The (Now-Overrated) ILX Top 100 Films of the 2000s Poll Results

lolz can't wait til Mulholland Dr places in the top 10

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I'm looking forward to that discussion about Mulholland Drive, because I loved it.

Speaking of which, I'm a little surprised there isn't more commentary about what people like about these movies instead of what they hate

I voted Almost Famous at #1. I just found it incredibly entertaining and watched it over and over again throughout high school. It also had a huge impact/resonance with me w/r/t music and music writing.

(I was surprised it's so hated on ILX, but then I remembered that ILX often hates thing that are inoffensive, fun and enjoyable.)

its so easy to laugh, its so easy to hate ;_;

+ earnest

I hated Almost Famous the first time I saw it, but decided to watch it a second time one night. It clicked for me. I don't know if I take any message away from it, but I definitely think it's a fine movie for what it is.

yeah, earnest things don't bother me (in music or in films) as long as that's not the only aesthetic happening

xxp - uh, it's kinda offensive from a feminist viewpoint.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/etienne_saint/tripletsbellville.jpg

i loved it. the opening is fantastic, but i think it would have been wearying and distracting if the entire film had maintained that pace. as it was, i felt like i was missing out on the intricacies of much of the animation as things moved along.

― lauren

When the frenetic, fast-paced "short" segues into the deliberate main style of the movie it's just too delicious, like mmm settle in, get yr hot drink ready! Like sliding into a bubble-bath or something. The slow pace lets you really examine everything, in a way i can't remember doing since looking at picture books as a kid.

― Tracer Hand

It's an outstandingly conceived and designed film, right down to the very smallest of details. I have to admit to feeling slightly so whatish at the end though, even though it certainly never bored me. I suppose I was a bit nonplussed at the amount of effort that gone in to producing something with no real emotional content.

― chap

#73

The Triplets of Belleville
Sylvain Chomet
2003
France
(253 points, 10 votes)

cartoons count?

Almost Famous was the first time a movie's overwhelmingly positive reviews smothered me.

Triplets of Belleville

how is it offensive from a feminist viewpoint?

Daria - exactly. There are a lot of movies posted so far that are not my thing at all but I can understand why they appealed to other ppl. It's more the ppl who are saying that certain movies are awful or completely unwatchable when they're clearly not that bewilders me and makes me think they have shitty taste or be joyless bores. ;)

How is it offensive to feminists? I'm assuming you're reading a glorification of groupism into it, or something like that, which seems like a willful misreading of the film to me.

If anything, the Francis McDormand character's perspective is hugely privileged throughout the film, and the Kate Hudson narrative ends in total devastation and repudiation.

I don't remember much about it, but it did strike me at the time that you might have to be a heterosexual male to really appreciate AF

well, geez, look at her choice of sunglasses! and that faux French accent!

lately if i get about 20-30 min into a film and it seems unwatchable, i just don't watch it anymore. i suspect a lot of films named so far, i wouldn't care for, i don't know though..

I don't remember much about it, but it did strike me at the time that you might have to be a heterosexual male to really appreciate AF

it's one of my mom's all time favorite movies so maybe she (?) has some secrets she's been hiding from me.

lolz

I'm curious if saharel actually has a position here or is just challopsying.

sarahel*

triplets is another one from my shortlist that i ended up cutting. but i really like it. the sequences with the triplets in particular -- their musical performances, their frog dinner preparations -- are great and imaginative and really a window on this other askew world.

Yeah, it's not like Cameron Crowe invented the concept of groupies just to fit into his film. Kate Hudson's character aside (who had a multitude of problems), the rest of the groupies portrayed in the film seemed very aware of themselves and knew exactly what they were doing at all times. They weren't a bunch of starstruck teenyboppers.

I'm assuming you're reading a glorification of groupism into it,

uh, because that's a large part of the movie - the rosy nostalgia for that era, the hooker with the heart of gold, that is still devastated because, well, she's a ho. Of course the mom's character is privileged - she's a mother.

okay, finally caught up.

Master and Commander was my number 8. Absolutely adore that film. I also don't know what the guy upthread means about the story being muddled because of fitting too much in, because the story is ridiculously simple.

still wondering in what world the good girl is more interesting than school of rock, personally

I got quoted on In Bruges. It was my number 39. Really enjoy that film.

