I went with my favorites this time over best.

1. Gladiator
2. Love Actually
3. Monsters Inc
4. Lord of the Rings
5. Casino Royale
6. Iron Man
7. The Dark Knight
8. Pirates of the Caribbean
9. Shrek
10. 40 Year Old Virgin
11. The Hangover
12. Star Dust
13. Unbreakable
14. Anchorman
15. The Notebook

Jun 21, 2020 15:22:24 GMT KING KID said:

Jun 21, 2020 14:51:33 GMT UT said:

#18 

16 - The Prestige 
17 - Superbad
18 - LOTR - The Two Towers 


To be fair to what Ness is saying , a few people just put Lord of the Rings without clarification - so I marked that up to the original. If they are now saying Two Towers is the best that could be why the weirdness is the rankings. I'm not sure. 

And Notebook?!

Thats the million dollar question. 

Dead last. DEAD FUCKING LAST.

Nah I don’t know. I only save the Top 20 and it wasn’t inside that.

Damn the Notebook wasn't even recorded in UT 's notebook. Brutal.

Jun 21, 2020 15:54:46 GMT @ness said:

Damn the Notebook wasn't even recorded in UT 's notebook. Brutal.

I think it actually went in the negative because whatever 🤯 votes for I take away points from. Hence him going like 1/15.

Lmao

Jun 21, 2020 14:50:13 GMT PB said:

First of all, loving the In Bruges love from Emperor. Thought I’d be the only vote for it. It’s a wonderfully black comedy that everyone should watch in time for the top 100 list. It’s one of the most rewatch able movies I think.

In Bruges is phenomenal. One of the funniest movies I've seen. Then I go and watch Seven Psychopaths, by the same director (Martin McDonagh, who also did Three Billboards...), and it's even funnier. Dude's a genius.

He has only directed those three feature length films though. Two 10/10s, and Three Billboards which is like 7/10 or something. That's an incredible rate. Maybe on those grounds he should have made my directors list. But three movies isn't a lot, good as they are.

Jun 21, 2020 14:37:50 GMT UT said:

1. The Dark Knight 

Why so serious? ~ Joker 

Released 

2008 

Credits 

Director: Christopher Nolan 

Screenplay: Jonathan Nolan 

Screenplay: Christopher Nolan 

Cast 

Christian Bale (Bruce Wayne)

Heath Ledger (Joker)

Aaron Eckhart (Harvey Dent)

Michael Caine (Alfred)

Gary Oldman (Gordon)

Critical 

#4 Rated Movie of All Time (IMDB)

9.0/10 (IMDB)

94% (RT Critics)

94% (RT Audiences)

Box Office 

Domestic: $533,345,358 

Worldwide: $1,003,045,358 

At the Oscars 

- Winner for Best Supporting Actor 

- Winner for Best Achievement in Sound Editing 

- Nominated for Best Cinematography 

- Nominated for Best Film Editing 

- Nominated for Best Art Direction 

- Nominated for Best Makeup 

- Nominated for Best Sound Mixing 

- Nominated for Best Visual Effects 

YEAHHHHH BOIIIIIIII

You know that scene where the Batman costume guy is flung onto the glass? Never jumped so high in my life. Fucking bitch.

Jun 21, 2020 14:48:52 GMT Emperor said:

Not enough love for Collateral in this thread. Absolutely phenomenal thriller, with Tom Cruise killing it in a rare villain role, and Jamie Foxx killing it as the intelligent civilian cab driver who's forced into a situation way over his head. The story is phenomenal as well, and pretty believable apart from a bit of a contrived plot point near the end of the film. Plus it has Mark Ruffalo in a minor role, who is awesome in everything.

Man, that scene with the coyote where Audioslave cues up... Might be one of my all-time favorite moments in movies.

Jun 21, 2020 14:54:21 GMT UT said:

Jun 21, 2020 14:50:13 GMT PB said:

1. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2. The Dark Knight
3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
4. The Live of Others
5. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
6. Batman Begins
7. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
8. In Bruges
9. Lost in Translation
10. Ratatouille
11. No Country for Old Men
12. Pan's Labyrinth
13. Moulin Rouge!
14. American Psycho
15. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

This was a fun list.

First of all, loving the In Bruges love from Emperor . Thought I’d be the only vote for it. It’s a wonderfully black comedy that everyone should watch in time for the top 100 list. It’s one of the most rewatch able movies I think.

As far as the Lord of the Rings go, I’ve covered my thoughts in that they’re so hard to separate. The second is great with the Gollum set piece and the best battle in cinema history, but the other two feel like more complete stand-alone films for me.

We’ve talked about Batman to death here, but I have to say I’m surprised Batman Begins didn’t make the list - I thought people were starting to prefer it over The Dark Knight. It may be a boring number one, but it’s fantastic so I can’t complain.

