All Movie Guide's Greatest Films of the 00s
Submitted by lbangs on Wed, 06/29/2005 - 10:58
Tags:
- Five Star Feature (Non-Documentary) Films
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
- Finding Nemo
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- The Pianist
- Spirited Away
- Talk to Her
- Yi Yi
- Four and a Half Star Films
- 2000
- Almost Famous
- Dancer in the Dark
- Memento
- Together
- Traffic
- You Can Count On Me
- 2001
- Gosford Park
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Moulin Rouge
- Mulholland Dr.
- Shrek
- Y Tu Mamá También
- 2002
- Bloody Sunday
- Chicago
- City of God
- Far From Heaven
- Hero
- The Hours
- In America
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
- 2003
- American Splendor
- The Barbarian Invasions
- The Best of Youth
- Lost in Translation
- Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
- Mystic River
- 2004
- Bad Education
- Before Sunset
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Million Dollar Baby
- Moolaadé
- Nobody Knows
- Sideways
- Spider-Man 2
- 2005
- Brick
- Brokeback Mountain
- Capote
- The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
- Fateless
I fail to see what is so great about The Pianist. To me, it felt like lukewarm left-overs from Schindler's List.
But it's good to see Serenity there.
Interesting. To me, I think Schindler's List and The Pianist were looking at the same tragedy through some very different lenses, and as a result, are two very different films.
I thought you'd be happy with Serenity there! I've been slowly working through the Firefly DVDs, and I am enjoying them.
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs
Glad you're enjoying Firefly! :-D
What episode are you on?
Hmm...about the differences in perspective between Schindler's List and The Pianist...it's a very good point, but I myself didn't find Brody's character very interesting nor was I particularly impressed with the way Polanski made the film. I guess by taking a more general look at the tragedy, Spielberg's film affected me more. There was a particular scene in The Pianist where Brody was walking along an empty alley with paneling put up on one side, or something similar, and one of the Holocaust victims comes crashing through screaming for help.
It seemed to me as if Schindler's List was trying to break through before going back to our regularly scheduled Adrien Brody melodrama.