►Top 25 of the 00s◄

Started by Stefen, September 23, 2009, 10:26:47 PM

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Pas

:bravo: fucking awesome post.  :bravo: very enjoyable read. Will check out the movies I haven't seen in the list for sure

edit: damn my mind is boiling with different films I loved of the decade, thanks I can hardly work now  :doh:.

Captain of Industry

FILM COMMENT'S END-OF-DECADE CRITICS' POLL

1. Mulholland Drive David Lynch, U.S., 2001 2808 points
2. In the Mood for Love Wong Kar Wai, Hong Kong, 2000 2687
3. Yi Yi Edward Yang, Taiwan/Japan, 2000 1833
4. Syndromes and a Century Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand/Austria/France, 2006 1738
5. There Will Be Blood P.T. Anderson, U.S., 2007 1664
6. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu Cristi Puiu, Romania, 2005 1407
7. A History of Violence David Cronenberg, U.S./Canada, 2005 1303
8. Tropical Malady Apichatpong Weerasethakul, France/Thailand/Italy/Germany, 2004 1301
9. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days Cristi Mungiu, Romania, 2007 1249
10. The New World Terrence Malick, U.S., 2005 1223
11. Platform Jia Zhangke, Hong Kong/Japan/France, 2000 1206
12. Zodiac David Fincher, U.S., 2007 1143
13. The Intruder Claire Denis, France, 2004 1110
14. The Son Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, Belgium/France, 2002 1089
15. Dogville Lars von Trier, Denmark/Sweden/France/U.K./Germany/Netherlands, 2003 1084
16. Caché Michael Haneke, France/Austria/Germany/Italy, 2005 1083
17. Kings and Queen Arnaud Desplechin, France, 2005 1080
18. Elephant Gus Van Sant, U.S., 2003 1036
19. The Royal Tenenbaums Wes Anderson, U.S., 2001 1007
20. Before Sunset Richard Linklater, U.S., 2004 1005
21. Spirited Away Hayao Miyazaki, Japan, 2001 1000
22. The Gleaners and I Agnès Varda, France, 2000 985
23. Goodbye, Dragon Inn Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwan, 2003 975
24. The World Jia Zhangke, China/Japan/France, 2004 974
25. Talk to Her Pedro Almodóvar, Spain, 2002 973
26. Inland Empire David Lynch, U.S./France/Poland, 2006 960
27. Still Life Jia Zhangke, China/Hong Kong, 2006 934
28. Colossal Youth Pedro Costa, France/Portugal/Switzerland, 2006 929
29. Russian Ark Alexander Sokurov, Russia/Germany, 2002 870
30. A.I.: Artificial Intelligence Steven Spielberg, U.S., 2001 850
31. In Praise of Love Jean-Luc Godard France/Switzerland 2001 834
32. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Michel Gondry, U.S., 2004 832
33. No Country for Old Men Joel & Ethan Coen, U.S., 2007 791
34. Werckmeister Harmonies Béla Tarr, Hungary/Italy/Germany/France, 2000 778
35. Grizzly Man Werner Herzog, U.S./Canada, 2005 777
36. Three Times Hou Hsiao-hsien, Taiwan, 2005 767
37. Café Lumière Hou Hsiao-hsien, Japan/Taiwan, 2003 761
38. Regular Lovers Philippe Garrel, France, 2005 759
39. Blissfully Yours Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand/France, 2002 713
40. I'm Not There Todd Haynes, U.S./Germany, 2007 703
41. 2046 Wong Kar Wai, China/Hong Kong/France, 2005 700
42. In Vanda's Room Pedro Costa, Portugal/Germany/Switzerland, 2000 654
43. Los Angeles Plays Itself Thom Andersen, U.S., 2003 649
44. Millennium Mambo Hou Hsiao-hsien, France/U.S./Spain/Greece, 2001 636
45. La Commune (Paris, 1871) Peter Watkins, France, 2000 632
