Best Films of the Decade (1 Viewer)

[ratmonkey]

hulk was shit.

Hulk was the shit. The definite article makes all the difference.

 

[ann post]

its probably been mentioned, but:

any votes for kill bill or inglorious basterds??

 

[David Kronenbourg]

two i forgot

brokeback mountain
half nelson

 

[Mormon Nailer]

hulk was shit.

Rule 1: Anything with Jennifer Conolly is automatically great.

and anyway Hulk was good. all of the different comic book cuts and wipes, the cool microscope animations, it's a psychological film dressed up as a comic book action film - what's not to love.

 

[ratmonkey]

its probably been mentioned, but:

any votes for kill bill or inglorious basterds??

Nah. Kill Bill was good not amazing. Inglourious Basterds was grand, most definitely not amazing.

 

[Jill Hives]

Rule 1: Anything with Jennifer Conolly is automatically great.

Wrong. She on my worst actress list.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

ah jennifer connelly's deadly

 

[Mormon Nailer]

Wrong. She on my worst actress list.

Garden State is terrible
na na na naaaa na

 

[ratmonkey]

Wrong. She on my worst actress list.

You have a list?

 

[evil bandit]

She's been in some stinkers to be fair but some good flicks as well, she was great in House of Sand and Fod and The Rocketeer .|..|

Creation (2009/I) .... Emma Darwin
9 (2009/I) (voice) .... #7
He's Just Not That Into You (2009) .... Janine
Inkheart (2008) .... Roxanne
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) .... Helen Benson
Reservation Road (2007) .... Grace Learner
Blood Diamond (2006) .... Maddy Bowen
Little Children (2006) .... Kathy Adamson
Dark Water (2005) .... Dahlia Williams
House of Sand and Fog (2003) .... Kathy
Hulk (2003) .... Betty Ross
A Beautiful Mind (2001) .... Alicia Nash
Pollock (2000) .... Ruth Kligman
Requiem for a Dream (2000) .... Marion Silver
Waking the Dead (2000) .... Sarah Williams
Dark City (1998) .... Emma Murdoch / Anna
Inventing the Abbotts (1997) .... Eleanor Abbott
Far Harbor (1996) .... Ellie
Mulholland Falls (1996) .... Allison Pond
Higher Learning (1995) .... Taryn
Of Love and Shadows (1994) .... Irene
Witchcraft V: Dance with the Devil (1993) (V) .... Extra
The Heart of Justice (1992) (TV) .... Emma Burgess
The Rocketeer (1991) .... Jenny ...
Career Opportunities (1991) .... Josie McClellan
The Hot Spot (1990) .... Gloria Harper
Some Girls (1988) .... Gabriella
Étoile (1988) .... Claire Hamilton / Natalie Horvath
Labyrinth (1986) .... Sarah
Seven Minutes in Heaven (1985) .... Natalie Becker

Phenomena (1985) .... Jennifer Corvino
Once Upon a Time in America (1984) .... Young Deborah

 

[nooleen]

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.

ha
that's a pretty good description. it was going so well! and then....wha....?

 

[bogmanfan]

Here are a few I enjoyed immensely:

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
Best In Show
Memento
The Incredibles
Lost In Translation
The Fall
Oceans 11
The Lives Of Others
Pans Labyrinth
District 9
Amelie
Man On Wire

 

[Mormon Nailer]

Here are a few I enjoyed immensely:

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Yip, good trashy fun! Enjoyed it a lot.

 

[Mormon Nailer]

Most people hate it but I liked Brick a lot.

 

[Jill Hives]

Most people hate it but I liked Brick a lot.

Forgot about that one, I loved it.

 

[Kid Lovebeach]

ha
that's a pretty good description. it was going so well! and then....wha....?

isn't that the whole idea though? the more the brother gets involved the more it becomes like a dumb hollywood thriller?

 

[washingcattle]

Yeah Brick was one of those relentlessly Quirky/Clever films that didn't ever need to join the real world in the third act because it has no place in the real world. as film noir homages go it's not as good as killing of chinese bookie or pulp fiction but a worthy runner up to Tanzemti (13) and No Country as the noir of the decade. Besides it was about five million times better than the black daliia which was fucking shite.

 

[ratmonkey]

Yeah Brick was one of those relentlessly Quirky/Clever films that didn't ever need to join the real world in the third act because it has no place in the real world. as film noir homages go it's not as good as killing of chinese bookie or pulp fiction but a worthy runner up to Tanzemti (13) and No Country as the noir of the decade. Besides it was about five million times better than the black daliia which was fucking shite.

The Man Who Wasn't There?

 

[Mormon Nailer]

Yeah Brick was one of those relentlessly Quirky/Clever films that didn't ever need to join the real world in the third act because it has no place in the real world. as film noir homages go it's not as good as killing of chinese bookie or pulp fiction but a worthy runner up to Tanzemti (13) and No Country as the noir of the decade. Besides it was about five million times better than the black daliia which was fucking shite.

I'd never have thought of Pulp Fiction as a noir homage, I guess when you think about it it is a bit.

Noone has mentioned Rescue Dawn yet (or even Little Dieter for that matter)

 

[washingcattle]

The Man Who Wasn't There?

Yup that was a great film too. When did Billy Bob become one of the finest actors in hollywood? was there just a major drop off in acting talent? He's been great in every film I've seen him in. Even Armageddon Though Steve Buscemi steals the show there.

Suppose at a stretch Lebowski has noir elements.

I liked Rescue Dawn a lot. It pisses me off when people go on about the ending being a load of american flag waving shit. It's about an American fighter pilot and the ending's set on an American air craft carrier it's American and flag waving because Americans are fucking flag wavers, yis short sighted pricks.