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Post by coke & comics on Oct 20, 2023 14:14:54 GMT -5
1999.
Yeah, Toy Story 2 is the best film. Office Space is an imperfect film with a lot to love that seems increasingly relevant to my life.
Then The Iron Giant, The Matrix, Dogma.
Also like Eyes Wide Shut, The Straight Story, etc.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Oct 26, 2023 18:06:28 GMT -5
Just barely over a week. Go me. On to the year 2000. Oh...and I think Gladiator is pretty terrible. Just to get that out of the way. Not Braveheart terrible. But pretty terrible. This is honestly a two movie race...and it's not even that close of a race. So we will hit those two and then a few also-rans. O Brother, Where Art Thou? - Oh brother how I love this movie. Every single thing about it just works for me. It has the best soundtrack ever. It is infinitely quotable...in fact both the local prosecutor and I frequently quote it in court. George Clooney, Tim Blake Nelson and John Turturro all three just slay me. There's absolutely nothing that I don't love about this movie. This movie is bona fide. Best in Show - I've mentioned that I'm a pretty big fan of Christopher Guest's mockumentaries. And my two younger sons used to show dogs for 4-H (obviously not purebreds), so I watched a lot of dog shows when they were young, including a lot of Westminster's. Combine those two things and it's a recipe for a whole lot of funny. Guest's stock cast are great as usual, but Fred Willard really stands out as a sports color commentator who knows nothing about dogs, but isn't bothered by that in the least. And the rest (as they said in the first season of Gilligan's Island). Memento - I debated including this one. It's been every bit of 20 years since I've seen it. But I mostly remember it. And I know I liked it quite a bit. So...sure. Why not. X-Men - It's also been quite a while since I've seen this one...but not quite that long. Honestly, I'm not sure how I'd feel about this now. But at the time it was just nice to have a pretty good, fairly serious comic book super-hero movie that wasn't just awful, since it had been kind of a long time. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - You know that when a foreign language film comes to our local theater it's something of a phenomenon. This one did (probably only for a week, but still). It's an excellent movie and it's probably where I really fell in love with Michelle Yeoh. Great wire-work. Great acting. Great to see non-Hollywood film really be a big thing again. Unbreakable - Okay...so this was kind of a comic book superhero movie. This was probably the last movie by M. Night Shamalamadingdong that I liked. It wasn't without fault, but it was very enjoyable and one of Bruce Willis' better roles. Always love Samuel L. Jackson. Chicken Run - I really like this film. My boys used to call it "The chicken movie" and watched it all the time. Just so much fun stop-motion animation. A great riff on The Great Escape. "I don't want to be a pie. I don't like gravy." As usual there are many films I've either not seen or not seen in far too long. Including; most foreign films; Snatch (seemingly a polarizing film. I've not seen it.); American Psycho (not seen it in eons); Almost Famous (I remember liking it, but it's been 20+ years); Hi Fidelity (ditto); Cast Away (I liked this at the time too...but it's been so long); Shadow of the Vampire (I really liked this in 2000...I suspect I still would); So what's my favorite film of 2000? It's O Brother. I really do like Best in Show, but it's not really very close. O Brother is my favorite Coen Brothers film. It's not their best, I still think that's Fargo. But it's my favorite. And 2000 in film for those as need a look. |
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Post by commond on Oct 26, 2023 18:24:41 GMT -5
My favorite film from 2000 is Wong Kar-Wai's In the Mood for Love, which is the most stylish, gorgeous film imaginable. Edward Yang's Yi Yi comes awfully close. It had a profound impact on the types of films I wanted to make while I was in film school. Werckmeister Harmonies is another masterpiece from 2000 if you have the patience and the stamina for it. A top 100 I made over a decade ago: {Spoiler: Click to show}
