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Post by gk on Aug 2, 2009 20:21:34 GMT -6
Anti-props to BS's "Esgees" (?). Major anti-props.
Best movie drama choices: Almost Famous (2000) Brokeback Mountain (2005) Cast Away (2000) The Dark Knight (2008) The Departed (2006) Gladiator (2000) Lord of the Rings (2001) No Country For Old Men (2007)
Best TV drama choices: 24 Lost Mad Men The Sopranos The West Wing The Wire
Neither have a "None of the above" or a write-in selection, which would be my choice in both cases.
Movies I would have chosen instead (in no particular order): There Will Be Blood Adaptation Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Lost in Translation 28 Days Later American Splendor Donnie Darko Everything is Illuminated Garden State Frost/Nixon Memento Snatch Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Shows I would have chosen instead: Six Feet Under Deadwood Law & Order: SVU (admit it: it's f---ing incredible week in and week out)
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I'm sure there's several I forgot. And also, shouldn't we wait until the decade is, you know, over? Perhaps unlikely (1/10 chance I guess) but couldn't a great movie be released this Fall/Winter? Isn't that when just about all of these movies were released, right before Oscar season?
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Post by fatmenace on Aug 2, 2009 22:07:55 GMT -6
No bigger Deadwood fan than me, but there is no greater show than The Wire. I think even debating it is illegal.
Why am I not surprised that when it comes to a great franchise like Law and Order, Krall is a fan of the only spin off that sucks? It's all about Law and Order:CI.
Can't argue with your movies. None of his choices struck me as The Movie. I voted for Gladiator, but...
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Post by mayor on Aug 3, 2009 7:57:29 GMT -6
Completely agree with the anti-props here. Esgees? What? Not sure what he was thinking there.
Here are my top movies - one for each year (year according to Netflix):
2000: Almost Famous 2001: Donnie Darko 2002: Adaptation 2003: Lost in Translation 2004: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2005: Syriana 2006: Children of Men 2007: Atonement 2008: Rachel Getting Married 2009: haven't seen a great movie yet
Other Notables: Lord of the Rings, Tell No One, A Christmas Tale
For fun I checked how many of the Best Picture nominees I saw from this time period - 35 of 45. Only 5 made my list - and that's with LOTR counting as 3 of those 5.
I don't watch TV very much, so I can't contribute there.
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Post by mayor on Aug 3, 2009 7:59:03 GMT -6
Geoff - after all the Wes Anderson talk, no WA movies made your list?
I watched Darjeeling last night and liked it.
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Post by gk on Aug 3, 2009 8:44:31 GMT -6
Well it was for best DRAMATIC movie. I was saving the WA movies for comedy. Although I guess you could sort of put those in either.
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Post by gk on Aug 3, 2009 9:13:41 GMT -6
And Chad, SVU is the bomb. CI is retarded. The scenes with the villains look ridiculous. What's the point anyway if you already know who the bad guys are. SVU is all kind of messed up. Not an episode goes by that doesn't leave me in a cold sweat. Every time I watch that show I load my shotgun and sit by the front window all night. It's that good.
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Post by gk on Aug 3, 2009 9:20:33 GMT -6
As for my suggested movies, I think they mostly represent the major trends of the decade. Deadpan indie w/ minimalist dialogue (represented dramatically by Lost in Translation, Garden State), the reinvention of the zombie flick (28 Days Later), the too-cool-for-school action flick (Snatch), the meta-flick (Adaptation, Donnie Darko), the memoir flick (Everything is Illuminated, American Splendor, maybe my favorite of the decade after Royal Tenenbaums), the fantasy-martial arts flick (Crouching Tiger), the comedic-actor-turned-dramatic (Eternal Sunshine, also should have included Punch Drunk Love), and of course, neo-neo-realism (There Will Be Blood, No Country certainly fits here too).
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Post by gk on Aug 3, 2009 9:28:40 GMT -6
Oh and the fact that Dark Knight is currently leading the poll truly shows you how ridiculous this endeavor as it's currently constructed is.
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Post by mayor on Aug 3, 2009 10:18:51 GMT -6
Dark Knight = most overrated movie of the decade?
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Post by gk on Aug 3, 2009 11:38:44 GMT -6
I wasn't aware it was even in the discussion for Movie of the Decade until BS put it there.
And yes.
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Post by fatmenace on Aug 3, 2009 17:16:36 GMT -6
Dark Knight isn't overrated. But it's leading the poll because it's the best of the movies he put up.
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Post by fatmenace on Aug 3, 2009 17:16:58 GMT -6
Dark Knight isn't overrated. But it's leading the poll because it's the best of the movies he put up.
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