bad clichés
* Two Weeks: 6/10 Good Chick Flick - Excellent performance of Hugh Grant.
* Hollywood Homicide: 4.5/10 Poor story, failed to deliver on all basis.
* Saturday Night Fever: 9/10 What can I say.. Excellent!! Inspired a generation.
* Catch me if you can: 8/10 Very well written cop flick - well told.
* The Office Season 2: 8/10 This season was very hard on David Brent - Excellent TV!!
* Men with Brooms: 4/10 Slow, slow pace.
* Daughter of Dracula: 7/10 Interesting mood piece - a classic!
* Dracula: 8/10 Created an era and an ambiance in cinema! Excellent!!
* Coupling Season 2: 8.5/10 Funny, funny, funny. My new favorite TV show!!
* Toutch and go: 5.5/10 Can film which takes place in Halifax. Okay.
* Just Married: 4/10 A boar for me. poor chick flick... nothing new.
* Dawg: 4.5/10 Film with some spirit but too uneven. (Leary film)
* The Recruit: 6.5/10 Good CIA Suspence drama. So-so Ending (Pacino)
* Son of Dracula: 5/10 okay film, good ambience - no more.
* The Man with two Brains: 4.5/10 Dated comedy w/ Steve Martin - king of physical comedy.
* House of Dracula: 7.5/10 Great Monster movie with all main monsters in it.
* Unfaithful: 8/10 Interesting remake of french film. (Gere)
* Six Feet Under Season 1: 9/10 Solid Drame. A++
Total: 23

Movies April 2004 Viewings
* Matrix Reloaded: 7/10 much better than Matrix 2. Hope they make an extended version.
* Kylie - Fever 2002: 8.5/10 Excellent pop concert. Cool visuals and songs.
* The Last Samurai: 9/10 Amazing Epic Samurai film - first half made this movie.
* Alphaville: 4/10 Slow Pace poetry filled head flick.
* Chinese Ghost Story: 5/10 Slow pace traditional Chinese fantasy film.
* Lion King 1.5: 6/10 Okay anime film - could have been better - no more.
* 40 days and 40 nights: 7.5/10 Surprisingly good light comedy.
* Radio: 8.5/10 Excellent thought provoking tear jerker. Cuba is great in this one.
* American Splendor: 8/10 Very entertaining story about real people.
* Changing Lanes: 7.5/10 Solid drama with Affleck and Jackson.
* Taxi 3: 6/10 Entertaining comedi/action flick. Not as good as #1
* FanFan LaTulippe: 6/10 Okay entertainment - good humour.
* School of Rock: 6.5/10 Cute kids comedy - Black is funny.
* Three's Company Season 1: 8/10 Very funny 6 episode season.
* John Denver and the Muppets: Rocky mountain holiday: 6/10 lots'o'signing - cute - no more.
* Running out of Time: 6.5/10 Good plot ideas, poor execution.
* Hot Chick: 6/10 Sub par comedy w/ some funny Rob Shneider bits.
* The Italian Job (2002): 7.5/10 Good solid re-make of action flick.
* Big Fish: 7/10 Strange tale of a man on his deathbed. Could not get my sympathy thoughout.
* WWE Monday Night Wars: 7/10 Okay documentary - a little one sided,
* Coupling Season 1: 9.5/10 Incredibly well written Briy. comedy. I want more...
* Lost in Translation: 8.5/10 Excellent piece by Sophia Coppola. Must re-watch!
* League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: 4/10 long action film with litt. reference that did not deliver.
* Owing Mahoney: 7/10 Interesting flick about sickness of gamblers.
Total: 24

Movies March 2004 Viewings
* Heroic Duo: 4/10 Good concept but poor conclusion.
* Storm Riders: 5/10 Some good fight sequences - No more.
* Warriors of Heaven and Earth: 6.5/10 Similar storyline to Musa. Could require 2nd viewing.
* Duran Duran: Greatest: 7/10 Good compilation - some hits missing though.
* Beatles: First US Visit: 6.5/10 Not enough commentary - great music.
* A la folie, pas du tout: 7.5/10 Excellent interpretation by Audrey Tatou.
* Running on Karma: 5/10 Some good bits but did not draw me in enough.
* Hard Boiled: 7/10 Good Gangstar film - May have since borrowed from this.
* Logan's Run: 7.5/10 Solid classic Sci-fi flick with good story.
* Looney Tunes Back in Action: 7.5/10 Funny live action film. Toon bits full of pop references.
* Sex is Zero: 5/10 So-so HK comedy similar to American Pie. Opportunities lost.
* Happy go Lucky: 7/10 Great idea, good plot - missed ending.
* Kill Bill Vol.1: 8/10 Great Intro. Tarantino storytelling. can't wait to see #2.
* Cronos: 6/10 Good idea but did not deliver completely.
* Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 5: 5.5/10 Worst season thus far. sad.
* Led Zepplin DVD: 8/10 Excellent - made me rediscover Led Zep.
Total: 16

