- Gladiator
- Inglorious bastard
- Little miss sunshine
- Munich
- Memento
- Cinderalla man
- Ratatouile
- Departed
- Thank you for smoking
- A good year
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Top 10 English Movies of the Decade - Hashique's Take
Here are Hashique's picks.
Top 10 English Movies of the Decade - My take
How did I come upon this list? My focus was on impact. Which movies changed their genre, changed film making, told unique stories?
So, here are my top 10.
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
For redefining fantasy movies. Forever. In scale, in detail, the LOTR trilogy is a classic.
In the story telling section, my picks are:
Memento
For redefining how a story can be told to a film audience. Memento's reverse chronological timeline was incredibly bold. Memento has since been endlessly (and horribly) copied.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
For telling the story of a man trying to save his memories. And for having the incredible creativity to actually show how someone's memories can be erased. Breathtakingly beautiful.
Hotel Rwanda
The Schindler's List of this decade. If you were not nauseous when Don Cheadle drives over thousands of dead bodies, you are definitely not human.
On the fun side, here are three picks
Batman Begins
For portraying Batman as he should have always been portrayed. Darkly. The menace of Batman was never so apparent. Disclosure: I am a childhood Batman fanboy.
Bourne Ultimatum (and the series in general)
For reinventing action films. Remember the Waterloo scene. All other action movies will forever be compared with this gold standard.
Ratatouille
Pixar took story telling so many steps forward with their films this decade that it's astounding. To have the courage to follow through on the whimsical idea of a rat who loves gourmet food & cooking and offers deep philosophical advice is itself praiseworthy, but they also made this film that has a heart.
The Incredibles
Another one from the stables of Pixar. Again, a new take. This time on super heroes. The brilliant take of, what if super heroes were hiding amongst you trying to get on with their lives as gasp! insurance claims processors?! And how would you feel if you were slighted by one of them? Fresh take on super heroes.
District 9
Well, notice there aren't ANY sci-fi films here at all. What a pathetic decade! Well there was Star Trek, and countless Star Wars movies but I'm not a trekkie. I would have picked Minority Report in the sci-fi section, but then came District 9. If anything, I loved it for it's contradictions. Alien movie where humans ghetto off aliens? Check. Highly advanced aliens who love to eat garbage? Check. Lurking sub plot of apartheid? Check.
Honorable Mention:
So, here are my top 10.
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
For redefining fantasy movies. Forever. In scale, in detail, the LOTR trilogy is a classic.
In the story telling section, my picks are:
Memento
For redefining how a story can be told to a film audience. Memento's reverse chronological timeline was incredibly bold. Memento has since been endlessly (and horribly) copied.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
For telling the story of a man trying to save his memories. And for having the incredible creativity to actually show how someone's memories can be erased. Breathtakingly beautiful.
Hotel Rwanda
The Schindler's List of this decade. If you were not nauseous when Don Cheadle drives over thousands of dead bodies, you are definitely not human.
On the fun side, here are three picks
Batman Begins
For portraying Batman as he should have always been portrayed. Darkly. The menace of Batman was never so apparent. Disclosure: I am a childhood Batman fanboy.
Bourne Ultimatum (and the series in general)
For reinventing action films. Remember the Waterloo scene. All other action movies will forever be compared with this gold standard.
Casino Royale
For reinventing 007 after he had become boring thanks to Mr.Brosnan. The raw energy & unbridled arrogance meant this was the 2nd best Bond (after Sean Connery, of course) and in it's own right, an excellent thriller.
Pixar took story telling so many steps forward with their films this decade that it's astounding. To have the courage to follow through on the whimsical idea of a rat who loves gourmet food & cooking and offers deep philosophical advice is itself praiseworthy, but they also made this film that has a heart.
The Incredibles
Another one from the stables of Pixar. Again, a new take. This time on super heroes. The brilliant take of, what if super heroes were hiding amongst you trying to get on with their lives as gasp! insurance claims processors?! And how would you feel if you were slighted by one of them? Fresh take on super heroes.
District 9
Well, notice there aren't ANY sci-fi films here at all. What a pathetic decade! Well there was Star Trek, and countless Star Wars movies but I'm not a trekkie. I would have picked Minority Report in the sci-fi section, but then came District 9. If anything, I loved it for it's contradictions. Alien movie where humans ghetto off aliens? Check. Highly advanced aliens who love to eat garbage? Check. Lurking sub plot of apartheid? Check.
Honorable Mention:
Inglourious Basterds
For taking a WW-II movie, injecting the Wild West into it and producing an alternative reality for the end of the war. But in terms of impact on film, no where near QT's masterpiece - Pulp Fiction.
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