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Title: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: TakingBackSunday on November 23, 2009, 05:06:06 PM
1) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2) There Will Be Blood
3) Fellowship of the Ring
4) Wall-E
5) Pan's Labyrinth
6) Children of Men
7) Let the Right One In
8 ) Up
9) (500) Days of Summer
10) Zodiac

go go go hate on my list

I haven't seen a lot of the lesser known flicks that get lots of love from some of you guys, like Moon for instance.  I really want to.
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: Mupepe on November 23, 2009, 05:08:18 PM
Pan's Labyrinth should be higher on your list.  Fix it.
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: demi on November 23, 2009, 05:11:13 PM
Hot Fuzz & Shaun of the Dead

I cant really recall any decent movies
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: TakingBackSunday on November 23, 2009, 05:15:21 PM
Hot Fuzz was going to be my number ten, then I saw Zodiac on my netflix account and remembered how fuckawesome it was.
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: TakingBackSunday on November 23, 2009, 05:15:51 PM
I never watched ESotSM, but I heard that considering it the best/top of any movie list is part of hipster code. I'm working on my list, will post later.

It's cajole's favorite too, and we all know he can't attend the hipster meetings with me.
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: OptimoPeach on November 23, 2009, 05:17:27 PM
Zodiac would have been better if it wasn't 9 hours long
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: The Fake Shemp on November 23, 2009, 05:17:35 PM
1. Drag Me to Hell
2. Spider-Man 2
3. Spider-Man 1
4. The Gift
5. Dawn of the Dead
6. 300
7. Bay Boys II
8. Transformers
9. Watchmen
10. Kill Bill
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: BlueTsunami on November 23, 2009, 05:18:45 PM
I'm not a big film buff but I remember being blown away by The Fountain more than anything. Maybe because I'm a sentimental poof that's easily emotionally manipulated. Also Inglourious Basterds.

(http://i49.tinypic.com/2zrqhpy.jpg)

:heart
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: TakingBackSunday on November 23, 2009, 05:20:20 PM
1. Drag Me to Hell
2. Spider-Man 2
3. Spider-Man 1
4. The Gift
5. Dawn of the Dead
6. 300
7. Bay Boys II
8. Transformers
9. Watchmen
10. Kill Bill

missing spider-man 3, you fail
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: The Fake Shemp on November 23, 2009, 05:20:41 PM
Spider-Man 3 sucks.
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: TakingBackSunday on November 23, 2009, 05:21:29 PM
whoosh!

edit: self-whoosh
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: Diunx on November 23, 2009, 05:21:34 PM
Not as much as the matrix...
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: duckman2000 on November 23, 2009, 05:29:40 PM
Bourne Trilogy.
The Punisher. Because it's got The Punisher.
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: Kestastrophe on November 23, 2009, 05:30:45 PM
Off the top of my head, not in any order:

Assassination of Jesse James
There Will Be Blood
Dogville
Shawn of the Dead
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: CajoleJuice on November 23, 2009, 05:35:51 PM
I never watched ESotSM, but I heard that considering it the best/top of any movie list is part of hipster code. I'm working on my list, will post later.

It's cajole's favorite too, and we all know he can't attend the hipster meetings with me.

I was trying to come up with another film to be like, "Hey, you can't speak for me!" -- but yeah, I'll go with ESotSM. Carrey's character even shares his first name with me!
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: The Fake Shemp on November 23, 2009, 05:35:56 PM
Lists are stupid. Let's talk about important films instead.

Got to give credit to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, for bringing foreign - namely Asian - cinema into the mainstream. Pan's Labyrinth comes along and turns it into a revolution.

The Fellowship of the Ring, along with Harry Potter, revived fantasy as a viable genre.

The Ring brought Asian horror to American shores, and Saw created a bonafide subgenre.

Old School revives the R-rated comedy.

Danny Boyle and Zack Snyder reinvented the zombie genre.

Batman Begins is probably the most important film in terms of franchise blockbusters. It created a template that was used by James Bond, Star Trek, etc. If you need to reboot an old, tired series, this is your go-to film now.

Speaking of Bond, former-sissy boy Matt Damon reinvents the spy/action genre with a series of films about an amnesiac CIA assassin that cares.

Chicago revives the musical, but not really.

Shrek proves that successful computer animated films are not restricted to Pixar, the art form becomes the animated standard as a result.

Fake "indie" cinema exploded this decade (films produced by majors through their small labels and micro budgets), spearheaded by stuff like Brokeback Mountain.

