The MoFo Top 100 of the 2000s Countdown

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Just finished Yoda's essay on Up. Excellent!

Will watch Up again soon...

Over the weekend, I watched Casino Royale again. It's good, but Craig still rubs me the wrong way as Bond for some reason. Still would not have made my list.

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Yay, finally another one from my ballot
It's pretty amusing but I haven't seen Hot Fuzz for over a decade and as such it was never in contention for a spot on said list. I did consider Let The Right One In though and I like it enough for it to have kept a spot on that list right through the entire prep process for this countdown.

Seen: 45/72 (Own: 32/72)


Faildictions (millennial edition v1.01):
28. Mamma Mia! (2008)
27. Walk The Line (2005)

*today's Countdown reveals were actually faildicted to show up next to each other (albeit slightly higher up the list) which means we've had to go to the subs bench for the subs bench now

Ha, NO! But I did like your nom Tideland. I wonder if that might make the countdown?

Kind of a random pairing. I do need to watch Hot Fuzz again as I wasn't really an Edgar Wright fanboy at the time. Let the Right One In i watched within the past year and found it to be okay.

No votes but Hot Fuzz is awesome and Let the Right One In is somewhere on my horror-list and 'snow' list..



Seen: 52/72

The Pianist is a powerful film from start to finish, told through a musicians point of view makes it stand out from other powerful war films, my #12. Lost in Translation This tale of two lost souls who find each other in Tokyo somehow made a lasting impression on me, my #15.

Ballot: 9/25

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I like Let the Right One In quite a bit but it was not a contender for my ballot.

I didn't like Hot Fuzz.

Have seen so far: 24 - Hot Fuzz - A good and funny movie. One of my ballots on the list.
Have not seen so far: 52

My Ballots So Far

#9 - Spider Man 2 (2004)
#20 - Hot Fuzz (2007)
One Pointer - #25 - Anger Management (2003)

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Seen both, voted for none...

I saw Hot Fuzz quite a while ago and remember having a lot of fun with it, but haven't revisited since (maybe that's why I leaned more towards Let the Right One In in the hints). I've been meaning to rewatch it cause I really enjoyed the jabs it took at action films and, again, I had a lot of fun watching it.

Let the Right One In is another one I saw a couple of years ago, but it's a lot fresher in my mind. I also enjoyed it a lot, but not to the extent for it to make it into my list.



How many is it now?...

Seen: 55/72

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Hot Fuzz made my list. Big fan of Edgar Wright.

Let the Right One In narrowly missed my list but it’s excellent too. Don’t sleep on the American remake either, which gets unfairly maligned for being one. It’s also excellent.

Haven't seen either film, but I've heard great things about both of them.

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I guess I’m one of the few mofos not surprised about Hot Fuzz. It’s the only Wright I straight up dislike so far, but I have always felt well in the minority on that, so I’m not shocked to see it show.

I watched Let The Right One In for the foreign countdown and thought it was pretty meh. That wasn’t that long ago and I’m have already forgotten everything about it.

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Critics thoughts on our #30, Hot Fuzz...



It currently has a 91% Certified Fresh Tomatometer score among critics, and a 7.8/10 score on IMDb (with 489,000 votes).

Nathan Rabin, of AV Club, gave it an A- and said:

"Hot Fuzz is everything an action-comedy should be. It achieves through parody what most films in the genre can't accomplish straight."

Meanwhile Michael Booth, of Denver Post, gave it ★★ and said:

"For a movie based on the stunted mental development and perfect action timing of American crime-fighting pics, Hot Fuzz has surprisingly little idea of how to get to its point, or when."

As for our MoFo reviewers, @The Rodent said:

"All in all, louder, prouder, funnier and much better written [than Shaun of the Dead]. The chemistry on screen is top notch and the action and effects improved 100%.
It's also much more likeable with the fact that there's more characters to get behind and laugh out loud with. It's also a rare thing, although it's not a direct sequel, it still outweighs the first film."

