10 movies from the past ten years that are better than Children of Men
So, Rob is trying to claim that Children of Men is one of the best films from the past ten years (see his comment to my last entry). I respect Rob. I think he's a good person. He has good taste in music, human beings, and movies. Usually. But to suggest that Children of Men is one of the best movies in the past ten years is wackiness on top of ludicrousness.
So here's a list of 22 movies from the past 10 years that are better than CoM:
Deuce Bigalow, Male Gigalow
Mr. Deeds
Phantasm IV
all 18 movies starring Steven Seagal from 1997-2007 -- http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0000219/
Herbie: Fully Loaded
but seriously....
30 movies off the top of my head (and off of wikipedia) from the past 10 years that are easily better than CoM:
Pan's Labrynth. this movie did NOT suck. Beautiful. Sad. actual characterization. good acting, even by a ten year old (i'm guessing her age). This is what a good movie should have. Plus I just watched it and it washed the taste of last night's awfulness out of my mouth.
Now a list with no comments:
Oh Brother Wear Art Thou?
Amelie
Fight Club
The Big Lebowski
Magnolia
Boogie Nights
The Insider
Hot Fuzz
Shaun of the Dead
Memento
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Requiem for a Dream
Amores Perros
Zodiac
Finding Neverland
Capote
Office Space
Affliction
Lost Highway
The Ice Storm
Seven Years in Tibet
Beloved
Gods and Monsters
He Got Game
The Truman Show
Bowfinger
Being John Malkovich
Jesus' Son
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Do i even need to go on? I stopped during the 1999 page from Wikipedia (the newer ones were off the top of my head). this list could get to 100 before there's a movie that CoM can compete with.
[on a related note, 1998 was a fucking HORRIBLE year for movies:
Meet Joe Black, Species II, Odd Couple II, The Patriot, Patch Adams, You've Got Mail -- oh the horror!]
Comments
1998 can get a pass because of The Big Lebowski.
Posted by: mike | July 5, 2007 7:16 AM
Evan,
Nice list. I don't disagree with most of them but He Got Game was one of Spike Lee's weakest films. (and I'm a big fan of Spike)Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Minds was pretty bad in my opinion. I think it has a lot to do w/ the fact that I don't like Jim Carey. Beloved? Good book, but an incredibly mediocre movie. And don't get me started on Lost Highway. What was going on in that movie? But what do I know? Maybe I should reconsider my selection in music and friends.... Heh, Heh.
There was an Odd Couple 2 in 1998? Excellent!
Posted by: Rob C. | July 5, 2007 7:05 PM
I been biting my tongue on this, YOU"RE FUCKIN NUTS, EVAN... Children of Men is probably the second best film of 06 award season movies. But considering your a big fan of the early Adam Sandler's movies and I recall someone else in your clan liking Legally Blond(we all know how I feel about that) So, I won't hold your movie reviews with any high regard
Posted by: Buddy | July 6, 2007 8:35 PM