re: The Hollywood Reporter: The 50 Best Movies of the 21st Century (so far)

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If you want an example of partisanship, look no further than ROTK's omission. Loved by all audiences AND a Oscar record breaker, yet still not on the list.

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Partisanship? It's a list voted on by the 6 critics who write for The Hollywood Reporter. They chose their personal favorites, and it should be okay for their favorites not to include yours, especially since one of your favorites is often considered the worst film in its trilogy.

I don't understand why people on this board get all hot and bothered by such lists. 6 people thought it would be fun to make one. It's not being presented as any kind of canon. If there's shite you haven't seen or heard of, add that shite to your watch list instead of bitching about your basic-arse favorites not being there.

I like many of the films on this list, though only a few would be in my top 50 of the decade. Drug War isn't there! Who cares.

These critics wanna be different so badly

33. Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)

Not Listed - Man on Fire (2004)


List is shite...

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Partisanship? It's a list voted on by the 6 critics who write for The Hollywood Reporter. They chose their personal favorites, and it should be okay for their favorites not to include yours, especially since one of your favorites is often considered the worst film in its trilogy.

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while i'm fine with cinema of all sorts and varying opinions, i decided to break it down out of curiosity. i've seen about 35 of the list. i'm not opposed to watching a movie just because it touches on subjects i disagree with hollywood's opinions on.

3 of those movies deal with getting abortions (which is fine.)
a handful deal with race issues (which is fine.)

at least 10 of those are gay centric stories (that's not including the 20+ i haven't seen and don't know anything about,) which means 20% of their films are depicting 3% of the populace.

unless all the people that made the list are gay, they just really wanted a heavy emphasis on gay stuff. power of the dog was good but boring. Hating Brokeback was all the rage at the time, but in hindsight of Last of Us, it's a story of loneliness and well done in many regards.

that being said, Zodiac, Inside Llewyn Davis, Get Out, Boyhood, Wall-E, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind are the only non-gay/foreign movies in the top 20. this isn't the poli board despite the intrusions from there. people are ok to call out terrible takes like this list that's detached from reality.

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that being said, Zodiac, Inside Llewyn Davis, Get Out, Boyhood, Wall-E, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind are the only non-gay/foreign movies in the top 20

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Boyhood was such a bore. Interesting concept, but lacked execution and likeable characters so it was a slog by the halfway point.

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I don't understand why people on this board get all hot and bothered by such lists. 6 people thought it would be fun to make one.

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I completely agree with your sentiment. Every time there’s a list 90% of the thread is “list is shite” “omg they have movie x #6 when it’s definitely #5” type of crap comments. However while lists like this are entirely subjective there should be some movies that objectively need to be on a list like this. A top 50 movies of the 2000s plus 10 or so honorable mentions and City of God isn’t on there? No No Country do Old Men? But include Bridesmaids and Black Panther (but not Mad Max Fury Road) undermine the credibility a bit. These are professional critics or journalist not a random website or YT channel

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Boyhood was such a bore.

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Agreed.

I have no idea what critics saw in that movie. The performances were just okay and the main actor actually regressed in his performance as he got older. I feel like the only reason why it got any attention at all is due to the fact that it was shot over an eleven-year span.

Garbage list.

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Did you think it was too high or too low?

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I think that at the very least, it should have been top 10. It would be #1 on my list.