| As I said last year, I am only one man, and can't see every film released in the year, and didn't see a lot this year anyway due to university, so here is what I thought of 2000. If you have your own thoughts then email me at dave_or_did@yahoo.com, or post them on the guestbook. |
| Review of 2000 |
| The Best 1. American Beauty 2. Being John Malkovich 3. Magnolia 4. Toy Story 2 5. Memento 6. The Insider 7. High Fidelity 8. Nurse Betty 9. Unbreakable 10. Gladiator |
| Films I've been told are also the best, but I haven't seen, or weren't released in the UK last year O Brother Where Art Thou?, American Movie, Billy Elliot, Dancer in the Dark, Traffic, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Almost Famous, Wonder Boys. |
| Plus, films just brimming under : What Lies Beneath, American Psycho, The Green Mile, Galaxy Quest, Three Kings, The Virgin Suicides, X-Men, Any Given Sunday, Chicken Run, Sleepy Hollow. |
| The Worst 1. The 6th Day (oh dear, what a pile of rubbish. Arnie really has to retire soon) 2. The Grinch (not very funny, not very heartwarming, not very good) 3. Gone in 60 Seconds (forgotten in less) 4. Titan AE (a lot of thought went into its visuals but not its plot, dialogue etc.) 5. Scary Movie (funny in bits, but a little over crude and inconsistent) |
| The Dissapointments (Where I expected more) The Beach (pretty good book, why mess with it?) Hollow Man (not nearly as good as it could have been) Mission: Impossible 2 (good ending, bad beginning and middle) Perfect Storm (good director and cast, bad dialogue and film) |
| Top Ten BO of the Year 1. The Grinch * 2. Mission: Impossible 2 3. Gladiator 4. The Perfect Storm 5. Meet the Parents * 6. X-Men 7. Scary Movie 8. What Lies Beneath 9. Dinosaur 10. Erin Brockovich (* still on release, so I've only included 00 grosses.) |
| My personal Oscary type thingies |
| Best Film: American Beauty (close contender: Being John Malkovich) Best Director: Michael Mann (The Insider) (cc: Spike Jonez (Being John Malkovich)) Best Actor: Russell Crowe (The Insider + Gladiator) (cc: Tom Cruise (Magnolia)) Best Actress: Renee Zellweger (Nurse Betty) (cc: Kirsten Dunst (The Virgin Suicides)) Best Screenplay: American Beauty (cc: High Fidelity) Best Cinematography: The Insider (cc: Gladiator) Best Special Effects: The Perfect Storm (cc: Hollow Man) Best Music: High Fidelity (cc: The Virgin Suicides) |
| Best Film (Drama) - Gladiator Best Film (Musical or Comedy) - Almost Famous Best Foreign Language Film - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Best Director - Ang Lee (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) Best Screenplay - Stephen Gaghan (Traffic) Best Actor (Drama) - Tom Hanks (Cast Away) Best Actress (Drama) - Julia Roberts (Erin Brockovich) Best Actor (Musical or Comedy) - George Clooney (O Brother, Where Art Thou?) Best Actress (Musical or Comedy) - Renee Zellweger (Nurse Betty) Best Supporting Actor - Benicio Del Toro (Traffic) Best Supporting Actress - Kate Hudson (Almost Famous) Best Original Song - "Things Have Changed", by Bob Dylan (Wonder Boys) Best Original Score - Hans Zimmer & Lisa Gerrard (Gladiator) |
| Golden Globes |
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