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Movies from the year of 2003. In order of preference. Plus ones I want to see.

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Oldboy 2004,  R)
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The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King 2003,  PG-13)
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Lost In Translation 2003,  R)
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Kill Bill: Volume 1 2003,  R)
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X2: X-Men United 2003,  PG-13)
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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 2003,  PG-13)
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Save The Green Planet 2003,  Unrated)
Save The Green Planet
Aliens walk among us. Or so Beong-gu (Ha-kyun Shin) believes. And as any drug-addled insane person would do he tells his girlfriend Sooni (Jeong-min Hwang) and proceeds to kidnap the man he thinks is the leader of the aliens (Yun-shik Baek). Then setting about the task of torturing the truth out of him.

First time director Jun-hwan Jeong takes us on a horrifying journey into one man's madness where there is no line between good or bad. He skillfully blends genre after genre like he has been movie making all his life. Although the movie does follow the time tested B-movie plot of "they are among us" it doesn't grow tired or stale from the opening scenes you are dragged into the 'delusion or is it?' story.

The visual touches are often stunning with some gorgeous cinematography. The budget for this movie was around $3 million and comes off looking alot more thanks to the great camera and set work. Korean film-making has come along way in the past few years doing things which Hollywood would never dare touch and this along with films like OldBoy is an excellent example of a growing movie business.

Just a warning the torture scenes are often graphic, although never gratuitous, they may not be everyone's cup of tea.
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Big Fish 2004,  PG-13)
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A Mighty Wind 2003,  PG-13)
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Finding Nemo 2003,  G)
Finding Nemo
Pixar's film of the little fish that was lost takes the viewer on a marvellous journey through the gorguous underwater world created on computers. Often funny, sometimes sad, always excellent.
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Kontroll 2004,  R)
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Janghwa, Hongryeon (A Tale of Two Sisters) 2003,  R)
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Seabiscuit 2003,  PG-13)
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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 2003,  PG-13)
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Mystic River 2003,  R)
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Love Actually 2003,  R)
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Ong-Bak (Ong Bak: Muay Thai Warrior) 2005,  R)
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Azumi 2003,  Unrated)
Azumi
Kitamara pulls out the blood-letting stops once again in this samurai action flick. Stylised violence and sword flights aplenty string together a weaker story. Candy for the eyes.
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Underworld 2003,  R)
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PTU (PTU - Police Tactical Unit) 2003,  R)
PTU (PTU - Police Tactical Unit)
An off-beat cop drama. Darkly humorous and the right amount of tension.
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Infernal Affairs II 2003,  PG-13)
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Infernal Affairs III (Mou gaan dou III: Jung gik mou gaan) 2003,  PG-13)
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Open Range 2003,  R)
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The Last Samurai 2003,  R)
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American Splendor 2003,  R)
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Daredevil 2003,  PG-13)
Daredevil
This rating is for the Director's cut. Which cut back on Elektra's role and put more emphasis on Matt Murdock. I would rate the original version around 2 and a half stars.
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Monster 2003,  R)
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Hulk 2003,  PG-13)
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Old School 2003,  R)
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Bad Santa 2003,  R)
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The Animatrix 2003,  Unrated)
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The Matrix Revolutions 2003,  R)
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The Matrix Reloaded 2003,  R)
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Identity 2003,  R)
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Once Upon a Time in Mexico 2003,  R)
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Runaway Jury 2003,  PG-13)
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High Tension (Switchblade Romance) 2003,  R)
High Tension (Switchblade Romance)
College friends Marie and Alex are going to spend some time studying at Alex's family home in the country. But on the night they arrive a strange truck turns and the man driving proceeds to murder Alex's family whilst Marie hides. The killer kidnaps Alex and Marie follows.

My main problem with this movie is that for the first hour it follows closely to the story of Dean Koontz's 'Intensity' with absolutely no credit going to him. And in that first hour the movie is suitable tense and scary. But High Tension's killer is a different kind of machine to the almost OCD killer of Koontz's novel. Here is a man who is just messy, spilling and spraying blood without thought.

