Roger Ebert's Best Movies, 2000-2009
Dave U. Random
Here are Roger Ebert's picks, #1 of which he says, "
'Synecdoche, New York' is the best film of the decade. It
intends no less than to evoke the strategies we use to live
our lives. After beginning my first viewing in confusion, I
began to glimpse its purpose and by the end was eager to
see it again, then once again, and I am not finished."
Ebert's top 10, plus another 10 listed alphabetically are
below.
Continued: http://xrl.us/Ebert10
Alls Quiet
wrote:
> Armchair Commentary
>
> Here are Roger Ebert's picks, #1 of which he says, "
> 'Synecdoche, New York' is the best film of the decade. It
> intends no less than to evoke the strategies we use to live
> our lives. After beginning my first viewing in confusion, I
> began to glimpse its purpose and by the end was eager to
> see it again, then once again, and I am not finished."
Synecdoche was too surreal to put it in the same category as other
films. It was experimental and brilliant. To say it's the best film of
the decade is like saying that a documentary was the best theatrical/
dramatic film of the decade. It's not fair.
snake that swallowed your gold ring
In no particular order:
AI
Mulholland Dr
Crimson Gold
Ghost World
American Splendor
Amores Perros
Hidden Blade
Barbarian Invasions
Scanner Darkly
Babel(for all its flaws)
Assassination of Jesse James
History of Violence
Beyond the Sea
Distant
City of God
Gangs of NY (for all its flaws)
Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Eternal Sunshine
Taking Sides
Downfall
Flags of Our Fathers
Letters from Iwo Jima
Mystic River
United 93
Bourne Identity and Supremacy
Werckmeister Harmonies
Lost in Translation
Time Out
Master and Commander
Memento
Little Miss Sunshine
High Fidelity
Zodiac
Pianist
Minority Report (maybe Munich too)
King Kong
Beau Travail
Amelie
Nobody Knows
Hamsun
Matrix Revolutions
Attack of the Clones
Before Sunset
Insomnia
Blind Mountain
Safe Conduct
Sunflower
Beijing Bicycle
Apocalypto
Blame it on Voltaire
Apocalypto
Lady and the Duke
The Return
Best of Youth
Mongol
Elephant
Congorama
C.R.A.Z.Y
Twilight Samurai
Love and Honor
Alexander (for all its flaws)
WTC
Into the Wild
Diary of the Dead
NOW, THE WORST OF THE DECADE, THE KIND OF MOVIES LIKED BY FAGGOTY FILM
GEEKS. The annoying and conceited shit:
I'm Not There
FART from Heaven
Fagnolia
Sidegays
Kill Bill 1 & 2
Darjeeling Limited
Synedoche NY (empty brilliance)
Pan's Labyrinth (gunk)
TT
1. Synecdoche, New York (2008)
2. The Hurt Locker (2009)
3. Monster (2004)
4. Juno (2007)
5. Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005)
6. Chop Shop (2008)
7. The Son (2002)
8. The 25th Hour (2003)
9. Almost Famous (2000)
10. My Winnipeg (2008)
That's just fucking great...I've seen only "almost famous" from above.
And it was a pretty average movie imo, rated it 6/10.
How about his another? top 10:
* Adaptation (2002)
* Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call, New Orleans (2009)
* City of God (2002)
* Crash (2004)
* Kill Bill Vol.1 and Vol. 2 (2003 + 2004)
* Minority Report (2002)
* No Country for Old Men (2007)
* Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
* Silent Light (2009)
* Waking Life (2001)
Ah, finally some movies I've actually seen. I can agree with "City of
God"...
But still Ebert must be off his rocker to think Kill Bill 1+2 are in any
top 10. A top 10 for copying spaghetti westerns and oriental stuff
maybe. Now surely those can not be above grouching tiger hidden dragon,
for example.
Minority report...while an ok and entertaining scifi, this can not
definitely be in top10. Some critic this Ebert. How about AI for
example, now surely it's more of a quality film.
When I first saw Pan's Labyrinth I thought it was brilliantly made. When
I came to my senses I downgraded it's IMDB rating from from 9 to 8. The
story itself actually wasn't that special, imo.
Crash was a good movie...although I think it wasn't as smart as it tried
to be. Crash tried to manipulate the viewer way too much with turning
everything upside down...How should we feel about a bad cop saving the
black woman's life...was the film trying to say that he was a good guy
after all despite previously touching the woman etc. What's the moral in
that story...
