norinrad21
Banned
1 Sin City [ sorry Batman is already DOA on arrival]
2 Unbreakable
3 Vanilla Sky
4 Lost In Translation
5 Last Samurai
2 Unbreakable
3 Vanilla Sky
4 Lost In Translation
5 Last Samurai
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Your Top 5 Movies 2000-2005 EDITION
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Boogie9IGN
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1. Star Wars Episode III
2. Return of the King
3. Fellowship of the Ring
4. The Two Towers
5. Lost In Translation
I cant remember
2. Return of the King
3. Fellowship of the Ring
4. The Two Towers
5. Lost In Translation
I cant remember
galeninjapan
Banned
1. Moulin Rouge
2. Sin City
3. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
4. Pirates of the Carribean
5. Passion of the Christ
2. Sin City
3. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
4. Pirates of the Carribean
5. Passion of the Christ
cubicle47b
Member
*sigh*
Star Power
Member
1. Ghost World
2. Lost in Translation
3. Monster
4. Kill Bill Vol. 2
5. Dancer in the Dark
2. Lost in Translation
3. Monster
4. Kill Bill Vol. 2
5. Dancer in the Dark
Spike Spiegel
Member
:lol :lol :lolcubicle47b said:
cubicle47b
Member
Mulholland Drive
Wonder Boys
I don't know about the other three.
Wonder Boys
I don't know about the other three.
citrus lump
Banned
5-Spider-Man
4-The Ring
3-thirteen
2-Passion of the Christ
1- Lost in Translation
4-The Ring
3-thirteen
2-Passion of the Christ
1- Lost in Translation
galeninjapan
Banned
cubicle47b said:
Oh god!! I had to watch Mullholland Drive for a Film class. Biggest waste of time ever. The only movie worse thant that was "Elephant"
Anyway, this sums it up.
What stood out to me by year...
Unbreakable (2000)
Still stands as M. Night's best movie and his glorious homage to the comic book in all its incarnations. Samuel L. Jackson gives a brilliant performance as Elijah Price aka "Mister Glass" and Bruce Willis is solid as David Dunn. Terrific movie is wrapped up with a terrific score.
Memento (2001)
Christopher Nolan gave us this awesome thriller featuring Guy Pierce as a man without short term memory. Clever writing makes this pretty suspenseful and it takes a few viewings to really digest everything.
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Peter Jackson gives us Lord of the Rings, merging special effects with the epic in a way we've never quite seen before. The second installment is one of the best siege/war epics ever put on celluoid. Everything leading up to Helm's Deep is great and Helm's Deep itself has to one of those defining moments of cinema that'll show up in AFI specials and Oscar reels. The first two installments are stunning, and both were robbed at the Oscars, only to see the last and most poorly edited of them all (and anti-climatic to boot), The Return of the King, get all the gold statues. For shame.
TIE: Bubba Ho-Tep and Kill Bill (2003)
Two very different movies in the same year made for two very great movie-watching experiences. Bruce Campbell completely owns Bubba Ho-Tep as The King in a tale of regret and age, with a dabble of the supernatural. Very touching. Whereas Quentin Tarrantino started off the Kill Bill saga with a hyper colorful display of violence and style, and wrapped it up with a dialogue-heavy finale that's full of that old school QT wit, humor and self awareness. Definitely a bold movie in an era of pre-packaged blockbusters.
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
How can one film top the Top 10'er that is Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 2? By merging comedy, horror and clever writing into one film and calling it Shaun of the Dead. It's just a brilliant film all-around that touches on many genres and is extremely entertaining from start to finish. It's so different from anything else out there that it usually does not fail to intrigue even the pickiest of movie-goers.
... What about 2005?
It's not done yet, dummy. Impossible to judge this year is. With that said, Frank Miller's Sin City easily takes the lead as the best film of the year. Instead of adapting the comic book to film, co-director Robert Rodriguez adapted the film to comic book. It's the most faithful adaptation of probably any work to date and this is the film that showcases what digital can do. No longer are we just to look at bland, emotionless films like Sky Captain and Star Wars as the best of what digital filmmaking can churn out, but now we have Sin City, a movie that is nothing but the balls, baby. Pure brass.
Unbreakable (2000)
Still stands as M. Night's best movie and his glorious homage to the comic book in all its incarnations. Samuel L. Jackson gives a brilliant performance as Elijah Price aka "Mister Glass" and Bruce Willis is solid as David Dunn. Terrific movie is wrapped up with a terrific score.