Michael Moore, for better or worse, pushes documentaries into the mainstream.

Juno makes Diablo Cody into a star.

Fox inadvertently creates comic book adaptation gold rush with the release of X-Men.

Paul Haggis continues to trick people into giving him money.

Judd Apatow, having slowly sucked out all of the creative energy from John Hughes, succeeds in finally killing him.
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: Himu on November 23, 2009, 05:36:35 PM
toooo many, but my overall favorite is prolly Mulholland Drive.
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: CajoleJuice on November 23, 2009, 05:37:36 PM
Lists are stupid. Let's talk about important films instead.

Got to give credit to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, for bringing foreign - namely Asian - cinema into the mainstream. Pan's Labyrinth comes along and turns it into a revolution.

The Fellowship of the Ring, along with Harry Potter, revived fantasy as a viable genre.

The Ring brought Asian horror to American shores, and Saw created a bonafide subgenre.

Old School revives the R-rated comedy.

Danny Boyle and Zack Snyder reinvented the zombie genre.

Batman Begins is probably the most important film in terms of franchise blockbusters. It created a template that was used by James Bond, Star Trek, etc. If you need to reboot an old, tired series, this is your go-to film now.

Speaking of Bond, former-sissy boy Matt Damon reinvents the spy/action genre with a series of films about an amnesiac CIA assassin that cares.

Chicago revives the musical, but not really.

Shrek proves that successful computer animated films are not restricted to Pixar, the art form becomes the animated standard as a result.

Fake "indie" cinema exploded this decade (films produced by majors through their small labels and micro budgets), spearheaded by stuff like Brokeback Mountain.

Michael Moore, for better or worse, pushes documentaries into the mainstream.

Juno makes Diablo Cody into a star.

Fox inadvertently creates comic book adaptation gold rush with the release of X-Men.

Paul Haggis continues to trick people into giving him money.

Judd Apatow, having slowly sucked out all of the creative energy from John Hughes, succeeds in finally killing him.

What about Gladiator? SWORD AND SANDALS
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: Himu on November 23, 2009, 05:38:31 PM

Judd Apatow, having slowly sucked out all of the creative energy from John Hughes, succeeds in finally killing him.
:lol
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: The Fake Shemp on November 23, 2009, 05:39:23 PM
I didn't say they were the only important films of the decade. Feel free to add as you see fit. Gladiator is a good pick.
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: Mandark on November 23, 2009, 05:40:09 PM
300 brought gay action movies to a wide audience.
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: Diunx on November 23, 2009, 05:40:11 PM
I have to wait till avatar to post a list on this thread.

Also Twilight proved that the only thing that vampires suck isn't blood.
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: Robo on November 23, 2009, 05:40:47 PM
I accidentally wiped out my list, so I'll only add:

Adaptation.
Where the Wild Things Are
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Control
Punch Drunk Love
The Royal Tenenbaums
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: CajoleJuice on November 23, 2009, 05:41:21 PM
I'm just a sucker for Gladiator. I know it gets TONS of hate on the internets, but I fucking love it. I know it has something to do with my 14-year-old self seeing it in theaters and being like OMG THAT MOVIE WAS TOTALLY BADASS, but Russell Crowe fucking rocked.
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: FlameOfCallandor on November 23, 2009, 05:42:27 PM
Micahel Moore only helped push documentaries. The other half was Morgan Spurlock.
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: Great Rumbler on November 23, 2009, 05:42:39 PM
1) No Country for Old Men
2) Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
3) There Will Be Blood
4) The Dark Knight
5) Children of Men
6) WALL-E
7) Moon
8) Zodiac
9) Doppelganger
10) Kingdom of Heaven

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11)Millennium Actress
12)The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
13)Memories of Murder
14)Sunshine
15)Pulse
16)Pan's Labyrinth
17)JCVD
18)Save the Green Planet
19)The Incredibles
20)The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

I barely even got it down to 20. :-\
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Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: Mr. Gundam on November 23, 2009, 05:46:04 PM
In no order, I love all of these films equally:

Amelie
The Station Agent
Talk to Her
The Lives of Others
Almost Famous
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
In the Mood for Love
Before Sunset
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Millennium Actress
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: The Fake Shemp on November 23, 2009, 05:47:01 PM
Quote from: Mandark
300 brought gay action movies to a wide audience.

Which is gayer: 300 or Brokeback Mountain?

Micahel Moore only helped push documentaries. The other half was Morgan Spurlock.

