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The Top 164 (166) Movies of the 21st Century. On to the TOP 10!! (41 Viewers)

I am sure The Holdovers would have been higher if I had gotten a rewatch in. Not many, but there are a few in the 71-90 range that I had only seen once, but felt strongly enough about putting them on like The Holdover and a couple more still to come that were on both our lists and 80s had in his top 20.
 
#54: PARASITE - 77PTS




#24 on Ilov80s' list also on @The Dreaded Marco 's list.
It seemed like not everyone here liked it but if I had to pick 1 movie from the 2nd half of the decade that is mostly likely to end up in the "movie cannon" in 10,20,50 years it is Parasite. I loved how it was like 5 different movies in one and the big shifts that happen as things are revealed. The shock in the middle was one of the great WTF moments in recent movies. I am not quite on board with so many critics who already consider it one of the best movies ever made but it's a ton of fun, extremely rewatachable and full of very memorable moments.
 
#54: PARASITE - 77PTS




#24 on Ilov80s' list also on @The Dreaded Marco 's list.
It seemed like not everyone here liked it but if I had to pick 1 movie from the 2nd half of the decade that is mostly likely to end up in the "movie cannon" in 10,20,50 years it is Parasite. I loved how it was like 5 different movies in one and the big shifts that happen as things are revealed. The shock in the middle was one of the great WTF moments in recent movies. I am not quite on board with so many critics who already consider it one of the best movies ever made but it's a ton of fun, extremely rewatachable and full of very memorable moments.
This is one I wanted to rewatch, but couldn't get to everything. All i could go on was my gut reaction and remembering my feeling i liked orhers if his more and others that year more. If some of those movies weren't in contention, I didn't even consider Parasite. It is at the top of my rewatch pile, though.
 
Am I the only one who hated Sideways?

Fantastic performances by all of the principal actors, but I just hated it.
What did you not like about it?
I was bored the entire time. I didn't find a single character likeable (kinda the point, I know) and a single thing about the movie, its characters or the plot interesting.
I don't think I laughed once the entire film.
Not a big wine guy, so maybe I missed some of the humor surrounding that.
This one just wasn't for me. I know plenty of people who love it.
 
Am I the only one who hated Sideways?

Fantastic performances by all of the principal actors, but I just hated it.
What did you not like about it?
I was bored the entire time. I didn't find a single character likeable (kinda the point, I know) and a single thing about the movie, its characters or the plot interesting.
I don't think I laughed once the entire film.
Not a big wine guy, so maybe I missed some of the humor surrounding that.
This one just wasn't for me. I know plenty of people who love it.
Out of curiosity- when did you see it?
 
Am I the only one who hated Sideways?

Fantastic performances by all of the principal actors, but I just hated it.
What did you not like about it?
I was bored the entire time. I didn't find a single character likeable (kinda the point, I know) and a single thing about the movie, its characters or the plot interesting.
I don't think I laughed once the entire film.
Not a big wine guy, so maybe I missed some of the humor surrounding that.
This one just wasn't for me. I know plenty of people who love it.
Out of curiosity- when did you see it?
8:45 pm on a Thursday. I think January.

;)

Not in the theater. A rental at home. I was probably 35-36?
 
Am I the only one who hated Sideways?

Fantastic performances by all of the principal actors, but I just hated it.
What did you not like about it?
I was bored the entire time. I didn't find a single character likeable (kinda the point, I know) and a single thing about the movie, its characters or the plot interesting.
I don't think I laughed once the entire film.
Not a big wine guy, so maybe I missed some of the humor surrounding that.
This one just wasn't for me. I know plenty of people who love it.
Out of curiosity- when did you see it?
8:45 pm on a Thursday. I think January.
Well that is the problem right there. Try it again about 9:15, make sure it’s spring or summer, but the temperature shouldn’t be any higher than 80 but definitely not below 50 either. Preferably a waning gibbous moon but I can be flexible on that point.
 