100. Happy-Go-Lucky, Mike Leigh
099. Ten, Abbas Kiarostami
098. Lovely and Amazing, Nicole Holofcener.
097. Grizzly Man, Werner Herzog
096. La Ciénaga, Lucrecia Martel
095. The Man Who Wasn't There, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
094. Red Road, Andrea Arnold
093. 3-Iron, Ki-duk Kim
092. Memories of Murder, Bong Joon-ho
091. Spellbound, Jeffrey Blitz
090. Best in Show, Christopher Guest
089. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Andrew Dominik
088. The Hurt Locker, Kathryn Bigelow
087. Gosford Park, Robert Altman
086. Howl's Moving Castle, Hayao Miyazaki
085. No Country for Old Men, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
084. High Fidelity, Stephen Frears
083. WALL-E, Andrew Stanton
082. Spider, David Cronenburg
081. Millennium Mambo, Hou Hsiao-hsien
080. In the Bedroom, Todd Field
079. The Barbarian Invasions, Denys Arcand
078. L'Intrus, Claire Denis
077. The Beaches of Agnès, Agnès Varda
076. Distant, Nuri Bilge Ceylan
075. There Will Be Blood, Paul Thomas Anderson
074. The Fog of War, Errol Morris
073. Black Book, Paul Verhoeven
072. Far From Heaven, Todd Haynes
071. Monsoon Wedding, Mira Nair
070. The Triplets of Belleville, Sylvain Chomet
069. I'm Going Home, Manoel de Oliveira
068. Bowling for Columbine, Michael Moore
067. The Holy Girl, Lucrecia Martel
066. Capturing the Friedmans, Andrew Jarecki
065. Warm Water Under A Bridge, Shohei Imamura
064. Whale Rider, Niki Caro
063. Spring Summer Fall Winter... And Spring, Kim Ki-duk
062. A Christmas Tale, Arnaud Desplechin
061. To Be and to Have, Nicolas Philibert
060. Wendy and Lucy, Kelly Reichardt
059. The Squid and the Whale, Noah Baumbach
058. Before Sunset, Richard Linklater
057. The Headless Woman, Lucrecia Martel
056. Y tu mamá también, Alfonso Cuarón
055. The New World, Terrence Malick
054. No Man's Land, Denis Tanovic
053. Divided We Fall, Jan Hrebejk
052. Hotel Rwanda, Terry George
051. The Royal Tenenbaums, Wes Anderson
050. Lost in Translation, Sophia Coppola
049. Amelie, Jean-Pierre Jeunet
048. 25th Hour, Spike Lee
047. A History of Violence, David Cronenberg
046. Cache, Michael Haneke
045. Cafe Lumiere, Hou Hsiao-Hsien
044. The World, Zhangke Jia
043. L'Enfant, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
042. All the Real Girls, David Gordon Green
041. What Time Is It There? Tsai Ming-liang.
040. George Washington, David Gordon Green
039. Summer Hours, Olivier Assayas
038. Vera Drake, Mike Leigh
037. The Pianist, Roman Polanski
036. Pulse, Kiyoshi Kurosawa
035. This Is England, Shane Meadows
034. Divine Intervention, Elia Suleiman
033. Respiro, Emanuele Crialese
032. Devils on the Doorstep, Jiang Wen
031. Crimson Gold, Jafar Panahi
030. Zodiac, David Fincher
029. Still Waking, Hirokazu Kore-eda
028. You Can Count on Me, Kenneth Lonergan
027. Elephant, Gus Van Sant
026. Goodbye, Lenin! Wolfgang Becker
025. Tokyo Sonata, Kiyoshi Kurosawa
024. Monsters Inc., Pete Docter, David Silverman
023. A Prophet, Jacques Audiard
022. 35 Shots of Rum, Claire Denis
021. The Gleaners & I, Agnès Varda
020. Moolaadé, Ousmane Sembene
019. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu, Cristi Puiu
018. Flight of the Red Balloon, Hou Hsiao-Hsien
017. Syndromes and a Century, Apichatpong Weerasethakul
016. Still Life, Jia Zhang-ke
015. Nobody Knows, Hirokazu Kore-eda
014. Spirited Away, Hayao Miyazaki
013. Le Fils, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
012. The Piano Teacher, Michael Haneke
011. The Son's Room, Nanni Moretti
010. 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days, Cristian Mungiu
009. Up, Pete Docter, Bob Peterson
008. Yi yi, Edward Yang
007. In the Mood for Love, Wong Kar-wai
006. The Lives of Others, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
005. Werckmeister Harmonies, Béla Tarr
004. Rois et reine, Arnaud Desplechin
003. The Man Without a Past, Aki Kaurismäki
002. Talk to Her, Pedro Almodovar
001. Mulholland Dr, David Lynch |
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Post by Hoosier X on Oct 26, 2023 19:57:10 GMT -5
My IMDB list has O Brother Where Art Thou?, and it’s a pretty good choice for favorite film of 2000. But I made the list more than ten years ago and I saw Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon a second time just a few years ago, reminding me how good it is and how much I loved it the first time I saw it when it was released.
