The 100 Best Movies of The Decade - Movies

lil lexie · 07-11-2009, 13:35

just stumbled across The Times' top 100 movies of the decade. http://entertainment.timesonline.co....ffset=0&page=1

Can't say that many of my favourites made it on the list and the top 5, well

humphryb · 07-11-2009, 13:47

My favs out of the list
99. Battle Royale
95. Amores Perros
74. Pans Labyrinth
55. Chopper
38. Mullholland Drive
35. Y Tu Mamá También
30. Irreversible
20. Donnie Darko
15. Downfall
5. Team America: World Police
2. The Bourne Supremacy / The Bourne Ultimatum

There's plenty of mine that were not featured and I wouldn't exactly call that a Top 5.

hurrikane313 · 07-11-2009, 15:14

Just looked at the list and have to say that it has now depressed me beyond belief. I never knew how much crap t6his decade had churned out. And then what many would class as the best film of the decade (The Dark Knight) does not even make the top 40. Sorry but the idiot that wrote that list for Time needs to undergo serious drug testing, as something tells me that they are or at the very least were smoking crack.

jamespondo · 07-11-2009, 15:28

I can't really disagree with most of the movies on that list;the majority of them are way above average.However,I do disagree with Irreversible and The Dark Knight being ranked amongst the best of the decade.Both are not without merit but there are better movies IMO.

I'd say Martyrs was better than Irreversible,if we are going down that route (e.g French extreme cinema).I may get ridiculed for this,but I found Spider-Man 2 to be a stronger sequel/movie than T.D.K.

Didn't think Minority Report was all that,even though it was above average.Cache was certainly very good,but best of the decade? and where was Mystic River?

Saw would also receive a position in my book,but I understand their have been many movies that are better (this decade).

UltraViolet · 07-11-2009, 17:03

The Devil Wears Prada, don't know why this is on the list, same for the incredibly overrated Crash... same for Sideways, what rubbish that was.

Ones on the list I thought were fantastic:

Battle Royale
Sympathy for Lady Vengeance - why no Oldboy? that was vastly superior... or did I miss it? or I'm getting the dates wrong...

Amores Perros
House of Flying Daggers
The Royal Tenenbaums
The Orphanage - definitely deserves to be on the list
The Piano Teacher
Control
Talk To Her
Pan's Labyrinth
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
The Class
Persepolis
Memento
City of God
L' enfant
There Will Be Blood
Spirited Away
The Squid and the Whale
Être et Avoir
Shaun of the Dead
The Consequences of Love
Volver
The Constant Gardener
My Summer of Love - was nice to see this on the list
Little Miss Sunshine
The Dark Knight
Children of Men
The Incredibles
Lost in Translation
Mulholland Drive
Y Tu Mamá También
Finding Nemo
Being John Malkovich
Irreversible
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Dancer in the Dark
28 Days Later
Man on Wire
Donnie Darko - I saw this when it first came out in America quite some time before Britain got it, thought for some reason it was a slasher film at the time, so bought it, was surprised... but a very good surprise.

Let The Right One In - America are remaking this right now, set in New Mexico...

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - I prefer Science of Sleep over it though.
Downfall
This Is England
The Lives of Others
Casino Royale
Hunger
Slumdog Millionaire
Grizzly Man
Hidden/Cache
The Bourne films

Wow... nice list apart from a few dodgy choices.

Robert Romarin · 07-11-2009, 17:04

On the one hand, I like the fact they've had the pluck to put Bond and Bourne so high on the list. I think that often there's a bit too much unfair 'snobbery' against certain genres.

On the other, I think those particular films and a few others on the list have been seriously over-rated.

lil lexie · 07-11-2009, 20:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robert Romarin

On the one hand, I like the fact they've had the pluck to put Bond and Bourne so high on the list. I think that often there's a bit too much unfair 'snobbery' against certain genres.

On the other, I think those particular films and a few others on the list have been seriously over-rated.

yes, that was an odd one. Whilst most of the list something of an elitist fare, the top 5 especially was quite an odd selection - Team America

Grizzly Man

Bourne Identity

No Country For Old Rope

I'm not saying any of these were bad films (with the exception of NoCountry....but that's just me

), on the contrary but could they really be contenders for the best film of the decade?

