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Your Top Five Films for This Decade... so far?

Tom Lowe

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1) The New World - Malick/Lubezki
2) In the Mood for Love - Wong/Doyle
3) The Fountain - Aronofsky/Libatique
4) Mulholland Drive - Lynch/Deming
5) Memento - Nolan/Pfister

Honorable mention: Der Untergang (The Fall) - Hirschbiegel/Klausmann

Am I forgetting anything?
 
I would personally only add 25th Hour - Lee/Prieto, but that's definitely a good list you got there.
 
I like your list. Mulholland Drive, Memento... ahh!

I thought "Nobody Knows" was amazing. Dir by Hirokazu Koreeda, DP was Yutaka Yamasaki. The performance the director got out of that kid (or created in the editing room?) was fantastic. Personally I found it deeply moving.

I'd say the Lord of the Rings trilogy deserves a slot.

"Lost in Translation" is a contentious choice but I loved it.

As far as my home continent goes... Hotel Rwanda I thought was excellent, but that's maybe because it was shot in SA and a guy I know from drama school had a big role in it. Recently I liked Blood Diamond very much. And Stander was enjoyable in a B-movie kinda way (but doesn't make a top 5 films list IMHO...).

American Splendor was a lot of fun too.

Requiem for a Dream was memorable. I actually haven't seen The Fountain (had major deadlines when it was on circuit, now I'm waiting for a good presentation before I see it)...

Adaptation and Eternal Sunshine were both memorable and quite touching in a way too.

Amelie was a wonderful breath of fresh air. In the Bedroom, The Piano Teacher and In The Son's Room were powerful. Spiderman 2 was a ton of fun.

More, more!

Bruce Allen
www.boacinema.com
 
Definitely see The Fountain, Bruce.

You know, i am thinking of hosting a little screening in the desert movie/camping trip in Joshua Tree this fall. I actually have a 720p copy of The Fountain that would be perfect for such an outing.
 
I'm a guy, so some of my choices might appear kinda fruity to you real men...:biggrin:

1. Requiem For a Dream
2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
3. Memento
4. Sin City
5. Collateral
 
hey man, my top rentals got me a "gay" rating on netflix, so i think you're ok.
 
Tom said:
hey man, my top rentals got me a "gay" rating on netflix, so i think you're ok.
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Now that I looked again, your list is actually a little fruitier than mine, so I'm ah-ight, hahaha.

Hey, can anyone of you tell me the title of a Hong Kong movie I saw sometime this decade. The Plot is these 2 hot chicks who are assassins. And there's a 3rd hot chick who's a police officer trying to catch them. If anyone of you knows what movie I'm talking about, let me know the title. I remember that after every hit these girl-assassins did, they'd play that Carpenters song "Close To You"
 
haha, fuck off you homo!
 
Ah.... Eyes Wide Shut.... definitely one I overlooked. I'm not saying anything... but yeah, good movie.
 
btw, Bruce, while I have you here... can i make an "Ask Bruce Allen ANYTHING" thread? I have a bunch of HV20 ideas and questions I want to bounce off you.

tom
 
Bruce Allen said:
I thought Fight Club was 1999? But we will give it an honorable promotion to 2000 ;)
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Ahhhh sooo, the five top films of THIS DECADE...

I was thinking along the lines of the past ten years.:waaa:

Let me re-think my tops.
 
iklimler - Climates

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iklimler - Climates
 
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1. Pan's Labyrinth
2. LOTR Trilogy
3. Bourne Trilogy
4. Mulholland Drive (this movie gave me nightmares)
5. Finding Nemo

OK I cheated with 9 movies.
 
jaadgy akanni said:
Hey, can anyone of you tell me the title of a Hong Kong movie I saw sometime this decade. The Plot is these 2 hot chicks who are assassins. And there's a 3rd hot chick who's a police officer trying to catch them. If anyone of you knows what movie I'm talking about, let me know the title. I remember that after every hit these girl-assassins did, they'd play that Carpenters song "Close To You"
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sounds like Corey Yuen's "So Close"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0300620/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_Close
 
jeffkantoku said:
sounds like Corey Yuen's "So Close"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0300620/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_Close
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Yep, that's the one. Thanks man. I'm gonna get it, to watch it on rainy days when I usually stay home, get high and chill. There's something about that movie-not just the hot chicks...I guess it's the simplicity of it-not a lot of FX, not a lot of dialogue, and yet, so well put together. Shiri (Korean film) is another one of those types of movies.
 
1. LOTR Return of the King
2. Sin City
3. In the Mood for Love
4. Kill Bill Vol. 2
5. 300

BTW Emanuel, I've been meaning to see Climates for a while now, I think I'll buy it off of eBay tonight! absolutely beautiful cinematography.

Have you ever seen Lars Von Trier's The Element of Crime (Forbrydelsens Element) Emanuel?
 
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