2005 Movies

[yalumesse]

author_by_night  has been doing a fun thing where they list all the big blockbuster movies of a given year and thoughts on it in retrospect. My replies have gotten a bit too long so I thought, why not post it here?

So here's the major movies from that I've seen and my thoughts on them. Feel free to share your thoughts on any of these movies too, or thoughts on my thoughts.

Star Wars Revenge of the Sith: At the time I hated it because I was too young to really like anything that didn't have a blameless protagonist whose failures were entirely the fault of external sources. Now I just dislike it because there were major common sense logic holes in the writing that have nothing to do with a tragic protagonist making bad choices.

Batman Begins: Liked it at the time, as it seemed to make a reasonably realistic way for someone to end up dressing like a bat, but I went off it pretty quickly.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Couldn't stand it; the Gene Wilder version is just so much better.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: I was already unimpressed by the Potter movies at this point and was taking issue with every adaptational change, but I still think it wasn't done great. I particularly hate the choice (director's? actor's?) for Dumbledore to shout and run at Harry like a madman when asking whether he put his name in the goblet. I mean... why?

Serenity: I actually saw this before the Firefly episodes; a friend thought it would be a better/quicker way to see if I liked it, and I did, and then devoured the episodes. I still love it, as long as I don't think too hard about the creator.

Chronicles of Narnia: Hm. I found it too simple and childish at the time, then learned of the religious layers and backed off entirely, then went back later found RthStewart's fanfic that expanded on it and made it all make a lot more relatable to me, so I always picture the visuals from this movie, but I haven't rewatched it in ages.

Walk the Line: Saw this years later, not really my kind of movie. I'm glad they got actors who could really sing.

Corpse Bride: I don't know when I first saw this but I always enjoyed it. I love singing along with it.

Pride and Prejudice: Apparently it's sacreligious to say it, but I like this version way better than the 90 miniseries. Except for that 10-minute piano-backed morning mist walk before the second proposal, that was way too long. But that aside I always enjoy rewatching it. ...But I did learn later that the costumes are 1790s, not 1820s, apparently because that was when Austen first wrote it, as opposed to when it was finally published, which is an interesting choice but not one I'm opposed to.


Haven't seen:
- RENT
- Wedding Crashers
- Million Dollar Baby
- King Kong
- War of the Worlds
- Madagascar
- Hitch
- Brokeback Mountain (though it's still on my to-watch list)
- Flightplan
- Last Days
- In Her Shoes
- Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants