KP's top 50 movies of the decade (so far) (1 Viewer)

[Willie Neslon]

AV club had it their top of decade so far. Good top 100 list. (except for including Lincoln.)

http://www.avclub.com/article/100-best-films-decade-so-far-51-100-217387

Nice list. I wrote down quite a few ideas.

I only saw once but a movie I don't get the love for is Scott Pilgrim. I was surprised to see it so high on this list.

Missed it. The other movie I'm not a fan of on that list is Moonrise Kingdom. Appreciate his talent but despise the film. Begged for it to stop.

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

AV club had it their top of decade so far. Good top 100 list. (except for including Lincoln.)

http://www.avclub.com/article/100-best-films-decade-so-far-51-100-217387

Nice list. I wrote down quite a few ideas.

I only saw once but a movie I don't get the love for is Scott Pilgrim. I was surprised to see it so high on this list.

I watched Frances Ha last night based on it's inclusion on a few lists like this one. I was underwhelmed. It's a good movie but wouldn't make my top 100.

I think Greenberg is a much better film from Baumbach in this time period. The critics don't seem to agree though.

 

[Daywalker]

Get Him To The Greek

Warrior

Splice

Bridesmaids

Super 8

The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo

Crazy, Stupid, Love

The Lincoln Lawyer

Looper

Beasts of Southern Wild

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Star Trek Into Darkness

Rush

The Guard

 

[dparker713]

Yeah, there are several bigger award winning movies that just didn't grab me that I would expect to show up on a lot of lists:

American Hustle

Wolf of Wall Street

Django

Argo

The Artist

Wolf of Wall Street is obviously very uneven, but its been a long time since I've seen a better star turn. Leo owns the screen. He's utterly magnetic.

 

[pecorino]

Thanks for the fun read, KP. I was pulling for Snowpiercer as your surprise #1, thought it would crack top 50 at least. No complaints though.

 

[fatguyinalittlecoat]

Thanks KP, I don't watch nearly as many movies as you do, but I'll try to check some of these out. I think I've seen fewer than 10 of the ones you've listed. Of course, the fact that you're anti-Wes Anderson makes me distrustful of you. Both Grand Budapest Hotel and Moonrise Kingdom would definitely make my top 20.

 

[JoeSteeler]

Love Take Shelter in the top 5.

 

[AcerFC]

Hmm, I just realized I missed a lot of movies in my list of movies I have seen. I was just basing it off wikipedia. Looks like its not 100%. Who would have thought

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

When are you going to make a documentary list? That would be groovy.

 

[KarmaPolice]

When are you going to make a documentary list? That would be groovy.

I did post some that I liked from this era along with some foreign movies on page 2 or so. I am behind on my docs though - I need to correct that.

Or did you mean an all time favs list?

 

[oso diablo]

Yeah, there are several bigger award winning movies that just didn't grab me that I would expect to show up on a lot of lists:

American Hustle

Wolf of Wall Street

Django

Argo

The Artist

3 of those are very overrated

 

[Anarchy99]

Here are the ones on the list that I have seen:

49 - Hanna - Liked it but didn't love it.

48 - Interstellar - HATED it. Totally did not get into it AT ALL.

45 - The Grey - Thought it was average or ok.

42 - Source Code - Thought it was good but not great.

40 - Life of Pi - Great visuals, the rest was just ok.

37 - Mud - Liked it, didn't love it.

36 - Shutter Island - Good to very good.

34 - The Town - Good to very good.

25 - Zero Dark Thirty - Thought it was good but somewhat overrated. The raid was exciting, but the first 3/4 of the film was slow IMO.

24 - Winter's Bone - Decent acting but didn't love it. Again, too slow paced for me.

23 - 50/50 - Surprised to see this on the list. Decent movie, but I wouldn't rank it that high.

19 - Inception - Excellent.

18 - How to Train Your Dragon. I liked it, but I am not a huge fan of kid's movies.

17 - Edge of Tomorrow - Excellent.

12 - Black Swan - Good to very good.

10 - Ex Machina - Good to very good.

09 - Cabin in the Woods - Thought it was ok.

03 - Drive - Almost gave up on it but liked it a lot more when the guy started going postal. Good to very good overall.

02 - Whiplash - Loved it.

Just goes to show how subjective movies are. I don't see enough movies to make a similar Top 50 list (and many of the movies I see are the more popular movies for the masses). But here are some that I enjoyed in the same time period (in random order):

Wolf of Wall Street

The King's Speech

Spotlight

Foxcatcher

Super 8

Limitless

The Gift

The Lincoln Lawyer

Room

Django Unchained

Skyfall (liked it better as an artistic movie than a true Bond film)

Looper

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Lincoln

Argo

Prisoners

Captain Phillips

Snowpiercer

The Imitation Game

Warm Bodies

Unstoppable

I realize that some will wonder how I could say some movies are slow or less interesting but then list movies that can also be considered slow or not interesting. I guess for me I either buy in or get hooked into the story or I don't. Different strokes for different folks, I guess. Thanks to KP for putting this thread together . . .

 

[Mr. Mojo]

Overall, I think you have a good mix of some very good films.

Rather than point out the ones I disagree on (we feel completely opposite about PT Anderson), I really like the 36-40 group - Life of Pi, Tucker and Dale vs. Evil, Mud and Shutter Island (I haven't seen Inside Out). I also liked seeing Cabin In The Woods and The Way Way Back on your list.

Animal Kingdom and some others should probably be on there. Since you also like Fassbender, I highly recommend Jane Eyre, the recent version with him and Wasakova, as it is excellent.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

When are you going to make a documentary list? That would be groovy.

I did post some that I liked from this era along with some foreign movies on page 2 or so. I am behind on my docs though - I need to correct that.

Or did you mean an all time favs list?

All time favs would be keen. We really enjoy them, and I figure you must have seen a couple that we missed. We used to veg out to the documentary channel. We miss it.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

When are you going to make a documentary list? That would be groovy.

I did post some that I liked from this era along with some foreign movies on page 2 or so. I am behind on my docs though - I need to correct that.

Or did you mean an all time favs list?

All time favs would be keen. We really enjoy them, and I figure you must have seen a couple that we missed. We used to veg out to the documentary channel. We miss it.

Tons on Netflix and Amazon - also Youtube there are even more. I don't like watching on my laptop so much but still end up watching a lot of music documentaries on youtube on it. Got to get a chromecast.

