Posted on 08/23/2016 9:58:21 AM PDT by EveningStar
...Film-making today, whether massively expensive or made with tiny budgets, shot on celluloid or video, is thriving artistically as much as it ever has. But today you’ll find greater diversity in the kinds of films being made, if not in the people who are making them. That’s why we, the editors of BBC Culture, decided to commission a poll of critics to determine the 100 greatest films of the 21st Century. Last year, we asked critics to name the greatest American films of all time, and we were surprised that only six films made since 2000 made the top 100. Is there a feeling that time sanctifies a classic? Perhaps. But this time, we wanted to prove that this century has given us films that will stand the test of time, that you will continue to think about and argue about if only you give them a chance and watch them...
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Haha. Most movies I really like I watch several times. Anything by the Coens is worth multiple viewings.
Well you did yourself a favor boycotting Godfather 3, anyway :-)
Personally, I can’t stand the fantasy genre. I fell asleep during the first LOTR movie. Didn’t see the others.
Tried reading some of the books, but just found the genre too annoying. If magic gets you out of every scrape, where’s the edge? If a couple of guys and few midgets can fight off a million Orcs? It’s like playing pinball for free. Takes all the fun out of it.
See my tagline :-)
Are we all too hipster to appreciate the Lord of the Rings trilogy, now? A Beautiful Mind? Too religiously progressive for The Passion of the Christ? Too jaded for Gravity?
“6. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, 2004)”
Mildly interesting because of its non-commercial story-telling, but hardly great.
“20. Synecdoche, New York (Charlie Kaufman, 2008)”
OK, someone just likes quirky for quirky’s sake.
“29. WALL-E (Andrew Stanton, 2008)”
The least liked Pixar movie up until the Last Dinosaur, which simply no-one saw.
“40. Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee, 2005)”
Of course.
“51. Inception (Christopher Nolan, 2010)”
Over-rated, but not half bad. A critic’s blockbuster, but not very deep or challenging.
“53. Moulin Rouge! (Baz Luhrmann, 2001)”
Quirky for a reason. Excellent choice.
“62. Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino, 2009)”
I hate to admit it, but I hadn’t given QT a chance since being unimpressed by some of his earlier movies. Can you call a Nazi movie, “fun?”
83. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (Steven Spielberg, 2001)
Meh. Pinocchio meets An Inconvenient Truth.
“87. Amélie (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2001)”
Yawn. Of course. You know this was a foreign film because it didn’t star Zoe Deschannel. But not a noteworthy film in any way.
“93. Ratatouille (Brad Bird, 2007)”
I could point out that this was Pixar’s *second* least liked movie, but I actually liked it.
Pingin’ for later
I appreciate it very much you choose not to hold it against me. That is very generous.
However, I do understand why you think it bombed since it is the only Pixar movie not to open at number one opening weekend (it opened at number 2 at $39 million) and the press made it sound like 2 or 3 people saw it, but that story wasn't quite accurate.
It's worldwide gross is $332 million, so it wasn't quite the bomb one assumes.
If you’re not into zombies or super heroes, you’re lost in the 21st century....
Not to be morbid, but frankly, the “top whatevers of the century” are not going to be known, let alone of interest, to anyone born before 2025 or so. That’s just the way it is.
“Top whatevers in your lifetime that happened after 2001”? OK, maybe.
True. Compared to a list of the best films of the 20th century, this list is pathetic. I'm not saying all the films are bad -- though some are -- but even when they're good they aren't really significant or out of the ordinary. They haven't had time to cast a shadow or shed a light on the art yet -- and most of them probably won't.
The 40’-45’ years were propaganda, we made about 80% tinged with propaganda, where as the Germans only did about 20%. There are black and white German films out there that are equal or better than the ones we produced. Their war time propaganda films pretty much mirror our own. (The ones with stories and actors, that have the same themes as ours, including musicals.) One would think here in the USA that we are the only ones in the world that can make great movies. Frankly I’m sick of the crap they produce here. I’d sooner re-watch an old black and while on You Tube. BTW, lately I have been watch the Russian films with WW II themes, they have been pretty good. (With or without sub titles)
I would put “The Lives of Others” at Number 1.
“Goodbye, Lenin” should also be on the list.
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