This list is for keeping track of all the films you have seen in 2000. Whenever you see a new film, simply open up your post again by the edit (notepad with pen), insert your film and rating, and delete the previous [This message has been edited....] to keep those down.

I think this would work to keep track of what we have seen and refer back to it when need be.

Please no discussion whatsoever in this forum. I will delete any posts that do so. This thread is for list only.

Thanks, and my list will soon follow!

Jason

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Last Updated January 25, 2000

Title/Out of ****/Aspect Ratio/Length

Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle *** 1.85:1 91 min.
All The Pretty Horses ** 2.40:1 118 min.
Almost Famous **** 1.85:1 124 min.
American Psycho ***1/2 2.40:1 102 min.
Art of War, The ** 2.40:1 116 min.
Autumn In New York **1/2 1.85:1 104 min.

Bait *** 2.40:1 119 min.
Battlefield Earth(no stars) 2.40:1 117 min.
Beach, The * 2.40:1 119 min.
Beautiful * 1.85:1 112 min.
Bedazzled *** 2.40:1 92 min.
Best In Show *** 1.85:1 92 min.
Big Kahuna, The *** 1.85:1 92 min.
Big Momma's House ** 1.85:1 98 min.
Billy Elliot *** 1.85:1 109 min.
Black and White ***1/2 2.40:1 100 min.
Bless The Child (no stars) 2.40:1 108 min.
Boiler Room *** 1.85:1 118 min.
Book Of Shadows - Blair Witch 2 * 1.85:1 90 min.
Bossa Nova **1/2 2.40:1 92 min.
Bounce *** 1.85:1 105 min.
Boys and Girls (no stars) 1.85:1 97 min.
Bring It On *1/2 1.85:1 97 min.
But I'm A Cheerleader *** 1.85:1 82 min.

Cast Away **** 1.85:1 145 min.
Cell, The **** 2.40:1 109 min.
Center Stage ***1/2 2.40:1 112 min.
Charlie's Angels * 2.40:1 95 min.
Chicken Run ***1/2 1.85:1 85 min.
Chocolat **1/2 1.85:1 122 min.
Chuck & Buck ***1/2 1.85:1 96 min.
Contender, The **** 1.85:1 127 min.
Coyote Ugly * 2.40:1 99 min.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon *** 2.40:1 119 min.

Dinosaur ** 1.85:1 84 min.
Down To You * 1.85:1 92 min.
Dracula 2000 *1/2 2.40:1 99 min.
Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas *** 1.85:1 105 min.
Dr. T and the Women ***1/2 2.40:1 122 min.
Dude, Where's My Car? * 1.85:1 84 min.

Emperor's New Groove *** 1.85:1 76 min.
Erin Brockovich ***1/2 1.85:1 132 min.
Eye Of The Beholder * 2.40:1 100 min.

Family Man, The *** 2.40:1 124 min.
Fantasia 2000 ***1/2 1.85:1 75 min.
Final Destination ***1/2 1.85:1 96 min.
Finding Forrester *** 2.40:1 137 min.
Frequency *** 2.40:1 117 min.

Get Carter *1/2 2.40:1 102 min.
Girlfight *** 1.85:1 110 min.
Gladiator *** 2.40:1 154 min.
Gone In Sixty Seconds * 2.40:1 116 min.
Groove *1/2 1.85:1 82 min.

Hamlet(2000) ***1/2 1.85:1 110 min.
Hanging Up * 1.85:1 94 min.
Here On Earth ** 1.85:1 97 min.
High Fidelity **** 1.85:1 115 min.
Hollow Man **1/2 1.85:1 112 min.

I Dreamed Of Africa * 2.40:1 114 min.

Keeping The Faith ** 1.85:1 129 min.
Kid, The *** 1.85:1 104 min.

Legend Of Bagger Vance **1/2 1.85:1 128 min.
Little Nicky (no stars) 1.85:1 87 min.
Loser *** 1.85:1 95 min.
Lost Souls *1/2 2.40:1 98 min.
Love's Labour's Lost *** 2.40:1 95 min.
Lucky Numbers ** 1.85:1 106 min.

