So...what does your "Top 10 of this Decade List" look like?
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Right now it's looking like:
1. Yi Yi
2. No Country For Old Men
3. Synecdoche, New York
4. Werckmeister Harmonies
5. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
6. Mullholland Dr.
7. A.I. Artificial Intelligence
8. Pan's Labyrinth
9. In the Mood For Love
10. Spirited Away/The Pianist (not sure yet)
I need to revisit 25th Hour, Children of Men and Desplechin's work before finalizing a list. Basterds, Let the Right One in, ROTK, TWBB and Almost Famous would make a top 20-25 though I don't know what else would fill it.
1. Yi Yi
2. No Country For Old Men
3. Synecdoche, New York
4. Werckmeister Harmonies
5. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
6. Mullholland Dr.
7. A.I. Artificial Intelligence
8. Pan's Labyrinth
9. In the Mood For Love
10. Spirited Away/The Pianist (not sure yet)
I need to revisit 25th Hour, Children of Men and Desplechin's work before finalizing a list. Basterds, Let the Right One in, ROTK, TWBB and Almost Famous would make a top 20-25 though I don't know what else would fill it.
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1. Spartan
2. The Dark Knight
3. We Were Soldiers
4. Watchmen
5. Batman Begins
6. The Departed
7. Minority Report
8. The Aviator
9. LOTR: Return of The king
10. Snatch
2. The Dark Knight
3. We Were Soldiers
4. Watchmen
5. Batman Begins
6. The Departed
7. Minority Report
8. The Aviator
9. LOTR: Return of The king
10. Snatch
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Sorry, but I wasn't stating my opinion, just the fact of what a decade actually is. The numeral integer is immaterial. A decade starts with 1 and ends with 10. By your "math" the first decade would only be 9 years - since a decade, by definition is 10 years, the last year of the first decade is 10AD, and then the second decade starts with 11AD and so on.
(Yeah, there is a common misconception when talking about the incremental decades since the year 1 AD/CE due to the lack of a year 0. So the 201st decade since then refers specifically to the decade of the years 2001-2010, but it's still not incorrect to call 2000-2009 a decade. Both are valid.)
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But then it becomes arbitrary and meaningless as denoting a decade covering, say, 1997-2006, which might be a 10 year span, but not a proper decade as it doesn't fit properly within the span of all decades.
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I just know that when I say "the Sixties," 1960 is included and 1970 is not.
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In no particular order...my list purposefully does not contain anything from 2009. It's funny how your impressions change over the years as this list includes films that did not "win" my best picture for particular years and excludes films that did in those same years.
Almost Famous: Untitled
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Letters from Iwo Jima
United 93
Slumdog Millionaire
The Incredibles
Kingdom of Heaven Director's Cut
Spider-Man 2
Collateral
Almost Famous: Untitled
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Letters from Iwo Jima
United 93
Slumdog Millionaire
The Incredibles
Kingdom of Heaven Director's Cut
Spider-Man 2
Collateral
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Without giving it much thought and in.no order:
Zodiac
No Country For Old Men
American Splendor
Snatch
City Of God
Sideways
Eastern Promises
About Schmidt
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
There Will Be Blood
The Pianist, The Departed and Hot Fuzz just miss out.
I guess I'm the only one who really liked American Splendor. I never see it mentioned in any "Best of the Decade" lists.
I just realized I left off Eternal Sunshine. Oh well.
Zodiac
No Country For Old Men
American Splendor
Snatch
City Of God
Sideways
Eastern Promises
About Schmidt
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
There Will Be Blood
The Pianist, The Departed and Hot Fuzz just miss out.
I guess I'm the only one who really liked American Splendor. I never see it mentioned in any "Best of the Decade" lists.
I just realized I left off Eternal Sunshine. Oh well.
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I have noticed that some of the more popular movies are ones I didn't care for. Maybe I just like crap. Anyway, here is how my top 10 would look right now.
1. Gladiator
2. United 93
3. Requiem For a Dream
4. The Departed
5. Lord of the Rings Return of the King
6. Memento
7. Almost Famous Bootleg Cut
8. American Gangster
9. Million Dollar Baby
10. Black Hawk Down
Below the top 10:
Kill Bill Vol 1,2
A beautiful Mind
Mystic River
Minority Report
1. Gladiator
2. United 93
3. Requiem For a Dream
4. The Departed
5. Lord of the Rings Return of the King
6. Memento
7. Almost Famous Bootleg Cut
8. American Gangster
9. Million Dollar Baby
10. Black Hawk Down
Below the top 10:
Kill Bill Vol 1,2
A beautiful Mind
Mystic River
Minority Report
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There is no way I am compiling anything resembling an official list. That's just too much effort. However, I am quite confident that the following would be on it (excluding documentaries):
You Can Count On Me (happy to see at least one other mention of this)
Sideways
Michael Clayton
Wit
I have little trouble naming my favorite Pixar movie. It is The Incredibles. It might make my top 10.
Looking at my DVDs and the replies of others, these are also possibles:
The Station Agent
High Fidelity (it really is that good)
21 Grams
The Deep End
Eternal Sunshine...
Gosford Park (not an Altman fan overall but I love this film)
Shaun of the Dead
You Can Count On Me (happy to see at least one other mention of this)
Sideways
Michael Clayton
Wit
I have little trouble naming my favorite Pixar movie. It is The Incredibles. It might make my top 10.
Looking at my DVDs and the replies of others, these are also possibles:
The Station Agent
High Fidelity (it really is that good)
21 Grams
The Deep End
Eternal Sunshine...
