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

most dog show ppl i know don't like "best in show" (to be expected?)

― bnw, Monday, February 8, 2010 9:16 PM (34 seconds ago) Bookmark

oh god i was working at folkways when A MIGHTY WIND came out and everyone had this annoying flattered-nerd attitude like "oh they really ZINGED us! wow gosh what a ROAST!"

Anchorman! I hope that makes it. Juno is universally hated here right?

pretty sure

spinal tap bogs down in the last half (after an incredible first half) whereas best in show is tighter and doesn't let up. ed begley jr, fred willard, katherine o'hara, guest's weirdest role to date, john michael higgins...

guys i have to apologize, i put like 10 comedies on my ballot because i didn't read the name of the poll very carefully, didn't realize this was about ~~films~~

Anchorman! I hope that makes it. Juno is universally hated here right?

j8 isnt "universal" - had both of these on my list juno top 10

Juno would probably be the 2nd most shocking Oscar movie to see place here after Crash

ok homeslice

juno top 10

*types smh*

Metacritic can go straight to hell.

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I was also somewhat frustrated by the film’s somewhat transparent philosophizing (”don’t live in the past”, “don’t let your belongings hold you down”) and ham handed psychological metaphor (Kevin the Bird as mother figure, Doug the Dog as child, hefty round boyscout evoking wife’s spirit of adventure, Muntz the bad guy as castrating father). When so much thought is clearly given to every nuance of a film, I expect more complex subtext.

That said, it’s a must see; though perhaps not as good as Wall-E. It’s half a spectacular film and half a good film.

The Miyazaki connection is pretty much only skin deep.
Most of the theater I was in was bawling at one point or another.

― forksclovetofu

The first 15 minutes - especially the dialogue-free montage - is some of the most moving (if admittedly manipulative) stuff I've ever seen, Pixar or not. The rest of the movie may have been the weakest Pixar I've seen since "Cars," even lazy at times. Not bad - this is Pixar - but pretty padded and sketchily thought out. Admittedly, I had my daughter with me asking questions in the theater the whole time, but I still have no idea what happened to Russell's parents, especially his dad. Who was the woman at the end? His mom?

Loved the short. In fact, "Up" would have made a great short film, too, minus all the fat kid/Muntz stuff/talking dogs flying planes. Talking dogs are cute and funny, but they could have been relegated to their own short.

― Josh in Chicago

Count me in the camp of loved it (though it didn't quite reach Wall-E's heights, that's a very tough standard), tears welling up in the theater and all. Even the typical kid's movie stuff that probably shouldn't have worked, like Russell and the talking dogs, just did it for me.

Really liked the short too (and that it sort of thematically tied into the film, even!). The 3D experience was nice, but not essential. Maybe other films have done it better, but a 3D-animated film is sort of already using certain tricks to make it "more 3D", so didn't feel very useful or effective. Everyone should see this in any format that's available.

― Nhex

Finally saw Up ... definitely one of their best. I liked the fact that the tone changed and you didn't know what to expect once they landed. Also how they kept the sentimental stuff kind of subtle in places - there was no scene with Carl explaining his wife's life story to Russell, for example. Talking dogs were definitely worth it. The Muntz guy was paranoid and bitter and his whole life had been affected by people not believing his greatest achievement - so his withdrawing from society, inventing great things for his own amusement rather than having a balanced view of what might make money etc was entirely believable.

― Not the real Village People

Up (Pixar's 2009 film)

#46

Up
Pete Docter and Bob Peterson
2009
United States
(374 points, 18 votes)

Straight to Hell was top-25 in my 80s ballot.

Alex Cox's Meta Critic

40 Year Old Virgin was my #16, I thought it had some great jokes, likable characters, and overall a nice humanist tone. Plus, of course, it has what is probably the funniest final scene of the 00s, a scene manages to be totally left-field and unpredictable and nevertheless in tone with the rest of the movie. 40YOV certainly better than the the following Apatow movies... Knocked Up was okay, but the conservative stuff was a bit too much for me. And Funny People dragged on waayy too long, especially the subplot with Sandler's ex-wife, yet it still didn't manage to give Rogen's character a proper character arc (I wanted too see more of his love interest and less of Sandler's triangle drama).

Nice still choice for Up btw.

h8 the final scene of 40YOV, have to kind of pretend it doesn't exist to like the rest of the movie as much as i do

Not sure why everyone labels Knocked Up as conservative. Is it just because she doesn't get an abortion?

Only liberal chicks date fat slobs who make them pregnant, Darin.

4/50 now.

knocked up: more political than Munich, even.

The last popular movie I can remember seeing someone decide not to carry to term was 4 mos, 3 wks, 2 days, and I can't think of any before that.

'blades of glory' isnt going to show is it? *shrug*

how crappy does pixar have to make the back half of a movie for you guys to not rate it? maybe if they just arbitrarily spliced in swiss family robinson at the halfway point?

The last popular movie I can remember seeing someone decide not to carry to term was 4 mos, 3 wks, 2 days, and I can't think of any before that.

