POLL - Best Film of the 21st Century - Year 3 - 2002

[Evil Twin]

2000 Winner - Gladiator
2001 Winner - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2002 Winner - ???

 

[Evil Twin]

Other notable films of 2002

Austin Powers in Goldmember
xXx
The Transporter
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Reign of Fire
A Walk to Remember
The Sum of All Fears
Unfaithful
Death to Smoochy
Igby Goes Down
The Rules of Attraction
Changing Lanes
Nirgendwo in Afrika
The Crime of Father Amaro
The Man Without a Past
Secretary
Ice Age
Bend it Like Beckham
About a Boy
The Kid Stays in the Picture
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
24 Hour Party People
The Quiet American
13 Conversations about One Thing
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones

 

[[A]]

Austin Powers? XXX? Really..?

 

[Evil Twin]

I'm trying to cover all my bases with reminders. I'm sure those films are somebody's favorites. They certainly weren't unpopular.

The key word there, I think, is "notable".

 

[[A]]

Got it. Still, it's quite a list.

 

[Evil Twin]

There are basically three categories to the OTHER list. 1. Widely popular films i.e. Austin Powers, xXx, Ice Age, Star Wars, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Unfaithful, The Sum of All Fears; 2. Cult Films basically, Reign of Fire, Transporter, Death to Smoochy, and 3. Highly acclaimed films that I didn't think had backing enough to make the poll, basically everything else.

Hopefully, I did my job well enough that OTHER won't need to be used. And, of course, I'll be soliciting feedback in another thread for the 2003 poll choices.

 

[AxlsAppetite]

Well I chose ''Gangs of New York'' because any film by Martin Scorsese is genius.

 

[TheFuture]

To be honest none of them really stand out to me as classics, so I'm going to vote for the pure spectacle. And for the pure spectacle, LOTR: The Two Towers wins.

 

[Immortalfire]

 

[Laderlappen]

Adaptation baby!

 

[[A]]

Well, after checking the list.. it was a pretty weak year. I voted for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, just to vote for something. Many movies I liked, though (like The Pianist, The Bourne Identity, Bowling for Columbine, Adaptation, About Schmidt, Irreversible, Insomnia and Blade II)

 

[Evil Twin]

Yeah, nothing jumps out for me either. I'm trying to decide between The Two Towers, Bloody Sunday, Adaptation, Spirited Away, and Y Tu Mama Tambien. All wildly different, which makes comparisons tough.

 

[[A]]

About Schmidt is a li'l fave of mine. Such a small movie.. Nicholson should've done more things like that -- instead of doing crap along s**t-master Sandler

 

[Evil Twin]

Yeah, I'd like to see Nicholson do more along those lines too. Still, he has The Pledge, About Schmidt, and The Departed in his plus column for this decade. And, Something's Gotta Give and The Bucket List are harmless enough, especially considering how few high profile films there are that feature leads over 50.

 

[Watchman]

Adaptation baby!

 

[BlackLantern]

Monte Cristo came out in 2001, didn't it??...the one with Guy Pearce and Caviezel

 

[Evil Twin]

Monte Cristo came out in 2001, didn't it??...the one with Guy Pearce and Caviezel

Release date: January 25, 2002. (according to IMDB)

BTW, the book is excellent. A real page turner.

 

[Carmine Falcone]

25th hour by a mile. A masterpiece. Amazing acting, brilliant dialouge and superb directing. If you haven't seen it, check it out.

 

[Lunar_Wolf]

Spider-Man. I remember seeing it, what an event it was.

 

[[A]]

25th hour by a mile. A masterpiece. Amazing acting, brilliant dialouge and superb directing. If you haven't seen it, check it out.

I liked that movie. But I found the discussion about whether they headed to jail or not far more interesting



*I'm afraid this post might is awfully redacted

 

[JTStarkiller]

One vote for Solaris. Woot!

 

[WeaponXProject]

I voted for Adaptation but really had a hard decision because of 28 Days Later, Solaris and Two Towers made it a hard pick. I would say 28 Days Later is my favorite zombie movie though...

 

[darkseid26]

The Pianist

 

[luke1234]

It was a close call between adaptation and Two Towers, but Towers beat it out for me just by a little bit.

 

[Dark Victory]

28 Days Later