January 10, 2010

  • I suppose being that I'm a movie guy and all, I probably should go ahead and post a list featuring what was my top movies of the past decade that was the 2000s. Going back through the list of movies I've seen this past decade, the second half of the decade, when I was the most active in watching movies definitely stood out as the best years for me. However, surprisingly enough, the top two movies came from the first half of the decade, and in part it's because I had to consider the grades I gave the movies as well as which ones were true favorites of mine. Only two movies got "A+"s from me in the 2000s, so they automatically got the top spots (too bad they were before my blog, so no reviews in xanga from me). I've also noticed that 2003 seemed to be the most lackluster year in movies this past decade, which didn't hold as many stand outs for me as other years. Overall, I thought this past decade was a sort of an unusually exceptional decade in movies, because it had something for everybody, from the indies to the mainstream, the 2000s was just great times watching movies.

    Here you go, my personal top 20 movies of the 2000s

    1. Memento  (2000)
    2. Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind  (2004)
    3. Adaptation  (2002)
    4. the Dark Knight  (2008)
    5. the Incredibles  (2004)
    6. A Serious Man  (2009)
    7. Batman Begins  (2005)
    8. Once  (2007)
    9. (500) Days Of Summer  (2009)
    10. The King Of Kong : A Fistful of Quarters  (2007)
    11. Juno  (2007)
    12. Into The Wild  (2007)
    13. Up In The Air  (2009)
    14. The Diving Bell & The Butterfly  (2007)
    15. Thank You For Smoking  (2006)
    16. Shaun Of The Dead  (2004)
    17. Battle Royale  (2000)
    18. A.I.  (2001)
    19. Wall-E  (2008)
    20. Matchstick Men  (2003)