2003 was an eventful year. There was the US, UK and NATO invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq, which then led to the capture of Saddam Hussein and a variety of war crimes and atrocities; on the other hand, the world saw the completion of the Human Genome Project. There was the tragic space shuttle disaster that killed seven crew members, and the Bam earthquake in Iran that killed 34,000 people.
Two decades later, certain parallels can be drawn with the events of 2003, when war raged between Russia and Ukraine, and the recent events in Turkey and Syria, when 50,000 people died and the number of deaths increased due to a devastating earthquake. While not a year remembered for its positivity, 2003 was a strong period for the film industry. Let's take a look at the movies celebrating their 20th anniversary this year...
Lost in translation
Sofia Coppola, a deeply contemplative photo of the daughter of film great Francis Ford Coppola, separates her name from her esteemed father with this piece of cinematic genius. A film with a thoroughly melancholic feeling, Lost in translation tells the story of two people at different stages in their lives, as they both struggle with existentialism and romantic distance from their respective partners.
Bill Murray appears as Bob Harris, a washed-up former A-List actor who arrives in Tokyo for a whiskey commercial, where he meets a young, fanciful Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson), a college graduate who accompanies her professional journey. photographer husband. Forming a meaningful and thought-provoking yet subtle quai-romantic bond with Bob, the two try to enjoy life together, regardless of their respective woes. 20 years later, and no interpreter is needed for a movie that involves one of the biggest romantic age gaps in film.
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
The third and final installment of Peter Jackson's epic film adaptation of JRR Tolkien's seminal film Lord of the Rings novel, is arguably the best of the three, a remarkable achievement given the colossal success of the previous two films.
Perhaps the best trilogy of all time found a beautiful adaptation Lord of the Rings: Return of the King,which wraps up the adventures of Frodo, Sam, Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, Boromir, Merry and Pippin across Middle-earth in their iconic quest for Mount Doom. Jackson's film stormed home at the 76th Academy Awards, winning a whopping 11 awards.
mystical river
In Clint Eastwood's neo-noir crime thriller, nominated for six Academy Awards, Sean Penn won the most prestigious individual award for a male performer, the Academy Award for Best Actor, while Tim Robbins won Best Supporting Actor. In mystical riverSean Devine is tasked with investigating the murder of an old friend's daughter, leading him and his two friends, Jimmy (Penn) and Dave (Robbins), to uncover a 25-year-old crime.
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
It's a hard-to-swallow reminder of one's age when the escapades of Captain Jack Sparrow and the Black Pearl turn 20. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.
The film follows pirate Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) as he is enlisted for help by a bereaved blacksmith, Will Turner (Orlando Bloom), who attempts to rescue his kidnapped lover, Elizabeth (Keira Knightley). It's a captivating family fantasy story that maximizes Depp's enigmatic charms and has gone on to become a definitive family classic.
Finding Nemo
Two decades after Nemo went missing in Disney's Finding Nemo, the film became as oceanic in critical and commercial scope as it was in nature. As one of the highest-grossing Disney animations of all time, the ultimate family adventure story follows Nemo, a young clownfish who is kidnapped from the Great Barrier Reef and placed in an aquarium at a dental office. His panicking father Marlin enlists Dory's help as the fish scour every corner of the world's vast oceanic landscape.
Oldboy
The second edition in Park Chan-Wook's decorated Vengeance Trilogy, Oldboy is an exceptionally charged, deeply constructed story, with an indelible twist.
Chan-wook's ability to surprise is why he is one of South Korea's most popular exports Oldboys stomach-churning, blood-stained drama is just one of the many jewels in the director's crown. After being imprisoned for several years under apparently false pretenses, a man is inexplicably released and tasked with tracking down the perpetrators.
Kill Bill: Part 1
Quentin Tarantino's fourth film was a samurai action film that drew on many sources, but was largely inspired by the 1973 Japanese action thriller, Lady Snowblood. Tarantino reunites with Uma Thurman for it Kill Bill: Vol. 1 after the huge success of Pulp Fictionone of the defining films of the 90s. Thurman plays a trained assassin, codename, The Bride, who wants to avenge her boss, Bill after a brutal attack leaves them in a coma for four years.
Memories of Murder
Co-written and directed by the ever-impressive Bong Joon-ho, 2003's Memories of Murder is a gloomy, atmospheric and compelling crime thriller, in which a big-city detective is brought in by two detectives from a small provincial town where a serial killer and rapist is on the loose.
When it rains, it pours into Gyeonggi, and that has to do with the weather, but also with the number of women found dead and sexually abused. The police face a race against time as the perpetrator continues to attack in the heart of the city.
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