TPJ’s LEAST Favorite Flicks Of 2005

Moviegoers were, for the most part, lucky in the year 2005. There were more good movies than bad ones. However, when the movies were bad – they were awful. The only thing I could do, as a film critic, was write a review capable of sparing at least one person the unpleasant experience of seeing them

Unfortunately, we do not always know when a movie is going to be a waste of our time. Sometimes, a movie that looks terrible can turn out to be terrific. Conversely, movies that look great may end being a complete and utter bomb. Ten movies are always worse than the rest, though. These are The Popcorn Journal’s LEAST Favorite Flicks Of 2005.

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TPJ’s Favorite Flicks Of 2005

The year 2005 was a fantastic year for film critics like me. There were a lot of terrific movies in theatres. Last year, I was able to develop a list of the five flicks that stood out above the rest. This year, though, I have opted to extend that list to ten. I thought that this would be a simple task but I soon discovered that there were more than just ten great movies in 2005.

Keeping with the rules, though, I have limited my list to ten, moving wonderful films like “Crash,” “Serenity,” and “Zathura” over to the side to make room for the ten motion pictures that blew me away. These are The Popcorn Journal’s Favorite Flicks Of 2005.

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The Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada

“The Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada” made me angry. My anger was not a result of the content, despite a myriad of creepy scenes featuring a corpse. Instead, the thing that earned my vexation was the nonlinear format of the first forty-five minutes of the film.

Furthermore, the reason I was so annoyed was the fact that the following hour and ten minutes were strangely compelling. So much so that I felt cheated out of the exposition.

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Match Point

Woody Allen has had a string of unsuccessful feature films as of late. For the sake of his career, Allen is certainly lucky that his newest flick “Match Point” is really good.

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The Matador

“The Matador” has one funny scene in it. The scene lasts about forty-five seconds and takes place during the first forty-five seconds of the motion picture. Had I known what the rest of the flick was like, I would have left forty-five seconds into the movie. At least then my opinion of the film would still be positive.

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Hoodwinked

It is a wonder why anyone would try to make the story of “Little Red Riding Hood” into a whodunit. It does, after all, make a great more deal of sense to utilize a story that lends itself to said format – say “The Three Little Pigs.”

My best guess for a reason the screenwriters decided to use that fairy tale for the computer animated “Hoodwinked” is that it allowed for a bit more creative license.

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Capote

“Capote” is highly overrated. The storyline is slow, the plot is boring, and Philip Seymour Hoffman’s voice is scathingly irritating. Some may argue that Hoffman did a spot-on imitation of Truman Capote’s voice, but that does not mean I have to like it.

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The Squid & The Whale

Each of the fabulous actors in “The Squid & The Whale” are interesting, sympathetic, and multi-faceted. Unfortunately, the movie itself is not.

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Mrs. Henderson Presents

Judi Dench is a great actress but even she can’t save “Mrs. Henderson Presents.”

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Rumor Has It

Forget what you have heard about “Rumor Has It.” It is all gossip and hearsay. The only true rumor about the movie is that it is a complete waste of time.

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