It plays like a homage to explotation slasher horror movies of the 70s. The remote locations, the use of knives/blades to kill, the copious amounts of blood and gore. This is definately not a movie for the squeamish, the death of the Alex's father alone is uncomfortably brutal.

As it seems with almost every horror-thriller in modern cinema there is a twist. A big twist. A big dumb twist. Which for me completely changed and ruined the movie. Up unto that point the movie is an excellent example of how a horror should be. It has scares, gore and oddles of tension that all lead upto a moment that is ultimately unsatisfying.

Looking back it could have worked even with the twist if they had handled it differently.
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Shanghai Knights 2003,  PG-13)
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Matchstick Men 2003,  PG-13)
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Cold Mountain 2003,  R)
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The Rundown (Welcome to the Jungle) 2003,  PG-13)
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The Life of David Gale 2003,  R)
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Tears of the Sun 2003,  R)
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Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie 2003,  Unrated)
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Stuck On You 2003,  PG-13)
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Elf 2003,  PG)
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2003,  R)
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Bruce Almighty 2003,  PG-13)
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Anger Management 2003,  PG-13)
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Basic 2003,  R)
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Out of Time 2003,  PG-13)
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The Recruit 2003,  PG-13)
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The Hunted 2003,  R)
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Mona Lisa Smile 2003,  PG-13)
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Bringing Down The House 2003,  PG-13)
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House of Sand and Fog 2003,  R)
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S.W.A.T. 2003,  PG-13)
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Final Destination 2 2003,  R)
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School of Rock 2003,  PG-13)
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Freddy vs. Jason 2003,  R)
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Terminator 3 - Rise of the Machines 2003,  R)
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The Missing 2003,  R)
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Johnny English 2003,  PG)
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Jeepers Creepers 2 2003,  R)
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Wrong Turn 2003,  R)
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Bad Boys II 2003,  R)
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Freaky Friday 2003,  PG)
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Paycheck 2003,  PG-13)
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Gothika 2003,  R)
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How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days 2003,  PG-13)
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Spy Kids 3-D - Game Over 2003,  PG)
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American Wedding 2003,  R)
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The Core 2003,  PG-13)
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Charlie's Angels - Full Throttle 2003,  PG-13)
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Hollywood Homicide 2003,  Unrated)
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Lara Croft Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life 2003,  PG-13)
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Dreamcatcher 2003,  R)
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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen 2003,  PG-13)
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Bulletproof Monk 2003,  PG-13)
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Down with Love 2003,  PG-13)
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Open Water 2003,  R)
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Just Married 2003,  PG-13)
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House of 1000 Corpses 2002,  R)
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Legally Blonde 2 - Red, White & Blonde 2003,  PG-13)
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Scary Movie 3 2003,  PG-13)
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From Justin To Kelly 2003,  PG)
From Justin To Kelly
No, no, no, no, NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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House of the Dead 2003,  R)
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Gigli 2003,  R)
Gigli
Just wish it was possible to give a movie 0 stars.
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Dogville 2003,  R)
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The Station Agent 2003,  R)
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The Barbarian Invasions (Les Invasions barbares) 2003,  R)
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Shattered Glass 2003,  PG-13)
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Thirteen 2002,  R)
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The Italian Job 2003,  PG-13)
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Secondhand Lions 2003,  PG)
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21 Grams 2003,  R)
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The Triplets of Belleville (Les Triplettes de Belleville, Belleville Rendez-vous) 2003,  PG-13)
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Intolerable Cruelty 2003,  PG-13)
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Girl With a Pearl Earring 2003,  PG-13)
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In Hell 2003,  R)
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Swimming Pool 2003,  R)
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Something's Gotta Give 2003,  PG-13)
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Timeline 2003,  PG-13)
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Zatôichi (The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi) 2003,  R)
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Confidence 2003,  R)
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Elephant 2003,  R)
107
2 Fast 2 Furious 2003,  PG-13)
108
The Cooler 2003,  R)

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