Top 10 Movies Of The New Millenium So Far?

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 11/21/05 at 5:19pm

1) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

2) Requiem for a Dream

3) Traffic

4) The Royal Tenenbaums

5) The Kill Bill Saga

6) Adaptation.

7) Lost in Translation

Punch Drunk Love

9) The Man Who Wasn't There

10) Sideways

HONORABLE MENTIONS: I Heart Huckabees, Vanilla Sky, North Country, Finding Nemo, Sin City

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 11/21/05 at 5:36pm

No's 1-10: RENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[KelRel]

Posted: 11/21/05 at 5:38pm

Sideways? I was so bored during that movie. The same goes for I <3 Huckabees.

[Plum]

Posted: 11/21/05 at 5:40pm

Yeah, I'm not a huge Lost in Translation or Royal Tenenbaums fan. How about Chicago? :P

ETA- Finding Nemo! Love that movie. Heck, even The Triplets of Belleville was better than The Royal Tenenbaums. And The Incredibles!

Okay, I'm on an animation kick. Updated On: 11/21/05 at 05:40 PM

[KelRel]

Posted: 11/21/05 at 5:41pm

I'd vote for Chicago over those any day.

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 11/21/05 at 5:42pm

Well, to each his own, but although I enjoyed a lot of things about those films on your list (Ellen Burstyn above all) I found most of those movies to have huge problems in carrying out thier great promise. Perhaps the term "Too clever for their own good" applies. None are perfect, in my opinion.

[popcultureboy]

Posted: 11/21/05 at 5:45pm

I HATED Eternal Sunshine for that very reason, Sueleen.

[BlueWizard]

Posted: 11/21/05 at 5:45pm

THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy is on the top of my list (and, if seen as separate movies, would still take spots 1, 2 and 3).

It's truly groundbreaking cinema, and I don't think anything produced in the last twenty years even comes close to achieving what it has achieved. For decades, no one ever thought it possible to commit to film such an immense narrative with so many settings and over 25 major characters -- much less do it in such a gorgeous and dramatic way. It's the epic to end all epics.

Updated On: 11/21/05 at 05:45 PM

[Plum]

Posted: 11/21/05 at 5:49pm

*smack* Don't you insult Eternal Sunshine like that, buster.

And I'm going to continue putting my fingers in my ears and pretending all things LOTR don't exist.

How about The Pianist?

[BlueWizard]

Posted: 11/21/05 at 5:51pm

LOL, Plum. I know you're not a LOTR fan, but have you even seen the movies? You take any frame from those films, print it out and hang it on a wall!

[popcultureboy]

Posted: 11/21/05 at 6:11pm

Pianist bored me as well, Plum. Take THAT!

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 11/21/05 at 6:14pm

How about Almodovar's last two films: Talk to Her and Bad Education?

[Plum]

Posted: 11/21/05 at 6:16pm

Well, I won't take that latter thing too personally, poppy. But Eternal Sunshine is my precious. *pets it*

[broadway86]

Posted: 11/21/05 at 6:17pm

Sideways? I was so bored during that movie.

I wasn't. In fact...

(in no part. order)
Far from Heaven
Adaptation
Lost in Translation
AI: Artificial Intelligence
Requiem for a Dream
Sideways
Moulin Rouge
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Almost Famous
Mulholland Drive

[cheezedoodle]

Posted: 11/21/05 at 6:34pm

Pieces of April
Vera Drake
Hotel Rwanda

[Plum]

Posted: 11/21/05 at 6:37pm

Hmm...how to stir the pot a bit?

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

*runs away*

[Elphaba3]

Posted: 11/21/05 at 6:42pm

in no particular order:

Chicago
Moulin Rouge
Finding Neverland
Under the Tuscan Sun
Chocolat
Mean Girls
The Notebook
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

[BlueWizard]

Posted: 11/21/05 at 7:02pm

Besides the three LORD OF THE RINGS films, I thought ATANARJUAT (THE FAST RUNNER) was a pretty remarkable movie. Released in 2002, it was the first Inuit movie ever made and was surprisingly well-crafted, with powerful performances from first-time actors.

[popcultureboy]

Posted: 11/21/05 at 7:12pm

I really want to see that movie, Wizard.

And Plum, we're 3 for 3 .

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 11/21/05 at 7:19pm

Crouching Tiger
Vera Drake
Million Dollar Baby
Capturing the Friedman's
The Incredibles
Capote
Fahrenheit 9/11
y Tu Mama Tambien
Talk to Her

[StickToPriest]

Posted: 11/21/05 at 7:20pm

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is easily my number one.

[Plum]

Posted: 11/21/05 at 7:25pm

I was kind of kidding about Crouching Tiger, pop. I mean, I liked it, but I don't think there's enough...there there for it to be considered some kind of all-time masterpiece. The only one of my choices I'd defend to the death is Eternal Sunshine.

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 11/21/05 at 7:32pm

I agree. Eternal Sunshine is easily the finest film I've seen this decade so far and would be on my all-time top ten list (if I could come up with one).

[BlueWizard]

Posted: 11/21/05 at 7:42pm

Put me on the fan list for ETERNAL SUNSHINE.

I would add HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH on my top ten, too; even after so many viewings, it's still highly enjoyable.

[broadway86]

Posted: 11/21/05 at 7:55pm

I adore Eternal Sunshine. It's just not one of my all-time favorites.