46. The Hurt Locker Kathryn Bigelow, U.S., 2009 623
47. Million Dollar Baby Clint Eastwood, U.S., 2004 607
48. What Time Is It There? Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwan/France, 2001 600
49. demonlover Olivier Assayas, France, 2002 583
50. The Headless Woman Lucrecia Martel, Argentina/Spain/France/Italy, 2009 581
51. La Captive Chantal Akerman, France/Belgium, 2000 580
52. Esther Kahn Arnaud Desplechin, France/U.K., 2000 579
53. Notre musique Jean-Luc Godard, France/Switzerland, 2004 562
54. Distant Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkey, 2002 559
55. Saraband Ingmar Bergman, Sweden, 2003 553
56. The Holy Girl Lucrecia Martel, Argentina/Italy/Netherlands/Spain, 2004 550
57. Y tu mamá también Alfonso Cuarón, Mexico, 2001 537
58. Brokeback Mountain Ang Lee, U.S., 2005 537
59. Children of Men Alfonso Cuarón, Japan/U.K./U.S., 2006 537
60. Ten Abbas Kiarostami, France/Iran/U.S., 2002 527
61. Silent Light Carlos Reygadas, Mexico/France/Netherlands, 2007 527
62. La ciénaga Lucrecia Martel, Argentina/Spain, 2001 511
63. L'Enfant Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, Belgium/France, 2005 511
64. Star Spangled to Death Ken Jacobs, U.S., 2004 508
65. Flight of the Red Balloon Hou Hsiao-hsien, Taiwan/France, 2008 498
66. RR James Benning, U.S., 2007 491
67. The House of Mirth Terence Davies, U.K./France/Germany/U.S., 2000 484
68. 25th Hour Spike Lee, U.S. 2002 469
69. 35 Shots of Rum Claire Denis, France/Germany, 2008 460
70. Summer Hours Olivier Assayas, France, 2009 453
71. The Host Bong Joon-ho, South Korea, 2007 441
72. Adaptation Spike Jonze, U.S., 2002 438
73. Lost in Translation Sofia Coppola, U.S./Japan, 2003 435
74. Gerry Gus Van Sant, U.S., 2002 433
75. Private Fears in Public Places Alain Resnais, France/Italy, 2006 430
76. My Winnipeg Guy Maddin, Canada, 2007 430
77. Punch-Drunk Love P.T. Anderson, U.S., 2002 426
78. Fat Girl Catherine Breillat, France/Italy, 2001 422
79. The Departed Martin Scorsese, U.S./Hong Kong, 2006 422
80. Far from Heaven Todd Haynes, U.S./France, 2002 421
81. Donnie Darko Richard Kelly, U.S., 2001 413
82. Moolaadé Ousmane Sembene, Burkina Faso/Morocco/Tunisia/Cameroon/France, 2004 410
83. Woman on the Beach Hong Sang-soo, South Korea, 2006 407
84. Memories of Murder Bong Joon-ho, South Korea, 2003 405
85. West of the Tracks Wang Bing, China, 2003 398
86. Wendy and Lucy Kelly Reichardt, U.S., 2008 395
87. Trouble Every Day Claire Denis, France/Germany/Japan, 2001 390
88. Femme Fatale Brian De Palma, U.S./France, 2002 386
89. Songs from the Second Floor Roy Andersson, Sweden, 2000 386
90. Letters from Iwo Jima Clint Eastwood, U.S., 2006 379
91. Gran Torino Clint Eastwood, U.S., 2008 375
92. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Andrew Dominik, U.S., 2007 374
93. Last Days Gus Van Sant, U.S., 2005 368
94. The Man Without a Past Aki Kaurismäki, Finland/Germany/France, 2002 368
95. When the Levees Broke Spike Lee, U.S. 2006 360
96. The Best of Youth Marco Tullio Giordana, Italy, 2003 358
97. Turning Gate Hong Sang-soo, South Korea 2002 356
98. 24 City Jia Zhangke, China/Hong Kong/Japan, 2008 352
99. In the City of Sylvia José Luis Guerín, Spain/France, 2007 352
100. The White Ribbon Michael Haneke, Austria/Germany/France/Italy, 2009 348

