WoS Reviews: The EW3 2000 Film Festival

Wos Reviews presents: The EW3 2000 Film Festival

Here they are year by year to which I thought were the best of each year. Movies marked with an “+” are movies that are in my own personal collections. Hopefully, in January I want to have a screening of those movies for my friends to enjoy. Without further ado:

2000:

Unbreakable +

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon +

Memento (runner up)

2001:

Spirited Away

Hannibal

Y Tu Mamá También

Ocean’s Eleven +

Ghost World

2002:

Hero +

Equilibrium+

Infernal Affairs (runner up)

Bubba Ho-Tep (runner up) +

X2

2003:

The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King +

The Station Agent

Once Upon a Time in Mexico (Runner up) +

Whale Rider (runner up- US Release)

American Splendor (runner up)

2004:

The Incredibles +

Collateral +

Ghost in the Shell 2

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkeban +

House of Flying Daggers (runner up) +

Hotel Rwanda

The Machinist

Million Dollar Baby

Napoleon Dynamite +

Dodgeball +

Passion of the Christ (I said it.)

Spiderman 2

2005:

Batman Begins +

Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit +

March of the Penguins

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Walk the Line

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith +

A History of Violence

Brokeback Mountain (Yeah, I said that too.)

2006:

The Prestige +

Children of Men +

Rocky Balboa (runner up) +

Pan’s Labyrinth

Casino Royale

Lady in the Water (Yeah, that too.) +

Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest

2007: Great Year

There Will Be Blood +

No Country for Old Men +

American Gangster

Eastern Promises

2008: Spectacular Year!

The Dark Knight +

Red Cliff +

Iron Man

Wall*E

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Hellboy II

Appaloosa

Quantum of Solace

Rambo (Yep, that too…) +

The EW3 2000 Film Fest:

So here is what the line-up for my film fest would look like:

Unbreakable, Crouching Tiger (2000)

Spirited Away, Y Tu Mamá También (2001)

Hero, Equilibrium (2002)

Return if the King, Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)

The Incredibles, Collateral (House of Flying Daggers) (2004)

Batman Begins, Revenge of the Sith (2005)

The Prestige, Children of Men (Rocky Blaboa) (2006)

There Will Be Blood, No Country for Old Men (2007)

The Dark Knight, Red Cliff (2008)

So, if I find the time, means and venue I will put out the invitation. I hope you can all make it out to see movies with me. The 2009 list will be posted soon and two films will be added to the above itinerary. Until 2019!

PS: If you got a beef with my line up, post yours in the comments below! Thanks!