Moore pretty much deserves all the credit he gets for convincing distributors to push documentaries on screens like a normal film release. Spurlock took that style of documentary filmmaking and pretty much helped created the definition of the modern day documentary as a result.

... and Gladiator rocks, Cajole. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: Himu on November 23, 2009, 05:49:34 PM
I actually really enjoyed the first two Scary Movie's. I think it went downhill, not only for that franchise, but all the rest of ______ Movie crap after those two.

I thought Scary Movie came out like in 1999 or something, though.

And who the fuck hates on Gladiator?
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: Mr. Gundam on November 23, 2009, 05:50:48 PM
I thought Scary Movie came out like in 1999 or something, though.

Came out in 2000.
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: Mandark on November 23, 2009, 05:55:03 PM
The Royal Tenenbaums basically created the template for hipster comedies: family full of idiosyncrasies which goes through stuff but comes together in the end.  I don't think you get Little Miss Sunshine or Juno without it.
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: CajoleJuice on November 23, 2009, 05:55:35 PM
MGS4
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: Flannel Boy on November 23, 2009, 05:56:28 PM
The Royal Tenenbaums basically created the template for hipster comedies: family full of idiosyncrasies which goes through stuff but comes together in the end.  I don't think you get Little Miss Sunshine or Juno without it.

We know whom to blame now! Let's get the pitchforks!
/me watches BrandNew gather his Pitchfork magazines.
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: TakingBackSunday on November 23, 2009, 05:57:56 PM
They make Pitchfork magazines?  :o

*grabs keys*
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: Mr. Gundam on November 23, 2009, 05:58:50 PM
WHOA THERE BIG BOY

That's too easy. Cutting your list down to ten films is what makes it fun.
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: Diunx on November 23, 2009, 05:58:58 PM
MGS4
smh.

Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: Flannel Boy on November 23, 2009, 05:59:29 PM
They make Pitchfork magazines?  :o

*grabs keys*

Pitchfork doesn't have paper copies?

harry lime owned.
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: TEEEPO on November 23, 2009, 06:00:07 PM
1. in the mood for love
2.
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: CajoleJuice on November 23, 2009, 06:00:48 PM
HUGE LIST

Here's my list!

http://www.theyshootpictures.com/21stcentury_films1-50.htm
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: TakingBackSunday on November 23, 2009, 06:06:28 PM
They make Pitchfork magazines?  :o

*grabs keys*

Pitchfork doesn't have paper copies?

harry lime owned.

You just created a goldmine for them though, considering print is so retro.  Like vinyl!
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: duckman2000 on November 23, 2009, 06:10:29 PM
I could never cut it down.

Indecision and inability to narrow things down, great qualities for any Inspector.
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: EvilBoris on November 23, 2009, 06:11:30 PM
 The New World, Mulholland Drive, and Gerry are a few which immediately come to mind.

 I'm not sure if BBM 'spearheaded' or 'exploded' the more marketable indie cinema when stuff like Lost in Translation and Sideways gained alot of "middlebrow" attraction for their time. Maybe it was Traffic?

Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: Mr. Gundam on November 23, 2009, 06:22:08 PM
1. in the mood for love
2.

:rock

Awesome list, duder.
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: Mandark on November 23, 2009, 06:33:08 PM
Shouldn't the credit for indiesplosion go to My Big Fat Greek Wedding?
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: Madrun Badrun on November 23, 2009, 06:36:28 PM
1-3. lord of the rings
4.  Metal gear solid 2
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: Don Flamenco on November 23, 2009, 06:40:30 PM
Jeez, I've watched a lot of movies this decade.  Some that come to mind immediately:

--Vengeance trilogy (Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Old Boy, Sympathy for Lady Vengeance)
--Audition (okay, made in 1999, but I don't think it got to the U.S. until 2000 or 2001.)
--Kill Bill 1 and 2
--No Country For Old Men
--Dancer in the Dark
--Royal Tenennbaums
--Mulholland Drive
--The Inland Empire
--Memories of Murder
--The Chaser
--Primer
--The Room
--Borat



looks like this soon-to-be classic is just missing the cut:
http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Furry_Vengeance/70120084?strackid=1e8aacfe55fe0afe_6_srl&strkid=1795320578_6_0&trkid=222336
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: Barry Egan on November 23, 2009, 06:41:14 PM
1. Faye Valentine and Lexi Belle
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: CajoleJuice on November 23, 2009, 07:01:12 PM
# Eternal Sunshine
# There Will Be Blood
# Children of Men
# Snatch
# Gladiator
# The Aviator
# No Country for Old Men
# Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
# Memento
# City of God

