Over at the Cinemarati Roundtable, Nick Davis is tabulating a poll of "The Best of the First Half of the 00s", here meaning 2000-2004. He's asked participants (member critics and bums on the street like me) to submit their top 25 films, top 10 performances, top 10 supporting performances, and the top 10 best new filmmakers (that is, directors who debuted their first feature film in the last five years). The results will be tabulated Village Voice style, although it's unclear if we'll be submitting snarky one-liners as well. I took the time to make up a list, so why not keep the blog going with a quick cut-and-paste job?
Best Film
1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004, Michel Gondry)
2. Memento (2001, Christopher Nolan)
3. 25th Hour (2002, Spike Lee)
4. Hero (2004, Zhang Yimou)
5. Monsters, Inc. (2001, Peter Docter)
6. Code Unknown (2000, Michael Haneke)
7. Eureka (2001, Shinji Aoyama)
8. Gerry (2003, Gus Van Sant)
9. Spirited Away (2002, Hayao Miyazaki)
10. Songs from the Second Floor (2002, Roy Andersson)
11. Irreversible (2003, Gaspar Noe)
12. Time Out (2002, Laurent Cantet)
13. Spider-Man (2002, Sam Raimi)
14. Dogville (2004, Lars von Trier)
15. National 7 (2000, Jean-Pierre Sinapi)
16. Werckmeister Harmonies (2000, Béla Tarr)
17. The Pledge (2001, Sean Penn)
18. Punch-Drunk Love (2002, Paul Thomas Anderson)
19. Primer (2004, Shane Carruth)
20. I ♥ Huckabees (2004, David O. Russell)
21. Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003, Quentin Tarantino)
22. Ginger Snaps (2000, John Fawcett)
23. The Saddest Music in the World (2004, Guy Maddin)
24. The Day I Became A Woman (2001, Marziyeh Meshkini)
25. Dawn of the Dead (2004, Zack Snyder)
Best Performance
1. Naomi Watts (Mulholland Drive)
2. Paul Giamatti (Duets)
3. Hugh Grant (About A Boy)
4. Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Carribean)
5. Ewan MacGregor (Down With Love)
6. Sibel Kekilli (Head-On)
7. Birol Ünel (Head-On)
8. Johnny Depp (Secret Window)
9. Lance Crouther (Pootie Tang)
10. Will Ferrell (Elf)
Best Supporting Performance
1. Miranda Richardson (Spider)
2. Daniel Day Lewis (Gangs of New York)
3. Paul Bettany (Dogville)
4. Mark Ruffalo (You Can Count On Me)
5. Willem Dafoe (Spider-Man)
6. Mark Wahlberg (I ♥ Huckabees)
7. Jude Law (I ♥ Huckabees)
8. Josh Peck (Mean Creek)
9. Peter Sarsgaard (Shattered Glass)
10. Emily Perkins (Ginger Snaps)
Best New Filmmaker
1. Shane Carruth
2. David Gordon Green
3. Marziyeh Meshkini
4. Sofia Coppola
5. Dover Koshashvili
6. Zach Braff
7. Jean-Pierre Sinapi
8. Alejandro González Iñárritu
9. Jacob Aaron Estes
10. Edgar Wright
"Dawn of the Dead"? What? No offense, but no way.
Posted by: Scott at January 20, 2005 04:20 AMSure, I'll bite. I've only seen about 400 movies - and most of them bad - from this half decade, but here's my list as it stands now:
Best Film
1. Requiem for a Dream (2000, Darren Aronofsky)
2. Mulholland Drive (2001, David Lynch)
3. Memento (2001, Christopher Nolan)
4. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004, Michel Gondry)
5. Elephant (2003, Gus Van Sant)
6. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003, Peter Jackson)
7. Dogville (2003, Lars von Trier)
8. Y tu mamá también (2002, Alfonso Cuarón)
9. Amélie (2001, Jean-Pierre Jeunet)
10. The Saddest Music in the World (2003, Guy Maddin)
11. Irréversible (2002, Gaspar Noé)
12. Frailty (2002, Bill Paxton)
13. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001, Steven Speilberg)
14. Adaptation (2002, Spike Jonze)
15. Lost in Translation (2003, Sofia Coppola)
16. Donnie Darko (2001, Richard Kelly)
17. Capturing the Friedmans (2003, Andrew Jarecki)
18. Finding Nemo (2003, Andrew Stanton)
19. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001, Peter Jackson)
20. American Splendor (2003, Robert Pulcini)
21. City of God (2003, Fernando Meirelles)
22. Spirited Away (2002, Hayao Miyazaki)
23. Traffic (2000, Steven Soderbergh)
24. Almost Famous (2000, Cameron Crowe)
25. The Incredibles (2004, Brad Bird)
That's all I can do!
Now, WHERE in the Cinemarati Roundtable is Nick calling for lists?
Posted by: Luke at January 20, 2005 07:06 AMNevermind. I'm a moron.
Posted by: Luke at January 20, 2005 07:10 AMWho could forget Paul Giammati's performance in "Duets"? ;-)
Posted by: Scott at January 20, 2005 08:39 AM""Dawn of the Dead"? What? No offense, but no way."
Hway!
"Who could forget Paul Giammati's performance in "Duets"? ;-)"
Snarky Snarkerson...
Posted by: kza at January 20, 2005 03:38 PM