Me and You and Everything We Watched: The Best Films of 2005

Slate ^ | Monday, Dec. 26, 2005 | David Edelstein

[Gordongekko909]

I love that movie.

[SittinYonder]

My bad. I confused it with Kung Fu Hustle.

Thank you. LOL

I got the movie for my 9-year-old for Christmas and you had me upset trying to figure out a) what I had already exposed the kids to and b) how was I going to take this Christmas gift away without upsetting him and having to explain queers and Hollywood liberals and all that ....

[bubman]

I really liked Collateral and Vanilla Sky but Collateral was a fine movie. Ray was good too.

Die Hard was right up there with as one of the best action flicks

[Gordongekko909]

Oh, come now. I'm sure they had time to watch Farenheit 911. And not enough time to watch FarenHYPE 911.

[FormerACLUmember]

Sideways was 2004, I think.

[dangus]

By the way, the final Christmas weekend numbers are in. Narnia outperformed expectations by a couple million, making $31.7 million. But King Kong also beat initial estimates, making $33.3.

[FormerACLUmember]

LOL

[SittinYonder]

You can see the story and a trailer here:
http://miramax.com/shaolin_soccer/index.html

[dangus]

"A Man for All Seasons" is about Thomas Becket. Is that what you are thinking of?

[Sensei Ern]

KFH was a fun movie, but the humor is not what I would expose to a child.

The sex was all inuendo, but the references are things you wouldn't want to explain to a child.

WHat I enjoyed about it was the husband and wife who were considered kung fu masters as a team, but were nothing without each other. Her martial art was to yell her lungs out. THey made me think of what would have happened to the couple in Crouching Tiger if the guy hadn't died...the husband was sick of his wife's constant haranging and she was sick his being a lazy womanizing bum.

[FormerACLUmember]

Mysterious Skin (NC-17) made under $1M. Junebug (R) made under $3M. Munich (R) made about $5M; It cost over $70M to produce, but it just came out last weekend. Me, You and Everyone We Knew (R) made $4M. The Three Burials of Migiades Estrada (The guy from CHIPs? :^D) (U) made a whopping $30,000. Ballet Russes (U) made $300,000. Nobody Knows (PG-13) made $680,000. (This is the one from the-Numbers which anybody liked.) The-Numbers.com never even heard of The Best of Youth. Sara Silverman: Jesus is Magic (U) made under $1M. It's not even a movie; it's a stand-up hate screed! Funny Ha Ha (U) made $77,000 in 2 theaters. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (R) would seem like a blockbuster: $4M. Too bad it cost $15M to make, and $13M to market. Darwin's Nightmare (U) made $0.1 M. Nine Lives made (R) $0.35M. With a cast of Dakota Fanning, Glenn Close, Aidan Quinn, Holly Hunter, Sissy Spacek, and Robin Wright Penn.

Excellent detective work. The Slate list is a narcissist loser listing of Hollyweird independent movies that no one in their right mind would watch.

[FormerACLUmember]

Becket was Richard Burtons finest flick.

[Bommer]

Sorry but the vast majority of these movies Sucked Like Hell! Notice no Harry Potter or Nardia or March of the Penguins on the list!

[don-o]

Never heard of moat of those.

Where is Batman Begins?

[Fatuncle]

/only slightly relenting the sarcasm mode.

Damn thing needs a rheostat, not an on/off switch.

[Gordongekko909]

The Slate list is a narcissist loser listing of Hollyweird independent movies that no one in their right mind would watch.

It's not that nobody would watch the movies; they're censored. CENSORSHIP!

< /stupid leftist impression >

[ampat]

Only heard of two and haven't seen any of them.

[FormerACLUmember]

"A Man for All Seasons" is about Thomas Becket. Is that what you are thinking of?

"A Man for All Seasons" is about Thomas MOORE. Thomas Becket was 300 years earlier. Another saint defying the king over moral issues, also killed by the king, also beatified into sainthood.

[Sensei Ern]

The Slate list is a narcissist loser listing of Hollyweird independent movies that no one in their right mind would watch.

Apparently, not too many in their left mind would either.

[don-o]

Tender Mercies

A most excellent film; and hard to find. Glad I own a copy. Robert Duvall rocks!