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Fun Movie Bashing Part 3 - The Final 10

Originally Posted by MovieFan1988
Millennium list vs. Top 100 of the 2000s list Comparison  
8. Inglorious Basterds >>> The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) -Them hobbit basterds are at it again, this time doing some major highway robbery on the top 10 lol

4. Mulholland Drive >>> Mulholland Drive (2001) - Looking up directions for Mullholland Drive to Mullholland Drive, you will reach your destination in 1 second lol

2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind >>> The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) - The spotless minded hobbits stealing another spot, god dammit


1. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring >>> No Country for Old Men (2007) - The hobbits that live in no country get beaten by a bunch of old men what a damn shame
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Have seen so far: 34 - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - An exciting good long movie, is all I gotta say.
Have not seen so far: 71

Here's my list

1. The Departed (2006)
2. Zombieland (2009)
3. The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
4. Wedding Crashers (2005)
5. Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
6. Friday the 13th (2009)
7. Step Brothers (2008)
8. Tropic Thunder (2008)
9. Spider-Man 2 (2004)
10. The Bourne Identity (2002)
11. The Hangover (2009)
12. Superbad (2007)
13. Shaun of the Dead (2004)
14. Mean Girls (2004)
15. The Dark Knight (2008)
16. Final Destination (2000)
17. Freddy vs. Jason (2003)
18. The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
19. Taken (2008)
20. Hot Fuzz (2007)
21. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
22. Hostage (2005)
23. Yes Man (2008)
24. The Simpsons Movie (2007)
25. Anger Management (2003)



Full ballot revealed with comments. Faired better than I imagined considering no animation, nor comic book fodder. Three films that saddened me for not making the cut "United 93" , "The Road", "Best in Show". What's wrong with you people! You all on dope!

Also three that I highly recommend " Hard Candy, "The Girl Next Door", " Sherrybaby". Actually see them all!


My Ballot:  



Have seen so far: 62/ 101
Put on list for future viewing: 14
My list that ended up on the cutting room floor (dammit!): 7
Put on "meh" list : 24
Zero chance of ever watching: 17
1 Ptrs: seen 8



Agreed! I'd be totally okay with Thief running the rest of these countdowns from now on (hint, hint).
And here I am staggering to the finish line

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Trivia




The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring



Did you know that...
  • Christopher Lee read The Lord of the Rings once a year since the year it was published until his death in 2015? He was also the only member of the cast and crew to have met J.R.R. Tolkien and was frequently consulted by Peter Jackson and his crew regarding makeups and looks.
  • Stuart Townsend was originally cast as Aragorn? He was replaced with Viggo Mortensen after four days of shooting because Peter Jackson felt an older actor was needed.
  • Orlando Bloom landed the role of Legolas two days before finishing drama school?
  • despite playing a dwarf, John Rhys-Davies is the tallest actor from "the Fellowship" at 6'1"?
  • the scene when Gandalf hits a ceiling beam in Bilbo's home was not scripted, but was an accident from McKellen?
  • Sean Bean refused to fly helicopters to the remote shooting locations, choosing to walk instead?
  • Viggo Mortensen did his own stunts and insisted on using a real steel sword?
  • after filming, most of the members of the Fellowship got a tattoo of the Elvish symbol for 9? Rhys-Davies was the only one who declined, so his stunt double got one instead. After the New Zealand premiere, Peter Jackson got his own tattoo of the Elvish 10.




Trivia




No Country for Old Men



Did you know that...
  • the Coens based Anton Chigurh's hairstyle on a 1979 photo of a brothel patron?
  • in 2018, a group of psychiatrist studied 400 movies and 126 psychopathic characters, and chose Bardem's portrayal of Chigurh as the most clinically accurate portrayal of one?
  • Josh Brolin was working on Grindhouse when he found out about the auditions for No Country for Old Men? He asked Robert Rodriguez for a camera, but his audition tape ended up being shot with a theatrical camera, by Quentin Tarantino, and with actress Marley Shelton playing Carla Jean.
  • Garret Dillahunt auditioned five times for the role of Llewelyn Moss before ending up in the role of Wendell?
  • Heath Ledger was in talks to play Llewelyn Moss, but withdrew to take "some time off"? He subsequently took the role of the Joker, which succeeded Bardem's as Best Supporting Actor winner.
  • Mark Strong auditioned for the role of Chigurh and was the second option after Bardem?
  • the suppressor on Chigurh's shotgun was specially made for the movie?
  • the money suitcase was the same type that was used in Fargo?
  • the three main characters do not share any screentime together?
  • the scene when Llewelyn crosses the border to Mexico marks the first time that a character in a Coen film has been outside the US?
  • Tommy Lee Jones played Two-Face in Batman Forever, another psychopath character that flips a coin to decide the fate of his victims?




