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

only 3 films so far with 2 no.1 votes

I fell asleep about five times during the move and every time I woke up laura dern was just walking around somewhere looking scared

also this was way before the loud-as-shit-wes-anderson-soundtrack trope was tired for me, and hearing those nico songs so loud was like a total joy.

the fairest of the seasons kills in this imo

rushmore > bottle rocket > tenenbaums > everything else

^looks right to me.

tenenbaums > rushmore >>>>> bottle rocket >>>>>x1m>>>>>> some jerks in water, three jerks on a train

havent seen fmf yet

at this point, im like

rushmore > BR = FMF > RTs >>>>>>>>> LA >>>> DL

i'm kinda like rushmore>>>BR>>>>>DL>>LA>RT (FMF not seen)

the whole omg im in luv w/a maid aspect of bottle rocket is really a major scar on an otherwise fun sneaky movie

I think Life Aquatic made me like Tenenbaums LESS, because I fell asleep in Life Aquatic and dreamt it was the Tenenbaums and when I woke up I was watching a terrible movie.

aaaanyway my case re evidence for suicide by grizz

1 treadwell has survived like 15 or however many years amongst these beasts - hes pretty good at staying alive around grizzlies

2 he makes a big point of saying you should never ever go to the grizzly maze in september because it is super deadly and you will be eaten by a bear

3 clearly his grizz fetish is largely motivated by his alienation from human society - but hes not content to be a hermit - he still has a need for worldly success as demonstrated by all his highly narcissistic filmmaking and frustrated forays into the irl world

4 he wraps up his grizz season and heads back to the human realm - only to spazz out over some trivial bullshit at the airport - this is where he finally fully gives up on his dreams of glory and vindication - he just can not abide by the realities of lyfe as a person

5 and where does he go? the grizzly maze in september. and what happens? he dies. just like he said he would.

lol omar u like darjeeling ltd? or do u just h8 the other two? did not include excessive >s in my eqn for aesthetic reasons but i think bottle rocket and tenenbaums are closer to each other than they are rushmore which is a # of >s better than the others

death by jizz

re: grizzsui: or he just gets careless/forgetful/stressed?

i really do like LA and RT, but i like DL more i guess. i was kinda surprised i liked it since the story didn't seem to be up my alley but i thought it was pretty dope.

yah dl is probably my least favorite of his although it has some great visual moments

also mb interesting i havent seen 16 of the movies so far highest placing unseen is inland empire @ #13

Life Aquatic was depressing in the theater - all the Rushmore/Tenenbaums fanbois who laughed at every shot, even when it wasn't trying to be funny. I haven't seen it since then, but perhaps I should re-screen.

Life Aquatic is better if you think about it as a movie about making movies and not as part of Wes dealing with his family.

and the pirate stuff was surprisingly ahead of it's time.

LA really left me cold when I watched it - have no desire for a repeat viewing. have avoided DL for fear of it being more of the same

los angeles / delaware?

on the plus side the amount of hate i have for royal tennenbaums directly contributed to how blindsided i was by how much i loved fantastic mr fox

^ this

see the secret is the guy just shouldn't direct actual humans

can't wait for his claymation spectacular

I'm just happy that royal tenenbaums placed outside the top 10, thought it woulda been a lock

Haha the "no humans allowed" rule has occured to me as well!

los angeles / delaware?

delaware is DE

avoiding delaware is also how I live my life fwiw

have to say I was a little worried about poll results 20-16, list was headed in a mediocre indie fare direction

but 15-11 is really solid (my tenenbaums revulsion notwithstanding)

hate tenenbaums, still love rushmore. perhaps because, like superbad, it's a story about kids.

and has a good soundtrack.

i have to admit as a young film student i was pretty smitten with the creation-led scene in rushmore

rushmore still stands imo

i remember many of the key laffs from rushmore. all that lingers from tenenbaums is a bunch of gaunt and/or ill-looking wasps standing around looking happysad.

Paltrow's Sylvia Plath routine in Tenenbaums >>>>>>>> playing Sylvia Plath in a biopic.

i'd like to see a movie that focuses on bill murray's sons, ten years later.

the sons of every bill murray character maybe

bill murray's sons from rushmore reliving the same day over and over

scarlett johansson is actually bill murray's son...alive only because jake gylenhal sacrificed himself

i'd also like to see a max fischer players version of inland empire.

i'd like to see inland empire

to rephrase strongo, comedy for people who dont like comedy films

― SMALL BONES, SMALL BODIES (jjjusten), Wednesday, February 10, 2010 7:59 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

I'll get behind this. I love Wes Anderson, and loathe all the SNL Will Ferrell crap. I make no apologies for it.

voted Mr Fox #13, no other W.A. in contention (liked em all tho)

still kind of hilarious imo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzkkzDEaBak

Max Fischer: I like your nurse's uniform, guy.
Dr. Peter Flynn: These are O.R. scrubs.
Max Fischer: O, R they?

still gets me

inland empire is boring as hell. lifeless, turgid, miserable. i've just been watching half of it thinking ok, maybe THIS time lynch will be different, but no...... i mean, i find no compelling reason for the pacing to be soooo slooooowwwww, people staring intensely at the camera and delivering lines with flat affect =/ creepy, it is just BORING.

not creepy at all?

i find flat affects super creepy

no. trying too hard. i mean laura dern's character is constantly looking at people who don't blink much and deliver cryptic dialogue with flat affect as if it is creepy and strange, but actually it is annoying and boring.

if inland empire isn't creepy and strange I'd like to know some films that are

also I have my top 10 predictions ready but will honor omar's desire to avoid speculation and/or prognostication