Curious about your picks for the best films of the decade 2000 to 2009 I asked for your input.
To my relief I was not inundated with comments about how Twilight and its new cousin, New Moon are the best films of the decade and maybe of all-time. They could, however, end up on someone's top-10 list for the highest grossing movies of the decade.
That doesn't really count. Dollars matter, but not when it comes to quality. Some of those I know will end up on my list barely broke even if they even did that. Some of the big dollar productions that will are the Lord of the Rings movies. I'll count them as one. Stunning stuff and a great story.
One person responded. Their picks were interesting. And three of them have the possibility of ending up on my best of the decade list.
But that's just one person. Does anyone else have a best of list they want to share? Give us your top 5.
Then again, maybe these comments are a bit premature since there is a full month left in 2009. Maybe you're all waiting for Christmas to make your picks. Or as my son Brian says Avatar hasn't been released yet.
Meanwhile, I have to get going on list. So many movies to re-check. I am tempted to just go to my best of the year lists for the decade and just grab them from there. But movie loving is a funny sport. The longer we think about movies and the more they age, the better some of them get. Others suffer a reverse effect.
Do you have a favorite movie of the decade? Let me know.
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First some observations: If you're just interested in my best and worst of the year picks, scroll down. They're easy to find.
Two remarkable things about 2011.
No. 1: As I write this, I am wrapping up 20 years as the Tri-City Herald's film critic. No. 2: Last year I cried at a movie. Actually, I cry at a lot of movies but for a much different reason than you suspect. But more on that in a bit.
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The 2012 Oscar nominations are in. Lots of head-scratching with these. But that’s usual with nominations from any group.
However, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences really botched a couple of a categories this year.
First the details. Hugo — Martin Scorsese’s homage to the making of movies — leads the pack with 11 nominations. That includes best picture, best director, cinematography and adapted screenplay. The rest are technical nominations.
'Station Agent' plays Friday at Battelle Film Club
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I have the honor of introducing the opening film of the 2011 Battelle Film Club's Fall Series on Friday night. It's The Station Agent .
Great choice to open a series.
In 2003 The Station Agent was my pick for the year's best flick. Since then I've turned a couple of dozen people on to the movie. To a person they feel like I do. It's one of the best character studies done in the last 20-years.
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In its Golden Globe nominations, the Hollywood Foreign Press ignored last year’s best movie Win Win .
The always excellent Paul Giamatti has never been better and should have been nominated as best actor and co-star Amy Ryan best supporting actress. In my nominations, writer/director Tom McCarthy’s film is a shoo-in best screenplay and it’s a no-brainer for best picture.
The film is that good and most critics — and those of you that caught it — agree. Yet, to date, no nominations from any of the award givers. Not one. And all that is left is the Oscar picks.
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I’m going to ramble a bit. Normally when picking a best list you do five or 10. I’m doing six. It just worked out that way.
When you look at my picks you will note I deliberately left The Exorcist off my list. While some think it’s the best horror film of them all, I read the book and it pales in comparison. Other than Linda Blair’s spinning head, lots profanity and vomit, and Mercedes McCambridge’s brilliant work as the dubbed-in demon voice, there isn’t much substance.
I guess at this point you’ve guessed the topic of this post is horror movies for Halloween. You’ll want to get started early. These days they get gobbled up at the few video stores that are left. I know next to nothing about Netflix so I’m not sure what kind of a supply it has for those still doing the mail thing.
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