just curious, and I love the org's "movie threads"

title says it all...

in my case, it's funny because the 00's produced some of my fav movies of all time, but also A LOT of movies I just didn't give a damn about, unlike the '70s, '80s or '90s; perhaps I'm getting old, lol

in order

1.The Pianist

2.The Dark Knight

3.Gran Torino

4.Million Dollar Baby

5.Lord of the Rings trilogy

6.Gladiator

7.Casino Royale

8.SW III: Revenge of the Sith

9. Brokeback Mountain

10.Letters from Iwo Jima

11.Borat

12.Black Hawk Down

13.Kingdom of Heaven

14.Batman Begins

15.Apocalypto

No order

Royal Tennenbaums

The Departed

Whale Rider

(500) Days Of Summer

Sideways

Closer

The Dark Knight

Letters From Iwo Jima (very underrated film)

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers

Munich

Kill Bil: Vol. 1

The Lives Of Others

The Matrix Reloaded

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

No special order

1. Thank You For Smoking

2. Ray

3. Good Fences

4. Night Catches Us

5. Medicine For Melancholy

6. I'm Through With White Girls

7. Lackawanna Blues

8. An Oversimplification of Her Beauty

9. Chico & Rita

10. Almost Famous

Harlepolis said:

No special order

1. Thank You For Smoking

2. Ray

3. Good Fences

4. Night Catches Us

5. Medicine For Melancholy

6. I'm Through With White Girls

7. Lackawanna Blues

8. An Oversimplification of Her Beauty

9. Chico & Rita

10. Almost Famous

the other 5? lol

wow, that's a very alternative list

JoeTyler said:

Harlepolis said:

No special order

1. Thank You For Smoking

2. Ray

3. Good Fences

4. Night Catches Us

5. Medicine For Melancholy

6. I'm Through With White Girls

7. Lackawanna Blues

8. An Oversimplification of Her Beauty

9. Chico & Rita

10. Almost Famous

the other 5? lol

wow, that's a very alternative list

Thanks, I guess?

Harlepolis said:

JoeTyler said:

the other 5? lol

wow, that's a very alternative list

Thanks, I guess?

lol that was a compliment , I'm not ashamed to admit that I don't even know HALF of the movies you listed; I'm still a mainstream kid at heart...

JoeTyler said:

Harlepolis said:

Thanks, I guess?

lol that was a compliment , I'm not ashamed to admit that I don't even know HALF of the movies you listed; I'm still a mainstream kid at heart...

TBH I didn't like 1/2 of the films I listed upon initial viewing, come to think of it, I didn't like 90% of my fave movies of all times upon initial viewing either

Another FAVE I forgot to mention, which at this point could be an honorable mention; Pan's Labyrinth.

Gosh this was so difficult. The movies that kept popping up in my head were either in the 90's or 80's.

Out of order:

1. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

2. Traffic

3. Ocean's 11

4. Gladiator

5. The Pianist

6. The Boiler Room

7. Catch Me If You Can

8. Road to Perdition

9. Chocolat

10. Walk the Line

11. Lost In Translation

12. Inception

13. Troy

14. Kingdom of Heaven

15. Taken

It's harder for me to put movies in order than albums so for now here's my list in alphabetical order:

The Artist (2011)

Copie conforme / Certified Copy (2010)

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

An Education (2009)

Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)

House of Flying Daggers (2004)

In Bruges (2008)

In the Mood for Love (2000)

Io sono l'amore / I am Love (2009)

El laberinto del fauno / Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

Låt den rätte komma in / Let the Right One In (2008)

Lost in Translation (2003)

Lucía y el sexo / Sex and Lucía (2001)

Le pacte des loups / Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)

Serenity (2005)

Harlepolis said:

6. I'm Through With White Girls

The Hurtlocker

Kill Bill

No Country For Old Men

The Dark Knight

Gran Torino

Babel

Inglorious Bastards

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

The Great Debaters

Traffic

Up

Hotel Rwanda

The Departed

Mulholland Dr.

Norbit

dreamfactory313 said:

Norbit

Did you post this one on the thread about liking movies everyone else hates?

sextonseven said:

dreamfactory313 said:

Norbit

Did you post this one on the thread about liking movies everyone else hates?

No, but I should. I think I am the one person that liked it. Im still waiting for Norbit 2.

