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Someone had to start this thread, so here goes (in order):
1. No Country For Old Men (2007)
2. The Lives Of Others (2006)
3. American Splendor (2003)
4. Into The Wild (2007)
5. Children Of Men (2006)
6. The Return (2006)
7. Little Children (2006)
8. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
9. Before The Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
10. The Departed (2006)
Just missed the list - Burn After Reading, Mysterious Skin, Clerks II, Gosford Park, Last Orders, Sophie Scholl.
I should have called this thread the best movies of 2006/07! There must have been something in the water those years...
Follow Ups:
1. The World's Fastest Indian
2. The Italian Job
3. The Illusionist
4. Gran Torino
5. The Bourne Supremacy
6. The Bourne Ultimatum
7. The Bourne Identity
8. Cars
9. Wallace & Gromit
10.The Score
reelsmith's axiom : Its going to be used equipment when I sell it, so it may as well be used equipment when I buy it.
I'd place Pan's Labyrinth number 4.
and add 'The Pianist' with Adrien Brody from 2002.
J.B.
..Yes, lovely. Belongs on my list.
in no particular order:
The Incredibles
Finding Nemo
Star Trek
Gran Torino
WALL·E
Team America: World Police
Crash
Iron Man
Men of Honor
Dr. Dolittle 2
Cars
Kung Fu Panda
Chicken Run
...Dr. Doolittle 2?
Are you kidding me?
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...just for the fun and frolic of it all, with exceptions of course:
1) Munich (2005) - Authentic.
2) Assassination Tango (2002) - Like a Ghost Dog, by and with Robert Duval and wife (woa!).
3) War of the Worlds (2005) - I like that Cruise has a Mustang and the knack.
4) Kill Bill 2 (2004) - "...anything Hattori Hanzo".
5) City of Ghosts (2002) - Debut for dir. Matt Dillon, with James Caan, Gerard Depardieu, et al; inescapable atmosphere, ensemble acting set in modern Cambodia.
6) The Departed (2006)
7) Darjeeling Limited (2007) - an offbeat yet meaningful sojourn by three American brothers in India.
8) Rendition (2007) - Tells it well; moving climax.
9) No Country for Old Men (2007)
10) American Psycho (2000) - Gets what Bonfire of the Vanities missed.
Of course there are others...
Yikes, I didn't like a lot of the movies in the noughties. In no particular order:
1. Lord of the Rings (trilogy)
2. Kill Bills (billogy)
3. Almost Famous
4. Memento
5. Good Night and Good Luck
6. Donnie Darko (almost as much for its soundtrack)
7. Sin City
8. The Incredibles
9. Once
10. V for Vendetta
kinda sad
Though I love Deadwood and Dexter, the best tv show by far is The Wire.
Dammit, I knew I'd leave a fave off that gargantuan list. Got home and looked at the DVD shelf and far from being released in 1999 as I thought, Atanarjuat was released in 2001. Oh, well, I forgive the guys that think the Wind Will Carry us is from this decade (nope, released in 1999, I don't care what Netflix says) so here's my goof. Mea culpa.
But by all means see this fascinating film. An Innuit/Canadian production, Atanjarjuat is a beautiful film, combining legend with epic adventure. Unusual, and not to be missed.
Yes, a thrill to see for many reasons. It showed me a film experience I'd not had before.
d
...which are obvious and already posted. For the sake of variety and enlarging our little universe I'll list some additional memorable ones for me. As Tin says, 10 is too few; I could certainly make a case for:
Gomorrah
Il Divo
The Outskirts
La Cienaga
The Road Home
After The Wedding
Whiskey
Cargo 200
Primer
Kinamand
Mondays In The Sun
Angels In America
Rivers And Tides
The Piano Teacher
4
The Aura
Gone Baby, Gone
Grizzly Man
The Ninth Day
Time Out
Timecrimes
Code Unknown
What Doesn't Kill You
Red Road
Memory OF A Killer
2046
The Happiness Of The Katakuris
The Wind Will Carry Us
Sweet Land
Dead Man's Shoes
I'm Not There
Noi The Albino
Blind Shaft
Best television series:
Deadwood
Dexter
The Vertical Ray Of The Sun, a favorite forever. Just beautiful in every respect. A bookend to Last Life In The Universe.
