The Decade’s Best: 2000-09 – Part 3 – 32-1
Ok, final part of the list, before I get into it I am going to give a couple other films some attention that I think might have deserved to be on the list but for whatever reason aren't and also rattle off a couple of random awards that come to me in the moment. With that said, hit the →
The Decade’s Best: 2000-09 – Part 2 – 65-33
Ok, part 2 of my Best of the Decade 2000-09 and before you head on to this portion of the list make sure you read Part 1 100-66. On with the list... 65. Road to Perdition Sam Mendes follow up to his heralded debut is a graphic novel adaptation that dives into the mobster world of Illinois and the survival of a family →
The Decade's Best: 2000-09 – Part 1 – 100-66
Let it be know that this list is by no means definitive nor correct, just one person’s opinion. The reality of putting together something like this is borderline stupid, put I am going to try none the less. You see, this list isn’t a statement of the decade’s most finely crafted films, nor the most re-watchable, and not →
The Decade's Best – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Ang Lee’s – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) On the surface, Lee’s film is a martial arts movie with elaborate set pieces, beautiful choreography, and noble heroes. But under that surface making the film what it is are layers upon layers of sub plots and stories that create wonderful characters and an intimate story that is tragic and heartbreaking. Li Mu →
The Decade's Best – Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
David Wain’s – Wet Hot American Summer (2001) Released under the radar and still no more than a cult following today, David Wain’s feature debut is a silly, absurd, insane, and bizarre film that pokes fun at cliché through the world of a Jewish summer camp that is about to end it’s summer run and the results are hilarious. It is the →
The Decade's Best – The Lord of the Rings (2001-2004)
When it was announced that Peter Jackson, a small time and rather unknown Kiwi director, was going to be taking over the reigns of one of the most sought after and daunting film tasks in the history of cinema many didn’t expect a whole lot. But one came out of this man’s mind is an adaptation that Tolkien couldn’t →
The Decade's Best – Munich (2005)
Steven Spielberg’s – Munich (2005) Steven Spielberg continued his successful run of historical period pieces with this spy/thriller of sorts following the Israeli reaction to 1972 Munich Olympic hostage massacre that not only captures the tension of assassination, but perfectly conveys the right vs. wrong of the Israel/Palestine conflict. The film opens amid a flashback that we will re-visit throughout the film →
The Decade's Best: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
Wes Anderson’s “action” movie sticks to the themes that you find in a lot of his films and the results are a fantastic blend of adventure, farce, humor, sadness, and drama that not only gives us Anderson’s spin on the action/adventure genre drama but serves as an excellent character study of a man on the verge of being irrelevant in →
The Decade's Best – The Aviator (2004)
Martin Scorsese's - The Aviator (2004) Martin Scorsese’s biopic of the entrepreneur and aviator Howard Hughes is a marvelous, entertaining, and interesting look into the life of one of the most unique, oddest, and accomplished individuals ever to capture and live in the public eye; all grounded by an extraordinary performance by Leonardo DiCaprio. Howard Hughes was the heir to a fortune →
The Decade's Best – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
David Fincher’s – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) David Fincher’s 2008 film stands up with any of his best films by telling a wonderful story, getting fantastic work out of his actors, and utilizing ground breaking special effects that are so good you don’t even know you are watching them much of the time. The story of Benjamin Button is →
The Decade's Best – Minority Report (2002)
Steven Spielberg’s - Minority Report (2002) Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of Phillip K. Dick’s story is a rare blend of sci-fi, social commentary, major effects, action, noir mystery, and fun that is a blast to try and figure out and experience. Set in the not to distant future murder has been essentially eradicated in the Washington D.C. area do to a new agency →
The Decade's Best – The Good Shepherd (2006)
Robert DeNiro had a long gestating dream project about the origins of the C.I.A. Sitting on it for ten years he was finally able to bring it to fruition in 2006. Taking on a pacing and tone of its title character Edward Wilson, a collected, cold, calculated, subtle, and methodical man that helps give birth to secret the →
The Decade's Best – Children of Men (2006)
In 2006 Alfonso Cuarón crafted one of the best sci-fi, dystopia, and adventure pictures of the decade in Children of Men. A smart, fast paced and thrilling ride that grabs you from the first scene and never let goes, Children of Men is a can't miss adventure. The year is 2027 and the last baby born was in 2008 and →
The Decade's Best – King Kong (2005)
This is the first of a new column I will be writing for the remainder of the year culminating with a best of the decade list when it is all said and done. It's almost hard to believe the first decade of this new millennium is almost over, but that just means we get to start debating what where →
