The Jazzy Bahsoun

Life's our oyster and we're gonna suck that bitch down with a champagne chaser.

Behavioral Therapist
MA Developmental Psychology, Columbia
BS Psychobiology/ French, UCLA

Shelfari: Book reviews on your book blog

Movies to See:
Mission Impossible
Haywire
Shame
A Dangerous Method
Underworld:Awakening

TV Shows to Watch:
Portlandia
The Life & Times of Tim

Book to Read:
Game of Thrones
by George R.R. Martin

Album to Listen to:
The Black Keys
El Camino

Person to Hate:
Newt Gingrich

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Fox & Friends

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Saturday, January 14, 2006
Let's Get It Over With
I know, I know. I'm sure you, like myself, are so over 2005. But one bit of business remains lingering from 2005... another top 10 list. I'd let it slide because it's already two weeks into 2006 but I would be doing my faithful readers (all none of you) a disservice if I didn't complete this annual tradition. So... let's get it over with.

Top Ten Worst Movies of 2005

10. STAR WARS EPISODE III: REVENGE OF THE SITH

"Whaaa? Wasn't this flick on your top 10 best??" Don't get your panties in a bunch, Mary Sue. While this was an excellent movie for the geek in me, it was a not so hot movie for the movie critic (critique if you're from Canada or are pretentious) in me. Lines like, "Anakin... no...I.... Anakin...no," and, "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO," merit the number ten slot.

9. DUKES OF HAZZARD

I tend to include a movie on my top ten worst each year that I haven't seen but know it's an awful movie. Perhaps I'm passing judgement too swiftly. Actually, no, I'm not. This movie sucks.

8. THE INTERPRETER

This wasn't a bad movie by any means but I was just expecting way more. Nicole Kidman with a weird African accent and Sean Penn with a morose attitude (i.e, business as usual for Penn) plus an intriguing assassination/conspiracy plot going on should have made for a gripping film. But it didn't. It was boring and convoluted for the most part.

7. THE ISLAND

This movie started out great but turned into another explodo-fest where it didn't really need to. And Michael Bay said no when Scarlett Johannson volunteered to do a nude scene. Baystard.

6. CONSTANTINE

I thought I would enjoy Keanu saying "whoah" to demons instead of machines. I didn't.

5. MADAGASCAR

This movie is a disgrace to animated movies like Finding Nemo and The Incredibles. It's just so stupid. So, so stupid. The animation wasn't even that impressive. It relies on the big name voices to carry it through the box office and while I enjoy Ali G playing a lemur, not enough.

4. HITCH

Another movie that could've been cute or something but turned out to be formulaic and boring. I expect more from you, Mr. Smith. And your spicy Latina co-star cannot act herself out of a corn husk. (To all of you who got that racist joke, I'm really sorry. Please send all complaints to lapd@rampartdistrict.com. They'll get a real kick out of it.)

3. ELEKTRA

2005 was a year which ruined my perception of my ex-finacee, Jennifer Garner. She just kept stabbing and hurting... it's just too much.

I'M SORRY JENNIFER. COME BACK TO ME. I DIDN'T MEAN IT.

Ahem.

2. WAR OF THE WORLDS

I saw this movie despite hating Tom Cruise's guts. I expected aliens, I expected carnage, I expected Dakota Fanning to be creepy. I got all of these things plus some. But the incredible letdown of the last 20-30 minutes destroyed the entire movie for me.

1. FANTASTIC 4

All the success comic book movies were having with the Spider-Man and X-Men movies, as well as under-the-radar comic books made into film like Sin City are all tarnished by this piece of garbage. The excellent talents of FX stars and that Irish guy from King Arthur are wasted with the likes of Jessica Alba playing Invisible GIRL. (She's hot but she can't act herself out of a.... ooh I'm not going there again)

So there you have it. The ritual is nearly complete. To truly seal the deal, here are top 10 most anticipated movies of 2006. The title of each film links to a trailer or other info about the movie. Enjoy.

Top Ten Most Anticipated Movies of 2006

10. LADY IN THE WATER - July 21

9. POSEIDON - May 12

8. V FOR VENDETTA - March 17

7. SIN CITY 2 - August 18

6. CASINO ROYALE - November 17

5. X3 - May 26

4. ERAGON - December 15

3. PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST - July 7

2. DA VINCI CODE - May 19

1. SUPERMAN RETURNS - June 30

Well that was absolutely exhausting. One roller coaster of a year filled with ridiculously bad movies and awesomely good movies. Something else was there too... what's the word... oh yeah... life. Whatever that means. Here's to a new year with, hopefully, better movies and a better life.
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