Critics Club III: The Greatest Film of 2004 Part Two

[Neon Ignition]

Second round bursts out with more of the years biggest film releases:

The Greatest Film of 2004 Part Two




Which of the above films are amongst the best of the year and why?

[Neon Ignition]

I mean, Spider-Man 2... easily. Team America also that still remains relevant to todays America

[Dogg Thang]

I don’t think there is anything on this list I’d vote for. I did not care for Spider-Man 2.

[teddymeow]

Dodgeball is an absolute classic!

[Neon Ignition]

Where's my down-Like button DT!
Spider-Man 2 is still a genre benchmark! Love the Tobey!! Tobeeeaaaay!!

[Dogg Thang]

Where's my down-Like button DT!
Spider-Man 2 is still a genre benchmark! Love the Tobey!! Tobeeeaaaay!!

He's a mopey loser in that movie. He'd suck the energy out of any room. Cheer up, Spider-Man.

[Neon Ignition]

You better hope those rumours about the next Spidey movie are wrong then... *makeittruemakeittruemakeittrue*

[QualityChimp]

Some good films in that list!

[Dogg Thang]

You better hope those rumours about the next Spidey movie are wrong then... *makeittruemakeittruemakeittrue*

Well, we're off topic but I'm not a fan of those regardless of Spider-Man 2. I think it's going to be very difficult to pull that off without shattering immersion. I feel I'd be far too aware that we're watching different film series and different time periods of real life colliding rather than actually being in the movie. It's too external. Spider-verse got it perfect. But even that one cameo at the end of Far From Home was "look, there's that guy from that other series of movies!" rather than focus on the character.

[Atticus]

Spider-Man 2 is still a genre benchmark!

This is true.

[JazzFunk]

Spider Man 2 is great!!!! I thought Tobes was a great Spidey and Alfred Molina a great (and slightly tragic) Doc Ock. ACE film, still haven't seen 3!!!!!

Out of that list, mine is deffo NAPOLEON DYNAMITE. Love that film, the languid, summery, slacker vibe consistently throughout it. I also enjoyed the first HAROLD & KUMAR very much...and its sequel even more.

Sad to say but I hated both ANCHORMAN and DODGEBALL. They make the biggest mistake a comedy can make...with their crazy hairdos, they ASSUME they are zany and funny...but I'm afraid to say I didn't laugh. Tried too hard.

But that's only me.

I'm very curious about SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW. I have it on DVD somewhere but have never seen it. Apparently an underappreciated gem in the vein of THE ROCKETEER. Certainly looks interesting, plus I've always been curious about the Laurence Olivier thang.

[JazzFunk]

Oh, and can't forget GARFIELD. Loved it. Musta seen it by accident about four times, I think it's ace!

[JazzFunk]

Also added votes for THE VILLAGE, COLLATERAL and TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE. There's my voting sacs fully milked-out.

[Cassius_Smoke]

Thing with spiderman 2 is that Spiderman isn't in it much. It's more a slice of life drama than anything. I like it. Its really well paced and written.

[JazzFunk]

I love the vintage Sam Raimi gusto of it. Magical cinema.