# Bad Year For Movies? No Way. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 29, 2004, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-year-for-movies-no-way/282164 "2004-12-29T22:45:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![In\_fair\_Verona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/46a35a/32.png) [@In\_fair\_Verona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_fair_Verona)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2004, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-year-for-movies-no-way/282164/1 "2004-12-29T22:45:57Z")
I was talking to a few morons yesterday and they wouldn’t stop talking about how 2004 (in North America) was such a horrible year for movies. I nearly choked on my spit when they said that and the others agreed… how could you say this year sucked for movies? Here’s just a few of the movies that came out this year that, alone, make it a fantastic year in film: Maria Full of Grace The Motorcycle Diaries Shaun of the Dead (not sure when it was released in the UK) Kill Bill vol. 2 Hotel Rwanda Garden State Napoleon Dynamite The Aviator (okay, haven’t seen this one… but could it possibly be bad?) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Okay, those are just a few I had off the top of my head that I personally thought were absolutely GREAT. Now, with that list and whatever else you had in your mind, would you, if you’re a movie fan, consider this year to be a disappointment in the film industry? If you’re a movie buff, were you disappointed in this years releases? I certainly wasn’t. In fact, I’d say this is one of the better years in the last decade. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2004, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-year-for-movies-no-way/282164/2 "2004-12-29T23:13:22Z")
Some good ones there. I’d add: Finding Neverland Sideways The Incredibles Better than last year, by far. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2004, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-year-for-movies-no-way/282164/3 "2004-12-29T23:25:07Z")
This thread is better suited for [**Cafe Society**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?f=13). I’ll move it for you. **Cajun Man** for the SDMB ---
**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2004, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-year-for-movies-no-way/282164/4 "2004-12-29T23:30:26Z")
Collateral. The american release of Hero. Along with all of the above. Honestly, everyone could find someone to love this year in movies. ---
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2004, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-year-for-movies-no-way/282164/5 "2004-12-29T23:40:46Z")
Documentaries too: -\> Fahrenheit 9/11 -\> Super Size Me ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2004, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-year-for-movies-no-way/282164/6 "2004-12-29T23:49:31Z")
_Garden State_ alone makes this the best year for movies ever. _Maria Full of Grace_, _Collateral_, and _Eternal Sunshine_ helped too though.