Brook K

As of 7/26/01

1. Requiem For A Dream
2. Yi, Yi
3. Dancer In The Dark
4. In The Mood For Love
5. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
6. High Fidelity
7. Amores Perros
8. Traffic
9. American Psycho
10.Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?

Best Documentary:
The Life And Times Of Hank Greenberg

Other Notable: The Girl On The Bridge, Almost Famous, Not One Less, Erin Brockovich, You Can Count On Me, Chicken Run, Chunhyang, Chuck & Buck, 13 Days, The Claim, The Princess and the Warrior, Fantasia 2000

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Nick Sievers

Nick’s Top 10 of 2000

Last Update July 18th, 2001

1. Traffic

2. Memento

3. O Brother, Where Art Thou?

4. High Fidelity

5. Requiem for a Dream

6. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

7. Almost Famous

8. Wonder Boys

9. Amores Perros

10. Chopper

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AndrewT

Well, here goes....

1. Boiler Room
2. Way of the Gun
3. Ninth Gate, The
4. Pitch Black
5. Men of Honor
6. Titan A.E.

Can't think of anymore that are worthy. I still have much catching up to do. Especially with all of the movies that have come out in the last month or so.

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Seth Paxton

Yeah, changes are expected and wanted.

Just make sure you post a mention that something has changed (feel free to discuss why at that point too), and maybe put a change date back on your original list post and edit it.

Not trying to hold anyone to a best of when they haven't had a chance. And this isn't just a poll, discussion is welcome. Just put up a list first or a space holder for a list. We don't need any trashing or discussion without people being willing to stick their own neck out.

Eric Howell

1. Fantasia 2000 (9/10)
2. Best in Show (9/10)
3. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (9/10)
4. Almost Famous (9/10)
5. Yi Yi (9/10)
6. Requiem for a Dream (9/10)
7. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (9/10)
8. Nurse Betty (8/10)
9. High Fidelity (8/10)
10. Wonder Boys (8/10)

Have not seen (amongst others I'm sure):
Pollock, Butterfly, Sunshine

The Rest(in close to the correct order):
Eights:
Chicken Run, Dancer in the Dark

Sevens:
You Can Count on Me, The Gift, Virgin Suicides, Snatch, Traffic, Small Time Crooks, Whole Nine Yards, The Terrorist, Joe Gould's Secret, Quills, Chocolat, State and Main, What Women Want, Unbreakable, Croupier

Sixes:
Shanghai Noon, Eyes of Tammy Faye, Dr. T and the Women, Shadow of the Vampire, Saving Grace, The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle, Chuck and Buck, Erin Brockovich, The Cell, Contender, Time Code, Cast Away, Bamboozled, Family Man, X-Men, Cecil B. DeMented, American Psycho, Keeping the Faith, Boiler Room, Billy Elliot, Mission: Impossible II, Girlfight, Frequency, Way of the Gun, Two Family House, Legend of Bagger Vance, Where the Money Is, Bring It On, Gladiator

Fives:
Charlie's Angels, Patriot, What Planet Are You From?, Rules of Engagement, U-571, Pitch Black, Titan A.E., All the Pretty Horses

Less:
Watcher, The (4/10), Perfect Storm, The (3/10), Mission to Mars (3/10)

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Adam Tyner

OK, first of all, let me say that this list represents films I enjoyed, not necessarily films I think are brilliant on any sort of technical level, bearing study for years to come. I'm sure some of my choices will inspire some eye-rolling. Aside from the first two, these aren't in any sort of order.

1) Almost Famous (I don't remember the last time I saw a film that had the emotional impact of AF)
2) Requiem for a Dream
3) High Fidelity
4) X-Men
5) Pitch Black
6) Virgin Suicides
7) Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (though I wish it weren't castrated)
8) Urban Legends: Final Cut (I'm sure everyone's here, but it's a return to dumb '80s slashers, a subgenre I've loved for years)
9) Final Destination
10) Godzilla 2000 (though I don't think it'll be as much fun outside of a theater)

I'm tempted to replace one of those with "The Whole Nine Yards".