 

[Jalapanose]

I'd like to see a similar list for the entire new millennium, KP

 

[eoMMan]

I still don't understand people not watching comedic movies. Those are the best ones and I'll choose a comedy at least 75% of the time.

Another issue is subject matter. Let's look at Whiplash. Now, I really like Miles Teller and the Juno dad guy who does the Farmers Insurance commercials, but no matter how good you tell me that movie is, a plot revolving around a drum kid getting berated by a douschey/mean teacher does nothing for me.

Maybe your friend didn't think there were any good movies lately due to the subject matter sucking?

 

[spOOfy]

have seen 22 of the 50. i pretty much liked all of the ones i've seen on your list. most of the other were already in my queue and i added a few of the others that weren't.

the ones i saw

48. Interstellar:
42. Source Code:
41. Kick-###:
40. Life of Pi
39. Inside Out
36. Shutter Island
35. The Sessions
33. Side Effects
30. Margin Call
27. Rango
26. Another Earth
25. Zero Dark Thirty
24. Winter's Bone
22. The Social Network
19. Inception
18. How to Train Your Dragon
17. Edge of Tomorrow
15. The Raid: Redemption
12. Black Swan
10. Ex Machina
7. The Lego Movie
4. Take Shelter

 

[Apple Juice]

9. The Cabin in the Woods

I am so glad I knew jack #### about this movie going in besides it's title and Joss Whedon was involved somehow. Sold. Was hooked from the very beginning when Jenkins and Whitford show up and I am sitting there wondering WTF is going on. I grew up on horror movies and one of my favorite things to watch are ones that can poke fun at the genre and deconstruct it while also being a great entry into the genre. This delivered that to me on all fronts. Just a blast.

I'm so happy to see this on your list. I loved it so much when I watched it on PPV that I immediately watched it a second time. I've watched a couple of times since then and I don't find it any less enjoyable after multiple viewings. I laughed so hard during the "Roll with the Changes" scene that I cried. Brilliant, spot-on performances, too.

This would be in my top ten, also. Maybe the most fun I had watching a movie since I was a kid.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

I still don't understand people not watching comedic movies. Those are the best ones and I'll choose a comedy at least 75% of the time.

Another issue is subject matter. Let's look at Whiplash. Now, I really like Miles Teller and the Juno dad guy who does the Farmers Insurance commercials, but no matter how good you tell me that movie is, a plot revolving around a drum kid getting berated by a douschey/mean teacher does nothing for me.

Maybe your friend didn't think there were any good movies lately due to the subject matter sucking?

I'm spot on with this. Comedies get short shrift as far as I'm concerned and always have.

And I find the idea of watching a movie about a teacher abusing a student repellant.

 

[Fennis]

I still don't understand people not watching comedic movies. Those are the best ones and I'll choose a comedy at least 75% of the time.

Another issue is subject matter. Let's look at Whiplash. Now, I really like Miles Teller and the Juno dad guy who does the Farmers Insurance commercials, but no matter how good you tell me that movie is, a plot revolving around a drum kid getting berated by a douschey/mean teacher does nothing for me.

Maybe your friend didn't think there were any good movies lately due to the subject matter sucking?

I'm spot on with this. Comedies get short shrift as far as I'm concerned and always have.

And I find the idea of watching a movie about a teacher abusing a student repellant.

he wasn't abusing him, he was making him great (spoiler)

 

[Mr. Mojo]

I still don't understand people not watching comedic movies. Those are the best ones and I'll choose a comedy at least 75% of the time.

Another issue is subject matter. Let's look at Whiplash. Now, I really like Miles Teller and the Juno dad guy who does the Farmers Insurance commercials, but no matter how good you tell me that movie is, a plot revolving around a drum kid getting berated by a douschey/mean teacher does nothing for me.

Maybe your friend didn't think there were any good movies lately due to the subject matter sucking?

I'm spot on with this. Comedies get short shrift as far as I'm concerned and always have.

And I find the idea of watching a movie about a teacher abusing a student repellant.

he wasn't abusing him, he was making him great (spoiler)

I found the student almost as unlikable as the teacher. That's not a good sign.

 

[Short Corner]

I still don't understand people not watching comedic movies. Those are the best ones and I'll choose a comedy at least 75% of the time.

Another issue is subject matter. Let's look at Whiplash. Now, I really like Miles Teller and the Juno dad guy who does the Farmers Insurance commercials, but no matter how good you tell me that movie is, a plot revolving around a drum kid getting berated by a douschey/mean teacher does nothing for me.

Maybe your friend didn't think there were any good movies lately due to the subject matter sucking?

I'm spot on with this. Comedies get short shrift as far as I'm concerned and always have.

And I find the idea of watching a movie about a teacher abusing a student repellant.

he wasn't abusing him, he was making him great (spoiler)

I found the student almost as unlikable as the teacher. That's not a good sign.

What's wrong with it?

 

[KarmaPolice]

Here are the ones on the list that I have seen:

49 - Hanna - Liked it but didn't love it.

48 - Interstellar - HATED it. Totally did not get into it AT ALL.

45 - The Grey - Thought it was average or ok.

42 - Source Code - Thought it was good but not great.

40 - Life of Pi - Great visuals, the rest was just ok.

37 - Mud - Liked it, didn't love it.

36 - Shutter Island - Good to very good.

34 - The Town - Good to very good.

25 - Zero Dark Thirty - Thought it was good but somewhat overrated. The raid was exciting, but the first 3/4 of the film was slow IMO.

24 - Winter's Bone - Decent acting but didn't love it. Again, too slow paced for me.

23 - 50/50 - Surprised to see this on the list. Decent movie, but I wouldn't rank it that high.

19 - Inception - Excellent.

18 - How to Train Your Dragon. I liked it, but I am not a huge fan of kid's movies.

17 - Edge of Tomorrow - Excellent.

12 - Black Swan - Good to very good.

10 - Ex Machina - Good to very good.

09 - Cabin in the Woods - Thought it was ok.

03 - Drive - Almost gave up on it but liked it a lot more when the guy started going postal. Good to very good overall.

02 - Whiplash - Loved it.