It’s tough. I’m inclined to call it a draw.
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Post by berkley on Oct 26, 2023 23:48:31 GMT -5
My favorite film from 2000 is Wong Kar-Wai's In the Mood for Love, which is the most stylish, gorgeous film imaginable. Edward Yang's Yi Yi comes awfully close. It had a profound impact on the types of films I wanted to make while I was in film school. Werckmeister Harmonies is another masterpiece from 2000 if you have the patience and the stamina for it. A top 100 I made over a decade ago: {Spoiler: Click to show}
100. Happy-Go-Lucky, Mike Leigh
099. Ten, Abbas Kiarostami
098. Lovely and Amazing, Nicole Holofcener.
097. Grizzly Man, Werner Herzog
096. La Ciénaga, Lucrecia Martel
095. The Man Who Wasn't There, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
094. Red Road, Andrea Arnold
093. 3-Iron, Ki-duk Kim
092. Memories of Murder, Bong Joon-ho
091. Spellbound, Jeffrey Blitz
090. Best in Show, Christopher Guest
089. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Andrew Dominik
088. The Hurt Locker, Kathryn Bigelow
087. Gosford Park, Robert Altman
086. Howl's Moving Castle, Hayao Miyazaki
085. No Country for Old Men, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
084. High Fidelity, Stephen Frears
083. WALL-E, Andrew Stanton
082. Spider, David Cronenburg
081. Millennium Mambo, Hou Hsiao-hsien
080. In the Bedroom, Todd Field
079. The Barbarian Invasions, Denys Arcand
078. L'Intrus, Claire Denis
077. The Beaches of Agnès, Agnès Varda
076. Distant, Nuri Bilge Ceylan
075. There Will Be Blood, Paul Thomas Anderson
074. The Fog of War, Errol Morris
073. Black Book, Paul Verhoeven
072. Far From Heaven, Todd Haynes
071. Monsoon Wedding, Mira Nair
070. The Triplets of Belleville, Sylvain Chomet
069. I'm Going Home, Manoel de Oliveira
068. Bowling for Columbine, Michael Moore
067. The Holy Girl, Lucrecia Martel
066. Capturing the Friedmans, Andrew Jarecki
065. Warm Water Under A Bridge, Shohei Imamura
064. Whale Rider, Niki Caro
063. Spring Summer Fall Winter... And Spring, Kim Ki-duk
062. A Christmas Tale, Arnaud Desplechin
061. To Be and to Have, Nicolas Philibert
060. Wendy and Lucy, Kelly Reichardt
059. The Squid and the Whale, Noah Baumbach
058. Before Sunset, Richard Linklater
057. The Headless Woman, Lucrecia Martel
056. Y tu mamá también, Alfonso Cuarón
055. The New World, Terrence Malick
054. No Man's Land, Denis Tanovic
053. Divided We Fall, Jan Hrebejk
052. Hotel Rwanda, Terry George
051. The Royal Tenenbaums, Wes Anderson
050. Lost in Translation, Sophia Coppola
049. Amelie, Jean-Pierre Jeunet
048. 25th Hour, Spike Lee
047. A History of Violence, David Cronenberg
046. Cache, Michael Haneke
045. Cafe Lumiere, Hou Hsiao-Hsien
044. The World, Zhangke Jia
043. L'Enfant, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
042. All the Real Girls, David Gordon Green
041. What Time Is It There? Tsai Ming-liang.
040. George Washington, David Gordon Green
039. Summer Hours, Olivier Assayas
038. Vera Drake, Mike Leigh
037. The Pianist, Roman Polanski
036. Pulse, Kiyoshi Kurosawa
035. This Is England, Shane Meadows
