Wackiness.org Reviews Archive § Features ¶ 2004's Best and Worst Movies

Gozu

Takashi Miike creates nothing short of a modern classic.
The Saddest Music in the World

Is the funniest movie of the year.
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster

It's such a good movie it's a shame the new album sucks so much.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Charlie Kaufman finally does something worth the praise he gets.
Shaun of the Dead

One evening I saw Shaun of the Dead and The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement. This was the better of the two.
House of Flying Daggers

Chief among life's pleasures:
1. Beer
2. A really great kung fu movie
3. Baseball
4. Sex
This is not that movie. But, darn if it isn't good.
Hero

This isn't either, but
1. Watching Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung
Infernal Affairs

Hong Kong action isn't dead. Just John Woo.
Mean Girls/Saved

As much as I hated Macaulay Culkin when we were kids, I really want his comeback to succeed.
Tarnation

Yes, he's a drama queen. Yes, it's good drama.

The Ladykillers

Remember when the Coen Brothers used to make good movies? I'm not just being bitter, this really was worse than Jersey Girl.
Jersey Girl

Remember when Kevin Smith used to make tolerable movies? I'm not just being bitter, this really was worse than The Punisher.
The Punisher

This was the worst movie John Travolta appeared in all year.
Soul Plane

This was the worst movie Tom Arnold appeared in all year.
Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

Meg Cabot is rolling over in her grave. Or ought to be.
Garfield

Never before has a computer animated cat made me hate life so much.
Secret Window

Most predictable twist ending of the decade.
The Passion of the Christ

Jesus, was this made for television?
Van Helsing

Jesus, was this made for retards?
Saw

Slipknot fans will get a hard-on for the generic pre-fabricated shine put on these self-consciously Disturbing Images. Which will make them easy to identify. And destroy.