POLL: Best movie out of rateyourmusic.com's Top 50 of 2004

This is a difficult one. My heart would definitely vote differently to my head.

Collateral was really cool. Voting that over Eternal Sunshine or Kill Bill.

i might go with PUSHER II tbh, it's the best of the trilogy and is pretty powerful. great mads mikkelsen performance.

Kings and Queen is in the running.

Collateral, The Nomi Song, 2046, and Primer all excellent

Shaun of the Dead and Kung Fu Hustle are both great (the latter a class, the former is just a really good comfort food movie.)

i really like The Life Aquatic, it's kind of a mess but the kind that i enjoy.

Downfall is long past the point when it turned from a movie into a meme but i find it super compelling.

Pretty good list, if weirdly erratic. At least enjoyed:

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Shaun of the Dead
Howl's Moving Castle
Nobody Knows
3-Iron
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
2046 (though the drop from ItMfL is huge & disappointing)
The Incredibles
Kung Fu Hustle
Samaritan Girl
Primer
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Longtime watchlist residents:

Tropical Malady
The Taste of Tea
Survive Style 5+
Innocence

Most of these are terrible. Out of the ones I've seen, Howl easily tops it.

(I quite like Bill Bailey tbh)

It's embarrassing how few of these I've seen, but Innocence probably made the biggest impact on me, such a deeply unnerving film.

Of all the films here that I would have said that I liked at the time, The Life Aquatic is the one I'm least likely to revisit, largely due to having grown tired of Anderson's quirks in the year's since. Collateral is one I should probably rewatch, though.

Had no idea that people had turned on Shaun of the Dead. Is it another Britisher thing I wouldn't understand?

pretty sure there's no turn involved in my part

English-on-English hate is a perennial resource - sliced and processed into TV, Film, Music it makes up a significant fraction of cultural exports.

I am not English and English cinema is mostly horrible.

Most people here are quite positive about the quality of television. Though not so much now, especially with the hipster HBO crowd.

Yeah Im not English either, nor do I have to be to discern how obnoxious Shaun's sense of craft is

not read thread, voted Shaun Of The Dead

^ good movie

Okay, looking at a more comprehensive list of 2004 movies, the most glaring omission in this poll is I Heart Huckabees, which would've been my vote if it was available. That or Seed Of Chucky.

fart fuckabees

Todd Solondz's Palindromes came out on 2004, right? I liked that.

I haven't seen Shaun Of The Dead since it's original cinema release, I remember enjoying it at the time but kind of have a knee-jerk negative response to the thought of it now- I guess because of the rise of LOL ZOMBIES AND BACON/geek culture hegemony in the intervening years, also the various terrible films that Simon Pegg has done without Edgar Wright since? I watched some clips from Shaun on youtube just now though, and it still seemed pretty funny

I really enjoyed the movies on this list that I saw:

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Shaun of the Dead
Kill Bill Vol. 2
Sideways
The Incredibles
Collateral
Hotel Rwanda
Kung Fu Hustle
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

notable omission I also enjoyed: Ray

of the ones i've seen: best is consequences of love, worst is shaun of the dead

other decent 2004 releases: 'Adam & Paul' and 'Mysterious Skin'

Never knew about that Miles Davis documentary until this thread--was able to order a cheap copy online yesterday.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Anyone seen The Nomi Song?

Yes, and just voted for it before seeing your question!

I see! Fell in love with Nomi years ago yet I never saw this, somehow, will track down post haste thank you

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

Really I just need to put Tropical Malady, Nobody Knows, Howl, and 2046 on my Amazon queue rn (*already own Mysterious Skin)

Ok I now own all of these on DVD. I'm trying to figure out which one to watch tonight (maybe I should poll it LOL)

Watch 2046 - BEAUTIFUL film