Surprised The Counterfeiters didn't make their list, I thought it would have been right up their ally - it is a great film though, perhaps the person who compiled the list hadn't seen it.

afx237vi · 07-11-2009, 22:43

Pan's Labyrinth only #74... I think that's what kids today call "epic fail".

CS Aye · 08-11-2009, 00:11

I'm absolutely gobsmacked by that list. I'd say it makes my Top 10 Cretinous Lists of the Decade.

I think they accidentally printed a random list of films loved by Guardian columnists or something.

UltraViolet · 08-11-2009, 17:27

What films would you have liked to see in the list?

lil lexie · 08-11-2009, 18:00

Some of the films I'd have like to have seen on a top 100 movies of the decade list -

Talk To Her
American Splendour
Ghost World
Save The Green planet
[REC]
Capote
Happiness of the Katakuris
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Grindhouse
Munich
Sexy Beast
The Descent
Black Hawk Down
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Triplets of Belleville

UltraViolet · 08-11-2009, 18:07

Talk To Her was on the list.

Happiness of the Katakuris - I find this remake to be one of his weaker films and wouldn't put it on a top 100 list at all.

lil lexie · 08-11-2009, 18:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by UltraViolet

Talk To Her was on the list.

Happiness of the Katakuris - I find this remake to be one of his weaker films and wouldn't put it on a top 100 list at all.

goes to show how much attention I was paying to the list then.

I though Happiness of the Katakuris was a pretty good film and so it'd make it to my list.

Ben Etchells · 08-11-2009, 19:29

NONE of my favorites made it on the list, terrible top 100 i think.

few i like from the list...
89 School of Rock
71 Monsters, Inc.
50 The Lord of The Rings: The Return of the King
11 Borat

Deserana 12 · 08-11-2009, 20:21

THE MAN WHO WROTE THIS WAS A RETARD!!!!!!!!!! how in the name of all thts holy did BAD SANTA BEAT MEMENTO!!!!!!!!!!!!

oh and sure team america was a funny film but top 30 movies of the decade which somehow beat the dark knight which only just got into top 50

Deserana 12 · 08-11-2009, 20:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ben Etchells

NONE of my favorites made it on the list, terrible top 100 i think.

few i like from the list...
89 School of Rock
71 Monsters, Inc.
50 The Lord of The Rings: The Return of the King
11 Borat

WHAT THE HELL!!!!!!!!!! sure tht was good but come on. the man who made this list is freakkin messed up

07-11-2009, 13:35	#1
lil lexie Forum Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,832 Blog Entries: 3	The 100 Best Movies of The Decade just stumbled across The Times' top 100 movies of the decade. http://entertainment.timesonline.co....ffset=0&page=1 Can't say that many of my favourites made it on the list and the top 5, well

07-11-2009, 13:47	#2
humphryb Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,165	My favs out of the list 99. Battle Royale 95. Amores Perros 74. Pans Labyrinth 55. Chopper 38. Mullholland Drive 35. Y Tu Mamá También 30. Irreversible 20. Donnie Darko 15. Downfall 5. Team America: World Police 2. The Bourne Supremacy / The Bourne Ultimatum There's plenty of mine that were not featured and I wouldn't exactly call that a Top 5.

07-11-2009, 15:14	#3
hurrikane313 Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Nottingham Services: Virgin VIP Posts: 796	Just looked at the list and have to say that it has now depressed me beyond belief. I never knew how much crap t6his decade had churned out. And then what many would class as the best film of the decade (The Dark Knight) does not even make the top 40. Sorry but the idiot that wrote that list for Time needs to undergo serious drug testing, as something tells me that they are or at the very least were smoking crack.

