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Old 12-30-2009, 10:35 PM
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Default 10 good films since 2000

10 best lists are artificial so i'll just go with the first 10 films that popped in my mind as i went through my dvd collection (so 00's) as great ones from the decade.

amelie
high fidelity
juno
memento
mulholland drive
old boy
pan's labyrinth
spirited away
talk to her
waltz with bashir
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Old 12-30-2009, 10:40 PM
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10 best lists are artificial so i'll just go with the first 10 films that popped in my mind as i went through my dvd collection (so 00's) as great ones from the decade.

amelie
high fidelity
juno
memento
mulholland drive
old boy
pan's labyrinth
spirited away
talk to her
waltz with bashir
I think I would rate that film one of the best for me, even though I had a really hard time sitting through it because the Officer really scared me.
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Old 12-30-2009, 10:42 PM
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Juno is the only one I watched and even so much as heard of.
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Old 12-30-2009, 10:54 PM
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I think I would rate that film one of the best for me, even though I had a really hard time sitting through it because the Officer really scared me.
remainder of list:

Big Fish
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Seabiscuit
The Pianist
Batman Begins
The Lives of Others
Gladiator
Lord of the Rings
Love Actually
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Do NOT watch Marley and Me......
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Old 12-30-2009, 11:20 PM
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Juno is the only one I watched and even so much as heard of.
you're a high fidelity kind of guy. trust me.
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Old 12-30-2009, 11:23 PM
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It's like if Pitchfork Media reviewed movies...
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Old 12-30-2009, 11:27 PM
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remainder of list:

Big Fish
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Seabiscuit
The Pianist
Batman Begins
The Lives of Others
Gladiator
Lord of the Rings
Love Actually
i see this one on a lot of top ten lists. i just don't get it.

it's probably the least depressing german film of the decade but that's like the most intelligent timm post or least funny pants.
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Old 12-31-2009, 09:33 AM
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i see this one on a lot of top ten lists. i just don't get it.

it's probably the least depressing german film of the decade but that's like the most intelligent timm post or least funny pants.
In my opinion, it had one of the best endings in a movie.
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Old 12-31-2009, 09:41 AM
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I really don't go to or watch a lot of movies, but I really thought that The Wrestler was excellent.
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I don't have time to do my top ten list right now but gotta say... The Hurt Locker was the absolutely the best film I saw this year.
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Gran Torino is near the top of my list for sure
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Watchmen was good. So was 7 pounds.

Superbad was really funny.
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Watchmen was good. So was 7 pounds.

Superbad was really funny.
Didn't 7 pounds end with the characters' suicide......that would kinda rule that
one out for me!
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Didn't 7 pounds end with the characters' suicide......that would kinda rule that
one out for me!

Gee, thanks for ruining the movie for the rest of us!
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Old 12-31-2009, 02:02 PM
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Gee, thanks for ruining the movie for the rest of us!
Hey...I figure I saved you 20 bucks and 3hrs of your life.
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Old 12-31-2009, 02:46 PM
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5 stars in my Netflx movies I've rated:

Gladiator
Fellowship of the Ring
The Two Towers
Return of the King
Office Space
Old School
Van Wilder
Pan's Labyrinth
Wedding Crashers

4 stars:

American Gangster
Batman Begins
Best in Show
Blow
City of God
Dark Knight
The Departed
Downfall
Memento
Napolean Dynamite
The Patriot
The Pianist
The Prestige
Role Models
Sideways
Shrek
Slumdog Millionaire
Snatch
Team America
We Were Soldiers
The Wrestler

OK, so that is a hell of a lot more than 10. So I'll take a stand and say every movie I didn't mention from this decade sucked.
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10 best lists are artificial so i'll just go with the first 10 films that popped in my mind as i went through my dvd collection (so 00's) as great ones from the decade.

amelie
high fidelity
juno
memento
mulholland drive
old boy
pan's labyrinth
spirited away
talk to her
waltz with bashir
I'm pretty sure you'll really like The Man from Earth.
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No Vicki Cristina Barcelona? Did you miss the whole Scarlett and Penelope kissing scene?!?
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i see this one on a lot of top ten lists. i just don't get it.

it's probably the least depressing german film of the decade but that's like the most intelligent timm post or least funny pants.
Totally agree. Thought it was utterly mediocre. 'The Conversation' did it better 25 years earlier.
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