re: NYT Best 25 films of the 21st Century so far

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OBWAT doesn't qualify as it was one of the last released films of the 20th century.

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But they have The Gleaners and I on the list which came out in 2000 as well.

That is a horrible list.

OP, thank you for providing the list in the original post. This way, I don't have to click the link and give the retards another view. Awful, awful list. I don't even know where to start.

They got #1 right, but after that the list went to complete shite.

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Moana had great music, vivid animation, an interesting storyline and entertaining characters. It didn't have as much adult humor as say shrek or Lego Batman but it is profoundly enjoyable even after repeated viewings.

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Oh agreed, but this is Disney we're talking about. Those checkboxes are expected at a bare minimum since they're so good at it. I just didn't get any moments of brilliance from it that I say get from Pixar pretty regularly. It's a good movie, but by no means the best animated movie of the century so far.

That list is bad. This is one of the snooty "I'm more sophisticated than you" film critic lists.

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Oh, I get it. I just think it's not terribly good. The characters don't go anywhere and there is no dramatic tension, as there is no point in the film I do not feel that DDL is not going to absolutely crush his rivals. Furthermore, I don't think he CARES that he ends up isolated and alone. It never mattered to him.

It's a movie about a guy who only cares about getting rich fulfilling his mission of getting rich. The end. I'll take you up on the tater tots, though.

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I know you've held this opinion for a long time, but I just don't agree with you at all.

It is an utterly brilliant film, with an amazing amount of depth. I just love the frick out of it.

My top 25, in no order, would be:

1)There Will Be Blood
2)No Country For Old Men
3) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
4) Spirited Away
5) Children of Men
6) City of God
7) LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring
8) Lost in Translation
9) Up
10) Oh Brother, Where art thou?
11) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
12) Inglourious Basterds
13) The Dark Knight
14) Pan's Labyrinth
15) 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
16) The Departed
17) Inception
18) Whiplash
19) The Royal Tenenbaums
20) Room
21) Ex Machina
22) Zodiac
23) Memento
24) Requiem For a Dream
25) La La Land

My Top 25:

1) Pan's Labyrinth
2) Children of Men
3) Spirited Away
4) Lost in Translation
5) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
6) The Lord of the Rings
7) Hot Fuzz
8) City of God
9) Ex Machina
10) Almost Famous
11) In Bruges
12) No Country for Old Men
13) WALL-E
14) Inglourious Basterds
15) Mad Max Fury Road
16) Interstellar
17) Zero Dark Thirty
18) There Will Be Blood
19) Let the Right One In
20) The Royal Tenenbaums
21) The World's End
22) Inside Out
23) Logan
24) Memento
25) Kill Bill

I've been meaning to watch eternal sunshine for the spotless mind for so long but keep forgetting

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3. Million Dollar Baby

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Possibly the most overrated movie in the history of moving pictures.

Is Memento that good. Plenty people have it on their list. I may watch tonight.