07-11-2009, 15:28	#4
jamespondo Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 3,207	I can't really disagree with most of the movies on that list;the majority of them are way above average.However,I do disagree with Irreversible and The Dark Knight being ranked amongst the best of the decade.Both are not without merit but there are better movies IMO. I'd say Martyrs was better than Irreversible,if we are going down that route (e.g French extreme cinema).I may get ridiculed for this,but I found Spider-Man 2 to be a stronger sequel/movie than T.D.K. Didn't think Minority Report was all that,even though it was above average.Cache was certainly very good,but best of the decade? and where was Mystic River? Saw would also receive a position in my book,but I understand their have been many movies that are better (this decade).

07-11-2009, 17:03	#5
UltraViolet Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Britain Posts: 5,517	The Devil Wears Prada, don't know why this is on the list, same for the incredibly overrated Crash... same for Sideways, what rubbish that was. Ones on the list I thought were fantastic: Battle Royale Sympathy for Lady Vengeance - why no Oldboy? that was vastly superior... or did I miss it? or I'm getting the dates wrong... Amores Perros House of Flying Daggers The Royal Tenenbaums The Orphanage - definitely deserves to be on the list The Piano Teacher Control Talk To Her Pan's Labyrinth The Beat That My Heart Skipped The Class Persepolis Memento City of God L' enfant There Will Be Blood Spirited Away The Squid and the Whale Être et Avoir Shaun of the Dead The Consequences of Love Volver The Constant Gardener My Summer of Love - was nice to see this on the list Little Miss Sunshine The Dark Knight Children of Men The Incredibles Lost in Translation Mulholland Drive Y Tu Mamá También Finding Nemo Being John Malkovich Irreversible The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Dancer in the Dark 28 Days Later Man on Wire Donnie Darko - I saw this when it first came out in America quite some time before Britain got it, thought for some reason it was a slasher film at the time, so bought it, was surprised... but a very good surprise. Let The Right One In - America are remaking this right now, set in New Mexico... Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - I prefer Science of Sleep over it though. Downfall This Is England The Lives of Others Casino Royale Hunger Slumdog Millionaire Grizzly Man Hidden/Cache The Bourne films Wow... nice list apart from a few dodgy choices.

07-11-2009, 17:04	#6
Robert Romarin Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 7,223	On the one hand, I like the fact they've had the pluck to put Bond and Bourne so high on the list. I think that often there's a bit too much unfair 'snobbery' against certain genres. On the other, I think those particular films and a few others on the list have been seriously over-rated.

07-11-2009, 22:43	#8
afx237vi Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: South Wales Posts: 3,324	Pan's Labyrinth only #74... I think that's what kids today call "epic fail".

08-11-2009, 00:11	#9
CS Aye Forum Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 1,228	I'm absolutely gobsmacked by that list. I'd say it makes my Top 10 Cretinous Lists of the Decade. I think they accidentally printed a random list of films loved by Guardian columnists or something.

08-11-2009, 17:27	#10
UltraViolet Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Britain Posts: 5,517	What films would you have liked to see in the list?

08-11-2009, 18:00	#11
lil lexie Forum Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,832 Blog Entries: 3	Some of the films I'd have like to have seen on a top 100 movies of the decade list - Talk To Her American Splendour Ghost World Save The Green planet [REC] Capote Happiness of the Katakuris Kill Bill: Vol. 1 Kill Bill: Vol. 2 Grindhouse Munich Sexy Beast The Descent Black Hawk Down Hedwig and the Angry Inch Triplets of Belleville

08-11-2009, 18:07	#12
UltraViolet Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Britain Posts: 5,517	Talk To Her was on the list. Happiness of the Katakuris - I find this remake to be one of his weaker films and wouldn't put it on a top 100 list at all.

08-11-2009, 19:29	#14
Ben Etchells Forum Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Bolton, Greater Manchester Posts: 370	NONE of my favorites made it on the list, terrible top 100 i think. few i like from the list... 89 School of Rock 71 Monsters, Inc. 50 The Lord of The Rings: The Return of the King 11 Borat

08-11-2009, 20:21	#15
Deserana 12 Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 341	THE MAN WHO WROTE THIS WAS A RETARD!!!!!!!!!! how in the name of all thts holy did BAD SANTA BEAT MEMENTO!!!!!!!!!!!! oh and sure team america was a funny film but top 30 movies of the decade which somehow beat the dark knight which only just got into top 50