Am I the only one who hated Sideways?

Fantastic performances by all of the principal actors, but I just hated it.
What did you not like about it?
I was bored the entire time. I didn't find a single character likeable (kinda the point, I know) and a single thing about the movie, its characters or the plot interesting.
I don't think I laughed once the entire film.
Not a big wine guy, so maybe I missed some of the humor surrounding that.
This one just wasn't for me. I know plenty of people who love it.
Out of curiosity- when did you see it?
8:45 pm on a Thursday. I think January.
Well that is the problem right there. Try it again about 9:15, make sure it’s spring or summer, but the temperature shouldn’t be any higher than 80 but definitely not below 50 either. Preferably a waning gibbous moon but I can be flexible on that point.
Good, because I was going to suggest waxing crescent moon.
 
Am I the only one who hated Sideways?

Fantastic performances by all of the principal actors, but I just hated it.
What did you not like about it?
I was bored the entire time. I didn't find a single character likeable (kinda the point, I know) and a single thing about the movie, its characters or the plot interesting.
I don't think I laughed once the entire film.
Not a big wine guy, so maybe I missed some of the humor surrounding that.
This one just wasn't for me. I know plenty of people who love it.
I wasn't and still am not a wine guy, but I laughed a lot at the scenarios. Mostly just Jack's nonchalance toward Miles' wine obsession and just wanting to get laid. Not wine, but I see that look from people as I start getting wound up about movies and other crap that people don't care about as much as I do so I can relate and thought that was funny. I think Jack's over the top flirting is funny, Miles' outbursts were funny, the golf scene, and wallet scene, etc..

I am definitely not the person to argue humor, more just pointing out my reactions and thinking. Mostly asking when you saw it because I could see it clicking with people later in life vs if I saw it when I was in college.
 
#53: UNCUT GEMS - 78PTS



#23 on ilov80s' list
Absolute high intensity thrill ride. I love the weird Exorcist like beginning. KG gives a great athlete performance. So much screaming. The score is a banger. I still laugh at seeing this in the theater. It was around Christmas and there were so many big families who must have just assumed since it was an Adam Sandler movie it would be perfect to bring granny and the kids too. I've never seen so many people walk out of a movie.
#52: THE HOLDOVERS - 78PTS




#45 on Ilov80s' list, #79 on KP's list, and on @The Dreaded Marco's list.
Instant holiday classic. My wife and I watched it again this December and probably will just about every December for the rest of our lives.
#50: THE FLORIDA PROJECT - 79PTS




#22 on Ilov80s' list and also on @The Dreaded Marco's list.
Such interesting contrasts in this movie. It's about the homeless poor living in a rundown motel in the shadows of the Happiest Place on Earth. We as adults see it a filthy last resort for those on the edge of society but to 6 year old Moonee, it's her childhood home, the only one she's ever known and it's perfect.
 
#53: UNCUT GEMS - 78PTS



#23 on ilov80s' list
Absolute high intensity thrill ride. I love the weird Exorcist like beginning. KG gives a great athlete performance. So much screaming. The score is a banger. I still laugh at seeing this in the theater. It was around Christmas and there were so many big families who must have just assumed since it was an Adam Sandler movie it would be perfect to bring granny and the kids too. I've never seen so many people walk out of a movie.
#52: THE HOLDOVERS - 78PTS




#45 on Ilov80s' list, #79 on KP's list, and on @The Dreaded Marco's list.
Instant holiday classic. My wife and I watched it again this December and probably will just about every December for the rest of our lives.
#50: THE FLORIDA PROJECT - 79PTS




#22 on Ilov80s' list and also on @The Dreaded Marco's list.
Such interesting contrasts in this movie. It's about the homeless poor living in a rundown motel in the shadows of the Happiest Place on Earth. We as adults see it a filthy last resort for those on the edge of society but to 6 year old Moonee, it's her childhood home, the only one she's ever known and it's perfect.
Same for us with the Holdovers. It will definitely be an every holiday season viewing for us. Another great one from Alexander Payne and Paul Giamotti.

