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

i think dark knight is a hella smart movie, definitely moreso than batman begins, just not quite as cutting or intelligent as it wants to be

Would totally watch a whole movie of Julia and Stanley Tucci.

would totally watch batman and julie

The Hurt Locker isn't going to offend many politically

depends on how you define "many" but this is basically false. it has!

Julia and the Joker

Christian Bale as Julia Child = would watch

think dark knight is a hella smart movie, definitely moreso than batman begins, just not quite as cutting or intelligent as it wants to be

yeah fair enough. i think i got way over-excited by a Batman movie making me think that much.

I would also watch Meryl Streep as Batman.

figured ILX backlash would have ensured DK stayed off the list.

It has a remarkable hour in the middle.

think dark knight is a hella smart movie

lol wut

disappointed omar didnt use my post on the gosford park thread. weird group of movies 2day imo

i think dark knight is a hella smart movie, definitely moreso than batman begins, just not quite as cutting or intelligent as it wants to be

― max, Monday, February 8, 2010 11:37 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark

i didn't read any interviews with brolan, but really? i don;t think its trying overhard to be intelligent/cutting.

it's very insightful on the issue of abortion

Yeah, it was enjoyable entertainment, but I wouldn't say it was intelligent or incisive in any way.

dark knight: nolan is not as smart as he thinks he is but he can art direct the fukk out of anything, ledger is great, would have maybe preferred this if batman had never even been in it
― max, Monday, February 8, 2010 6:28 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

art direction really didn't jump out at me on this one... what in particular do u mean

Yeah, it was enjoyable entertainment, but I wouldn't say it was intelligent or incisive in any way.

― sarahel, Monday, February 8, 2010 6:46 PM (47 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

if a movie is entertaining, there has to be some intelligence behind it.

honestly tho when i use "smart" or "intelligent" to describe movies i'm usually referring to how they were made, not like, the big issues they raised or whatev. so i might be misreading u.

it was intelligent, i just mean max was suggesting it was try-hard/pretentious or s.thing

honestly tho when i use "smart" or "intelligent" to describe movies i'm usually referring to how they were made, not like, the big issues they raised or whatev. so i might be misreading u.

― wall•egina (s1ocki), Monday, February 8, 2010 3:48 PM (4 seconds ago)

i think dark knight was intelligently made - it was well done for what it was - so I think we're agreeing.

The Hurt Locker isn't going to offend many politically

depends on how you define "many" but this is basically false. it has!

Really? Like any other war movie of the past five years? Like, at all? Guess I completely missed it. It seemed to go out of it's way - painfully so, sometimes - to not take a side. Friends all over the political spectrum have sung its praises.

xposts a plenty

figured ILX backlash would have ensured DK stayed off the list.

There's backlash? I've always felt like a lone wolf w/r/t my negative opinion.

stylistically i thought TDK did a lot of things so well and i liked the super-bleak tone for the most part too (at the end shit got lame.) it's just such a massive flick, definitely problematic here and there, but generally pretty superb esp for its genre.

ok, so Munich/Miami Vice/Before Sunset have already placed. I'm going to get over it and not hold it against the other films.

DK has an extraordinarily tense middle section that puts it way up there as far as popcorn blockbusters go. It tries to be more intelligent then your average, and even if it fails to some degree, I appreciate the effort.

huge DK backlash all over the web. I just presumed that if there was backlash somewhere, ILX was all over that shit.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seemed like the plot with the bombs on the ship and the kidnapping/rigging to explosives of Dent and the girl was taken from Die Hard 3.

close but not really

Die Hard 3 was also very intelligent in its own way.

It's own stupid stupid way.

DH3 is pretty dece but no

xp

I liked Die Hard 3.

intellectual titan alex in sf says it's dumb so

boneheaded moron disagrees film at 11

i don't think people understand how backlash works if they think something really popular having a backlash means it stays out of a poll where you can only vote for, not against something

I guess ILX backlash people brow-beat everyone else into submission so much that those who still like it are afraid to speak up. I probably mistake this for people actually buying into the backlash wholesale. Perhaps the yeahsayers just get their revenge by submitting ballots in polls like this one.

