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With Chronicles of Narnia and King Kong around the corner, wondering what you guys felt your favorite movies of this year were...

Mine, in no order:

Serenity
Batman Begins
Sin City
Harry Potter
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Mine:

ROTS
Walk the Line
Batman Begins
Flight Plan
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
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Million Dollar Baby
Coach Carter
Batman Begins
Closer
The Aviator
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-Revenge of the Sith
-Batman Begins
-Serenity
-Walk the Line
-Sin City
-Wedding Crashers (What? It was a great movie!)

I have no doubt King Kong and The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe will soon join them.
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Batman Begins
Sin City
Cinderella Man
Serenity
Revenge of the Sith
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Batman Begins

That was the only good one this year for me.
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1. Sin City
2. Me & You & Everyone We Know
3. Murderball
4. Serenity
5. Millions
6. Batman Begins
7. Kung Fu Hustle
8. Constant Gardner
9. Squid & the Whale
10. War of the Worlds
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Granted I haven;t seen much this year,
but

constant gardener
batman begins
serenity
harry potter
sin city

and ROTS, sort of
And I dance. And I sing.
And I'm a monkey, in a long line of kings.
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1. Batman Begins
2. Sin City
3. Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (I can't help it, I've loved them since I was five)
4. Man With A Screaming Brain (A Sci-Fi Channel Original featuring Bruce Campbell, my hero)
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

And yes, ROTS is not on my list.

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Now, this might sound weird, but there are only 3 movies I've seen that were made in 2005: ROTS, Batman Begins and War of the Worlds. All of them were bad. I almost don't watch movies or TV anymore.
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No one's mentoned Crash yet - that's up there on my list.
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I'm restricting myself to a list of 5. It was a weak year @ the movies.

1. Batman Begins
2. Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit
3. Sin City
4. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
5. (reserved for King Kong or The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, whichever is better).

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Han Solo: I'm a nice man.

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Crash was awesome. Loved it.

Also would have to include Batman Begins and Sith on there. I really didn't see too many movies this year compared to years past.
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unfortunately the only movies to come out this year that I found were remotely interesting and watchable were revenge of the sith and batman begins. Will not know what to think about the rest until they are released on dvd because I go to the theater rarely these days and find it a general hassle. The dvd format has overshadowed the theater format the dollars and numbers show this mainly price and convenience are key, as well as a lack of good fun, or intresting movies to watch. Hollywood blames it on internet piracy.

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Well, in no particular order:

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (except for this one, it's the best I've seen all year by far)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Wallace and Gromit
Revenge of the Sith (eh, I enjoyed it enough that it made it into my top four)

There is no lingerie in space…

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Has anyone seen "Good night and good luck"? That sounded like a good film. I wanted to see it, but it was released in a VERY limited release here (one movie screen, for a single night). From what I've read, expect this one to be at the academy awards.
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering
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I really wanted to see it, but the closest it plays to me is an hour away at 4:05 P.M. I can't ever make it there because of school.

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Batman Begins
Serenity
Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Wallace and Grommit would probably be on this list if I had seen it.

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While Batman Begins was perfect in every way, I'm pinning my hopes on Munich for my favorite of the year.
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I haven't been too happy with Spielberg's work over the past few years, so I'm not sure how I feel about it.

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I'm sure Serenity would be on my list if I had seen it.

There is no lingerie in space…

C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.

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I notice alot of people are looking forward to the lion the witch and the wardrobe. As a fan of the books, the movie to me looks like a Lord of the rings knock off, only not as good.

War does not make one great.

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The Tomatoemeter is at 77%, so I suppose Narnia isn't all bad.

Now they need to make a new one called "The Chronicles of Narnia: Escape from Butcher Bay"

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Actually, my gf and I watched the old (late 80s) BBC Narnia series on DVD...well, only LWW so far...just to remember the times when we were younger and watched it on PBS.

Man, the acting wasn't so good...they used cartoons for special effects...the costumes were so-so...Aslan's puppet/costume was nice looking, though. Even by today's standards.

Anyway, my point is...it would take a lot to screw this book up in movie format. It's a great book and even though the BBC series was cheese, we still thought it portrayed the book decently enough.
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I always liked those old ones. Then again, I haven't seen them since elementary school.

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