Inspired By Bill Simmons: The DEFINING Movie Of This Decade?

[DC]

Since this decade is practically over.........

[SPTO]

Re: Inspired By Bill Simmons: The DEFINING Movie Of This Decade?

The Harry Potter franchise.

Think of it this way, it's based on another property, (books) it's a tentpole, (tons of sequels) lots of SFX and action and lastly it's everything a blockbuster should be.

[Cebby]

Re: Inspired By Bill Simmons: The DEFINING Movie Of This Decade?

Return of the King

The Dark Knight is the only contender, and even it isn't all that close.

[born_bad]

Re: Inspired By Bill Simmons: The DEFINING Movie Of This Decade?

Lord of the Rings trilogy.

[MC Fatigue]

Re: Inspired By Bill Simmons: The DEFINING Movie Of This Decade?

Probably the Lord of the Rings movies as a whole - the fact Jackson managed to pull off what he did is simply unbelievable.

[Bornindamecca]

Re: Inspired By Bill Simmons: The DEFINING Movie Of This Decade?

Not going to get to into this discussion, since the term is largely arbitrary, but I really hope it's not Lord of the Rings. Those are the most overrated films I've ever seen.

[GSW]

Re: Inspired By Bill Simmons: The DEFINING Movie Of This Decade?

DC can you explain your question a bit more?

[Beantown]

Re: Inspired By Bill Simmons: The DEFINING Movie Of This Decade?

Yeah - exactly what do you mean by "defining?"

Special effects? Acting? Story? Total package? Etc.

[Brankles]

Re: Inspired By Bill Simmons: The DEFINING Movie Of This Decade?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405094/

Top Rated "2000s" Titles
Rank Rating Title Votes
1. 8.8 The Dark Knight (2008)
2. 8.8 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
3. 8.7 Up (2009)
4. 8.7 Cidade de Deus (2002)
5. 8.7 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
6. 8.6 Memento (2000)
7. 8.6 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
8. 8.5 WALL·E (2008)
9. 8.5 Amelie (2001)
10. 8.5 The Lives of Others (2006)
11. 8.5 The Pianist (2002) 109,992
12. 8.5 The Departed (2006) 219,400
13. 8.5 Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) 83,343
14. 8.4 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 186,361
15. 8.4 Requiem for a Dream (2000) 155,509
16. 8.4 Slumdog Millionaire (2008) 130,490
17. 8.4 Pan's Labyrinth (2006) 126,490
18. 8.4 Gran Torino (2008) 78,140
19. 8.4 Der Untergang (2004) 67,596
20. 8.4 The Prestige (2006) 165,081
21. 8.3 Star Trek (2009) 78,280
22. 8.3 The Wrestler (2008) 62,544
23. 8.3 Sin City (2005) 219,419
24. 8.3 Hotel Rwanda (2004) 77,446
25. 8.3 Batman Begins (2005) 233,482
26. 8.3 No Country for Old Men (2007) 164,781
27. 8.3 Oldboy (2003) 77,545
28. 8.3 Gladiator (2000) 238,171
29. 8.2 There Will Be Blood (2007) 107,533
30. 8.2 Donnie Darko (2001) 180,085
31. 8.2 The Hangover (2009) 41,243
32. 8.2 Into the Wild (2007) 72,462
33. 8.2 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) 197,742
34. 8.2 Million Dollar Baby (2004) 117,893
35. 8.2 The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) 120,462
36. 8.1 Snatch. (2000) 144,398
37. 8.1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) 6,759
38. 8.1 Amores perros (2000) 51,872
39. 8.1 Finding Nemo (2003) 138,940
40. 8.1 Ratatouille (2007) 107,789
41. 8.1 Tasogare Seibei (2002) 7,510
42. 8.1 V for Vendetta (2005) 186,806
43. 8.1 Le scaphandre et le papillon (2007) 23,137
44. 8.1 The Incredibles (2004) 135,059
45. 8.1 Låt den rätte komma in (2008) 31,390
46. 8.1 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) 99,517
47. 8.1 Children of Men (2006) 132,412
48. 8.1 Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) 45,873
49. 8.1 In Bruges (2008) 71,192
50. 8.1 Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom (2003) 15,197

Longhorn brings up a good question... what exactly are we "defining"?

The Dark Knight stands alone as the best superhero movie in a 10 year span where superhero movies were very prevalent. It was also very stylized, used great visual effects, was based in the 2000's, used many relevant actors and appealed to almost all groups of people.

Movies like LotR (I don't enjoy fantasy movies), There Will Be Blood (boring to many, I loved it), and No Country For Old Men (same as TWBBlood) were not able to span generational gaps as The Dark Knight was able to. Everyone I talked to loved that movie.

Other movies that I really think were great were City of God and The Departed. The Departed was probably Scorcese's best film and was another movie that took place in the modern day.

[Gibbz]

Re: Inspired By Bill Simmons: The DEFINING Movie Of This Decade?

When I think of films of this decade, LotR is clearly the defining series, IMO.

[Cebby]

Re: Inspired By Bill Simmons: The DEFINING Movie Of This Decade?

Longhorn brings up a good question... what exactly are we "defining"?

Does it matter?

Return of the King is #1 in awards, #1 in money, and essentially tied for #1 in IMDB rating.

City of God is clearly the best movie of the 00s, but a film in Portuguese can't be the pick. There'd be anarchy.

[thaima1shu]

Re: Inspired By Bill Simmons: The DEFINING Movie Of This Decade?

TDK is my favorite movie of all time. I loved everything about that movie. However, the LOTR series, to me, is an amazing accomplishment in every sense. Like Cebby said, LOTR is on top in terms of money, awards, fans and critic reception, etc. It's a huge accomplishment and I thought they were great movies. Thought they did a wonderful job of doing the books justice. I'd go with the LOTR movies.

[Brankles]

Re: Inspired By Bill Simmons: The DEFINING Movie Of This Decade?

Does it matter?

Return of the King is #1 in awards, #1 in money, and essentially tied for #1 in IMDB rating.

City of God is clearly the best movie of the 00s, but a film in Portuguese can't be the pick. There'd be anarchy.

Ya, but the movie is about elves and dragons and wizards. I can't get with that.

And I'm 100% with you on the City of God bandwagon.

[GSW]

Re: Inspired By Bill Simmons: The DEFINING Movie Of This Decade?

Ya, but the movie is about elves and dragons and wizards. I can't get with that.

And I'm 100% with you on the City of God bandwagon.

QFT

Gity of God
and The Departed define this generation to me.

and anything starring Alexis Texas

[Salhus]

Re: Inspired By Bill Simmons: The DEFINING Movie Of This Decade?

Tell me what the defining movie of the 90s was, then I'll give you my answer