Just goes to show how subjective movies are. I don't see enough movies to make a similar Top 50 list (and many of the movies I see are the more popular movies for the masses). But here are some that I enjoyed in the same time period (in random order):

Wolf of Wall Street

The King's Speech

Spotlight

Foxcatcher

Super 8

Limitless

The Gift

The Lincoln Lawyer

Room

Django Unchained

Skyfall (liked it better as an artistic movie than a true Bond film)

Looper

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Lincoln

Argo

Prisoners

Captain Phillips

Snowpiercer

The Imitation Game

Warm Bodies

Unstoppable

I realize that some will wonder how I could say some movies are slow or less interesting but then list movies that can also be considered slow or not interesting. I guess for me I either buy in or get hooked into the story or I don't. Different strokes for different folks, I guess. Thanks to KP for putting this thread together . . .

Like you said, sometimes movies just hook people differently. I thought Foxcatcher was one of the driest, slowest movies that I have seen in recent memory. Great performances for sure, but it took me three nights to complete because I would keep nodding off.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Thanks KP, I don't watch nearly as many movies as you do, but I'll try to check some of these out. I think I've seen fewer than 10 of the ones you've listed. Of course, the fact that you're anti-Wes Anderson makes me distrustful of you. Both Grand Budapest Hotel and Moonrise Kingdom would definitely make my top 20.

I appreciate the talent, just don't like the quirk. I like Bottle Rocket and Rushmore, haven't seen Tenenbaums, but have been barely able to make it all the way through anything else since then. Just not my humor.

 

[KarmaPolice]

When are you going to make a documentary list? That would be groovy.

I did post some that I liked from this era along with some foreign movies on page 2 or so. I am behind on my docs though - I need to correct that.

Or did you mean an all time favs list?

All time favs would be keen. We really enjoy them, and I figure you must have seen a couple that we missed. We used to veg out to the documentary channel. We miss it.

That would take a bit of thinking. I am sure there are others that have been watching them longer who might be better suited to make a list though. Nothing else I will try to make a quick list of ones I love, but not do a whole thread for them.

 

[Fly]

Here are the ones on the list that I have seen:

49 - Hanna - Liked it but didn't love it.

48 - Interstellar - HATED it. Totally did not get into it AT ALL.

45 - The Grey - Thought it was average or ok.

42 - Source Code - Thought it was good but not great.

40 - Life of Pi - Great visuals, the rest was just ok.

37 - Mud - Liked it, didn't love it.

36 - Shutter Island - Good to very good.

34 - The Town - Good to very good.

25 - Zero Dark Thirty - Thought it was good but somewhat overrated. The raid was exciting, but the first 3/4 of the film was slow IMO.

24 - Winter's Bone - Decent acting but didn't love it. Again, too slow paced for me.

23 - 50/50 - Surprised to see this on the list. Decent movie, but I wouldn't rank it that high.

19 - Inception - Excellent.

18 - How to Train Your Dragon. I liked it, but I am not a huge fan of kid's movies.

17 - Edge of Tomorrow - Excellent.

12 - Black Swan - Good to very good.

10 - Ex Machina - Good to very good.

09 - Cabin in the Woods - Thought it was ok.

03 - Drive - Almost gave up on it but liked it a lot more when the guy started going postal. Good to very good overall.

02 - Whiplash - Loved it.

Just goes to show how subjective movies are. I don't see enough movies to make a similar Top 50 list (and many of the movies I see are the more popular movies for the masses). But here are some that I enjoyed in the same time period (in random order):

Wolf of Wall Street

The King's Speech

Spotlight

Foxcatcher

Super 8

Limitless

The Gift

The Lincoln Lawyer

Room

Django Unchained

Skyfall (liked it better as an artistic movie than a true Bond film)

Looper

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Lincoln

Argo

Prisoners

Captain Phillips

Snowpiercer

The Imitation Game

Warm Bodies

Unstoppable

I realize that some will wonder how I could say some movies are slow or less interesting but then list movies that can also be considered slow or not interesting. I guess for me I either buy in or get hooked into the story or I don't. Different strokes for different folks, I guess. Thanks to KP for putting this thread together . . .

Like you said, sometimes movies just hook people differently. I thought Foxcatcher was one of the driest, slowest movies that I have seen in recent memory. Great performances for sure, but it took me three nights to complete because I would keep nodding off.

I felt the same way about Foxcatcher. Such a slog to get through. I appreciated some of the technical aspects but at some point a movie needs to do something to entertain.

 

[facook]

10/50. Even a tiny desire to watch: 7/remaining 40.

Which movies are these?

Saw: Interstellar, The Grey, Source Code, Shutter Island, The Town, Zero Dark Thirty, Inception, Edge of Tomorrow, The Master :X , Drive

Would See: Bad Words, Inside Out, Rango, The Fighter, Cabin in the Woods, Lego Movie, Whiplash

I have a very narrow band of movies I will watch. I'm not much into the sequels/remakes/super-hero stuff; I REALLY am not into the arts fartsy pretentious crap. I don't need to see the lesbian quadriplegic raise her autistic interracial troglodyte twins "film." The only film on my list there I think is Master and it sucked hard. Pretty much I just want to watch some good movies. Whiplash seems like it might be a film but I've heard really good things, so at the risk of having it be painfully depressing, I'd watch it.

Thanks for your list. It's interesting!

 

[KarmaPolice]

I'd like to see a similar list for the entire new millennium, KP

It would be a little redundant since we know these movies I love, but I did think there were a lot of excellent movies in the 00s.

I would be up for a countdown of my favorites of 00-09 if there is enough interest. Off the top of my head I would say that I think that decade would be better, but that could be because I have had more time to watch and love those movies, and there is twice as many to choose from. I also know there were way more comedies that I liked in that decade as well. If I were to guess, I would say that a top 50 favorite movies since 2000 would be close to 80-85% from 2000-2009.

 

[Ministry of Pain]

Just saw this thread, think KP is a good judge of movies, looking forward to reading and weighing in. How did I miss this one? I know...I was yelling at everybody about the Hateful Eight until I went blind, actually I might have just been arguing with myself.

This should be a great list and I bet we will discover a few overlooked as well.

 

[KarmaPolice]

I still don't understand people not watching comedic movies. Those are the best ones and I'll choose a comedy at least 75% of the time.

Another issue is subject matter. Let's look at Whiplash. Now, I really like Miles Teller and the Juno dad guy who does the Farmers Insurance commercials, but no matter how good you tell me that movie is, a plot revolving around a drum kid getting berated by a douschey/mean teacher does nothing for me.

Maybe your friend didn't think there were any good movies lately due to the subject matter sucking?

Who said anything about not watching comedies?