Meet The Parents **1/2 1.85:1 104 min.
Me, Myself and Irene ** 1.85:1 116 min.
Men Of Honor *** 2.40:1 128 min.
Miss Congeniality *1/2 1.85:1 110 min.
Mission: Impossible 2 *1/2 2.40:1 124 min.
Mission To Mars (no stars) 2.40:1 113 min.
My Dog Skip ***1/2 1.85:1 95 min.

Next Best Thing, The * 1.85:1 107 min.
New Waterford Girl **** 1.85:1 98 min.
Ninth Gate, The ** 2.40:1 135 min.
Nurse Betty ***1/2 2.40:1 110 min.
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps *** 1.85:1 105 min.

O Brother, Where Art Thou? *** 2.40:1 106 min.
102 Dalmations * 1.85:1 90 min.
Original Kings of Comedy, The **** 1.85:1 112 min.

Passion Of Mind * 2.40:1 105 min.
Patriot, The *1/2 2.40:1 165 min.
Pay It Forward *** 1.85:1 122 min.
Perfect Storm, The *** 2.40:1 128 min.
Pitch Black *1/2 2.40:1 109 min.
Proof of Life **1/2 2.40:1 132 min.
Pups ***1/2 1.85:1 101 min.

Quills ***1/2 1.85:1 124 min.

Ready To Rumble (no stars) 1.85:1 107 min.
Red Planet * 2.40:1 108 min.
Reindeer Games *1/2 2.40:1 104 min.
Remember The Titans *** 2.40:1 110 min.
Replacements, The *** 1.85:1 119 min.
Requiem For A Dream **** 1.85:1 104 min.
Return To Me ***1/2 1.85:1 117 min.
Road Trip *1/2 1.85:1 93 min.
Romeo Must Die ** 2.40:1 115 min.
Rugrats In Paris ***1/2 1.85:1 78 min.
Rules of Engagement**1/2 2.40:1 126 min.

Saving Grace *** 2.40:1 94 min.
Scary Movie * 2.40:1 85 min.
Scream 3 **1/2 2.40:1 117 min.
Shaft (2000) ** 2.40:1 98 min.
Shanghai Noon *** 2.40:1 110 min.
Sixth Day, The ** 2.40:1 124 min.
Skulls, The*1/2 1.85:1 107 min.
Small Time Crooks ***1/2 1.85:1 95 min.
Snatch **1/2 1.85:1 103 min.
Snow Day **1/2 1.85:1 89 min.
Space Cowboys *** 2.40:1 128 min.
Stardom ** 1.85:1 101 min.
State And Main ***1/2 1.85:1 106 min.
Supernova * 2.40:1 88 min.

Tao of Steve, The *** 1.85:1 85 min.
Thirteen Days ***1/2 1.85:1 146 min.
Time Code *** 1.85:1 95 min.
Titan A.E. ***1/2 2.40:1 95 min.
Traffic **** 1.85:1 147 min.
28 Days *** 1.85:1 102 min.

U-571 ** 2.40:1 117 min.
Unbreakable *** 2.40:1 106 min.
Up At The Villa** 1.85:1 115 min.

Vertical Limit ** 1.85:1 124 min.
Virgin Suicides, The ***1/2 1.85:1 96 min.

Watcher, The * 1.85:1 95 min.
Way of the Gun, The ***1/2 1.85:1 119 min.
Whatever It Takes * 1.85:1 94 min.
What Lies Beneath *1/2 2.40:1 128 min.
What Planet Are You From? * 1.85:1 107 min.
What Women Want *** 1.85:1 127 min.
Where The Heart Is* 1.85:1 119 min.
Where The Money Is *** 1.85:1 88 min.
Whole Nine Yards, The ***1/2 1.85:1 97 min.
Wonder Boys ***1/2 2.40:1 112 min.

X-Men *** 2.40:1 105 minutes.

You Can Count On Me ***1/2 1.85:1 110 min.

