Favorite Movies in the 21st Century

[PrezLeefun]

What are your favorite movies of the 21 st Century?


Mine are in no particular order
Pride and Predjudice (2005)
The Harry Potter Series (I know I am far too obvious)
Lord of the Rings Series
Pirates of the Carribean Series
Bridget Jone's Diary Series
Mean Girls
Wedding Crashers
Red Eye
Into the Blue
Zathura
Dreamgirls
Blood Diamond
The Departed
The House of Flying Daggers
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Moulin Rouge

[HomeschoolrsRUs]

On your list, I only agree with two:

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Pirates of the Caribbean Trilogy

[ThomasMore]

2001:

The Dish (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0205873/)
Enemy at the Gates
The Princess Diaries (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0247638/)
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
A Beautiful Mind
Black Hawk Down


2002:

Monsoon Wedding (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0265343/)
We Were Soldiers
K-19: The Widowmaker (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0267626/)
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Catch Me If You Can
The Pianist


2003:

Seabiscuit
Intolerable Cruelty
Elf
The Last Samurai
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King


2004:

The Passion of the Christ
Woman Thou Art Loosed (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0399901/)
Ray
The Incredibles
Sideways
Million Dollar Baby
The Aviator
Hotel Rwanda (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0395169/)


2005:

Crash
Cinderella Man
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Batman Begins
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
March of the Penguins
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Walk the Line
The World's Fastest Indian
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
Fun With Dick and Jane


2006:

End of the Spear (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0399862/)
Eight Below (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0397313/)
Joyeux Noel (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0424205/)
United 93
Akeelah and the Bee
The Prestige
The Devil Wears Prada
Casino Royale
The Departed


2007:

Ratatouille
Amazing Grace (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0454776/)

[TeenageRepublican]

Here's mine, in no special order:

The Alamo
United 93
Team America
Hot Fuzz
Shaun of the Dead
The Messengers
Walk The Line
The Invasion
3:10 to Yuma
Amazing Grace
The Punisher
Gods and Generals
The Great Raid
High Noon
The Spiderman Trilogy
Underworld
Meet the Parents
Meet the Fockers

That's all I can think of right now, will add more later.

[Rhino]

Harry Potter
Lord of the Rings
Pirates of the Carribean (both)
The Incredibles
Revenge of the Sith
Madagascar
Over The Hedge

[Trevelyan]

"Minority Report"
"Lost in Translation"
"The Departed"
"Munich"
"Crash"
"Mystic River"
"Million Dollar Baby"
"The Aviator"
"The 25th Hour"
"Kill Bill" as a complete work

That's good enough for now.

[TeenageRepublican]

More flicks that I like, in no special order.

Panic Room
Flightplan
Fahrenhype 9/11: Unraveling the truth about Fahrenheit 9/11 and Michael Moore
The Last Castle
Shoot Em' Up
Thirteen Days
Firewall
16 Blocks
Live Free or Die Hard
Inside Man
The Sentinal

More coming soon.

[BabyBeastie]

Thomas is correct. The 21st century began in 2001. The 20th century ended in 2000.

Make sure you don't put any movies from 2000 in your selections! :thumb:

[Rhino]

Nag, nag, nag. :evilgrin:

[PrezLeefun]

I should add Crash, Madagascar, and Kill Bill (even though Kill Bill is awfully graphic in all respects)

[Rhino]

All my choices still fit. And I'll add...

Finding Nemo
Shrek (both. I haven't seen 'Third' yet)

[Plain Old Dave]

Master and Commander

[Wyatt_Junker]

I'm a huge fan of Marv.

http://www.dennishollingsworth.us/archives/image/MickeyRourkeMarv-1.jpg

And Nancy wasn't too bad either.

http://www.tenshicosplay.com/tenshi/gallery/2005_sin_city_016.jpg

[PrezLeefun]

^^^^ Agreed Wyatt. At least on Marv. I freakin' loved him.