My usual issues with movies that are just trying to be funny and nothing else are:

- I usually don't find them consistently funny and will get bored

- they tend to last too long now (thanks Apatow!), leading to #1

- they don't usually have anything else that a movie will pull me in with if the content doesn't blow my hair back: acting, look of movie, cool camera shots, etc..

- if they do have the above, I don't usually find anything about them funny - ie Wes Anderson or newer Coen brother comedies

For whatever reason, I will probably only enjoy about 1/3 of "comedy" movies that I watch, and usually none I like enough to have on a best of the year list. It is not like all I watch are boring, depressing, drama movies. What works best for me are movies that are in a different genre but have comedy in them - Cabin in the Woods, Edge of Tomorrow, The Lego Movie, About Time, Tucker and Dale, etc.. I know I laughed harder and more often during Cabin in Woods than during movies like Neighbors or A Million Ways to Die in the West. 4-5 good laughs in 2hrs is not enough to keep me interested.

While we are at it, I am interested - What are the comedy movies that you (or others) think should be on a top 50 list from the previous 5 years?

 

[KarmaPolice]

Just saw this thread, think KP is a good judge of movies, looking forward to reading and weighing in. How did I miss this one? I know...I was yelling at everybody about the Hateful Eight until I went blind, actually I might have just been arguing with myself.

This should be a great list and I bet we will discover a few overlooked as well.

Well, I will be in there soon to argue with you. Watched it and disliked it.

 

[Ministry of Pain]

By the comments, we might have a discussion about a couple of these - maybe 5 and 1?

5. Before Midnight

Of course this is what I was talking about when discussing Boyhood when I said that Linklater already was doing something in movies about catching up with the same people over time and seeing what becomes of their relationship. Honestly, I didn't know how to take this movie on first watch. After watching again, I think it was definitely more to do with what I wanted I wanted to see happen to Jesse and Celine than anything negative about the film itself. For anybody who doesn't know this is the 3rd in a trilogy of movies: Before Sunrise and Before Sunset came before it. We have gotten a new movie every 9 years so far.

4. Take Shelter

Michael Shannon turns in one of my favorite performances during this time period. He plays a husband who has apocalyptic visions. Is he nuts or are they real? Jessica Chastain is great as is wife too, and you just feel the pressure of the situation weighing on everybody. Very tense and so well acted. I think I stated it before, but Jeff Nichols also directed Mud, and is one to keep an eye on as well.

3. Drive

I was hooked from the opening getaway, then came that music and the Miami Vice bright pink title letters and I was all in. I just watched it again a few days ago and it still makes me tense up. I know people have issue with Gosling's acting, but I think it fits the movie so perfectly. Him and the movie are like a coiled cobra waiting to unleash the violence. I also liked that the movie didn't feel the need to over explain crap and showed you stuff instead of saying it. We never know where he came from, what happened in the past etc. There is a scene in a diner that in about 10 seconds you know that he knows how to handle himself. In a way this reminded me a lot of A History of Violence - another movie I liked a lot.

2. Whiplash

Watched this again last night, and this is as tense as any thriller movie you can find. Don't get tired of watching this one. JK Simmons is fantastic in here as the over the top ####### conductor. There was a scene that I could have done without, but the rest still more than makes up for it. Another sign of a great movie is that people I talk to seem to love it, but have a different interpretation of the movie, if what happened was worth it, and what to make of Simmons' speech in the bar. Listening to Caravan as I type this....

1. Her

Yes, I am one of those people that loved this movie. Fantastically shot and acted. I also think it has so many interesting takes on where we might be heading with some technology, it's effect on our relationships and our connection with each other. Funny that I think the best relationship movie is one about a man and his phone.

I was going to do at least a top20 for myself to share and thank you for opening up about your personal top 50.

I thought I was one of the few who felt the movie Her was perhaps the best film I have seen ever. I can definitely go with your view as the best movie of the last 15 years. It took me on a journey through my life and lives of others around me.

That movie had me talking about it weeks and even months after. I only saw it one time on the big screen and I have refused to view it on TV as I felt it would not have the same impact. It's the same way I feel about what would likely be in my top 5 and that is Lost in Translation...I think it would be right in there.

Her is also a horror film depending on your POV, I think in 20-30 years if not sooner people will talk about that film almost cult like. A lot of people DID NOT see that film at the theater. Most who saw it at the theater that I spoke with had very strong opinions and then folks I spoke with who saw it on a TV didn't impact them the same way.

I'm not going to derail the thread but I strongly encourage people to part with their hard earned money to view the films that tend ot get better reviews at the actual theaters. I'm afraid down the road we will simply seek out a digital download all at once on the same day and theaters will eventually just disappear. That's crazy talk but then if you think hard about it a lot of people are not going to the theaters anymore. I myself went a brief time where I wouldn't go to the theaters for all kinds of silly reasons but I have found a renewed romance with films in the last 5-10 years.

I can't think of a more worthy film with more impact and more things to say than what you laid out there as your No.1 and quite frankly I am a little surprised as I always felt this film might have hit me stronger than it did for others. I felt Spike Jonze was trying to give us a preview of where we are heading as a society whether you like it or not. And it wasn't about money but about these whipped up relationships and fake virtual reality and is that the actual reality we do not want to face...that movie was about as deep as it gets.

I definitely do not agree with your entire list but you couldn't have picked a better film for #1.

 

[KarmaPolice]

I still don't understand people not watching comedic movies. Those are the best ones and I'll choose a comedy at least 75% of the time.

Another issue is subject matter. Let's look at Whiplash. Now, I really like Miles Teller and the Juno dad guy who does the Farmers Insurance commercials, but no matter how good you tell me that movie is, a plot revolving around a drum kid getting berated by a douschey/mean teacher does nothing for me.

Maybe your friend didn't think there were any good movies lately due to the subject matter sucking?

I'm spot on with this. Comedies get short shrift as far as I'm concerned and always have.

And I find the idea of watching a movie about a teacher abusing a student repellant.

The thing I found fascinating about that movie is that some feel this way (my wife), and some think it was more of give and take (me). That is one sign of a great movie for me. I think I am also just naturally drawn towards the darker side of humanity.

One thing the movie made me do is think about what different avenues people might have to take to create great art. We will listen to a great album, watch a fantastic movie, marvel at a piece of art, but do we stop to think what created that? So many artists grew up abused, addicted to drugs, depressed, etc.. It's not like Whiplash dove into that at a great depth, but it did lead a few discussions about if the what they went through was worth it in the end.