Films with USA/Canada releases that are ineligible for 2000 list

Closer You Get, The *** 1.85:1 92 min.
U.K. Film released in 1999
Croupier***1/2 1.85:1 98 min.
U.K. Film released in 1998
Five Senses, The ***1/2 1.85:1 104 min.
Canadian made film, Released in Canada in November, 1999
Legend Of Drunken Master ***1/2 2.40:1 102 min.
Re-release of a Chinese film made and released in 1994
Titus ***1/2 2.40:1 165 min.
Originally released for one week in December, 1999 for Oscar consideration
War Zone, The **** 2.40:1 98 min.
Released in US to film festival circuits in mid-1999, and in LA/NY in December, 1999

By Rating: (Currently under construction)

****

Almost Famous
Cast Away
Cell, The
High Fidelity
Requiem For A Dream
Traffic

***1/2

American Psycho
Chicken Run
Chuck & Buck
Contender, The
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Erin Brockovich
Fantasia 2000
Hamlet
My Dog Skip
New Waterford Girl
Nurse Betty
Pups
Quills
State And Main
Virgin Suicides, The
Way Of The Gun, The
You Can Count On Me

***

Best In Show
Big Kahuna, The
Billy Elliot
Black and White
Boiler Room
Bounce
But I'm A Cheerleader
Center Stage
Dr. T And The Women
Emperor's New Groove, The
Family Man, The
Final Destination
Finding Forrester
Frequency
Girlfight
Gladiator (2000)
Kid, The
Love's Labour's Lost
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Original Kings Of Comedy, The
Return To Me
Rugrats In Paris
Saving Grace
Shanghai Noon
Small Time Crooks
Space Cowboys
Stardom
Tao of Steve, The
Thirteen Days
Time Code
Titan A.E.
28 Days
Unbreakable
What Women Want
Where The Money Is
X-Men

**1/2

Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, The
Bait
Bedazzled
Bossa Nova
Chocolat
Hollow Man
Legend of Bagger Vance, The
Loser
Men of Honor
Perfect Storm, The
Proof of Life
Remember The Titans
Replacements, The
Rules of Engagement
Scream 3
Snatch
Snow Day

**

All The Pretty Horses
Art of War, The
Big Momma's House
Dinosaur
Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas
Here On Earth
Keeping The Faith
Lucky Numbers
Meet The Parents
Ninth Gate, The
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
Pay It Forward
Romeo Must Die
Shaft (2000)
Sixth Day, The
U-571
Up At The Villa
Vertical Limit

*1/2

Autumn In New York
Bring It On
Dracula 2000
Get Carter (2000)
Groove
Lost Souls
Miss Congeniality
Mission: Impossible 2
Patriot, The
Pitch Black
Reindeer Games
Road Trip
Skulls, The
What Lies Beneath

*

Beach, The
Beautiful
Bless The Child
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
Charlie's Angels
Coyote Ugly
Down To You
Dude, Where's My Car?
Eye of the Beholder
Gone In Sixty Seconds
Hanging Up
I Dreamed Of Africa
Mission To Mars
Next Best Thing, The
102 Dalmations
Passion Of Mind
Ready To Rumble
Red Planet
Scary Movie
Supernova
Watcher, The
Whatever It Takes
What Planet Are You From?
Where The Heart Is

ZERO

Battlefield Earth
Boys and Girls
Little Nicky

NEXT FRIDAY*
SCREAM 3**
THE WHOLE NINE YARDS***
THE NEXT BEST THING*1/2
ERIN BROCKOVICH**
ROMEO MUST DIE***
BLACK AND WHITE***
READY TO RUMBLE**1/2
FINAL DESTINATION***1/2
GLADIATOR****
MI:2****
ROAD TRIP***1/2

films seen in 2000, and first released in 2000

• Requiem For A Dream ****1/2 out of only ****
• Chicken Run ****
• Final Destination ***1/2
• Dancer in the Dark ***1/2
• The Tao of Steve ***1/2
• Virgin Suicides ***1/2
• Cast Away ***1/2
• Finding Forrester ***1/2
• U-571 ***1/2
• Cecil B. DeMented ***
• Scream3 ***
• The Patriot **1/2
• Dude, Where's My Car? **
• Coyote Ugly *1/2
• Center Stage * (**** for future dancers)
• Down to You *
• Hamlet(2000) *
  

