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Are they serious? Those movies are chosen by film critics?

Beshem, remove “film critic” and use “corporate whore” in its place.

Honestly, for all the bad things said about them, I think real whores have more integrity. At least they’re selling something they own and have no hidden agenda.

I can’t believe some of the rotten choices. Not necessarily rotten films, just rotten choices.

“Where The Wild Things Are”? Cute films for kids and folks like me who remember the book from childhood. Not a masterpiece. Not even an excellent film. It’s just pretty good, it was filmed in my hometown (Melbourne), but that doesn’t mean I’m putting it on any “decade’s best” list. It wouldn’t even make my Top 50 (if I even had one).

“4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days”? Obviously, someone forgot to mention “Bella”, a superior drama about pregnancy and abortion. But even I wouldn’t list “Bella” as a Top 10 film for the decade. More pandering far-leftist crap from people who can’t make up their minds whether Marxism was a good thing or a bad thing.

“Million Dollar Baby” (Hilary Swank pictured below) is a great film and a great choice.

Another film by Clint Eastwood, “Letters from Iwo Jima”, also gets some much-deserved credit.

“The Dark Knight” continues to be the most overrated “not bad” film of the decade.

“Once” is a cute little Irish film that should be nowhere near a Top 10 list…unless we’re discussing the 10 most overrated films. The music was largely unmemorable and the story has next-to-zilch dramatic impact, nor was it especially funny. A good film? Okay, but “good films” are a dime a dozen. I can’t believe “Falling Slowly” is what qualifies as an Oscar winning Original Song these days. It’s generic busker music, plain and simple.

The Gleiberman list seems especially jokey. “The Girlfriend Experience”? Okay, Sasha Grey (below) is lovely to behold, but it’s far from a classic movie. I haven’t seen “(500) Days of Summer”, but somehow I’m not thinking this is the early 21st century version of “His Girl Friday”.

Chris Nashawaty should realise “Woodstock” cannot be given justice in DVD format.

Sy: at present time, I’ve seen none of your Top 25. How many of these did you see at the cinema? I prefer the big screen experience.

Overall, very borings lists from the critics (Sy, not saying YOURS is boring, just haven’t seen them) and very much Yankee-centric. Does Australian cinema count for nothing according to these scribes? I think something like “Noise” could be a great film anywhere in the world. Certainly “The Home Song Stories” had enough world profile (and leading lady Joan Chen) to warrant a guernsey. This is not very good work from the critics (although Roger Ebert did pick “Synecdoche, New York” as his decade favourite, an understandable yet bold choice).

“More pandering far-leftist crap from people who can’t make up their minds whether Marxism was a good thing or a bad thing.”

Far-leftism is not the same as Marxism, read more you Eastwood fanboy.

You mock 4 Months and you dare to say Million Dollar crap-fest is a great film and some 2000’s Eastwood bold choices? I suppose critics are not the only whores here…

“More pandering far-leftist crap from people who can’t make up their minds whether Marxism was a good thing or a bad thing.”
How very intelligent…

Somehow I feel that George Clooney films got more mentions than all foreign (non-USA) films combined. It isn’t that I think George is not a good actor. However …

Dimitris:

So you’re saying Marxism and far-Left politics are mutually exclusive?

Dim, you really ought to grow up. If “Eastwood fanboy” is the best you can do…

ALLAN:

When people can make intelligent movies, they’ll get better feedback.

And your sarcasm—if I may call it such—is about as intelligent as Bono’s views on how to stop world poverty.

Maverick:

“Good Night, and Good Luck” deserves to be recognised as one of its decade’s best films.

MY DECADE FANTASTIC AND MOST ENJOYED MOVIES ALL OVER THE WORLD RANDOMLY PLACED
Ratings according to IMBD

OLD BOY{2003} Director: Chan-wook Park 8/10
After being kidnapped and imprisoned for 15 years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must find his captor in 5 days.

A PROPHET {2009} Director: Jacques Audiard 8/10
A young Arab man is sent to a French prison where he becomes a mafia kingpin.

Little Miss Sunshine (2006) Directors: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris 8/10
A family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus.

I’ve Loved You So Long (2008) Director: Philippe Claudel 7.6/10
A woman struggles to interact with her family and find her place in society after spending fifteen years in prison.

City of God (2002) Directors: Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund 8.8/10
Two boys growing up in a violent neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro take different paths: one becomes a photographer, the other a drug dealer.

Inglorious Basterds (2009) Director: Quentin Tarantino 8.3/10
In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as “The Basterds” are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis.

3-Iron (2004) Director: Ki-duk Kim 8/10
A transient young man breaks into empty homes to partake of the vacationing residents’ lives for a few days.

Sin Nombre (2009) Director: Cary Fukunaga 7.6/10
Honduran teenager Sayra reunites with her father, an opportunity for her to potentially realize her dream of a life in the U.S. Moving to Mexico is the first step in a fateful journey of unexpected events

Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) Director: Guillermo del Toro 8.4/10
In the fascist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world.

