The New York Times 25 Best Movies of the Century

glad The Tree Movie isn't here to be an easy way out of this mess

Hurt locker? Llewyn Davis? Fuck off

wd vote for either Spirited Away or Touch of Sin, rankings are stupid, obv

toss up between Spirited Away and Wendy & Lucy

Yi Yi, In Jackson Heights, Silent Light, one of those.

oh -- Summer Hours too, one of my favorite movies, period.

Yi Yi
Spirited Away
Mad Max

I really want to see Touch of Sin.

i was hoping we could ignore this one

dull list for dullards

Lots of movies I am glad are not here. A couple I am surprised are not here (In the Mood for Love, Mulholland Drive). A couple I am sad are here (Million Dollar Baby, 40 Year Old, Llewyn, Boyhood, I'm Not There). Super happy to see Gleaners & I. Most I am OK with, as far as stupid lists go. I'm fine with There Will Be Blood or Spirited Away, maaaaybe Yi Yi, though tbh I have not seen a few of these.

inside out is really overrated

toss up between Spirited Away and Wendy & Lucy

― devvvine

Yi Yi or Munich but the list loses me at #1

a touch of sin by a mile, might be tempted to re-watch Munich.

The point of newspaper lists is to get people to watch movies. I already had a couple friends say they were gonna watch A Touch of Sin as a result of this thing.

The two Lynches and Tree of Life being supplanted by a handful of the most overrated, meh-worthy movies pretty much lost me straight away. But I will be interested to see which of the ones I'm less familiar with y'all rep for the hardest.

iirc the point of newspaper lists is to generate revenue for the newspaper (via people like me clicking to see whose names are responsible for this pile)

A service that generates a profit is okeedokee with me.

The responsible parties were fairly obvious, given the venue. But your click is greatly appreciated!

i automatically assume any dumb thing in nyt was produced by david brooks so i'm always in for a surprise

now see Million Dollar Baby was made for the David Brookses of the land.

Million Dollar Baby...now that was a movie!

Guess I should be thankful they didn't go for Trash Crash.

Inside Out is garbage wtf

You're garbage wtf.

Joshin bruh, but still gtfo imo.

it's not even close to the best Pixar movie of the century tho

guys if you argue it means the list won

voted for the wiseman, I guess I should see it one of these days

I prefer Ratatouille to Inside Out, but calling the latter garbage is baffling to me.

Voting Eternal Sunshine because while I like quite a few of these (There Will Be Blood, Inside Out, Boyhood, Moonlight) it's the only one I've seen multiple times.

Inside Out is a poorly plotted mess w literally one-dimensional characters

If i had to pick an animated kids feature for this list (which i def feel is not a valid requirement btw), I would pick Zootopia

The whole "journey back to the brain" is a bunch of arbitrary and nonsensical obstacles that serve no purpose beyond filling the running time

Inside Out doesn't have a hot fox iirc

Top of the century: Inland Empire and The Turin Horse. But, A Touch of Sin is right up there.

I've only seen 6 of these but I can't deny that those 6 are all movies I'm glad I saw, so good job I guess? Voted Boyhood just on grounds of strength of emotional reaction on viewing. (Certainly I had a stronger emotional reaction to Mulholland Drive, though, can't deny that.)

Kubo is hands down the Pixar type effort of the new century

In fact laika >>>>>>> pixar

voting Mad Max

Would probably go with mad max or there will be blood

Mad Max got me hooked on movies again after a long period of not going to see stuff. I hadn't been to the cinema in years before that came out, and since then I go a couple times a month.

I like the double meaning in dara's last post

1. Boyhood or Wendy and Lucy; Llewyn (prefer No Country) or In Jackson Heights (prefer At Berkeley) after that. Zodiac ahead of all of them.

at least they sort of admit they fucked up their Coens choice

For all of its adherence to the traditional Pixar "journey" plot, Inside Out made me cry way more than any other movie of the century.

For what its worth, I haven't seen:

The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
Summer Hours
In Jackson Heights
l'Enfant
White Material
The Gleaners and I
Mad Max: Fury Road
Wendy and Lucy

And as far as I can recall, I don't think I've even heard of:

A Touch of Sin
Timbuktu
Three Times

Of the former list, some are things I've kept vaguely meaning to see and others are ones I just don't care about. Feel free to correct me on anything that my life is lesser for not having seen from either list, though (as long as it isn't Mad Max).

Your life is poorer for not having seen Summer Hours, In Jackson Heights, and The Gleaners and I.

haven't seen them all, but had to go with The Gleaners and I, which is just so outstanding

3. Million Dollar Baby

Still taking this in.

Isn't AO Scott a notorious Eastwood fanboy?

Can't decide between TWBB, Yi Yi, Spirited Away.

If you're above considering mad max then lol enjoy your supercereal worthiness

Gorgeous, wonderful movie, so astoundingly underrated.