Is this the first decade list we’ve done with no animation featured? I’m guessing Pixar split the vote with people having very different favourites from this decade.

Also hugely surprised by The Departed not winning. But it’s second tier Marty for me for sure.

Mainly Incredibles. People love that movie. 

Finding Nemo is loved by me , I think it's elite Pixar but others seem to be hot or cold on it. 

Thankfully Wall-E or Up didn't make it. 

I actually DON'T like this post. 😡

Jun 21, 2020 16:01:44 GMT UT said:

Jun 21, 2020 15:54:46 GMT @ness said:

Damn the Notebook wasn't even recorded in UT 's notebook. Brutal.

I think it actually went in the negative because whatever 🤯 votes for I take away points from. Hence him going like 1/15.

That's fair. And explains so much.

I expected stuff like Shaun of the Dead or Memento to miss, and even a dark horse in Collateral...but really surprised stuff like Million Dollar Baby and the Prestige didn't make the cut. And that 2 of the 3 LotR films made it, and not the best one.

A worthy winner. The Dark Knight would have been my #2 or #3 if I had submitted a list.

Jun 22, 2020 3:20:17 GMT jTjohncenaGOAT said:

My list:
1. Punch-Drunk Love
2. Passion of the Christ
3. Fantastic Mr Fox
4. Napoleon Dynamite
5. The Dark Knight
6. Harry Potter & Half-Blood Prince
7. Where the Wild Things Are
8. Lord of the Rings: the Two Towers
9. Definitely, Maybe
10. Chronicles of Narnia: LW&W
11. Juno
12. Pursuit of Happyness
13. Reign Over Me
14. Lost in Translation
15. No Country for Old Men

A HUGE glaring omition for me is Remember the Titans. Would have nudged NCFOM out of #15, and pushed 11-14 down a notch.

I was going to ask how it was a huge omission

But then realized your way of describing math was just confusing

But even still

Is a new #11 really that huge?

Sorry, Remember the Titans. To clarify on the huge omission.

I would've thought a huge omission would've been forgetting a #2, not a #11.

Assuming I'm following your math correctly, and you're saying Remember the Titans would've ranked there for you.

I had all sorts of huge omissions on my rushed list, but this decade was just way too loaded. Harder than the 90s IMO

My biggest fuck ups for forgetting are for sure Dark Knight, Remember the Titans and and Step Brothers.

It would’ve changed my top 8 to:

1- Departed
2- Training Day
3- Gladiator
4- The Dark Knight
5- Remember the Titans
6- Hangover
7- Notebook
8- SAW

I dig sandy's list, it feels like I'm back in VideoEzy looking at all these new rentals I've forgotten all about. A lot of my list is made up of movies I came across in the 2010s, this list is a more accurate depiction of that era.

1. Big Fish
Almost Famous
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Secret Window
Vanilla Sky
Mulholland Drive
The Butterfly Effect
Sin City
The Corpse Bride
(500) Days of Summer
Donnie Darko
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Chamber of Secrets would go close as well, but if we're doing 1 per franchise)
The Dark Knight
Shrek
15. Lord of the Rings Two Towers (I only voted for Return of the King because I took the academy's approach and waiting until the franchise was over and done with, the second was what won me over after I found the first really frantic and muddled - which I think was the point, the heroes journey goes horribly wrong)

Honorable Mentions: Spiderman 2, The Prestige, Bedazzled, Pirates of the Carribean, Clerks 2

I must have watched Secret Window at least a dozen times around the time of it's release. I caught it twice in theatres, including one time where I brought my kid brother along and made him shut his eyes during any gory parts. :lol: I don't think it's anything special, but it's an example of a middle of the road movie being elevated by quality performances - Depp and Tuturro in particular are fantastic.

I caught the ending of Vanilla Sky on cable and was intrigued to check it out. In Australia, Vanilla Sky was portrayed as like the Mr. and Mrs. Smith movie that broke up Tom and Nicole so it was slagged off, but I really enjoyed it and the surreal atmosphere of the movie. I really enjoy good psychological thrillers and this had it in spades. I also like a movie with a fantastic soundtrack, and the Vanilla Sky soundtrack takes me back to 2005.

I've only seen the Butterfly Effect the one time, but it actually inspired me to dig further into it and look at all the different fan theories and others experience with the movie. Love the concept of alternative realities and that movie really scratched that itch.

Sin City was the first noir I saw and left a huge impression. It's a great gate-way movie with a stellar cast, memorable storylines and fantastic visuals that really tie it all together. Another one of those movies that rarely left the PS2 and I would just watch it over and over.

