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

needs to happen imo

btw best of youth is a tv show

― ice cr?m, Friday, February 12, 201

Was shown theatrically here, so in it went.

OK so I was the only person to vote for DUMPLINGS! it seems

DUMPLINGS!

Last time...DUMPLINGS!

DUMPLINGS!

I agree that many of the films you like don't benefit from a lit projector bulb

What the fuck is DUMPLINGS!?!

DUMPLINGS!

Oh Christ, why did that one need comedy ILX code?

it just did

What if someone wanted to talk about actual DUMPLINGS! instead of the movie?

that actually predates this discussion of the movie

also people are pretty stoked when they talk about DUMPLINGS!, their punctuation and capitalization should match their inner joy

i think someone can have an intelligent conversation about DUMPLINGS! without worrying about the word DUMPLINGS! appearing in all caps, tuomas

its the I LOVE CRICKET: THE CHINATOWN OF ILX: THE CHINATOWN OF ILX ethos

Thanks to the person/people who put this together. The Top 100 was generally very much in line with my mindset when I go to the movies. I know my friend Valerie would say there was too much of an English-language tilt in the results, but I have the same bias, so I had no problem with that. My own major points of departure would be these two: 1) I wish there had been many more documentaries in the Top 100 (I see a lot of them scattered throughout the lists of also-rans). My own list was dominated by them--12 out of 20 spots. I thought the seemingly endless supply of really good documentaries was the decade's biggest story, and while I realize that 12 of 20 overstates the case, I think that's closer to the truth than the three or four (I haven't counted) that made it into the Top 100. 2) I continue to be baffled by the widespread admiration for Mulholland Drive and Inland Empire. Not just here, everywhere--even Sarris had MD on his decade-end list. When I left the theatre after Inland Empire, I remember thinking that that's how people must have felt after seeing Altman's Quintet in 1979. Take this for what it's worth--and maybe I'm completely wrong--but I think Kael, an early supporter of Lynch's, would have hated both of them. I just don't get it. Anyway, here's my own list: 1. Spellbound (2002) 2. Zodiac (2007) 3. Lost in Translation (2003) 4. The Heart of the Game (2005) 5. The Squid and the Whale (2005) 6. Elephant (2003) 7. No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005) 8. No Country for Old Men (2007) 9. Ghost World (2001) 10. Wendy and Lucy (2008) 11. Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film (2006) 12. The True Meaning of Pictures: Shelby Lee Adams’ Appalachia (2002) 13. Stevie (2002) 14. Paranoid Park (2007) 15. Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 (2008) 16. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007) 17. Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008) 18. A League of Ordinary Gentlemen (2004) 19. Man on Wire (2008) 20. Capturing the Friedmans (2003)

Great work Omar!

man, watching Stevie is about the most depressed i've ever been

oh yeah i forgot about stevie being in this period even though i saw it twice!

lolz Quintet, that movie sucks

xp

http://i723.photobucket.com/albums/ww232/clobberthesaurus/dumplings.gif

what movie title is that word replacing??

Great work Omar!

Yeah, can't be said enough. Really superb job.

DUMPLINGS!!

Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance, 1 1 pts 1 vote

haha not to harp on this edward but... i doooon't think the vote-splitting hurt lady v

― snoocki (s1ocki), Friday, 12 February 2010 18:39 (1 hour ago)

lol I wouldn't expect anything less from U

thanks for the thanks, and thanks to everyone who voted. i got more ballots than the village voice film poll!

anyway, this is my last day on the day job i've had for four years, so the timing is right since i'm not sure how often i'll be posting from this point forward. good to get this one finished just before that day arrived. kinda just wanted to do this to get folks psyched about seeing some flicks tbh and to get some ideas for my netflix queue.

this has def reminded me about a bunch of films I've been meaning to see, as well as made me reconsider others I had previously avoided

like Munich!

best to you, omar.

like Munich!

nah

I won't be watching There Will Be Blood either sorry guys

good luck omar

see you on the other side

daria: http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3713963008/tt0472458

well i'm not *totally* leaving, i'm just not gonna be on the reg tip. i will see you folks around.

goodbye forever omar :(

http://patdollard.com/wp-content/uploads/holygrail004.jpg

I miss him already

*pours 40 on curb*

RIP omar

shakey didn't you mean "fuck this guy"

was a Region 1 DVD of DUMPLINGS!! ever released? It'd be the ideal Valentines Day Present for my boyfriend.

short version is part of the 3 extremes omnibus

http://www.amazon.com/3-Extremes-Ling-Bai/dp/B000CRR3ME/

oh wait, full length DUMPLINGS! is on that disc so you're golden

short AND long versions together. brilliant.

man I wanna eat some pan fried DUMPLINGS! right now

made all the more attractive by Christoper Doyle

to update WmC's list above, netflix instant play has

Gosford Park
Oldboy
Best in Show
Brick
The Host
Audition
Kings and Queen
Synecdoche, New York
Together
Capturing the Friedmans
Happy-Go-Lucky
Brokeback Mountain
Rachel Getting Married
Pan's Labyrinth
4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days
Memento
Let the Right One In
In the Mood for Love
Inland Empire
The Royal Tenenbaums
Wall-e
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

and Head-On from the 25 runners up

gah, this reminds me that I need to remove Audition from my viewing queue like immediately

Hot Rod 2 pts. 2 pts 1 vote
Anatomy of Hell 2 pts 2 pts 1 vote

... ummmmm ...

don't wanna load the thread - how many did 300 get?

dwp, role models, cloverfield, lotr twin towers, adventureland, wonderboyz, mike clayton, forgetting sara marshall, gomorrah, hellboy, syriana, oceans 11, inside man

― max, Friday, February 12, 2010 12:33 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

i voted for dvp! and adventureland, clayton, marshall & inside man

or dwp w/e