034. Divine Intervention, Elia Suleiman
033. Respiro, Emanuele Crialese
032. Devils on the Doorstep, Jiang Wen
031. Crimson Gold, Jafar Panahi
030. Zodiac, David Fincher
029. Still Waking, Hirokazu Kore-eda
028. You Can Count on Me, Kenneth Lonergan
027. Elephant, Gus Van Sant
026. Goodbye, Lenin! Wolfgang Becker
025. Tokyo Sonata, Kiyoshi Kurosawa
024. Monsters Inc., Pete Docter, David Silverman
023. A Prophet, Jacques Audiard
022. 35 Shots of Rum, Claire Denis
021. The Gleaners & I, Agnès Varda
020. Moolaadé, Ousmane Sembene
019. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu, Cristi Puiu
018. Flight of the Red Balloon, Hou Hsiao-Hsien
017. Syndromes and a Century, Apichatpong Weerasethakul
016. Still Life, Jia Zhang-ke
015. Nobody Knows, Hirokazu Kore-eda
014. Spirited Away, Hayao Miyazaki
013. Le Fils, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
012. The Piano Teacher, Michael Haneke
011. The Son's Room, Nanni Moretti
010. 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days, Cristian Mungiu
009. Up, Pete Docter, Bob Peterson
008. Yi yi, Edward Yang
007. In the Mood for Love, Wong Kar-wai
006. The Lives of Others, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
005. Werckmeister Harmonies, Béla Tarr
004. Rois et reine, Arnaud Desplechin
003. The Man Without a Past, Aki Kaurismäki
002. Talk to Her, Pedro Almodovar
001. Mulholland Dr, David Lynch I haven't looked at the list for year 2000 yet but if In the Mood for Love was that year I'm pretty sure that'll be it. I'll go through it later to make sure, though.
Is your list of 100 for the decade of 2000-2009?
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Post by EdoBosnar on Oct 27, 2023 2:47:59 GMT -5
Yeah, looking over the list, there's a few movies there I liked well enough, like High Fidelity, Chocolat and the Shaft remake (again, RIP Richard Roundtree), but I think my favorite would probably also be Oh, Brother, Where Art Thou?
As for Snatch, it's been a while since I saw it last (need to rectify that), but I thought it was friggin' hilarious.
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Post by berkley on Oct 27, 2023 3:03:49 GMT -5
Yeah, looking over the list, there's a few movies there I liked well enough, like High Fidelity, Chocolat and the Shaft remake (again, RIP Richard Roundtree), but I think my favorite would probably also be Oh, Brother, Where Art Thou?As for Snatch, it's been a while since I saw it last (need to rectify that), but I thought it was friggin' hilarious.
I really liked Snatch and Lock, Stock, etc but somehow have not seen any of the movies he made after those two. |
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Post by commond on Oct 27, 2023 6:50:13 GMT -5
My favorite film from 2000 is Wong Kar-Wai's In the Mood for Love, which is the most stylish, gorgeous film imaginable. Edward Yang's Yi Yi comes awfully close. It had a profound impact on the types of films I wanted to make while I was in film school. Werckmeister Harmonies is another masterpiece from 2000 if you have the patience and the stamina for it. A top 100 I made over a decade ago: {Spoiler: Click to show}
