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Forum: Movie Reviews 01-28-22
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The MoFo Top 100 of the 2000s Countdown
Posted By Kaplan
First off, great job, Theif! And No Country...

First off, great job, Theif!

And No Country for Old Men was my #2, the only film I saw this decade that can possibly rival There Will Be Blood for me, despite it not even being my favorite Coen...
Forum: Movie Reviews 01-27-22
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The MoFo Top 100 of the 2000s Countdown
Posted By Kaplan
Sometimes to mix things up I will choose one of...

Sometimes to mix things up I will choose one of two other movies as my favorite of the decade, but when it comes right down to it, no film from the 2000s had more of an impact on me than There Will...
Forum: Movie Reviews 01-25-22
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The MoFo Top 100 of the 2000s Countdown
Posted By Kaplan
Coincidentally, I also had Letters from Iwo Jima...

Coincidentally, I also had Letters from Iwo Jima as my 1-pointer, though I figured since Mark had included it on his list of foreign language films, he might include it on this list. At the time...
Forum: Movie Reviews 01-23-22
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The MoFo Top 100 of the 2000s Countdown
Posted By Kaplan
This is the kind of treatment of fantasy I like a...

This is the kind of treatment of fantasy I like a lot more than the epic high fantasy of LOTR. Pan's Labyrinth was my #21, but I should note when I did my own list of favorites from the decade, I had...
Forum: Movie Reviews 01-20-22
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The MoFo Top 100 of the 2000s Countdown
Posted By Kaplan
I saw The Dark Knight numerous times on the big...

I saw The Dark Knight numerous times on the big screen, even on IMAX, and I'm a total sucker for its combination of super hero fantasy and gritty, violent crime thriller. It's also likely that Heath...
Forum: Movie Reviews 01-19-22
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The MoFo Top 100 of the 2000s Countdown
Posted By Kaplan
Memento made my list at #17. The more I see it...

Memento made my list at #17. The more I see it the more I'm convinced it's not a gimmick film, but the absolute best way of telling this story, and it has never failed to draw me into the perspective...
Forum: Movie Reviews 01-16-22
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The MoFo Top 100 of the 2000s Countdown
Posted By Kaplan
I'm kinda shocked I put Inglourious Basterds all...

I'm kinda shocked I put Inglourious Basterds all the way #4. I'm not sure what I was thinking when I ordered my list. But I do love it. I'd lost a lot of my interest in Tarantino after Jackie Brown,...
Forum: Movie Reviews 01-11-22
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The MoFo Top 100 of the 2000s Countdown
Posted By Kaplan
No offense to Mark but it is a weird comment on...

No offense to Mark but it is a weird comment on his part given it's a Korean movie by a Korean director for a Korean audience, and not some Western prejudice toward Korea that they're all backwards...
Forum: Movie Reviews 01-11-22
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The MoFo Top 100 of the 2000s Countdown
Posted By Kaplan
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As a bit of trivia I haven't seen anyone mention, the actual serial killer that inspired Memories of Murder has been identified in 2019 as a man already serving life in prison, who confessed to the...
Forum: Movie Reviews 01-11-22
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The MoFo Top 100 of the 2000s Countdown
Posted By Kaplan
Re: The MoFo Top 100 of the 2000s Countdown

After submitting my list, I realized I'd forgotten one movie, and that was Memories of Murder. I would probably have put it in the middle of my list. It had been my favorite Bong Joon-ho film until...
Forum: Movie Reviews 01-10-22
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The MoFo Top 100 of the 2000s Countdown
Posted By Kaplan
I love Let the Right One In. I'm so glad I saw it...

I love Let the Right One In. I'm so glad I saw it in the theater when it came out, and at the time I really didn't know anything about it, but I was instantly drawn into the story and its dark, snowy...
Forum: Movie Reviews 01-09-22
Replies: 4,713
The MoFo Top 100 of the 2000s Countdown
Posted By Kaplan
I had Lost in Translation at #20. I find it's...

I had Lost in Translation at #20. I find it's simple, straightforward, quiet storytelling very effective, and Bill Murray is able to make it work. The inner lives of the characters is more felt than...
Forum: Movie Reviews 01-07-22
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The MoFo Top 100 of the 2000s Countdown
Posted By Kaplan
Two more from my list. I think there are now Wes...

Two more from my list. I think there are now Wes Anderson films I like more than The Royal Tenenbaums, such as The Grand Budapest Hotel and Isle of Dogs, but they're from this last decade. And The...
Forum: Movie Reviews 01-05-22
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The MoFo Top 100 of the 2000s Countdown
Posted By Kaplan
Re: The MoFo Top 100 of the 2000s Countdown

This pair of movies might be my two least favorite movies on the countdown. I just think Gladiator is awful, and I sense Sideways depends on the viewer identifying with or liking the two main...
Forum: Movie Reviews 01-04-22
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The MoFo Top 100 of the 2000s Countdown
Posted By Kaplan
I had the quietly powerful film The Lives of...

I had the quietly powerful film The Lives of Others at #14. It's not one I've returned to in quite a while and it's due for a rewatch, which is why it's a bit lower than I had it ranked at the time,...
Forum: Movie Reviews 01-03-22
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The MoFo Top 100 of the 2000s Countdown
Posted By Kaplan
I assume the person means their 21st through 24th...

I assume the person means their 21st through 24th ranked movies have no chance of making it. :shrug:


I love Adaptation. When I made a list of my favorite films of the decade all the way back in...
Forum: Movie Reviews 01-02-22
Replies: 4,713
The MoFo Top 100 of the 2000s Countdown
Posted By Kaplan
I love Charlie Kaufman's Synecdoche, New York,...

I love Charlie Kaufman's Synecdoche, New York, and as much as I love several other of his penned movies, this is the one where he has total control and makes the most of it, and thus creates his...
Forum: Movie Reviews 01-01-22
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The MoFo Top 100 of the 2000s Countdown
Posted By Kaplan
Re: The MoFo Top 100 of the 2000s Countdown

Both of these made my list, with Moon at #24. It very effectively conveys the immense isolation of the character's situation and then the story line goes a bit into Philip K. Dickian territory, which...
Forum: Movie Reviews 12-29-21
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The MoFo Top 100 of the 2000s Countdown
Posted By Kaplan
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is beautiful,...

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is beautiful, moving, and epic, and it seems to have come at exactly the right moment to become the breakthrough hit that it was. I saw most of the other similar...
Forum: Movie Reviews 12-14-21
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The MoFo Top 100 of the 2000s Countdown
Posted By Kaplan
I had The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada and...

I had The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada and The Man Who Wasn't There on my list. The Man Who Wasn't There is basically Camus's The Stranger as a weird noir and The Three Burials is one of...
Forum: Movie Reviews 12-06-21
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The MoFo Top 100 of the 2000s Countdown
Posted By Kaplan
Re: The MoFo Top 100 of the 2000s Countdown

I haven't seen Still Walking, but I'm sure I'd like it better than the other two, both of which I found unimpressive, though they are nice looking films. I'm glad to get them out of the way right at...