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Favourite films of the 2000s
It's not been a great decade for cinema, but there have been some good films so far this century.
My top ten
American Psycho (Mary Harron, 2000)
Ripley's Game (Liliana Cavati, 2002)
Zodiac (David Fincher, 2007)
A History of Violence (David Cronenberg, 2005)
Sexy Beast (Jonathan Glazer, 2000)
Bug (William Freidkin, 2007)
Letters From Iwo Jima (Clint Eastwood, 2007)
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (Mike Hodges, 2003)
Open Range (Kevin Costner, 2003)
The Machinist (Brad Anderson, 2004)
Rescue Dawn (Werner Herzog, 2007), Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Der Untergang and The Dreamers should go in there somewhere.
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Re: Favourite films of the 2000s
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Fitzgerald Fortune wrote:
It's not been a great decade for cinema, but there have been some good films so far this century.
My top ten
American Psycho (Mary Harron, 2000)
Ripley's Game (Liliana Cavati, 2002)
Zodiac (David Fincher, 2007)
A History of Violence (David Cronenberg, 2005)
Sexy Beast (Jonathan Glazer, 2000)
Bug (William Freidkin, 2007)
Letters From Iwo Jima (Clint Eastwood, 2007)
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (Mike Hodges, 2003)
Open Range (Kevin Costner, 2003)
The Machinist (Brad Anderson, 2004)
Rescue Dawn (Werner Herzog, 2007), Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Der Untergang and The Dreamers should go in there somewhere.
I know you can't because you haven't seen it yet, but I'd add NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN to that list.
I agree with all of your chosen films except the following, and that's only because I haven't seen them:
Bug (William Freidkin, 2007)
Letters From Iwo Jima (Clint Eastwood, 2007)
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (Mike Hodges, 2003)
Rescue Dawn
The Dreamers
Der Untergang would be nearer the top for me, but not top as I got the sense that the film makers were maybe trying to pass off Hitler's atrocities as a symptom of his supposed mental illness (Alzheimer's), of which there is no supporting medical evidence. Although his medical records did show that he suffered Syphilis to the aorta - could that cause mental issues? I don't know. Nevertheless, Der Untergang remains an extremely powerful film.
Let me have a think and I'll come up with a list of my own... 
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It's not been a great decade for cinema, but there have been some good films so far this century.
My top ten
American Psycho (Mary Harron, 2000)
Ripley's Game (Liliana Cavati, 2002)
Zodiac (David Fincher, 2007)
A History of Violence (David Cronenberg, 2005)
Sexy Beast (Jonathan Glazer, 2000)
Bug (William Freidkin, 2007)
Letters From Iwo Jima (Clint Eastwood, 2007)
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (Mike Hodges, 2003)
Open Range (Kevin Costner, 2003)
The Machinist (Brad Anderson, 2004)
Rescue Dawn (Werner Herzog, 2007), Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Der Untergang and The Dreamers should go in there somewhere.
Okay, here's a few of my favourites that I would add to your list... tell me what you think.
CIDADE DE DEUS (Fernando Meirelles, 2002)
EL LABERINTO DEL FAUNO (Guillermo del Toro, 2006)
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (Michael Gondry, 2004)
SYRIANA (Stephen Gaghan, 2005)
MEMENTO (Christopher Nolan, 2000)
SEN TO CHIHIRO NO KAMIKAKUSHI (Spirited Away) (Hayao Miyazaki, 2001)
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CIDADE DE DEUS (Fernando Meirelles, 2002)
EL LABERINTO DEL FAUNO (Guillermo del Toro, 2006)
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (Michael Gondry, 2004)
SYRIANA (Stephen Gaghan, 2005)
MEMENTO (Christopher Nolan, 2000)
SEN TO CHIHIRO NO KAMIKAKUSHI (Spirited Away) (Hayao Miyazaki, 2001)
I loved PAN'S LABYRINTH, though I have to confess to liking del Toro's THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE that little bit more, which deals with much the same themes (fascism, youth, the past).
I missed Nolan's films off my list; MEMENTO should be in my list somewhere, but I have to confess to not having watched THE PRESTIGE yet. I wasn't too keen on Nolan's remake of INSOMNIA, which seemed entirely redundant--although Robin Williams and Al Pacino were good in it.
I admire CITY OF GOD, but I struggle to 'like' it: it's a very good film, but I didn't warm to it. I feel the same about Miyazaki's films: I admire them from a technical standpoint, but they don't engage me.