Really, everything he did following my dn's namesake was top notch (although I might need to see Tanner on Tanner again to be sure).

Here's my list. No room for an Altman, unfortunately, although The Company would be my 21st century pick.

How many lists have you done in the last month, Alfred?

Certified Copy aside, 2010 was maybe the worst year for movies in my natural life.

I usually write a list a day with my morning smoothie.

2002 wasn't awesome either, I noticed.

No way, I loved 2002:

https://cansesclasseled.wordpress.com/favorite-films-by-year/

We share many of those films but I'm not passionate about'em, if that makes sense (it doesn't have to).

(Plus, I think a lot of them were 2003 in the U.S.)

NYT list reads like a clap back against vulgar auteurism on second glance.

If only all your mania for listmaking could be channeled into advocacy for preferential voting.

Remind me, in brief, what "vulgar auteurism" is. Worshipping trash, right?

In a nutshell, preferring Paul W.S. Anderson to Paul Thomas Anderson.

If only all your mania for listmaking could be channeled into advocacy for preferential voting.

― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius),

what makes you think it isn't?

My capacity for preferential ranking is universal.

top five worst Jake Gyllenhaal haircuts – go

I can't do these over a morning smoothie. I need time to carefully consider. But ...

1. Bubble Boy

2. that boxing movie where he was ripped like a roid queen

There's nothing vulgar about preferring anyone over Paul Thomas Andersson. And 2010 is the year of Uncle Boonmee, Aurora, Mysteries of Lisbon, Film Socialisme. Nothing wrong with that.

re: Almodovar - I loved his most recent one Julieta, and Broken Embraces.

Loved Broken Embraces as well.

1. Zodiac
2. No Country for Old Men
3. No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
4. The Heart of the Game
5. The Squid and the Whale
6. Elephant
7. Spellbound
8. Lost in Translation
9. The Social Network
10. You Can Count on Me
11. Carlos
12. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
13. Wendy and Lucy
14. Boyhood
15. Best of Enemies
16. O.J. Simpson: Made in America
17. At Berkeley
18. School of Rock
19. Ghost World
20. Angels in America

I liked almost all of these immediately; #12 and #18 grew on me more slowly. Except for At Berkeley, I’ve seen all them anywhere from twice to a ridiculous number of viewings for the top two.

I loved Perks of Being a Wallflower, although still baffled that those kids wouldn't know who was singing "'Heroes.'"

Yeah, I wrote about that. It's so egregious, I've come to find it more funny than annoying, and them not knowing is used really well as a dramatic device, if you can buy it. And again, I could maybe accept that they don't know "Heroes"--highly unlikely, but possible. Not knowing "Heroes" while you are swapping tapes with the Shaggs and Nick Drake on there, that I find literally impossible.

No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

No place on my list.

O.J. is a (slightly) above-avg ESPN TV series.

ah shit i forgot One Hour Photo, too.

I didn't realize Decasia was 2002. Put it on your list or go home.

On my 2002 list.

I feel like LEGO Batman might have been a better choice if they had to have a token cartoon that makes people cry.
The LEGO Movie itself is probably better than a few of these choices though.

nah the token "cartoon that made people cry" was Up in 2009. just that first sequence. I think after that Pixar thought they had to do it with every movie. I never saw Toy Story 3 bc the reactions were just ridiculous - "oh my god, i couldn't stop crying, it was so sad and wistful and melancholic!" God, sounds horrible.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

got Mad Max from library and couldn't sit thru more than 25 mins of it. I like the original!

The results of this poll should go on the ILX homepage as a warning to newcomers.

Counter-point.

6. Yi Yi	13
3. Million Dollar Baby	0

Not to mention four votes for Summer Hours and two for an Agnes Varda flick.

i wonder how many other Yang films the typical Yi Yi voter has seen -- you know, the ones you have to see twice to comprehend what's going on

or you know –  the major one only made available domestically until last year.

this is where KJB wd sigh heavily and not mention downloads

and where i wd advise you to live in the right city

I saw Mahjong and A Brighter Summer Day on shitty YouTube uploads several years ago, but I care about these things.

I wonder how many other Yang films were made in this century? Oh, none? Is it none? Oh, OK then.

I never said otherwise, but you're probably lightheaded from your most recent Showgirls viewing.

fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck alllllllllll liiiiiiiiiiiists

If by lightheaded you mean giddy, exhilarated, reveling in the pleasure that movies can give you if you enjoy either life or movies? Sure. Yeah.

Or cocktails.

Byron couldn't have said it more graciously.

Stuart Byron or Byron Buxton?

https://www.google.com/search?q=screaming+lord+byron&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjaz_rFj4TVAhXD6CYKHTbPCnkQ_AUICigB&biw=1570&bih=838#imgrc=K2TsLxPS6Q08lM:

Screaming Lord Byron

https://media1.giphy.com/media/uiB82DOQjJTbO/200_s.gif

(Yi Yi wasn't made in this century either)