TOP TEN 2002

Started by Jeremy Blackman, January 08, 2003, 10:28:50 PM

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The Silver Bullet

#75
May 11, 2003, 10:45:36 PM
The best since 1999, but not as good as.
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SoNowThen

#76
May 12, 2003, 10:14:14 AM
Hmm, 1999 & 2002, both years with Scorsese and PTA films...
Those who say that the totalitarian state of the Soviet Union was not "real" Marxism also cannot admit that one simple feature of Marxism makes totalitarianism necessary:  the rejection of civil society. Since civil society is the sphere of private activity, its abolition and replacement by political society means that nothing private remains. That is already the essence of totalitarianism; and the moralistic practice of the trendy Left, which regards everything as political and sometimes reveals its hostility to free speech, does nothing to contradict this implication.

When those who hated capital and consumption (and Jews) in the 20th century murdered some hundred million people, and the poster children for the struggle against international capitalism and America are now fanatical Islamic terrorists, this puts recent enthusiasts in an awkward position. Most of them are too dense and shameless to appreciate it, and far too many are taken in by the moralistic and paternalistic rhetoric of the Left.

The Silver Bullet

#77
May 17, 2003, 09:02:26 PM
My damned list has changed yet again. Another Phillip Noyce film, too. Rabbit-Proof Fence was mind blowing. As an Australian I expected it to be full of political messages. But it wasn't. It was moving, brilliantly acted, and astounding to look at.

I am just wondering whether to put it above or below The Quiet American, which is also [of course] by Noyce...
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godardian

#78
May 17, 2003, 09:05:18 PM
Quote from: The Silver BulletMy damned list has changed yet again. Another Phillip Noyce film, too. Rabbit-Proof Fence was mind blowing. As an Australian I expected it to be full of political messages. But it wasn't. It was moving, brilliantly acted, and astounding to look at.

I am just wondering whether to put it above or below The Quiet American, which is also [of course] by Noyce...

Maybe we should start an Australian movie thread, but... what do you think of Walkabout? One of my all-time faves. Does it count as an Australian film (I can't remember if Nic Roeg is British or Australian, but it is set in Australia).
""Money doesn't come into it. It never has. I do what I do because it's all that I am." - Morrissey

"Lacan stressed more and more in his work the power and organizing principle of the symbolic, understood as the networks, social, cultural, and linguistic, into which a child is born. These precede the birth of a child, which is why Lacan can say that language is there from before the actual moment of birth. It is there in the social structures which are at play in the family and, of course, in the ideals, goals, and histories of the parents. This world of language can hardly be grasped by the newborn and yet it will act on the whole of the child's existence."

Stay informed on protecting your freedom of speech and civil rights.

godardian

#79
May 17, 2003, 09:10:11 PM
2002.

1. Far from Heaven

2. Punch-Drunk Love

3. About Schmidt

4. Morvern Callar

5. 13 Conversations About One Thing

6. 8 Women

7. Gangs of New York

8. Heaven

9. In Praise of Love

I saw The Ring, which I liked, but I didn't see The Pianist, Lord of the Rings 2, or Talk to Her, so I'm not going to complete my top 10 just yet. [/i]
""Money doesn't come into it. It never has. I do what I do because it's all that I am." - Morrissey

"Lacan stressed more and more in his work the power and organizing principle of the symbolic, understood as the networks, social, cultural, and linguistic, into which a child is born. These precede the birth of a child, which is why Lacan can say that language is there from before the actual moment of birth. It is there in the social structures which are at play in the family and, of course, in the ideals, goals, and histories of the parents. This world of language can hardly be grasped by the newborn and yet it will act on the whole of the child's existence."

Stay informed on protecting your freedom of speech and civil rights.

LostEraser

#80
April 05, 2004, 08:07:48 PM
Like I said, I wanted to post my old lists from previous years since I'm new here and couldn't do it back then.

1. Adaptation
2. Punch-Drunk Love
3. Spirited Away
4. The Pianist
5. Far From Heaven
6. One Hour Photo
6. Y Tu Mama Tambien
8. Talk To Her
9. Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers
10. Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind
Capra tells us that, in effect, love's dreams are only dreams and that they will never quite bear translation into practical forms of relationship and expression. They will never be realized in the world but only in our consciousness and in our most daring and glorious works of art - but that, for Capra, is no reason to abandon love's dreams.
--Ray Carney, American Vision: The Films Of Frank Capra

SiliasRuby

#81
January 28, 2005, 11:25:09 PM
1. Punch Drunk Love
2. Adaptation
3. The Pianist
4. Catch Me If You Can
5. About Schmidt
6. y Tu Mama Tambien
7. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
8. 25th Hour
9. Talk to Her
10. Igby Goes Down
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soixante

#82
January 30, 2005, 03:09:14 AM
2002 --

1 - Punch-Drunk Love
2 - About Schmidt
3 - The Pianist
4 - Chicago
5 - Gangs of New York
6 - Far From Heaven
7 - Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
8 - Storytelling
9 - Adaptation
10 - All or Nothing

Igby Goes Down, One Hour Photo, Good Girl, Auto Focus would've easily made the cut in 2001, but in 2002 they are relegated to the Top 15.
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