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

the only good thing about the two matrix sequels was the appearances of an AC Transit bus and the Oakland PD parking lot, and those aren't all that great.

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.

If Ellis were a subtler writer, maybe I could see an indictment; all I read is an endorsement.

more wondering out loud:

is BLACK BOOK going to place?!

i voted 4 it, but no way

35 Rhum in my top ten was a strategic error, but I have no regrets. I love that movie and think it's her best film.

Also, if All The Real Girls placed and George Washington doesn't, ILX needs to reshift its priorities.

And I've totally given up on My Winnipeg :(

That reminds me: Pineapple Express!

i love shaun of the dead. i think it's a great comedy. really tight writing, directing, pacing. it's a whole package.

second Gukbe's thoughts on George Washington and ;_; about MY WINNIPEG

Surely Darko will make it?

i think i would have voted for george washington

the *miner spoiler* death scene at the bar totally bummed me out xxp

George Washington was a little too formless for me.

i havent seen shaun of the dead but i had to turn off hot fuzz so that cant bode well~

If I may ask, what so appalled you about Hot Fuzz that you had to stop watching?

i think i just have gw on my list because i was trying to fill out 20 so i could vote. i don't remember it well enough except that i liked it. i still only have 16.

Bright Leaves was prob my fav doc of the decade, doubt anyone voted for (or saw?) it

― zvookster

I saw Bright Leaves. I enjoyed it, but I grew about around tobacco farming and that industry. McElwee drives me crazy though. Yet I keep watching his docs.

re: hot fuzz - i wasnt appalled at all - i just thought it was doing nothing interesting and that its attempts at humor were not funny & lol british

and, you know, thought i could be doing somethin better w/ my time

Gotcha.

It'll be interesting to see if Hot Fuzz shows up. I think Shaun is the better movie, but I think Hot Fuzz might be funnier.

The villain's comeuppance at the end of Hot Fuzz had me laughing harder than almost anything I can ever remember seeing in a theater.

As I said upthread, I really like Shaun but love Hot Fuzz. Gets funnier with every viewing.

Oh man, I forgot about My Winnipeg. I saw that on a flight and the woman next to me kept glaring at my screen, until finally she had to ask what I was watching. "Looks terrible." was her only comment.

now 6/75 i think. battle royale was the only one from today's batch for me. love that movie.

i just watched rachel getting married because of this thread; thought it was great. now i'm sad.

any chance michael clayton would place?

no

17/75. Of this batch: A Serious Man, Brokeback Mountain, A History of Violence, Rachel Getting Married.

oh i forgot history of violence. 7/75 for me.

clayton will place

history of violence has one of my favorite closing scenes of anything on the list (apart from dogville, ho ho). it's sly, almost funny, but can't really be funny because of everything that's come before.

yeah, I think Michael Clayton will show up

michael clayton, srsly

i mean i enjoyed it and all but no way

i'd be really surprised if Clayton placed at this point. maybe 40 slots ago, but not now

yeah there really isn't room for it in the top 25

i tell u

CLAYTON WILL PLACE

well i guess its settled

u guyz b real no way mike clay hits top 25 sweat stains or not sweat stains

thats right or not sweat stains

insider trading

I would have thought that Donnie Darko would be a lock. Not so sure anymore.
As far as comedies go, is there no love for Tropic Thunder?

i hav 2 say tho omar ur a bro for doing all this havent been this excited abt telling other ppl their taste in movies is shit for sum time~~~ really regaining my passion for the art form

McElwee drives me crazy though.
― Jeff

how's that, jeff?

i just watched rachel getting married because of this thread; thought it was great. now i'm sad.

I think, for all of the sadness in the movie, there's a lot of joy that makes up for it. Like Rachel and her husb seeming to be so genuinely in love. This movie is like a Stevie Wonder album: joy inside your tears and shit.

hey joy, get out of my shit

2000-4 poll top 20:

1) Mulholland Dr
2) Eternal Sunshine
3) Spirited Away
4) In The Mood For Love
5) City of God
6) The Royal Tenenbaums
7) Yi Yi
8) Amelie
9) Memento
10) Donnie Darko
11) Lost In Translation
12) 25th Hour
13) Ghost World
14) Before Sunset
15) Kill Bill 1
16) Kung Fu Hustle
17) Adaptation
18) Together
19) The Incredibles
20) Punch Drunk Love

I think some of the stuff that was released super early in the decade (City Of God, Memento, Donnie Darko) might suffer the most in this poll.

well kill bill 1 already dropped 30 spots

'Tell No One' isn't going to place now is it?