The MoFo Top 100 of the 2010s Countdown

Lady Bird was good. It was in contention for my ballot briefly, but ultimately, I decided not to include any of the coming-of-age stuff I had hanging around at the back end of my list, including stuff like Eighth Grade and Gerwig's Little Women (prefer the Ryder version).

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I'm the same but for slightly different reasons.

Haha, I like it more than seven of the movies that are prognosticated for top 10.

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Another of my no-shows is another Malick film from the decade: A Hidden Life (2019). I did not expect this one to be on more than one or two other lists, at most, but I still had it as my twelfth pick on my ballot. It was not as celebrated nor even seen as much as Tree of Life and it is quite different, but another wonderful piece of cinema. This one tells the true story of a Catholic farmer named Franz Jägerstätter. He lived in a remote mountain village of Austria, so remote it almost seems untouched by time. But the modern world does intrude as World War II begins. Although he did some military training with the other men in his village, he refused to fight for Germany when called upon. The Nazis did not give conscientious objectors a choice of whether to fight or not, and when his community ostracized him and his family and even the church itself turned against him, he was imprisoned and ultimately executed. August Diehl (The Counterfeiters, Inglourious Basterds) gives a powerful performance as the man who would die for his faith and principles. More hypnotic poetry by Malick, centered on a very intimate and internal struggle. And of course achingly beautiful cinematography, this time by Jörg Widmer who had worked on several of Malick's projects as a camera operator.

HOLDEN PIKE’S LIST
2. The Tree of Life (#10)
4. Incendies (#30)
5. Take Shelter (#67)
6. The Artist (#87)
8. Silence (#43)
9. Birdman (#21)
10. The Revenant (#53)
11. The Favourite (#61)
12. A Hidden Life (DNP)
13. Hunt for the Wilderpeople (DNP)
14. Nightcrawler (#55)
15. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (#72)
17. The Wolf of Wall Street (#11)
19. Silver Linings Playbook (#24)
21. Room (#97)
22. True Grit (#40)
24. Get Out (#19)

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Seen and was very much on the fence about Tree of Life.

Malick is a director whose films I appreciate on artistic level, but find them too high brow and somewhat…esoteric perhaps? I find myself admiring them at arms length.

Near Misses (#121 - #130)

121. I, Daniel Blake No
122. It's Such a Beautiful Day No
123. Avengers: Infinity War No
124. Captain America: The Winter Soldier No
125. Life of Pi saw it
126. Scream 4 No
127. The Skin I Live In No, but you have peaked my interest MOFO
128. Argo saw it
129. 12 Years a Slave WTF? This is my number 13. Maybe Shame will be in the top ten. . i can not believe that we have no room for Steve McQueen. A solid filmmaker who tells interesting realistic stories. How many super hero movie are on this list?
130. Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens No

My reactions:
Near Misses (#121 - #130)
121. I, Daniel Blake Seen it, it was decent
122. It's Such a Beautiful Day Not seen
123. Avengers: Infinity War Don't want to see
124. Captain America: The Winter Soldier Don't want to see
125. Life of Pi Excellent film that doesn't get enough respect
126. Scream 4 Could care less
127. The Skin I Live In Not seen
128. Argo Considered it for my ballot, almost made it
129. 12 Years a Slave Considered it for my ballot, almost made it
130. Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens Which one is this? Oh never mind I could care less about franchises.

You have seen this, actually. I nominated it in a HOF.

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10/91 on the list
51/91 seen


Here's my prediction for what will show on my ballot

1. Silver Lining's Playbook (2012)
2. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
3. Birdman (2014)
4. highly unlikely
5. no way in h ll
6. highly likely
7. doubt it
8. probably not
9. don't think so
10. Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) I wasn't sure about this one but was hoping.
11. maybe The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
12. don't know
13. probably
14. should but won't
15. probably not
16. The Descendants (2011)
17. probably not
18. it should but won't
19. Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
20. Get Out (2017)
21. Spotlight (2015)
22. probably not
23. Boyhood (2014)
24. probably not
25. don't think so

I have never seen Tree of Life and don't intend on seeing it. I find Malick's work beautiful but boring.

Seen Tree of Life once and thought highly of it, but it wasn't that long ago and I can't remember a single thing about it. That certainly has nothing to do with it's quality.

Malick is pseudo-cinema?

Come on now...

