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

[Cebby]

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

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

Including City of God with a high budget remake?

No.

[Kashanova]

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QFT

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

and anything starring Alexis Texas

LOL i knew there would be a porn reference in your post.

Movie is singular so i say TDK

[Blzer]

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As a homer vote, I'd give it to The Dark Knight.

But on a separate idea of "defining," there's no reason not to put United 93 in this topic of discussion.

[jmood88]

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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.

I couldn't stand those movies.

[DC]

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His criteria was

1. Importance for the time it came out
2. Originality
3. Re-Watch-Ability

[DC]

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

According to him

90s

Ghost

Few Good Men

Scent of a Woman

Fugitive

Titanic

Braveheart


To name a few

[Blzer]

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His criteria was

1. Importance for the time it came out
2. Originality
3. Re-Watch-Ability

Then The Dark Knight wins by a landslide.

[Misfit]

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According to him

90s

Ghost

Few Good Men

Scent of a Woman

Fugitive

Titanic

Braveheart


To name a few

With him settling on "The Shawshank Redemption." "Goodfellas" was in there too.

I don't think the '00's had a defining film. Right now, gun to my head, it's "The Dark Knight" but I would prefer to wait and see how it looks 5 years from now. I already think some luster has worn off of the LOTR trilogy and for most they definitely aren't re-watchable. The only knocks against "The Dark Knight" would be that it is a superhero flick, no matter how far the genre has come there will always be some stigma attached, and it's a Batman film where Batman is the weakest link. The only low points in the film are when Batman dominates the scene, and like Burton's Batman, its a film carried by its villain.

For those wondering, Simmons suggested "Almost Famous" initially, then changed his mind to "The Dark Knight."

[Skerik]

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According to him

90s

Ghost

Few Good Men

Scent of a Woman

Fugitive

Titanic

Braveheart


To name a few

That pretty much matches what my definition of "defining" is: a movie that everyone saw. During the 90s, I don't care who you are, you saw at least most, if not all, of those movies listed. Like that one Christmas when me and every kid I know got Wayne's World on DVD. That was a defining movie for kids our age - it defined us because we all saw it and could all relate to it. It connected us all.

As such, the only movies worthy of discussion under that definition of "defining" are the Dark Knight, the LOTR triology, and the Harry Potter movies.

[TheLetterZ]

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I'm not sure they rank up there with Dark Knight, LOTR, and Harry Potter, but Shrek, Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, and Gladiator have to be near the top of such a list.

[pfunk880]

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Like that one Christmas when me and every kid I know got Wayne's World on DVD.

You mean VHS?

[Misfit]

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As such, the only movies worthy of discussion under that definition of "defining" are the Dark Knight, the LOTR triology, and the Harry Potter movies.

If we are to include franchises, I think the Pixar movies deserve mention. Each one to get released this decade has been a huge success. That company can do no wrong. The Spider-Man movies would have deserved mention if the third one wasn't such a clunker, because the first two were big. Another cultural event type of film was "Revenge of the Sith" but again, that movie is tied to two others that were disappointments at best. This decade will also be tied to the influx of Apatow films as far as the comedy is concerned.

[Fresh Tendrils]

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I guess I will go with TDK, but my heart really lies with Memento for films from this decade. I suppose that could be the defining cult film of the decade.

[Salhus]

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I would go with TDK and Crash

[Hammerhunker]

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Would TDK be considered if it weren't for Heath Ledger and the unfortunate circumstance?

UP was #3 on the IMD list...really? Haven't seen it yet but is it that good?

Finally, as far as "Re-watchability" any Will Ferrell movie should be considered...for me

The 00's have flown by, Holy Cow.