Memento (2001)
Christopher Nolan gave us this awesome thriller featuring Guy Pierce as a man without short term memory. Clever writing makes this pretty suspenseful and it takes a few viewings to really digest everything.
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Peter Jackson gives us Lord of the Rings, merging special effects with the epic in a way we've never quite seen before. The second installment is one of the best siege/war epics ever put on celluoid. Everything leading up to Helm's Deep is great and Helm's Deep itself has to one of those defining moments of cinema that'll show up in AFI specials and Oscar reels. The first two installments are stunning, and both were robbed at the Oscars, only to see the last and most poorly edited of them all (and anti-climatic to boot), The Return of the King, get all the gold statues. For shame.
TIE: Bubba Ho-Tep and Kill Bill (2003)
Two very different movies in the same year made for two very great movie-watching experiences. Bruce Campbell completely owns Bubba Ho-Tep as The King in a tale of regret and age, with a dabble of the supernatural. Very touching. Whereas Quentin Tarrantino started off the Kill Bill saga with a hyper colorful display of violence and style, and wrapped it up with a dialogue-heavy finale that's full of that old school QT wit, humor and self awareness. Definitely a bold movie in an era of pre-packaged blockbusters.
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
How can one film top the Top 10'er that is Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 2? By merging comedy, horror and clever writing into one film and calling it Shaun of the Dead. It's just a brilliant film all-around that touches on many genres and is extremely entertaining from start to finish. It's so different from anything else out there that it usually does not fail to intrigue even the pickiest of movie-goers.
... What about 2005?
It's not done yet, dummy. Impossible to judge this year is. With that said, Frank Miller's Sin City easily takes the lead as the best film of the year. Instead of adapting the comic book to film, co-director Robert Rodriguez adapted the film to comic book. It's the most faithful adaptation of probably any work to date and this is the film that showcases what digital can do. No longer are we just to look at bland, emotionless films like Sky Captain and Star Wars as the best of what digital filmmaking can churn out, but now we have Sin City, a movie that is nothing but the balls, baby. Pure brass.
cubicle47b
Member
Mulholland Drive wasn't all a dream, only about 2/3 of it was. Mulholland Drive wasn't about the type of movies Hollywood creates. It's about the dream of Hollywood (the money and fame) that consumes and often destroys young wanna-be actresses. It's a very compelling movie visually, tells a good story with a lot of emotion, is very strange, and is a fun movie to try to figure out and then think / talk about. I'm sorry you didn't like it.
For the record, I'm not a huge Lynch fan. And Elephant was a bad movie (not as bad as fucking Gerry but pretty damn bad).
For the record, I'm not a huge Lynch fan. And Elephant was a bad movie (not as bad as fucking Gerry but pretty damn bad).
TehPirate said:Oh god!! I had to watch Mullholland Drive for a Film class. Biggest waste of time ever. The only movie worse thant that was "Elephant"
Anyway, this sums it up.
That cartoon is retarded.
My Tops in no order
1. Kill Bill
2. Ringu
3. Shaun of the Dead
4. The Incredibles
5. Lord of the Rings
galeninjapan
Banned
Flynn said:
No its not. If anyone else made the movie, people would think it sucked.
cubicle47b
Member
No, the cartoon *was* retarded because it didn't understand the movie and tried to pin everyone who liked it as a trendy retard.
Cosmic Bus
pristine morning snow
1. Whale Rider (2002)
2. Panic (2000)
3. In the Mood for Love (2000)
4. Unbreakable (2000)
5. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
2. Panic (2000)
3. In the Mood for Love (2000)
4. Unbreakable (2000)
5. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
SpeedingUptoStop
will totally Facebook friend you! *giggle* *LOL*
1. LOTR
2. Memento
3. Sin City
4. Kill Bill 1&2
5. Snatch
Honorable Mentions: Million Dollar Baby, Royal Tennenbaums.
Shit there's so many movies I'm forgetting.
2. Memento
3. Sin City
4. Kill Bill 1&2
5. Snatch
Honorable Mentions: Million Dollar Baby, Royal Tennenbaums.
