decades best - 2000's

the best sound and cinematography Ive ever seen in a movie. a great restart to a film series about this figure of american mythology. every actor delivered leaving me salivating for the next films in the series. the training sequence was brilliant and the development of the character bruce wayne was as complete and interesting as one could have hoped for. my favorite film of all time.

The most clever and interesting comedy Ive ever seen. the narration couldnt have been better and every performance was great. Subtle and brilliant.

Introspective. For someone who is more into samurai films than anyone I know, this one is the best of them. Brilliant. i was mezmorized by the precise calculation and execution of every scene. zwick isnt counted among the greats, but this is a stunning directing job. This movie made me like Tom Cruise.

The most well made film of all time. every aspect was genius leaving nothing to be criticized. A great epic.

this film is amazing. the first hour felt incoherent and without consequence, by the time i walked out of the theatre i was blown away by how brilliant the film is. there was a strong use of false foreshadowing that was not as much tricky as it was calculated. there were long and simple shots, like ones where clooney would be driving in his car for periods of time and you would expect something to happen because so much attention was payed to him driving, and then nothing happens at all, which felt strange in the beginning but added an intensity by the end because nothing ever happened to him until finally, one built up moment where you though it might just be another scene of him driving that ended in something big. the anticipation of events was perfectly executed. the diologue was powerful and the disposition of the characters was atypical. and amidst the brilliance the best part was the performances. clooney gives the best performance of his career as a tired and worn down but brilliant specialist, and he just looks exhausted through the whole film. wilkinson also gives his best and even swinton and pollack were very good. this film deserved its 7 oscar noms and it is clearly one of the best of the year.

everytime i watch this film it touches me more. it hits me even harder now that i have kids. in my opinion, this is easily one of the most underrated films of all time, and absolutely beautiful portrayal of redemption and family. the acting was great, the score was perfect and a bit haunting, and the cinematography was among the greatest work of all time. one of newmans final films, i watched this the day he died as a tribute to his legacy. a masterpiece.

the great underdog story. a man who should struggle between the path of glory and being a good father, he really doesnt struggle at all. fatherhood comes first for the main character much to the suprise of the other samurai. a story about a man who seems lost to all around him but really only cares for what he loves.

absolutely incredible. this is only the second movie af all time to make me cry, and i cried twice. absolutely one of the sadest things i have ever seen. this film won best picture at the japanese academy awards in 2003 and absolutely deserves it. the story was marvelous and the acting was incredible. there were 2 major things in this movie that infuriated me, those 2 things made me so angry that i wanted nothing more than to HATE this movie. but i cant hate it. its nearly perfect. the main character does have a major contradiction within his character which seems like a possible flaw in the script, but other than this point this film is brilliant. the 2 things that made me want to hate this movie werent flaws or script issues, they were just things in the story that didnt go my way. this film does not have your typical happy ending. but like i said, despite my tears and sadness for the characters at the end, i cant find anything about this film thats not beautiful. i havent stopped thinking about it since i watched it, one of my favorites of all time.

easily the most powerful, and possibly the best film of 2008. i was shaken by this epic film which began as a story about a mother and her son and blossomed into a bone chilling crime saga for the ages. my favorite film from both clint eastwood and angelina jolie, this film had me speechless. the end brought back memories of shawshank and the art direction is some of the best work i have ever seen. the oscars for best picture, best actress, best screenplay, best director, best art direction, and possibly best supporting actor have major candidates here. truly remarkeable.

an amazing film, one of my true favorites of all time. the performances were unmatched and the story was profound, a beautiful movie.

after a second viewing of this film im still convinced that in 2007, a year that i find to be one of the best movie years of all time, once is my favorite film of the year. im still blown away with how much the director and lead actors did with so little, only $100,000. the music is mind blowing and the story simple and charming. the shots were amazing for the limited camera equipment and glen hansard set himself up for a great acting or musical career if he chooses to do more. wonderful fim.

This story could not have been written any better. Perfect super hero movie.

Shyamalan at his best. Good mix of humor and suspense. a story about faith and trial, proof that we can overcome the greatest of obsticles. one of my favorite films.

magnificent. just a shade inferior to batman begins, but it was a very different movie from that one in some ways and absolutely phenomenal in its own right. while the first felt more complete, this film felt more epic, like a crime saga rather than just a story. the talk about ledgers performance was justifiable as he was truly great. it wasnt necessarily the best the joker could have been played, but it was a stellar interpretation of my single favorite character in the history of fiction. two face was done well, the story was amazing looking to harvey dent as the white night he was always meant to be, and the twists the joker takes us through are excellent. i waited for this film for three years and wasnt disappointed. easily one of the best films i have ever seen.

i originally had intended to rate this a bit lower on first instinct, but the more time that has passed since watching it the more ive realized that this is easily one of the funniest comedies i have ever seen in my entire life. i very rarely hand out a perfect rating like this, but this really is a comic masterpiece. the characters are phenomenally constructed disfunctional lunatics, and the actors played them all perfectly. The script was beyond clever as a perfectly woven story about nothing. Many people seem to dislike the films pointlessness, i feel that this is the magic and brilliance of the film. malkovich was hysterical and pitt gives a performance for the ages in a rare comedic role for him. even clooney was hilarious throughout the entire film. this cements the coens as the most versatile director in hollywood, if that hadnt already been cemented. its been 25 hours since ive seen this and its already becoming one of my favorite and most highly quoted movies ever. oh, and the cinematography was astounding.