The 2003 Movie Draft

The teams drafting the movies of 2003

Mallory Rubin

Oscar Nominee

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003

The number one overall pick. 11 Oscar nominations, 11 wins, and a movie she says she rewatches every year.

Drama

Mystic River 2003

Six Oscar nominations for the Eastwood film Sean was sure he'd get first.

Blockbuster

Elf 2003

A third-round pick that made the rest of the table groan with envy.

Action / Horror

X2 2003

She was shocked it lasted this deep into a thin blockbuster year.

Comedy

Love Actually 2003

Her annual Christmas watch, defended at length despite Sean calling it terrible.

Wild Card

S.W.A.T. 2003

The pick her household kept bringing up unprompted while she prepped.

Sean Fennessey

Blockbuster

Finding Nemo 2003

Second overall. He watches it differently now that he's a new dad.

Action / Horror

Bad Boys II 2003

Peak Michael Bay, 360-degree shootout included.

Comedy

The School of Rock 2003

Linklater and Jack Black; wasn't even his top comedy option this year.

Drama

Matchstick Men 2003

Ridley Scott's low-key con movie, Nicolas Cage opposite Sam Rockwell.

Oscar Nominee

City of God 2003

Fernando Meirelles' Brazilian crime epic, taken from a thin category.

Wild Card

The Fog of War 2003

Errol Morris's Robert McNamara documentary, picked over Memories of Murder.

Joanna Robinson

Drama

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 2003

Her passion pick, played first overall for her: Peter Weir, Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany.

Blockbuster

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 2003

Made Orlando Bloom interesting, somehow.

Comedy

A Mighty Wind 2003

Not Christopher Guest's best, but she knows every song on the soundtrack.

Oscar Nominee

In America 2003

Jim Sheridan; her most-rewatched film of the year, and the one she cries through every time.

Action / Horror

28 Days Later 2003

Danny Boyle and Cillian Murphy, right before he got much bigger.

Wild Card

The Station Agent 2003

Tom McCarthy's debut, her introduction to Peter Dinklage.

Amanda Dobbins

Drama

Lost in Translation 2003

Her gateway into Sofia Coppola's filmography.

Oscar Nominee

Something's Gotta Give 2003

Nancy Meyers, Diane Keaton, and the kitchen she still cites as the peak Meyers kitchen.

Action / Horror

The Italian Job 2003

The heist remake; she rewatched part of it the night before just to text a friend about it.

Blockbuster

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days 2003

Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey, the yellow dress on the poster.

Comedy

Under the Tuscan Sun 2003

Diane Lane; nobody else on the board wanted it.

Wild Card

Gigli 2003

Taken over The Fog of War on cultural-infamy grounds alone.

Chris Ryan

Action / Horror

Kill Bill: Vol. 1 2003

The soundtrack, Uma Thurman's Bride, and a lot of blood.

Comedy

Old School 2003

Vince Vaughn at his comedic peak, by his own account.

Oscar Nominee

Seabiscuit 2003

He claims to have seen it. The room does not believe him.

Drama

Shattered Glass 2003

Billy Ray's Stephen Glass film; a professor made Chris's whole journalism class watch it.

Blockbuster

The Matrix Reloaded 2003

His introduction to the Merovingian.

Wild Card

Oldboy 2003

Park Chan-wook, taken first overall in the category.

On the board, undrafted honorable mentions

Cabin FeverUnderworldHigh TensionHouse of 1000 CorpsesWrong TurnFinal Destination 2The Texas Chainsaw MassacreThe RecruitThe Triplets of Belleville2 Fast 2 FuriousMonsterThe Last SamuraiOut of TimeThirteenFreaky FridayPaycheckDaredevilAll the Real GirlsPieces of AprilHouse of Sand and FogCold Mountain

Also mentioned raised along the way

In passing HeatCasinoMinority ReportOcean's ElevenDirty Rotten ScoundrelsThe Spanish PrisonerSpartacus6 UndergroundRed NoticeStar Wars: Episode II - Attack of the ClonesThe Constant GardenerThe Two PopesGet Rich or Die Tryin'BenedettaThe Last DuelUnfaithfulFreddy vs. JasonDaddy Day Care

Not films filtered out: TV, games, ads

TV Dinner for FiveYellowstoneSex and the CitySchitt's CreekLostSuccessionF1: Drive to Survive

Podcasts Just Like UsWrighty's HouseRinger FC

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