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Top Ten for 2000s

Hi Tom, interested to know what you thought of the film Okuribito (2008) (aka Departures)? I've only seen two of the films in your Top 10, Spirited Away and City of God. Both movies blew me away.
 
Hi Tom,
Happy new year
I waited until your list was complete. (Got stranded at 4 for awhile). Several I have not seen. That's what Netflix is for. I'll search them out. Thanks for the entertaining top 10.
 
Thank you, Frank. If I've never mentioned it before, I think you are great contributor here.
 
David Mullen ASC said:
Tom's list is so similar to what mine might be that I better see "Ghost in the Shell" because it's the only one I haven't seen yet!
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Well be in a good, philosophical mood when you see it!

BTW, David, thanks for your friendship and willingness to join in with all these things we discuss. Let's hope for another good 70mm showing at the Aero soon ;)

David have you posted your thoughts on Yi Yi? I would like to read them.
 
Great list and reviews... Thank you Tom. Happy New Year's everyone!
 
Great list Tom.

I 100% agree with your #1 pick.

For me Malick films feel very much like novels. Usually I am more moved and inspired by books than by films, but somehow Malick manages to translate much of what is unique to the experience of reading literature and put it on film.
 
Lucas Wilson said:
In case you guys haven't seen it - an *awesome* website where you can see many movies like this, and other classics that are not easily available...

www.theauteurs.com.

I had myself a Bunuel marathon a couple of night ago. Am still walking around twitching and muttering.

Lucas
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Great!

Luis Buñuel is one of my master movie auteurs.

Also I should open "The Auteur Movie Rental" on DVD/Blu-ray in 2010 !!! :laugh:

Best New Year's wishes.
 
Tom,

What percentage of those films were shot digitally? Just Curious.

Stephen
 
Awesome list! I'd keep "Spirited Away" and "Mulholland Drive"

and add these:

Donnie Darko - philosophy masquerading as entertainment
District 9 - best use of location setting in a feature film ever
Frozen River - probably my favorite of the lot for its use of setting and pulling amazing results from no-name actors, Melissa Leo is pure genius
The Cove - re-writes so many genres, has had a real-world impact in a taut thriller
Walk the Line - Joaquin Phoenix got the shim sham, Johnny Cash notwithstanding, still a great study of one man's struggles
The Story of the Weeping Camel - most. heartbreaking. film. ever.
Lost in Translation - best use of silence in a film, ever
The Triplets of Belleville - sooo original and quirky
The Fog of War - how did errol morris ever pull this off?
Australia - underrated, Gone with the Wind set in Australia
Cloverfield - a monster movie where the monster was a big macguffin, it was all about how people behave under fire

That would give me 13, though, if I had to knock off 3, it would be Walk the Line and Australia. And Cloverfield, I guess...

I like quirky films, and I like films that are deeper than they seem, without really trying...
 
Stephen Williams said:
Tom,

What percentage of those films were shot digitally? Just Curious.

Stephen
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ask that question in 10 years again :)
anyway, doesnt really matter which format a movie was shot on, never heard in a theatre, oh ah, what a great exposure, dynamic range etc. at some level its all the same for the audiance :)
 
It's hard for me to narrow films down to a Top #10, mainly because there's so many out there that I like, none are truly "better" than the others, except for Avatar, but, whatever.

My top films of the year though would probably be:

Taken
Star Trek
The Hangover
District 9
Inglorious Basterds
Zombieland
Pandorum
Daybreakers
Avatar
Sherlock Holmes

I wish Pandorum had seen a wider release though. I generally liked that movie, as it did a good job with atmosphere and suspense. Not necessarily the greatest acting, or the greatest photography or visual effects, but overall, I felt everything about it meshed really well, especially when the twists are revealed.

Daybreakers was a film I saw at TIFF, and i loved it. I'm guessing it will probably develop a cult following, but it's definitely one of my favourite vampire movies. It's great to see Sam Niel again, as Jurassic Park was essentially the reason I decided to go into film.

Zombieland, that was interesting. I saw the previews and thought it was going to be funny for the first viewing, but voerall not that great. I went and watched it and loved every second of it. I can't wait to pick that up on Blu Ray.

Sherlock Holmes also surprised me. I had a chance to read the first draft of the script a couple of weeks before the movie came out, and it had me feeling kinda iffy about it, but going in it was completely different than what I though, but definitely in a good way different.
 
Good list Tom.
My list would contain some more animated films ;)

Spent last night re-seeing a some of Miyazaki films, and they are truly amazing. Fantasic storytelling and every second is magical. My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away and Moving Castle are all must-see films!

Too bad Brad Bird's "The Iron giant" was made 99, or that one would have toped my list of this decade.:thumbup:
 
Hey Tom (and David) -- I'm in accord on your list -- although I'm not great at putting them in some hiearchical order, once you reach a certain level, I don't know, is Beethoven greater than Bach -- is Fellini greater than Kurosawa --

but I especially liked the fact you included a very quiet restrained film like YiYi that so plummets the depths of what it is to be human. These kind of films
often get overlooked.

I think I would add to your worthy list a film like Platform or Still LIfe or The World --
just to have another quiet but deep filmmaker Jia Zhangke included in the pantheon.

There are also of course many other great films -- several from Iran, that I think could stand in this good company.
 
Meryem Ersoz said:
Awesome list! I'd keep "Spirited Away" and "Mulholland Drive"

and add these:

Donnie Darko - philosophy masquerading as entertainment
District 9 - best use of location setting in a feature film ever
Frozen River - probably my favorite of the lot for its use of setting and pulling amazing results from no-name actors, Melissa Leo is pure genius
The Cove - re-writes so many genres, has had a real-world impact in a taut thriller
Walk the Line - Joaquin Phoenix got the shim sham, Johnny Cash notwithstanding, still a great study of one man's struggles
The Story of the Weeping Camel - most. heartbreaking. film. ever.
Lost in Translation - best use of silence in a film, ever
The Triplets of Belleville - sooo original and quirky
The Fog of War - how did errol morris ever pull this off?
Australia - underrated, Gone with the Wind set in Australia
Cloverfield - a monster movie where the monster was a big macguffin, it was all about how people behave under fire

That would give me 13, though, if I had to knock off 3, it would be Walk the Line and Australia. And Cloverfield, I guess...

I like quirky films, and I like films that are deeper than they seem, without really trying...
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Like your list Meryem. Haven't seen all of them but now I think maybe I should. [yours too Tom ;)] Darko and Walk the Line are amazing. But Cloverfield, Australia? Mhhh... not all of them ;P

I look forward to watching a heartbreaking story about a rejected Camel!!!!!!!
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Alright Tom :-)

MASSIVE oversights here. How can these be less films than all 10 on your list?
-Gladiator
-Fellowship of the Ring, Two Towers, Return of the King
-Dark Knight
 
Wo de fu qin mu qin (the road home), which technically came out in 1999, but in the US, did not premiere until the 2001 sundance film festival where it won the audience award, seems to me something that people should see. perhaps it is because i am married to someone of chinese decent, but i throughly enjoyed this film and it introduced me to Ziyi Zhang, who later became famous in crouching tiger hidden dragon.

dino
 
A few mentions, not a list. So many out there left to watch.

No Country For Old Men
The Notebook
Anchorman
The Bourne identity
WALL-E
Almost Famous
Batman Begins
Thank You For Smoking
 
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