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Best Movies Of 2005

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T H U R S D AY, D E C E M B E R 0 1 , 2 0 0 5Best Movies Of 2005 -- The Extended VersionThe ringer? March of the Penguins, which is on my Worst of 2005 list.It's NOT a documentary.</p><p> It's a poorly made fictional film using animalsto tell a fake story. (At least in the rest of the world.</p><p> For the US, theyslapped on some embarrassing, unscientific gobbledygook aboutpenguins that often ignores what's happening right in front of oureyes.) For other duds, scroll down to the bottom.THE BEST MOVIES OF 2005The Best of Youth – a six hour Italian miniseries that spans decadesto cover politics and business and terrorism and love.</p><p> And life.</p><p> Whichonly sounds dorky before you’ve become caught up in the lives of agroup of characters you get to know almost as well as your best friends.Shot for TV, so its visual flair is limited.</p><p> But pure entertainment.Brokeback Mountain – yes, it is a gay cowboy movie.</p><p> A very goodone.</p><p> Ang Lee has only really stumbled once (with “The Hulk”) and beenless than great only one other time (the fine “Ride With The Devil”).Other than that, since his breakthrough with the commercial hit “TheWedding Banquet,” it’s been one marvelous film after another: “EatDrink Man Woman,” “Sense and Sensibility,” “The Ice Storm,”“Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon” (one of the great entertainments ofall time) and now this thrillingly good drama.</p><p> Heath Ledger andMichelle Williams are terrific, but Jake Gyllenhaal is the center of thetale, doing his best work since “Donnie Darko.” A great, tragic lovestory – no wonder teenage girls are going again and again.Mysterious Skin – a strange, odd and compelling movie, easily thebest from director Gregg Araki (who always had great style, but notalways great storytelling skills).</p><p> Adapting the novel by Scott Heimpushed Araki to be very disciplined when telling the story of two kidswho are molested by a baseball coach.</p><p> One descends into prostitution(almost a legal requirement for troubled gay youth in the movies) andthe other blocks it out completely, ultimately convincing himself he wasabducted by aliens.</p><p> Really wonderful and Joseph Gordon-Levitt of“Third Rock From The Sun” is sensational. (He’s just as good in theNext Blog»sal1mineo@hotmail.comSEARCH BLOG FLAG BLOGFOLLOW BLOGP O P S U R F I N G .</p><p> C O MS U R F I N G T H E WAV E S O F P O P U L A R C U LT U R EB Y M I C H A E L G I LT Z & F R I E N D SPOPSURFING.COM: Best Movies Of 2005 -- The Extended Ve...http://popsurïŹng.blogspot.com/2005/12/best-movies-of-2005-ex... 1 of 37/25/09 2:14 AMFAV O R I T E L I N K SAmericablogFive O'Clock Lightning baseball blogDeep Pop -- Lori Lakin's BlogThe Back Page -- Jason Page on ESPNRadioCine-Blog -- George Robinson's BlogDocuments On Art & Cinema - DarylChin's BlogBrucie G's Wondrous Blog OfAdventure and Mystery -- BruceGreenspan's BlogB L O G A R C H I V Eâ–Œ 2009 (15)â–Œ July (2)Swimming Bans Those Hi-TechSuits!Best Movies Of The Year -- TheMaster Listâ–ș June (3)â–ș May (1)â–ș March (2)â–ș February (1)â–ș January (6)â–ș 2008 (87)â–ș 2007 (781)â–ș 2006 (2412)â–ș 2005 (5)C O N T R I B U TO R SBiboyMichael in New YorkAaron POPSURFING.COM: Best Movies Of 2005 -- The Extended Ve...http://popsurïŹng.blogspot.com/2005/12/best-movies-of-2005-ex... 2 of 37/25/09 2:14 AMPOPSURFING.COM: Best Movies Of 2005 -- The Extended Ve...http://popsurïŹng.blogspot.com/2005/12/best-movies-of-2005-ex... 3 of 37/25/09 2:14 AM