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

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.

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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

Oh, yeah. Wanted to point out earlier:

i suppose shaun might still place, dunno.

Understatement of the thread, dude. Wouldn't be surprised if Shaun is top 25, honestly.

i guess. is that a movie people really love? seems like such a "pleasant diversion" type of thing. but i guess that's true of a lot of what's already on here.

We Were Mildly Diverted: ILX in the '00s

I love Shaun, and it deserves a top 25 spot.

0/30 fwiw

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.

Never said he was homophobic!

7/30. Ones from today's batch I voted for: Squid and the Whale, Y Tu Mama Tambien, 25th Hour.

I did not vote in this poll, but I hope the following films place:

Yi Yi
Japon
Grizzly Man
300

I'm 4/30 now, and I honestly have no idea how many more might show.

So I only have three movies placing so far (Napoleon, High Fidelity, and 28 Days), with another two that were chopped off the bottom of my ballot (25th Hour and Minority Report). And I think I'm up to three from my ballot which I've decided don't stand a chance of placing at this point and which I feel safe spoilerizing (The Company, Sleeping Dogs Lie, and Hot Rod).

pfft, you people think i'm going to spend my weekend doing this? i only do this on company time.

15 more tomorrow, then 15 each day mon-wed and the top 10 on thursday.

Gonna miss the conclusion. ;_;

I actually voted for The Company as well, Deric, but you're right, it has no chance. (I think it was my #40, so my vote's not going to do a lot of good, anyway.)

Yeah, it was 35th on my ballot, but I liked it a whole, whole heckuva lot more than about half of the movies I've seen that have placed thus far.

Yeah, Shaun top 25 easily. Heavy Britishes element to these results so far.

I'm sure The Company was on my ballot too. So maybe it landed somewhere around #217.