re: *Reveal TUESDAY!!!* - Top 100 Movies: 2000's Edition

my initial list


1 LOTR
2 Almost Famous
3 The Prestige
4 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
5 Master and Commander
6 Batman Movies
7 Gladiator
8 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
9 The Departed
10 Harry Potter series (mostly Prisoner of Azkaban)
11 Pirates of the Caribbean
12 A Beautiful Mind
13 The Wrestler
14 V for Vendetta
15 Star Trek
16 The Count of Monte Cristo
17 Walk the Line
18 The Passion of the Christ
19 Serenity
20 Star Wars Episode III

May tinker with this list later.

1. No Country for Old Men
2. The Prestige
3. Children of Men
4. The Departed
5. Memento
6. The Assassination of Jesse James
7. In Bruge
8. Inglourious Basterds
9. (500) Days of Summer
10. Michael Clayton
11. A Beautiful Mind
12. City of God
13. Lord of the Rings Trilogy
14. Almost Famous
15. There Will Be Blood
16. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
17. Wall-E
18. Batman Begins/Dark Knight
19. Requiem for a Dream
20. Sin City

Well you guys know me, my list is heavy on the thrillers

1) The Man Who Wasn't There
2) Memento
3) The Salton Sea
4) No Country for Old Men
5) Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
6) Road to Perdition
7) In Bruges
8) Apocalypto
9) The Proposition
10) The Trap
11) Punch-Drunk Love
12) The Lives of Others
13) Eastern Promises
14) Broken Embraces
15) Anchorman
16) The Lookout
17) The Ice Harvest
18) Moon
19) 13 Tzameti
20) Perfume: The Story of A Murder


Could have easily been included:


Brick
Fung Fu Hustle
Kingdom of Heaven Director's Cut
The New World
Mulholland Dr
SpiderMan
Open Range

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16) The Lookout

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Glad to see someone else finally list this movie.

It will be a crime of biblical proportions if this movie does not make the final list.

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8) Apocalypto

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Damn I knew I was missing a film, time to change.

1) Children of Men
2) V for Vandetta
3) Memento
4) Old School
5) Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
6) Anchorman
7) Gangs of New York
8) Lucky Number Slevin
9) City of God
10) Adaptation
11) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
12) In Bruges
13) Serenity
14) Wedding Crashers
15) No Country for Old Men
16) LotR trilogy
17) Dear Zachary
18) American Psycho
19) King of Kong: Fistfull of Quarters
20) Oldboy

ETA: Will write up something about one of the top 10 movies.

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I'll volunteer for a write-up.

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Added. I'll need your email.

Got it

One movie

Here's a first stab at it:

1 LOTR Trilogy
2 Inglorious Basterds
3 Memento
4 O' Brother Where Art Though
5 Shaun of the Dead
6 Count of Monte Cristo
7 Snatch
8 Almost Famous
9 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
10 Batman Begins/Dark Knight
11 Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
12 Pirates of the Carribean
13 Hot Fuzz
14 Harry Potter Prisoner of Azkaban
15 Kill Bill 1 &2
16 No Country for Old Men
17 Finding Nemo
18 Zombieland
19 Sin City
20 Underworld

Movies I have not seen that would likely be considered if I ever get around to watching them:

City of God, Eternal Sunshine, High Fidelity, Eastern Promises, and In Bruges (so many movies, so little time...yet, I have to make time to watch shitty movies about sparkling vampires.)