Best Films of the past 10 years
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Originally posted by ecgordon:
Which actors or directors are you talking about here, ones who believe in a Flat Earth? Or is that just some metaphor you use to describe someone who holds a view different from yours?
Less a metaphor than an example or anecdote.
Less clear cut examples would confuse people.
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Originally posted by Brenda:
Include also
The Last Samurai(2004) (One of the few Tom Cruise movies I can stand)
Gladiator (2000)
Rocky Balboa (2006)
I could not find a Gladiator from 2008, or 2007, 2009. Was that the complete name, or did you mean the 2000 film with Russell Crowe, after Mel Gibson turned it down?
Thanks for the correction JFS. I meant the one with Russell Crowe. I couldn't read the year on the DVD. So I do apologize for that. I will edit it now.
Yep. Alas, none of the recent lists of films include the period for Gladiator.
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Since we have a thread about films from the 20s-50s, and one from the 60s-90s, why not edit the title of this one and adjust the criteria to 2000-present instead of just last 10 years?
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Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:Quote:
Originally posted by ecgordon:
Which actors or directors are you talking about here, ones who believe in a Flat Earth? Or is that just some metaphor you use to describe someone who holds a view different from yours?
Less a metaphor than an example or anecdote.
Less clear cut examples would confuse people.
Thank you for making that as clear as mud.
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Thumbs Up!
SGG
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Originally posted by Brenda:
Include also
The Last Samurai(2004) (One of the few Tom Cruise movies I can stand)
Gladiator (2000)
Rocky Balboa (2006)
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Methinks thou dost protest too much. Do us all a favor and stay out of the
Elderberry Wine, it tends to fog the mind..................lol
SGG
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Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:Quote:
Originally posted by ecgordon:
Which actors or directors are you talking about here, ones who believe in a Flat Earth? Or is that just some metaphor you use to describe someone who holds a view different from yours?
Less a metaphor than an example or anecdote.
Less clear cut examples would confuse people.
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Good idea.
SGG
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Originally posted by ecgordon:
Since we have a thread about films from the 20s-50s, and one from the 60s-90s, why not edit the title of this one and adjust the criteria to 2000-present instead of just last 10 years?
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Originally posted by ecgordon:
Since we have a thread about films from the 20s-50s, and one from the 60s-90s, why not edit the title of this one and adjust the criteria to 2000-present instead of just last 10 years?
Mine was first.
So there.
Actually, my intention was to focus and isolate the exact decade following the year that Serenity was released. Although the bar for Special Effects standard was raised with Firefly on TV, this continued and had greater exposure with Serenity. Much of what made Firefly and Serenity dear to our hearts has been copied, and influential to the films that have followed.
Lately I have been watching some reruns of various TV shows, and I am reminded of how Due South seemed to set the standard for soundtrack with Sarah MacLachlin tunes, and how much subsequent shows have inflected melancholy with similar music. I sometimes hear audio reminiscent of Greg Edmondson, and other than following soundtracks actually done by him, I want for more.
I wanted to point out the block of films that had the Serenity example to grow from, whether these films made use of this or not.
I feel confident that Star Trek (EFX), Inception (story developement) did so.
I do not object to the films from before this period getting included with another period, like 1960-2005.
As it is, Dark Angel made some advance from 2000-2001, and Firefly started an advance in 2002 which wound up with Serenity in 2005.
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Originally posted by Brenda:
Include also
The Last Samurai(2004) (One of the few Tom Cruise movies I can stand)
Gladiator (2000)
Rocky Balboa (2006)
Thumbs Up!
SGG
Always been a big Rocky fan. Also love Russell Crowe.
Were you a fan of L.A. Confidential? The Quick and the Dead?
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Big fan of LA Confidential.......I also liked Master & Commander, an underrated film.
SGG
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Originally posted by Brenda:Quote:
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Originally posted by Brenda:Quote:
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Originally posted by Brenda:
Include also
The Last Samurai(2004) (One of the few Tom Cruise movies I can stand)
Gladiator (2000)
Rocky Balboa (2006)
Thumbs Up!
SGG
Always been a big Rocky fan. Also love Russell Crowe.
Were you a fan of L.A. Confidential? The Quick and the Dead?
I've seen it and it was good. Also loved a "Beautiful Mind" .
Also "American Gangster" from 2007 which included Russell Crowe and Denzel Washington.
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