I plan on seeing "Traffic", "Shadow of the Vampire", "The Gift", "Best In Show", "Chicken Run", "State and Main", and "Meet The Parents" as soon as the opportunity presents itself.

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Darren H

1. Requiem for a Dream
2. Requiem for a Dream
3. Requiem for a Dream
4. Requiem for a Dream
5. Requiem for a Dream
6. The Emperor's New Groove
7. High Fidelity
8. Shanghai Noon
9. Gladiator
10. Me, Myself, and Irene

Ask me again in a year and a half. These are the only 2000 relesases I've seen, though the more I read about it, the more I want to see You Can Count on Me (and it's actually playing in town right now.) CTHD is also set to open here some time in the next few weeks.

No need to turn this into another "why I hate going to the theater" thread, but, man, I really hate going to the theater.

RicP

FINAL LIST
Ric's Best of 2000

1. Almost Famous
2. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
3. Traffic
4. Wonder Boys
5. Requiem for a Dream
6. Cast Away
7. Best In Show
8. X-Men
9. Gladiator
10. High Fidelity

Last Updated Mar 17 2001

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Seth Paxton

Adam, as long as you have a reason, then ok.

But Urban Legends?? That's why the thread title is Our top 10's.

It's funny to scan our lists and see such diversity, although we see that around here pretty much every day.

I can just imagine going to the theater with some of you guys and loving something, only to come out and say "wasn't that awesome" and one of you looking back with a big fat "No, borrrrinnnnggg".

Isn't that the biggest bummer when someone who's opinion you value doesn't like a flick you did?

Seth Paxton

Oh Brother does my list change. I can't imagine any Coen Bros fan not loving this creative, funny, and fun flick.

I've heard how disjointed it is, but I didn't see that at all. I honestly think that people who see the film as disjointed don't realize that it's a modern fairy tale, a fable.

Every scene fits into the plot, but the film has that fantasy feel. What would you expect since we all know it's based on the epic Odyssee? The feel and visual style is both consistent and good throughout the film.

I rank this as one of their best efforts, more ambitious than some of their other stuff and I think they meet their ambitions. And not only did I think that but so did the rest of the crowd as they howled in delight at the numerous hilarious scenes and dialog.

This is my most anticipated DVD from 2000 now.

State and Main tomorrow. CTHD and Snatch next week. I have very good feelings about all those, especially Snatch which looks very stylistically strong based on the trailer. We will see.

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Revised on January 17, 2001 to include O Brother, Where Art Thou?.

Second revision on April 4 to include Dancer In The Dark and The Contender.

For the time being, my top 10 are:

1. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. By far the best of 2000. A Masterpiece.
2. Erin Brockovich Julia Roberts best performance to date and also Soderberg's best of 2000.
3. O Brother, Where Art Thou? The Coens at the top of their form. A laugh riot. Owen Gleiberman must be on crack.
4. Billy Elliot A remarkably well acted audience pleasing film. Young Jamie Bell should get an Oscar nom.
5. Fantasia 2000 A worthy sucessor to the 1940 classic.
6. Gladiator The summers best film and gets better every time I watch it.
7.The Perfect Storm An exciting, emotional rollercoaster
that delivered on all levels.
8.Dancer In The Dark..A haunting, mesmerising, remarkable film by Lars Von Trier with a heartwrenching amazing performance by Bjork. Wow.
9.The Contender..A very good story and great performances by Joan Allen, Jeff Bridges, Gary Oldman, and Sam Elliot elevate this political thriller into top 10 territory.
10.Frequency The spring sleeper hit that was mind bending and deeply personal at the same time.

Honorable Mentions:
Space Cowboys Clint Eastwood's geriatric version of Armageddon which turned out to be a surprisingly entertaining well acted film.
High Fidelity Told a similar story in the vein of Almost Famous but was better, funnier, and more entertaining than that somewhat,