Movies February 2004 Viewings
* MST3K - EEGAH: 1/10 Bad, bad, bad.
* From Beijing with Love: 6.5/10 Bond spoof with some very funny moments.
* Withnail and I: 5.5/10 Something there but not enough.
* The Bra: 6.5/10 Some funny elements in the HK comedy.
* The Office Season 1: 9/10 Original, sarcastic humour, fun, fun, fun!
* Mad about You Season 1: 7/10 video quality okay, no extras. good.
* The Wedding PLanner: 2/10 Bad acting, bad plot, bad ending.
* Floating Landscape: 7/10 Slow pace but good imagery and plot.
* Seabiscuit: 5.5/10 Too many underdev. characters.
* Airplane!: 7.5/10 Funny classic comedy. Stop calling me Shirley!!
* Raiders of the Lost Arc: 8.5/10 What to say. It's not the years baby, it's the mileage.
* Hannibal: 5.5/10 boaring 2nd half.
* American Wedding: 6/10 Dime a dozen comedy these days - no more.
* Memmento: 7/10 Stange and weird - will require 2nd viewing.
* Star Ballz: 3/10 StarWars spoof. Funny to search for anime references throughout. no more.
* The Awful Truth Season 1: 8/10 Solid and funny social commentary by Michael Moore.
* Infernal Affairs III: 8/10 worth seeing again and again. complicated first viewing. Great film.
* Night Shift: 6/10 Okay debut comedy by director Ron Howard.
* Shiver: 5.5/10 So-so horror thriller. HK generally does much better.
Total: 19

Movies January 2004 Viewings
* Infernal Affairs II: 8.5/10 Excellent Prequel - Strong Acting A+.
* Bruce Almighty: 7/10 Some funny sequences and moments.
* Canadian Bacon: 7/10 Interesting historic framework that is all to valid in 2004.
* 36th Chamber of Shaolin 8/10 Great martial art ambiance piece.
* My Sassy Girl: 9/10 At times similar to Serendippidy - Faithful meeting - Great film
* Avalon: 8/10 Visually stunning - Some character development missing.
* Visocq: 5.5/10 Visually stunning - Story so-so.
* Heroic Trio: 3/10 Poor superhero film. Did not do it for me.
* LOTR: Return of the King: 8/10 Great film but i like LOTR 1&2 more.
* The Thing: 4.5/10 Carpenter Movie - good intro - bad, bad ending.
* Master Q 2001: 8/10 Funny HK film - Good intro to these classic cartoon characters.
* Musa: 7/10 Good Fight sequences - Did not like ending.
* Muppets Treasure Island: 6/10 - Sub Par Muppet comedy - Could have been funnier.
* Ping Pong: 6/10 Nice film about friendship.
* Turn Right, Turn Left: 9/10 Polish poem translator meets violinist - Excellent film A+
* Ultimate Gretzky: 6/10 Okay but should have been more historic clips.
* Alias - Season 1: 8.5/10 Excellent Spy TV show - Lots not resolved in the end though. A+
* Underworld: 7.5/10 Great Ambiance - Cool Vampire effects - missing character development.
* Joan of Arc: 5/10 Silent Film w/awsome film score. Good, not great.
* Freddy vs Jason: 6.5/10 Okay film - typical slasher film - no more.
* Irreversible: 6/10 Gratuit - no need to show 7-10 min rape scene to understand violence.
* Man bites Dog: 3/10 Not my kind of film. Surreal and too strange.
* Mystery Science Theatre 3K The Movie: 5.5/10 First MST3K film ever. Was expecting more.
* Comic Book The Movie: 7/10 Good film, much better with DVD Extras.
* The Howling: SE: 3/10 Warewolves, cult, bad acting, thumbs down!!
* The Death Curse: 4/10 Twins film... poor plot. Even Charlene could not save film.
Total: 26