I could just be confusing actual backlash with the backlash DK got from the small number of critics who post on blogs had for it. These same critics also record 30 minute roundtable discussions on Miami Vice, leading me to believe it's much more popular than it really is.

Ha! I wish I could browbeat people into some kind of shame over their movie preferences. What an awesome superpower!

Is that it for today?

DK's action was too disorienting, and ledger's performance was really ehh compared to nicholson's joker (or to oldman's comm gordon, who i think had the best performance in DK). i loved batman begins for its cryptic/quiet/brooding parts, but somehow that same spirit, continued into DK, just ended up seeming humorless and overserious, which batman shouldnt be! burton was the best for being able to marry brooding/dark to absurd and a lil campy.

hopefully the prestige will place higher

didn't vote for either, but Prestige was more entertaining, less of a grind. TDK had some A+ setpieces but shit that last 30-40 minutes was a mess. Got whatever minimal backlash it deserved.

Is that it for today?

― sarahel, Tuesday, February 9, 2010 12:06 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

yeah you're free to go

There's backlash? I've always felt like a lone wolf w/r/t my negative opinion.

hi dere

26 through 40 tomorrow, 11-25 on wednesday, 1-10 on thursday

There's backlash? I've always felt like a lone wolf w/r/t my negative opinion.

hi dere

Count me in too.

I think even on the original thread there was a lot of annoyance at the lame end (and seeming endlessness) almost straight away.

omar, can you post an updated list?

ledger in DK is totes worth the hype

I think maybe part of the alienation I felt after seeing The Dark Knight wasn't so much that I didn't like it but that I didn't get it, that I didn't know how to enjoy it.

buckle up and enjoy the ride iirc

buckle up and enjoy the pencils jabbed into bodies.

Of sufficient complexity that the morons in Knocked Up didn't get it.

also, has Ciaran Hinds gotten a good part since this? Totally wasted in Milkshake.

(I'm pretty sure you can't blame me or Eric for those fountainfish)

― Fusty Moralizer (Dr Morbius), Monday, February 8, 2010 6:08 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

on munich

apparently spielberg has said the scene is funny. which it is. i mean part of the joke in KU is that the characters do read 'munich' simplistically; the other part is, they're not quite wrong.

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)
70. Ratatouille (263 points, 13 votes)
69. Far From Heaven (266 points, 13 votes)
68. Elephant (267 points, 12 votes, 1 first place)
67. Synecdoche, New York (267.5 points, 13 votes)
66. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (274 points, 17 votes)
65. Kung Fu Hustle (278.5 points, 16 votes, 1 first place)
64. Kings and Queen (282 points, 10 votes)
63. Wet Hot American Summer (289 points, 15 votes)
62. Borat (295 points, 16 votes, 1 first place)
61. Audition (296 points, 14 votes, 1 first place)
60. Sexy Beast (298.5 points, 15 votes, 1 first place)
59. The Host (305 points, 13 votes)
58. You Can Count On Me (308 points, 12 votes)
57. Brick (309.5 points, 12 votes, 1 first place)
56. Yi Yi: A One and a Two (313 points, 12 votes)
55. Munich (319 points, 15 votes)
54. Miami Vice (338 points, 12 votes)
53. Before Sunset (343 points, 13 votes)
52. Punch-Drunk Love (347 points, 13 votes)
51. Eastern Promises (348 points, 16 votes)
50. I'm Not There (359 points, 14 votes, 1 first place)
49. The 40 Year-Old Virgin (362 points, 16 votes)
48. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (364 points, 16 votes)
47. Best In Show (366 points, 16 votes)
46. Up (374 points, 18 votes)
45. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (376 points, 18 votes)
44. Oldboy (378 points, 18 votes, 1 first place)
43. Gosford Park (379 points, 18 votes)
42. The Hurt Locker (383.5 points, 20 votes)
41. The Dark Knight (385.5 points, 21 votes, 1 first place)