The Best of the Decade (Were There But World Enough & Time Edition)
by Josh K-sky on Dec.02, 2009, under Movies
Below the jump, movies from other people’s Best of the Decade lists that I have not seen and would like to see. To be edited repeatedly. This includes neither films I have already seen, nor films I do not wish to see.
I’m quite pleased that I have yet to find a list that includes Crash.
- In Praise of Love
- The Darjeeling Limited – I didn’t like The Life Aquatic very much, and Darjeeling got mixed reviews. Still, people I respect loved it deeply, and after Matt Zoller Seitz’s five-part video essay on Wes Anderson, I’m compelled to give him the benefit of the doubt, or at least the benefit of importance.
- The World
- Mooladé
- Iraq in Fragments
- L’Enfant or The Son
- Ratatouille – HJ gets easily squicked by rodents, so I missed this one in theatres.
- O Brother Where Art Thou?
- Dogville – Mixed feelings here — The Idiots is the only Lars von Trier film I can really get behind, because the staged idiocy of the main characters so perfectly recapitulates the Dogme 95 project. Reviewers disagree on whether Dogville’s critique of America is shock-the-squares or incisive. I suppose I could see for myself.
- Syndromes and a Century
- Half Nelson
- Silent Light
- Trouble Every Day and Friday Night
- Inland Empire
- Kings and Queen or A Christmas Tale
- Dogville
- Man Push Cart
- Oldboy – I think it was on a couple of the previous lists, and it just wore me down. At least the hammer scene.
- United 93
- L’Enfant
- The New World – this is another one where I’ve heard both good and horrific things, but the experience of watching Malick is so luscious and unlike anyone else that I’m persuaded to give it a try.
AV Club isn’t as outer-limits as the other three–I think I’d seen more than 40 of their top 50. And they got #1 right, as did…
- Let the Right One In
- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
- O Brother Where Art Thou? Especially considering that its source movie is one of my all-time favorites.
Preview of Coming Attractions: my own movie of the decade was Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Nothing else comes close.
December 2nd, 2009 on 12:18 pm
Not many I have seen here and would recommend except for Mooladé, which was incredible.
Darjeeling Limited was better than The Life Aquatic, but still not good. Self-indulgent and rickety.
Paste Magazine’s list should be completely disqualified for its #2 pick. I didn’t hate that movie as much as some people, but the second-best of the decade? Film critic, please.