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than "Ferris Bueller" and other such mediocre but highly lauded fare. It's a perfect film, absolutely original and with cinematography, casting, acting, and writing of the highest caliber.
BTW, have you seen, "Cold Fever?" A very special film.
I love Ferris Bueller. It's one of my "guilty pleasure" movies.
I saw Cold Fever about 10 years ago. I need to have another look. I remember liking it very much.
...I haven't thought of that one in ages but it's pretty wonderful.
What is it about Iceland?
in no particular order (and off the top of my head)...
After The Wedding (2006)
The Return (2006)
Tony Takitani (2004)
Schultze Gets The Blues (2003)
Spirited Away (2001)
Junebug (2005)
The Royal Tennenbaums (2001)
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004)
Lost In Translation (2003)
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
"The man is only half himself, the other half is his expression." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
it'll leave you speechless.
I've seen it... and thought it was very, very good. Thanks.
"The man is only half himself, the other half is his expression." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
...by anyone who can get their list down to just ten. :-)
I know we've shared love for After The Wedding before on this forum. Just hope the praise entices some folks to rent it.
I've got to see TAJJBTCRF.
...captures the feeling of 19th century America as well as any film I know. The melancholy, kerosene lamplit ambiance is papable.
The supporting cast is such a pleasure to watch. Sam Shepard's "cameo" is perfect. Garret Dillahunt is a bright star in the making. Mary-Louise Parker, Michael Parks, Paul Schneider, Jeremy Renner......
This is one of the greats.
I just stopped at 10.
:-)
I may have said this before... but... TAJJBTCRF is beautiful... it's worth watching just for the cinematography.
"The man is only half himself, the other half is his expression." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
I think Suzanne Bier (After the Wedding) is a terrific director, her Brothers film is very good as well and it's remake is in theaters now.
Jesse James is worth seeing just for Brad Pitts understated performance for my money
thanks
Phil
Almost did it, but the list was getting so darned long.
After the Wedding is so fine...but Brothers is also very good. I dunno if I can work up any enthusiasm for the US remake. I love Jake but honestly, I'm about re-maked out. Doesn't sound like from the reviews that this new one meets or exceeds Bier's original.
Bier is one of the best working IMO. It's been a good few years for women directors: Campion's Bright Star is outstanding, as is Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker and Lone Scherfig's An Education.
and want to see it instead, I should have mentioned...
It seems as if half the american drama offerings are based on remakes, I do not know what that says other than most people are not aware of the originals, do not care if there is one or do not like subtitles, and the american film companies may just pay less for the scripts - it is all about the money for them...
Thanks for the heads up on the other three I do look forward to them.
thanks
Phil
Her La Cienaga is an absolute gem.
d
..sense of indulgent, chaotic, familial democracy. Everyone seemed at once insulated by love and selfishness. I know dramatic people like these.Didn't it show up on one of your posts of Latin recommendations a few months ago?
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"After the Wedding," is very, very good--- I agree. I have "Brodre" on my Netflix list, coming soon. For a moment, I thought you guys were praising the remake......
You'd like it if you like After The Wedding. It's ostensibly one of Bier's "Dogme" outings, but it doesn't cleave slavishly to those strictures. Very beautifully and quietly acted. Tragic and subtle. Very Danish. Emtional lives are turned inside out and upside down in a moment due to an accident to one of the protagonists.
Honestly, I probably liked After The Wedding and Brothers a bit better but they're all very good films. Recommend you see the both the others. Biers is one of the best directors working.
