u2roolz Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Hey Folks, I did this at my Facebook account. I asked people to post their Top 10 or how ever many films as the best of the decade. I know it gets tough to whittle it down to 10 but obviously it could be one per year. Or do what you want. Get crazy with it. Do it by genre etc. http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/index.php#YearIndex is a good website to go to to get lists of movies by year for refreshers. With only 2 months left I'm not sure anything is coming out that would break into one's Top Anything. I could be proven wrong though. So I'll get back to this soon. I'm doing a "very good - amazing" list by year for now and then will break it down to less films. Thanks, Kristofor PS I'm really curious to see what people list. I always feel like I missed a really amazing film due to time or location (like living an hour away from a big city and canceling netflix to save money.) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
u2roolz Posted October 31, 2009 Author Share Posted October 31, 2009 I already have my mind made on one specific list: The Best Martin Scorsese Film of this Decade. The Suspects:2002's Gangs Of New York2004's The Aviator2005's No Direction Home2006's The Departed2008's Shine A Light The Aviator closely beats out The Departed but not by too much in my book. One of the "downfalls" of The Departed is on the repeat viewings. Granted this proved to be one of the most shocking somewhat satisfying endings ever. But once you've seen it you tend to pay attention to all that precedes it. This is all amazing stuff to keep you completely in the story, but we all know how it's going to end. Maybe it's best a film to watch after a couple of years with plot amnesia. I really think Leonardo DiCaprio's best performance came in The Aviator. For this reason it sets it higher than The Departed. While I don't like comparing things like this, it is fun to see how one judges one's films of a director against their other works. The supporting cast all put in fine work : Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, Alec Baldwin, Alan Alda, & Jude Law. The other single reason that I put this above is the cinematography. Scosese and Robert Richardson did something that really set the film apart and above other historical biopics. They fooled around with the color palette. For the 1st hour or so the scenes have the colors red and cyan blue, leaving out the color green completely. This was done by Scorsese to give the film the look of the old bipack color films & multicolor system (which was owned by Howard Hughes) which left the same effect. Once you get past the 1935 point of the story, the look of the film takes on the saturated old three strip technicolor look. Seeing this in the theater really blew me away. It took me to a time that I could never get to, unless if I rented an old movie from netflix. Edit: Here's a page I found that has a lot of beautiful stills from The Aviator. With examples of both processes I mentioned. I also failed to mention that those processes were done by computer and not film stock. My link Quote Link to post Share on other sites
anthony Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 In no particular order: MagnoliaEternal Sunshine of the Spotless MindGarden StateThere Will Be BloodNo Country for Old MenDonnie DarkoKill Bill Vol 1Amores PerrosLost in TranslationPunch Drunk LoveGhost WorldVanilla SkyAlmost FamousBig FishO Brother Where Art ThouMementoBubba Ho-Tep Quote Link to post Share on other sites
u2roolz Posted October 31, 2009 Author Share Posted October 31, 2009 That's a mighty fine list of films. A lot of directors that I respect and love up there. LOL. That may look like my list when I finalize it. Although, I haven't seen Amores Perros. I have been told amazing things about it. Bubba Ho-Tep I actually just bought this past summer for a dollar at a going out of business sale. I have yet to watch it. Edit: My preliminary list didn't have Magnolia on it. Probably because my reference site (thenumbers) has it listed as being released in 1999. It got a wide release on January 7, 2000. Damn. Another PTA film I have to fit in. This is going to be like that deleted scene in High Fidelity where Cusack keeps calling the music critic with his Top Five List changes. lol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 They fooled around with the color palette. For the 1st hour or so the scenes have the colors red and cyan blue, leaving out the color green completely. This was done by Scorsese to give the film the look of the old bipack color films & multicolor system (which was owned by Howard Hughes) which