Giles ,'Selfless'
A place to talk about movies--old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.
The Onion, which has been doing a whole bunch of Best of the 00's lists, is focusing on films this week:
The best film performances of the ’00s
Our favorite film scenes of the ’00s
The best bad movies of the ’00s
Almost the best films of the '00s: orphans and personal favorites
The best scenes list is very fun.
Their best movie list is well considered though they love Morvern Caller and The Man Who Wasn't There way more than I do, and I prefer Fellowship of the LoTR movies.
The AV Club freezes my browser. I wonder if they hate IE 6.
Yeah, they do. I've learned not to even try to look at the AV club at work.
Well, their top seven was:
1. Eternal Sunshine
2. 25th Hour
3. There Will Be Blood
4. No Country For Old Men (still paired with Blood)
5. Memento
6. Spirited Away
7. Kill Bill (1)
Old Boy makes their top 50. Four Pixar movies.
If I leave the page alone for a long time it loads. I'm not sure it's worth it.
I did not really like Eternal Sunshine. The characters didn't resonate for me, one way or another. I enjoyed Memento and Spirited Away. Did not like either Kill Bill as much as I was supposed to. I feel QT is usually overly self indulgent, although they were better than Pulp Fiction. Always nice to see an OldBoy mention. The movie just won't leave me alone.
I got as far as reading the performances page, and I'm impressed to note that Denzel Washington's Training Day turn was mentioned. I loved him in that. I think he's immensely well suited as a villain. His charisma borders on the illegal at the best of times. And they picked Ennis over the Joker. Sentimentally I'm very glad to see Heath Ledger so close to the top.
25th Hour? Huh. I found that movie immensely forgettable and pointless.
I'm glad they mentioned the montage at the beginning of Up. Hubby and I watched that, I was managing to muffle the sobs, he was pretending his sniffling was allergies, and he said, "And people think this is a kids' movie."
I didn't think Eternal Sunshine was all that great but The 25th Hour is one of my favorites. I thought every actor in it delivered an incredible performance and the scene referenced in their list of favorites brings tears to my eyes, just reading the description.
The best scenes list is very fun.
It is!
The cruelest cut, Caché (2005)
There’s no talking about this scene without spoiling it, but also no need to. Those who haven’t seen Michael Haneke’s stunning Caché, an examination of the unnerving uses of new technology and the way old wounds linger, should see it. Those who have, know the exact moment in question, the one that sucked all the oxygen out of whatever room they were in while watching it. In a decade in which explosions got bigger and louder, Haneke delivered a silent shock that outdid them all.
I really hated Caché, but they're right, I know the exact moment they're talking about, and it was indeed one hell of a scene. He does get props for that one.
I prefer Fellowship of the LoTR movies.
My favorite is The Two Towers, so I was happy to see it there. Also, Eternal Sunshine, Memento, and Kill Bill, Vol. 1 are a few of my all-time faves (as is Moulin Rouge, which was down there somewhere as well). They clearly love Christopher Nolan, since The Dark Knight and The Prestige also made the list. I am fine with that since I love Christopher Nolan too. Bring on Inception, whatever the hell it's about!
Nice lists, nice write-ups.