Wow, a list I cannot argue with.

Woo hoo. OBWAT had an awesome extra named consciousNOT.

I hadn't heard of Dear Zachary before this list. I've just been watching it on Netflix - holy crap. So sad and so infuriating.

Lists are entirely subjetive, but I for one agree with this list save for one glaring exception:

15. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

That was the weakest of the trilogy, the last 40 minutes was a snore fest of group hugs and faux-endings that left me begging for the movie to just farking end. And when it finally did, I made a beeline for the exit, happy to able to leave. Yes, the LoTR trilogy was great, but this movie on it's own was not. It would have been better to have awarded the #15 spot to the trilogy as a whole.

I would put in 40-Year Old Virgin instead of Anchorman, but otherwise this is a pretty good list.

I've still never seen Memento. I really should, but it always escapes me.

No Country for Old Men would be my own top pick. I love everything about it, though

*SPOILERS*



the bad guy winning does seem to confuse some people.

jake_lex: I would not have included "The Departed". It's just way too flawed on every level; a plot that falls apart at the slightest scrutiny, and some weird performances, especially by Jack Nicholson.

Its Best Picture trophy should be engraved "Actually for Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, and Goodfellas, but we had to give it to you for this one."

Are you kidding? I loved it. Great story, great acting, good tension, and a surprise ending.

WFern: jake_lex: I would not have included "The Departed". It's just way too flawed on every level; a plot that falls apart at the slightest scrutiny, and some weird performances, especially by Jack Nicholson.

Its Best Picture trophy should be engraved "Actually for Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, and Goodfellas, but we had to give it to you for this one."

Are you kidding? I loved it. Great story, great acting, good tension, and a surprise ending.

Post scrip on this: Nicholson's performance was certainly odd, but the character was meant to be nutty and paranoid. He did great at that and the other actors, especially Martin Sheen and Alec Baldwin, were very convincing in their roles.

DamnYankees: I'm not sure what my pick would actually be. It's probably the LOTR trilogy if I can list them together. That or TDK probably.

The whole is certainly greater than the sum of its parts as far as that trilogy is concerned. The individual films are good, but nothing compares to watching them back to back (assuming you've got a full day to totally waste).

DamnYankees: ...The Last King of Scotland...

I really, truly love that movie, but have had a really hard time finding other folks who saw it. I've mentioned it to a few people and they have no idea what I'm talking about.

Pretty brutal though, especially that last half-hour.

Fark It: I would put in 40-Year Old Virgin instead of Anchorman, but otherwise this is a pretty good list.

Agreed. I'd also lose The Departed, which was a steaming pile of shiat, and add Slumdog Millionaire.

What, no Phantom Menace?

All kidding aside, that is actually a pretty darn good list.

I haven't seen all the movies on there, but I agree with the ones on there that I've seen. Pretty good list.

Supertroopers? Almost Famous? Memento? Jesus.

Please don't link to the last page.

I've seen:
28 Days Later
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Super Troopers
Brick
The Departed
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
Up (just watched today)
Children of Men
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Anchorman
Almost Famous
There Will Be Blood
The Dark Knight

I loved every one of them. So maybe I should watch the others on the list because I will love them as well?

DamnYankees: Why yes it for on has been.

Fixed.

DamnYankees: WFern: The whole is certainly greater than the sum of its parts as far as that trilogy is concerned. The individual films are good, but nothing compares to watching them back to back (assuming you've got a full day to totally waste).

Oh I've got time baby. And its gotta be the extended editions.

WFern: I really, truly love that movie, but have had a really hard time finding other folks who saw it. I've mentioned it to a few people and they have no idea what I'm talking about.

Pretty brutal though, especially that last half-hour.

The Last King of Scotland had the strangest effect on me. It was so intense and ended in such a breathtaking way, I literally had no choice but to run home from the theater. I was so amped up and on edge that I left the theater and just sprinted hom. It wasn't even a conscious thing - I just did it.

Brilliant farking movie.



I did that running out of the cinema all the way home thing for Rocky III.

/probably threw a few jabs as well

Anchorman?

Is this the top movies of the decade as chosen by frat boys?

whatshisname 2009-12-26 08:52:27 PM
Anchorman?

Is this the top movies of the decade as chosen by frat boys?

I love lamp.

Sabyen91: Supertroopers was great! It was a top-notch degenerate comedy. I can't think of many other movies this decade that made me laugh like ST did.

/Not a movie snob.

There are very few movies that make me laugh every. single. time I see them.

Super Troopers is one of them.

(Van Helsing is another, but for entirely different reasons.)

WFern: WFern: jake_lex: I would not have included "The Departed". It's just way too flawed on every level; a plot that falls apart at the slightest scrutiny, and some weird performances, especially by Jack Nicholson.

Its Best Picture trophy should be engraved "Actually for Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, and Goodfellas, but we had to give it to you for this one."

Are you kidding? I loved it. Great story, great acting, good tension, and a surprise ending.

Post scrip on this: Nicholson's performance was certainly odd, but the character was meant to be nutty and paranoid. He did great at that and the other actors, especially Martin Sheen and Alec Baldwin, were very convincing in their roles.


Compared to the original, Infernal Affairs, you'll realise just how shiat it is.

I love Scorsese, but getting an Oscar for The Departed is nothing but a sympathy gesture. And Wahlberg for best supporting actor? I don't think so. Jack being crazy Jack is getting annoying these days. He's better than that.

whatshisname: Anchorman?

Is this the top movies of the decade as chosen by frat boys?

That's what I was thinking.

HAs anyone seen the Dear Zachary doc on the list?

It sounds very good. Anyone seen it? Recommended?

swahnhennessy: whatshisname: Anchorman?

Is this the top movies of the decade as chosen by frat boys?

That's what I was thinking.


as a former frat boy and someone who saw the whole list.....wtf are you talking about?


As a side note, list like these and critics in general view Return of the King as the whole trilogy, because thats easier then having to give awards to all three.

netflix would be much more cool if it had urls that let you automatically add movies to your queue.

(And if their streaming had about 20x more movies.)

I've been loving Eternal Sunshine showing up so high on so many lists after it was so ignored by awards that year (come on, admit it; Kate Winslet should have won her Oscar for that instead of The Reader). It certainly would be way high on my list for the decade, if not at the top.

jake_lex: "The Departed" [has] a plot that falls apart at the slightest scrutiny