Best films of the last decade?

[DeutschHistorian]

What would be your top 10? This is too hard for me so I'll have to think about it.

[Hoopo]

Re: Best film of the last decade?

I don't know about "best" as some arbitrary measure by critics, but my favorite, the one that I've watched over and over again and get continuous levels of enjoyment from, is Watchmen.

[DeutschHistorian]

Re: Best films of the last decade?

Of the prominent top 10/20 lists I have yet to see Memento or The Royal Tenenbaums. I'd have to go with Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, No Country for Old Men and Almost Famous as some of my favorites.

[ono]

Re: Best films of the last decade?

Here's my top 10 list. Keep in mind, however, that I have no taste in anything whatsoever.

The Departed (2006)
Dark Knight (2008)
Old School (2003)
Casino Royale (2005)
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Wedding Crashers (2005)
40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
Iron Man (2008)
City of God (2002)

[DeutschHistorian]

Re: Best films of the last decade?

[quote author=ono link=topic=2209.msg24833#msg24833 date=1289937914]
Here's my top 10 list. Keep in mind, however, that I have no taste in anything whatsoever.

The Departed (2006)
Dark Knight (2008)
Old School (2003)
Casino Royale (2005)
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Wedding Crashers (2005)
40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
Iron Man (2008)
City of God (2002)
[/quote]

I still haven't seen City of God. How is it?

[ono]

Re: Best films of the last decade?

It was pretty solid. Slightly depressing and sobering. But I watched it not knowing anything about it and was pleasantly surprised, I recommend it.

[GiggleFace]

Re: Best film of the last decade?

[quote author=Hoopo link=topic=2209.msg24795#msg24795 date=1289933376]
I don't know about "best" as some arbitrary measure by critics, but my favorite, the one that I've watched over and over again and get continuous levels of enjoyment from, is Watchmen.
[/quote]


Just can't get enough of that big blue cock?

[RandytheHelpfulPineapple]

Re: Best films of the last decade?

Amelie
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2
Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?
Memento
There Will Be Blood
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son about his Father
The Pianist
The Departed
No Country for Old Men

In no order.

[Hoopo]

Re: Best films of the last decade?

Mine, in no particular order:

Watchmen
Avatar
LOTR: The Two Towers
Wall-E
Up
Finding Nemo
The Royal Tenenbaums
Iron Man
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Star Trek
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

[RandytheHelpfulPineapple]

Re: Best films of the last decade?

[quote author=ono link=topic=2209.msg24848#msg24848 date=1289938672]
It was pretty solid. Slightly depressing and sobering. But I watched it not knowing anything about it and was pleasantly surprised, I recommend it.
[/quote]

+1 on the rec. It's a great film.

[ono]

Re: Best films of the last decade?

Am I the only person on the planet that thought No Country for Old Men was just okay? It's nowhere even near 'great' IMO.

Oh, and +1 for the Pianist and There Will Be Blood. Forgot those two, those are pretty good.

[RandytheHelpfulPineapple]

Re: Best films of the last decade?

[quote author=ono link=topic=2209.msg24860#msg24860 date=1289938908]
Am I the only person on the planet that thought No Country for Old Men was just okay? It's nowhere even near 'great' IMO.

Oh, and +1 for the Pianist and There Will Be Blood. Forgot those two, those are pretty good.
[/quote]

I enjoy the man-hunt type films. This one happens to have a bizarre, terminator-like hunter that uses compressed air and silenced shotguns. Pretty bad-ass. I like that there is no good or bad defined in the movie and that there's no 'justice prevails' element. It brings into question if evil is something new, or just something inherent in all men and generations.

I can see why some folks are luke warm about it.

[KingofCarrotFlowers]

Re: Best films of the last decade?

Shaun of the Dead
There Will be Blood
Devil's Backbone
Memento
Up
Two Towers
City of God
Amores Perros
Wrestler
Gone Baby Gone
In Bruges

A couple of those are favorites, not bests.
I'm apparently the one person who didn't like Eternal Sunshine. It did absolutely nothing for me.
I liked No Country, but it wasn't a top-tier movie for me.

[filmfanatic24]

Re: Best films of the last decade?

[quote author=ono link=topic=2209.msg24860#msg24860 date=1289938908]
Am I the only person on the planet that thought No Country for Old Men was just okay? It's nowhere even near 'great' IMO.
[/quote]


Nope.