V for Vendetta

Splice

28 Days Later

At least I THINK those are all from after 2000.

I have a few more I'd put but I'm not sure about when they were released and I'm not in the mood to bother checking.

sextonseven said:

It's harder for me to put movies in order than albums so for now here's my list in alphabetical order:

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) That movie had it all.

An Education (2009) Superb acting.

Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) Light touch, unsettling finish, great performances.

House of Flying Daggers (2004) A visual delight.

In Bruges (2008) Intelligent guy flick.

Io sono l'amore / I am Love (2009) One of the most poetic, superb endings of a movie I have ever seen.

El laberinto del fauno / Pan's Labyrinth (2006) Wasn't digging this one too much.

Låt den rätte komma in / Let the Right One In (2008) This movie, and so many others,prove most of the best movies are being made outside the States.

Lost in Translation (2003) That waiting room scene was iconic.

In no order:

Rush Hour II

Austin Powers III

Nutty Professor II : The Klumps

Honey

Save the Last Dance

Bourne Identity

13 going on 30

American Pie II

Dude Where's My Car?

Harold & Kumar

Role Models

American Desi

Bringing Down the House

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Spiderman II

[Edited 5/3/12 17:27pm]

namepeace said:

This movie, and so many others,prove most of the best movies are being made outside the States.

Only two of the movies on my list are American so you know I agree with you there.

As a comicbook nerd, a buncha my faves tend to lean towards that kind of theme.....


15. Little Miss Sunshine
14. The Dark Knight
13. Whale Rider
12. Hu$tle & Flow
11. Punch-Drunk Love
10. Ocean's 11
9. The Contender
8. Wall-E
7. 40 Year Old Virgin
6. Million Dollar Baby
5. Let The Right One In
4. Kill Bill
3. The Incredibles
2. Spider-Man 2
1. House Of Flying Daggers

sextonseven said:

namepeace said:

Only two of the movies on my list are American so you know I agree with you there.

it depends on which themes/concepts you like; many non-american/british films talk about certain themes due to budget limitations...the french industry couldn't afford to make an epic & modern film about Napoleon, for example (something that Hollywood could easily do), because there is no money...not surprisingly, some of my fav european films are usually french-german-italian-spanish co-productions...

I can't remember what movies I saw in the '00's but what I did see on other lists that I liked, I will include on my list:

1. Alien Opponent

2. Inglorious Basterds

3. Alien Opponent

4. 28 Days Later

5. Taken

6 - 15. Alien Opponent

JoeTyler said:

sextonseven said:

Only two of the movies on my list are American so you know I agree with you there.

it depends on which themes/concepts you like; many non-american/british films talk about certain themes due to budget limitations...the french industry couldn't afford to make an epic & modern film about Napoleon, for example (something that Hollywood could easily do), because there is no money...not surprisingly, some of my fav european films are usually french-german-italian-spanish co-productions...

Yeah, I'm not that into big Hollywood spectacle films. A movie about a couple having a conversation over dinner in some cool foreign setting can satisfy me just fine. (This was pretty much the entirety of the film Certified Copy. )

I remember when Brotherhood of the Wolf came out in 2001, the budget was reported to be around $29 million which was through the roof for a French film at the time. Using your example of Napoleon though, that's a movie for which I'd think a French studio would pull out all the stops. There is worldwide appeal on that subject. The studio would definitely get its money back internationally.

sextonseven said:

JoeTyler said:

it depends on which themes/concepts you like; many non-american/british films talk about certain themes due to budget limitations...the french industry couldn't afford to make an epic & modern film about Napoleon, for example (something that Hollywood could easily do), because there is no money...not surprisingly, some of my fav european films are usually french-german-italian-spanish co-productions...

Yeah, I'm not that into big Hollywood spectacle films. A movie about a couple having a conversation over dinner in some cool foreign setting can satisfy me just fine. (This was pretty much the entirety of the film Certified Copy. )

I remember when Brotherhood of the Wolf came out in 2001, the budget was reported to be around $29 million which was through the roof for a French film at the time. Using your example of Napoleon though, that's a movie for which I'd think a French studio would pull out all the stops. There is worldwide appeal on that subject. The studio would definitely get its money back internationally.

hmm, a movie like that would certainly need some american money, at least for the international distribution/exhibition deals, it would probably be a french-UK-US co-production, with a diplomatic script in order to satisfy both the british and the french (lol) and an international cast (mainly with british/french actors, and probably a famous american director to satisfy the US audience/execs...)

