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

maybe get some sweet business cards

fuck - i have to return some videotapes

75 films, only the 3rd female director

^^^I really think we should talk about this

most movies are not chickmade

i'd forgotten this was a 00s movie but would have voted for it. could not get through the book and wish i could unread the part of it that i did finish, but the movie is so interesting! poor bateman goes completely insane due to constant insecurity about knowing exactly all the trivial little rules of good taste

or does he...

well, if he did all that stuff, he's crazy, and if he hallucinated it, he's also crazy

nancy meyers only made like 3 movies this decade bro (looooool xxxp)

the book is soooo much better than the movie u guyz are crazy

or maybe its the world thats crazy just sayin

Shaun of the Dead is great. I think there are moments that are very particularly British ('Second Coming?' 'I like it...'), but I think it really cares about the zombie genre in ways that (certainly) Zombieland didn't. Dead Alive and whatnot treat it as farce and are pretty lolsome in their over-the-topness, but Shaun eventually treats it with a great deal of respect and the scenes with the mother in the pub are properly devastating. It also does the slowly-encroaching doom about as well as anyone since Romero's hey-day.

• pans labyrinth--im not going to go into the whole thing that i was thinking about the movie & the way it engages w/ fascism & myth & blood & paternity & so forth (mostly because its a half-formed thought and not that intelligent)--but what i really love about the movie (besides how beautiful it is) is how steadfastly and determinedly it refuses to 'take sides' on the reality of the faun and the other fantastical elements. this is not an uncommon thing i suppose but the movie handles it so well i think.

• shaun of the dead--this is one of those movies i find funny but dont really get its rep. seems like a bunch of pretty funny bros got together and made a movie

ty for bulleting that max

I should rewatch O Brother, which I liked well enough in the cinema but it was somewhat tainted by the type of people who bought the soundtrack en masse.

• much easier to digest

shaun of the dead is so uneven in tone what is wrong with british people anyway

i liked it and everything, kip

• ive heard they dont rinse their dishes

the tone is Shaun is immaculate you crazy

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it just went from lols to tragic death on a dime

and it did it immaculately

brits should stick to tv miniseries imho

see i'm curious to know what harron did that's strikingly different from the book, but that kind of violence, i guess for alot of people you just shrug and it's exaggerated and cartoonish. but for real, i wish i could unread it and i can't.

yeah fuck that book imo, sry Lamp

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)
40. The Bourne Identity (406.5 points, 16 votes)
39. A Serious Man (416.5 points, 18 votes)
38. 24 Hour Party People (418.5 points, 24 votes)
37. A History of Violence (423.5 points, 24 votes)
36. Brokeback Mountain (425.5 points, 20 votes)
35. Bad Santa (433 points, 20 votes)
34. The Bourne Supremacy (437 points, 17 votes)
33. Rachel Getting Married (442.5 points, 15 votes)
32. The New World (444.5 points, 15 votes)
31. Battle Royale (450 points, 19 votes)
30. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (452 points, 21 votes)
29. Shaun of the Dead (453.5 points, 24 votes)
28. Pan's Labyrinth (456 points, 20 votes)
27. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (469.5 points, 21 votes)
26. American Psycho (473 points, 21 votes)

there was gore, but it wasn't particularly gruesome xpost

unless i skipped over something no movie has received more than 1 first-place vote yet

lol @ vanity bullet points

shaun of the dead is funny and okay it has reverence for the zombie genre (this is stupid) but its really ugly and mb not that interesting and kinda slow. i mean w/e its a fun movie but its placement is a bit much imo

oops, forgot to add in the first place votes on that last round. bourne supremacy, rachel getting married, the new world, and kill bill vol 1 each had 1 first place vote.

Placement is about right, imo, though clearly Miami Vice/New World/Munich/Before Sunset should be way way ahead of it.

I think it's a much cleverer comedy than Bad Santa, for instance. Why is the reverence for the zombie genre stupid?

so what's left?

sure things:

no country for old men
inglourious basterds
city of god
wall-e
royal tenenbaums
there will be blood
mulholland drive
eternal sunshine
inland empire
spirited away
the departed
zodiac

likely:
grizzly man
amores perros
whatever bourne film hasn't placed yet

maybe:

fog of war
memento
the prestige

what am I forgetting?

children of men is a sure thing

all the films i actually liked?

yr forgetting caché

After only one thing yesterday four of my picks placed today - The Bourne Identity, 24-Hour Party People, O Brother, Where Art Thou,and American Psycho. 11/75 overall.

see i'm curious to know what harron did that's strikingly different from the book, but that kind of violence, i guess for alot of people you just shrug and it's exaggerated and cartoonish. but for real, i wish i could unread it and i can't.

wellll im hampered by having reread the book just last summer and not having seen the movie in almost a decade but: i think the book did a better job making an indictment. its funny to see nicole saying that the novel was too sympathetic bcuz i think it did much better job of damning an entire culture whereas the movie was kinda isolated in this ~one guy~

the novel is flatly monstrous and it never really lets up its p scathing in a terrible way and i think the strange, abrupt transitions and the aura of menacing uncertainty are really effective. i was never that curious or that interested in movie b8man other than hoping hed take his shirt off again *shrug*

kidding
sort of
but..
rooting for some results that are a little more unexpected

16/75. Doubled my number today (Bad Santa, The Bourne Supremacy and Identity, Rachel Getting Married, Kill Bill 1, Shaun of the Dead, O Brother, and American Psycho). Supremacy, Rachel, and Shaun were all in my top ten. And I'm guessing a good number of the films left to place are on my ballot.

Might be missing In The Mood For Love and The Incredibles.

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Let The Right One In?! :)!?

Juno, Monsters Inc., Zoolander could be wild cards.

oh I thought the incredibles already placed
but I guess we only talked about it being randian

One that I'm kinda genuinely curious about is Catch Me If You Can. I kinda thought it would (and should) show up in a top 100 for the decade, but I find it hard to imagine that many people would've voted that particular Spielberg over AI and Minority Report and Munich. Prrrrrrobably not.

monsters inc beating the other pixars seems unlikely
juno...not on ilx
zoolander...def possible

Adaptation
Cache
Lost in Translation
Superbad

catch me if you can is owns ai and minority report so thoroughly

I heart Huckabees?
Let The Right One In?

Also: Ghost World, some Soderbergh.

catch me if you can has weirdly stayed with me even though i saw it years ago and i forget everything now lol old