Best/Worst of 2004

[calf]

Another year's almost gone, so it's time to reflect on the year that was 2004. Time to determine what was on your best/worst list of the year

Best Movie: Probably Napoleon Dynamite...I saw a lot of mediocre movies this year, but this was definately the best of the bunch.
Worst Movie: American Treasure. What an absolutely horrid piece of dung this movie was. Bad acting, contrived story line...trying way too hard to be like Indiana Jones and Italian Job. F/911 is #2 worst (not the message, but just a poorly done flick)
Best Song: Another mediocre year for me. Can't think of any song this year that grabbed me the way a 'best song' should.
Worst Song: "The Reason" by Hoobastank
Best Sports Moment: Tie: Game 6 vs Detroit. Game 7 vs Vancouver.
Worst Sports Moment: Tie: Games 6 and 7 vs Tampa Bay. #3 - the entire Stampeder season. This whole lock out thing
Most Memorable News Event: US Election, Federal Election, this blown out of proportion gay-marriage thing
When you think of 2004 in 10 years, what will you think of first? The run to the cup.
Overall Assessment of 2004, personally: A good year. Managed to set myself up for the future very well, had great work experience, good times at school, great times with friends. No major life-events for me this year, but I'm content with that.
What to look forward to in 2005? The NHL coming back , finishing my degree & embarking on other endeavours, the Stampeders sale going through, hopefully some travel too.

Feel free to add other items too.

[the_only_turek_fan]

Worst sporting moment has to be the Bertuzzi/Moore incident.

Come on man Nation Treasure wasnt that bad was it

Best movie was Collateral.

Best Sporting moment was a tie between Gelinas Game 7/Gelinas Game6/ Koryluk scoring in his own net in game 6.

[Ro]

I dunno about Napoleon Dynamite. I am torn on that one.

I sorta liked it, I guess. That's about all I can commit to. I mean, people are calling The Life Aquatic pretentious- what does that make ND?

I didn't find it all that laugh-out-loud funny. I smirked a few times, and chuckled, but no genuine laughter.

And what did the filmmaker (forget the kid's name) want me to do- laugh at his characters because I feel superior to them? And they feel empathy/happiness for them? Does he really want me to think Napoleon and Pedro become heros overnight? Or even of they don't, that their 15 minutes of fame and heightened self-respect/self-esteem will do them any good in the long run? Kids are still going to think they're losers.

It seemed like a 90 minute exercise in tone and style more than anything else. And in that sense, it was pretty good. The characters all became "real" or "alive" to me, and were true to themselves throughout. The actors were really good too. And I loved the Pedro character. He was awesome. But that alone does not a good film make.

[octothorp]

Best Movie: At this moment I'm wavering between tLAwSZ and ESotSM, but there's others I haven't seen yet...
Worst Movie: Stepford Wives. I'm not even going to waste my time saying why it stinks.
Best Song: Well, as far as popular music goes, Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand was the only one that really impressed me.
Worst Song: I dunno, I heard something off the Celine Dion/Anne Geddes project that was absolutely appallingly bad.
Best sports moment: Game seven against vancouver.
Worst sports moment: Bertuzzigate
Best non-hockey sports moment: the Stamps thwarting Pringle from getting the rushing record in Edmonton, even as they were losing by 30 points.
Momorable News events: The current disaster in the Indian Ocean, the US election, the seemingly open-ended situation in Iraq, Ralph Klein for having a huge majority win that seemed like a minor defeat.
Overall assessment: Personally, a good/bad year. There were personal goals that I failed to accomplish and I don't feel that careerwise, I'm any better off than I was last year, or three years ago for that matter. On the upside, I got engaged, finally popping the question to my girlfriend of four years.
What to look forward to in 2005: Lots of things. A wedding, firstly. Quitting my job, finishing my novel, travelling to Portugal, possibly some kayak trips. Helping my fiancee launch her expanded business enterprise. Getting a dog. Man, that sounds like a good year!

[Cowperson]

Best Movie: I think I went to one movie in 2004 - Spiderman - but I do catch a few on satellite. "The Snow Walker" was great, watched it a few times. That was probably my favourite movie of the year. I watched "Collateral" a few nights ago (a Christmas present) and really liked that one too.

