I guess I'm a pleb, I don't really care about its impact at the time, I care about it as a movie right now

agreed.

Not exactly sure what the deal is with Pan's Labyrinth, didn't change my life or anything. I enjoyed Stardust more for mixing the real with the supernatural.

Green Street is a fun film. Made me dislike Elijah Wood a lot less. Nothing groundbreaking but is definately one of the better films of the decade.

Yeah, i feel pretty much the same, though i did enjoy Infernal Affairs. Its one of the few remakes that i think is better than the origional.

Yeah, i dont get it either. I think its just a dumb film where nothing interesting happens yet its somehow turned into some big circle jerk where "film snobs" have to prove they are better than people who just enjoy films by picking some old film and pretending its genius.

To say it was amazing for the time and then to list it consistently high on peoples fave films lists is like saying the Model T Ford is one of the best cars ever made because it was so influential - its still a piece of **** slow unreliable deathtrap.

Then again put me in the list of people who enjoy films but doesnt rate the Godfather films all that highly.

little mioss sunshine was the best movie of the decade
it has everything
a grandfather snorting heroin
proust
understanding police officers
the greatest dance number in cinematic history
body snatching, without the tired revenge angle
a loser dad who is trying his absolute bestest
a mother not divorcing said loser dad
a horrific pageant
and a message
the most important message of all,
your dreams will be smashed
then trampelled
get over it
and not just smashing,
the utter ruin of a dream,
which is the meaning of life i think,
dont even try to dream,
and thats a message you dont hear much out there,
telling all these inner city kids to follow there dreams is why the city is such a dangerous place.
they've been told to follow their dreams and they've grown up on horror movies, video games, horrific family situations sports, the street culture and rap videos
i know
i did my time in the front lines of education
but im not bitter
im relieved

i also like slumdog millionaire for its message of hope and the scene where the kid has to jump out out the outhouse

Completely agree. Haven't seen 500 Days yet, but the rest were very good. And lest we forget the classic, Angels in the Outfield. He had a very small role in Miracle at St Anna. But that movie couldn't decide what it wanted to do, so his character didn't matter at all, despite being the one person the main character talked to after he was arrested.

Mulholland Drive, I think, but I feel like I'm forgetting something. Anyway, MD wasn't the movie that affected me the most, but when I think about what Lynch achieved, it's hard to think of a more deserving movie.

Gerry: cool idea well executed, not the best of this decade. Same could be said for the Kaufman movies, which I also loved.

City of God: Amazing movie, but from a long-term perspective it doesn't really break new ground.

Fog of War: You could argue that this is the most *important* movie of this decade, but not really the best.

People itt need to see more movies.

Forreal!

It was certainly interesting, but not sure if I'd say it was important. Documentaries also don't count as movies, I don't care what the Oscars say.

The Green Street Hooligans stuff is a joke right?

Anyone ever see Metropolis? That movie is hella weird.

it's alright; not the best story, but visuals were pretty cool.

Best of each decade

30: Wizard of Oz (M is a somewhat close runner-up)
40: Casablanca
50: Rear Window
60: 2001
70: The Sting
80: Raging Bull
90: Schindler's List
00: Memento

Starting with the 30s, there is really no way one could argue against Oz IMO. Holy crap that movie really holds its own, some 70 years after it came out!

40s - No great surprise there. Casablanca is so awesome.

60s - Another one that transcends time in a great way. No way would I be able to tell it was made in the 60s just from watching it.

For what it's worth, the 70s had by far the most solid contenders. In fact, I could probably pick 3-4 movies from the 70s that legitimately might make it in a top 10 list from best movies of the last century.

The 80s was surprisingly weak; with many good movies but not so many great ones, at least in my opinion.

The 90s feature the second-strongest line-up, but I acknowledge this might be a result of the 90s being the decade for many of my formative movie experiences.

Cheers,

Swede

Thumbs up to whomever mentioned Brick. Love that movie.

Not really. Each and every frame in that movie is utterly perfect and beautiful and meaningful.

Inside Man

The Italian Job

Ocean's Eleven

After the Sunset

(I kinda like crime movies, obviously?)

Didn't see any votes for Seabiscuit? Not my favorite, but a lot of people went nuts for it.

Citizen Kane haters need to listen to the Roger Ebert audio commentary. It helps put things in perspective and you'll understand it that much more. Not to pump Ebert up too much, but it's kinda like watching Kenneth Branagh do Shakespeare.

You must be young, because Robert Mcnamera is one of the most important non presidential American political figures of the last 100 years. He marks the first big shift from shaping foreign policy with a traditional military approach to that by which of a business model. He is more or less blamed for not only the extension and justification of Vietnam, but a large part of its failure as well. He continued to stand by his choices years after they were universally considered wrong, and Fog of War (IIRC) was the first time he admitted to being wrong.

Kids these days raise bloody murder with Rumsfeld without realizing that he was a Mcnamera protoge, and half as bad. Fog of War as is may only be interesting, but considering his history, it's damn important.

I really really liked Inside Man alot. The very first time I saw it I was on a first date with a girl I was really in to, and honestly didn't catch anything. I was so distracted trying to plot her deflowering that I didn't pay attention. When it came out on DVD I watched it again and I thought it was great. Not a GMOD contender or anything...hell, not even close to Denzel's best movie, but it's got a rewatchable quality to it and I still watch it when i'm flipping through the channels and can't find anything else on.

Also, a little Willem Dafoe never hurt any movie.

I'm not young, I'm just not American

There will be blood >>>>> No country for old men.

Hence the latter can't be the best.

Daniel Day Lewis is just perfect in it. Acting, story line and everything was just better imo.

NCFOM was great though. I loved it and I love the Coen brothers, it just wasn't as good imho.

I loved them both but the Eli Sunday character pisses me off to no end which tips me into favoring NCFOM. Still probably not best movie of the decade but I can't really think of a definitively better answer.

And if you ignore it's impact on film and how revolutionary it is than you are not giving it it's full credit, regardless of how perfect every shot is to you. So yeah really.

City of God followed by Memento and NCFOM. I also liked Traffic quite a bit.

As others have mentioned, TV has picked up the slack. I like The Wire way more than any '00 movie... but that's the case for just about any time period excluding Godfather I & II...

I completely forgot about Fog of War. That was amazing... need to watch again.