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

at what point did my life become projecting how I feel at the moment onto screenshots from must love dogs holy shit this day's been horrible

ok i have one more film and then i'm done for the day....

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I finally watched it last night and was seriously moved. Even though some of the usual Lee heavy handedness popped up in places (the "fuck NY" speech going on waaay too long, the extended shots of the Ground Zero cleanup with the BOOMING ORCHESTRAL SCORE, ...) and Anna Paquin's performance was a bit over the top all was forgiven by the film's end. I thought Norton's character was played perfectly : angry at himself, confused and frightened.

― Jay Vee

My favorite ten minutes of film. God, no matter how many times I watch that ending it still devastates me. The unconditional love of the father, certainly, but that vision of 'America.'

― ice cr?m paint job (milo z)

there is a lot of 9/11 imagery in this, yeah, but it was also, if I'm not mistaken, the first movie made in NYC after 9/11, and I think that point is really important. I guess you can be all rockist about it and only evaluate the film on it's own merits but I find the movie impossible to divorce from the culture in which it was made.

― akm

It's too late for me to argue why I loved 25th Hour -- but there are so many small moments in that film that are captured really perfectly. Like when Philip Seymour Hoffman meets Barry Pepper at his apartment and the way they try to interact as friends, even though they haven't kept in touch for years and it's clear they were only really friends inasmuch as both were friends with Ed Norton. The dialogue and acting are both superb.

- jaymc

Did anybody else cry at the end of the 25th hour?

#71

25th Hour
Spike Lee
2002
United States
(261 points, 12 votes, 1 first place)

that fucking bucket of ice just layin there thinkin ah fuck

25th hour is just aight *shrug*

So much wrong with The 25th Hour (introducing it to skeptics is a major pain in the ass, and cause for embarrassment) but it still works.

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Still nothing I voted for here has appeared. Amelie and Y Tu Dying Puta would make my 100 Worst of the decade.

On my 100 poll, I had 25th Hour in 98th, probably bcz of Norton's mirror scene.

when i scrolled back up to screengrab after fantasy's comments...personally, i died

Wow, I actually am pretty shocked at how low this one placed. Not that I voted for it or anything.

25th hour may be my least favorite movie of the decade.

i agree w/alfred. i like spike lee. that monologue at the end was so movie-ish though!

loved it at the time. not seen it since but i imagine it would hold up well.

can we get morbs to write a fake title of every movie on this list?

If this poll were scenes instead of movies, 25th Hour's two obvious candidates would be, well, obvious candidates for my ballot.

But, yeah, the movie didn't hold together when I watched it last and it wasn't just one year since 9/11.

The gay panic in The 25th Hour -- prevalent in all Spike's work -- is totally revolting and unnecessary.

morbs if that's how you roll w/r/t titles of films you hate, might i suggest calling it "le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Putain" (not that i advocate calling women whores, now)

are these gonna get better or worse as they go along, do you think?

films really bring out the most combative aspect of commenters as opposed to music on the ILM polls, where disagreements occur but seem much less like personal offenses.

Maybe cuz people who haven't hardly listened to new music in the last few years {like me) would abstain from an ILM decade poll? But these are just, y'know, dumb movies: everyone can be an expert cuz they're so simple.

oh, no. i haven't see all of 25th hour truthfully, only excerpts, and that wouldn't be one of them. that's terrible.

Once is enough, but when Edward Norton's "pretty" white face is spoken of as great jailbait several times I wanted to go all Midnight Express on Spike and ask him why he thought Ed was so damn hot.

i remember liking 25th hour but very little about why...

haven't seen. excuse me!

seriously who in the hell VOTED in this thing? 96 votes and 75 percent of the comments on this thread (made by decidedly less than 96 posters) are pure bile.

Ha ha. To the point where I thought this was intentional on omar's part. And maybe it is!

solid flick. agree that the monologue felt forced. random ilx fact: i saw that with the schef ha ha and we had to sit in the very front row.

Gay panic in Do the Right Thing? Memory doesn't serve.

Spike figured Norton would bulk up and go skinhead again (he was a hot Nazi).

bnw, the last two films I saw with the schef ha ha were I Love You, Man and Bad Lieutenant: POCNO.

lol how was pocno? i saw two iguana clips and they changed my life

It was a good gonzo mutation.

Gay panic in Do the Right Thing? Memory doesn't serve.

Yeah, that doesn't scan. I hope this isn't going to involve explaining the difference between "gay panic" and "not wanting to be raped in prison", though...

"his soul is still dancing" iirc

:( That was my first-place vote. I thought this was a top-10 for sure.

re: Almost Famous

sure but its nice to add some shading/subtleties in there

― The Tommy Westphall Universe Hypothesis (Shakey Mo Collier),

Oh, wait. Ha ha. I meant that in reference to "gay panic in The 25th Hour, obvs.

a bad lieutenant set in the poconos would be worth seeing

C'mon lurkers. Don't let me down now. This poll still has plenty of slots left for The Machinist and Hotel Rwanda.

(This is seriously the busiest thread I can remember in forever. Can't get a word in edgewise!)

can't recall gay panic in a fuckload of spike joints but it's not a convo i'd ask for for christmas

She Hate Me was supposed to be spectacularly homophobic, but beyond that, I can't really recall too many really examples of virulent o_0 homophobia in Lee's career. And, yes, not wanting to get raped =/= not wanting to be gay.