[TeenageRepublican]

If I were to make a graphic movie, it would be titled "Flying Monkeys with Chainsaws"...

[TeenageRepublican]

Here is the commercial transcript:

Samuel L. Jackson: I am tired of all these motherf***ing flying monkeys with motherf***ing chainsaws! (Holds shotgun, blows one in half)

Paris Hilton: Nothing can kill me with this flame-proof make up. (Flying Monkey with a chainsaw runs by and chain-saw's her in half.)

Announcer: This election year, one woman will turn out to be a flying monkey... with a chainsaw.

(Hillary Clinton starts yelling into the microphone)

Hillary: We have to stop the war on Flying Monkeys with Chainsaws!

Samuel L. Jackson: Fl-fl-fl-fl-flying monkeys with chainsaws.

Announcer: Coming Soon.

Who would go see that, be honest! I would...

[Rhino]

If I were to make a graphic movie, it would be titled "Flying Monkeys with Chainsaws"...No footballs? :evilgrin:

[PrezLeefun]

Jesus TeenageRepublican.... why so graphic?

[Rhino]

Good question.

[TeenageRepublican]

Jesus TeenageRepublican.... why so graphic?

I'm going to answer that question witht the last words in Stephen King's The Stand.
"I don't know," she answered. She repeated the words again. I don't know.

[PrezLeefun]

^^^^Then do us a favor and refrain until you find out why.

[TeenageRepublican]

^^^^Then do us a favor and refrain until you find out why.

I know why now. It's Bush's fault that I'm so graphic.

[PrezLeefun]

Blame yourself.... not a plant.



*obvious sarcasm*

[Wyatt_Junker]

Saw this last night. Epically delicious. In my top 20 all-time favorite movies.

http://www.archinect.com/images/uploads/050728-Batman0.jpg

[Trevelyan]

Epically delicious.

Hah, that's great. :D

Anyway, yes, excellent movie.

[ThomasMore]

Yep. Outstanding movie.

My experience with comic strips brought to live action is that they don't work, or turn into camp.

The idea of a grown man, outside the police and wearing a bat-suit, as a vigilante hero is an awfully hard sell for adult viewers. It is simply not believable. But the writers pulled off a miracle and developed the story in a way that even intelligent grown ups can accept -- to know how, you will have to see the movie. Every part of it was well thought out and well-executed.

The casting, like the writing and production, was fantastic. Christian Bale made a marvelous Bruce Wayne/Batman. Michael Caine was the perfect Alfred, Rutger Hauer was an effective foil as a bad-guy executive, Tom Wilkinson good as a mob boss, the always-solid Morgan Freeman an ally, and Gary Oldman played against type as good-cop Lt. Gordon. Liam Neeson figures largely in the movie, but I won't spoil who he is.

Even if you don't go in for cartoons brought to the big screen, give this one a try. It amazed me, and it is more than worthwhile.

[Wyatt_Junker]

Yep. That actor's roll call was astouding. Add to that, good writing. Add to that, unforseen subplots.

Yes, Batman was carved out of real stone by a diamond blade chainsaw right before your eyes in real-time.

Where The Hulk absolutely failed, where Spiderman aborted itself, where the X Men slowly eroded sequel upon sequel...

This thing was bat ass! (sorry, couldn't resist)

It was a crazy good time. I hope they can pull off another one. The more they can recreate the superhero to where you experience it for the first time, the more believable it becomes. You become a part of it. You understand Batman. You were there. During the creation process. The evolution. You're right. Its not just a dude with a strange costume fetish. That would be something we couldn't relate to, but this...

...this, affords us a rare opportunity to believe in the heroic again. To not be so jaded, but to look up in the sky and believe.

[HomeschoolrsRUs]

Either one of two things: I completely missed the boat and forgot about this movie all together (i.e., never saw it on the shelf at the video store, so didn't rent it), or it was so unremarkable I completely forgot about it.

