Wednesday, July 2, 2008

In theYear 2000...In the YEAR 2000!

Entertainment Weekly recently had an issue dedicated to lists concerning pop-culture in the last 25 years, which prompted a discussion between me and Jinx to come up with our own lists for the best films since 1983. Now, we deliberated for a while and managed to hobble together a couple of lists, but they were iffy at best since my sobriety was definitely in question. All this led me to come up with a new list concept: Best Films This Century. That's right. What are the 25 best movies to be released since 2000? That's what I'm going to discuss. I want to see lists from some of my blogging-buddies as well. The challenge is on, Jinx and KTL. Commence to Listin'!

Here is my list:

25. Batman Begins

24. Superbad

23. Requiem for a Dream

22. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

21. Casino Royale

20. American Splendor

19. Napoleon Dynamite

18. The Incredibles

17. Little Miss Sunshine

16. Oh Brother, Where Art Thou

15. About Schmidt

14. Shaun of the Dead

13. Gladiator

12. There Will Be Blood

11. Old Boy

10. Spiderman 2

9. Lost in Translation

8. The Bourne Series

7. Fahrenheit 9/11

6. Brokeback Mountain

5. 40 Year Old Virgin

4. No Country For Old Men

3. Memento

2. The Departed

1. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy

Almost Made It: I'm Not There; Grindhouse; Sideways; Donnie Darko; Moulin Rouge

Just for extra fun, here are some of my favorite performances of recent memory:

Daniel Day Lewis - There Will Be Blood; Gangs of New York
Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain; I'm Not There
Jack Nicholson - About Schmidt
Steve Carell - 40 YOV; Litte Miss Sunshine
Daniel Craig's James Bond
Phillip Seymor Hoffman - Capote
The Departed and I'm Not There - The entire cast
Cate Blanchett in absolutely anything

1 comment:

  1. this might take me a little while, but i'll get to workin.

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