Near Misses (#101 - #110)
101. Frances Ha - Not Seen
102. Call Me By Your Name - Not Seen
103. The Nice Guys - Not Seen
104. Moneyball - Not Seen
105. I Am Not Your Negro - Not Seen
106. I Saw the Devil - Not Seen
107. American Hustle - Seen - A very boring movie, all there was just people talking
108. Lady Bird - Seen - Not a bad High School teen movie
109. Mommy - Not Seen
110. Predestination - Not Seen

Near Misses (#111 - #120)
111. The Babadook - Not Seen
112. Mandy - Not Seen
113. Won't You be My Neighbor? - Not Seen
114. Skyfall - Seen - A decent bond film
115. Uncle Boonmee Who can Recall His Past Lives - Not Seen
116. Hanagatami - Not Seen
117. Midsommar - Not Seen
118. Hugo - Not Seen
119. A Ghost Story - Not Seen
120. You Were Never Really Here - Not Seen

Near Misses (#121 - #130)
121. I, Daniel Blake - Not seen
122. It's Such a Beautiful Day - Not Seen
123. Avengers: Infinity War Seen - Didn't like it that much
124. Captain America: The Winter Soldier - Seen - Not a bad movie
125. Life of Pi - Not seen
126. Scream 4 - Seen and I love this movie - #11 on my ballot
127. The Skin I Live In - Not Seen
128. Argo - Not Seen
129. 12 Years a Slave - Not Seen
130. Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens - Seen - The movie was alright

My Ballot so far:

#1 - The Avengers
#5 - Deadpool
#6 - Easy A
#10 - Guardians of the Galaxy
#11 - Scream 4
#25 - One Pointer: Purge: Election Year

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Yes you're right, I thought it was a pretty good and unique movie too.

Absolutely the one I meant. I loved that movie and still think it's a better performance from Ronan, although Lady Bird was great.

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I, Daniel Blake was my #18. I watched a lot of films in preparation for the countdown, knowing that I'd feel hesitant about putting such a recent watch on my list for the decade. But I found it to be such a powerful, simple narrative that I couldn't leave it off.

Count me as one of those sad at The Skin I Live In not making it. It wasn't on my ballot, but I still hoped it might make it.

Tree of Life is one I didn't get to before the countdown, and one of my bigger regrets in that regard. I've had a very positive response to everything I've seen from Malick (especially Days of Heaven and The New World), so I have good reason to think I'll really like it.

There are 10 films on my list that haven't made either the list or the near-misses. I know that my #1 will make it. There's an outside chance that my #12 will make it. The rest are definitely nos at this point. There are two that won't make it that I'd really hoped might show, but they didn't even make the first 30 near misses.

LOL. Haven't seen Triangle of Sadness yet.

Tree of Life was of course not on my list. Why would it be? Shitty movie.


Just kidding @seanc of course it was on my list. I had it at #4.

Malick has tried to replicate what he got with this movie several times, but has never come close. This is, essentially, a movie made on the biggest question you could ever ask in a movie or anywhere for that matter: what is life?

It is many things and can be many things to many people. It’s spiritual, it’s scientific, it’s the Big Bang, it’s the birth of your child, it is the death of your child, it’s animals, it’s humans, it’s the search, the discovery, the longing, the loving, the everything… and Tree of Life is like a journey through life, but in different ways.

It’s also perhaps the most beautiful film ever made. At least it’s a true contender. It’s got natural lightning, amazing compositions, it’s got visual effects that is practical and that is CG. It got steady cam, it got handheld, it got it all. A visual monumental piece of work. The sound design too. Amazing.

Glad to see it crack the top ten.

Tree Of Life was my #1. Was hoping for top for sure. I actually have a very Christian point of view around here, if anyone is interested.

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@beelzebubble My feelings exactly. So I didn't vote for it.

@seanc I'm interested. I, too, am Christian, although even being one couldn't get me to watch Tree of Life.

List so far:
#2. Moonrise Kingdom #37
#4. Silver Linings Playbook #24
#5. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri #44
#6. True Grit #40
#7. Arrival #12
#9. Brooklyn No chance for it.
#10. Hell or High Water #73
#11. Zero Dark Thirty #58
#13. The Nice Guys DNP #103
#15. Edge of Tomorrow #68
#24. Gone Girl #65

#94. Captain America: Civil War
#85. Deadpool
#79. Avengers: Endgame
#60. Joker
#46. Logan
#39. Guardians of the Galaxy
#28. The Avengers
#26. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Eight, but although I see your point, I think that's a small amount compared with the massive amount of superhero output that has been released just in the past decade (20 eligible MCU films, 8 eligible DCEU films, plus anything miscellaneous) By law of proportion, there were bound to be a few, and I think 8 is a fairly low percentage out of the 30+ superhero films that were eligible.

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