2002--A LIST OF FILMS THROUGH MY DNA  
  10   (once-in-a-blue-moon-masterpiece)

nothing that good this year

9  (truly excellent)

1.   FAR FROM HEAVEN
2.   CODE UNKNOWN
3.   Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN
4.   THE PIANO TEACHER
5.   SPIRITED AWAY
6.   THE HOURS
7.   SEX Y LUCIA
8.   CHICAGO
9.   BLOODY SUNDAY
10.   TALK TO HER
11.   ALL ABOUT LILY CHOU-CHOU
12.   HELL HOUSE
13.   GANGSTER NUMBER ONE
14.   READ MY LIPS
15.   THE TOWN IS QUIET

8   (pretty great)

16.   MORVERN CALLAR
17.   HOW I KILLED MY FATHER
18.   8 WOMEN
19.   THE FAST RUNNER
20.   MONSOON WEDDING
21.   LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS
22.   THE BOURNE IDENTITY
23.   WHAT TIME IS IT THERE?
24.   THE ROAD TO PERDITION
25.   AUTO-FOCUS
26.   RODGER DODGER
27.   FEMME FATALE
28.   SPIDER

MASTERPIECES MARRED BY DISASTROUS THIRD ACTS
29.   MINORITY REPORT
30.   ADAPTATION

7  (really good)

31.  13 CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ONE THING
32.   DAS EXPERIMENT
33.   PUNCH DRUNK LOVE
34.   CQ
35.   BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE
36.   SHIRI
37.   ALL OR NOTHING
38.   ABOUT SCHMIDT
39.   THE GANGS OF NEW YORK
40.   MAELSTROM
41.   THE CITY OF LOST SOULS
42.   THE CHATEAU
43.  THE WEIGHT OF WATER
44.   HEAVEN
45.   THE PIANIST
46.   LATE MARRIAGE
47.   CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND
48.   ANTWONE FISHER
49.   DOGTOWN AND Z-BOYS
50.   TIME-OUT
51.   SOLARIS
52.   TOSCA
53.   THE QUIET AMERICAN
54.   BLADE 2
55.   FRIDA
56.   NARC
57.   INTERVIEW WITH AN ASSASIN
58.   INSOMNIA
59.   INTACTO
60.   LAGAAN
61.   TUVALU
62.   DRUMLINE
63.   HARRISON'S FLOWERS
64.   STORYTELLING
65.   THE GOOD GIRL
66.   SCARLET DIVA
67.   I AM TRYING TO BREAK YOUR HEART
68.   8 MILE
69.   NINE QUEENS
70.   ESTHER KAHN
71.   UNDERCOVER BROTHER
72.    LOVE, LIZA
73.   LES DESTINEES
74.   40 DAYS AND 40 NIGHTS
75.   DIE ANOTHER DAY
76.   TULLY
77.   THE HAPPINESS OF THE KATAKURIS
78.   ENIGMA
79.   TAKE CARE OF MY CAT
80.   24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE
81.   LITTLE OTIK
82.   DERRIDA
83.   THE SALTON SEA
84.   TIME OF FAVOR
85.   LOVELY AND AMAZING
86.   GIRLS CAN'T SWIM
87.   THE DANGEROUS LIVES OF ALTAR BOYS
88.   PERSONAL VELOCITY
89.   CHANGING LANES
90.   NO SUCH THING
91.   THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF
92.   ME WITHOUT YOU
93.   AUSTIN POWERS IN GOLDMEMBER
94.   GROUP
95.   THE KID STAYS IN THE PICTURE
96.   THE SON'S ROOM
97.   THE MAN FROM ELYSIAN FIELDS
98.   THE RING
99.   RABBIT PROOF FENCE
100.   SPIDERMAN
101.   SWIMMING
102.   MURDEROUS MAIDS
103.   KISSING JESSICA STEIN
104.   THE GREY ZONE
105.   BLUE CRUSH
106.   THE TIME MACHINE
107.   SUPERTROOPERS
108.   TREASURE PLANET
109.   TREMBLING BEFORE G-D
110.   RESIDENT EVIL
111.   SEX WITH STRANGERS

50% AWESOME, 50% LAUGHABLE BULLSHIT
112.   THE BELIEVER

6  (just good)

