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Posted on 12/27/2009 7:57:21 AM PST by Neoavatara
I know…technically the decade doesn’t end until next year. Whatever. The first 10 years of the 20th Century, as it was, was a great era for great movies. In my mind, we saw a true resurgence of innovation and imagination…with some routine Hollywood nonsense thrown in.
Now, I took some editorial leeway on some of these, as you will see. For what it is worth, here is my top 10 list:
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The Passion (2004)
Not only can you not count a decade correctly you aren't too great at centuries either!
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The only one on this top 10 list that I actually liked (and saw) is Gladiator. I lose track of time, and can’t think of which movies were definitely in this decade. I like some of the movies in the honorable mention list. I know comedies rarely if ever get any respect, but my wife and I really enjoy Will Farrell comedies. Anchorman and Talledega Nights are both very funny. I also liked American Gangster. I like Scorcese but I didn’t like The Departed at all. I thought Superbad was super BAD. How about Napoleon Dynamite? That is funny and quite original. I didn’t like any of the Spiderman, Batman, Lord of the Rings or Pirates movies.
The decade doesn’t technically end til 2010 is over. Did this list count 2000 as the last decade or this one? If it is counted as this one, Oh Brother Where Art thou should be on the list.
1, 2, and 3 I agree with, but maybe not in those slots. The others...eh not so much. A few I haven’t even heard of.
I know this is a tad off topic, but he mentioned Spiderman 2 as one of the best superhero movies ever...for me (different decade, but we’re talking ‘ever’ here) Richard Donner’s “Superman” (the first one) still holds that honor for me.
It was simply awful, IMHO
Am I the only one who really liked A.I. ?
I just sent this e-mail to Rush because many news outlets including FOX are touting shows where the past decade willpass to the nex decade on Jan 1, 2010!
Many stations are going to schedule shows chroniciling the past decade and that Jan 1, 2010 is the beginning of the next decade. They got it wrong with when they said that Dec 31, 1999 was the end of the 2nd millenium and haven't got it right yet!.
The year 2000 was the last year of the 2nd millenium. I proved this to my fellow space geeks by pointing out the Roman numeral system. I, V, X, L, C and M are the digital designators of our calendar. Since 1999 is MCMXCIX we need one more year to achieve MM two millennia. Each decade begins with the addition of an I. ergo XI or 11 the beginning of the second decade! 2011 not 2010 is the new decade.
Please spread this around. This will give us an additional year to measure the Obama administration as the WORST administration since...forever!
My List in no particular order:
1) Almost Famous—best 70’s
2) Joyeux Noel —Best Christmas Movie
3) The Downfall—Best WW2 movie
4) The Devil Wears Prada—Best chick flick
5) Pan’s Labyrinth—best fantasy movie
6) Mulholland Drive-—best ‘out there’ movie
7) Shaun of the Dead—best British movie
8) Star Trek—best reboot
9) Let the Right Ones in—Best Vampire Movie
10) Wedding Crashers—best comedy
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days
Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjE020YHPkE
True story - Sophie Scholl was executed by guillotine by the Third Reich after she was arrested and found guilty of distributing anti-Nazi leaflets at her college campus and for this she was beheaded along with several of the other brave young God-fearing people of the “White Rose”, an underground “TEA PARTY” like movement.
This is brilliant stuff. The tension becomes almost unbearable.
There's an easier explanation. The first year isn't over till the year 2 starts. You can't have a year zero so the first year is still 1 till the first day of the second year.
300. Kill Bill. Sin City. Hell Boy II. Eastern Promises. A History of Violence. Iron Man. Casino Royale. LOTR. The Dark Knight.
My all subjective best of decade list!
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When I think of the last ten years, “The Queen” jumps out at me.
There were better movies in 1993 alone (Schindler’s List, The Fugitive, and Groundhog Day) than in 2000-2009 in toto. Hollyweird has gone off the deep end.
P.S. I did mostly like Little Miss Sunshine.
And The Lives of Others was worth watching
As was pointed out on neo's "Best of 2009" thread, then his blog wouldn't get the hits.
Just another noob who doesn't understand the show.
Christopher Reeve was the best cast Superman ever. He had the looks, the build, and could play the character as ridiculously noble and naive without making him goofy.
It was definitely the best super hero movie until the current crop came up. I think the best was the Dark Knight, although there's something about the Batman movies that Batman is generally the weakest character. Heath Ledger, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman and Gary Oldham made the movie and Christian Bale didn't screw it up. "How about a magic trick?"
Yup. :-)
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The Aviator
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What did you think of Slumdog Millionaire?
LOL,, I’m so alone over here. (not really)
What about ‘We Were Soldiers’ ?
“What did you think of Slumdog Millionaire?”
Trash
(shudder)
The Pasion of the Christ
The Incredibles
Team America: World Police
...can't think of too many others off the top of my head.
Makes me glad I live in the US, and makes me wonder why we EVER started the H1-B program.
Cheers!
I can proudly state that of the “top 10,” I only saw the Incredibles. The others, I either never heard of or had no desire to see.
Don’t worry about the “hall monitors” telling you “this decade” doesn’t end for another year. “This decade” is WHATEVER 10 YEAR PERIOD YOU WANT IT TO BE. If you want to have a list of the Top 10 films of this decade, then you are obviously talking about the last 10 years. You could do this in a year that ends with any number, such as 2015. When people are talking about a decade such as the 20s, 30s, etc., 99.999% of them include the year that ends with a zero as the first year of that decade. Thus the 90s started with 1990.
2) Joyeux Noel —Best Christmas Movie
I can’t remember how I stumbled upon this one, but you’re right.
Inglorious Basterds isn’t on the list, thus it is meaningless.
I liked it a lot. Its reputation will only go up in years to come.
I prefer Richard Lester’s ‘Superman 2’ to the original. It’s a much more mature film with a genuine adult romance ala Lester’s ‘Petelia’ and ‘Robin and Marian’
The movie everybody should be talking about, because it is so pertinent to our country, is 2005’s Idiocracy. Prophetic. Even has a black man as President.
Don’t hit me. I adored the Superman and Lois flying scene.
A silly scene but a minor quibble in a terrific film with a geniune sense of threat and poignancy.
I enjoyed inglorious basterds...but there is no way it was in my top 10. Frankly, I am not sure it would be in my top 20.
As for Slumdog Millionaire, I enjoyed it, but thought it was very overrated.
Have not seen it...I will have to pick it up.
What???!!! Didn’t Pauly Shore make a movie the last decade?
Right! I mean, who really cares whether something is accurate or not. Hey,
maybe I should start claiming that this is still the 20th century, and that this
century won't end until the year 2017. So the 20th century is comprised of
the years from 1918 to 2017 because I have decided that "this century" is
WHATEVER 100 YEAR PERIOD I WANT IT TO BE.
You should check out the ‘Richard Donner Cut’ of Superman II...it was released a few years ago, and shows the film as it would have appeared if Donner had been allowed to complete both films as originally intended. LOADS of new material...fun to watch them back to back just to compare the differences. You know you are watching a ‘different’ movie right from the beginning of the ‘Donner’ cut...
I’ve seen it. That ‘turn back time’ ending they had in mind and used in the first film is inexusable.
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