left the same effect. Once you get past the 1935 point of the story, the look of the film takes on the saturated old three strip technicolor look. That's one of the things I most loved about The Aviator, too. It's really one of Scorsese's most under-appreciated movies. Strangely, my experience with The Departed was the opposite of yours. I liked it upon first viewing, but felt it was minor Scorsese. But when I watched it again on DVD, and was free to pay attention to things separate from story (since I already knew the plot), my appreciation only grew. It might not be Taxi Driver, but it's a damn good Scorsese movie. (I don't know what effect this had on my experience, but I had seen the original source film Infernal Affairs several years earlier and remembered a good chunk of the plot from that.) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
W(TF) Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Will look at the refresher list later, but offhand and in no particular order.... Ying Xiong (Hero)Shi mian mai fu (House Of Flying Daggers)Wo hu cang long (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)The DepartedSlumdog MillionaireBlack Hawk DownMatch PointEastern PromisesGladiatorInglorious BasterdsWalk The LineRayThe VisitorBlood DiamondTropic ThunderCadillac RecordsAlmost FamousBend It Like BeckhamGangs Of New YorkThe Bourne IdentityNo Direction HomeI'm Not ThereLOTR I - III Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mpolak21 Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Top Ten of The Decade: 1.) The Royal Tenenbaums2.) City of God3.) Magnolia (if it counts as this decade, which I guess it should if it went to wide release in 2000)4.) Kings and Queen5.) I Heart Huckabees6.) George Washington7.) Synecdoche, New York8.) No Country for Old Men9.) The Squid and The Whale10.) Wonder Boys Next Five 11.) This is England12.) Frost/Nixon13.) Almost Famous14.) Lost in Translation15.) The Athlete. One film per director so I didn't suffer an aneurysm while making the list. --Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gobias Industries Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Off the top of my head, and I didn't see a whole lot of movies this decade: 1. There Will Be Blood2. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon3. The Departed4. The Lord of the Rings5. Wall-E Yeah, I don't remember a lot of what I've seen...hah. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RainDogToo Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 Girl, Interrupted No Direction HomeI’am Trying to Break Your HeartI’m Not ThereControlThe Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Good Night, and Good LuckThe AviatorWristcutters: A Love StoryCatch Me if You Can Big FishCoffee And CigarettesWet Hot American SummerWalk the LineNorthforkIdiots and AngelsThe Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonThe ReaderEternal Sunshine of the Spotless MindThe Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black PearlBlowWaking LifeA Scanner Darkly There Will Be BloodDoubt The Departed District 9The ReaderRevolutionary RoadThe Weather UndergroundNo Country for Old MenAlmost FamousThe Go-GetterThe Man Who CriedHeaven(500) Days of Summer Wall-EUp Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The High Heat Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 Mystic River Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 Here's a preliminary list, based mostly on whim. Allowed myself 5 feature titles per year, which wasn't perfect--some years, it was hard to narrow it down, while other years it was hard to find five worthy candidates. I also threw in one short film per year, mainly for sport. Alphabetically: 2000Ali Zaoua, Prince of the Streets / Nabil Ayouch / MoroccoThe Circle / Jafar Panahi / IranThe Day I Became a Woman / Marziah Meshkini / IranThe Gleaners and I / Agnes Varda / FranceRequiem for a Dream / Darren Aronofsky / USAShort film: The Heart of the World / Guy Maddin / Canada 2001A.I. Artificial Intelligence / Steven Spielberg / USAAmores Perros / Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu / MexicoAtanarjuat The Fast Runner / Zacharias Kunuk / CanadaGhost World / Terry Zwigoff / USAThe Road Home / Zhang Yimou / ChinaShort film: Love Song / Stan Brakhage / USA 2002Ararat / Atom Egoyan / CanadaDivine Intervention / Elia Suleiman / PalestineLilja 4-Ever / Lukas Moodysson / SwedenThe Son / The Dardenne Brothers / BelgiumTully / Hilary Birmingham / USAShort film: Segment Mexico [from 11'09"01 September 11] / Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu / Mexico 2003The Best of Youth / Marco Tullio Giordana / ItalyKill Bill: Vol. 1 / Quentin Tarantino / USAMaster and Commander: The Far Side of the World / Peter Weir / USAShattered Glass / Billy Ray / USASpring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring / Kim Ki-Duk / South KoreaShort film: Merci! / Christine Rabette / Belgium 2004Before Sunset / Richard Linklater / USADeath in Gaza / James Miller / UKHead-On / Fatih Akin / GermanyMoolade / Ousmane Sembene / SenegalThe Weeping Meadow / Theo Angelopoulos / GreeceShort film: Polkadiddles / Lilly Czarnecki / USA 2005The Constant Gardener / Fernando Meirelles / USAA History of Violence / David Cronenberg / USAL'Enfant / The Dardenne Brothers / BelgiumOur Daily Bread / Nikolaus Geyrhalter / GermanyThe Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada / Tommy Lee Jones / USAShort film: Sweetie / Becky Brazil / UK 2006Children of Men / Alfonso Cuaron / UKOld Joy / Kelly Reichardt / USARequiem / Hans-Christian Schmid / GermanyTen Canoes / Rolf de Heer and Peter Djigirr / AustraliaThis Is England / Shane Meadows / UKShort film: The Last Dog in Rwanda / Jens Assur / Sweden 2007The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford / Andrew Dominik / USAInto the Wild / Sean Penn / USAThere Will Be Blood / Paul Thomas Anderson / USAYou, the Living / Roy Andersson / SwedenZodiac / David Fincher / USAShort film: Auf der Strecke / Reto Caffi / Switzerland 2008The Beaches of Agnes / Agnes Varda / FranceThe Class / Laurent Cantet / FranceFrozen River / Courtney Hunt / USAHunger / Steve McQueen / UKLet the Right One In / Tomas Alfredson / SwedenShort film: Skhizein / Jeremy Clapin / France 2009Certainly going to change as I catch up with stuff...Humpday / Lynn Shelton / USAPrecious: Based on the Novel 'Push' By Sapphire / Lee Daniels / USAStorm / Hans-Christian Schmid / GermanyTokyo Sonata / Kiyoshi Kurosawa / JapanWhere the Wild Things Are / Spike Jonze / USAShort film: Next Floor / Denis Villeneuve / Canada I'm sure I'm forgetting a truckload of titles that ought to be on here somewhere. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 This decade was really owned by Wes Anderson, Clint Eastwood, and (like the 3 previous decades) Martin Scorcese. I think Eastwood's output (volume & quality) make him the winner. Letters from Iwo Jima, Flags of our Fathers, Million Dollar Baby, Changeling (my favorite of his this decade), and Gran Torino all are great movies. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
W(TF) Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 I also enjoyed- The Last King Of ScotlandInto The WildThe Constant GardenerLittle Miss SunshineVolverIron ManX-MenTwo LoversHustle & FloParadise NowWe Own The NightFlags Of Our Fathers3:10 To YumaMeet The FockersReign Over MeThe Matrix Reloaded25th HourCrashNarcMillion Dollar BabyThe Wedding CrashersThe HangoverCity Of GodStar Trek ..and if documentaries count, Bowling for ColumbineWhen The Levees BrokeThe Hunting Of The PresidentThe March Of The PenguinsShake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo DallaireSummit On IceI'm Your ManThe Boys Of BarakaAn Inconvenient TruthOne Man's IslandBe Here To Love MeGrizzly ManDogtowm and Z-BoysRiding Giants Quote Link to post Share on other sites
u2roolz Posted November 1, 2009 Author Share Posted November 1, 2009 I'm glad to see films like Before Sunset, A Scanner Darkly, and Northfork in here. I'm a bit surprised to see Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind missing. This film has stuck with me since I saw it in January of 2003. While I won't go into everything that I loved about it right now, I'll start off by saying that George Clooney did a hell of a job first time feature film directing. Sam Rockwell was fucking amazing. Newton Thomas Sigel's camera work was beyond beautiful - all of those old fashion in-camera tricks was insane. As well as the use of desaturated/saturated colors. Charlie Kaufman adapted Chuck Barris' "autobiography". Overall, it was the story that hooked me in. Ok, that is all. Edit: I'll leave you with my Best Films of 2000 (in release date order)The Ninth GateHigh FidelityAmerican PsychoThe Virgin SuicidesAlmost Famous Requiem For A DreamThe Gift O Brother, Where Art Thou?TrafficShadow Of The Vampire Quote Link to post Share on other sites
