So I was going through my usual news feed to see what's going on in the world today, when I came across this blog. Anyone who knows me, knows I love movies. I would never consider myself a "critic", but I like to think I know greatness from drivel. Going through that list, I'm not so sure. That got me thinking again about the age old discussion about art and beauty. Something that was really entertaining to me, could easily be not at all entertaining to others. A piece of art that appeals to my aesthetic, might be considered absolute nonsense to someone else.
In keeping with the original concept, I decided to go through the movies I have seen in this century, so far, and pick out the ones I really enjoyed.
1. Bridget Jones' Diary
2. Lord of the Rings (first and third films were the best!)
3. The Harry Potter series (everyone was well done and totally "magical")
4. Monster Inc
5. Captain Corelli's Mandolin (little known, but oh so romantic!)
6. Catch Me If You Can
7. The Pianist
8. About A Boy (I loved the story!)
9. Minority Report (one of the most watched DVD's in my home)
10. The Bourne movies
11. The Spiderman Movies (the old ones stary Toby McGuire and the new reboot)
12. The Shrek movies
13. Secondhand Lions (Great story)
14. Peter Pan
15. Mystic River
16. Matchstick Men
17. Elf
18. Super Size Me (my family's support of their chain dwindled to almost nothing since watching that movie!)
19. Finding Nemo
20. The Incredibles (laughed out loud in the cinema!)
21. Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind (surprisingly good)
22. Finding Neverland
23. The Aviator
24. Million Dollar Baby
25. Hellboy
26. Ray
27. Hotel Rwanda
28. The Constant Gardner (it seems to move slowly, but the story was really great)
29. Pride and Prejudice
30. Walk the Line
31. A History of Violence
32. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (I really loved Johnny Depp in this movie!)
33. Cinderella Man (Beautiful!)
34. The Queen
35. Casino Royale
36. Little Miss Sunshine (surprisingly delightful)
37. Letters from Iwo Jima (even war has two sides)
38. Ratatouille
39. Juno
40. Eastern Promises (violent but great movie)
41. 3:10 to Yuma
42. Iron Man
43. Transsiberian
44. Wall-E
45. Precious
46. Up (the best story ever told!)
47. District 9 (go SA film industry!)
48. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (the kids enjoyed this one)
49. Avatar
50. Inglorious Bastards
51. Toy Story 3 (WOW!!)
52. True Grit
53. The King's Speech
54. Tangled
55. Black Swan (twisty)
56. Inception
57. Despicable Me
58. Catfish
59. Senna (a documentary)
60. The Artist (surprisingly entertaining)
61. Moneyball
62. Mission Impossible (all of the them)
63. The Descendants
64. Jane Eyre
65. Rango
66. Source Code
67. The Avengers
68. Hunger Games
69. Brave
70. Jeff, Who Lives At Home
71. Madagascar 3
72. Chronicle
73. The Rum Diaries
74. Alice in Wonderland
75. Gran Torino (Mr Eastwood, you amaze me!)
Enjoy your weekend and hope you get to see some great movies - whether in the cinema or at home.
Yes, I agree with a lot of the movies here. Bond movies and the Mission Impossible series all appeal to me. Same goes for the Matrix.
ReplyDeleteVirtually anything directed by Clint Eastwood is great. A perfect world was such a nice little movie.
I also really enjoyed Hero and Fearless.
On a slightly lighter note I *loved* Kick-ass and the superheroes series from Marvel comics (Iron Man, Hulk, Captain America, etc.) have all been really enjoyable. Also O brother where art thou was hilarious! (that scrapes in on the other guy's definition of including the year 2000).
Finally, I know it's not part of this century, but for sheer surprise twist The Usual Suspects is on my list of favorite movies along with Pulp Fiction.
On the opposite end of the spectrum sits Drive and In the name of the King. 2012 - what were they thinking?. One day I will invent a time machine and get those hours of my life back again.