Walk the Line (2005) Director: James Mangold 7.9/10
A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash’s life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins.

Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008) Director: Jean-François Richet 7.5/10
The story of french gangster Jacques Mesrine, before he was called Public Enemy N°1.

Knocked Up (2007) Director: Judd Apatow 7.4/10
For fun loving party animal Ben Stone, the last thing he ever expected was for his one night stand to show up on his doorstep eight weeks later to tell him she’s pregnant.

Black Swan (2010) Director: Darren Aronofsky 8.3/10
A ballet dancer wins the lead in “Swan Lake” and is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan – Princess Odette – but slowly loses her mind as she becomes more and more like Odile, the Black Swan.

The Kids Are All Right (2010) Director: Lisa Cholodenko 7.2/10
Two children conceived by artificial insemination bring their birth father into their family life.

Head-On (2004) Director: Fatih Akin 8.0/10
In ‘Gegen die Wand’ Cahit, a 40-something male from Mersin in Turkey has removed everything Turkish from his life. He has become an alcoholic drug addict and at the start of the movie wants to end it all. Sibel a 20-something female from Hamburg wishes to please her Turkish parents yet yearns for freedom. The film follows Sibel and Cahit as they get married, become closer and eventually fall in love.

Atonement (2007) Director: Joe Wright 7.8/10
Fledgling writer Briony Tallis, as a 13-year-old, irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister’s lover of a crime he did not commit. Based on the British romance novel by Ian McEwan.

A Beautiful Mind (2001) FOR BOTH FILMS 8.0/10
Cinderella Man (2005) Director: Ron Howard 8.0/10
SYNOPSES:- RUSSELL CROWE,JOHN NASH & JAMES BRADDOCK

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007) Director: Cristian Mungiu 7.9/10
Drama about a woman who assists her friend to arrange an illegal abortion in 1980’s Romania.

Before Sunset (2004) Director: Richard Linklater 8.0/10
It’s nine years after Jesse and Celine first met; now, they encounter one another on the French leg of Jesse’s book tour.

Let the Right One In (2008) Director: Tomas Alfredson 8.1/10
Oscar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl who turns out to be a vampire.

My Sassy Girl (2001) Director: Jae-young Kwak 8.2/10
he film tells the story of a male college student, Gyeon-woo (Cha Tae-Hyun), and the Girl (Jun Ji-hyun)

Downfall (2004) Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel 8.4/10
Traudl Junge, the final secretary for Adolf Hitler, tells of the Nazi dictator’s final days in his Berlin bunker at the end of WWII.

The Hangover (2009) Director: Todd Phillips 7.9/10
A Las Vegas-set comedy centered around three groomsmen who lose their about-to-be-wed buddy during their drunken misadventures, then must retrace their steps in order to find him.

In the Mood for Love (2000) Director: Kar Wai Wong 8.1/10
A man and a woman move in to neighboring Hong Kong apartments and form a bond when they both suspect their spouses of extra-marital activities.

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring (2003) Director: Ki-duk Kim 8.1/10
This film takes place in an isolated lake, where an old monk lives on a small floating temple. The wise master has also a young boy with him that teaches to become a monk. And we watch as seasons and years pass by.

Babel (2006) Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu 7.6/10
Tragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, touching off an interlocking story involving four different families

Requiem for a Dream (2000) Director: Darren Aronofsky 8.5/10
The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island individuals are shattered when their addictions become stronger.

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006) Director: Tom Tykwer 7.5/10
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born with a superior olfactory sense, creates the world’s finest perfume. His work, however, takes a dark turn as he searches for the ultimate scent.

Matchstick Men (2003) Director: Ridley Scott 7.4/10
A phobic con artist and his protégé are on the verge of pulling off a lucrative swindle when the former’s teenage daughter arrives unexpectedly.

The Dark Knight (2008) Director: Christopher Nolan 8.9/10
Batman, Gordon and Harvey Dent are forced to deal with the chaos unleashed by a terrorist mastermind known only as the Joker, as he drives each of them to their limits.

Eastern Promises (2007) Director: David Cronenberg 7.8/10
A Russian teenager living in London who dies during childbirth leaves clues to a midwife in her journal that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.

Into the Wild (2007) Director: Sean Penn 8.2/10
After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life.

Malèna (2000) Director: Giuseppe Tornatore 7.4/10
A woman provokes sensual awakenings in a group of adolescent boys.

Unfaithful (2002) Director: Adrian Lyne 6.6/10
A New York suburban couple’s marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife indulges in an adulterous fling.

Some movies are TECHNICALLY BRILLIANT and some are EMOTIONALLY SENSITIVE and others are FULL 2 FUN watching ……… the list is a mixture of all GENERS -——- crime drama thrill comedy family erotic philosophical Action romance fantasy