Reverend Jax Posted October 28, 2009 Posted October 28, 2009 So, I watch this weekly movie critic show called At The Movies, and since there are 10 weeks left in the decade, each of the two critics on the show began counting down their Top 10 movies of the decade, declaring their picks for #10 on their lists. They picked Million Dollar Baby and Minority Report. So it got me thinking about making my own list and having other people make their own. First, I'm posting a preliminary list of contenders by looking through imdb.com's highest ranked movies from 2000 to today. These are not necessarily movie's I'd consider including, but a list of ones others might want to include, that might help refresh their memories. 2000: Memento Gladiator Requiem for a Dream Snatch X-Men O Brother Where Art Thou Cast Away Almost Famous Chocolat Erin Brockovich Traffic Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon The Perfect Storm Wonder Boys The Emperor's New Groove Unbreakable Best In Show 2001: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's/Philosopher's Stone LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring Shrek Monster's Inc Donnie Darko Amelie A Beautiful Mind Moulin Rouge! Mulholland Dr Monsters, Inc Spirited Away Training Day Ali Monster's Ball Black Hawk Down The Royal Tenenbaums 2002: Spider-Man Star Wars Episode II LOTR: The Two Towers Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Signs Chicago City of God Minority Report Gangs of New York Adaptation Road To Perdition Bowling for Columbine 28 Days Later 2003: LOTR: The Return of the King Finding Nemo Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl The Matrix Reloaded X2: X-Men United Kill Bill Vol 1 Lost in Translation Mystic River Oldboy Monster Whale Rider The Last Samurai The Cooler American Splendor A Mighty Wind 2004: Shrek 2 (a sure bet to make La Lindsay's top ten list) Spider-Man 2 Passion of the Christ The Incredibles Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Kill Bill Vol 2 Crash Million Dollar Baby Shaun of the Dead Collateral Hotel Rwanda Ray Sideways The Aviator The Motorcycle Diaries Fahrenheit 9/11 Dawn of the Dead (2004) Hellboy 2005: Star Wars Episode III The Chronic(what?)les of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Batman Begins Sin City V for Vendetta Serenity Walk The Line Brokeback Mountain Good Night and Good Luck Munich Hustle and Flow Syrianna A History of Violence Murderball Howl's Moving Castle The Corpse Bride Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Wererabbit The 40 Year-Old Virgin 2006: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 300 Happy Feet Casino Royale The Departed Children of Men Little Miss Sunshine Pan's Labyrinth Borat Letters to Iwo Jima Flags of Our Fathers The Prestige United 93 An Inconvenient Truth Jesus Camp Clerks 2 2007: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix I Am Legend Ratatouille No Country for Old Men Juno Superbad Hot Fuzz Knocked Up There Will Be Blood Sweeney Todd 3:10 To Yuma Sicko Persepolis 2008: The Dark Knight Iron Man WALL-E Quantum of Solace Slumdog Millionaire Cloverfield Tropic Thunder Frost/Nixon Milk The Wrestler In Bruges Man on Wire Hellboy II 2009: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Up Star Trek Watchmen Coraline I Love You, Man Funny People Inglorious Basterds Capitalism: A Love Story Zombieland The Invention of Lying Where the Wild Things Are District 9 Moon 500 Days of Summer The Hangover Bruno Drag Me To Hell Observe and Report Adventureland I've probably left off a few gems, so feel free to suggest more, and start working on your list.
The NZA Posted October 28, 2009 Posted October 28, 2009 goddamn, i didnt see that many movies this year.
Mr. Hakujin Posted October 31, 2009 Posted October 31, 2009 Thanks for the list, Jax. it'll save me some legwork. I'll start thinking of mine and post laters. nick, including on DVD & TV, I've watched nearly 100 films this year alone. like metallica sez: sad but true. *EDIT* OK, here's what I narrowed mine down to thus far solely based on Jax's list... 2000: Memento Traffic Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon Wonder Boys 2001: Amelie Training Day 2002: LOTR: The Two Towers Bowling for Columbine 28 Days Later 2003: LOTR: The Return of the King Finding Nemo Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl Kill Bill Vol 1 Lost in Translation Oldboy Whale Rider 2004: Spider-Man 2 Passion of the Christ The Incredibles Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Kill Bill Vol 2 Million Dollar Baby The Aviator 2005: Star Wars Episode III Batman Begins Sin City A History of Violence The 40 Year-Old Virgin 2006: Children of Men Little Miss Sunshine 2007: No Country for Old Men There Will Be Blood Persepolis 2008: The Dark Knight Iron Man WALL-E Slumdog Millionaire Man on Wire 2009: Star Trek Watchmen
Reverend Jax Posted November 1, 2009 Author Posted November 1, 2009 The two critics on At The Movies added their #9 choices. One was a great choice I unforgivably left off my prelim list, The 25th Hour, and the other was a preposterous choice, Gosford Park. Even Altman fans can't say Gosford Park was the 9th best film of the decade with a straight face.
