Movies and Films, Entertainment Best Films of 2004

Now that the 2004 Academy Awards have been announced, I think it's time to put my top choices out there, well in advance of all the inevitable betting pools and, yeah, I'm saying it, Oscar "fantasy leagues."

(Without further ado:

Top 10 Films of 2004:

Best Documentaries of 2004:
Overall, I don't really think 2004 was such a great year for film. It wasn't even a good year. But then, look at the bigger picture, and see what's going on in the world today. I think 2005 will be a great year, because it seems to me that when times really get bad, that's when the real artists come out and tell their tall tales. Our pathetic psyches, stretched to fatigue by the barrage of all the commercial and political spin-doctoring we must endure on the daily riddim, can only protest its totalitarian shackles by consuming mass-produced entertainments. But, of course, that's so much easier than getting off of our collective fat ass and doing or creating something. I expect to see more thoughtful Hollywood content and less fluff in the next twelve months. But then, what do I know? I'm just part of the movie-going public, who votes with my wallet. I'm just part of that demographic that gets aggregated and measured in the box office receipts, totally incapable of making an independent decision as to what mass-produced entertainment I should consume. Stay tuned. And of course, you will, because what t.f. else do you have to do tonight? )

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