From what y'all are saying it's a "must-see," so I better go out and try to find and rent it to find out if I missed it the first time or got it and forgot it. :smirky:

[ThomasMore]

Either one of two things: I completely missed the boat and forgot about this movie all together (i.e., never saw it on the shelf at the video store, so didn't rent it), or it was so unremarkable I completely forgot about it.

I would be surprised if you saw it and don't remember it. I don't like comic strips brought to life -- anyone who pranced around in a spider suit or a bat suit would be locked up as a nut, not treated as a hero.

Here, the writers pulled it off. They turned a "normal" person into Batman, and you will understand both why and how.

From what y'all are saying it's a "must-see," so I better go out and try to find and rent it to find out if I missed it the first time or got it and forgot it. :smirky:

Have fun.

[Maggie_T]

Favorite films of the 21st century?

Let's see ...


:question: ... :confused: ... :brow: ...


Sorry, guys. Guess the entertainment industry has not been very inspiring to me.

[TeenageRepublican]

Saw this last night. Epically delicious. In my top 20 all-time favorite movies.

http://www.archinect.com/images/uploads/050728-Batman0.jpg

That was excellent!

Batman Begins had the exactly the right amount of action and suspense. I actually believed it all the way through!

Homes, see the movie, it's the best one out of them all.
There's car chases, fight scenes, and a good message.

[TeenageRepublican]

Yep. That actor's roll call was astouding. Add to that, good writing. Add to that, unforseen subplots.

Yes, Batman was carved out of real stone by a diamond blade chainsaw right before your eyes in real-time.

Where The Hulk absolutely failed, where Spiderman aborted itself, where the X Men slowly eroded sequel upon sequel...

This thing was bat ass! (sorry, couldn't resist)

It was a crazy good time. I hope they can pull off another one. The more they can recreate the superhero to where you experience it for the first time, the more believable it becomes. You become a part of it. You understand Batman. You were there. During the creation process. The evolution. You're right. Its not just a dude with a strange costume fetish. That would be something we couldn't relate to, but this...

...this, affords us a rare opportunity to believe in the heroic again. To not be so jaded, but to look up in the sky and believe.

Wyatt, you're in luck. I've heard that the same director's going to do a second one.
I loved the cartoon series. I also like "Batman Beyond", I hope they make a movie out of that. This was when people weren't afraid to put violence against violence in cartoons. Now it's cards or monsters to do their fighting. It pisses me off a lot. What kind of entertainment is that?

[Jack_Savage]

Last Samurai.

[Trevelyan]

Wyatt, you're in luck. I've heard that the same director's going to do a second one.

Yeah, it comes out next year. It is called "The Dark Knight."

Anyway, the director of these new Batman films is Christopher Nolan. He has also directed "Memento," "Insomnia," and "The Prestige."

[PrezLeefun]

^^^The Prestige was good. And alas... more Christian Bale *Prez faints*

[Air Force Guy]

Band of Brothers (2001)
Batman Begins (2005)
Beowulf & Grendel (2005)
Blade: Trinity (2004)
Casino Royale (2006)
Chronicles of Narnia: L, W, & W (2005)
Coach Carter (2005)
End of the Spear (2006)
Enemy At the Gates (2001)
Facing the Giants (2006)
Flyboys (2006)
Friday Night Lights (2004)
God Grew Tired Of Us (2006)
The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005)
Hearts in Atlantis (2001)
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
Hotel Rwanda (2005)
House of Wax (2005)
The Illusionist (2006)
The Incredibles (2004)
The Island (2005)
Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
Left Behind Series (started in 2000)
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
The Nativity Story (2006)
Night at the Museum (2006)
The Passion of the Christ (2004)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
The Prestige (2006)
Stardust (2007)
Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith (2005)
T3 Rise of the Machines (2003)
Time Changer (2002)
Walk the Line (2005)
X-Men (all 3) (2000-2006)

[ThomasMore]

End of the Spear (2006)

...

Hotel Rwanda (2005)

...