HypnotizinChikns Posted November 2, 2009 Posted November 2, 2009 based on the list jax has so graciously provided so that my head doesn't melt into goo while trying to think back ten years...i've narrowed it down to this with the help of imagination (as in if i could only watch these). 2000: memento traffic Requiem for a Dream (ass to ass, ass to ass!) 01: Amelie The Royal Tenenbaums (this is my favorite movie of all time. seriously) 02: 28 Days Later 03: Kill Bill Vol 1 04: The Incredibles 05: Batman Begins V for Vendetta 06: Pan's Labyrinth 07: Superbad 08: WALL-E The Dark Knight Tropic Thunder 09: Moon Zombieland Inglorious Basterds ------------------- Number one is easy. The rest gets a little wonky. 1. The Royal Tenenbaums 2.V for Vendetta 3.Kill Bill Vol 1 4.Pan's Labyrinth 5.Tropic Thunder 6.WALL-E 7.The Dark Knight 8.Amelie 9.Requiem for a Dream 10.Moon That was pretty hard. i wish i could fit Inglorious on there.
Mr. Hakujin Posted November 2, 2009 Posted November 2, 2009 We still need to see Moon :( I just DL'd that one and Surrogates. But Dr. CHikins has an unhealthy crush on Sam Rockwell, so I'm taking that bias into account.
MetalHeart Posted November 2, 2009 Posted November 2, 2009 I just DL'd that one and Surrogates. But Dr. CHikins has an unhealthy crush on Sam Rockwell, so I'm taking that bias into account. Definitely gotta "rent" those soon, haha <3
The NZA Posted November 2, 2009 Posted November 2, 2009 damn, 25th hour was good, but i dont even know its in my top 3 for Spike Lee, to be honest. then again, id be borrowing from past this decade, so there's that. 1. The Royal Tenenbaums heh, good choice. me, i dug it but i just coudlnt rate it over Life Aquatic.
HypnotizinChikns Posted November 3, 2009 Posted November 3, 2009 i thought Life Aquatic was okay, but the charecters in Tenebaums were just top notch. every damn one of them. As for Sam Rockwell...yeah...dreamy.
La Lindsay Posted November 3, 2009 Posted November 3, 2009 1. Oldboy 2. Eternal Sunshine I'll finish later but those are the only two movies I know for sure are #1 and #2 for me. and not just for this decade.
Reverend Jax Posted November 3, 2009 Author Posted November 3, 2009 But you don't watch movies from other decades, so this essentially an all-time top ten list for you.
archangel Posted November 3, 2009 Posted November 3, 2009 any list that doesn't include TLotR is bullshit. Those three and the two Bats movies get you five. Gladiator and A Beautiful Mind bring us up to 7. That leaves three movies to fight amongst themselves for the other slots.
Iambaytor Posted November 3, 2009 Posted November 3, 2009 Is it just me or do the lists really start getting contrived after 2004?
The NZA Posted November 3, 2009 Posted November 3, 2009 see, i adored like everybody in Life Aquatic. heh. 1. Oldboy2. Eternal Sunshine I'll finish later but those are the only two movies I know for sure are #1 and #2 for me. and not just for this decade. this is the start of a fine list. im on board so far. Fight Club is obviously up there for me as well, possible nods to American Beauty. any list that doesn't include TLotR is bullshit. Those three and the two Bats movies get you five. Gladiator and A Beautiful Mind bring us up to 7. That leaves three movies to fight amongst themselves for the other slots. nay. LoTR fanboy, i say thee nay. fun, yes. lots of walking, sure - not even on my top 10. Matrix 1 now, hell yes. Batman 1 is solid, not in my top 10 but i woudlnt argue with it...Dark Knight obviously has a much better chance with me (if a fan version could edit out Bale's gravely-nonsense and replace it with say the animated voice, this would be ideal). Gladiator = poor man's Braveheart (still burnin' that torch) and Beautiful Mind was good but not great (for me). your list is lacking, sir! if you add any of the SW prequels im going to accept that you need to've watch more movies. i know you're gonna wanna add 300, where id prolly opt for Sin City. baytor has a point, too.
Reverend Jax Posted November 3, 2009 Author Posted November 3, 2009 Nick: Fight Club, American Beauty, and the first Matrix were all released in 1999. All fine choices for an all-time list, but do not qualify for 2000-2009. Other amazing 1999 movies that can't make the cut: Election, Being John Malkovich, Dogma, Office Space, Three Kings, South Park, Boondock Saints, Toy Story 2. Ghost Dog was also 1999, so you can't go with the Way of the Samurai either.
