Best Films of the 2000's

[jbissell]

I like your list a lot Martin.  Reminded me of a few I'd forgotten and some I need to see (especially Eureka)

[Barry Egan]

All fine lists, though I would have found spots for The Lives of Others, Downfall, and Intolerable Cruelty.

[wwwes]

buffcoat, do you have digital cable? The way I saw In The Loop was through IFC On Demand in their "Same Day As Theaters" section (or whatever it is called). Added benefit of that method is that I watched it probably three times this weekend.

[Joe Rogaine]

When is In the Loop coming to the Outer Boroughs?  Namely to the Triangle area of North Carolina?


We aren't even one of Patton Oswalt's test markets for dumping awful products.  The tragedy of the middle...

When i went to Ashevilles Fine Arts Theatre to see Moon they ran some previews for it and its on their website as coming soon.

[buffcoat]

When is In the Loop coming to the Outer Boroughs?  Namely to the Triangle area of North Carolina?


We aren't even one of Patton Oswalt's test markets for dumping awful products.  The tragedy of the middle...

When i went to Ashevilles Fine Arts Theatre to see Moon they ran some previews for it and its on their website as coming soon.

Asheville is four hours from me, alas.

[JonFromMaplewood]

Does anyone else here feel "Rescue Dawn" should make a Top 50 list?  I loved it. It was a breath of fresh air in this day and age to have a hero devoid of inner turmoil. No "demons" to speak of.  Very interesting fare for Herzog.  I absolutely loved it.

[jbissell]

Does anyone else here feel "Rescue Dawn" should make a Top 50 list?  I loved it. It was a breath of fresh air in this day and age to have a hero devoid of inner turmoil. No "demons" to speak of.  Very interesting fare for Herzog.  I absolutely loved it.

I liked it a lot but I couldn't help but compare it to Little Dieter Needs to Fly, which I love.  That probably helped in some ways, because one of the big complaints I heard about Rescue Dawn is about the ending, even though that's pretty much exactly how it happened in real life.

[hugman]

Does anyone else here feel "Rescue Dawn" should make a Top 50 list?  I loved it. It was a breath of fresh air in this day and age to have a hero devoid of inner turmoil. No "demons" to speak of.  Very interesting fare for Herzog.  I absolutely loved it.

I loved it, too, and the cinematography was top fudging notch. 

[hugman]

Did anyone else see Down In The Valley?  It's a far from perfect movie, but I think it contains some of Edward Norton's best work. And that's saying something.  David Morse is great in it as well.

[Martin]

Does anyone else here feel "Rescue Dawn" should make a Top 50 list?  I loved it. It was a breath of fresh air in this day and age to have a hero devoid of inner turmoil. No "demons" to speak of.  Very interesting fare for Herzog.  I absolutely loved it.

I liked it a lot but I couldn't help but compare it to Little Dieter Needs to Fly, which I love.  That probably helped in some ways, because one of the big complaints I heard about Rescue Dawn is about the ending, even though that's pretty much exactly how it happened in real life.

Me too. It's pretty great, but Little Dieter completely overshadows it, IMO.

[Trotskie]

I liked the documentary called The Century of the Self from 2002. 

[buffcoat]

Wwwes, TWC doesn't carry IFC on demand, but I can get it on pay per view for $5.99.  Thanks for the suggestion, I'll probably check it out this week.

[orator]

Does anyone else here feel "Rescue Dawn" should make a Top 50 list?  I loved it. It was a breath of fresh air in this day and age to have a hero devoid of inner turmoil. No "demons" to speak of.  Very interesting fare for Herzog.  I absolutely loved it.

 I must be one of the only people who didn't like it. It was well made; beautifully shot, well acted etc. But something about the writing just irked me, like it was unabashed hero worship of the main character.

 And I think reading some stories about one of the MIA veteran's families being pissed about the portrayal of the Jeremy Davies character before seeing the movie might have made me pre-disposed to not liking it.

[Wes]

I'm glad to see a few people listing The 25th Hour. I thought that was great and it doesn't seem to get mentioned much. Barry Pepper, what's up with that guy's career?

[Christina]

Does anyone else here feel "Rescue Dawn" should make a Top 50 list?  I loved it. It was a breath of fresh air in this day and age to have a hero devoid of inner turmoil. No "demons" to speak of.  Very interesting fare for Herzog.  I absolutely loved it.

I liked it a lot but I couldn't help but compare it to Little Dieter Needs to Fly, which I love.  That probably helped in some ways, because one of the big complaints I heard about Rescue Dawn is about the ending, even though that's pretty much exactly how it happened in real life.

Me too. It's pretty great, but Little Dieter completely overshadows it, IMO.

I think this is why I have left Rescue Dawn up at the top of my netflix queue but keep bumping it down in favor of something else ... I loved Dieter so much that I sort of want to leave it there. It doesn't make any sense.