Monday, December 27, 2004
2004 In Review: Part I
I'm going to be totally obnoxious and presumptuous and assume that you are all interested in hearing what I think of 2004. And to be even more obnoxious, I'm breaking it up into sections! Ha!
Sorry.
Let's begin, shall we? Actually, before we begin, can I just say that all of this is just my opinion? So if I left off your favorite song or whatever, I'm sorry. Maybe I haven't heard it. Feel free to recommend songs/movies/books/whatevah to me if you'd like, I'm just whack as all get-out and haven't been on top of things as much as I'd like.
Top Movies
Closer
It's not exactly a feel-good, fun-filled movie, but the acting is uniformly excellent and it gave me an actual reason to justify my love of Natalie Portman. She, Jude Law and Julia Roberts were excellent and gorgeous and Clive Owen...was excellent. I'm sorry, the man looks mad sketchy. But yes, great performances all around and it was really visceral and emotional and sort of a grown up movie.
Collateral
Go ahead, laugh. I don't mind. Jamie Foxx was really, really good in this movie--totally OCD and quiet. Tom Cruise played against "type" (I think he's way cold and sociopathic in real life, actually) and was not bad! Perhaps I should admit that I have a soft spot for Tom Cruise and his films because of an ill-fated sixth grade love affair that ended tragically when I found out I was taller than he is. Or perhaps I should have kept that a secret. Anyway, it was a really good action movie and Jada Pinkett Smith didn't even annoy me! What are the odds?!
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Just...fabulous. Really, it made me sob and admire Jim Carrey. Kate Winslet was, of course, divine. It was just excellent. I'd go into more detail, but I'd start crying and nobody wants that.
Mean Girls
Sure, it's a teen movie. And yeah, it fell apart in the last third. But you know what? Up to the end, this is a near-perfect, clever and hilarious movie. I quote it incessantly, which I'm sure gets tiresome for some. But it introduced us to Lindsay Lohan, it made being a Math Enthusiast/Badass M.C. something to aspire to and it reaffirmed my love for Tim Meadows and Tina Fey. Really, what more could you ask for?
The Life Aquatic
Wes Anderson + Bill Murray + Owen Wilson + Cate Blanchett = Divine.
Top Books
America (The Book)by the Folks At The Daily Show
Hilarious, fabulous, everything you could ever want it to be. Stephen Colbert's rant on Warren Harding is a thing of genius, as are Samantha Bee's sidebars about Canada. Read it immediately, if you haven't already.
Middlesex by Jeffrey Euginedes
I got around to reading this a bit late, as I am lame, but it's amazing. Really. It's equal parts funny and sad and just well-written.
Everything About Me Is Fake (And I'm Perfect) by Janice Dickinson
All hail Janice Dickinson. Required reading if you like supermodels, cocaine or laughing.
Tropic of Orange by Karen Tei Yamashita
Totally cracked out and dependent upon caring about globalization and all of that crap, but it still manages to work.
My Life by Bill Clinton
HAHAHAHA! Just kidding! As if I finished this in 2004. I'll let you know by 2006 or so what I thought.
Top Models
Gemma Ward
Sometimes she looks like a fetus. Other times, an alien. And still at others like a drop-dead gorgeous young girl. It's her first year as a recognized, name model, and she was killer. Her ad campaings for Prada and YSL, among others, were divine and her runway work was fab. She can do the out-there stuff as well as the classics. Versatile, gorgeous, and still down-to-earth. She's awesome.
Gisele Bundchen
Back from her brief break, Gisele picked up where she left off, doing great work on the runway, ads (Dior was awesome) and Victoria's Secret. She's fierce and amazing.
Daria Werbowy
Daria Werbowy is gorgeous. Almost unfairly so. She was in Vogue almost every issue this year, and she deserved it. her Prada campaign was so pretty. And her name is fun to say.
Natalia Vodianova
Her Calvin Klein ads continue to be great and she now looks fifteen, rather than twelve.
Tiiu Kuik
Not quite as famous as I'd like her to be (this, you see, is why I should rule the world), but she's getting more noticed and landing campaigns left and right.
Stay tuned for more, including the tops in TV, Music and general "What the fuck"-ness.
Mallory at 12/27/2004 10:16:00 AM
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