While, like any knock-out tournament, the film fight format cannot create a ranking for the films I’ve seen this year, it can show one thing (and only one thing): my favourite film of the year. Here are the finalists:
Wow, those are some fairly excellent films (except Hitchhiker’s and War Of The Worlds, which won by default), and that’s leaving aside stuff that would have shined elsewhere (Batman Begins was out the same month as Sin City and there was little in it, for example, or pretty much everything in October).
So from the list of finalists, remembering that some better films never made it to the final twelve, the best film of this year is…
The Life Aquatic. While both Sin City and Million Dollar Baby nearly had it, the performances and perfect comic moments in the Bill Murray film take it into the lead. Quirky, but brilliantly so. Every scene adds a little more to the overall charm. A good winner.
Posted: December 31st, 2005
#Permalink: Film Fight Finale 2005, By Gary Fleming
I believe that the Life Aquatic was a averagely good film, but for me has no real reason to have been made. It made me smile a few times, but never made me laugh. It’s just another arrow to bow of’there has never been a hilariously funny feature length comedy made, ever’.
That sounds very negative, Life Aquatic was a ok film, but is easily forgotten. And for me… Doesn’t even get into the top five of best films of 2005.
There no point watching OK, films when you can watch brilliant films.
# Posted by Simon, on January 2nd, 2006 at 12:58 pm
I can see The Life Aquatic having a fairly niche appeal, mostly because it’s not part of the modern standard of over the top and gross out comedy, but also because it’s not trying to be hilariously funny. It’s as much a bizarre character piece as it is about gut laughs. It made me smile a genuinely happy smile at least as much as it made me laugh out loud: a rare thing in cinema.
I guess it also appeals to the Sealab 2021 fan in me.
Out of curiousity, what would you rate as the best film of 2005? (That’s an open question to everyone).
# Posted by Gary Fleming, on January 2nd, 2006 at 3:44 pm