 

[Ministry of Pain]

I still don't understand people not watching comedic movies. Those are the best ones and I'll choose a comedy at least 75% of the time.

Another issue is subject matter. Let's look at Whiplash. Now, I really like Miles Teller and the Juno dad guy who does the Farmers Insurance commercials, but no matter how good you tell me that movie is, a plot revolving around a drum kid getting berated by a douschey/mean teacher does nothing for me.

Maybe your friend didn't think there were any good movies lately due to the subject matter sucking?

Wanted to chime in on Whiplash and this is as good as any to further the conversation. I am with eoMMan on this movie, I really detested the 2 hours or whatever I spent watching Whiplash. I understood the movie and I got what they were trying to do, it was well made but I wanted to choke Simmons. I think some of my hatred towards the film(wife loved it btw) is in the way the teacher behaves. I get that it's a movie but negative re-inforcement and bludgeoning a student over the head with it and there was a sadistic nature that I hated. I wanted for that kid so desperately to stand up and go kick that teacher's tail all over the stage until he broke his drumsticks over his head. My wife claims that is exactly what I was supposed to feel...it just didn't leave me with a good taste in my mouth, the ending to me didn't justify the means in any way.

I just didn't like the feel of that film and I hated the way I felt after. Her was a disturbing movie in a lot of ways but they felt important and worth talking about. Whiplash was a movie I wanted to forget about quickly. Having said that I think Whiplash was well made, obviously the acting is pretty good, just didn't like the story.

 

[KarmaPolice]

10/50. Even a tiny desire to watch: 7/remaining 40.

Which movies are these?

Saw: Interstellar, The Grey, Source Code, Shutter Island, The Town, Zero Dark Thirty, Inception, Edge of Tomorrow, The Master :X , Drive

Would See: Bad Words, Inside Out, Rango, The Fighter, Cabin in the Woods, Lego Movie, Whiplash

I have a very narrow band of movies I will watch. I'm not much into the sequels/remakes/super-hero stuff; I REALLY am not into the arts fartsy pretentious crap. I don't need to see the lesbian quadriplegic raise her autistic interracial troglodyte twins "film." The only film on my list there I think is Master and it sucked hard. Pretty much I just want to watch some good movies. Whiplash seems like it might be a film but I've heard really good things, so at the risk of having it be painfully depressing, I'd watch it.

Thanks for your list. It's interesting!

Was The Master the only movie of that initial 10 that you didn't like?

 

[KarmaPolice]

By the comments, we might have a discussion about a couple of these - maybe 5 and 1?

5. Before Midnight

Of course this is what I was talking about when discussing Boyhood when I said that Linklater already was doing something in movies about catching up with the same people over time and seeing what becomes of their relationship. Honestly, I didn't know how to take this movie on first watch. After watching again, I think it was definitely more to do with what I wanted I wanted to see happen to Jesse and Celine than anything negative about the film itself. For anybody who doesn't know this is the 3rd in a trilogy of movies: Before Sunrise and Before Sunset came before it. We have gotten a new movie every 9 years so far.

4. Take Shelter

Michael Shannon turns in one of my favorite performances during this time period. He plays a husband who has apocalyptic visions. Is he nuts or are they real? Jessica Chastain is great as is wife too, and you just feel the pressure of the situation weighing on everybody. Very tense and so well acted. I think I stated it before, but Jeff Nichols also directed Mud, and is one to keep an eye on as well.

3. Drive

I was hooked from the opening getaway, then came that music and the Miami Vice bright pink title letters and I was all in. I just watched it again a few days ago and it still makes me tense up. I know people have issue with Gosling's acting, but I think it fits the movie so perfectly. Him and the movie are like a coiled cobra waiting to unleash the violence. I also liked that the movie didn't feel the need to over explain crap and showed you stuff instead of saying it. We never know where he came from, what happened in the past etc. There is a scene in a diner that in about 10 seconds you know that he knows how to handle himself. In a way this reminded me a lot of A History of Violence - another movie I liked a lot.

2. Whiplash

Watched this again last night, and this is as tense as any thriller movie you can find. Don't get tired of watching this one. JK Simmons is fantastic in here as the over the top ####### conductor. There was a scene that I could have done without, but the rest still more than makes up for it. Another sign of a great movie is that people I talk to seem to love it, but have a different interpretation of the movie, if what happened was worth it, and what to make of Simmons' speech in the bar. Listening to Caravan as I type this....

1. Her

Yes, I am one of those people that loved this movie. Fantastically shot and acted. I also think it has so many interesting takes on where we might be heading with some technology, it's effect on our relationships and our connection with each other. Funny that I think the best relationship movie is one about a man and his phone.

I was going to do at least a top20 for myself to share and thank you for opening up about your personal top 50.

I thought I was one of the few who felt the movie Her was perhaps the best film I have seen ever. I can definitely go with your view as the best movie of the last 15 years. It took me on a journey through my life and lives of others around me.

That movie had me talking about it weeks and even months after. I only saw it one time on the big screen and I have refused to view it on TV as I felt it would not have the same impact. It's the same way I feel about what would likely be in my top 5 and that is Lost in Translation...I think it would be right in there.

Her is also a horror film depending on your POV, I think in 20-30 years if not sooner people will talk about that film almost cult like. A lot of people DID NOT see that film at the theater. Most who saw it at the theater that I spoke with had very strong opinions and then folks I spoke with who saw it on a TV didn't impact them the same way.

I'm not going to derail the thread but I strongly encourage people to part with their hard earned money to view the films that tend ot get better reviews at the actual theaters. I'm afraid down the road we will simply seek out a digital download all at once on the same day and theaters will eventually just disappear. That's crazy talk but then if you think hard about it a lot of people are not going to the theaters anymore. I myself went a brief time where I wouldn't go to the theaters for all kinds of silly reasons but I have found a renewed romance with films in the last 5-10 years.

I can't think of a more worthy film with more impact and more things to say than what you laid out there as your No.1 and quite frankly I am a little surprised as I always felt this film might have hit me stronger than it did for others. I felt Spike Jonze was trying to give us a preview of where we are heading as a society whether you like it or not. And it wasn't about money but about these whipped up relationships and fake virtual reality and is that the actual reality we do not want to face...that movie was about as deep as it gets.

I definitely do not agree with your entire list but you couldn't have picked a better film for #1.