100. Happy-Go-Lucky, Mike Leigh
099. Ten, Abbas Kiarostami
098. Lovely and Amazing, Nicole Holofcener.
097. Grizzly Man, Werner Herzog
096. La Ciénaga, Lucrecia Martel
095. The Man Who Wasn't There, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
094. Red Road, Andrea Arnold
093. 3-Iron, Ki-duk Kim
092. Memories of Murder, Bong Joon-ho
091. Spellbound, Jeffrey Blitz
090. Best in Show, Christopher Guest
089. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Andrew Dominik
088. The Hurt Locker, Kathryn Bigelow
087. Gosford Park, Robert Altman
086. Howl's Moving Castle, Hayao Miyazaki
085. No Country for Old Men, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
084. High Fidelity, Stephen Frears
083. WALL-E, Andrew Stanton
082. Spider, David Cronenburg
081. Millennium Mambo, Hou Hsiao-hsien
080. In the Bedroom, Todd Field
079. The Barbarian Invasions, Denys Arcand
078. L'Intrus, Claire Denis
077. The Beaches of Agnès, Agnès Varda
076. Distant, Nuri Bilge Ceylan
075. There Will Be Blood, Paul Thomas Anderson
074. The Fog of War, Errol Morris
073. Black Book, Paul Verhoeven
072. Far From Heaven, Todd Haynes
071. Monsoon Wedding, Mira Nair
070. The Triplets of Belleville, Sylvain Chomet
069. I'm Going Home, Manoel de Oliveira
068. Bowling for Columbine, Michael Moore
067. The Holy Girl, Lucrecia Martel
066. Capturing the Friedmans, Andrew Jarecki
065. Warm Water Under A Bridge, Shohei Imamura
064. Whale Rider, Niki Caro
063. Spring Summer Fall Winter... And Spring, Kim Ki-duk
062. A Christmas Tale, Arnaud Desplechin
061. To Be and to Have, Nicolas Philibert
060. Wendy and Lucy, Kelly Reichardt
059. The Squid and the Whale, Noah Baumbach
058. Before Sunset, Richard Linklater
057. The Headless Woman, Lucrecia Martel
056. Y tu mamá también, Alfonso Cuarón
055. The New World, Terrence Malick
054. No Man's Land, Denis Tanovic
053. Divided We Fall, Jan Hrebejk
052. Hotel Rwanda, Terry George
051. The Royal Tenenbaums, Wes Anderson
050. Lost in Translation, Sophia Coppola
049. Amelie, Jean-Pierre Jeunet
048. 25th Hour, Spike Lee
047. A History of Violence, David Cronenberg
046. Cache, Michael Haneke
045. Cafe Lumiere, Hou Hsiao-Hsien
044. The World, Zhangke Jia
043. L'Enfant, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
042. All the Real Girls, David Gordon Green
041. What Time Is It There? Tsai Ming-liang.
040. George Washington, David Gordon Green
039. Summer Hours, Olivier Assayas
038. Vera Drake, Mike Leigh
037. The Pianist, Roman Polanski
036. Pulse, Kiyoshi Kurosawa
035. This Is England, Shane Meadows
034. Divine Intervention, Elia Suleiman
033. Respiro, Emanuele Crialese
032. Devils on the Doorstep, Jiang Wen
031. Crimson Gold, Jafar Panahi
030. Zodiac, David Fincher
029. Still Waking, Hirokazu Kore-eda
028. You Can Count on Me, Kenneth Lonergan
027. Elephant, Gus Van Sant
026. Goodbye, Lenin! Wolfgang Becker
025. Tokyo Sonata, Kiyoshi Kurosawa
024. Monsters Inc., Pete Docter, David Silverman
023. A Prophet, Jacques Audiard
022. 35 Shots of Rum, Claire Denis
021. The Gleaners & I, Agnès Varda
020. Moolaadé, Ousmane Sembene
019. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu, Cristi Puiu
018. Flight of the Red Balloon, Hou Hsiao-Hsien
017. Syndromes and a Century, Apichatpong Weerasethakul
016. Still Life, Jia Zhang-ke
015. Nobody Knows, Hirokazu Kore-eda
014. Spirited Away, Hayao Miyazaki
013. Le Fils, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
012. The Piano Teacher, Michael Haneke
011. The Son's Room, Nanni Moretti
010. 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days, Cristian Mungiu
009. Up, Pete Docter, Bob Peterson
008. Yi yi, Edward Yang
007. In the Mood for Love, Wong Kar-wai
006. The Lives of Others, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
005. Werckmeister Harmonies, Béla Tarr
004. Rois et reine, Arnaud Desplechin
003. The Man Without a Past, Aki Kaurismäki
002. Talk to Her, Pedro Almodovar
001. Mulholland Dr, David Lynch I haven't looked at the list for year 2000 yet but if In the Mood for Love was that year I'm pretty sure that'll be it. I'll go through it later to make sure, though.
Is your list of 100 for the decade of 2000-2009?
