Mick LaSalle's 20 Best (US) Movies of the Millennium ...

[Patb095]

Originally Posted by Hawker

Movies I can't flip past without stopping to watch.



Also, Shawshank Redemption...what a great movie!

+1

And ... Goodfellas


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[Patb095]

Originally Posted by charliedid

I rather enjoyed it.

Irishman it last more than 3 hours but I would have taken another 3 ...so good ...Deniro and Pesci they were so good.


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[Hawker]

I'll run for cover after this post. My wife and I both loved "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood", the Mr. Rogers movie. And we seldom even "like" the same movie let alone "love" the same movie. Tom Hanks nails it.

[oliver1850]

Originally Posted by Mzilliox

i constantly wonder at the crap critics rave about. the last 3 years of film have been particularly sucky, and every year im fed some crap about whichever the flavor of the day is, then nobody ever talks about that movie ever again, because it wasnt good.

lot of that

Interesting comment relating to critics in general. I've read a lot more reviews of music than film. I think I've been exposed to a lot of great music that I may not have heard without reading the reviews. I think that's true of film as well, but I'm more likely to be reading about films from 80-100 years ago than 8-10.

[goonster]

Originally Posted by Mzilliox

i constantly wonder at the crap critics rave about.

The job of the critic is primarily to promote good work and tell us why it's good.

They see a lot more movies than we do, generally have extensive formal education in the subject, are immersed in that world, and their output should be viewed in that context.

If you can't find critics whose taste overlaps with yours, stop reading them.

I fundamentally don't understand why The Irishman got made. It cost $160MM. It is ridiculous to ask us believe De Niro and Pacino playing people in their thirties. It adds nothing new to the genre, except maybe old-age ennui.

Raging Bull is a masterpiece for the ages. Mean Streets and After Hours are both very good. I enjoyed Goodfellas and Casino at the time, but they've soured on me a bit over the years.

[Ozz]

Originally Posted by weisan

I am a movie junkie, I watched a lot of movies, both the "good" and the "bad", I am non-selective.

The thing I don't like about picking top movies is....

There are all kinds of movies, classified under different genres, in different languages, from countries all over the world. Nobody, even if they try, could have covered all the grounds or seen everything that is out there. Thus, the title highlighted (US only).

They are many high-quality, "award-winning" foreign films that are not popular in the US or flew under the radar.

That's point #1.

Point #2...

I noticed the way people pick movies is almost like an ego trip proving their intelligence or level of sophistication. If you pick a movie that is too vanilla, you might be mistaken to be simple-minded, or uneducated, even though you really enjoyed that movie, it resonated deeply within you, it touched you at an emotional or personal level and to the point that you keep playing it back in your head....despite the fact that this movie will never make it to somebody's top list or win an academy.

So what now?

Are we really gonna be honest and talk about movies that make "our list" or just the ones that we think will get public approval or make us look good?

I will lead by example....

For starters, I like:

As good as it gets
Family man
Hero (Chinese)
Kill Bill (both vol 1&2)
House of flying daggers (Chinese)
King Arthur
Highlander (first one)
Fifty shades trilogy
Saving private ryan

Just to name a few...

Good call on "Hero"....one of my favorites.

Great story, stunning visuals, enough martial arts action to keep kids interested.....Cheers.