W(TF) Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 Ah yes....how could I forget High Fidelity and About A Boy. Both classics. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IRememberDBoon Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 I was suprised Requiem For a Dream or Traffic werent earlier. Both of these films were great IMO Even Blow was good:-) What about SIDEWAYS one of the funniest films ever IMO Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Traffic just missed my list--it would have been number 6 on my 2000 list. I went with Requiem for a Dream instead. At the time, I preferred Traffic, but Requiem has held up better, I think. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bleedorange Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 I was suprised Requiem For a Dream or Traffic werent earlier. Both of these films were great IMO Even Blow was good:-) What about SIDEWAYS one of the funniest films ever IMO Sideways will definitely be high on my list. That movie has aged very well and I can still watch it over and over. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IRememberDBoon Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Sideways will definitely be high on my list. That movie has aged very well and I can still watch it over and over. I love when they are walking by the old couple at the country club and Hayden Church is saying something about the chick riding his johnson or something and the husband of the old couple says "Hey Buddy do you mind" or something and I die laughing every time. im laughing typing this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bleedorange Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 I love when they are walking by the old couple at the country club and Hayden Church is saying something about the chick riding his johnson or something and the husband of the old couple says "Hey Buddy do you mind" or something and I die laughing every time. im laughing typing this The commentary by Haden Church and Giamatti on the DVD is a classic one. Absolutely hysterical. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
W(TF) Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 +1 on Sideways, I loved it when Sandra Oh got off her Honda and punched him in the face. Also enjoyed Juno quite a bit, Whip It not so much. The Wrestler was good, so was Doubt. Casino Royale deserves mention as the best Bond film in a long, long time. The one film I tried to watch three times and couldn't stay awake through was Reservation Road. For films where I recognized the brilliance but found no enjoyment in watching them, Magnolia has to take top spot. A.I. wasn't far behind...just dragged on and on, I couldn't wait for it to end. Most disappointing sequels the family had to see in theater-- Spiderman 3, Shrek 3, The Dark Knight, Harry Potter IV and V (haven't seen VI, I'm done with them). They were all money down the drain as far as I'm concerned. For sentimental/tear-jerker value I'd cast a vote for Seabiscuit, Hotel Rwanda, Gran Torino, and Pursuit Of Happyness. More violent than Tarantino & Cronenberg: Watchmen. Creepiest creep films I saw-- One Hour Photo, Before The Devil Knows You're Dead. Favourite family movie- probably School Of Rock. Family film that most demanded you revert to a cro-magnon state of naievty: The Water Horse. Comeback actor of the decade- hmmm, maybe Bill Murray? (Royal Tenebaums, Lost In Translation, The Life Aquatic) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wild Frank Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 No love for David Lynch? Mullholland Drive and Inland Empire were both great pieces of work. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Runaway Jim Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 1. There Will Be Blood and then the rest, not really in order... The Bourne TrilogyThe Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert FordThe DepartedThe 40 Year Old VirginCatch Me If You CanNo Country For Old MenTrafficThe Royal TenenbaumsThe LOTR Trilogy25th HourInto the WildEternal Sunshine of the Spotless MindMinority ReportA History of ViolenceUnited 93Hot FuzzMystic River Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Runaway Jim Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 +1 on Sideways, I loved it when Sandra Oh got off her Honda and punched him in the face She hits him with her helmet. Even funnier. Most disappointing sequels... The Dark Knight Couldn't agree more on that one. I can't understand why some people think TDK was so amazing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 I'm not a voracious consumer of film, and I often see things many years after they are released, so my list of favorite films of the 2000s could be quite different in another few years ... but here are my choices, in no particular order. Kill BillInfernal Affairs (the original and superior film that Scorsese remade as The Departed)OldboyKung Fu HustleMilkNo Country For Old MenCity of GodRatatouilleHustle And FlowThe Triplets of BellevilleSin CityEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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