From my Flickchart
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: Robo on November 23, 2009, 07:02:14 PM
Forgot to mention "In Bruges".  That was on my list.
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: CajoleJuice on November 23, 2009, 07:11:20 PM
In Bruges is fuck awesome. That's in my next ten. I would probably put it in a real top ten over something like The Aviator.
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on November 23, 2009, 07:12:56 PM
2000 - Gladiator (Runner Up: X-Men)
2001 - Training Day
2002 - N/A
2003 - Fog of War (Runner Up: Kill Bill Volume 2)
2004 - N/A
2005 - Good Night and Good Luck (Runner Up: Syriana) (On Deck: Batman Begins) (Fluffers: Kingdom of Heaven)
2006 - Casino Royale (Runner Up: Apocalypto) (On Deck: Borat)
2007 - There Will Be Blood (Runner Up: Michael Clayton) (On Deck: No Country For Old Men) (Fluffers: Superbad, 300, American Gangster)
2008 - The Dark Knight (Runner Up: Gran Torino) (On Deck: Iron Man)
2009 - Taken (Runner Up: Bruno)

I barely watched movies in the earlier half.  2009 is a little thin because the year has sucked the dick in terms of movies.
Title: Re: Alright, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: Bocsius on November 23, 2009, 07:44:16 PM
I haven't seen that many movies this decade. In fact, the last one I even bothered going to the theatre for was Attack of the Clones. 2002!

Of the ones I've seen in DVD format, and of those that I am under the general belief of having been within the past 10 years, I'd say I like

LOTR trilogy
Pirates trilogy
Oceans trilogy
Bourne trilogy
O Brother Where Art Thou
Snatch

I've only seen like a handful of others, most of which I've also enjoyed. Star Wars, U-571, stuff like that.
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: TakingBackSunday on November 23, 2009, 07:46:59 PM
fffuuuuu forgot about In Bruges
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: duckman2000 on November 23, 2009, 07:53:16 PM
fffuuuuu forgot about In Bruges

Can't have been that great then
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: Human Snorenado on November 23, 2009, 08:10:42 PM
1. Children of Men
2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
3. City of God
4. Sideways
5. Pan's Labyrinth
6. Zodiac
7. Y Tu Mama Tambien
8. LotR trilogy
9. The Squid and the Whale
10. Requiem for a Dream (feelgood hit of the decade)
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: HyperZoneWasAwesome on November 24, 2009, 04:28:11 AM
10 films I've loved the shit out of, from 2000 up, in no particular order.

Memento
Memories of Murder
Children of Men
Infernal Affairs 1-2
Adaptation
Persepolis
Election 1-2
Punch Drunk Love
Red Lights
No Country for Old Men


that's off the top of my head, there's another 30-50 films that are just as deserving I could and would easily place on any top ten list depending on my mood on any given day.
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Post by: ch1nchilla on November 24, 2009, 06:16:43 AM
2046, because it's better than In the Mood for Love
The Royal Tenenbaums
Y tu Mama Tambien
Volver
There Will Be Blood
No Country for Old Men
Casino Royale
spoiler (click to show/hide)
Lost in Translation OH FUCK!
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Baller Blockin'
Infernal Affairs
In Bruges
Kill Bill
The Rules of Attraction
Pan's Labyrinth
Paprika, because that shit was crazy
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: Bildi on November 24, 2009, 06:43:46 AM
Damn, No Country for Old Men is popular.  In no order:

Ring
Howl's Moving Castle
Spirited Away
Memoirs of a Geisha
Perfume
The Prestige
Memento
No Country for Old Men
Noise
Walk the Line
Talented Mr Ripley
Wedding Crashers
Monsters Inc
Pirates 1
LotR
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: Agent Whiskers on November 24, 2009, 06:45:59 AM
Gigli
Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector
Suberbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 (waaay better than the first and the first was an instant classic)
Master of Disguise
Mean Girls
G-Force
Space Nuts
Big Momma's House 3: Revenge of the Sith
No Country For Old Men
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: tiesto on November 24, 2009, 08:45:20 AM
In no real order:

Spirited Away
The Fountain
The Dark Knight
Wall-E
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Children of Men
It's All Gone Pete Tong
Pan's Labyrinth
Gladiator
Snatch

Runners up: A Scanner Darkly, The 40 Year Old Virgin, Memento, Gran Torino, AI
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on November 24, 2009, 09:50:25 AM
Off the top of my head -

