The two greatest movies of the last decade...

[wub]

Sound design in Inception is amazing though.

[sigbowls]

movies have mostly been like video game's lately dumb

i havent really been keeping up with movies though

[Harkat]

Moon, Drive

but it's too hard to choose just two man

TBF I prolly only picked those cus this thread reminded me of them. I can't remember all the good films of the last 10 years.

[CreamLord]

Inception is arse too. It's what people who only watch hollywood pop corn movies think is deep

nah Inception is sick imo, obviously some faults but overall I really liked it

[leyenda]

Inception is arse too. It's what people who only watch hollywood pop corn movies think is deep

I know people like to hate on Nolan but I think Inception is great for what it is. Yeah the fanboys are annoying as hell but all the high rated IMDB films suffer from that. It's a better made film than something like Forrest Gump which is an example of mediocrity held up as a masterpiece.

Thinking about things the start of the century was probably better than the last 10 years. You've got Memento, Werkmeister Harmonies, In the Mood For Love, Mulholland Dr as 4 I probably prefer to anything since

[hubb]

Sound design in Inception is amazing though.

Billain was involved btw ...

[hubb]

Django

[ultraspatial]

surprised noone mentioned her yet. good movie but it's do androids dream reimagined for the iphone generation so i guess nothing new

[LACE]

can someone explain to me why drive is a good movie? that movie sucked. and that goddamn song was stuck in my head for days after ''blah blah reeall human beeeeing..and a reeeal herrooo'' just awful. and campy in a bad way

[hubb]

It's a better made film than something like Forrest Gump which is an example of mediocrity held up as a masterpiece.

Not at all. There's so many cultural reference points that made it out of Forrest Gump and into society. Inception will always stand as the example of a film that could have been amazing, but decided to have a lot of very non- dramatic scenes where the people in them either have trouble explaining what is going on, or just bad writing disguised by a condescending tone in a what seems like a guy or gal reading out an ikea manual. + some bits where even less accesible than that... for example that slow down thing in the end.
The fact that Forrest Gump seems clumsy or camp is just that the cliché that we are annoyed by now - was made that exact time.
It's the same reason I hate Prince - 'every' other annoying thing that is done in pop music was something he already did. I feel like I can track every thing wrong with pop music and style back to him, but it seems like it worked the first time around for people that are into him.

[hubb]

can someone explain to me why drive is a good movie? that movie sucked. and that goddamn song was stuck in my head for days after ''blah blah reeall human beeeeing..and a reeeal herrooo'' just awful. and campy in a bad way

rainy shots that point to blade runner and 21st century minimalism
+
a guys guy with blonde hair which is rarer


it's not a deep film at all

[leyenda]

It's a better made film than something like Forrest Gump which is an example of mediocrity held up as a masterpiece.

Not at all. There's so many cultural reference points that made it out of Forrest Gump and into society. Inception will always stand as the example of a film that could have been amazing, but decided to have a lot of very non- dramatic scenes where the people in them either have trouble explaining what is going on, ie bad writing disguised by a condescending tone in a what seems like a guy or gal reading out an ikea manual. + some bits where even less accesible than that... for example that slow down thing in the end.
The fact that Forrest Gump seems clumsy or camp is just that the cliché that we are annoyed by now - was made that exact time.
It's the same reason I hate Prince - 'every' other annoying thing that is done in pop music was something he already did. I feel like I can track every thing wrong with pop music and style back to him, but it seems like it worked the first time around for people that are into him.

I can't help but feel that the subject matter clouds peoples' judgement when it comes to it though. The random appearances in famous moments feels like such a gimmick and tom hanks ironically did in fact go 'full retard' in that role, it's cringeworthy. Inception may not reach the dizzy heights that the trailer/advertising campaign claimed but if you take it at face value I think it's an enjoyable adventure story like Raiders of the Lost Ark or something like that.

[AxeD]

can someone explain to me why drive is a good movie? that movie sucked. and that goddamn song was stuck in my head for days after ''blah blah reeall human beeeeing..and a reeeal herrooo'' just awful. and campy in a bad way

It's a brilliant take on modern film noir I think. It's nicely slow paced, instead of manic
cutting to make everything seem action packed. The way it looks alone makes it worth
it for me.

And I quite liked the music. It's kind of that cheesy early digital age synth stuff, but it fits the
vibe really well.

[wub]

And I quite liked the music. It's kind of that cheesy early digital age synth stuff, but it fits the vibe really well.

Electric pink on the titles is a nice touch as well, adds to the ambience.

[hubb]

The random appearances in famous moments feels like such a gimmick and tom hanks ironically did in fact go 'full retard' in that role, it's cringeworthy.

Definitely as in clichéed as fuck now - but I'd still argue they hit home then. It is the nature of drama like that, that it is very shallow but effective. By now it's hilarious that he is both steve jobs producer and taught elvis presley how to dance as just plotpoints, but it wasn't really plotpoints when it unfolded sequentially the first time around. And the most clumsy examples are probably after thoughts in the film like the one I mentioned where 'Bubba invested it all in some fruit company' or whatever the line is, so it's not like it's key moments in the film.
*Edit* but ofcourse the vietnam war would be. You do have a point ofcourse.. Im not going to say it was fresh back then lol

just dl'd that Bela Tarr film btw - looking forward to that

[wub]

Tom Hanks went through this annoying stage of thinking he could act serious serious during that time. Forrest Gump. Castaway. Saving Private Ryan.

Made me really miss stuff like Big, The Money Pit, The Burbs. He's better doing straight man roles in comedy than he is furrowing his brow and trying to win Oscars, IMO.

[hubb]

Oscars are the most arbitrary thing of praise ever

it only means something else was definitely better

[hubb]

The only good one and Im not even sure it was that

was when Halle Berry showed her bum and got one for that

[leyenda]

just dl'd that Bela Tarr film btw - looking forward to that

If you like Tarkovsky you should enjoy it need to get around to Satantango at some point but it's so long I've put it off.

Tom Hanks went through this annoying stage of thinking he could act serious serious during that time. Forrest Gump. Castaway. Saving Private Ryan.

Made me really miss stuff like Big, The Money Pit, The Burbs. He's better doing straight man roles in comedy than he is furrowing his brow and trying to win Oscars, IMO.

Smashed it as Woody too

[Muncey]

Inceptions a great film but this is SNH if its not completely unheard 1920s super rare its shite. Some people in here come across as if enjoying anything is such a long winded brutal process.

Departed is a remake though. Where the original is better

Still a great film in the last decade though imo.

Dead Mans Shoes >> everything mentioned