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• 1/7/2010 8:49 PM Alex C. wrote:
  My top 10 of the decade
  
  1. There Will Be Blood
  2. Requiem for a Dream
  3. Oldboy
  4. Dancer in the Dark
  5. Up
  6. Mulholland Drive
  7. Pan's Labyrinth
  8. Let The Right One In
  9. Almost Famous
  10. Shaun of the Dead
  
  Wow it's so great to see you guys make it to episode 50! I've been a listener since episode 10, and your podcast, guys, is still my favorite. I love getting the chance to listen to each of you guys rant and rave about films each week. It definitely makes my week a lot better! Both of your lists were great as well and had a few surprises throughout. This was definitely the best episode yet!!!
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  1. 1/7/2010 8:57 PM Leland Brungardt wrote:
     Thanks for the support, Alex! ALMOST FAMOUS is a film I love and definitely in my honorable mentions. I've seen that movie a ton.
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• 1/8/2010 4:53 PM Jordan wrote:
  Great Episode 50 guys! Definitely need to check out some of those movies you guys brought up! Just a side note when you guys were talking about the YouTube spam, I get like 5 spam comments per day. It's nuts! The one that seems to get a lot of traffic for spamming is my Movie of the Week episode for Zombieland. I don't know.
  
  Anyway, again great episode and congrats on 50! Can't wait to hear 50 more!
  
  - Jordan (Rowenet Review/MovieoftheWeek)
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  1. 1/8/2010 5:58 PM Jordan wrote:
     Hey also wanted to mention I am extremely excited to see Cold Weather, it is my favorite new trailer, mainly for the fact that they are keeping so much under wraps. Love it!
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  2. 1/8/2010 9:41 PM Leland Brungardt wrote:
     Thanks, Jordan. I've also gotten a ton of sam on my ZOMBIELAND review. COUPLES RETREAT and PIRATE RADIO also seem to get a toon of spam. Btw, I've been checking out your reviews and have been enjoying them a lot.
     
     Again, thanks for listening.
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• 1/9/2010 12:23 AM Andrew wrote:
  Hey folks,
  
  Here's my top 10 of the decade. So hard to pick 10. Have like 15-20 honorable mentions that could easily be included. The top 3 are rock solid though.
  
  1. City of God
  2. There Will Be Blood
  3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  4. The Pianist
  5. No Country for Old Men
  6. Brokeback Mountain
  7. In America
  8. Synecdoche, New York
  9. The Royal Tenenbaums
  10. Pan's Labyrinth
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  1. 1/10/2010 10:08 PM Leland Brungardt wrote:
     If I didn't have this podcast I would never make a top 10 list of anything. Thanks for listening!
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• 1/9/2010 12:45 PM annetta wrote:
  great episode guys
  my number one pick was also no country for old men,still have yet to see mulholland drive,i was recently reading a film magazine where they called it the 'mindfuck' of the decade,from what you've said might as well be true.
  
  1.no country for old men
  2.there will be blood
  3.donnie darko
  4.memento
  5.oldboy
  6.artificial intelligence(really underrated in my opinion,the rating on imdb just makes me quite angry)
  7.babel
  ..the rest i cant decide
  
  just a tiny complain-can you cut down the spoilers a bit..i have seen the sixth sense for example but to someone who hasnt it would be quite annoying =]
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  1. 1/12/2010 5:57 PM Leland Brungardt wrote:
     ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE is a movie I've always enjoyed and I'm still surprised by how negative the reaction to that film was. I find the ending to that movie heartbreaking.
     
     Thanks for listening!
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• 1/11/2010 9:50 PM Vulpix wrote:
  Congratulations on making it this far. I sincerely appreciate your hard work. Sometimes I think about doing a similar type of review show only to realize how much work would have to go into it, so believe me when I say thank you!
  
  In any case, here's my obligatory "Best of Decade" list.
  