And @Lennon said:

"One part of this movie that I liked was the directing, I thought it was very slick and cool... Another part I liked was the performance, particularly from Timothy Dalton and Nick Frost, there were more laughs by Nick more than any other character. As for Timothy Dalton, he really did play a cool villain, arguably the best of his career. One thing I didn’t like about this movie was a lot of un-funny jokes, at least to me... Another thing I didn’t like was the fact that I was expecting a lot of more action."

One vote. I definitely wasn't surprised at the prospect of Hot Fuzz making it even before slotting it in at #9 - it almost felt like I could go without voting for it. Sometimes I even get the impression that it's a more beloved Wright film than Shaun of the Dead, which I imagine is down to its action parody being more broadly appealing than its predecessor's take on zombie horror (though the list so far has clearly indicated otherwise). I've seen Let the Right One In at least a couple of times and liked it well enough, but I ultimately did not vote for it.

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Critics thoughts on our #29, Let the Right One In...



It currently has a 98% Certified Fresh Tomatometer score among critics, and a 7.9/10 score on IMDb (with 212,000 votes).

Roger Ebert gave it ★★★½ and said:

"Let the Right One In is a 'vampire movie', but not even remotely what we mean by that term. It is deadly grim. It takes vampires as seriously as the versions of Nosferatu by Murnau and Herzog do, and that is very seriously indeed. It is also a painful portrayal of an urgent relationship between two 12-year-olds on the brink of adolescence. It is not intended for 12-year-olds."

Meanwhile Owen Gleiberman, of Entertainment Weekly, said:

"If random arty blood thrills are your cup of fear, perhaps you'll enjoy Let the Right One In, a Swedish head-scratcher that has a few creepy images but very little holding them together."

As for our MoFo reviewers, @KeyserCorleone said:

"Let the Right One In is one of my favorite horror movies, and is a hell of a lot better than most of Swedish film-king Ingmar Bergman's films. I'm still recovering from the shock of the climax... [It] pushed my horror-drama limits quite a bit and I don't think I can go through the story twice in one day. I'm honestly ready to relax with a chick flick."

And @Citizen Rules said:

"I didn't care for this, basically a kid's romance story with some B movie vampire attack scenes. I don't like horror films, especially when they don't develop the characters or reveal something that engages me. I didn't hate this movie, but it was like eating a frozen TV dinner, nothing that I looked forward to and I was glad when it was over."

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I didn't have much to say yesterday because I didn't like Lost in Translation and don't remember much about The Pianist. I've seen both of today's reveals as well, with one of them being on my list.

There's a poster of Hot Fuzz behind me right now, so if any of you could seen my room, it wouldn't be a surprise that it was my #17. It's both an excellent parody, and a shining example of the buddy cop genre. I still quote lines of dialogue from this quite often, as do my friends.

Let the Right One In is a film I wished I liked more than I do. It has a great use of ambient sound, and what horror elements exist are well done. I just don't find the romance engaging at all, and it drags everything else down with it.

Seen: 43/72

My List:
05. The Lives of Others (2006) - #41
06. Millennium Actress (2001) - DNP
08. Mother (2009) - #96
10. Iron Man (2008) - #83
11. Paprika (2006) - #64
16. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) - #76
17. Hot Fuzz (2007) - #30
20. Moon (2009) - #48
25. Bon Cop, Bad Cop (2006) - 1-pointer

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Hot Fuzz is not the Wright film I expected to show up. I wonder if this bodes well for Shaun of the Dead?

Haven’t seen either yet, although both have been on my watch list for a long time.

I’ve seen Let the Right one In, and while it was decent, it didn’t leave me with much of an impression outside the vampire itself.

52/72 seen.

Lost in Translation and The Pianist are both films I'm not surprised (or sorry) to see, but didn't vote for. Same, but more so, for Hot Fuzz and Let the Right One In. Let the Right One In is probably the film I most need to rewatch, because I was put off by it the first time around, but I'm pretty sure that was a me problem, not a film problem. I do like Hot Fuzz enough to own it, but Shaun is still peak Edgar Wright/Simon Pegg et al. for me.

In hindsight, LtROI now seems like a precursor to our current "elevated horror" movement.

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