The Incredibles (2004)

End of the Spear and Hotel Rwanda were two of the most outstanding movies that barely anyone has seen.

End of the Spear (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_End_of_the_Spear) brought explicit Christian morality to the wider public. It is a true story about redemption.

The Waodani were a warlike tribe in Ecuador -- almost every outsider who contacted them wound up dead or killing Waodani tribesmen to save themselves. Christian missionaries went to evangelize them in the 1950s. When some of them were killed by the Waodani, their wives and families overcame their grief, and out of love and forgiveness for the Waodani, followed and continued in their dead husbands'/fathers' efforts.

Eventually, the Waodani became Christian, and peaceful. The title "End of the Spear" refers both to how the first missionaries met their deaths, and how the Waodani ultimately gave up their warlike ways. The tribe still exists -- the movie ends with actual footage of the son of one of the missionaries and his friend, the Waodani tribesman who killed his father.

Hotel Rwanda (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_Rwanda) is a dramatic account, but a pretty accurate one, of the horrors in Rwanda a decade ago. It is told from the perspective of a hotel manager, trying to protect his family and others from the murderous, machete-wielding thugs -- many of whom were his friends and colleagues just a short time before. It shows clearly how quickly demagoguery can cause neighbors turn against each other, becoming informants and murderers on a wide scale. An almost-literal hell on earth.

If you can't accept that "good," intelligent Germans turned into informants and killers in Nazi Germany, or that "good" people turn on each other elsewhere in the world, you must see this movie.

The UN, the European governments and the Clinton administration are all savaged in this movie, and the only hero depicted outside Rwanda is the president of the now-defunct Sabena Airlines, who tries (ultimately ineffectually) to rally the European governments to intervene in the slaughter.

Brad Bird's The Incredibles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Incredibles) was incredible. It has a politically conservative and pro-family message. In the beginning, society has told the various superheroes to go into hiding; their abilities are not wanted. (Mom to son, telling him to hide his abilities: "you know what they say, 'everybody's special.'" Son to mom: "that means nobody's special.") A bad guy brings a family of superheroes out of hiding -- and they give up the PC nonsense.

There is plenty for adults to enjoy: much of the dialogue is clever and sophisticated, and there were many homages to James Bond, Edith Head and others. This movie will enrapture children and give them a good message, and grown ups will have a lot of fun with it, too.

[TeenageRepublican]

End of the Spear and Hotel Rwanda were two of the most outstanding movies that barely anyone has seen.


Hotel Rwanda was excellent. I thought End of the Spear was okay, not as good as some other Christian films I've seen. Amazing Grace probably is the best Christian flick that I've seen. Plus, William Wilberforce represents a guy with conservative thought, combining politics and God.
Man, I'd love to talk to him face to face and ask him what he thinks of today's society.

[Elgalad]

Everyone else has listed most of the good ones anyways..

But I'm going to 'cheat' and list my own (all time) favorite movie here.

Blade Runner (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083658/)

Hey! It was Set in the 21st century. :rotflmbo:

And it's still my fav, even after 25 years.


-E

[BarryC]

On average I go see a movie in the theater once every few years. I rarely watch movies on television. Therefore I'm not familiar with many 21st Century movies. That said I do have, on DVD, all or most of the Conservative movies that came out during 2004 or thereabouts. They are all very good.
2002
Lathe of Heaven (This is a remake of an earlier TV movie by the same name.)
2004
Celsius 41.11: The Temperature at Which the Brain... Begins to Die
Fahrenhype 9/11
George W. Bush: Faith in the White House
In the Face of Evil: Reagan's War in Word and Deed
Is It True What They Say About Ann?
Michael Moore Hates America
The Passion of the Christ
The Village
WMD: Weapon of Mass Destruction
The Wool Cap
2005
The Dukes of Hazzard (I liked it, but not nearly as much as the old series)
2006
The Nativity Story
The Ten Commandments
(These two I have not seen yet, even though I did buy the DVD of The Nativity Story.)

Barry