They have gone a long way to win me back with reserved seating and actual ####in' leg room. Problem is (well, not a problem, but a it limits trips to the theater) is I have a 9 month old now. We don't do daycare, so I am either at work, with the 2 kids, or it's too late for a show. It will probably be another 4 years until I can start up seeing stuff in the theaters a lot more. I won't lie - price is also an issue for me. Would just try to watch one or two on $5 Tuesdays or something.

 

[KarmaPolice]

I still don't understand people not watching comedic movies. Those are the best ones and I'll choose a comedy at least 75% of the time.

Another issue is subject matter. Let's look at Whiplash. Now, I really like Miles Teller and the Juno dad guy who does the Farmers Insurance commercials, but no matter how good you tell me that movie is, a plot revolving around a drum kid getting berated by a douschey/mean teacher does nothing for me.

Maybe your friend didn't think there were any good movies lately due to the subject matter sucking?

Wanted to chime in on Whiplash and this is as good as any to further the conversation. I am with eoMMan on this movie, I really detested the 2 hours or whatever I spent watching Whiplash. I understood the movie and I got what they were trying to do, it was well made but I wanted to choke Simmons. I think some of my hatred towards the film(wife loved it btw) is in the way the teacher behaves. I get that it's a movie but negative re-inforcement and bludgeoning a student over the head with it and there was a sadistic nature that I hated. I wanted for that kid so desperately to stand up and go kick that teacher's tail all over the stage until he broke his drumsticks over his head. My wife claims that is exactly what I was supposed to feel...it just didn't leave me with a good taste in my mouth, the ending to me didn't justify the means in any way.

I just didn't like the feel of that film and I hated the way I felt after. Her was a disturbing movie in a lot of ways but they felt important and worth talking about. Whiplash was a movie I wanted to forget about quickly. Having said that I think Whiplash was well made, obviously the acting is pretty good, just didn't like the story.

As I posted above, I think this take treats the student as a completely passive participant. Maybe you could argue that he was brainwashed by the teacher, but the short dinner scene was very telling in how much being the best drove him. It wasn't good enough that he was there, he looked down on the D3 QB guy, and was more than willing to sever ties with people around him. To me the big thing with the movie is the discussion I brought up: is the feeling we got watching the last 10mins worth what they did to each other for the first 90mins? Like I said, my wife had a similar reaction as you and just found the movie uncomfortable.

 

[Ministry of Pain]

They have gone a long way to win me back with reserved seating and actual ####in' leg room. Problem is (well, not a problem, but a it limits trips to the theater) is I have a 9 month old now. We don't do daycare, so I am either at work, with the 2 kids, or it's too late for a show. It will probably be another 4 years until I can start up seeing stuff in the theaters a lot more. I won't lie - price is also an issue for me. Would just try to watch one or two on $5 Tuesdays or something.

Stop apologizing for being a great dad.

I also have allowed the theaters to lure me back with reserved seating, it clears up a lot of my issues in having to fend folks off for seats. I am that guy that doesn't want to move once I am seated. And the newer theaters have so much more leg room like you mention.

The theaters still don't make a lot of money on me, still like to sneak in a snack, sometimes I will buy the $5 coke if the theater has their soda machine set right(should be pretty sweet and not soda water).

It's good you like the animation films, I'm a sucker for Pixar and I snicker a bit at Shrek but I won't re-watch a Shrek where I can view some of the better Pixar films many times and they are still very enjoyable.

I remember my father taking me to the movies and teaching us how to sneak in cans of coke and bags of snacks, we couldn't go to as many movies if my brother and I had to have a snack every time...we were lower middle class at best and mostly upper poor growing up if there is such a thing. Mom was a teacher, dad was a retail bank manager, we never had extra money but we didn't ever go hungry either.

At some point when I turned 12-13 my father started taking me to more adult theme films, I'm talking Oscar type films where a lot of kids would just be bored and I'm not going to lie, sometimes I didn't always love those films growing up. But I got to see some films I'm proud of on a big screen. The Last Emperor of China impacted me big time, the cinematography and the behind the scenes look into the King's Palace in China, I was in awe.

When I lived in Los Angeles I had access to some of the best theaters in the World, lucky to have seen older films like Citizen Kane and Gone With the Wind when I was out there and other films we all want to see like Raiders of the Lost Ark with a special Q&A with some of the producers after the screening. Very fortunate and I feel like once you live in SoCal and have any love for film, you become a film snob quickly and it is readily acceptable out there, everyone has their niche they gravitate towards.

 

[Ministry of Pain]

I still don't understand people not watching comedic movies. Those are the best ones and I'll choose a comedy at least 75% of the time.

Another issue is subject matter. Let's look at Whiplash. Now, I really like Miles Teller and the Juno dad guy who does the Farmers Insurance commercials, but no matter how good you tell me that movie is, a plot revolving around a drum kid getting berated by a douschey/mean teacher does nothing for me.

Maybe your friend didn't think there were any good movies lately due to the subject matter sucking?

Wanted to chime in on Whiplash and this is as good as any to further the conversation. I am with eoMMan on this movie, I really detested the 2 hours or whatever I spent watching Whiplash. I understood the movie and I got what they were trying to do, it was well made but I wanted to choke Simmons. I think some of my hatred towards the film(wife loved it btw) is in the way the teacher behaves. I get that it's a movie but negative re-inforcement and bludgeoning a student over the head with it and there was a sadistic nature that I hated. I wanted for that kid so desperately to stand up and go kick that teacher's tail all over the stage until he broke his drumsticks over his head. My wife claims that is exactly what I was supposed to feel...it just didn't leave me with a good taste in my mouth, the ending to me didn't justify the means in any way.

I just didn't like the feel of that film and I hated the way I felt after. Her was a disturbing movie in a lot of ways but they felt important and worth talking about. Whiplash was a movie I wanted to forget about quickly. Having said that I think Whiplash was well made, obviously the acting is pretty good, just didn't like the story.

As I posted above, I think this take treats the student as a completely passive participant. Maybe you could argue that he was brainwashed by the teacher, but the short dinner scene was very telling in how much being the best drove him. It wasn't good enough that he was there, he looked down on the D3 QB guy, and was more than willing to sever ties with people around him. To me the big thing with the movie is the discussion I brought up: is the feeling we got watching the last 10mins worth what they did to each other for the first 90mins? Like I said, my wife had a similar reaction as you and just found the movie uncomfortable.

