{"id":2629,"date":"2003-12-31T14:21:01","date_gmt":"2003-12-31T21:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/defectiveyeti.com\/?p=2629"},"modified":"2003-12-31T14:21:01","modified_gmt":"2003-12-31T21:21:01","slug":"obligatory-best-of-2003-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/defectiveyeti.com\/wordpress\/2003\/12\/31\/obligatory-best-of-2003-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Obligatory &#8220;Best Of 2003&#8221; List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Favorite Movies Seen In The Theater<\/b>: <i>Return Of The King<\/i> (Review pending, honest), <i>The Station Agent<\/i> (ditto), <a href='http:\/\/www.defectiveyeti.com\/archives\/000554.html'>Talk To Her<\/a>, <a href='http:\/\/www.defectiveyeti.com\/archives\/000611.html'>The Pianist<\/a>, <a href='http:\/\/www.defectiveyeti.com\/archives\/000748.html'>Kill Bill Vol. 1<\/a>. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Caveat 1:  I somehow never got around to seeing <a href='http:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/LostinTranslation-1125647\/'>Lost In Translation<\/a>, but I have a hunch that it might have been up there.<\/li>\n<li>Caveat 2:  Only an exceptional year in fictional movies could keep documentaries off my Top 5.  That said, a Top 10 probably would have had <a href='http:\/\/www.defectiveyeti.com\/archives\/000676.html'>Capturing The Friendmans<\/a> and <a href='http:\/\/www.defectiveyeti.com\/archives\/000659.html'>Spellbound<\/a> in the  6 and 7 positions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Most Disappointing Movie Seen In The Theater<\/b>:  <a href='http:\/\/www.defectiveyeti.com\/archives\/000641.html'>The Matrix Reloaded<\/a>, duh.<\/p>\n<p><b>Movie That, Had I Seen It In The Theater,  Might Have Challenged <i>The Matrix Reloaded<\/i> For The Title Of &#8216;Most Disappointing Movie Seen In The Theater&#8217;<\/b>:  That would be <a href='http:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/Hulk-1123219\/'>The Hulk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Favorite Movies Seen On DVD<\/b>: <a href='http:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/AboutSchmidt-1117768\/'>About Schmidt<\/a>, <a href='http:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/YTuMamaTambien-1110860\/'>Y Tu Mama Tambien<\/a>, <a href='http:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/AboutaBoy-1114048\/'>About A Boy<\/a> (yeah, I was surprised too).<\/p>\n<p><b> Worst  Movie I Watched The First 20 Minutes Of On DVD<\/b>:  <a href='http:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/XXX-1112845\/'>xXx<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Favorite Fiction Books Read<\/b>: <a href='http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/tg\/detail\/-\/0374172897'>The Hours<\/a>, <a href='http:\/\/www.defectiveyeti.com\/archives\/000550.html'>Empire Falls<\/a>, <a href='http:\/\/www.defectiveyeti.com\/archives\/000622.html'>Look At Me<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Favorite Non-Fiction Book Read<\/b>: <a href='http:\/\/www.defectiveyeti.com\/archives\/000675.html'>The Armchair Economist<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Favorite Album<\/b>: <a href='http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/tg\/detail\/-\/B000089CJI'>Give Up<\/a> by The Postal Service.  Predictable but true.<\/p>\n<p><b>Favorite Game<\/b>: <a href='http:\/\/kumquat.com\/cgi-kumquat\/funagain\/13725'>Age Of Steam<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Stupidest New Trend Witnessed<\/b>: Drivers talking on their cell phones via &#8220;hands-free headsets&#8221; while still holding the cell phone in their hand.  I have not the words.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Favorite Movies Seen In The Theater: Return Of The King (Review pending, honest), The Station Agent (ditto), Talk To Her, The Pianist, Kill Bill Vol. 1. Caveat 1: I somehow never got around to seeing Lost In Translation, but I have a hunch that it might have been up there. 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