Zodiac
Memento
LOTR trilogy
Black Hawk Down
City of God
The Pianist
Ghost World
United 93
Million Dollar Baby
Ratatouille
Snatch
Wall-E
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: Kestastrophe on November 24, 2009, 10:14:53 AM
I'm kind of surprised that no one has mentioned The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada. It would make my list

also, :bow Lust, Caution
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Post by: Mr. Gundam on November 24, 2009, 11:45:06 AM
also, :bow Lust, Caution

Great movie (I've got the Korean Blu-ray release), but I felt like Lee was trying way too hard to ape the whole Wong Kar Wai look and style.
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: Mr. Gundam on November 24, 2009, 11:53:29 AM
Ok, I'm putting them in order this time.

1. In the Mood for Love
2. Talk to Her
3. Before Sunset
4. The Lives of Others
5. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
6. The Station Agent
7. Amelie
8. Hedwig and the Angry Inch
9. Almost Famous
10. Millennium Actress
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: Phoenix Dark on November 24, 2009, 12:06:27 PM
1) Children of Men
2) LOTR Trilogy
3) Pan's Labyrinth
4) Memento
5) No Country for Old Men
6) Zodiac
7) Let The Right One In
8 ) The Fountain
9) City of God
10) There Will Be Blood

special mention: The Incredibles :bow
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: TakingBackSunday on November 24, 2009, 12:42:53 PM
Gran Torino was meh.  Shitty asian acting  :-\
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: Human Snorenado on November 24, 2009, 12:58:45 PM
I know that it's not as bleak as Requiem, but I have a hard time understanding people picking The Fountain over everyone's favorite addiction movie.  Then again, there are people putting anime flicks on here, which is just plain wrong on so many levels.  WEEABOOS.
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: Mr. Gundam on November 24, 2009, 01:05:40 PM
I know that it's not as bleak as Requiem, but I have a hard time understanding people picking The Fountain over everyone's favorite addiction movie.  Then again, there are people putting anime flicks on here, which is just plain wrong on so many levels.  WEEABOOS.

I think I would've put Requiem for a Dream on my list if it were still earlier in the decade. I was obsessed with that movie during my sophomore year of college when it first came out (saw it opening day in Seattle). I still appreciate it, but not nearly as much as I used to.

And hey, Millennium Actress is a good film, anime or not.

Quote
Millennium Actress was very favorably received by critics, gaining a 94% "fresh" rating at RottenTomatoes.com.[1] Los Angeles Times critic Kenneth Turan said of the film "as a rumination on the place movies have in our personal and collective subconscious, "Millennium Actress" fascinatingly goes where films have not often gone before".[2] Kevin M. Williams of the Chicago Tribune gave the movie 4 stars and put his feelings for the film this way: "A piece of cinematic art. It's modern day Japanese animation at its best... It's animated, but it's human and will touch the soul of anyone who has loved deeply".
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: Phoenix Dark on November 24, 2009, 01:08:32 PM
I thought The Fountain was a better movie. Requiem is good but I liked The Fountain more, it was more interesting, I really liked Hugh Jackman in it, and of course the score is amazing. I doubt I'll watch Requiem again anytime soon
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: Human Snorenado on November 24, 2009, 01:15:21 PM
I thought The Fountain was a better movie. Requiem is good but I liked The Fountain more, it was more interesting, I really liked Hugh Jackman in it, and of course the score is amazing. I doubt I'll watch Requiem again anytime soon

ASS TO ASS tho.
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: CajoleJuice on November 24, 2009, 01:15:44 PM
I thought The Fountain was a better movie. Requiem is good but I liked The Fountain more, it was more interesting, I really liked Hugh Jackman in it, and of course the score is amazing. I doubt I'll watch Requiem again anytime soon

:bow [youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihF_aXi-Huk[/youtube] :bow2
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: Phoenix Dark on November 24, 2009, 01:30:58 PM
I thought The Fountain was a better movie. Requiem is good but I liked The Fountain more, it was more interesting, I really liked Hugh Jackman in it, and of course the score is amazing. I doubt I'll watch Requiem again anytime soon

ASS TO ASS tho.

Movie is too depressing. That and Kids are the only movies so depressing I'd rather not watch them again
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: The Fake Shemp on November 24, 2009, 01:36:43 PM
I think Requiem only rivals 1984 in films so depressing I will never watch again.
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: TakingBackSunday on November 24, 2009, 01:41:26 PM
My high school buddies were obsessed with Requiem for so long that I just fucking got sick of it.  Although the music used was always kinda cool.
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: Great Rumbler on November 24, 2009, 01:54:40 PM
Then again, there are people putting anime flicks on here, which is just plain wrong on so many levels.  WEEABOOS.