The Nightmare Before Christmas was one of the first DVDs I ever owned, so when they announced a spiritual successor I was all in. In truth, the Corpse Bride is merely cromulent, but that didn't stop me from seeing it multiple times in theatres, buying the special editions and memorising all the songs. Even my old MSN avatar was the Corpse Bride that was basically my Summer 2005/06 trend. I don't think I've seen it since and hardly anybody ever talks about it.

Both (500) Days of Summer and The Dark Knight were movies I had anticipated for months and both really hit a sweet spot for me. I really enjoyed the creativity of 500, it reminded me a lot of Amelie and how it would get it's points across. It also had a much stronger message than I anticipated, but a really worthwhile one as well. The Dark Knight not only managed to meet expectations, it exceeded them - what a movie. Both fell down on my list because by 2009 I wasn't going out of my way to buy DVDs anymore. So they were largely one and done affairs during that decade.

After seeing Vanilla Sky and the Butterfly Effect, Donnie Darko was a natural fit. I really enjoyed the dark 80s throwback and was gripped by the mystery, it didn't quite make as big an impact as the others, but definitely in the same ball-park.

I saw Prisoner of Azkaban three times in theatres and would just let the DVD play in the background the entire time. I really enjoyed how they aged the movies up, so instead of being family movies, they were more like young adult affairs and I think they did as good a job as they could of adapting it. Haven't seen it in 15 years, but would have easily seen it a dozen times between 04-05, definite comfort movie.

I've never related to anything so much in a movie than in that scene in I Am Legend - except I didn't need the end of civilization to memorise that movie. It might still be my most watched movie - it was THE go to of any after school, school camp, rainy day, family friend visit etc.

Bedazzled is great too, it's the Forest Gump version of the Butterfly Effect.

Big Pete ‘I’ll see you in another life when we are both cats’.

My list would have looked like this:

1. There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007)
2. The Fountain (Darren Aronofsky, 2006)
3. Mulholland Dr. (David Lynch, 2001)
4. WALL·E (Andrew Stanton, 2008)
5. The Fall (Tarsem Singh, 2006)
6. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Peter Jackson, 2002)
7. In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-wai, 2000)
8. Dead Man's Shoes (Shane Meadows, 2004)
9. Kung Fu Hustle (Stephen Chow, 2004)
10. Adaptation. (Spike Jonze, 2002)
11. The New World (Terrence Malick, 2005)
12. Memento (Christopher Nolan, 2000)
13. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Cristian Mungiu, 2007)
14. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Andrew Dominik, 2007)
15. City of God (Fernando Meirelles & Kátia Lund, 2002)
16. The Lives of Others (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, 2006)
17. Apocalypto (Mel Gibson, 2006)
18. No Country for Old Men (Ethan & Joel Coen, 2007) [#11]
19. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, 2004) [#8]
20. Almost Famous (Cameron Crowe, 2000)

There Will Be Blood has been one of my favourite films since I first saw it and its place was cemented by my attending a screening featuring a live performance by the London Contemporary Orchestra, accompanied by score-composer Jonny Greenwood. The film manages to be brutal and serious yet also comedic and this audience, most on likely at least a fifth viewing, were laughing up a storm at Daniel Plainview's cuntish behaviour, myself included. A towering performance, a masterful filmmaker at his peak, wonderful cinematography and a haunting score. An American classic on the corruption of greed.



I am by far the biggest fan of The Fountain that I know. To me, it is the great overlooked, underrated, perhaps misunderstood film of this century. It resonated with me on first viewing and continues to do so on each subsequent one. An ambitious film about those largest of themes - life, death, love - it beautifully weaves its different timelines, filling them with wonderful visuals, incredible special effects that I think will be timeless and maybe my favourite ever film score.



Starting life as a pilot for an aborted TV series, where story threads were being set up, and then needing to be turned into a standalone film likely helped make the mysterious Mulholland Dr. even more elusive, more intoxicating, more captivating than the show would have been. Like all art, it can and should be analysed. But art does not need to make clear and logical sense. It can also be an experience, invoking strong emotions and thoughts.



The first 30 or so minutes of WALL·E are perfection to me. The rest of the film is merely absolutely wonderful. WALL·E is as endearing a character as there has ever been. It looks gorgeous and features one of the great heart-warming romances (between two robots who basically just say the other's name), as well as great adventure. Funny, touching and capable of being enjoyed by any age. The peak of Pixar.



Unless I am misremembering, I was turned on to The Fall by former PWer Sun God. It almost disbelievingly features nearly zero CGI, instead using the most incredible shooting locations and practical effects to provide some of the most phenomenal images to ever grace the screen. It also has some of the best, most believable and adorable child acting ever on film, along with a lot to say on stories, imagination, friendship, despair and hope.



I may come back to say more on the others.

Strobe, Wife would LOVE the Apocalypto shout.

Memento and Man on Fire just missed the list. Looking back I would have placed Man on Fire. I watched it again the other night. Forgot how much I loved it.