2005 Movie Haiku Index

So as the year draws to a close I thought I'd publish a handy index of all the films that I've seen at the cinema this year - yes, all 113 of them - alongside my star rating for each. Click on the film title to read the haiku... and review, where applicable.

• 2001 Maniacs (****)
• 2046 (*****)
• The Amityville Horror (***)
• Antibodies (****)
• Arahan (***)
• Assault On Precinct 13 (***)
• The Aviator (***)
• Batman Begins (****)
• Be Cool (**)
• A Bittersweet Life (***)
• The Bodyguard (***)
• Boo! (**)
• Boogeyman (***)
• Born To Fight (****)
• The Brothers Grimm (*)
• The Cave (***)
• Charlie And The Chocolate Factory (***)
• The Chorus (****)
• The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe (***)
• Closer (*****)
• A Cock And Bull Story (***)
• The Collingswood Story (***)
• The Constant Gardener (****)
• Constantine (***)
• Corpse Bride (***)
• Crash (****)
• Criminal (**)
• Cursed (*)
• Dark Water (**)
• Day Of The Dead (****)
• Day Of The Dead 2: Contagium (*)
• Dead Meat (**)
• The Descent (*****)
• The Devil's Rejects (****)
• District 13 (****)
• Dominion: Prequel To The Exorcist (***)
• Domino (****)
• Doom (**)
• The Dukes Of Hazzard (*)
• Elektra (*)
• Elizabethtown (****)
• Evil Aliens (**)
• The Exorcism Of Emily Rose (****)
• Fantastic Four (***)
• Flightplan (**)
• The 40 Year Old Virgin (****)
• Four Brothers (**)
• From Beyond The Grave (***)
• Goal! (****)
• Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire (****)
• The Hidden Blade (***)
• Hide And Seek (*)
• A History Of Violence (****)
• Hitch (***)
• The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy (****)
• Hostage (***)
• House Of Flying Daggers (****)
• House Of Wax (***)
• Howl's Moving Castle (****)
• In Good Company (****)
• The Interpreter (**)
• Into The Blue (****)
• The Island (****)
• The Jacket (***)
• Jenifer (***)
• King Kong (****)
• Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (*****)
• Land Of The Dead (***)
• The Leader, His Driver, & The Driver's Wife (****)
• The League Of Gentlemen's Apocalypse (****)
• The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (*****)
• Lord Of War (**)
• Los Debutantes (***)
• Lower City (***)
• The Machinist (****)
• Marebito (****)
• Maria Full Of Grace (****)
• Meet The Fockers (***)
• Million Dollar Baby (****)
• Millions (***)
• Mr. & Mrs. Smith (**)
• National Treasure (***)
• The Neighbor No. Thirteen (*)
• Nightwatch (****)
• Oceans Twelve (**)
• P (****)
• The Proposition (****)
• R-Point (**)
• Red Eye (***)
• Revolver (*)
• The Ring Two (**)
• The Roost (***)
• Sahara (***)
• Saw II (***)
• The Sea Inside (**)
• Serenity (****)
• Shallow Ground (***)
• Sideways (****)
• Sin City (*****)
• The Skeleton Key (***)
• Star Wars Episode III: The Revenge Of The Sith (****)
• Stealth (*)
• Team America: World Police (***)
• Transporter 2 (****)
• Unleashed (***)
• A Very Long Engagement (****)
• Wallace & Gromit In The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit (***)
• War Of The Worlds (***)
• Wedding Crashers (****)
• White Noise (**)
• Wild Country (***)
• Wolf Creek (*****)
• xXx2: The Next Level (*)

I actually saw 116 films in total at the cinema - I ended up seeing The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, The Devil's Rejects and Born To Fight all twice - so beating last year's total by nine.

Only seven films attained the coveted five star rating, although in hindsight The Devil's Rejects should have been given the maximum rating, but I missed the last fifteen minutes of it on my first viewing. Looking back, I stand by all my star ratings except perhaps for The Aviator, Be Cool and Fantastic Four who appear to have benefited from some overly generous reviews and in retrospect ought to lose a star each. And I only walked out of two films this year - The Sea Inside and Day Of The Dead 2: Contagium.