[youtube=560,345]vpGrD5wUzKE[/youtube]

[youtube=560,345]oeFGQpj4Z8o[/youtube]

Just barely missed my top ten, but there's absolutely nothing wrong with having it there.
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on November 24, 2009, 01:59:49 PM
I think Requiem only rivals 1984 in films so depressing I will never watch again.

What about Dancer in the Dark?  At least there's ass to ass in Requiem.  Dancer just had death.
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: Don Flamenco on November 24, 2009, 02:09:34 PM
I think Requiem only rivals 1984 in films so depressing I will never watch again.

What about Dancer in the Dark?  At least there's ass to ass in Requiem.  Dancer just had death.

that made my list...that's the only time I've sobbed while watching a movie.
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: Phoenix Dark on November 24, 2009, 02:22:42 PM
1984 is so bad I wouldn't watch it again. One of my favorite books but wow, the movie is an abortion
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: The Fake Shemp on November 24, 2009, 03:20:30 PM
Calling 1984 bad is up there with your ludicrous review of Unforgiven. I think you have an aversion to cinema that doesn't spell everything out for you.
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on November 24, 2009, 04:12:51 PM
I vote for Charles Mingus' albums "mingus mingus mingus mingus mingus" and "pithecanthropus erectus".  They're neither films nor of this decade, but they win the category anyway because they're just that awesome.
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: MCD on November 24, 2009, 05:22:04 PM
ctrl+f "The Shawshank Redemption".

nothing.

smh.
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Post by: Diunx on November 24, 2009, 05:24:09 PM
ctrl+f the thread tittle next time.
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: MCD on November 24, 2009, 05:29:40 PM
it's a timeless classic. :smug

honestly i didn't read the whole title.
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: Phoenix Dark on November 24, 2009, 05:30:37 PM
Calling 1984 bad is up there with your ludicrous review of Unforgiven. I think you have an aversion to cinema that doesn't spell everything out for you.

Interesting critique. I can think of many movies I don't like where some might accuse me of that, but then again I like plenty of films that don't spell everything out for me. It certainly doesn't apply to a movie based on a book I read multiple times for pleasure and in school.

1984 is not good, and I don't think it's universally acclaimed so I'm certainly not the only person who hated it. It's very slow, and they take a book I found to be fascinating and turn it into a dry, boring slog.
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: Robo on November 24, 2009, 05:32:39 PM
Favorite films of the Aughts:

The Man with the Rubber Head
A Trip to the Moon
The Impossible Voyage
The Great Train Robbery
Humorous Phases of Funny Faces

 :smug
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: Don Flamenco on November 24, 2009, 05:34:21 PM
I vote for Charles Mingus' albums "mingus mingus mingus mingus mingus" and "pithecanthropus erectus".  They're neither films nor of this decade, but they win the category anyway because they're just that awesome.


I rescind my votes and vote this instead and throw blues and roots on there
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: MCD on November 24, 2009, 05:34:41 PM
(http://i36.tinypic.com/wstlw2.jpg)

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Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: The Fake Shemp on November 24, 2009, 05:35:30 PM
1984 is not good, and I don't think it's universally acclaimed so I'm certainly not the only person who hated it. It's very slow, and they take a book I found to be fascinating and turn it into a dry, boring slog.

Unlike Unforgiven, you will not be met with cries of blasphemy for saying you did not like 1984, but to call it a bad film is still pretty ridiculous.
Title: Re: Alright motherfucks, throw it down. List your best films of the DECADE
Post by: Phoenix Dark on November 24, 2009, 05:41:41 PM
1984 is not good, and I don't think it's universally acclaimed so I'm certainly not the only person who hated it. It's very slow, and they take a book I found to be fascinating and turn it into a dry, boring slog.

Unlike Unforgiven, you will not be met with cries of blasphemy for saying you did not like 1984, but to call it a bad film is still pretty ridiculous.


Meh, I thought it was bad. Maybe we have different opinions on what a good or bad film constitutes. You probably look at it from a more technical aspect since you're actually involved in film, know more about it, etc. For me something doesn't have to be Val Helsing/Transformers level to be bad, and a film that gets things right on a technical level can still be bad overall. I'd love to get some examples of bad films in your eyes, but not focused on blockbusters/action stuff for instance.

Was I wrong about Unforgiven...yes.