Shit there's so many movies I'm forgetting.
gunstarhero
Member
LOTR trilogy (yea, it's 3 movies.... whateva)
Kill Bill V1 + V2 (yea, it's 2 movies.... whateva)
Royal Tennenbaums
Metropolis
Spirited Away
Kill Bill V1 + V2 (yea, it's 2 movies.... whateva)
Royal Tennenbaums
Metropolis
Spirited Away
captainbiotch
Banned
1. Gladiator
2. Vanilla Sky
3. Minority Report
4. Bourne Identity
5. Two Towers
2. Vanilla Sky
3. Minority Report
4. Bourne Identity
5. Two Towers
Ash Housewares
The Mountain Jew
my favorites
Pirates of the Caribbean
Shaun of the Dead
Master and Commander
Kill Bill
Last Samurai
2003 was a strong year
Incredibles is worth mentioning too, and Sin City is right behind these, Fellowship of the Ring was also good
Pirates of the Caribbean
Shaun of the Dead
Master and Commander
Kill Bill
Last Samurai
2003 was a strong year
Incredibles is worth mentioning too, and Sin City is right behind these, Fellowship of the Ring was also good
Ninja Scooter
Member
City of God
Kill Bill (can i consider it just one bigass movie?)
Unbreakable
Sin City
Gladiator
Kill Bill (can i consider it just one bigass movie?)
Unbreakable
Sin City
Gladiator
Jesus, top 5 movies from the last 5.5 years. That's incredibly hard to pin down.
Here's an attempt:
1. AI: Artificial Intelligence: I believe this to be one of a very select few masterpieces made over the last decade, or hell, during my lifetime. It's just a phenomonal film that suffers only due to people's intense desire to categorize and quantify its contents according to the two big names behind it. This is a hugely ambitious film, and it's equally triumphant. One or two complaints about voice casting are my only real issues. Otherwise, perfection.
2. Lost in Translation: Just the atmosphere this one manages to evoke is superb. I really wish more films would attempt and succeed at developing that inexplicable emotion and care that comes out of those deep friendships.
3. Unbreakable: As Willco said, it's Shyamalan's best and the exploration of David Dunn's powers is simply captivating. I enjoy a slower pace when done right, and it's exceptional here. The little discoveries and minor events that add up to something big are just really fun and surreal.
4. Road to Perdition: Another film that uses a slower pace to really let the carefully crafted atmosphere affect the viewer and tell the story, more than words could. In fact, that can probably be said for all of these top four that I've chosen. Beautiful cinematography, may Conrad L Hall rest in peace. An amazing score and really elegant set design. (Can't wait for Sam Mendes's Jarhead.)
5. Vanilla Sky: This is a tougher call, as I love it but I feel like I don't love it enough to put it in my top five. That said, I can't think of another from the last five years that I could confidently throw in a top 5. For the most part I think the soundtrack is well utilized and elevates the scenes. Solid production design, a cool script, and uh, Jason Lee!
Honorable mentions: Igby Goes Down, The Incredibles, About Schmidt, Kill Bill, 28 Days Later, Moulin Rouge!, The Royal Tenenbaums, X2 and probably a few others I'm forgetting.
Here's an attempt:
1. AI: Artificial Intelligence: I believe this to be one of a very select few masterpieces made over the last decade, or hell, during my lifetime. It's just a phenomonal film that suffers only due to people's intense desire to categorize and quantify its contents according to the two big names behind it. This is a hugely ambitious film, and it's equally triumphant. One or two complaints about voice casting are my only real issues. Otherwise, perfection.
2. Lost in Translation: Just the atmosphere this one manages to evoke is superb. I really wish more films would attempt and succeed at developing that inexplicable emotion and care that comes out of those deep friendships.
3. Unbreakable: As Willco said, it's Shyamalan's best and the exploration of David Dunn's powers is simply captivating. I enjoy a slower pace when done right, and it's exceptional here. The little discoveries and minor events that add up to something big are just really fun and surreal.
4. Road to Perdition: Another film that uses a slower pace to really let the carefully crafted atmosphere affect the viewer and tell the story, more than words could. In fact, that can probably be said for all of these top four that I've chosen. Beautiful cinematography, may Conrad L Hall rest in peace. An amazing score and really elegant set design. (Can't wait for Sam Mendes's Jarhead.)
5. Vanilla Sky: This is a tougher call, as I love it but I feel like I don't love it enough to put it in my top five. That said, I can't think of another from the last five years that I could confidently throw in a top 5. For the most part I think the soundtrack is well utilized and elevates the scenes. Solid production design, a cool script, and uh, Jason Lee!
Honorable mentions: Igby Goes Down, The Incredibles, About Schmidt, Kill Bill, 28 Days Later, Moulin Rouge!, The Royal Tenenbaums, X2 and probably a few others I'm forgetting.