And School of Rock is the best mus-o film of the decade probably.

I'm a little surprised there isn't more commentary about what people like about these movies instead of what they hate

well... I've only seen (and liked) the following:

77. The Squid & The Whale simply one of the best "family drama" type movies of the last decade, one where all the characters are interesting/believable and avoids predictability in favor of a more sustained tone of discomfort and hurt and angst. it just seemed very emotionally honest.
79. Team America: World Police like I said, I have issues with the politics and racism, but the design/execution is amazing and there are tons of great jokes.
81. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring I've discussed this enough, I think. the best of the trilogy, one that encapsulates the feeling of loss that pervades Tolkien's work, as well as his love of simple joys and the wonder of nature. breathtaking landscapes all the way through, plus ridiculous aping of the best elements of the Bakshi version, the perfect Gandalf, and a fair amount of decent action.
83. Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle stoners be lovin stoner comedies. Morbz rightly points out that the funniest thing in the whole movie is Kumar dreaming of marrying his bag of weed (which then turns into a loveless marriage involving beatings, etc.) should've ranked higher tbh.
93. Sideways eh, this was okay. "Like" is probably too strong a word.
96. High Fidelity ditto

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Well, of course there's going to be rosy nostalgia. It's essentially Crowe's autobiography, and he's the director.

xp honestly don't wanna do a close reading of the film, but i think that one can acknowledge some glorification of something bad (see drug use in like almost every film ever) while still not totally subscribing to the view that those things are good

this is dumbassery tho: "Of course the mom's character is privileged - she's a mother."

Wtf are you talking about? So all mothers in all films have their perspectives privileged????

uh, because that's a large part of the movie - the rosy nostalgia for that era, the hooker with the heart of gold, that is still devastated because, well, she's a ho. Of course the mom's character is privileged - she's a mother.

yeahhhhh I don't think she's devastated because 'she's a ho'

Man, it killed me when the dog landed on the other side of the Atlantic and was still chewing that caramel!

I'm a little surprised there isn't more commentary about what people like about these movies instead of what they hate

Man Who Enjoys Thing Informed He Is Wrong

i mean i like the good girl, and i'm glad that it got made, and it seemed like there was a dearth of solid, offbeat, grown-up american films at that time iirc, but some small nmber of frames from school of rock is more interesting than it imo

i liked the omniscient narration on et tu mama, and the window on rural mexico, and the energy of the young guys

narration reminded me of french new wave

nah totally prefer the Good Girl myself. brutal movie. still lol at the "invisible paint" joke.

School of Rock is okay and all but its basically a sports movie (underdogs gotta win the big game... *yawn* no wonder his next movie was Bad News Bears)

I liked the audience-pleasing non-canonical dwarf-tossing scene in whatever LOTR movie it was.
Joan Cusack is excellent in School of Rock. Clearly the superior Cusack.

this is dumbassery tho: "Of course the mom's character is privileged - she's a mother."

Wtf are you talking about? So all mothers in all films have their perspectives privileged????

One of the classic stereotypical dichotomies with female characters is that of madonna/whore. We have the groupie who has an unhappy ending, and we have the wonderful mother - the madonna figure - who through her great wisdom and love, lets her only son go on tour with a rock band and become "born" as a rock critic.

Also, In the Loop making this list is just really really weird. Kudos for a somewhat unpredictable poll, even if they're (early on, anyway) taking place in some alternate universe from what I experienced this decade.

i voted for 4 of the films that have shown up so far: happy-go-lucky, memories of murder, master and commander, and in the loop. i didn't vote for fellowship of the ring, mainly because i voted for the two towers.

sarahel, serious question: have you actually seen the film?

Yes I have seen it - and the stereotypical female characters just were too annoying, though I do really like Frances McDormand as an actress, so it wasn't excruciating.

I don't believe there was any evidence that he actually molested any children, but I don't recall.

He confessed to something vague in a letter, which suggested he at least did something he was ashamed of.

sarahel's memory jibes with mine fwiw

doesn't jibe with mine, or with the Madonna/Whore complex, but whatever. i don't really feel like arguing about it.

re: friedmans, wasn't it the creepy photos he took?