belboz on 7/12/2009 at 14:50
seeing as there was never a year zero as romans never had the number zero the decade doesn't end till the end of 2010 so we got december and next year still. the centuary things got fucked up by two world wars and thoses that knew the truth about how centuaries and decades work got blown to pieces or shot or gassed, or burnt and are therefore dead.
So the 20th century only lasted 99 years who cares, not a lot of people do it seams.
Aerothorn on 7/12/2009 at 17:37
I gotta disagree. It makes logical sense to extend the "2001 is really the end of the first two thousand years" argument to decades. But whereas the two thousand years of the millennium debate is inclusive of Year 1, recent decades are not, and people are not going to treat them like that; the standard societal definition of a decade is 0-9, at least in the West. If you want to make things simpler for yourself, just say the first decade was 9 years long, or something. It's not really relevant.
ceebs on 7/12/2009 at 18:41
Memento
Secretary
Touching the void
Amelie
City of God
Spirited away
Pan's Labyrinth
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Control
Mullholland Drive
In no particular order
Scots Taffer on 7/12/2009 at 23:31
Shit, I forgot Touching the Void. That's up there for sure.
ceebs on 7/12/2009 at 23:57
How noone could have included it.
Scots Taffer on 8/12/2009 at 00:00
The Brown Girl In The Rain sequence was so funny and real and scary all at once. I've seen the movie twice too! It's fantastic. Great choice.
Aja on 8/12/2009 at 01:13
I said I'd do it so I'll do it. I'd love to be able to go all Criterion Collection on your asses but it would be a ruse!
My embarrassing list, in no order:
Inland Empire - the nightmare I always wanted to commit to film, but then David Lynch did it first, and better than I ever could've imagined.
Mulholland Drive - oh man two Lynch movies already... but this one's a landmark.
Hot Fuzz - Perfect weaving of the obvious and subtle joke, and I'm not even so familiar with the source material.
No Country for Old Men - films like this make me wish I was more of a cinemaphile. But then I'm all like "ugh ninety minutes I'd rather go on ttlg" and nothing gets done!!
Broken Flowers - beautifully understated performance from one of my favourite actors. I know I need to see Lost in Translation. Well, it's on my list!!
Be Kind Rewind - I was a little pained that this film was so poorly received. Comedy doesn't necessarily mean laughing out loud, and the ending here is sentimental without the sap.
High Fidelity - for obvious reasons, I suppose.
Napoleon Dynamite - it's the not the film's fault people over-quoted it. There's a depth to it that's probably lost to most of the quoters anyway.
Ocean's Eleven - yeeeah the plot doesn't exactly make sense but it's still fun to watch everything (supposedly) come together. Style over substance, but what style!
Oh Brother Where Art Thou - more mystical than a story set in Mississippi ought to be. It's another one of those films where I can start watching it from any point; nearly every scene is captivating.
Other films I liked
King Kong
Life Aquatic
Wall-E
Hellboy 2
Battle Royale
Pan's Labyrinth
Fellowship of the Ring
anything else that's good, I didn't see, or else missed in my combing of each wiki article on "the year 200x in film". Though after reading these lists I at least have an idea where to go.
Scots Taffer on 8/12/2009 at 01:16
fuck yeah, you've got some catching up to do but that's a good if somewhat incomplete list
for what it's worth I'm revisiting Mulholland Drive this week and looking up Inland Empire within the month
ercles on 8/12/2009 at 02:47
I have no reservations in admitting that Mulholland Drive really unhinged me, more so than any other film I've seen (the closest example being The Shining). Maybe because it was the first Lynch experience I've had, but after watching it a few months ago I'm in no hurry to return. Great film though.
demagogue on 8/12/2009 at 07:48
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1JBY_owStc&feature=PlayList&p=13E21F9A983812FF&index=0&playnext=1) Eraserhead is on YouTube. Check. it. out.
Edit: Ooookay... by popular demand: I agree this movie should only be experienced in high resolution, unbroken, and IMO with the full sound quality (turned up), and YouTube screws all of that up. So watch it via DVD or similar if at all possible. I'll leave the link because you people should be grown up enough to make your own decision, though.
