Review Re-View [2003]
This is my schedule for the upcoming months of retrospectives where I re-watch movies I reviewed twenty years ago, assessing my original writing, and any new thoughts and analysis two decades hence. This is an extension from my very rewarding deep dive back into the films of 1999 and my early film reviews as a 17-year-old high school student (1999: The Greatest Year in Film? A Review Re-View). Not every writer has a resource of twenty-plus years of film reviews, so I figure why not continue looking back at these older reviews and films.
Stay tuned for further updates and review re-views as I look back on some of the more noteworthy films of that first year of the twenty-first century, and also cringe at some of my writing as an 20-year-old smartypants. Dear reader, your 2023 lineup of 2003 movies are:
January – City of God
February – Daredevil
March – The Core
April – Bulletproof Monk
May – The Matrix Reloaded
June – Hulk
July – The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
August – Gigli
September – The Rundown, The Station Agent
October – Lost in Translation, Kill Bill vol. 1
November – Master & Commander, Big Fish
December – Cold Mountain, Monster
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PREVIOUS YEARS RETROSPECTIVES
[2002 FILMS]
January – The Count of Monte Cristo
February – Crossroads
March – The Time Machine
April – Human Nature
May – Spider-Man, Star Wars: Attack of the Clones
June – Mr. Deeds
July – K-19: The Widowmaker
August – S1mone
September – Secretary, One Hour Photo
October – Bowling for Columbine
November – Solaris, Punch Drunk Love
December – Gangs of New York, The Hours
2002 Totals:
Upgraded: 4
Same Grades: 5
Downgraded: 7
[2001 FILMS]
January – NONE, as I didn’t review a film originally released this month
February – Hannibal
March – Memento
April – Freddie Got Fingered
May – Moulin Rouge!, Pearl Harbor
June – A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
July – Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
August – The Others, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
September – Glitter
October – Mulholland Drive, Donnie Darko
November – In the Bedroom
December – Vanilla Sky, Monster’s Ball
2001 Totals:
Upgraded: 1 (and it was Glitter!)
Same Grades: 9
Downgraded: 4
[2000 FILMS]
January – Down to You
February – Wonder Boys
March – The Ninth Gate
April – American Psycho
May – Gladiator
June – Chicken Run
July – X-Men
August – The Cell
September – Almost Famous, Nurse Betty
October – Dancer in the Dark, Requiem for a Dream
November – Charlie’s Angels, You Can Count on Me
2000 Totals:
Upgraded: 3
Same Grades: 7
Downgraded: 5
[1999 FILMS]
April – Go
May – NONE
June – Wild Wild West, South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut
July – Eyes Wide Shut, The Blair Witch Project
August – The Iron Giant, The Sixth Sense
September – American Beauty, Double Jeopardy
October – Fight Club, Bats
November – Dogma, The World is Not Enough
December – Man on the Moon, The Green Mile, Magnolia
1999 Totals:
Upgraded: 3
Same Grades: 11
Downgraded: 2
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