There are scenes in the Florida Project that are difficult to watch but also some beautiful ones. Brings me to tears every time I watch it.
 
The Master is one I expect to be on people's hate list, but has always been one of my favorite PTAs. On rewatches I have grown to think of it as a spiritual sequel to There Will Be Blood since it very much touches on similar themes and dynamics within relationships.
This is in the top 10 worst movies I watched all the way through. Maybe it was just me and the mood/state I was in but I did not get it at all. I generally like Anderson a lot.
 
The Master is one I expect to be on people's hate list, but has always been one of my favorite PTAs. On rewatches I have grown to think of it as a spiritual sequel to There Will Be Blood since it very much touches on similar themes and dynamics within relationships.
This is in the top 10 worst movies I watched all the way through. Maybe it was just me and the mood/state I was in but I did not get it at all. I generally like Anderson a lot.
I stand by my take that its similar themes and relationships to TWWB, which is why don't get the praise for one and hatred for the other. Punch-Dunk, Licorice Pizza, and Inherent Vice i understand people not liking more.
 
The Master is one I expect to be on people's hate list, but has always been one of my favorite PTAs. On rewatches I have grown to think of it as a spiritual sequel to There Will Be Blood since it very much touches on similar themes and dynamics within relationships.
This is in the top 10 worst movies I watched all the way through. Maybe it was just me and the mood/state I was in but I did not get it at all. I generally like Anderson a lot.
I stand by my take that its similar themes and relationships to TWWB, which is why don't get the praise for one and hatred for the other. Punch-Dunk, Licorice Pizza, and Inherent Vice i understand people not liking more.
I was able to understand character's motivations and the plot made sense. Neither of those things happened for me on The Master - it actually felt like torture. So that's how I, personally, can like one and not the other.

I loved Punch Drunk Love and I liked Inherent Vice (it was tough to follow parts though). I did not like Licorise Pizza - didn't even finish it.
 
I am shocked by the reaction. I could have sworn Andy would love Midsommar.
:lol:
When I'm "welcomed" into hell they'll usher me to it's movie theater. The marquee will say "Now And Forever Showing" and the posters on the wall will be for Midsommar, Melancholia, and The Tree Of Life.
I am surprised you even tried to watch it or got all the way through.
It's like Happy Gilmore in the batting cage. Sometimes you gotta challenge yourself.
 
The only movie worse than The Master that I sat though was Megalopolis (I'm sure it's not on this list) - and I only watched it all because I saw it with a date (here choice) at the movies.

What a mess that one was.
 
The Master is one I expect to be on people's hate list, but has always been one of my favorite PTAs. On rewatches I have grown to think of it as a spiritual sequel to There Will Be Blood since it very much touches on similar themes and dynamics within relationships.
This is in the top 10 worst movies I watched all the way through. Maybe it was just me and the mood/state I was in but I did not get it at all. I generally like Anderson a lot.
I stand by my take that its similar themes and relationships to TWWB, which is why don't get the praise for one and hatred for the other. Punch-Dunk, Licorice Pizza, and Inherent Vice i understand people not liking more.
I was able to understand character's motivations and the plot made sense. Neither of those things happened for me on The Master - it actually felt like torture. So that's how I, personally, can like one and not the other.

I loved Punch Drunk Love and I liked Inherent Vice (it was tough to follow parts though). I did not like Licorise Pizza - didn't even finish it.
Very fair. We all have different interpretations of movies and big our own baggage. That's what makes this fun. Even if it makes you wrong. ;)
 
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The only movie worse than The Master that I sat though was Megalopolis (I'm sure it's not on this list) - and I only watched it all because I saw it with a date (here choice) at the movies.