http://www.filmlinc.com/fcm/jf10/best00s.htm

tpfkabi

Is Road to Perdition getting on any lists?

That came on TV and even though it was panned and scanned I had to watch it - scene after scene of beautiful camera moves and composition imo.
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modage

Christopher Nolan's directive was clear to everyone in the cast and crew: Use CGI only as a last resort.

tpfkabi

I just caught the last hour but man, sequence after sequence:

*spoilers?*

The montage where the son learns to drive / bank robberies
Tom shoots him down and fades in and out of shadow - gunshots silent camera on half circle track (i guess?) revealing on gangster's death after another
The whole ending beach sequence
When Tom kills Daniel Craig's character - the nod to Taxi Driver - the reflection of Craig in the window
that's all I can think of right now - maybe a lot of these shots are taken from the graphic novel - I have no idea.
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MacGuffin

'Mulholland Dr.' is L.A. critics' film of 00s
Beat out 189 other titles chosen by 41 LAFCA members
Source: Hollywood Reporter

The Los Angeles Film Critics Assn. has named David Lynch's "Mullholland Dr." the best film of the past decade.

In announcing its choice, the organization said, "Lynch's film stands as both a cautionary tale and a mascot for the triumph of art and personal vision in an industry that, from where we sit, often seems actively devoted to the suppression of both."

"Mulholland" beat out 189 other selected titles, which were chosen by 41 LAFCA members who participated in the vote. In 2001, "Mulholland Dr." was the group's runner-up for best picture, placing second to Todd Fields' "In the Bedroom."

In addition to "Mulholland," LAFCA's top films of the decade, in order, are: Paul Thomas Anderson's " There Will Be Blood"; Michael Gondry's "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"; Ang Lee's "Brokeback Mountain"; Joel and Ethan Coen's " No Country for Old Men," which tied with David Fincher's " Zodiac"; Edward Yang's "Yi Yi"; Cristian Mungiu's " 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days," tied with Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings"; Hayao Miyazaki's "Spirited Away"; Paul Greengrass' " United 93," which tied with Alfonso Cuaron's "Y Tu Mama Tambien"; and Alexander Payne's "Sideways."
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Pubrick

^those are some pretty boring choices, albeit fiiiiiiiiine and uncontestable in any productive way.

the lesson here, and in all the major "cumulative" lists, that is any list where the result is not the choice of a single person but the consensus of a bunch of ppl (even great critics or filmmakers) is that you will always end up watering down any inspired choices.

group lists hav no personality, i think GT would agree, and that is the one ingredient that makes a list interesting. i would rather hear a very precise well-thought-out list by Andrei Tarkovsky than a collection of what movies made most internet critics' top ten lists.

one is a statistical factoid while the other is a valuable insight.
under the paving stones.

Gold Trumpet

Even though your mention of me wasn't automatically asking for reply, I do like Tarkovsky's list because it avvoids a common pitfall of filmmaker lists. Every list has a nod to Hollywood, but Tarkovsky chooses City Lights, a film that still has stylistic relevance to his own films. Chaplin was very influential later on with foreign filmmakers. Often a filmmaker will make a list and have 90% of the list speak to his personality as a filmmaker and then there will be a "Sloop John B" kind of choice that speaks to nothing but basic pleasures and has little resonance with his personality as a filmmaker besides he may just find the film personally enjoyable as a viewer, but that shouldn't matter much for representational lists. But Tarkovsky finds the most logical Hollywood film to include in his list.

The only wish would be for a little more variety with filmmakers. If Tarkovsky was influenced by Bergman and Bresson, was he not also influenced by Olmi, Dreyer and certain Italian Neo-Realists? Good list, but three Bergmans may be pushing it. Even for a huge fan like me.

Captain of Industry

24 Hour Party People
The Piano Teacher
Werckmeister Harmonies
Head-On
Capturing the Friedmans
The GoodTimes Kid/Momma's Man
Spirited Away
Undertow
Genealogies of a Crime
Inland Empire
Grizzly Man
2046
Together (Moodysson)
Songs from the Second Floor/You, The Living
Goodbye, Dragon Inn
Spider
Election
Friday Night
Punch-Drunk Love
Police Beat
The Guatemalan Handshake
The Son
Old Joy
A Snake of June
Happy-Go-Lucky
The New World

2009 movies I kept wanting to put:
The Informant!
District 9
The Headless Woman
Goodbye Solo
Lion's Den

Stefen

Falling in love is the greatest joy in life. Followed closely by sneaking into a gated community late at night and firing a gun into the air.

Pas

I don't know 17 of them (including that 2009 list)  :shock: I'd like some details on the why/how/who(?) of the titles!

polkablues

Good call on Police Beat.  A very unique, underrated movie, and I know quite a few people who worked on it.  Most of them are awesome people.
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Pubrick

bad call on inland empire and happy go lucky.

probably the worst films by their respective directors and easily among the 5 biggest disappointments of the decade (be kind rewind, darjeeling, lovely bones).
under the paving stones.

picolas

i also have to call bullshit on Goodbye Solo. i honestly have no idea why people enjoy that movie. i hate every character, nothing happens, and every shot is held for at least 20 seconds longer than it ever deserves to be. i want to punch that movie.

and Election (fantastic film) was '99, so choose another one? otherwise very fresh choices.

i just have 13 more descriptions to write for my top 50 list. it's become the longest thing i've ever written that isn't a script.

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