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Comment on making a list (and checking it twice) by Mark

Mark — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 01:20:38 +0000

Yes you should for sure check out Shaun of the Dead and probably Hot Fuzz as well, although it’s probably not quite as good.

you’ve got some great movies there – particularly memento and lars and the real girl – also how about these for contenders – Best in Show, Amelie, Walk the Line, Little Miss Sunshine

and i’ll try and refrain from telling you all to please stop enjoying the Lord of the Rings movies and go read the book – like Peter Jackson should have done.

Comment on now that’s what i call a decade by Now That’s What I Call A Decade at Zoomtard

Now That’s What I Call A Decade at Zoomtard — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:34:58 +0000

[...] by my friend Jayber, for your amusement/bemusement, I thought I’d list my albums of the decade, but in no [...]

Comment on now that’s what i call a decade by GM

GM — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:08:30 +0000

On the commercial front Arcade Fire’s debut Funeral (2004) was outstanding. Under the radar for me is David Ford’s Songs for the Road (2007).

Off to check a couple of new (old) artists; thanks gents.

Comment on now that’s what i call a decade by Onefineday

Onefineday — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 15:30:09 +0000

For me personally, Illinois by Sufjan was the standout album of the decade by a country mile. It is also pretty inconceivable to not include either Boxer and Heartbreaker, so I salute you. So, I will avoid repitition with some of my own choices:

Home – Peter Broderick (2008)

Black Sheep Boy – Okkervil River (2008)

Eveningland – HEM (2004)

Alice – Tom Waits (2002)

Glory Hope Mountain – The Acorn (2008)

Damaged – Lambchop (2006)

Prairie Wind – Neil Young (2005)

For Emma, Forever Ago – Bon Iver (2008)

Tonight at the Arizona – The Felice Brothers (2007)

Peace to you at the end of 2009…

Ricky

Comment on making a list (and checking it twice) by Onefineday

Onefineday — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 15:11:12 +0000

JM,

Some nice choices there. Not always obvious either, which makes for some interesting consideration. The question rearing it’s ugly head is with regards to Brokeback – the film for me looked beautiful, it was heartfelt but somehow left me cold. Perhaps I have a lot of evangelical, middle class baggage which pre-conditioned my judgement, though we’ll never know.

Anyways, I have included some foreign language wonders, lo-fi gems and independent diamonds for your consideration…

This Is England

Junebug

Lonesome Jim

The Class

The Station Agent

Munich

Nothing, earth-shattering, but exquisite in their own right.

Peace at the end of 2009.

Comment on making a list (and checking it twice) by jaybercrow

jaybercrow — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:57:44 +0000

WhyNotSmile – I’m tempted to do another separate list for kids’ movies and animations, since I’ve probably seen more of those recently. Off the top of my head, great kids’ movies of the decade included Shrek, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Curious George and Horton Hears a Who. I haven’t seen Wall-E or Ratatoille yet though.

Sarah – loved hearing your thoughts, and I love how personal responses to movies can be. I liked Monsoon Wedding, Whale Rider and Gosford Park but none of them would trouble my top ten. I hated Zoolander. And I haven’t seen the others yet. I have to get round to watching Shaun of the Dead soon…

Comment on now that’s what i call a decade by jaybercrow

jaybercrow — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:50:14 +0000

Go on QM – I dare you to tackle it. I’d love to see your list. Have you at least done best of 2009?

Happy Christmas to you and the family too…

Comment on now that’s what i call a decade by QM

QM — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 10:20:54 +0000

happy Christmas. respect, it would kill me with stress to do a top 10 of the decade.

Comment on making a list (and checking it twice) by Sarah Matichuk

Sarah Matichuk — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:38:43 +0000

hmmm. Interesting list. I agree with you on the Royal Tanenbaums and Lost in Translation. Both interesting, I appreciated them, but did not love them. Memento and Traffic: both great, but they would definitely lose out. Brokeback Mountain had some good stuff but overall was kind of too melodramatic for me. I did love Lars and the Real Girl, Juno, and and the Lord of the Rings. The jury is still out on Eternal Sunshine. Will have to check out the others.
Top ten of the decade would be a good project though I definitely have lots to catch up on.
Here are some of my favorites that would at least make it to the short list: Monsoon Wedding (2001), Spanglish (2004), Mostly Martha (2001), Pieces of April (2003), Whale Rider (2002), Gosford Park (2001).I would probably have to include either Zoolander or Shaun of the Dead. Movies that make me laugh that much are needed in my life.

Comment on making a list (and checking it twice) by WhyNotSmile

WhyNotSmile — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:19:55 +0000

Shrek