The list is for the entire decade. It was many brain cells ago. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Nov 3, 2023 12:11:28 GMT -5
Look at me go keeping to an almost weekly schedule. Onward to 2001...which wasn't much of an odyssey. And was kind of a weak year for movies. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Say what you will about Peter Jackson's later excesses (and I've said a lot about it), he did what I really didn't think could be done, and made an amazing series of films out of The Lord of the Rings. A visual triumph, I re-watched this not so long ago on the big screen and the effects hold up very well. Yes there are differences between this and the book. But I think that, by and large, they work fine here (unlike in The Hobbit, where they did not work). And even though it's a long film, it didn't feel bloated, which is not something I can say about almost anything Jackson has made since. The cast, by and large, worked very well for me. Ian McKellen was the perfect Gandalf. Sean Astin was a great Sam. John Rhys-Davies is always a joy. I don't much care for Elijah Wood as Frodo...but then I don't much care for Frodo. Ocean's Eleven - It's been a fair while since I've seen this, but it was just a fun caper/heist movie with a very endearing cast. To me this was kind of a throwback to the sort of thing that Hollywood did so well in the early 60s and then had faded with the advent of "new Hollywood." Super fun and engaging romp with an all-star cast. No it's not super deep...but that's okay now and then. Monsters Inc. - This is not top-tier Pixar. But my boys loved it, and, I think, this was the first movie we bought on DVD during the transition from VHS. It's a fun movie with great voice action from John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Steve Bucemi, and Bob Peterson as Roz. I wouldn't seek it out...but it's good fun. Y Tu Mamá También - I'll cop to the fact that I probably watched this just because I developed a huge crush on Maribel Verdú. But that's okay. It's a really lovely coming-of-age story set against an interesting backdrop. As usual there are many films I've either not seen or not seen in far too long. Including; most foreign films; Spirited Away (just not my thing); Amelie; The Royal Tennenbaums (I really should get around to seeing this); Donnie Darko (I've never gotten around to seeing it); Training Day (been eons); A Beautiful Mind (I struggle with popular bio-pics); Black Hawk Down; Mullholland Drive (I haven't seen this since 2001 or 2002); Ghost World ( I haven't seen it since 2001); So what's my favorite film of 2001? At this point I'd say The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. But that's not a resounding vote. There are just a lot of movies from 2001 I either haven't seen or haven't seen in a long time. And while I like Fellowship, it's not a movie that I will seek out to watch on a regular basis. And 2001 in film for those as need a look. |
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Post by EdoBosnar on Nov 3, 2023 16:32:41 GMT -5
A few others from 2001 that I liked include Shrek (which I liked better than Monsters, Inc. - and I apparently like that one more than you do), Spy Game (a really solid espionage thriller) and what would probably be my pick for favorite of the year, Gosford Park.
And I have to give a little shout-out to a guilty pleasure movie that I will readily acknowledge is completely silly, but it's nonetheless quite funny: Evolution, with the always delightful Julianne Moore among others.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Nov 3, 2023 16:43:30 GMT -5
A few others from 2001 that I liked include Shrek (which I liked better than Monsters, Inc. - and I apparently like that one more than you do), Spy Game (a really solid espionage thriller) and what would probably be my pick for favorite of the year, Gosford Park. And I have to give a little shout-out to a guilty pleasure movie that I will readily acknowledge is completely silly, but it's nonetheless quite funny: Evolution, with the always delightful Julianne Moore among others. The original Shrek is a pretty okay movie. I think that its legacy has definitely been tainted by the seemingly infinite sequels, spin-offs, etc. I remember liking Evolution, but I haven't seen it since probably 2001-02. I've not gotten around to watching Gosford Park. I run hot and cold on Altman and just haven't ever felt compelled to watch it. Maybe some day. |
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Post by Prince Hal on Nov 3, 2023 17:17:34 GMT -5
A few others from 2001 that I liked include Shrek (which I liked better than Monsters, Inc. - and I apparently like that one more than you do), Spy Game (a really solid espionage thriller) and what would probably be my pick for favorite of the year, Gosford Park. And I have to give a little shout-out to a guilty pleasure movie that I will readily acknowledge is completely silly, but it's nonetheless quite funny: Evolution, with the always delightful Julianne Moore among others. Yes indeed to Gosford Park. Such a good Altman movie that you are never conscious that it's an Altman movie. |
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Post by berkley on Nov 3, 2023 18:29:04 GMT -5
I'll look at the 2001 list later to make sure, but I believe Lynch's Mulholland Drive came out that year, so it will very likely be that one for me.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Nov 3, 2023 20:52:22 GMT -5
I'll look at the 2001 list later to make sure, but I believe Lynch's Mulholland Drive came out that year, so it will very likely be that one for me. Yep, it did. I mentioned it in the movies I haven’t seen in a very very long time section. |
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Post by berkley on Nov 3, 2023 22:49:06 GMT -5
A few others from 2001 that I liked include Shrek (which I liked better than Monsters, Inc. - and I apparently like that one more than you do), Spy Game (a really solid espionage thriller) and what would probably be my pick for favorite of the year, Gosford Park. And I have to give a little shout-out to a guilty pleasure movie that I will readily acknowledge is completely silly, but it's nonetheless quite funny: Evolution, with the always delightful Julianne Moore among others. Yes indeed to Gosford Park. Such a good Altman movie that you are never conscious that it's an Altman movie.
One of his very best, to my mind. So interesting to see him work with a mostly British cast. I remember reading somewhere that he enjoyed the experience and planned to continue making movies outside the US in the future. If only he'd lived long enough to make more movies.
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