Best Films of the Decade...

Joe Brody said:

. . . and Deadlock, admit it, the space dance is indefensible . . . whereas the elastigirl interlude referenced above is, well .... it speaks for itself. Like I said, there's just more there THERE.

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What about the space dance would you like me to defend? Visually/aurally, a matter of taste. Narratively, it's a fairly efficient scene that links Wally and Eve with two other parties who are starting to come around to the ideas Wally has planted (John/Mary and El Capitan).

I usually reserve this kind of analysis and debate for scripts I have written... Can we talk about something else now... please?

Deadlock said:

What about the space dance would you like me to defend? Visually/aurally, a matter of taste. Narratively, it's a fairly efficient scene that links Wally and Eve with two other parties who are starting to come around to the ideas Wally has planted (John/Mary and El Capitan).

I usually reserve this kind of analysis and debate for scripts I have written... Can we talk about something else now... please?

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[Perplexed]What -- Avatar???

Deadlock said:

I usually reserve this kind of analysis and debate for scripts I have written... Can we talk about something else now... please?

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Do tell....Be nice to renew my love, in this arena

. . .well I'll say Hurt Locker was good -- not great. A Serious Man may well be great but it needs another watching (visually, its one of the greatest films, I've ever seen). Crazy Heart was good but won't hold up. I hope Jeff Bridges does not win.


. . . .and Zombieland . . . what can I say? At least it has Bill Murray and it made ironic (can that be right?) use of Fight Club type CGI.

Pale Horse said:

Do tell....Be nice to renew my love, in this arena

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Let's not hijack this thread... (Look, ma, first new thread in an eon!)

Joe, you wanna talk Avatar? I'm still good with my German Mechanic. Boom. Done.

Seriously, sci-fi is only capable of identity crisis films. Quarter-life crisis of Gen Y?

Updating the list... these are the films that I've actually seen (in no particular order):

Inglourious Basterds
Batman Begins
The Dark Knight
District 9
Avatar
Minority Report
Casino Royale
The Departed
Gangs of New York
Watchmen
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Kill Bill (vol. 1 and 2)
Memento
The Prestige
A Serious Man
Kingdom of Heaven (director's cut)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
X2: X-Men United
Spiderman 2
Unbreakable
No Country For Old Men
The Hurt Locker
Ocean's 11
The Passion of the Christ
O Brother Where Art Thou?
Grindhouse
(500) Days of Summer
The Bourne Ultimatum
Zodiac
Insomnia (remake)
Miracle
Iron Man
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Ratatouille
Wall-E
Up
Monsters Inc.
Finding Nemo
The Incredibles
Surf's Up

Charlie Kaufman wrote some good stuff this past decade... I enjoyed both his ventures with Spike Jonze.

TheMutt92 said:

Updating the list... these are the films that I've actually seen (in no particular order):

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Out of your list I would single these out:

Inglourious Basterds - only saw it yesterday and it's left an impression!

Batman Begins - the best Batman movie origin story so far

The Dark Knight - a great continuation

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy - simply stunning and breathtaking

Kill Bill (vol. 1 and 2) - a Tarantino tour de force

No Country For Old Men - saw this recently and it was so completely different to what I expected. An engrossing masterpiece that follows an unexpected route, and actually made me jump near the end!

Iron Man - something stunning using a character I've never before found that interesting

Some good titles here.

I'd also add:

The Beach
Blood Diamond
Taken

Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull?

Junebug.

A heartbreaking masterpiece. Don't tell me it isn't. Amy Adams was stupendous. Don't tell me she wasn't. The characters were real, alive, believable and poignant. Don't tell me they weren't.

Chuckle....

kongisking said:

...Amy Adams was stupendous. Don't tell me she wasn't...

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I'm surprised you haven't added Catch Me if you Can to the list, yet

Ironically enough, no film in the 2000s got into my all time top ten...Anyway, here's my best of the 2000s in order. But there are tons of movies that I've yet to see. I'm working my way through them each day.
1. No Country for Old Men (2007)
2. Milk (2008)
3. The Wrestler (2008)
4. WALL-E (2008)
5. Crash (2004)
6. The Dark Knight (2008)
7. Up in the Air (2009)
8. Sideways (2004)
9. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
10. The Departed (2006)
11. Up (2009)
12. Inglourious Basterds (2009)
13. Ratatouille (2007)
14. The Hurt Locker (2008)
15. Casino Royale (2006)
16. Monsters, Inc. (2001)
17. There Will Be Blood (2007)
18. Finding Nemo (2003)
19. Catch Me If You Can (2002)
20. Ocean's Eleven (2001) - A guilty pleasure; Be nice to me.
21. The Incredibles (2004)
22. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
23. Batman Begins (2005)
24. Avatar (2009)
25. Revolutionary Road (2008)

I also really liked Iron Man and the first Pirates movie, but I don't remember enough about them to put them on this list definitively. And I also remember liking Lord of the Rings, but it's been years since I saw them and I don't feel safe in putting them on this list.

Pale Horse said:

I'm surprised you haven't added Catch Me if you Can to the list, yet

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In fact, I just recently watched it for the first time a few nights ago. I searched it out after reading that Amy was in it. Great movie, compelling story, amazing cast. And Adams was so adorable in it! I just wanted to hug her in this movie.

And BTW, I'm not sure if you're making fun of me or not. You got a beef with Amy Adams, sir? I'll take you right here and now!

kongisking said:

You got a beef with Amy Adams, sir? I'll take you right here and now! [/SIZE]

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If I did (have 'beef' in Amy Adams), you'd only become more jealous.

Pale Horse said:

If I did (have 'beef' in Amy Adams), you'd only become more jealous.

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Damn, this guy is good. You win, I yield.

Despite my love for Pixar, I must confess that I haven't been watching many of their recent films. I've now added them all to my Netflix queue. However, I recently had the opportunity to watch Ratatouille, and I find it to be their second best film. The first being Toy Story, of course. So I know consider it one of the decade's best film.

Oh, and on my last post, I forgot to place Downfall on my list. It's a truly great film, although I'm upset that it's more well known for its parodies.

I think I might as well add James Cameron's Avatar, J.J. Abrams Star Trek, Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, SyFy's Tin Man, 20th Century Fox's The Final Inquiry, 20th Century Fox's Amazing Grace, Disney's Bolt, Mel Gibson's The Patriot, Disney/Walden Media's The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe and the little known Felicity as some of the greatest films of the decade.

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The funeral monologue to end all funeral monologues.

absolutely one of the best of the past decade