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2005’s Top Movies that are now out on DVD

Since Beef mostly watches cartoons, I decided to step up and write this post. First off, I watch a lot of movies and I watch all kinds. Some days you want to watch crappy movies because you can’t knit and read subtitles at the same time. Secondly, I decided to just write about DVD released movies. They’re more accessible. And lastly, get netflix. It kicks ass and you can see all of the movies I’ve watched and rated (I’ve rated over 1500 movies.)

Best Movies of 2005
These are the ones you should of shelled out the $9.50 box office ticket price for and the $4.75 small popcorn and $3.50 coke for.

Crash
Excellent cast. Thought provoking issues involving race and prejudices. Come on everybody has them but in our PC society nobody wants to talk about them.

Kung Fu Hustle
Sure Crouching tiger kicked ass, but this brings the cheese factor back from the old kung fu movies and kicks it up a notch. Great characters, funny back stories and great special effects.

Charlie and The Chocolate Factory
Only Johnny Depp and Tim Burton could have done this remake justice Granted the umpa lumpa computer images was a little much. Just think how many little people are out of work.

Sin City
Comic books into movies is a hard one. Look at the Fantastic Four. Frodo as an albino canabalist was great.

And than of course Hotel Rwanda, Million Dollar Baby, and Super Size Me.
All of these you should of already seen or you don’t own a DVD for some reason.

These are ones you may of missed because there’s only one on the shelf at Hollywood Video or it’s a foreign film or documentary. Some of these I saw at the Seattle Film Festival.

Print off the list and watch them all.

Millions – has a cute little boy on the front cover and I thought it was a kid’s movie. It’s not. Two brothers find a bunch of pounds. England is going to switch to the Euro, so they have to spend it or lose it. If you liked Amelie, you’ll love this one. Lots of saints and robbers thrown in too.

3 Iron – The title refers to the golf club, not some Asian dynasty, etc., but it’s not a golf movie either. Poor guy breaks into houses not to steal but for a place to stay. He leaves the places better than finds it.

Mad Hot Ballroom – NYC 5th graders competing in a ballroom competition. If you liked Spellbound (kids competing in spelling bee), you’ll love this one. These kids aren’t so geeky.

Others:

Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi – Hebrew film about teen who takes care of everyone, but himself. Funny characters.
Bride and Prejudice – Bollywood adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. Let me know if you want more Bollywood titles, I went through a whole phase. Cheesy singing what’s not to love
Layercake – find out why Daniel Craig got picked to be the next Bond
Edukators – German film. Three friends break into rich peoples house and fuck with their stuff.
Dear Frankie - mom lies to deaf son about who his father is. This is what a romantic comedy is suppose to be.
Maria Full of Grace – Colombian girl becomes drug mule.
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster – documentary on band’s group therapy.
The Chorus – French film about a teacher who gets in trouble for teaching boys in a reformatory singing.
Born in to Brothels – Documentary about kids in India born into brothels. It won a Oscar for best documentary. Watch it.

And for the days when you want something a little lighter:

Shaun of the Dead – for once a Zombie movie that’s suppose to be funny and scary at the same time.
Upside of Anger – I hate Kevin Costner, but him as an alcoholic loser was believable.
Dukes of Hazard – come on you know you want to watch it.
Roll Bounce – does for roller-skating what Bring it On did for cheerleading.
Serenity – what you were hoping for with The Sith. Strong woman characters. Got to love Joss Whedon.
Eurotrip – excoose, American Pie on a road trip.

I know I missed some, like 40 year old Virgin (but I haven’t seen it yet, so don’t tell me how it ends.) If you do have netflix, put me on your friends list. Also check out movies.com and imdb two great sites to check out movies. And if you type in a movie title into google it’ll tell you where it’s playing. Get watching.