I think the entire life cycle of "Scooby-Doo" tells more about the movie industry than anything that will be nominated for an Oscar. It wasn't the first time that a movie about nothing was made, that everyone saw and then promptly forgot, but the speed at which this movie moved definitely broke new ground.
| Movies | Comments |
| The Quiet American (8.7) | just never got around to it |
| Personal Velocity (8.1) | just never got around to it |
| Sunshine State (7.6) | just never got around to it |
| The Last Kiss (L' Ultimo Bacio) (7.1) | just never got around to it |
| Tuck Everlasting (6.4 - maybe not) | just never got around to it |
| Das Experiment (5.4 - maybe not) | did this even play anywhere? |
| Movies disqualified (not released in the first 354 days of 2002) | |
|---|---|
| Gangs of New York | Dec. 20 |
| Antwone Fisher | Dec. 20 |
| Adaptation | Dec. 20 |
| 25th Hour | Dec. 25 |
| Catch Me If You Can | Dec. 25 |
| Chicago | Dec. 25 |
| Pinocchio | Dec. 25 |
| Talk to Her | Dec. 27 |
| About Schmidt | Jan. 3, 2003 - oops, wrong year! |
| The Pianist | Jan. 3, 2003 - oops, wrong year! |
| Narc | Jan. 10, 2003 - oops, wrong year! |
| Russian Ark | Jan. 10, 2003 - also, could be awful |
| Confessions of a Dangerous Mind | Jan. 17, 2003 - oops, wrong year! |
| The Hours | Jan. 17, 2003 - oops, wrong year! |
| Spider | Feb. 28! That is soooo 2003 |
| Invincible | limited release Sep. 20, no date yet for general release |
| All or Nothing | limited release Oct. 25, no date yet for general release |
| Rabbit-Proof Fence | limited release Nov. 29, no date yet for general release |
| Max | limited release Dec. 27, no date yet for general release |
Movies that I saw in 2002 (about 130)
Bread and Tulips The Fellowship of the Ring The Idiots The Royal Tenenbaums The Time Machine (the good one, by George Pal) Henry and June Cruel Intentions Here Comes Mr. Jordan Law of Desire Josie and the Pussycats Birthday Girl The Dark Crystal The Merry Widow The Eel The Big Sleep The Laramie Project Sleepless in Seattle Ginger Snaps* 32 Short Films About Glenn Gould Se7en Nico: Icon George Washington The Hairdresser's Husband The Garden of the Finzi-Continis Y Tu Mama Tambien Gosford Park Wages of Fear Monsoon Wedding Dead Man Star Wars #5, Episode 2: Attack of the Clones Fetish Scrooged Time Out The Great Escape Nine Queens Paths of Glory Gypsy Night of the Hunter The Others* Boogie Nights Airplane! Existenz The Opposite of Sex The Brandon Teena Story Impromptu* Hard Eight Minority Report Arsenic and Old Lace Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows* The Big Lebowski Hedwig and the Angry Inch* Hysteria (Entero Ali) The Emperor's New Groove Strictly Ballroom Little Voice Hamlet (Ethan Hawke version) Scary Movie 2 The Bourne Identity Mulholland Drive Donnie Darko* Exotica Jerry Maguire Kids* Princess Mononoke Cube The Spanish Prisoner Orange County Last Night* Hard Boiled Traffic Before Night Falls Blow A Beautiful Mind American History X* Baadasssss Cinema Waking Life Save the Last Dance Buckaroo Banzai Atanarjuat Out of Sight The Breakfast Club Open Your Eyes Central Station XXX O Brother, Where Art Thou? The Umbrellas of Cherbourg Read My Lips Mr. Death Chariots of Fire* American Pimp Legally Blonde Mephisto* Repo Man Crumb* Ghost World Crazy/Beautiful Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone The Anniversary Party Sexy Beast The Warriors Punch-Drunk Love I'm The One That I Want* The Third Man Blast From the Past Diva Shrek Life as a House Jackass Peeping Tom The 400 Blows Diner Manny and Lo* October Sky Solaris (1971) Notorious C.H.O. Gummo* River's Edge Croupier My Beautiful Laundrette The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended) Lantana Bully Bowling for Columbine The French Connection The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 42 Up* The Deep End Short Circuit Red River How I Killed My Father Rififi (* means I attached it to a previous year's top ten list)