SO instead of studying, I just spent the last few hours comprising this tenative list of what I feel are the greats of the last decade.
Bolded are Korean/Hong Kong/Asian so you may not know of them.
2000: American Psycho, Brother, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Cast Away, Gladiator, Legend of Bagger Vance, Memento, The Perfect Storm, The Patriot, Remember the Titans, Requiem for a Dream, Snatch, Tigerland, Traffic, Joint Security Area
2001: A beautiful mind, Black Hawk Down, Driven,Enemy at the Gates, Fast and the Furious, Kapax, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring , Last Castle, Legally Blonde, Monster's Ball, No Man's land, Ocean's Eleven, Pearl Harbour, The Princess Diaries, The Score, Spirited Away, Training Day, Vanilla Sky, I am Sam
2002: 25th hour, Bourne Identity, Catch me if you can, Changling lanes, Count of Monte Cristo, Gangs of New York, Infernal Affairs, John Q, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Pianist, Sex is Zero, Signs, We were soldiers, Windtalkers, Transporter, Hero
2003: 21 grams, The Cooler, Gods and Generals, Kill Bill Vol. 1, The Last Samurai, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Lost in Translation, A Man Apart, Master and Commander, Mystic River, Monster, Oldboy, Peter Pan, Zhou Yu's Train, Memories of Murder
2004: Alexander, The Aviator, The Bourne Supremacy, Crash, Hidalgo, Hotel Rwanda, In Good Company, Layer Cake, Man on Fire, Million Dollar Baby, Motocycle Diaries, National Treasure, The Notebook, Starsky and Hutch, Taegukgi
2005: Coach Carter, Constantine, The Jacket, Be Cool, Sin City, Crash, Kingdom of Heaven, Cinderlla Man, Batman Begins, War of the worlds, Wedding Crashers, Four Brothers, The Constant Gardener, Lord of War, The Weather Man, Jarhead, Pride and Prejudice, Syriana, Brokeback Mountain, Memoirs of Geisha, Munich, Sympathy for Lady Vengence, Initial D, A Bittersweet Life
2006: Last King of Scotland, Painted Veil, Scanner Darkly, 16 Blocks, Thank you for smoking, Inside Man, Lucky Number Slevin, Superman Returns, My Super Ex-Girlfriend, Snakes on a Plane, Crank, Fearless, The Guardian, Departed, The Prestige, Babel, Casino Royale, Blood Diamond, The Pursuit of Happyness, Letters from Iwo Jima, The Good Shepherd, Children of Men
2007: Zodiac, Transformers, No Reservations, The Bourne Ultimatum, 3:10 to Yuma, The Brave One, Eastern Promises, In the Valley of Elah, Michael Clayton, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Gone Baby Gone, No Country For Old Men , Atonement , There Will Be Blood
2008: Dark Knight, Rambo, Iron Man, Burn After Reading, Appaloosa , Changeling , Pride and Glory, Gran Torino , The Wrestler, Death Race, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Valkyrie , JCVD
2009: Taken, State of Play, Star Trek, Moon, The Hurt Locker, District 9, Inglourious Basterds
While waiting in the laundry room; separated Epics from Plain Good Movies.
ReplyDeleteAgreed Epics: American Psycho, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Cast Away, Gladiator, Remember the Titans, Lord of the Rings (All), I Am Sam, Gangs of New York, The Pianist, Lost in Translation, Mystic River, Crash, Hotel Rwanda, Million Dollar Baby, Cinderella Man, Master and Commander, Brokeback Mountain, Memoirs of a Geisha, Munich, Last King of Scotland (Forest Whitaker..brilliant), No Country for Old Men
Agreed Plain Good Movies, Not Epic Material: The Perfect Storm, Black Hawk Down, Fast and the Furious, Legally Blonde (Love both), Princess Diaries (Love both), I Am Sam, Catch Me if You Can (one of the fave), Kill Bill, Monster, Lost in Translation (found it a bit slow and yes, I know Scarlett is in it), Bourne (all), Starsky and Hutch, the Notebook (Duh), Sin City, Thank you for smoking, Departed, Blood Diamonds, The Pursuit of Happyness, Dark Knight, Casino Royale, Children of Men, Burn After Reading, Gran Torino, Benjamin Button
Not Good nor Epic Films: Vanilla Sky, Peter Pan (Disney version was good. People version=crap), Hildago (cheesy), National Treasure (Nicholas Cage is gross), Pride and Prejudice (Chemistry wasn't there, Mr.Darcy was too old, shouldn't have made a movie version), Lucky Number Slevin (love josh hartnett, but BAD STORYLINE), Superman Returns, My Super Ex-Girlfriend, Atonement (does the book no justice)
How about: Garden State, Donnie Drako (I think you just forgot), Miss.Little Sunshine, Road to Perdition, Girl with a Pearl Earring, Slumdog Millionaire, PS I Love You (a personal fave), V for Vendetta, um..XMEN?! (I know you'll say no to the new Star Wars, but Xmen is the bomb)
P.S Here's my personal blog, a type-whatever kind of space. Not too many private thoughts, but then again, only two of my friends keep up with it. It was about time; Welcome welcome.