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

fucked up

i think COM is great. is it loved everywhere else, or does it join zodiac in the "ilx canon"?

wow y'all really liked this huh...to netflix i'ma goin

i mean, i don't know if i'd call it my #1 or #2, but man was i knocked out by it when i first saw it. really really excellently realized movie.

That would have been my number one if I had voted.

i think the "escape from the farmhouse" scene stands out more than even the other two big set pieces. just superb mise-en-scene, cinematography, sound. really creative.

it's fucking immense, the worst thing about it is the title tbqf

i dunno why i never saw it, actually! as mentioned up thread, i'd have gloomy post-apocalypse movies pumped directly into a vein if possible.

should have been called kids

also the trailer wasn't edited or done well. but the film itself? massive, fucking awesome.

ilx canon in my experience

also i think i was just so deadened by crappy sorta-hollywood sci-fi at that point that i passed

Pretty sure that was #2, glad to see it here.

"the worst thing about it is the title tbqf"

Well that and the slightly suspect politics.

in my top 10, glad to see it made the semifinals

also the trailer wasn't edited or done well. but the film itself? massive, fucking awesome.

this is so true - was ready to totally hate on/avoid this film based on the trailer. got dragged to it by some other sci-fi nerd friend and was blown away. really excellent and dservedly placed so high, I think.

only film w/michael caine in it that's actually good

^ not seen Muppet Christmas Carol then?

slightly suspect politics.

care to elaborate? I don't necessarily disagree I'm just not sure what you're thinking of...

Good point re the trailer. I didn't end up seeing this until it came out on DVD because the trailer made it look horrible.

It's not that good.

great opening scene in this too

slightly suspect politics.

care to elaborate? I don't necessarily disagree I'm just not sure what you're thinking of...

― Wrinkles, I'll see you on the other side (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, February 11, 2010 5:44 PM (18 seconds ago) Bookmark

well, kinda the opposite scenario of knocked up, innit

It's not that good.

― abcfsk, Thursday, February 11, 2010 5:45 PM (2 seconds ago)

please elaborate.

I just spent three hours catching up with this thread (busy w/ work for the last two days - ugh). Christ, what a marathon. Glad to drop in in just in time to see my #1 (& everyone else, apparently) bask in its well-deserved glory.

would like to see a version of this where the girl chooses to have an abortion.

needed more abortions

aargggh xp

so Knocked Up is #1 then eh

the ending is a bit hammer over you over the head iirc

slightly suspect politics.

care to elaborate? I don't necessarily disagree I'm just not sure what you're thinking of...

― Wrinkles, I'll see you on the other side (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, February 11, 2010 11:44 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

"slightly" is the clue, in other words a position that sounds like something but i can't be arsed explaining it

"care to elaborate? I don't necessarily disagree I'm just not sure what you're thinking of..."

I could probably have done it better 4 years ago, but basically making the mother-to-be an African woman (protected by a white dude, no less) the mother of the future world so to speak is kind of dodgy. I mean its ham-handed at best and insulting at worst.

who didn't have an abortion let's not forget

Yeah also that.

pretty integral to the plot though

her being African, I mean

It's a decent movie and maybe top 10-15 of 2006, but it just felt clunky to me, pummel the audience, hammer you over the head, but didn't worry about the flow or tempo of it.

xp except that wasn't the case in the original book so. . .

gotta be honest i wasn't insulted that she was african

I mean its ham-handed at best and insulting at worst.

lol yeah when they did the big reveal of her in the preview I rolled my eyes for precisely this reason

Human life is pretty cheap in this film. Maybe race would bother me if I watched it again.

we all come from africa, guys

Profound.

guess she could have been eastern european or something. but really, why is african so bad?

yeah, can you articulate why making the future of humanity african is offensive to u?

shakey mo rollier

film I'm most surprised did not make the list: American Splendor

film I'm most disappointed did not make the list: The Fog of War (#3 for me)

we've established that fictitious representations of people from outside the United State and Europe are inherently exploitative, get withit

pretty sure i voted for am splends

gotta see that movie again