Gosford Park (not an Altman fan overall but I love this film)
Shaun of the Dead
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1: Requiem for a Dream
2: Sunshine
3: Memories of Murder
4: The Fountain
5: The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
6: No Country for Old Men
7: Munich
8: Haute Tension
9: Bug
10: Mysterious Skin
2: Sunshine
3: Memories of Murder
4: The Fountain
5: The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
6: No Country for Old Men
7: Munich
8: Haute Tension
9: Bug
10: Mysterious Skin
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did a big write up about the decade of horror movies and included my 10 favorite horror movies and 15 favorites in gneral in my blog http://celluloidterror.blogspot.com/...of-decade.html
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These ones come to mind...
The Departed
Good Night and Good Luck
Superbad
Babel
Wonder Boys
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
The Good Shepherd
Love Actually
High Fidelity
others I enjoyed a lot/thought were good for their genre are :
Man on Fire
Burn After Reading
Sky Captain and the World of Tommorrow
Catch Me if You Can
The Kingdom
The Good German
The Departed
Good Night and Good Luck
Superbad
Babel
Wonder Boys
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
The Good Shepherd
Love Actually
High Fidelity
others I enjoyed a lot/thought were good for their genre are :
Man on Fire
Burn After Reading
Sky Captain and the World of Tommorrow
Catch Me if You Can
The Kingdom
The Good German
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my top ten:
* There will be Blood
* City of God
* Nobody Knows
* Dogville
* Cache
* Little Children
* Fellowship of the Ring
* Y Tu Mama Tambien
* Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
* Spirited Away
honorable mentions - pollock, mystic river, the hours, gosford park, bad lieutenant, 4 months 3 weeks 2 days
* There will be Blood
* City of God
* Nobody Knows
* Dogville
* Cache
* Little Children
* Fellowship of the Ring
* Y Tu Mama Tambien
* Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
* Spirited Away
honorable mentions - pollock, mystic river, the hours, gosford park, bad lieutenant, 4 months 3 weeks 2 days
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did a big write up about the decade of horror movies and included my 10 favorite horror movies and 15 favorites in gneral in my blog http://celluloidterror.blogspot.com/...of-decade.html
Four of your 10 would make it into my top 10: The Descent, Let the Right One In, REC, and (as mentioned above) 28 Days Later. Even though we don't agree on most of the list, it was a fun read.
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From your blog "As I write this there are 18 days remaining in 2009" I'm sure you meant 28 days. Which would have been perfect had 28 Days Later been your #1 (as it is mine).
Four of your 10 would make it into my top 10: The Descent, Let the Right One In, REC, and (as mentioned above) 28 Days Later. Even though we don't agree on most of the list, it was a fun read.
Four of your 10 would make it into my top 10: The Descent, Let the Right One In, REC, and (as mentioned above) 28 Days Later. Even though we don't agree on most of the list, it was a fun read.
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not in any specific order:
1. Garden State
2. Lord of The Rings: Return of the King
3. Crash
4. Amelie
5. Chicago
6. Juno
7. Erin Brocovitch
8. Shrek
9.Walk the Line
10.Up
Additional picks:
Little Miss Sunshine
Shawn of the Dead
Spirited Away
The Queen
Star Wars
Spider Man
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
The Hangover
Slumdog Millionaire
Harry Potter
Ray
Finding Nemo
The Notebook
Lars and the Real Girl
1. Garden State
2. Lord of The Rings: Return of the King
3. Crash
4. Amelie
5. Chicago
6. Juno
7. Erin Brocovitch
8. Shrek
9.Walk the Line
10.Up
Additional picks:
Little Miss Sunshine
Shawn of the Dead
Spirited Away
The Queen
Star Wars
Spider Man
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
The Hangover
Slumdog Millionaire
Harry Potter
Ray
Finding Nemo
The Notebook
Lars and the Real Girl
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Wow. People, understand that (while oddly) this decade is from 1999-2009. Therefore, everyone here has missed the most obvious answer to be on any op list of this decade: Fight Club (1999).
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ABOUT A BOY (A great, uplifting film.)
BAD SANTA (Should be considered a Christmas classic, right up there with A Christmas Story, and where in the world did they find that kid that played Thurman Merman...?)
CAST AWAY (Great performance by Tom Hanks and beautiful photography.)
GHOST WORLD (I love EVERYTHING about this film - from the performances to the perfect ending.)
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (These three count as one in my book - Simply one of the best trilogies ever made. And, yes, I've read the book a couple of times and am ok with the changes that were made.)
MONSTERS, INC. (After Toy Story, my favorite Pixar film.)
NAPOLEON DYNAMITE (Offbeat, lowkey, and laugh-out-loud funny!)
O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?
SPIDER-MAN (One of the best superhero movies ever.)
STAR TREK (A reboot of one of the most beloved sci-fi franchises that actually worked and was incredibly entertaining.)
BAD SANTA (Should be considered a Christmas classic, right up there with A Christmas Story, and where in the world did they find that kid that played Thurman Merman...?)
CAST AWAY (Great performance by Tom Hanks and beautiful photography.)
GHOST WORLD (I love EVERYTHING about this film - from the performances to the perfect ending.)
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (These three count as one in my book - Simply one of the best trilogies ever made. And, yes, I've read the book a couple of times and am ok with the changes that were made.)
MONSTERS, INC. (After Toy Story, my favorite Pixar film.)
NAPOLEON DYNAMITE (Offbeat, lowkey, and laugh-out-loud funny!)
O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?
SPIDER-MAN (One of the best superhero movies ever.)
STAR TREK (A reboot of one of the most beloved sci-fi franchises that actually worked and was incredibly entertaining.)
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MONSTERS, INC. (After Toy Story, my favorite Pixar film.)
O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?
SPIDER-MAN (One of the best superhero movies ever.)
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