Onion A.V. Club's 50 best Movies of the 00's.
Their music one is up, too, but I’m not ready to look other people’s lists yet.
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Damn, some of these movies sound fantastic. I’ve got a new new years resolution, one I can and will keep: I’m gonna watch every movie on this list that I haven’t already seen.
Netflix is so awesome.
wow.
brokeback mountain and zodiac in a top 50 of the last TEN years?
the only good thing about zodiac was when sam and i were watching it, the power went out and we ran out the dark house with flashlights, scaring each other.
I friggin’ loved Zodiac. I can’t see any of this list because for some reason at work it keeps crashing my browser. Weird.
Really? A Colin Farrell movie in the top 10? Also, was Moulin Rouge really that good?
O.K. thanks to the iphone I saw the list. I’ve probably seen about half of them. The rest I either haven’t heard of or didn’t see because I had no interest. The only ones seeing on that list that make me rethink my lack of interest are Audition and 25th Hour which I’ve always wanted to see but in the first case was too apprehensive about it being too torture-porny, and the latter because…..no particular reason.
shmEvan said:Really? A Colin Farrell movie in the top 10? Also, was Moulin Rouge really that good?
it’s made several lists. i saw it back when it came out and promptly forgot about it. maybe it’s worth a revisit?? i just hate that nicole kidman. her face is all wrong.
John said:I’m gonna watch every movie on this list that I haven’t already seen.
why this list over any other list? just curious…
Partly because the only movies I haven’t seen on this list are ones I’m really curious about (maybe 10 in total) and partly because it’s the only list I’ve seen so far.
Overall, their end of decade lists have been stellar. My friend and I have been arguing over it all day long.
I’m working up a post for us to talk about our favorite movies of the decade and should have it up soon.
But about this list in particular: is Christopher Nolan really such a stellar filmmaker that three of his films belong in the greatest of the previous tenth of a century? I don’t think The Prestige is something any of us will be thinking about several years from now.
I agree with that. The Prestige was a very cool flick, but not something I’d even think about including in a top whatever list.
i have seen most of these since i had the good fortune to work at both Ritz and Regal theatres for the first part of the decade. i definitely disagree with having a few on there – The Prestige was nothing special, Moulin Rouge was fucking terrible and AI was blitheringly dull – but a lot of the choices are excellent and include quite a few of my favourite all-time films. it was perplexing to see Amelie was not included, as that movie was damn near perfect.
christina said:wow.
brokeback mountain and zodiac in a top 50 of the last TEN years?
the only good thing about zodiac was when sam and i were watching it, the power went out and we ran out the dark house with flashlights, scaring each other.
I couldn’t disagree more. I love that movie.
In all, I feel accomplished for having seen many of these, and owning more than a few, also.
I refuse to watch Moulin Rouge, though.
But I must admit, Christina, that the night the power went out might have been the best showing ever.
Sammy said:I refuse to watch Moulin Rouge, though.
don’t let ANYONE ever trick you into ever watching that pile of garbage. actually, the first 10 minutes or so are good. fast-speaking Hudsucker Proxy good. THEN IT TURNS TO STEAMY SHIT.
Those three movies were the three I also had a major problem with, Mandy.
And Zodiac. It really wasn’t that great.
John said:And Zodiac. It really wasn’t that great.
even if it WAS great, there is no way it deserves to be on a top 50 of the past 10 years list. that’s ridiculous!
amelie! yes! replace it with amelie.
For a similar sort of slow boiled crime thriller, Zodiac was much better than No Country For Old Men. Which I liked, but all the incessant critical spooge that’s been money shot the fuck all over that movie is just dumbfounding to me. Especially in light of the Coen’s other work which I’ve thought was much better.
Kevin said:O.K. thanks to the iphone I saw the list. I’ve probably seen about half of them. The rest I either haven’t heard of or didn’t see because I had no interest. The only ones seeing on that list that make me rethink my lack of interest are Audition and 25th Hour which I’ve always wanted to see but in the first case was too apprehensive about it being too torture-porny, and the latter because…..no particular reason.
25th Hour is amazing, get on that.
I saw 25th Hour in the theaters way back when and recall being very underwhelmed.
Is Amelie really not on this list?
Movern Callar sounds awesome.
Paris said:I saw 25th Hour in the theaters way back when and recall being very underwhelmed.
Is Amelie really not on this list?
we saw both of these movies together in the movie theatre. i remember falling asleep during 25th hour, but not out of boredom. and oh boy, did we love amelie!