113.   IN PRAISE OF LOVE
114.   ABANDON
115.   DAHMER
116.   FULL FRONTAL
117.   MY WIFE IS AN ACTRESS
118.   ABOUT A BOY
119.   SECRETARY
120.   THE 25TH HOUR
121.   SUNSHINE STATE
122.   PANIC ROOM
123.   THE BANGER SISTERS
124.   WENDIGO
125.   FORMULA 51
126.   SIMONE
127.   HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
128.   COMEDIAN
129.   THE SUM OF ALL FEARS
130.   HUMAN NATURE
131.   CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
132.   ALIAS BETTY
133.   THE LAST KISS
134.   ARARAT
135.   NICHOLAS NICKLEBY
136.   FRAILTY
137.   IVANS XTC
138.   THE FLUFFER
139.   THE ATTACK OF THE CLONES
140.   WHITE OLEANDER
141.   MERCI POUR LE CHOCOLAT
142.   HERAPURPLE
143.   SPIRIT
144.   GHOST SHIP
145.   MOONLIGHT MILE
146.   THE SCORPION KING
147.   NATIONAL LAMPOON'S VAN WILDER
148.   TADPOLE
149.   THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES
150.   THE QUEEN OF THE DAMNED
151.   PANTALEON
152.   UNFAITHFUL
153.   POSESSION
154.   BROWN SUGAR
155.   xXx
156.   CRUSH
157.   REVOLUTION #9
158.   MOSTLY MARTHA
159.   BIGGIE AND TUPAC
160.   REIGN OF FIRE
161.   EQUILIBRIUM
162.   THE FOUR FEATHERS
163.   MUTANT ALIENS
164.   METROPOLIS
165.   NAQUOYATSI
166.   HART'S WAR
167.   WARM WATER UNDER A RED BRIDGE
168.   NEVER AGAIN
169.   MARGARITA HAPPY HOUR
170.   MAX
171.   LIKE MIKE
172.   PUMPKIN
173.   TUCK EVERLASTING
174.   SIGNS
175.   SPY KIDS 2
176.   SOMEBODY
177.   SWEET HOME, ALABAMA
178.   THE EMPEROR'S CLUB
179.   THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES
180.   EMPIRE
181.   SATIN ROUGE
182.   MEN IN BLACK 2
183.  THE GUYS
184.   THE LADY AND THE DUKE
185.  COLLATERAL DAMAGE
186.  FRIDAY AFTER NEXT
187.  REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES
188.  BARBERSHOP
189.  THE ROOKIE
190.  MR. DEEDS
191.  STRIPPED

5  (fair)
192.   CHERISH
193.   THE RULES OF ATTRACTION
194.   TRAPPED
195.   ICE AGE
196.   WAKING UP IN RENO
197.   NIGHT AT THE GOLDEN EAGLE
198.   SCOOBY DOO
199.   THE TRANSPORTER
200.   HARVARD MAN
201.   HIGH CRIMES
202.   THE CAT'S MEOW
203.   WINDTALKERS
204.   BIRTHDAY GIRL
205.   COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO
206.   PIPE DREAM
207.   WELCOME TO COLLINWOOD
208.   SCOTLAND, PA
209.   JACKASS-THE MOVIE
210.   RAIN
211.   EIGHT LEGGED FREAKS
212.   QUITTING
213.   STAR TREK: NEMESIS
214.   CITY BY THE SEA
215.   LILO AND STITCH
216.    WORLD TRAVELER
217.   THE TRUTH ABOUT CHARLIE
218.   KUNG POW: ENTER THE FIST
219.   TWO WEEK'S NOTICE
220.    ORANGE COUNTY
221.   ADAM SANDLER'S 8 CRAZY NIGHTS
222.   UNDISPUTED
223.   KNOCKAROUND GUYS
224.   ENOUGH
225.   JUST A KISS
226.   HALF PAST DEAD
227.   THE CRIME OF PADRE AMARO
228.   THE LAST MAN
229.    ITALIAN FOR BEGINNERS
230.    BIG FAT LIAR

4   (painlessly mediocre)

231.   IMPOSTER
232.   TED BUNDY
233.   SORORITY BOYS
234.   ONE HOUR PHOTO
235.   A WALK TO REMEMBER
236.   BELOW
237.   THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
238.   DRAGONFLY
239.   AMY'S ORGASM
240.   SONNY
241.   I, SPY
242.   THE DOGWALKER
243.   ALL ABOUT THE BENJAMINS
244.   K-19 THE WIDOWMAKER
245.   FESTIVAL IN CANNES
246.   THE TUXEDO
247.   WHAT TO DO IN CASE OF FIRE
248.   MARTIN LAWRENCE: RUNTELDAT
249.   CHELSEA WALLS
250.   SNOW DOGS
251.   THE DIVINE SECRETS OF THE YA-YA SISTERHOOD
252.   BARTELBY
253.   CROSSROADS
254.   HALLOWEEN RESURRECTION
255.   JASON X
256    CLOCKSTOPPERS.
257.   MY BIG, FAT GREEK WEDDING
258.   BIG BAD LOVE
259.   THE BURNING SITUATION
260.   SHOWTIME
261.   MAID IN MANHATTAN

3 (painFULLy mediocre)

262.   RED DRAGON
263.   WE WERE SOLDIERS
264.   WASABI
265.   BALLISTIC: ECKS VS. SEVER
266.   SLACKERS
267.   LIFE OR SOMETHING LIKE IT
268.   VULGAR
269.   MURDER BY NUMBERS
270.   THE HOT CHICK
271.   WES CRAVEN'S THEY
272.   ROLLERBALL

POTENTIALLY QUALITY FILM THAT I HAVE PERHAPS IRRATIONAL HATRED FOR

273.   IGBY GOES DOWN

2   (just plain bad)

274.   THE NEW GUY
275.   SWIMFAN
276.   EXTREME OPS
277.   THE ADVENTURES OF PLUTO NASH
278.   JOHN Q
279.   THE SWEETEST THING
280.   BLOOD WORK
281.   BIG TROUBLE
282.   ANALYZE THAT
283.   STEALING HARVARD
284.   DEUCES WILD
285.   HOLLYWOOD ENDING
286.   NEW BEST FRIEND
287.   TEDDY BEAR'S PICNIC
288.   BAD COMPANY

1   (truly awful)
289.   DEATH TO SMOOCHY
290.   FEARDOT.COM
291.   JUWANNA MANN
292.   SWEPT AWAY
293.   MASTER OF DISGUISE

0  (once-in-a-blue-moon shitstorm)
294.   SERVING SARA
295.   SOAPGIRL
296.   ROCKY ROAD

 

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