the 17 point scale: fish

film ratings

15.good night and good luck - in black and white
14.searching for bobby fischer - swell
14.magnolia - foul-mouthed, violent, abusive ch's
14.little miss sunshine - funny, thoughtful
13.united 93 - somber yet poignant
13.tristram shandy... - funny; inventive filmmaking
13.the last king of scotland - violence, sex, profanity
13.syriana - thoughtful, hard to follow
13.elf - quite funny (until the plot takes over)
13.crash - profane, violent; lacks subtlety
12.why we fight - depressing
12.the queen - slow
12.sophie scholl:final days - like a german tv movie
12.no end in sight - (outdated?) documentary
12.l'enfant - slow, awkward, in french
12.inside job - great until the last 1/3
12.casino royale - drawn out poker, best bond yet
12.brick - dialogue tough to follow
12.borat... - crude, offensive
11.the three burials of melquiades estrada
11.the son - slow, awkward, in french
11.the nativity story
11.the departed - long, violent, crude
11.stranger than fiction - don't expect funny
11.stop-loss - profane, violent; angrifying
11.spiderman III
11.searching for the wrong-eyed jesus - quirky
11.blood diamond - brutal, bloody
11.apocalypto - brutal, gibsonesque
10.you, me, and everyone we know - disturbing kids
10.the storekeeper - short, silent
10.the squid and the whale - plot to nowhere
10.the illusionist
10.the family stone - funny
10.the curse of the were-rabbit - funny
10.munich - long, too many kettles boiling
10.brokeback mtn - long; mostly hype
10.300 - very violent
09.tsotsi - gaps in ch. developm; poorly translated
09.the matador - funny, cheesy, odd
09.prairie home companion - scattered, slow style
09.mi3 - i almost fell asleep, mi1 is better
09.flags of our fathers - too many characters
09.dandelion - awkward, disjointed, and strange
09.blades of glory
08.ice age 2 - it's whatever you're expecting
08.flight plan - better than i expected
08.fearless - martial arts movie
08.chariots of fire - boring
07.v for vendetta - worse than i expected
07.the lake house - chick flick for illogical chicks
07.the da vinci code - crammed, silly, wrong
07.talladega nights: the ballad of ricky bobby
07.friends with money - tried too hard
07.capt'n corelli's mandolin - nicholas cage sucks
06.the american - sleep inducing
06.picnic at hanging rock - gets lost in itself
06.match point - sooo long
05.new world - boring, cliche (sorry jeff)
04.be kind rewind - worst film of '08 so far
03.snakes on a plane - why did i see this?
01.bad; 17.good; *.unfinished
!.it links to my review; bold.new