What In Tarnation?!?!? In the Classroom

As tradition would hold and in accordance with the prophecy, it is now time to partake in my best and worst list of 2003. This year I present a shortened list:

The Best in Movies
1. Finding Nemo - A family movie that strikes the perfect balance in eye candy, acting/voice talent, and a story with some emotional weight. Just add water and you have the best film of 2003!

2. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Another movie that makes you want to sit back and marvel at what the film makers have been able to accomplish. The amazing cast, the eye popping graphical effects and a director that is passionate about the material made this flick the better of the three films and one of the best of 2003.

3. Holes - One of my favorite children’s stories come to the big screen. Even better, the screenplay is written by the author of the book making it a faithful adaptation of the book. The kids were great, heck, I even liked Henry Winkler. Now go read the book, they left out some parts.

4. X2: X-Men United - This was a good year for sequels. The X-Men come back with a story that is more compelling than the first movie. I hope everyone can clear their calendars for X3.

5. A Mighty Wind - The crazy minds behind This is Spinal Tap, Waiting for Guffman, and Best in Show are at it again in this improvisational mockumentary. This time the gang takes aim at bluegrass music reunions. Please watch your step around the plants.

The Worst in Movies
1. Pirates of the Caribbean - So sue me! I didn’t like it. Strike one: I don’t like pirate movies as a general rule. Strike 2: I wasn’t in the mood for a stupid slapstick comedy. Strike 3: To much eye make-up! Come on! There is plenty of water around to wash that crud off your face.

2. Matrix Revolutions - Way to send this series in the stinker pit (Hello Congo!) Read more reasons why I dislike this movie here.

It appears that the Internet is not functioning here. Good thing I copied and pasted this entry into WordPad before I pushed save because this is the second attempt at getting this posted. For that reason I will cut the list shorter than I had planned on.

However here are some movies I haven’t seen that could change the above lists:
- American Splendor
- Lost in Translation
- Mystic River
- School of Rock
- Elf
- The Last Samurai

Some other Best and Worst lists in movies:
- :: rick & 1j13 ::
- bloggedy blog
- Dark Horizons
- Add yours in the comments or ping me.

Class dismissed!