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i sees him! always stuffing his face when master's not looking!

I agree that it's a good read.

Looks at the Scar! Look how it shines for you!

Let's check! Survey says: BUZZER! Well, looks like you're wrong.

I really like Absolution ... ... but I like No Doubt, too ... ... so I'll abstain.

Just a theory, but maybe it's because ... Apple is the best pie ever?

So Legolas is the official Middle Earth metrosexual? He'll redecorate your great hall and reapolster your throne at the same time? That's femme. :D

That's partly the fault of Gisela and myself, both of us going on binges this weekend ... ... but also the board is just so popular. Lots of nice people, noboyd wants to go away.

No, it didn't look good to me ... But now so many people are recommending it to me both here and elsewhere. I'm not a give fan of Tobey MacGuire, Jeff Bridges, horses or horse racing. I like going to movies and I want to see everything, but at some point I have to make choices ... ... I would have much rather gone to Seabuiscit that S.W.A.T., but that one wasn't my choice :(

Beyonce - Gift from Virgo It's the last song on this album. The album was surprisingly good ... if you like hip-hop, the production is really good. If you like R&B, it might be the best album of that genre this year (especially if you want to consider The Love Below as part of a hip-hop package). She's so Crazy in Love!

spouses' bare ass.

Gwyneth always seemed very articulate to me. She comes off not so at times because she kind of has a California Vallyer-girl speach thing happening once she starts speaking casually, but she comes off to me just as intelligent as Chris ... ... which is to say I don't have enough information on either.

Hello, this is my baby girl, Sexy Chris. No. It's a family name.

We have our hands full with one Lea. Two in the Coldplaying universe? :stunned:

hi Gaby! Gwyn graduated from UC Santa Barbara ... an above-average but not highly acclaimed university. In California, it's known as a party school. Then again, I graduated from ... ... nowhere.

of course u dont have any interest....if u keep watchin cheesy bollywood productions.... :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :lol: Thanks dionsio! I was kind of hurt when I saw all those snoozies :bigcry:

it that because you're in Poland, you're not hugely into movies, or both?

Crowe did get jobbed that year, and if anything it started a three year run where the Academy gave out award based on resumes rather than actual performance. Denzel Washington's recreation of Ruben Carter in The Hurricane should have garnered the ultimate recognition, as should have Crowe's protrayal of John Nash in A Beautiful Mind. Alas, I am not an authority and I don't have the final word on any of it. Still, Crowe's performance was good for what the role in Gladiator asked of him, but the problem is that the role was not a very demanding one, and ideally the top award would go to somebody whose role ask more of him (and he was able to deliver). i have so many problems with this list. Oh no! Well, that is why I posted, for feedback. I hope it's good feedback. Note from later: Generally, the feedback was very good. This is far too harsh. You're entitled to your opinions, as we all are, but there is something in there that crosses the line between valid criticism and undue cynicism. Using the term fanboy is uncalled for. It implies a personal bias in one's enthusiasm that clouds their judgement of those which might comparable. Given that acclaim for Return of the King is pretty widespread, the term is being misused. At the point the number of fanboys becomes significant enough to dictate a prodominence of opinion you should consider that the group has ceased to be fanboys. And frankly, the term is offensive. I have never even read the books. But beyond that, criticisms that the movie is too long and that the acting is not great seem appropriate to me. I have a major objection to the length, the ending, and the performances of Elijah Wood, Sean Astin and Orlando Bloom (among others). The characters are at times undeveloped, but this can be said of almost any movie. It all depends on where you want to look. In a lesser movie, this would prohibit such a high ranking. However, no movie is perfect, and excellent parts of RotK redeem this movie. To say that the effects are nothing special is just wrong. One of the main reasons a Lord of the Rings live action movie had never been done before was the limitations of technology in either cost or capability. Jackson and WETA were able to develop technologies that made the effects managable, realistic, and cost-effective. The visual of this ends up being spectacular. Anybody who witnesses the scene where Gandlaf rides out from Minas Tirith to meet the the Gondorians from Osgiliath and shiled them from attacking Feel Beasts would see a great union of effects, cinematography, art direction and story. It's a poignant moment that would have been infeasable fifteen years ago; impossible twenty five years ago. The fact that Peter Jackson is able to carry out this juggling act over the entirely of the movie is amazing. Most of the scenes require an improbable blending of technologies (be then new or old). I think the synergy of these effects, the art direction and the story are what put this film ahead of Mystic River. It is a vision unparalleled in movie history (though at times the script doesn't keep up with the majesty of the visuals). Is it far ahead of Mystic River? No. I wouldn't put it as far ahead as many would. Pile (of) dung is unfair, but I respect your opinion ... especially your willingness to go against popular opinion. It does, at times, sound like more of a rant than a criticism. Thanks for your list, too. From your list, these films were released in 2002: And this one was released in 2001: The 2003 films that weren't on my list: I have to admit that the only one from this list that really interested me was Life of David Gale, and I guess my life must have gotten busy at that time and missed it when it was here. It looked good, and I generally like both Spacey and Winslet, so I hope to see it. For the other three, I will try to make an effort to see them, as you wrote such good things about them. Of course, any movie with Rachel Weisz is probably worth my time :).