HypnotizinChikns Posted November 3, 2009 Posted November 3, 2009 my first response to the list Jax provided started with, "HEY! what about Boon- oh shit nevermind...". Lotr was great, as were many of the movies, but not on my personal top ten. i wouldn't shame anyone else for making them their top three.
The NZA Posted November 4, 2009 Posted November 4, 2009 Nick: Fight Club, American Beauty, and the first Matrix were all released in 1999. All fine choices for an all-time list, but do not qualify for 2000-2009. Other amazing 1999 movies that can't make the cut: Election, Being John Malkovich, Dogma, Office Space, Three Kings, South Park, Boondock Saints, Toy Story 2. Ghost Dog was also 1999, so you can't go with the Way of the Samurai either. .... dude, fuck this thread decade.
Mr. Hakujin Posted November 4, 2009 Posted November 4, 2009 OK, I finally made my list. In alphabetical order they are: Amelie Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl Slumdog Millionaire Spider-Man 2 Star Trek Star Wars Episode III The Dark Knight There Will Be Blood WALL-E Whale Rider
Reverend Jax Posted November 4, 2009 Author Posted November 4, 2009 Ha, when I was deciding what movies to include in my prelim list, I was debate whether to put Whale Rider. I was like "It was good, but is anyone going to put it on a top ten list of the decade?" Ultimately, I went with always erring on the side of including movies for the prelim, prefering to include movies than to exclude. I definitely want at least one (though probably not more than one) Pixar flick on my list, so I have to decide between Monsters Inc, Finding Nemo, and the Incredibles. I've already eliminated Ratatotuille, WALL-E, Cars and Up. If a Marvel movie is included, it's between Iron Man, X2 and Spidey 2. I'm not doing any Star Wars, Pirates, Potters, Shreks, or Rings movies. Some movies that are looking good include Amelie, Moulin Rouge, Vanilla Sky (forget that in my prelim list), Bowling For Colombine, Kill Bill (complete, or just Vol 2), American Splendor, Eternal Sunshine, V for Vendetta, Shaun of the Dead, Happy Feet, Juno, Persepolis, and Tropic Thunder. As for movies like 300, Watchmen and Sin City, while they were fun, there's so much excitement I can have for a movie that takes so little liberty with the source material that very little new substances is shown. If Watchman were an original script, it might make it, but ultimately it was just an awesome novelty to see the story portrayed my living breathing actors, and novelties aren't making my top ten list.
Mr. Hakujin Posted November 5, 2009 Posted November 5, 2009 Ha, when I was deciding what movies to include in my prelim list, I was debate whether to put Whale Rider. I was like "It was good, but is anyone going to put it on a top ten list of the decade?" Ultimately, I went with always erring on the side of including movies for the prelim, prefering to include movies than to exclude. I love that movie. It's the whole family dynamic that gets me--the actual "whale riding" is really peripheral. The film gets me on some primal, emotional level. I'm bawling like a newborn baby every time I watch it. I forget the young actresses name, but it's astonishing to me that she's not a superstar. She was so talented in that film. I definitely want at least one (though probably not more than one) Pixar flick on my list, so I have to decide between Monsters Inc, Finding Nemo, and the Incredibles. I've already eliminated Ratatotuille, WALL-E, Cars and Up. If a Marvel movie is included, it's between Iron Man, X2 and Spidey 2. I'm not doing any Star Wars, Pirates, Potters, Shreks, or Rings movies. Some movies that are looking good include Amelie, Moulin Rouge, Vanilla Sky (forget that in my prelim list), Bowling For Colombine, Kill Bill (complete, or just Vol 2), American Splendor, Eternal Sunshine, V for Vendetta, Shaun of the Dead, Happy Feet, Juno, Persepolis, and Tropic Thunder. As for movies like 300, Watchmen and Sin City, while they were fun, there's so much excitement I can have for a movie that takes so little liberty with the source material that very little new substances is shown. If Watchman were an original script, it might make it, but ultimately it was just an awesome novelty to see the story portrayed my living breathing actors, and novelties aren't making my top ten list. I haven't seen UP, but I tried to follow the same rule about only ONE Pixar film. It was between Nemo and WALL-E for me. The Incredibles was outstanding, but the entire premise was lifted straight from the Fantastic Four. Nemo would likely be the most original story out of the bunch, but WALL-E was just so creative and innovative in so many ways that it took the spot on the list for me. Spidey 2 is the best Marvel film to date. Iron Man is a close second, but S2 is just pitch perfect on all levels. And putting Happy Feet ahead of POTC is just pure lunacy.
