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Best film of the decade?

posted 8 years ago by Ridley_Scott
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2001 - 2010 decade didn't offer many memorable films that come to mind.
But The Fountain is definitely one that stood out.

Are there any other films from this decade besides The Fountain that you remember well?

[–] resmat-1 8 years ago

I thought the decade had plenty of memorable films and I don't see any better way to back that statement up than to list some.

2001
Ghost World
Donnie Darko
Spirited Away
The Royal Tenenbaums
Mulholland Drive
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Waking Life
Amelie
Memento
The Man Who Wasn't There

2002
Punch-Drunk Love

2003
Lost in Translation
Kill Bill Vol. 1
Memories of Murder

2004
Sideways
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Before Sunset
Goodbye, Dragon Inn

2005
Broken Flowers
Oldboy
Hidden [Cache]
A History of Violence

2006
Pan’s Labyrinth
Children of Men
Brick

2007
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Eastern Promises
Rec

2008
The Dark Knight
Let the Right One In
Happy-Go-Lucky

2009
A Serious Man
Coraline

2010
The Social Network
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Black Swan
Inception

[–] FootOfDavros (6755) 2 years ago

A lot of good films listed there but not all are great films, e.g. Sideways? One of the films of the decade?!! Surely not...

Of those listed:-
Spirited Away
Mulholland Drive
Hidden
There Will Be Blood

would probably be on my shortlist - along with The Fountain - for the best of the decade.

[–] Floyd_Pinkerton 8 years ago

If by "of the decade", you mean "in the history of cinema", then yes, I am inclined to agree.

[–] neil-476 8 years ago

If by "best film" you mean "Worst film" I would be forced to say "I haven't seen them all. But on the basis of what I've seen then, yes, without a doubt."

[–] Floyd_Pinkerton 8 years ago

I won't respond in kind. I'm just disappointed your visceral reaction to this film was so diametrically opposed to mine. Of course, if we all liked the same movies, we wouldn't even be here right?

[–] neil-476 8 years ago

Oh, hooray for diversity - makes life and the world that much richer. And we all love films, or we wouldn't be here, so there's that. And I suppose I'm pleased that there are people who do like this film. But I take films up to watch with my elderly parents, and I figured Jackman, sci-fi, bound to be good so we watched it sight unseen. And it's the only film I've taken up to them which I've apologised for afterwards. And it left such an impression on them that they often say "As long as it's not another one like that Fountain thing."

I've started every sentence with a preposition. Tsk.

[–] ATG6 (3000) 2 years ago

2000 was a great year for movies, maybe the best ever.

Just looking at the top 25 US box office each year:

2001 was bleak (Cast Away carry over from 2000 was good)
2002 was good (Spider-Man, Austin Powers, A Beautiful Mind, Minority Report, Road to Perdition)
2003 was pretty bad.
2004 had Spider-Man 2 but not much else
2005 had Batman Begins (best superhero movie), Million Dollar Baby, and Walk the Line
2006 was pretty empty
2007 had American Gangster (hard to beat that)
2008 was good (The Dark Knight, Iron Man, WALL-E)
2009 had Up and Gran Torino
2010 had not much to recommend it