• Waiting For Guffman ****
• Ed Wood ***
• Galaxy Quest ***
• The Talented Mr. Ripley ***
• Pleasantville **1/2
• Kikujiro **
• Before Women Had Wings **
• Star Trek: Insurrection *1/2
• Hugo Pool *1/2
• Two Hands *1/2
  

1.Cast Away
This movie was by far the directing and acting combonation masterpeice of the year, or I guess I could say of the millenium to date. Hanks was superb in this role as a stranded man who has many adventures in solitude on a deserted island and as man who retunrs to his home in the 'real world'. The scenes in this movie are terrific, especially the entire crashing of the plane montage which pretty much blew away everything else this year. Hanks should be up for best actor and it would be a crime for him to be denied. Zemeckis is really in tune with him and although I think best director isn't quite in line for him, I would expect a nomination.

2. Almost Famous
This lost out to Cast Away by a hair. This story of a young boy who found himself in a man's world while following a band after getting a job with rolling stone. This is the coming of age story which we lost in the 80's and may finally have returned to us. It is reminiscent of the breakfast club as how young people who are considered niave in the ways of the world are still responsible for them. Cameron Crowe should win best director and possibly screenplay for this work. Not to mention the story of Penny lane is one which also shown in the movie almost overshadowing the one set by Crowe. We have our best supporting actress right there, hands down. I disagree with many other reviewers on the performance of other actors in this movie which are mentionable but not awards worthy. Terrific movie and will be one that you will hear about in future film classes.

3. The Way of the Gun
This movie left me spellbound when I went out of the theatre. I paused, thought a while, and then turned around and bought another ticket to see it again that minute. This movie is fascinating as well as interesting. The fact that the two main characters who were excellently played by Phillipe and Del Toro we on screen together for almost 40% of the movie and had no more than about 15 lines of dialouge with each other. Juliett Lewis was a big let down but the writing in this mvoie is what shines as well as having the most realistic and SMART chase scene possibly of all time. The intelligence giving to our two anti-heros is what makes this shine, they are always thinking and circumventing problems that would have posed a real threat. The camera shots in this were terrific but there is something I can't put my finger on which makes me reluctant to overly praise the director, he seems to have stepped down his talent from the Usual Suspects but the writing brings him through.

4.American Psycho
Christian Bale returns from a long pause in his career from major motion pictures and comes through with colors. I read this book before I watched the mvoie and I must say that although the book is superior, the movie is not far behind. The movie left little explained at the end of this suprisingly controversal film which delved into the mind of a man obviously disturbed yet showed no pattern of obsession. One could say its lack of form is what gave it a wonderful shape. Bale should be nominated for best performance while the rest of the cast was just there to cater to our "psycho's" hungers. The best thing about the movie which seems to be a trend in this years film is the writing. Bale definitly puts on an amazing show but the character which he plays is one of a new mold which I can't really find in any other film, the only one that I can see that may be close is the one from Texas Chainsaw Massacre, but the refined nature of the character still seperates them. More of a Hannibal lecture with higher state of whims. Terrific movie.

5. Gladiator
This movie was at first on my list of movies which were overhyped but on the second viewing I began to see value. The character of Maximus was completely underdone in my frist viewing which lead me to give it a lower rating then it deserved. I still believe that Maximus, played by Crow, was not in tune enough with the rest of the movie. The character was powerful and we admired but his motivation all through the movie varied, he fought only for petty vengeance which wasn't even backed by rage at times. The frustrating thing about Crow's performance, which I did admire in some senses, was that he was acting in a way that he was trying to impress and not be the character. The acting for this movie goes to one man, Joaquin Phoniex. This is the best supporting oscaer winner, don't even waste time and just give it to him now. The actor who once thought that he would not be up to par with the rest of the cast surpassed them in his first two scenes. The action sequences in the movie were breathtaking. The shakey camera holding also used in Kubrick Any Given Sunday really made you feel the pounding and virility of the moment. The movie was incredible moving and inspiring and left you want more at the end. The fallne hero is one that always touches a deep part of us.

Thats my film list. Sorry it took so long to come out but hey, better late than never.

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