Iambaytor Posted November 5, 2009 Posted November 5, 2009 Not sure how the top ten will go but my prelim was ludicrously easy. 2000: Memento Snatch O Brother Where Art Thou 2001: (I was hesitant to leave Amelie off but as good as it was it just runs off of me like rainwater, I never felt compelled to own it, so didn't make it) LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring Spirited Away Training Day 2002: Adaptation probably would've made the list, but I haven't seen it, so... Spider-Man LOTR: The Two Towers 28 Days Later 2003: LOTR: The Return of the King Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl X2: X-Men United Kill Bill Vol 1 Lost in Translation Oldboy 2004: Spider-Man 2 The Incredibles Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Kill Bill Vol 2 Crash Shaun of the Dead Collateral Hellboy 2005: Sin City Walk The Line A History of Violence 2006: 300 The Departed Children of Men Little Miss Sunshine Clerks 2 2007: Haven't seen Persepolis Ratatouille No Country for Old Men Juno Superbad Hot Fuzz 2008: Haven't seen the Wrestler The Dark Knight Iron Man WALL-E Slumdog Millionaire Tropic Thunder In Bruges 2009: Haven't seen Moon Up Star Trek Watchmen Inglorious Basterds Where the Wild Things Are District 9 The Hangover Drag Me To Hell Observe and Report So there's all that.
Reverend Jax Posted November 5, 2009 Author Posted November 5, 2009 I love that movie. It's the whole family dynamic that gets me--the actual "whale riding" is really peripheral. The film gets me on some primal, emotional level. I'm bawling like a newborn baby every time I watch it. I forget the young actresses name, but it's astonishing to me that she's not a superstar. She was so talented in that film. Her name is Keisha Castle-Hughes, and she should have won an Oscar for that performance. She has been in a few things. Actually, she was in TWO of your top ten movies. Whale Rider and Star Wars Episode III, where she played Queen Apailana of Naboo. She also played the Virgin Mary in The Nativity Story, which might have been a big hit riding on the heels of The Passion, but she got pregnancy out of wedlock before the film came out and the Pope would not endorse the film because of it. After that, the distribution wasn't as wide as expected and the film kinda flopped. I haven't seen UP, but I tried to follow the same rule about only ONE Pixar film. It was between Nemo and WALL-E for me. The Incredibles was outstanding, but the entire premise was lifted straight from the Fantastic Four. Nemo would likely be the most original story out of the bunch, but WALL-E was just so creative and innovative in so many ways that it took the spot on the list for me. As for the the Incredibles, the family thing was lifted alot from Fantastic Four, but the whole criminalization of supers, that's taken more from X-men/Watchmen, and the angle that supers were outlawed from crime fighting because of the legal liabilities for personal injury, it was a unique and hilarious take on it. And the Incredibles was a much better movie than the F4 movie was, and frankly, better than any F4 could have hoped to be. And Nemo's plot was not that original. Baby loses one parent, parent is protective, single parent and child get separated, parent journeys to find child. The basic plot outline is standard Disney fare, not that I thought the movie was anythign short of worthy of being on my top ten list. And putting Happy Feet ahead of POTC is just pure lunacy. Man, all the Pirates movie were fun, but that's pretty much it. I'm not including a movie on my list that I can't say anything else other than 'it was fun.' Happy Feet has been an emotional experience for me every time I've seen it. The first time you se it, it really catches you off guard how the movie transforms from this small story about being different into an epic monomythic quest. Plus, I'm a really sucker for jukebox musicals, but a jukebox musical with songs my Prince, Stevie Wonder, Steve Miller, Earth Wind and Fire, Queen, Sinatra, the Beach Boys, Elvis and the Beatles? Man...it's like it was made with my input.
Mr. Hakujin Posted November 6, 2009 Posted November 6, 2009 Her name is Keisha Castle-Hughes, and she should have won an Oscar for that performance. She has been in a few things. Actually, she was in TWO of your top ten movies. Whale Rider and Star Wars Episode III, where she played Queen Apailana of Naboo. She also played the Virgin Mary in The Nativity Story, which might have been a big hit riding on the heels of The Passion, but she got pregnancy out of wedlock before the film came out and the Pope would not endorse the film because of it. After that, the distribution wasn't as wide as expected and the film kinda flopped. Ah, you answered all my questions right there. I didn't know she got knocked up, and so young, too. I heard about The Nativity, but didn't know she was in it. I knew she was in SW ROTS, but as I recall she had maybe one line, if that. Or was her line in AOTC? I think so, huh? IN ROTS she was just in the funeral procession at the end, right?
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