Here is why it becomes uncomfortable for some of us watching. We have seen a lot more sadistic things done to people on film however there was a point where I literally was screaming at the screen...almost. I kept saying "How can he stand it?"

I'm saying the suspension of disbelief is mighty strong to the point it loses some of the realness it created earlier. At that point it's no different than Star Wars for me, it's a fantasy and it wasn't filmed like a fantasy so I start having issues.

I like slice of life films to boot. Love films that can captivate me without spending a penny on special efx.

Understand I still give the film 2.5-3 stars out of 4 because of the quality and I would likely tell folks you want to see it but it wouldn't be because I really liked the film. And folks who I know think like I do, might tell them to pass if they are not up for the plot...drummer get drummed for 90 minutes and then drums himself into the drums for the last 10.

 

[KarmaPolice]

They have gone a long way to win me back with reserved seating and actual ####in' leg room. Problem is (well, not a problem, but a it limits trips to the theater) is I have a 9 month old now. We don't do daycare, so I am either at work, with the 2 kids, or it's too late for a show. It will probably be another 4 years until I can start up seeing stuff in the theaters a lot more. I won't lie - price is also an issue for me. Would just try to watch one or two on $5 Tuesdays or something.

Stop apologizing for being a great dad.

I also have allowed the theaters to lure me back with reserved seating, it clears up a lot of my issues in having to fend folks off for seats. I am that guy that doesn't want to move once I am seated. And the newer theaters have so much more leg room like you mention.

The theaters still don't make a lot of money on me, still like to sneak in a snack, sometimes I will buy the $5 coke if the theater has their soda machine set right(should be pretty sweet and not soda water).

It's good you like the animation films, I'm a sucker for Pixar and I snicker a bit at Shrek but I won't re-watch a Shrek where I can view some of the better Pixar films many times and they are still very enjoyable.

I remember my father taking me to the movies and teaching us how to sneak in cans of coke and bags of snacks, we couldn't go to as many movies if my brother and I had to have a snack every time...we were lower middle class at best and mostly upper poor growing up if there is such a thing. Mom was a teacher, dad was a retail bank manager, we never had extra money but we didn't ever go hungry either.

At some point when I turned 12-13 my father started taking me to more adult theme films, I'm talking Oscar type films where a lot of kids would just be bored and I'm not going to lie, sometimes I didn't always love those films growing up. But I got to see some films I'm proud of on a big screen. The Last Emperor of China impacted me big time, the cinematography and the behind the scenes look into the King's Palace in China, I was in awe.

When I lived in Los Angeles I had access to some of the best theaters in the World, lucky to have seen older films like Citizen Kane and Gone With the Wind when I was out there and other films we all want to see like Raiders of the Lost Ark with a special Q&A with some of the producers after the screening. Very fortunate and I feel like once you live in SoCal and have any love for film, you become a film snob quickly and it is readily acceptable out there, everyone has their niche they gravitate towards.

I was proud of and annoyed by my 9 year old at the same time. Took him to Star Wars and tried to save a couple buck by sneaking in some Sour Patch kids. He was shocked and rode me the whole time about us going to get into trouble. I just told him people do that, and showed him they had the exact same bag at the concession stands so they wouldn't know the difference. He relaxed enough to have a couple during the show.

Then he annoyed my wife about the Swedish Fish that I bought for them when they went to the show. Of course the theater didn't have those for sale there, so my excuse didn't work for their outing.

 

[Fennis]

I still don't understand people not watching comedic movies. Those are the best ones and I'll choose a comedy at least 75% of the time.

Another issue is subject matter. Let's look at Whiplash. Now, I really like Miles Teller and the Juno dad guy who does the Farmers Insurance commercials, but no matter how good you tell me that movie is, a plot revolving around a drum kid getting berated by a douschey/mean teacher does nothing for me.

Maybe your friend didn't think there were any good movies lately due to the subject matter sucking?

Wanted to chime in on Whiplash and this is as good as any to further the conversation. I am with eoMMan on this movie, I really detested the 2 hours or whatever I spent watching Whiplash. I understood the movie and I got what they were trying to do, it was well made but I wanted to choke Simmons. I think some of my hatred towards the film(wife loved it btw) is in the way the teacher behaves. I get that it's a movie but negative re-inforcement and bludgeoning a student over the head with it and there was a sadistic nature that I hated. I wanted for that kid so desperately to stand up and go kick that teacher's tail all over the stage until he broke his drumsticks over his head. My wife claims that is exactly what I was supposed to feel...it just didn't leave me with a good taste in my mouth, the ending to me didn't justify the means in any way.

I just didn't like the feel of that film and I hated the way I felt after. Her was a disturbing movie in a lot of ways but they felt important and worth talking about. Whiplash was a movie I wanted to forget about quickly. Having said that I think Whiplash was well made, obviously the acting is pretty good, just didn't like the story.

X...not my tempo!

 

[Ministry of Pain]

I still don't understand people not watching comedic movies. Those are the best ones and I'll choose a comedy at least 75% of the time.

Another issue is subject matter. Let's look at Whiplash. Now, I really like Miles Teller and the Juno dad guy who does the Farmers Insurance commercials, but no matter how good you tell me that movie is, a plot revolving around a drum kid getting berated by a douschey/mean teacher does nothing for me.

Maybe your friend didn't think there were any good movies lately due to the subject matter sucking?

Wanted to chime in on Whiplash and this is as good as any to further the conversation. I am with eoMMan on this movie, I really detested the 2 hours or whatever I spent watching Whiplash. I understood the movie and I got what they were trying to do, it was well made but I wanted to choke Simmons. I think some of my hatred towards the film(wife loved it btw) is in the way the teacher behaves. I get that it's a movie but negative re-inforcement and bludgeoning a student over the head with it and there was a sadistic nature that I hated. I wanted for that kid so desperately to stand up and go kick that teacher's tail all over the stage until he broke his drumsticks over his head. My wife claims that is exactly what I was supposed to feel...it just didn't leave me with a good taste in my mouth, the ending to me didn't justify the means in any way.

I just didn't like the feel of that film and I hated the way I felt after. Her was a disturbing movie in a lot of ways but they felt important and worth talking about. Whiplash was a movie I wanted to forget about quickly. Having said that I think Whiplash was well made, obviously the acting is pretty good, just didn't like the story.

X...not my tempo!