Yay, No Country for Old Men won!

Anyways, here's my full ballot:

1. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2005)
2. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
3. The Return (2003)
4. Children of Men (2006)
5. Hunger (2008)
6. No Country for Old Men (2007)
7. A Serious Man (2009)
8. Enter the Void (2009)
9. 28 Days Later... (2002)
10. Russian Ark (2002)
11. Memento (2000)
12. Mulholland Drive (2001)
13. Shaun of the Dead (2004)
14. Triangle (2009)
15. In the Mood for Love (2000)
16. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
17. Waltz with Bashir (2007)
18. The Pianist (2002)
19. There Will Be Blood (2007)
20. Moon (2009)
21. Tropical Malady (2004)
22. Touching the Void (2003)
23. Sunshine (2007)
24. Zodiac (2007)
25. The New World (2005)



Welcome to the human race...
Anyway, this was what passed for my final picks...

1. In the Mood for Love (2000)
2. Mulholland Drive (2001)
3. Spirited Away (2001)
4. There Will Be Blood (2007)
5. No Country for Old Men (2007)
6. Shaun of the Dead (2004)
7. Before Sunset (2004)
8. Battle Royale (2000)
9. Hot Fuzz (2007)
10. Memories of Murder (2003)
11. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
12. Inglourious Basterds (2009)
13. Paprika (2006)
14. Memento (2000)
15. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
16. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
17. Yi Yi (2000)
18. Ghost World (2001)
19. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
20. Zodiac (2007)
21. A Scanner Darkly (2006)
22. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)
23. Miami Vice (2006)
24. Grizzly Man (2005)
25. Rejected (2000)




Ghost World was my #18, an exercise in adapting the cult comic book about two disaffected teenage girls as they dealt with the immediate aftermath of graduating high school and having to deal with what happens next - one does what she can to fight against the possibility of conforming while the other gradually acquiesces to the opportunity for stability. Throw in a middle-aged jazz obsessive to further complicate things and you have an indie dramedy that feels more genuine in its efforts to deal with the arrested development behind youthful cynicism than something superficially similar like, say, Reality Bites.



A Scanner Darkly was my #21. Seeing Waking Life show up was one of the more pleasant surprises during this countdown, but as far as Linklater's experiments with rotoscope animation go I definitely prefer his adaptation of Philip K. Dick's 1977 novel that imagines a darkly satirical dystopia that is so twisted up in itself that the plot revolves around an undercover narcotics agent who is so undercover due to highly-advanced disguise technology that he is ultimately assigned to investigate...himself. DIck's heady material proves a curiously perfect match for Linklater's woozy hangout vibes (perfectly casting Reeves, Harrelson, and Downey Jr. as the hardscrabble addicts at the heart of the story) and the animation - much more polished here than in the chaotic dreamscapes of Waking Life - makes me think of this as Linklater's most underrated film and definitely worth a mention here.



Miami Vice was my #23. I'm glad that Collateral and its more straightforward Mann thriller vibes made the list, but I haven't seen it in a long time (keep meaning to rewatch it, though) - since the last time I watched it, I have seen Miami Vice at least three times. Definitely a bold choice given how much Mann's post-Collateral output can easily read like diminishing returns, but such boldness is reflected in his decision to revamp the iconic '80s police drama for the 21st century and push his newfound fascination with digital photography even further in order to reflect the blurring of lines between cop and criminal that are at the heart of the film. The plot is the most archetypal Miami Vice plot - Crocket and Tubbs going undercover to foil a drug ring - but underneath the pixelated grain and byzantine plotting, Mann is able to lock onto the melancholy vibes and strange intimacies that have existed throughout just about every film he's ever made in order to reinvent one of his most iconic properties (even if it is in a way that ultimately didn't play too well amid a wave of more pleasantly nostalgic TV-based reboots).



Grizzly Man was my #24. Considering the complete absence of documentaries on this list - after all, how many of them do prove to be genuine favourites? - it is hard not to see this as something of a wasted vote (though who knows what those two points should've gone to instead). Still, Herzog is one of my favourite directors and this still stands out as one of his quintessential films so I felt it was worth a nod, even though its bizarre and tragic subject matter - eccentric environmentalist Timothy Treadwell and his ill-fated mission to live in close proximity to a group of grizzly bears, recording his exploits on video the whole time - does not make it an enjoyable viewing experience.



Rejected was my #25 and I guess I'm not the only one who thought it was worth voting for. Hertzfeldt has gone on to develop this film's sense of the absurd and nihilistic beyond this short parody of educational cartoons full of nonsensical exchanges and horrifying violence, but this is a solid exercise in doing so nonetheless (it's not surprising to see it get an Oscar nomination, and even less surprising to see that it lost).
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Stats: Finish Line





This is the finish line, so here are our final stats!

