28 Weeks Later
About a Boy
Children of Men
The Incredibles
Into the Wild
Lord of the Rings trilogy
Memento
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Spellbound
United 93
Wall-E
Yes, thirteen. Ten is a somewhat arbitrary number and this is a somewhat arbitrary list. The problem with lists that have such a broad span is that there are several movies from the first half of the aughts that I can't remember well enough to accurately rank. I know that I enjoyed Chicken Run, City of God, The Corporation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Finding Nemo, Kill Bill, and Ocean's Eleven, but how well would they hold up? About a Boy has become something of a sentimental favorite because I watch it every Christmas, perhaps if I watched the others as often I wouldn't have to guess. I thought The Mist was an exceptional thriller but I watched it more recently than Signs, which at the time I thought was one of the best films of its year. On the flip side, United 93 is a movie that (for obvious reasons) I have no desire to watch again. The easiest solution would be a sizable honorable mentions list, but you need to draw a line somewhere. There's an odd combination of memory and gut instinct that goes into creating a list like this, so consider it totally non-committal.
1 comment:
What the hell is 28 Weeks Later doing on that list???? I would understand 28 Days Later, but its sequel is absolute CRAP. But I appreciate the rest of your choices, though I never saw Spellbound or United 93.
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