The Interrobanger
Member
1. City Of God
2. Requiem For A Dream
3. Waking Life/Tape (Tie)
4. 25th Hour
5. The Devil's Backbone
2. Requiem For A Dream
3. Waking Life/Tape (Tie)
4. 25th Hour
5. The Devil's Backbone
1.Eternal Sunshine
2.Kill Bill V1/2
3.Spider Man 1/2
4.LOTR Trilogy
5.Finder Neverland
honarable Mentions: Xmen 1 & 2, Bourne Identity, Bourne Supremacy, Big Fish, Collateral, The Count of Monte Cristo, Girl Next door, The Incredibles, Last Samuria, Matrix Revolutions, Mystic River, Pirates of the Carribean, The Ring, Rules of Attraction,Terminator 3
2.Kill Bill V1/2
3.Spider Man 1/2
4.LOTR Trilogy
5.Finder Neverland
honarable Mentions: Xmen 1 & 2, Bourne Identity, Bourne Supremacy, Big Fish, Collateral, The Count of Monte Cristo, Girl Next door, The Incredibles, Last Samuria, Matrix Revolutions, Mystic River, Pirates of the Carribean, The Ring, Rules of Attraction,Terminator 3
cubicle47b
Member
Holy shit, Mendes is doing Jarhead. That's awesome. It's a great book and Mendes is a great director (I saw Road to Perdition in the theater twice, maybe three times).
aparisi2274
Member
LOTR trilogy
Harry Potter Trilogy
Episode 3
Spiderman 2
Harry Potter Trilogy
Episode 3
Spiderman 2
aparisi2274
Member
LOTR trilogy
Harry Potter Trilogy
Episode 3
Spiderman 2
Kill Bill Vol 1
Harry Potter Trilogy
Episode 3
Spiderman 2
Kill Bill Vol 1
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Finding Nemo
Spirited Away
The Incredibles
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
I need to see and truly appreciate more movies...I know that there are better films out there, that I've seen even, but I've seen them in almost a rushed fashion and haven't really appreciated them. Not seeing them in theatres is likely an effect of this.
Honourable Mentions - Lilo and Stitch, School of Rock,
Movies I saw that kicked ass but feel as if I didn't appreciate them: Lost in Translation, Hotel Rwanda, The Aviator and the Royal Tenenbaums
Finding Nemo
Spirited Away
The Incredibles
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
I need to see and truly appreciate more movies...I know that there are better films out there, that I've seen even, but I've seen them in almost a rushed fashion and haven't really appreciated them. Not seeing them in theatres is likely an effect of this.
Honourable Mentions - Lilo and Stitch, School of Rock,
Movies I saw that kicked ass but feel as if I didn't appreciate them: Lost in Translation, Hotel Rwanda, The Aviator and the Royal Tenenbaums
TJ Bennett
TJ Hooker
Great thread idea guys. Here's my list ...
1) Fellowship of the Ring
2) Kill Bill
3) The Incredibles
4) Punch-Drunk Love
5) Mulholland Drive
1) Fellowship of the Ring
2) Kill Bill
3) The Incredibles
4) Punch-Drunk Love
5) Mulholland Drive
1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
2. Spirited Away (2001)
3. Kill Bill (2003 / 2004) - Vol. 1 best. One big flick though.
4. LOTR (2001 / 2002 / 2003) - FOTR being best, ROTK behind by a bit, TTT last. Best as a whole though.
5. Gladiator (2000)
Honorable Mentions: The Last Samurai, The Incredibles, Sin City
2. Spirited Away (2001)
3. Kill Bill (2003 / 2004) - Vol. 1 best. One big flick though.
4. LOTR (2001 / 2002 / 2003) - FOTR being best, ROTK behind by a bit, TTT last. Best as a whole though.
5. Gladiator (2000)
Honorable Mentions: The Last Samurai, The Incredibles, Sin City
1. Sin City
2. The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
3. I <3 Huckabees
4. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
5. Adaptation
Adaptation is more entertaining than Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Granted, the cast is stronger in ESSM, but I seem to identify more with Charlie Kaufman than Joel.
2. The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
3. I <3 Huckabees
4. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
5. Adaptation
Adaptation is more entertaining than Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Granted, the cast is stronger in ESSM, but I seem to identify more with Charlie Kaufman than Joel.
1.- A.I. Artificial Intelligence(shove it up your ass, haters. P.S. Fuck you).
2.- The Last Samurai.
3.- Kill Bill Vol. 1(didn't like Vol. 2 anywhere near as much as this one)
4.- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring(the only "masterpiece" in the trilogy)
5.- Gladiator
2.- The Last Samurai.
3.- Kill Bill Vol. 1(didn't like Vol. 2 anywhere near as much as this one)
4.- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring(the only "masterpiece" in the trilogy)
5.- Gladiator
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