Decade Breakdown
  • 2000 = 17
  • 2001 = 12
  • 2002 = 8
  • 2003 = 9
  • 2004 = 11
  • 2005 = 12
  • 2006 = 9
  • 2007 = 7
  • 2008 = 7
  • 2009 = 8

Surprised that 2000 ended up reigning. For some reason, I thought 2007 would walk away with the crown.


Director Breakdown


  • Joel & Ethan Coen = 4 (No Country for Old Men, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, The Man Who Wasn't There, A Serious Man)
  • Christopher Nolan = 4 (The Dark Knight, Memento, The Prestige, Batman Begins)
  • Peter Jackson = 3 (LOTR trilogy)
  • Wes Anderson = 3 (The Royal Tenenbaums, Life Aquatic of Steve Zissou, Fantastic Mr. Fox)
  • Quentin Tarantino = 3 (Kill Bill Vol. 1, Inglourious Basterds, Kill Bill Vol. 2)
  • Paul Thomas Anderson = 2 (There Will Be Blood, Punch-Drunk Love) = 100%
  • Edgar Wright = 2 (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz) = 100%
  • Andrew Stanton = 2 (WALL-E, Finding Nemo) = 100%
  • Brad Bird = 2 (Ratatouille, The Incredibles) = 100%
  • Pete Docter = 2 (Up, Monsters Inc.) = 100%
  • Guillermo del Toro = 2 (Pan's Labyrinth, The Devil's Backbone)
  • Alfonso Cuarón = 2 (Children of Men, Y tu mamá también)
  • Darren Aronofsky = 2 (Requiem for a Dream, The Wrestler)
  • Bong Joon-ho = 2 (Memories of Murder, Mother)
  • Clint Eastwood = 2 (Mystic River, Million Dollar Baby)
  • Ang Lee = 2 (Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Brokeback Mountain)
  • Danny Boyle = 2 (28 Days Later, Sunshine)
  • Richard Linklater = 2 (Before Sunset, Waking Life)

With No Country for Old Men, the Coen brothers jump to the top of the list with 4 films on the countdown, along with Christopher Nolan. Meanwhile, Peter Jackson finishes with the whole trilogy.


Genre Breakdown
  • Musical = 2
  • Biopic drama = 6
  • Romantic drama = 7
  • Horror = 5
  • Horror comedy = 1
  • Coming of age = 2
  • Thriller = 14
  • Drama/mystery = 5
  • Comedy drama = 10
  • Romantic comedy = 1
  • Action comedy = 3
  • Epic, war drama = 3
  • Psychological drama = 5
  • Animated drama = 3
  • Animated comedy = 7
  • Superhero action = 5
  • Crime = 8
  • Western/Neo-western = 3
  • Science fiction = 2
  • Martial arts = 3
  • Action = 2
  • Fantasy = 3

Thrillers end up dominating with 14 entries, but comedy dramas and crime films end up close behind.


In total, we finished with roughly 27 foreign films and 10 animated films.



My ballot:

1. Tropic Thunder (2008)
2. Chicago (2002)
3. Mean Girls (2004)
4. The Departed (2006) (#19)
5. The Dark Knight (2008) (#10)
6. Mulholland Drive (2001) (#4)
7. Hot Fuzz (2007) (#30)
8. Pan's Labyrinth (2006) (#7)
9. Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
10. The Bourne Identity (2002)
11. The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
12. Sherlock Holmes (2009)
13. Troy (2004)
14. How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days (2003)
15. Watchmen (2009) (#87)
16. Eden Lake (2008)
17. Iron Man (2008) (#83)
18. Collateral (2004) (#55)
19. Panic Room (2002)
20. Up in the Air (2009)
21. Black Hawk Down (2001)
22. Minority Report (2002)
23. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) (#15)
24. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) (#2)
25. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) (#8)



My ballot:

1. The Departed (2006)
2. Gangs of New York (2002)
3. No Country for Old Men (2007)
4. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
5. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
6. There Will Be Blood (2007)
7. Hotel Rwanda (2004)
8. 21 Grams (2003)
9. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
10. Downfall (2004)
11. The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
12. Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
13. The Piano Teacher (2001)
14. The Passion of the Christ (2004)
15. Crash (2004)
16. Babel (2006)
17. Mulholland Drive (2001)
18. Avatar (2009)
19. Traffic (2000)
20. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
21. The Dark Knight (2008)
22. Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
23. The Pianist (2002)
24. United 93 (2006)
25. Munich (2005)



Massive thanks to @Thief, who did a fantastic job. The sheer amount of relevant (and interesting!) information he posted during this countdown is staggering. I particularly enjoyed the "quote from a critic/quote from a MoFo" thing. That's a great idea that I would strongly encourage future list Curators to steal.

Well done my friend!