The Best and Worst Movies of 2003?

rufey asks: "As 2003 comes to a close, I thought it would be interesting to ask Slashdot what they thought the best and worst movie of 2003 was, and why. At the beginning of the year there was excitement about parts 2 and 3 of The Matrix triology, X-Men 2, and of course, LOTR: Return of the King. In Slashdot's opinion, what did and didn't live up to the hype and expectations, and were there any surprises?"

Comments

Lame-ass movies

[FrenchyinCT]

The second Matrix movie was just as pointless and boring as the first one, so I didn't see #3. But I did get a really good satire out of #2 for a mailing list I'm on. Honestly, why the hell are they always wearing sunglasses when they all live underground???

Re:The Hulk

[KReilly]

Don't equate your short attention span with a movie actually being bad. I thought purley on the basis of the way it was shot and edited was worth the money at the theaters.. Not to mention the hulk hands were the coolest damn toy I ever played with..

Re:nemo

[jpmkm]

28 days later was horrible. It started out pretty damn well and it had a good storyline. Then about halfway through it fell apart and the story disappeared. "Oh no! The men want to have sex with the women and possibly have a chance at repopulating. Can't have that! Let's escape." It turned into a standard fighting-type movie with the "good" guys trying to escape and the "bad" guys trying to hold them hostage.

Re:Surprises

[putamare]

What movie that won an Oscar gives you the impression that movies that deserve Oscars actually win them?

Next idea....

[jotaeleemeese]

Lets ask the Hollywood Film Academy or the Jury of the Cannes film festival what was the best software of the year.

I did not bother to read this thread, but I can almost see it: bands of nerds blabering about Lord of The RIngs and the Matrix, two overhyped projects that are only passable thanks to the lavish effects, without them they would be bare and identified by the lack of plot and general bad acting.

Re:A bad year except for....

[nagora]

The Return Of The King - The entire trilogy is a masterpiece of modern cinema

I'd hate to see what you think is a bad movie then. Jackson couldn't direct traffic in a ghosttown. These were bad, bad, bad movies. So much for your idea that a movie needs more than eye-candy.

TWW