I do understand why anyone thinks this has been a bad decade for the flickers...au contraire.The following 22 films represent my favorite films of the past decade, not necessarily the films I think are the "best" - there are movies in the honorable mentions that are superior to some of the twenty. I just enjoyed these the most, possibly flaws and all. And since I need a couple repeat viewings and a little time for reflection, I've included no releases from 2009 - which is a pretty darned good year in its own right IMO.
Alas, our small independent arthouse that showed mostly foreign, docs and tiny independent movies went belly up a couple years ago, so I've still not seen some films (like Il Divo) that might have made the list. Unless it played at the local Landmark, or I got to see it while traveling, I missed a bunch of foreign films and haven't yet caught up. Some, Like The Assasination Of Jesse James etc I just plain missed due to work load...but I will catch that one on DVD.
I also can't help noticing how many films I included from 2006 - as mentioned below...what a year! There' a clutch of good ones from 2001 as well. I can't believe some of these films were made 10 years ago. There were some surprises - I thought O Brother Where Art Thou would be the Coen's entry in the top group, but when it came right down to it, No Country For Old Men is just too overwhelmingly good to deny the top slot.
Alphabetical order:
1. 24 Hour Party People (2002)
2. After The Wedding (2006)
3. Amores Perros (2000)
4. Children of Men (2006
5. The Devil's Backbone (2001)
6. The Death Of Mr. Lazarescu (2005)
7. Gosford Park (2001)
8. The Incredibles (2004)
9. Inside Man (2006)
10. High Fidelity (2000)
11. Let The Right One In 2008)
12. The Lives Of Others (2006)
13. Master & Commander, Far Side Of The World (2003)
14. Moolaade (2004)
15. Mulholland Drive (2001)
16. No Country For Old Men (2007)
17. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
18. The Piano Teacher (2001)
19. The Return (2006)
20. Secretary (2002)
21. Spirited Away (2001)
22. Talk To Her (2002)
I must also mention three documentaries that stood out for me in this golden era of docs: the devastating War Photogrpaher (2001), the thoughtful The Fog Of War (2003) and Spike Lee's massive masterwork When The Levee's Broke: A Requiem In Four Acts (2006)The following are other notable films of the decade that grabbed me:
* 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days ((2007)
* The Aviator (2004) [I like it more than The Departed - a better film I cannot love.]
* Best In Show (2000)
* Bloody Sunday (2002)
* Brokeback Mountain (2005)
* Cache (2005)
* Catch Me If You Can (2002)
* Chicken Run (2000) [Gotta get Nic Park in here, and I like this better than Curse Of The Were-Rabbit.)
* Code 46 (2003)
* The Constant Gardner (2005)
* Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
* Dancer In the Dark (2000)
* Death At A Funeral (2007) [FUNNY!!]
* Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
* The Diving Bell & The Butterfly (2007)
* Donnie Darko (2001)
* A History Of Violence ((2005)
* Hot Fuzz (2007)
* Infernal Affairs (2002)
* In My Father's Den (2004)
* Kitchen Stories ((2003)
* Last Orders (2001)
* Lilja 4-ever (2004)
* LOTR: Fellowship of The Ring (2002) [I love it, flaws 'n all so sue me.)
* Memento (2000)
* Mystic River (2003)
* O' Brother Where Art Thou (2000)
* Once (2006)
* Pride & Prejudice (2005)[Gorgeous! It's like a dance...or a caprise on piano.]
* Requiem For A Dream (2000)
* The Road To Perdition (2002) [I like this SO much more than American Beauty.]
* Sexy Beast (2000) [Ghandi as a bad guy - ooooh!]
* Stardust (2007) [Princess Bride fans the wait is over.]
* This Is England (2006)
* Tristram Shandy: A Cock & Bull Story
* Vera Drake (2004)
* The Wonder Boys (2000)
* The Wrestler (2008)
* Y Tu Mama Tambien (2001)
* Yi Yi (2000)
* You Can Count On Me (2000) [Criminally underseen.]