Thanks, but you know what they say about people who agree with idiots ... ... that they're seeing somehting that nobody else is.

Hey all! I see there's two pages of responses :stunned: Undoubtedly there will be a lot of disagreement. I just got home from work and am really looking forward to responding to this thread. Hopefully there's some really good stuff ... I hope so. There are a lot of movies in 2003 that I didn't see ... hopefully people will point me in the right direction. And I hope everybody has had a great day in Coldplaying land.

movie this thread is officially pointless :P

I've had such a good day at work today. Not only was I extremely productive, but I got to listen to a lot of good music. In all, the music was rather distracting, but ... Thanks to a lot of the people who had responded to this thread I've been introduced to a lot of good music. In some cases, like that of The Strokes, people asked me to relisten and got me to see an album it hadn't bothered to before. I am reposting my list to try and revitalize this thread, because I'm really egocentric, and because I listened to my 50th album today ... 50th album that was released in 2003 this year. The magic number fifty was a good one: Fountains of Wayne's Welcome Interestate Managers ... an album which had a surprising amount of diversity and showed a level of soungwriting I hadn't expected. But anyways ... I encourage all replies ... if you're even still with me: 1. (9 ) Hail to the Thief, Radiohead 2. (9 ) Elephant, The White Stripes 3. (8+) The Black Album, Jay-Z 4. (8-) Fever to Tell, The Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs 5. (8-) De-Loused in the Comatorium, The Mars Volta 6. (7+) Think Tank, Blur 7. (7+) Logic Will Break Your Heart, The Stills 8. (7+) Absolution, Muse 9. (7+) The Diary of Alicia Keys, Alicia Keys 10. (7 ) The Love Below, Andre 3000 (OutKast) 11. (7 ) Audioslave, Audioslave 12. (7 ) Chutes Too Narrow, The Shins 13. (7 ) The Owners, Gang Starr 14. (7-) Welcome Interstate Managers, Fountains of Wayne 15. (7-) Greendale, Neil Young and Crazy Horse 16. (6+) Summer Sun, Yo La Tengo 17. (6+) 12 Memories, Travis 18. (6+) Youth and Young Manhood, Kings of Leon 19. (6+) Pig Lib, Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks 20. (6 ) Speakerboxx, Big Boi (OutKast) 21. (6 ) The Soft.Lightes, The Incredible Moses Leroy 22. (6 ) Get Rich or Die Trying, 50 Cent 23. (6 ) I Can't Stop, Al Green 24. (6 ) You Are Free, Cat Power 25. (6 ) Dear Catastrophe Waitress, Belle and Sebastian 26. (6 ) Room on Fire, The Strokes 27. (6 ) The Headphone Masterpiece, Cody Chestnutt 28. (6-) Chicken & Beer, Ludacris 29. (6-) Happy Songs for Happy People, Mogwai 30. (5+) Show Me Your Tears, Frank Black 31. (5+) Reality, David Bowie 32. (5+) Kish Kash, Basement Jaxx 33. (5+) Chocolate Factory, R. Kelly 34. (5+) Streetcore, Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros 35. (5+) O, Damien Rice 36. (5 ) Baby I'm Bored, Evan Dando 37. (5 ) Heavier Things, John Mayer 38. (5 ) Birth of a Prince, RZA 39. (5 ) Worldwide Underground, Erykah Badu 40. (5 ) Clones, The Neptunes 41. (5 ) Ether Song, Turin Brakes 42. (5-) Mary Star of the Sea, Zwan 43. (5-) Life for Rent, Dido 44. (5-) Sumday, Grandaddy 45. (5-) Elephunk, Black Eyed Peas 46. (5-) Want One, Rufus Wainright 47. (4+) Folklore, Nelly Furtado 48. (4 ) Afterglow, Sarah McLaughlin 49. (3+) Stop All the World Now, Howie Day 50. (3-) Too Hot for T.V., Da Band Ok ... now I'm going to go get caught up on some other posts. I have Beyonce's album on now and it's a lot better than I would have expected ... but then again, I'm only through three songs. Hopefully when I'm done with other threads there will be a lot of good stuff here.

Ian ... this picture is haunting me. Ugh.

If these issues are personal, I understand, but R.E.M. can not be considered trash if you like current rock music. They pretty much definited the idea of alternative rock throughout the eighties. Their cross-over success of Out of Time, although a HUGE departure from their previous works, layed the groundwork for many fans' paths to many of the rock successes of the last ten years (RHCP comes to mind immediately). Lately, they might not be that great, so maybe their eck now and talent in the past. Just as with the comments on CSNY, I think people are forgetting or don't know enough about the paths music has been down.