School Daze comes to mind

The story so far...

100. Morvern Callar (204 pts, 13 votes)
99. The Piano Teacher (208 pts, 9 votes)
98. Dogville (208.5 pts, 8 votes)
97. Happy-Go-Lucky (210.5 pts, 11 votes)
96. High Fidelity (214 pts, 10 votes)
95. Capturing the Friedmans (215 pts, 13 votes, 1 first)
94. Napoleon Dynamite (215.5 pts, 10 votes)
93. Sideways (216 pts, 12 votes)
92. Tropical Malady (219 pts, 8 votes, 1 first)
91. Talk to Her (220 pts, 10 votes)
90. Together (220.5 pts, 9 votes, 1 first)
89. The Lives of Others (221 pts, 12 votes, 1 first)
88. Memories of Murder (222 pts, 10 votes)
87. Minority Report (223.5 pts, 14 votes)
86. All the Real Girls (224.5 pts, 12 votes)
85. Almost Famous (225 pts, 11 votes, 1 first)
84. Finding Nemo (226.5 pts, 13 votes)
83. Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle (231 pts, 13 votes)
82. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (231.5 pts, 13 votes)
81. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (236 pts, 11 votes)
80. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (237 pts, 10 votes)
79. Team America: World Police (237.5 pts, 8 votes)
78. 28 Days Later (239 pts, 12 votes)
77. The Squid and the Whale (242 pts, 13 votes, 1 first)
76. In the Loop (246.5 pts, 13 votes)
75. Y Tu Mama Tambien (250.5 pts, 12 votes)
74. In Bruges (251 pts, 14 votes)
73. The Triplets of Belleville (253 pts, 10 votes)
72. Amélie (259.5 pts, 14 votes)
71. The 25th Hour (261 pts, 12 votes, 1 first)

a list nearly Roeper-like

School Daze comes to mind

What, the step routine addressed to the sisters in the house? A mean throwaway gag at best.

100 Morvern Callar dir: Lynne Ramsay (2002/UK/204 points/13 votes)
099 The Piano Teacher dir: Michael Haneke (2001/Austria/France/208/9)
098 Dogville dir: Lars von Trier (2003/Denmark/208.5/13)
097 Happy-Go-Lucky dir: Mike Leigh (2008/UK/210.5/11)
096 High Fidelty dir: Stephen Frears (2000/US/214/10)
095 Capturing the Friendmans dir: Andrew Jarecki (2003/US/215/13/1)
094 Napleon Dynamite dir: Jared Hess (2004/US/215.5/10)
093 Sideways dir: Alexander Payne (2004/US/215/12)
092 Tropical Malady dir: Apichatpong Weerasethakul (2004/Thailand/219/8/1)
091 Talk to Her dir: Pedro Almodóvar (2002/Spain/220/10)
090 Together dir: Lukas Moodysson (2000/Sweden/220.5 points/9 votes/1 1st place)
089 The Lives of Others dir: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (2006/Germany/221/12/1)
088 Memories of Murder dir: Bong Joon-Ho (2003/South Korea/222/10)
087 Minority Report dir: Steven Speilburg (2002/US/225.5/14)
086 All the Real Girls dir: David Gordon Green (2003/US/224.5/12)
085 Almost Famous dir: Cameron Crowe (2000/US/225/11/1)
084 Finding Nemo dir: Andrew Stanton & Lee Unkirch (2003/US/226.5/13)
083 Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle dir: Danny Leiner (2004/US/231/13)
082 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World dir: Peter Weir (2003/US/231.5/13)
081 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring dir: Peter Jackson (2001/NZ/US/236/11)
080 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly dir: Julian Schnabel (2007/France/237 points/10 votes)
079 Team America: World Police dir: Trey Parker (2004/237.5/8)
078 28 Days Later dir: Danny Boyle (2002/UK/239/12)
077 The Squid & the Whale dir: Noah Baumbach (2005/US/242/13/1)
076 In the Loop dir: Armando Iannucci (2009/UK/246.5/13)
075 Y tu mamá también dir: Y tu mamá también (2001/Mexico/250.5/12)
074 In Bruges dir: Martin McDonagh (2008/UK/251/44)
073 The Triplets of Belleville dir: Sylvain Chomet (2003/France/253/10)
072 Amelie dir: Jean-Pierre Jeunet (2001/France/259.5/14)
071 25th Hour dir: Spike Lee (2002/US/261/12/1)

oh lol serves me right for not reading other ppl's posts

Oh shit, I just realised I'm probably going to miss the culmination of all this, as I'm heading off for the weekend tomorrow afternoon. Is omar going to take a break until Monday or keep going through?

Unbolded makes the list look better.

So much wrong with The 25th Hour (introducing it to skeptics is a major pain in the ass, and cause for embarrassment) but it still works.

― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, February 4, 2010 8:10 PM (20 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

totes otm

i did also like "piano teacher" from the list so far, i thought erika was pitiable, mostly. saw it the year it came out though, maybe it'd be different now.

never good enough for you lot xxpost