* Zodiac (2005) (Underrated too.)I think every Pixar release in the last decade has been notable. Although Cars thrills me the least, every one of their movies is a gem: Finding Nemo, Wall-E, Ratatouille. There's been nothing like this string of quality films since The Archers.
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...wish I listed those. The Pledge is another that I forgot.
Baba-Booey to you all!
...despite that loooong list there's some I forgot or left out. Some I deliberately edited. Should I have listed A Mighty Wind instead of Best In Show? I think 25th Hour is worthy of inlcusion as well, but I've already got 2 Lee films listed.
There's a French movie I'm racking my brains to think of the name of right now that just won't surface...
No Country For Old Men
The Wrestler
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Michael Clayton
There Will Be Blood
Star Trek
Doubt
Let The Right One In
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
The Departed
Baba-Booey to you all!
it's impossible to say which is superior to the other. All are excellent, some are groundbreaking; they come from many different countries, many cultures.
Love and Honor
The Hidden Blade
Mysterious Object at Noon
Pusher
4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
Still Life
Alice Neel
Manda Bala
Bus 174
The Outskirts
Life on Earth: 2000 Seen By
Last Life in the Universe
Mother and Son
Let the Right On In
12:08 East of Bucharest
Japon
Audition
Toni Takitami
Joint Security Area
Days of Being Wild
Nobody Knows
Memories of Murder
Werckmeister Harmonies
Travellers and Magicians
The Wind Will Carry Us
Roads to Koktebel
Lilya 4-Ever
27 films, I think, and what a great decade they prove. I imagine I forgot quite a few along the way, as well.
unless one counts only Hollywood movies and then it could probably be trimmed down to 5.
J.B.
I did see "Let the right one in," but not "Let the right on in." Didn't know you were such a fan of Republicans.
I'm surprise you don't have the fine flick "Planet Terror" in your list. In one of the final scenes where Cherry pulls back her blanket to expose a massive Gatling gun for a leg and blows away a mutant I just about peed on myself.
We'll have to agree to disagree about global warming until the next global cooling scare comes along
...on my DVD box of The Wind Will Carry Us it is listed as a 1999 release.
It's still a great film from a master.
and the amazing Kiarastomi quality is the same!
I believe it was a submission for 1999 Academy Award consideration.
With all the nchatter about Iranian politics some marvelous filmmaking from that country gets overlooked. A Taste Of Cherry is one of my favorite films of all time - Kiarostami is a living treasure.
somewhat sadly, that many foreign directors, especially from places like China, Thailand, Brazil, Mexico, and Denmark are ignored. Sure, Germany, England, and France have talented directors but certainly, the past decade especially, they've been overtaken and surpassed by others.
One thing is inarguable: the production from the US has tanked.
I just looked at my movie spreadsheet. On it I've put an asterisk by my personal favorite 100. So I went down the line and grabbed eleven that I think were all made 2000 and later. They are alphabetical, so I won't number them.
Being Julia
Birth
Dancer in the Dark
Dogville
Faithless
House of Sand and Fog
The Human Stain
Mulholland Drive
The Return
A Tale of Two Sisters
Talk to Her
We watch about 250 films a year, and I must admit that I've been lazy and haven't yet added the last 100 or so films we have watched. There could be one of two recent films that will supercede a few on my above list. This is the best I can do now though.
Rod
1. No Country for Old Men (2007)
2. O! Brother Where Art Thou (2000)
3. The Counterfeiters (2007)
4. The Prestige (2006)
5. Infernal Affairs (2002)
6. Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
7. Ratatouille (2007)
8. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
9. Casino Royale (2006)
10. Mongol (2007)Honorable mention: Oldboy, Burn After Reading, Wall-E, Quantum of Solace, Gladiator, Master & Commander, Hero, Inside Man, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Iron Man, Babel, 300, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight
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We must be the change we wish to see in the world. -Gandhi
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We must be the change we wish to see in the world. -Gandhi
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