What a mess that one was.
The movie or the date?
We were dating for a while before that - but she lived in Florida so didn’t work out - and she apologized for picking the movie.

It’s almost so bad that it’s worth watching once.
 
The Master is one I expect to be on people's hate list, but has always been one of my favorite PTAs. On rewatches I have grown to think of it as a spiritual sequel to There Will Be Blood since it very much touches on similar themes and dynamics within relationships.
This is in the top 10 worst movies I watched all the way through. Maybe it was just me and the mood/state I was in but I did not get it at all. I generally like Anderson a lot.
I stand by my take that its similar themes and relationships to TWWB, which is why don't get the praise for one and hatred for the other. Punch-Dunk, Licorice Pizza, and Inherent Vice i understand people not liking more.
I was able to understand character's motivations and the plot made sense. Neither of those things happened for me on The Master - it actually felt like torture. So that's how I, personally, can like one and not the other.

I loved Punch Drunk Love and I liked Inherent Vice (it was tough to follow parts though). I did not like Licorise Pizza - didn't even finish it.
Very fair. We all have different interpretations of movies and big our own baggage. That's what makes this fun. Even if it makes you are wrong. ;)
I’m pretty sure most sane people are on my side of this one.
 
The Master is one I expect to be on people's hate list, but has always been one of my favorite PTAs. On rewatches I have grown to think of it as a spiritual sequel to There Will Be Blood since it very much touches on similar themes and dynamics within relationships.
This is in the top 10 worst movies I watched all the way through. Maybe it was just me and the mood/state I was in but I did not get it at all. I generally like Anderson a lot.
I won't go that far but yeah KP knows that I consider some of PTA;s movies to be masterpiecces and some his movies to be unbearable. The Master falls into that latter category for me unfortunately.
 
The Master is one I expect to be on people's hate list, but has always been one of my favorite PTAs. On rewatches I have grown to think of it as a spiritual sequel to There Will Be Blood since it very much touches on similar themes and dynamics within relationships.
This is in the top 10 worst movies I watched all the way through. Maybe it was just me and the mood/state I was in but I did not get it at all. I generally like Anderson a lot.
I stand by my take that its similar themes and relationships to TWWB, which is why don't get the praise for one and hatred for the other. Punch-Dunk, Licorice Pizza, and Inherent Vice i understand people not liking more.
I was able to understand character's motivations and the plot made sense. Neither of those things happened for me on The Master - it actually felt like torture. So that's how I, personally, can like one and not the other.

I loved Punch Drunk Love and I liked Inherent Vice (it was tough to follow parts though). I did not like Licorise Pizza - didn't even finish it.
Very fair. We all have different interpretations of movies and big our own baggage. That's what makes this fun. Even if it makes you are wrong. ;)
I’m pretty sure most sane people are on my side of this one.
I think you might be right.
:sadbanana:
 
Have either of you seen Megalopolis?
I haven't I am interested just because of how bad it's supposed to be but it's pretty hard to see. Coppola actually came here to our local museum which has a huge IMAX screen in the spring to some Q&As and show the movie. I wanted to go, see Coppola but the thing sold out really fast.
 
The story behind Megalopolis is wild. Coppola conceived the idea in 1977 and wrote the first draft of the script in 1983 but couldn't get any studio to finance it. Many years later, he financed it himself with proceeds from his wine business. It made back like one-tenth of its budget.
 
I was going to rewatch that because it was on the Big Picture's top 25 countdown, but saw Tilda was in it and decided to watch anything else. :lol:
 
The story behind Megalopolis is wild. Coppola conceived the idea in 1977 and wrote the first draft of the script in 1983 but couldn't get any studio to finance it. Many years later, he financed it himself with proceeds from his wine business. It made back like one-tenth of its budget.
Guy wasted several family generations of money on it too. Something like $130 million plus whatever he spent to market it. Costner did a similar thing with his Horizons movies.
 

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