But at least it made one think, which is not always bad...
I rate it an 8, hard time getting into my top 10 for the decade though.
So no crouching tiger hidden dragon, pianist, brokeback mountain,
Downfall etc.
Thinking about it, maybe I simply have a better taste than Ebert! :-P
To his credit, at least he didn't include LOTR series or worse...Dark
Knight. Must be an age thing.
michael
a scene i lov ine that film when Hamsun meets Hitler. I thought Sydow was
marvelous in that scene. But i wouldn't plca ethat film from 1996 on the
best of the 2000s.
I also love Lost in Translation.
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>> Here are Roger Ebert's picks, #1 of which he says, "
>> 'Synecdoche, New York' is the best film of the decade. It
>> intends no less than to evoke the strategies we use to live
>> our lives. After beginning my first viewing in confusion, I
>> began to glimpse its purpose and by the end was eager to
>> see it again, then once again, and I am not finished."
>
> Synecdoche was too surreal to put it in the same category as other
> films. It was experimental and brilliant. To say it's the best film of
> the decade is like saying that a documentary was the best theatrical/
> dramatic film of the decade. It's not fair.
Not only that, Synecdoche had way too many problems to be considered a
successful movie. I think Roger is just going for it because he knows
it's such a complicated movie, most people look up to him and think he's
a real intellectual film maker.
Mr. Hole the Magnificent
As I said elsewhere that #1 is absurd.
moviePig
> Ebert's first??? top ten:
>
> 1. Synecdoche, New York (2008)
> 2. The Hurt Locker (2009)
> 3. Monster (2004)
> 4. Juno (2007)
> 5. Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005)
> 6. Chop Shop (2008)
> 7. The Son (2002)
> 8. The 25th Hour (2003)
> 9. Almost Famous (2000)
> 10. My Winnipeg (2008)
>
> That's just fucking great...I've seen only "almost famous" from above.
> And it was a pretty average movie imo, rated it 6/10.
I've seen nearly all of these, and liked nearly all of those. But the
only one that struck a loud chord with me was THE SON ...and *its*
appeal I'd judge to be, at most, selective. Although Ebert's the
reviewer I most enjoy reading, I'm not sure this particular list
serves much more than his private intent to recognize a few fringe
dwellers...
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william
>
> Not only that, Synecdoche had way too many problems to be considered a
> successful movie. I think Roger is just going for it because he knows
> it's such a complicated movie, most people look up to him and think he's
> a real intellectual film maker.
It's complicated at a distance and is too involved with itself to
bring the viewer in. "Prospero's Book" suffers from the save problem
with the added problem of being intellectually pretentious. It's a
film you watch with your head even though Greenaway has welded barouqe
appendages to every handy lily. I own a copy of "Prospero's Books" and
the chances of my sitting through that nonsense again is nil. Just
because a film is different doesn't make it good. I'll raise my glass
to any director who makes their own way. There's many a glorious
failure out there. In "Synecdoche" I could find the brain, the sense,
the structure, the intent. But I couldn't find the heart. It's a cold
and distant view and that's what ultimately kept me fom loving it. I
admire it. I really appreciate creating such a huge take on personal
quirks. But it just never connected in a way that I find films
valuable. It was a wild thing but it didn't move me.
William
www.williamahearn.com
snake that swallowed your gold ring
I agree with this list.
David Oberman
wrote:
>In "Synecdoche" I could find the brain, the sense,
>the structure, the intent. But I couldn't find the heart. It's a cold
>and distant view and that's what ultimately kept me fom loving it.
That describes my reaction to Kubrick.
S D
snake that swallowed your gold ring
> On Thu, 7 Jan 2010 07:40:47 -0800 (PST), william <wlahe...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >In "Synecdoche" I could find the brain, the sense,
> >the structure, the intent. But I couldn't find the heart. It's a cold
> >and distant view and that's what ultimately kept me fom loving it.
>
> That describes my reaction to Kubrick.
oh come on!!! kubrick's coldness was manly, tough, and magnificent,
like glaciers. Kaufman's wimpy, dorky, and precious. Kubrick, like
him or not, was a man, a true visionary. kaufman, for all his
brilliance, is a nerdass kid.
snake that swallowed your gold ring
> I don't give a hoot about anyone's list of anything
Who wants your hoot anyway? Boot your hoot up your shoot.