Your favorite 10 movies for the first half of this decade (2000-2005).......

[Buddy J.B.]

In no particular order......


1) X-Men (2000)

2) Joe Dirt (2001)

3) Meet the Parents (2000)

4) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)

5) Anger Management (2003)

6) Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)

7) Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)

8) Big Fish (2004)

9) Batman Begins (disliked it at first but it grew on me) (2005)

10) King Kong (2005)


Great movies are still made, its just that people forget that there are always flops no matter what . But in my opinion, the movies based by video games need to stop. Horror movies haven't been scary for a while.

[Buddy J.B.]

Me again, part two


1) Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002)

2) Bad Santa (2003)

3) Blow (2001)

4) Starsky and Hutch (2004)

5) Gladiator (2000)

6) O'Brother Where Art Thou (2000)

7) Scary Movie (2000)

8) Road Trip (2000)

9) Bad News Bears (2005)

10) Pirates of The Carribean (2003)

[Mr. Dick Purple]

50 first Dates
Star Wars: EP III
Big Fish
Batman Begins
X-Men 2
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
House of sand and fog
Garden State
Sideways
Mystic River

No order whatsoever cause I like to watch those movies anytime of the day, whene ever I want to 
I can make 2 also?

[Buddy J.B.]

make as many you want, just 10 at a time.

[journey]

Napoleon Dynamite
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Walk The Line
My Life Without Me
Love, Actually
Closer
Unfaithful
Saw
Where the Heart Is
Hot Chick

[Mr. Dick Purple]

Closer
Where the Heart Is

MM Natalie Portman fan? anyway I though Garden state was better than those 2, but also Closer was a really good movie. Its a pity that Anywhere but here is from 1999 

[journey]

I liked Garden State, but I wasn't crazy about it. Where The Heart Is, is a more sentimental type, which is what I'm into.

[Where is Hassan Nasrallah ?]

are we talking about *real* films or pop corn crap ?




ps: sorry, i'm out

[Kujo]

1. The Lord of the Rings(I'll count all 3 as 1) Good films, too bad it appears nobody here saw them
2. Memento
3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
4. Sin City
5. Kill Bill 1&2
6. Batman Begins
7. Finding Neverland
8. Gladiator
9. Shrek
10. Mystic River

[Where is Hassan Nasrallah ?]

1. The Lord of the Rings(I'll count all 3 as 1) Good films, too bad it appears nobody here saw them

here ? do you live on the moon ?

[Kujo]

1. The Lord of the Rings(I'll count all 3 as 1) Good films, too bad it appears nobody here saw them

here ? do you live on the moon ?

What I was meant was that nobody had mentioned any of these films in their Top 10.

[sandman]

can't name 10, but here's 3...

1. almost famous - maybe my all time fav
2. meet the parents - funniest movie ever made. brilliant.
3. old school - hilarious

[Where is Hassan Nasrallah ?]

1. The Lord of the Rings(I'll count all 3 as 1) Good films, too bad it appears nobody here saw them

here ? do you live on the moon ?

What I was meant was that nobody had mentioned any of these films in their Top 10.

ah gotcha. well maybe we see that in the end ... tolkien is not THAT mainstream.
mainstream audience got fed up with all these geeky orcs and elves and spells
hardcore fan saw that the movies were sacriliegious.
so in the end, the hype died

[Kujo]

1. The Lord of the Rings(I'll count all 3 as 1) Good films, too bad it appears nobody here saw them

here ? do you live on the moon ?

What I was meant was that nobody had mentioned any of these films in their Top 10.

ah gotcha. well maybe we see that in the end ... tolkien is not THAT mainstream.
mainstream audience got fed up with all these geeky orcs and elves and spells
hardcore fan saw that the movies were sacriliegious.
so in the end, the hype died

Good points.
I got into the movies before the books, but after seeing the first two films I read all 4 books(The Hobbit) before Return of the King came to theaters. I enjoyed the movies and the books both. Some people take things to serious.

[Drew]

The Bourne Identity
The Bourne Supremacy
Black Hawk Down
Band Of Brothers
Gladiator
The Mothman Prophecies
Before Sunset
Veronica Guerin
The Skulls
Training Day

[Izzy]

People are including Meet the Parents which is my no#2 most hated film of all time,

There has been precious little in the last few years i've thought was of any genuine quality - but i'll play along

no particular order

Pirates of the Caribbean
Revenge of the Sith
A series of unfortunate events
Scary Movie
Team America
X men
X men 2
Dodgeball
....stuck for a 10th one,

I'll give a special 'damn that film was awful' mention to: Sin City, all three LOTR films, Kill Bill 1 and 2, Saw and Saw 2 and Batman Begins which have pretty much kept me away from the cinema since

[badapple81]

I'm shocked Charlie and the Chocolate Factory made a list. It was a terrible terrible remake. Saying that, it is in the same list as Joe Dirt 

[badapple81]

Revenge of the Sith
Batman Begins
Tears Of The Sun
LOTR
The Chronicals of Narnia
T3 - Rise Of The Machines (wasn't all I hoped and that good but still one of my favourites)

Nothing else springs to mind at the moment.

[Jim]

are we talking about *real* films or pop corn crap ?

I was waiting for that. 

You do it in every thread that comes up about film.

You know, film is subjective, but only as far as the viewer is able to appreciate different films, it is not something innate. Film is enjoyed on different levels. It takes an entirely different approach to enjoy, say, Le Mepris than it would to enjoy Batman Begins or The Crow.

If you're going to sit back in your chair with a scowl on your face whenever you watch something from [what you would deem to be] Hollywood, then of course you're not going to enjoy it.

Now, don't confuse this with having to 'lower your IQ' to enjoy mainstream film. It really is just about having a different approach, as well as finding enjoyment in other parts of the film.

You, with your Akira Kurosawa's, Roman Polanski's or whoever else it is that you are into, are just as trapped as those that watch only mainstream releases and deam the arthouses to be full of shit. Or, to borrow an analogy if I may, you're just trapped on one level of the Tower. 

Okay, and fair enough, maybe you can't enjoy mainstream movies (personally I think that you're just not trying), but that is, on the whole, your problem. I only point it out because your anti-popular culture stance is getting boring. 

And I mean it when I say that I think that you're just not trying. You don't want to like popular American films. Yes, there is a lot of shit in Hollywood. But, there are also some fantastic films occasionaly released.

Try watching Finding Neverland, or Eternal Sunshine. Maybe you have?, and maybe you didn't enjoy them...

But, as I say, it is your issue, so stop with the condescending attitude.

How about it, eh?

-

Oh, a list you say? Well, I'm never good with them. But the two that I mentioned above would certainly be included.

[Hammy]

Try watching Finding Neverland, or Eternal Sunshine. Maybe you have?, and maybe you didn't enjoy them...

Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind, no doubt, best film of the past 5 or 6 or whatever years.....

...as for appreciating 'mainstream' films, light a joint put your brain on hold and 'lighten' up