SUMMER 2005: A LOOK BACK

Last Summer will be remembered as the time when…

1) It paid to have the words ‘War’ or ‘Crash’ somewhere in your title.
2) A 40-Year-Old virgin scored, while a 40-year-old Michael Bay didn’t.
3) Audiences everywhere changed their tune from “Let’s all go to the lobby” To “I’ll wait for DVD.”

Upholding the values of the Summer Movie Season, I’m going to pick mainly (from or on) films that were given a wide release.


HIGHEST GROSSING
Star Wars: Revenge Of The Sith
War Of The Worlds

BIGGEST MONEY MAKERS
Wedding Crashers
Crash

FAVORITES
Batman Begins
The 40-Year-Old Virgin

LEAST FAVORITE
Kingdom Of Heaven
High Tension

LOUDEST BOMBS
Stealth
The Island

MOST OVERRATED
Star Wars: Revenge Of The Sith
The Devil’s Rejects

MOST UNDERRATED
Hustle & Flow
The Constant Gardener

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENTS
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
The Fantastic Four

BIGGEST SURPRISES
Crash
The 40-Year-Old Virgin

BAD MOVIES THAT MADE A BUNCH OF MONEY ANYWAYS
Fantastic Four
The Longest Yard

BEST OF THE ART HOUSE
Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance
2046

QUICKLY FORGOTTEN
The Perfect Man
The Great Raid

WILL DO WELL ON DVD
Must Love Dogs
Mindhunters

TV SHOWS THAT GOT LOST IN TRANSLATION
Bewitched
The Honeymooners

MOST UNNECESSARY SEQUELS
Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo
XXX: State Of The Union

MOST UNNECESSARY REMAKES
Bad News Bears
Herbie: Fully Loaded


BEST MALE PERFORMANCE
Terrence Howard – Hustle & Flow

BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE
Rachel Weisz – The Constant Gardener


BEST CHEMISTRY
Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie
Ralph Finnes & Rachel Weisz

WORST CHEMISTRY
Orlando Bloom & Eva Green
George Lucas & Dialogue

BEST MOVIE POSTERS
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Red Eye












MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS
War Of The Worlds: The aliens appear and attack
The 40-Year-Old-Virgin: “You know how I know you’re gay?” (This is quickly becoming the new hip quote at parties and, in time, will join the ranks of Austin Powers and Swingers.)

MOMENTS BEST FORGOTTEN QUICKLY
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory: Anytime the Oompah Loompah’s sing
Star Wars: Anakin and Padme profess their shallow love

BEST LINE
“I don’t know what commercial is, and obviously the people who made ‘Stealth’ don’t know either.” -- Terry Gilliam