Worst Movie: I'm good at avoiding bad movies particularly if all it takes is a click of the channel changer.

Best Song: Not into music much beyond what's on the radio and a flick of the button. I like the new Randy Travis album and the song "Train."

Worst Song: Nothing can top the screeching abomination presented by U2 on a Johnny Cash special but that's from a few years ago.

Best sports moment: Beating Vancouver, Game 7. Everything after that was gravy.

Worst sports moment: Losing Game 6 of the Stanley Cup final in Calgary to an inferior team. Of the four teams Calgary faced, Tampa was the most eminently beatable . . . . but, as coach Sutter said, they ran out of bodies.

Best non-hockey sports moment: My deft play at third base in my company slowpitch tourney. Hahahaha. Ah well, the Olympic Marathon and other Olympic running events were interesting, trying to guess which competitors were juiced. The Red Sox Game 7 win over New York, although a bit of a blowout, was fun.

Memorable News events: Tsunami obviously, Canadian and USA elections, Afghan elections, ongoing Iraq events . . . . . the globe is never a dull place. Every year starts off with pestilence, disease, disaster, conflict . . . . . and yet we somehow manage to plug along. It's a tumultuous - and great - time to be alive.

Overall assessment: Some career and personal milestones were achieved. A greater sense of security all around. A decent year personally although the body athletically is starting to feel old for the first time. Ran a half marathon in a decent time and other lesser races and I'm still pretty fast in the pool. But, it's getting time to face facts - small miracles are all I've got left to cling to now!!

What to look forward to in 2005: Our 20th wedding anniversary and the travel plans we're thinking about for that right now. I'm looking forward to the coming year.

Cowperson



Look to the next corner in the road with anticipation not trepidation, says Keeper . . . . .

[MrMastodonFarm]

Ladies and gentlemen, Cowperson loves his dogs.

Speaking of my dog, I just got home from work and let my dog out to jump around in the piles of snow that have fallen on my deck. Why do mini-Schnauzers hop around like bunnies?

[calf]

Originally posted by MrMastodonFarm@Dec 30 2004, 03:25 PM
Speaking of my dog, I just got home from work and let my dog out to jump around in the piles of snow that have fallen on my deck. Why do mini-Schnauzers hop around like bunnies?

No idea, but it's damn fun to watch....does yours run around the house at full speed once you let him/her in from the cold?

[peter12]

Originally posted by calf+Dec 30 2004, 05:20 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (calf @ Dec 30 2004, 05:20 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-MrMastodonFarm@Dec 30 2004, 03:25 PM
Speaking of my dog, I just got home from work and let my dog out to jump around in the piles of snow that have fallen on my deck.# Why do mini-Schnauzers hop around like bunnies?

No idea, but it's damn fun to watch....does yours run around the house at full speed once you let him/her in from the cold? [/b][/quote]
Yep... circles and circles around the couch at full speed with the most intense look on her face.

[nieuwy-89]

Movie: I didn't see too many this year, so can't really judge.
Best Song: Float On by Modest Mouse
Worst Song: 99% of what I've heard on Muchmusic and Top 40 radio
Best Sports Moment: Game 7 vs Vancouver
Worst Sports Moment: Game 7 vs Tampa Bay
Most Memorable News Event: US Election
When you think of 2004 in 10 years, what will you think of first? A 2-month vacation in New Zealand and SE Asia; my first promotion at work; and of course the Flames playoff run!
Overall Assessment of 2004, personally: As mentioned, the 2-month trip was a major milestone for my wife and I. While away, we climbed a mountain, went sea-kaying, and bungy jumped. When we returned home, I got a promotion only to find I was not prepared for the increased responsibilities, workload, and stress. It made for a tumultuous year. I finished my basement this fall, which was very rewarding. Also, we fit in several camping trips and a trip to Ottawa. Overall, a good but challenging year.
What to look forward to in 2005? My wife and I are expecting our first child in February. I'm looking forward to becoming more family focussed and being a good dad. The longer I stay in my new position at work, the more I am settling in and able to enjoy it. Also the usual New Year's junk: staying healthy and taking control of my financial situation.