Ha how are you defining "popular"?

juno top 10

*types smh*

lol just wait until all the animes i voted for place bro

The last popular movie I can remember seeing someone decide not to carry to term was 4 mos, 3 wks, 2 days, and I can't think of any before that.

that wasnt a popular movie

That was a joke, guys. There has never been a popular abortion.

Btw: what will be the highest foreign-language film in this poll? My money's on Pan's Labyrinth.

Election? Spirited Away?

Cache?

Not sure why everyone labels Knocked Up as conservative. Is it just because she doesn't get an abortion?

Not only that, but even though she's an succesful, independent businesswoman who gets accidentally pregnant with a one-night stand she doesn't care about, the movie never even shows her considering an abortion. Now, it's perfectly possible a woman in her position would nevertheless keep the baby, but it would've nice if the movie would've at least explained why she didn't see abortion as an option. The only time it's brought up is when her mother suggests it, but she is clearly depicted as an Evil Feminist who's opinion doesn't matter.

In The Mood For Love?

In Bruges :p

that's not at all clear, Tuomas.

Not sure why everyone labels Knocked Up as conservative. Is it just because she doesn't get an abortion?

― Darin, Monday, February 8, 2010 4:29 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

ya i think so, also the fact that it presents a traditional two-parent family as a desirable end. goofy imo

"That was a joke, guys. There has never been a popular abortion."

If it's popular enough for Terry Gross, it's popular enough for me!
(the movie, I mean)

Not only that, but even though she's an succesful, independent businesswoman who gets accidentally pregnant with a one-night stand she doesn't care about, the movie never even shows her considering an abortion. Now, it's perfectly possible a woman in her position would nevertheless keep the baby, but it would've nice if the movie would've at least explained why she didn't see abortion as an option. The only time it's brought up is when her mother suggests it, but she is clearly depicted as an Evil Feminist who's opinion doesn't matter.

― Tuomas, Monday, February 8, 2010 4:38 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

so goofy that u think this movie needed a scene like this

she's constructed as an Evil Feminist: she's constructed as an ambitious woman whose life is fucked but will make the best of it, even if it means marrying this stoner slobbo.

*NOT constructed

I think Tuomas was saying that Joanna Kerns is depicted as an Evil Feminist.

The last popular movie I can remember seeing someone decide not to carry to term was 4 mos, 3 wks, 2 days, and I can't think of any before that.

Both Fast Times at Ridgemont High and The Last American Virgin feature not only abortions, but teens having them!

"That was a joke, guys. There has never been a popular abortion."

So Southland Tales wasn't popular?

still pining for haynes to do an all-star rumination on sting's multiple identities next

― da croupier, Monday, February 8, 2010 2:58 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

be still my beating heart

Eh? The Evil Feminist was the mother.

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we do this every time it comes up. there is a deleted scene where she talks about maybe doing it. it's not a good scene. it's not an issues-film and i don't think it's obliged to "explain". but if it did that'd piss off the haters even more i think. like, if she explained why, and their favourtie counterarguments weren't in there... no way to make a movie.

xposts

the mother was not a feminist lol

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the funniest bits are the ones i can't remember, it was just the way ferrell inflected certain lines and stuff. and when in rome! the "set-piece" gags weren't nearly as funny as the throwaway stuff (except maybe the dog/bear confrontation, holy shit a funny dog joke in a movie!!)

― s1ocki

the main character made practially no coherent sense, not least because of the "great beard of zeus!" exclamations, which were some of the funniest things in the film.

― amateur!st

the only part i was wasn't in hysterics over was the news teams throwdown. cameos killed it. and tim robbins as the pbs anchor is only a little funny.

there were very small children in the audience when i saw it. they freaked out when jack black kicked that dog over the bride. i thought they would be traumatized. but when the dog was shown to be alive they cheered!

― ryan

Dude, people, this movie kind of sucked hardcore. The anchorman fight was pretty funny and "Go back to your home on WHORE ISLAND" was a pretty funny line and the dude from the Daily Show was hysterical but seriously wtf. The Pleasure Island sequence was like the absolute worst thing I've seen on film in 6 months!

― Allyzay

I got a kick out of this movie (on a plane, tho, which is always different), but Tom's definitely right about Wet Hot American Summer -- same kind of WTF gags, much richer. I found the fight embarrassingly unfunny. In retrospect I can't remember what, specifically, I found funny about this film, but there was certainly something that got me, as the flight attendant kept asking me if I wanted a Sprite and I kept giggling at her.

― nabisco

This is the thread where we discuss Anchorman

#45

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Adam McKay
2004
United States
(376 points, 18 votes)

dope

most quoted comedy of the decade, easy

she's constructed as an ambitious woman whose life is fucked but will make the best of it, even if it means marrying this stoner slobbo.

Yeah, but the conservativeness comes from the fact that the movie thinks "making the best of it" = keeping the baby and marrying the stoner.

most quoted comedy of the decade, easy

― vincent gallogina (J0rdan S.), Monday, February 8, 2010 1:45 PM (5 seconds ago)

otm, and it was actually funny.