I appreciate the film, I just didn't love it. But please understand I am not saying the film is bad like the way I say "Crash" was the worst movie to ever win best film and it's almost not even close. I can appreciate that so many like Whiplash or think it was a good quality movie, just for me I never want to watch it again.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

When are you going to make a documentary list? That would be groovy.

I did post some that I liked from this era along with some foreign movies on page 2 or so. I am behind on my docs though - I need to correct that.

Or did you mean an all time favs list?

All time favs would be keen. We really enjoy them, and I figure you must have seen a couple that we missed. We used to veg out to the documentary channel. We miss it.

That would take a bit of thinking. I am sure there are others that have been watching them longer who might be better suited to make a list though. Nothing else I will try to make a quick list of ones I love, but not do a whole thread for them.

That was pretty much what I meant. Thanks.

 

[Anarchy99]

Here are the ones on the list that I have seen:

49 - Hanna - Liked it but didn't love it.

48 - Interstellar - HATED it. Totally did not get into it AT ALL.

45 - The Grey - Thought it was average or ok.

42 - Source Code - Thought it was good but not great.

40 - Life of Pi - Great visuals, the rest was just ok.

37 - Mud - Liked it, didn't love it.

36 - Shutter Island - Good to very good.

34 - The Town - Good to very good.

25 - Zero Dark Thirty - Thought it was good but somewhat overrated. The raid was exciting, but the first 3/4 of the film was slow IMO.

24 - Winter's Bone - Decent acting but didn't love it. Again, too slow paced for me.

23 - 50/50 - Surprised to see this on the list. Decent movie, but I wouldn't rank it that high.

19 - Inception - Excellent.

18 - How to Train Your Dragon. I liked it, but I am not a huge fan of kid's movies.

17 - Edge of Tomorrow - Excellent.

12 - Black Swan - Good to very good.

10 - Ex Machina - Good to very good.

09 - Cabin in the Woods - Thought it was ok.

03 - Drive - Almost gave up on it but liked it a lot more when the guy started going postal. Good to very good overall.

02 - Whiplash - Loved it.

Just goes to show how subjective movies are. I don't see enough movies to make a similar Top 50 list (and many of the movies I see are the more popular movies for the masses). But here are some that I enjoyed in the same time period (in random order):

Wolf of Wall Street

The King's Speech

Spotlight

Foxcatcher

Super 8

Limitless

The Gift

The Lincoln Lawyer

Room

Django Unchained

Skyfall (liked it better as an artistic movie than a true Bond film)

Looper

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Lincoln

Argo

Prisoners

Captain Phillips

Snowpiercer

The Imitation Game

Warm Bodies

Unstoppable

I realize that some will wonder how I could say some movies are slow or less interesting but then list movies that can also be considered slow or not interesting. I guess for me I either buy in or get hooked into the story or I don't. Different strokes for different folks, I guess. Thanks to KP for putting this thread together . . .

Like you said, sometimes movies just hook people differently. I thought Foxcatcher was one of the driest, slowest movies that I have seen in recent memory. Great performances for sure, but it took me three nights to complete because I would keep nodding off.

One of our kids is a top high school wrestler, which would help explain why we would have an added interest level for the back drop of the movie. That being said, the bizarreness of Steve Carrell's character held my interest even if the pace was pretty plodding. As I already mentioned earlier, many films are subjective, especially comedies. Different people find different things funny.

 

[jamny]

34/50

Movies I've had on my queue but haven't watched yet: Source Code, Tucker & Dale, Blue Valentine, Raid: Redemption, Ex Machina, Inside Out

Movies I will probably never see: Boyhood, Life of Pi, How to Train Your Dragon, Lego Movie, Before Midnight, About Time, The Sessions, Another Earth, Short Term 12

Didn't see but might check out: Safety Not Guaranteed

to a few lesser known that made your list: Side Effects, Take Shelter(although ranked a little high imo) Mud and Martha Marcy May Marlene.

Great job KP!

 

[Idiot Boxer]

Decent list.

I would add Paul Giamatti's Win/Win as a dark horse that I didn't see in the list.

Love that Cabin In The Woods and Tucker and Dale are here.

Kind of :meh: on Another Earth. Took me three tries to finish it. Appreciated it once I did, but had to slog through it.

The aforementioned "Chef" should be on this list.

As for Rom-Com's "Man Up" was underrated.

As for pure comedy, I think Pitch Perfect probably takes this category.

 

[KarmaPolice]

One I forgot about that would have found a home on the list is Get Low with Murray and Duvall.

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

I would add Paul Giamatti's Win/Win as a dark horse that I didn't see in the list.

I thought of this one yesterday while watching Sideways. Definitely an omission from my list that should've been on there.

 

[Mr. Mojo]

I still don't understand people not watching comedic movies. Those are the best ones and I'll choose a comedy at least 75% of the time.

Another issue is subject matter. Let's look at Whiplash. Now, I really like Miles Teller and the Juno dad guy who does the Farmers Insurance commercials, but no matter how good you tell me that movie is, a plot revolving around a drum kid getting berated by a douschey/mean teacher does nothing for me.

Maybe your friend didn't think there were any good movies lately due to the subject matter sucking?

Wanted to chime in on Whiplash and this is as good as any to further the conversation. I am with eoMMan on this movie, I really detested the 2 hours or whatever I spent watching Whiplash. I understood the movie and I got what they were trying to do, it was well made but I wanted to choke Simmons. I think some of my hatred towards the film(wife loved it btw) is in the way the teacher behaves. I get that it's a movie but negative re-inforcement and bludgeoning a student over the head with it and there was a sadistic nature that I hated. I wanted for that kid so desperately to stand up and go kick that teacher's tail all over the stage until he broke his drumsticks over his head. My wife claims that is exactly what I was supposed to feel...it just didn't leave me with a good taste in my mouth, the ending to me didn't justify the means in any way.

I just didn't like the feel of that film and I hated the way I felt after. Her was a disturbing movie in a lot of ways but they felt important and worth talking about. Whiplash was a movie I wanted to forget about quickly. Having said that I think Whiplash was well made, obviously the acting is pretty good, just didn't like the story.

X...not my tempo!

I appreciate the film, I just didn't love it. But please understand I am not saying the film is bad like the way I say "Crash" was the worst movie to ever win best film and it's almost not even close. I can appreciate that so many like Whiplash or think it was a good quality movie, just for me I never want to watch it again.

I would add Out Of Africa, Chicago, The English Patient and Birdman in the discussion of the worst Best Picture winners.