[Otto-matic]

Movie: Not really any movies.
Best Song:
Worst Song:"The Reason" by Hoobastank
Best Sports Moment: Game 7 Vancover, Thats gravy if ive ever seen gravy
Worst Sports Moment: Tampa bay beating us by 1 goal in the 7th and final game.
Most Memorable News Event: Asia's Tsunami event
When you think of 2004 in 10 years, what will you think of first? Flames playoff run
Overall Assessment of 2004, Pretty good year. Great year as a Flames fan.
What to look forward to in 2005? Hockey, Spending time with my dad fishing

[calgaryred]

best movie- Shrek 2
worst movie- Lemony Snickets series of unfortunate events (jim was funny though)
best sports moment- Flames beat Canucks in 7
worst sports moment- Flames lose to Lightning in 7
best sports moment unhockey related- Boston wins world series
worst sports moment unhockey related- Stamps season
biggest memory of 2004 in 10 years- Flames run for the cup
overall assessment of 2004- it was a year of change alot of stuff happened in my life. Going back to school having a career change
Going into 2005- it is a much different world for me going into the new year. Lots of new challenges to face and conquor it should keep me busy.

[DeanOMac]

Best Movie: Dodgeball, hilarious from start to finish. Im not a major movie-goer though, so I don't have much to choose from.

Worst Movie: No clue for this year, I know it wasn't this year (ok I don't actually know, but I think it was 2003) but I had the unfortanate task of seeing Gigli this year, man that is as bad as everyone says.

Best Song: Somebody told me by the Killers

Worst Song: This Love by Maroon 5

Best Sports Moment: Tie: Game 7 vs Wancouver, and Sox winning 8 straight for the World Series.

Worst Sports Moment: Lockout

Most Memorable News Event: Tsunami and elections

When you think of 2004 in 10 years, what will you think of first? The run to the cup.

Overall Assessment of 2004, personally: Just another year, nothing really great happened to me, nor did anything terribly bad happened. Hoping to make 2005 more memorable from a personal standpoint.

[Greene-da-979]

Best Movie: Three really good ones: Ray, Collateral and Kill Bill II. Napoleon Dynamite is a close fourth.
Worst Movie: SpiderMan II was aweful. But Moore's garbage Fahrenheit 911 takes the cake. Team America was trash too.
Best Song: Suds in the Bucket by Sara Evans.
Worst Song: Where do I start? How about Snoop Dogg's Drop it like its hot garbage. And anything else on Muchmusic minus Kanye or JayZ.
Best Sports Moment: The entire Flames playoff run from January 1 to June 7.
Best Non-Hockey Sports Moment: (1) Olympic 100 Final, men (2) US Olympic Trials 100 Final, men (3) Olympic 110 Hurdles Final, men
Worst Sports Moment: Lockout
Worst Non-Hockey Sports Moment: Kobe Bryant garbage all over the TV.
Most Memorable News Event: US Election, Tsunami
When you think of 2004 in 10 years, what will you think of first? Iggy, Niemo, Kipper and the fellas.
Overall Assessment of 2004, personally: Good stuff.
Sports Personality of the Year: Darryl Sutter

[flamesrock01]

BEST SPORTS MOMENT WAS WHEN CALGARY DOWN 4-0 WITH HALF THE GAME TO GO SLOWLY BUILDING MOMENTUM TO TIE THE GAME AND FORCE OVERTIME EVEN THOUGH THE FLAMES LOST I THINK THAT WAS THE BEST I WATCHED

[Flame On]

Originally posted by MrMastodonFarm@Dec 30 2004, 03:25 PM
Ladies and gentlemen, Cowperson loves his dogs.

Speaking of my dog, I just got home from work and let my dog out to jump around in the piles of snow that have fallen on my deck. Why do mini-Schnauzers hop around like bunnies?

No doubt what a handsome dog! Nice going CP I love dogs and some day when budget and condo living allows, I'll have one again.
List later.