Best Films of the Decade (1 Viewer)

[Mormon Nailer]

The Fog of War
Spartan

 

[Mormon Nailer]

I have a soft spot for Friday Night Lights too.

 

[ann post]

I almost listed Closer too. That would get the... I thought I would hate it but loved it award.

i'm glad you didnt. its a grand show, but not great.

Dead Mans Shoes YES.

Some of my favourites, not that I'd claim them to be the best

La Haine

1995

 

[Kermit McDermott]

Adaptation
Man on wire
DIG
Napoleon Dynamite
Notes on a Scandal

 

[washingcattle]

Adaptation
Man on wire
DIG
Napoleon Dynamite
Notes on a Scandal

I'd put the first half of Adaptation down as the finest hour or so of cinema of the decade and the second half as the worst.

 

[Kermit McDermott]

Hardly the worst. I think Charlie Kaufman is quiet possibly the most inventive screenwriter ever. I've been meaning to hire that Synecdoche, New York.

I still haven't seen a lot of films mentioned in the thread.

 

[Mormon Nailer]

i'm glad you didnt. its a grand show, but not great.

Twas on TV lately and I watched it again .

It hasn't aged well.

I think it's a kind of "Who's afraid of Virginia Wolfe" kind of vibe; there is a certain thrill to watching the events unfold for the first time, but after that it's too much like a play, the setting is too confined for the screen, and it doesn't bear a lot of re-watching.

 

[Mormon Nailer]

Now.............can we get back to slagging Jill for liking Garden State!

 

[Mormon Nailer]

Atonement
Jarhead.

 

[washingcattle]

Yeah in fairness Garden State?

What the fuck?


Atonement has the worst ending of the decade.

 

[Jim Daniels]

Now.............can we get back to slagging Jill for liking Garden State!

In fairness, Garden State was fine! The silent velcro was quite funny and it had this song...

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[washingcattle]

Garden State is muck. Now Julien Donkey Boy thats a fucking film.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

garden state is awful. natalie portman is awful in it.

 

[Jim Daniels]

Ah dudes! Silent velcro!

My 4th and 5th were...

 

[washingcattle]

Diving bell was superb. Julian Schnabels others are well worth seeing, if for nothing els just to see how little he knows or cares about cinematic conventions, the surfer in the sky in Basquiat is a particular highlight.


Garden State is fucking shit

 

[ann post]

Atonement has the worst ending of the decade.

i remember watching that and nicknaming it detainment.

 

[washingcattle]

i remember watching that and nicknaming it detainment.

You just reminded me of the day I watched Road to Guantanamo and In this World. Road is an extremely well made film well worth seeing and worth following up by having a look at the stories of the guys involved. All may not be as it seems.

In this world is less well known but absolutely brilliant.

also
Osama
4 months 3 weeks 2 days
Inport Export

If you want to detain yourself

 

[ann post]

might give them a lash over the next few days.

how does one word cloud this thread???

 

[washingcattle]

might give them a lash over the next few days.

how does one word cloud this thread???

No Idea what that is. If you want to fight back tears of frustraition for two and a half hours try The Death Of Mr Lazarescu. The cover may have something on it saying it's a comedy. It would be if it weren't so close to the home truths about health care.

 

[Andy_aurel]

I'm gonna get the verbal shit kicked out of me, but the Squid and the Whale is nearly as bad as Juno.