Friday, January 1, 2010

Happy New Year - A Decade in Film

It's over! Happy New Year to all!

The big shebang has come to an end and now what are we left with? Another 365 days of timid hope perhaps...hoping that things will change...Hoping that the economy will lift her chin from the ceramic basin...Hoping for jobs...Hoping that this conflicts in the Middle East will end in peace.

Amidst this tumultuous environment, the film industry has not stopped producing amazing works of cinematography to amuse and satiate the hearts, eyes and ears of Americans . Here are a few of my all-time favorite, gold-star-receiving movies that have graced the presence of movie theater screens over the last ten years.

The spectrum is relatively broad - as some things that are incredibly entertaining are not always the most fruitful for the mind --- Although thoughtful and evocative movies are amazing, (and those too shall appear here) there is a time and a place in life when you just want to shove your face, and mind, full of potato chips and bon bons...

best in show - 2000
the perfect storm - 2000
what lies beneath - 2000
traffic - 2000
o brother where art thou? - 2000

a beautiful mind - 2001
moulin rouge - 2001
ocean's eleven - 2001
wet hot american summer - 2001
life as a house - 2001

gangs of new york - 2002
chicago - 2002
my big fat greek wedding - 2002
the pianist - 2002
the ring - 2002

school of rock - 2003
lost in translation - 2003
may - 2003
big fish - 2003
kill bill vol 1 & 2 - 2003-2004

anchor man - 2004
sideways - 2004
mean creek - 2004
crash - 2004
mean girls - 2004

40 year-old virgin - 2005
sin city - 2005
hard candy - 2005
everything is illuminated - 2005
memoirs of a geisha - 2005

thank you for smoking - 2006
little miss sunshine - 2006
the woods - 2006
borat - 2006
fido - 2006

across the universe - 2007
the orphanage - 2007
into the wild - 2007
there will be blood - 2007
once - 2007

the wrestler - 2008
the visitor - 2008
vicky cristina barcelona - 2008
let the right one in - 2008
towelhead - 2008

inglorious basterds - 2009
i love you man - 2009
precious - 2009
the uninvited- 2009
up in the air - 2009

No comments:

Post a Comment