What I really like about this list is that is clearly illustrates that British film critics/writers aren't against honoring mainstream American comedies, unlike their critical counterparts in the States.
Look at the non-Oscar-nominated comedies on the list and you'll see what I mean. There are a couple that aren't too surprising; cuz it's by Linklater, I think we'll see School of Rock on a few US lists, same with Zwigoff and Bad Santa (which is also just genius anyway). But less prestigious stuff like Wedding Crashers and Anchorman aren't gonna get this kind of credit from American end-of-decade lists.
[When are the British gonna discover the films of David Wain? I would think that his surreal and subversive tone would really be more appreciated by non-US audiences. Well, their college students will find out about him eventually, and then they'll either love Wet Hot American Summer or hate it, I suppose. Like most people.]
Not a bad list. I think the choice of the 2nd and 3rd Bourne movies for #2 probably has a lot to do with Greengrass being such a hometown hero, but I think it's a logical choice otherwise. The Bourne trilogy are probably three of the most influential films of the decade.
[If Slumdog and Crash on a ton of these lists, I'm gonna get disheartened.]
Thanks for replying, AAA. In seeing this list I was suprised at how many quality films from the last 10 years I haven't seen yet. But 53 out of 101 is not very good. There's only a few that weren't even on my radar (i.e. never heard of before): Hunger (Steve McQueen, 2008), The Consequences of Love (Paolo Sorrentino, 2004) and Time and Winds (Reha Erdem, 2006). I'm fine with them throwing in some American comedies but I don't think they should throw in said comedies unless they were truly better than the films missing from the list. For example, Sympathy for Lady Vengeance is the best of Park's Vengenace Trilogy but to have Wedding Crashers and not Oldboy is a pretty big jump.
What I really like about this list is that is clearly illustrates that British film critics/writers aren't against honoring mainstream American comedies, unlike their critical counterparts in the States.
Look at the non-Oscar-nominated comedies on the list and you'll see what I mean. There are a couple that aren't too surprising; cuz it's by Linklater, I think we'll see School of Rock on a few US lists, same with Zwigoff and Bad Santa (which is also just genius anyway). But less prestigious stuff like Wedding Crashers and Anchorman aren't gonna get this kind of credit from American end-of-decade lists.
[When are the British gonna discover the films of David Wain? I would think that his surreal and subversive tone would really be more appreciated by non-US audiences. Well, their college students will find out about him eventually, and then they'll either love Wet Hot American Summer or hate it, I suppose. Like most people.]
Not a bad list. I think the choice of the 2nd and 3rd Bourne movies for #2 probably has a lot to do with Greengrass being such a hometown hero, but I think it's a logical choice otherwise. The Bourne trilogy are probably three of the most influential films of the decade.
[If Slumdog and Crash on a ton of these lists, I'm gonna get disheartened.]
Thanks for replying, AAA. In seeing this list I was suprised at how many quality films from the last 10 years I haven't seen yet. But 53 out of 101 is not very good. There's only a few that weren't even on my radar (i.e. never heard of before): Hunger (Steve McQueen, 2008), The Consequences of Love (Paolo Sorrentino, 2004) and Time and Winds (Reha Erdem, 2006). I'm fine with them throwing in some American comedies but I don't think they should throw in said comedies unless they were truly better than the films missing from the list. For example, Sympathy for Lady Vengeance is the best of Park's Vengenace Trilogy but to have Wedding Crashers and not Oldboy is a pretty big jump.