NFT: BBC - The 21st Century's 100 Greatest Films

I'd have to re-watch Mulholland Drive. Seems like excessive praise and it's been a long time since I've seen it, but I do like Lynch a lot.

Gun to my head, Zodiac probably my favorite film of the 2000s. Maybe 20 mins too long but otherwise perfect with multiple brilliant scenes.

Clint Eastwood got no love. No Mystic River, Letters from Iwo Jima, Million Dollar Baby.

Others I would have added, just off the top of my head:

Hotel Rwanda
Nightcrawler
Downfall
28 Days Later
Road to Perdition
Cast Away (mid 2/3)
The Wrestler
Prisoners
Get Him to the Greek
Toy Story 3
Borat

I've only heard of 3 of the movies listed and have only seen one of them.

Can anyone honestly make sense of it?



I enjoyed it if for no other reason that we got to see Naomi Watts have sex with that hot woman.

Quite a few critical darling turds though.

Mulholland Drive is the BEST movie(!!) Agree with previous poster -- a mess but interesting because it's Lynch (plus the whole lesbian thing).

Mad Max: Fury Road was just a steaming pile. Over-the-top ridiculosity. (And I'm a big Road Warrior fan.)

List and poster comments do make me wanna see a lot of those flicks, though.

No Lord of the Rings?
No Gladiator?
No Dark Knight (the one with Heath)?
No The Departed (loved that movie)?
No Inception?

I could go on but I'm bored.

In comment 13085895 PatersonPlank said:

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No Lord of the Rings? No Gladiator? No Dark Knight (the one with Heath)? No The Departed (loved that movie)? No Inception? I could go on but I'm bored.

Dark Knight and Inception are on the list

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No Lord of the Rings? No Gladiator? No Dark Knight (the one with Heath)? No The Departed (loved that movie)? No Inception? I could go on but I'm bored.

Oh ok, one more. A personal favorite of mine which I want to mention;
Midnight in Paris (Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams)

In comment 13085898 Vin R said:

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In comment 13085895 PatersonPlank said: Quote: No Lord of the Rings? No Gladiator? No Dark Knight (the one with Heath)? No The Departed (loved that movie)? No Inception? I could go on but I'm bored. Dark Knight and Inception are on the list

I was just referring to the Top 20 above. I would pick any of these over those.

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In comment 13085898 Vin R said: Quote: In comment 13085895 PatersonPlank said: Quote: No Lord of the Rings? No Gladiator? No Dark Knight (the one with Heath)? No The Departed (loved that movie)? No Inception? I could go on but I'm bored. Dark Knight and Inception are on the list I was just referring to the Top 20 above. I would pick any of these over those.

Ahh.. Gotcha now and couldn't agree more ;)

like Germany's "Phoenix"
Also The Pianist should have scored higher, IMO

is my all-time favorite movie, good to see it be up there on this list.

Personally, I just wasn't a fan of Inside Llewyn Davis.

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This one did not make me throw up.

and I wouldn't have flinched if School of Rock made the cut as well. He is just a wonderfully imaginative and original director. Boyhood was flawed but just such an awesome, forward-thinking idea that was well executed.

He recently tried to recreate Dazed & Confused 80s style with "Everybody Wants Some!!" and it unfortunately really did not work. Average script, but well directed and I still love him as a director overall.

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Also, it's not necessarily my favorite, but hard to argue No Country is not the best film of the 21st century. I'd listen to an argument that Bardem's Chigurh is the best performance in modern film history.

No Kill Bill but includes Inglorious?

and an excellent performance from Denzel Washington is "American Gangster".

and an excellent performance from Denzel Washington is "American Gangster".

boyhood??!?!?!

boyhood?!?!?1

on top of the fact that the kid grows into an unlikable dweeb, the acting was A T R O C I O U S.

W T F?!?!!?

is a head scratcher. I'm fine withh top 100 for just the imagery, but that's really all it was. The 20 minute Big Bang montage halfway through was just ridiculous.

risky film to make, and bad acting is expected when none of them outside of the adults are actors. I applaud Linklater for commuting to this project and it brought me back to my childhood better than any other movie has. Top 5 is crazy but it belongs in the top 100, IMO.

I'm wait Osi, I may have a hard time putting any movie this century above Children of Men. It's easily in my top 5 with There Will Be Blood and I'd have to really think about the other 3.

original Rocky?

I dig films with limited Hollywood flair and limited (or zero) contrived lines. One of the reasons I listed 28 Days later too.

Another I would list, categorically, is Into the Wild. Great film (and Vedder soundtrack).

In comment 13085884 lugnut said:

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Mad Max: Fury Road was just a steaming pile. Over-the-top ridiculosity. (And I'm a big Road Warrior fan.

So happy I finally found someone on BBI that agrees with me!

the Hemingway disertation on not being afraid to die is worth the price of admission

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Sorry, just could not get behind it. LOVE the idea, and I think I've liked most of Linklater's stuff. I'll accept not-great acting, especially from non-pros. But, man...12 years in the making and that's what we get?

Real killer for me -- the P. Arquette character gets with 2 guys after the birth of her son. And they BOTH turn out to be alcoholics/assholes? That's an easy stereotype to go to once, but TWICE? With 12 years to think about it? And the story line with the second guy just fizzled into nothing, like they just forgot about it or didn't want to deal with it anymore.

Related, don't know whether it's on the list, but did anyone else think American Hustle was the most over-rated g.d. thing to come out in a long time?

it's actually pretty common for abused women to move into another abusive situation. Maybe it sucks to watch that on film, but it happens everywhere.

The story was simple which is what I liked. Didn't make the kid into the doctor that cures cancer, just a weird kid that goes to college. I think it hit home for a lot of viewers but if it didn't, thats cool too.

Fury Road was a visual and technical masterpiece. For some people that matters and some it doesn't. I happen to think it's one of the greatest directing achievements in film history. When 99 out of 100 movies beat you over the head with CGI and instead you get that 1 with live action stunts, it should be applauded. And taking live action stunts to the level he did was absurd.

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Both pretty underwhelming imo for the amount of critical praise they received.

But if they are truly #1 and #3, then this has not been a great era for films.

Neither one would be top 25 all time. Probably not even top 50