This was tough. I've never really thought about this. I'm sure movies are missing and these are certainly not in any particular order.

Step Brothers

The Hangover

Shrek

The Holiday

Pride and Prejudice

Sweeny Todd

Pirates of the Carribean: Curse of the Black Pearl

Road to Perdition

The Harry Potter movies

Devil Wears Prada

Stardust

Star Trek (From 2009...Chris Pine...etc)

I am not a film critic, I'm a movie go-er. I like what I like. It can have plot gaps big enough to drive a truck through, if I like it I like it.

JoeTyler said:

sextonseven said:

Only two of the movies on my list are American so you know I agree with you there.

it depends on which themes/concepts you like; many non-american/british films talk about certain themes due to budget limitations...the french industry couldn't afford to make an epic & modern film about Napoleon, for example (something that Hollywood could easily do), because there is no money...not surprisingly, some of my fav european films are usually french-german-italian-spanish co-productions...

Have you seen Brotherhood of the Wolf? It's a martial arts horror thriller mashup--big budget (for France) period piece epic. Think Sleepy Hollow meets Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

I can't, too many. I see some here that I liked, some I'm surprised that I like, some I didn't like so much and the rest I haven't seen

sextonseven said:

JoeTyler said:

it depends on which themes/concepts you like; many non-american/british films talk about certain themes due to budget limitations...the french industry couldn't afford to make an epic & modern film about Napoleon, for example (something that Hollywood could easily do), because there is no money...not surprisingly, some of my fav european films are usually french-german-italian-spanish co-productions...

Have you seen Brotherhood of the Wolf? It's a martial arts horror thriller mashup--big budget (for France) period piece epic. Think Sleepy Hollow meets Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

no. vut it sounds, at the very least, worth checking out, thanks

JoeTyler said:

just curious, and I love the org's "movie threads"

title says it all...

in my case, it's funny because the 00's produced some of my fav movies of all time, but also A LOT of movies I just didn't give a damn about, unlike the '70s, '80s or '90s; perhaps I'm getting old, lol

in order

1.The Pianist

2.The Dark Knight

3.Gran Torino

4.Million Dollar Baby

5.Lord of the Rings trilogy

6.Gladiator

7.Casino Royale

8.SW III: Revenge of the Sith

9. Brokeback Mountain

10.Letters from Iwo Jima

11.Borat

12.Black Hawk Down

13.Kingdom of Heaven

14.Batman Begins

15.Apocalypto

I've seen all on your list.

I own the bolded ones.

Brokeback Mountain is too personal to own.

The Pianist was not what I was expecting. Not easy to watch but easy to get caught up in.

Letters from Iwo Jima was very well done.

namepeace said:

No order

Royal Tennenbaums

The Departed

Whale Rider

(500) Days Of Summer

Sideways

Closer

The Dark Knight

Letters From Iwo Jima (very underrated film)

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers

Munich

Kill Bil: Vol. 1

The Lives Of Others

The Matrix Reloaded

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

I haven't seen The Royal Tennenbaums, (500) Days of Summer, and The Lives of Others.

(Own the bolded.)

missfee said:

Gosh this was so difficult. The movies that kept popping up in my head were either in the 90's or 80's.

Out of order:

1. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

2. Traffic

3. Ocean's 11

4. Gladiator

5. The Pianist

6. The Boiler Room

7. Catch Me If You Can

8. Road to Perdition

9. Chocolat

10. Walk the Line

11. Lost In Translation

12. Inception

13. Troy

14. Kingdom of Heaven

15. Taken

I've seen all but the #1 and 7 on your list.

sextonseven said:

It's harder for me to put movies in order than albums so for now here's my list in alphabetical order:

The Artist (2011)

Copie conforme / Certified Copy (2010)

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

An Education (2009)

Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)

House of Flying Daggers (2004)

In Bruges (2008)

In the Mood for Love (2000)

Io sono l'amore / I am Love (2009)

El laberinto del fauno / Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

Låt den rätte komma in / Let the Right One In (2008)

Lost in Translation (2003)

Lucía y el sexo / Sex and Lucía (2001)

Le pacte des loups / Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)

Serenity (2005)

I still haven't seen Brotherhood of the Wolf. I should just buy it . . .