ETERNAL SUNSHINE? I liked it, but I preferred BEING JOHN MALKOVICH and CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND.
In retrospect, I'd maybe add Michael Mann's COLLATERAL to my list, George Romero's LAND OF THE DEAD, Johnnie To's EXILED and ELECTION, George Clooney's GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK, Michele Soavi's UNO BIANCA (which is a TV movie, but still...) or perhaps ARRIVERDERCI AMORE, CIAO and Paul Schrader's AUTO FOCUS (I've not seen Schrader's THE WALKER yet, though).
... oh, and FACTOTUM (Bent Hamer, 2005).
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CIDADE DE DEUS (Fernando Meirelles, 2002)
EL LABERINTO DEL FAUNO (Guillermo del Toro, 2006)
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (Michael Gondry, 2004)
SYRIANA (Stephen Gaghan, 2005)
MEMENTO (Christopher Nolan, 2000)
SEN TO CHIHIRO NO KAMIKAKUSHI (Spirited Away) (Hayao Miyazaki, 2001)
I loved PAN'S LABYRINTH, though I have to confess to liking del Toro's THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE that little bit more, which deals with much the same themes (fascism, youth, the past).
I watched THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE today. Was it better than PAN'S LABYRINTH? I can't decide so I'd say they're equally as good.
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I missed Nolan's films off my list; MEMENTO should be in my list somewhere, but I have to confess to not having watched THE PRESTIGE yet. I wasn't too keen on Nolan's remake of INSOMNIA, which seemed entirely redundant--although Robin Williams and Al Pacino were good in it.
I admire CITY OF GOD, but I struggle to 'like' it: it's a very good film, but I didn't warm to it. I feel the same about Miyazaki's films: I admire them from a technical standpoint, but they don't engage me.
I fell head-over-heels for CITY OF GOD, and the affair has never ended  It is a very technically accomplished film, but it is also brilliantly told from a writing point of view.
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ETERNAL SUNSHINE? I liked it, but I preferred BEING JOHN MALKOVICH and CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND.
ETRENAL SUNSHINE or BEING JOHN MALKOVICH? It's one of those again. Again, I have to say both. I think what endeared me to ETERNAL SUNSHINE most (apart from the brilliant script) was the stand-out performances of its leads, especially Carey.
Unfortunately, I just did not like CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND. However, I've only seen it once, so a second viewing may be worthwhile.
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In retrospect, I'd maybe add Michael Mann's COLLATERAL to my list, George Romero's LAND OF THE DEAD, Johnnie To's EXILED and ELECTION, George Clooney's GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK, Michele Soavi's UNO BIANCA (which is a TV movie, but still...) or perhaps ARRIVERDERCI AMORE, CIAO and Paul Schrader's AUTO FOCUS (I've not seen Schrader's THE WALKER yet, though).
... oh, and FACTOTUM (Bent Hamer, 2005).
I'd forgotten about COLLATERAL. I dismissed this movie when I first viewed it, but repeated viewings have forced me to change my mind. It deserves to be listed here.
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Luckily, Malcovich was 1999. Problem solved.
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Luckily, Malkovich was 1999. Problem solved.
It was produced in 1999, but in the UK it was released in 2000, a couple of weeks after the release of David O'Russell's THREE KINGS (another film produced in 1999 but released in the UK during 2000) and about a month prior to the release of AMERICAN PSYCHO. The months of March/April of 2000 made for some good cinemagoing; I remember it well  I was completing my MA in Hull at the time, and I'd go to the big Odeon there at least twice a week; of course, those were the days when I had the time to go to the cinema twice a week.
During the late 1990s/early 2000s, the gap between a film's release in the US and its release in the UK was often pretty huge (i.e. it could be six months or more). That's much less common now, with some exceptions (for example, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN). However, the Americans didn't get to see BLACK BOOK or PAN'S LABYRINTH for a good five months or so after their release in the UK, so sometimes it works the other way round. (If you look at US critics' picks for the best films of 2007, a good number include BLACK BOOK and PAN'S LABYRINTH, which were released throughout most of the world in Autumn/Winter 2006.)
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Add THE PROPOSITION (John Hillcoat, 2005) to my list, por favor.
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Add THE PROPOSITION (John Hillcoat, 2005) to my list, por favor.
Oh, definitely add it to mine, too... I forgot about this film, it's great.
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