  1. God Grew Tired of Us: The Story of Lost Boys of Sudan (2006)
  2. The Fall (2006)
  3. Hotel Rwanda (2004)
  4. The Pianist (2002)
  5. Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
  6. The Lives of Others (2006)
  7. Capturing the Friedmans (2003)
  8. Spirited Away (2001)
  9. American Splendor (2003)
  10. Adaptation. (2002)
  
  By the way, am I just crazy, or was "No Country for Old Men" really, really boring? I mean, I appreciated the thought-provoking ending, but that didn't make up for the fact that practically the entire movie is a snooze-fest. At first it thought it was some kind of experimental, postmodern neorealist storytelling, as though the filmmakers were intentionally trying to bore the viewer, but to my surprise some people actually enjoyed it. It's baffling; no character in the entire film gave me any reason to care about any of them, and the story was so simple and contrived it made me waiting for the entirely film for some kind of a plot to pick up. Just when I thought something might happen, the credits started rolling. I am still baffled by the praise this film is receiving. Am I living in some kind of alternative dimension where one particularly bad film is perceived as good by all? Anyway... I'll stop now. Great podcast, guys.
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  1. 1/11/2010 10:11 PM Leland Brungardt wrote:
     CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS is incredible film as is AMERICAN SPLENDOR. Great list. Let's fist bump on our shared love for SPIRITED AWAY before I claw your eyes out for hating NO COUNTRY.
     
     As for NO COUNTRY, I hear what you're saying....and you're completely wrong. It's funny how different people react to the same thing. You see a snooze fest and I see one of the most suspenseful films of the decade. The hotel escape sequence? Anton Chigurh methodically blowing up the car to steal drugs? It's a really quiet meditative film with a surprising amount of suspense that has me from beginning to end. If you didn't enjoy NO COUNTRY than I strongly urge you to stay away from THE LIMITS OF CONTROL as literally nothing happens. Your comments have shook me to my very core, Vulpix! I am now banishing you TOOO HEEEEEEEELL.
     
     I understand your plight. I live in a world where AVATAR was meh with meh characters and a meh plot and everyone around me calls it genius. It takes all types to make a world.
     
     As always Vuplix, thanks for your continued support and for listening even when you have a "real life" and a fiance. Always a pleasure to hear from you even when you're bashing my number one film of the decade.
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     1. 1/12/2010 9:00 PM Vulpix wrote:
        One thing I will say is that as a cinemaphile, even the films I hate I love. It's very interesting to hear why people love or hate certain movies even when--or especially when--I disagree. I don't fault anyone for loving No Country for Old Men; I understand the appeal, even though it's not my thing. I'm not entirely opposed to movies where "nothing happens" on the surface level; for example, I loved L'Avventura and The Spirit of the Beehive precisely for their subtlety and nuance, as well as their fully developed, engaging characters. No Country for Old Men didn't do that for me, but I completely understand that it's engaging for others.
        
        By the way, I, too, gave Avatar a numerical rating of 3.5/5 (or 7/10, as I rated it on IMDb), for largely the same reasons you did. I'll have to check out this "Limits of Control" thing at some point and see how that goes.
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• 1/12/2010 5:29 PM Alex C. wrote:
  I would say that after I saw the recent SCOTT PILGRIM movie still with the flaming samurai sword, I have become officially excited for the film. Since I finished Vol.5 a few weeks ago, it has become my favorite book series so far. I would even go so far as to say its better than HARRY POTTER. I LOVE these books! But as far as the film goes, I don't know what to expect. When the first movie still was released I thought it would consist of Vol.1-3. The production blogs, however, seem to show that the film will contain the entire series. I don't know how Edgar Wright is going to do it but damn do i sure have faith in him. If Mr.Wright can make a truly tight script then the film could be potentially amazing. It's my most anticipated of the year. What do you think Leland?
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  1. 1/12/2010 5:55 PM Leland Brungardt wrote:
     SCOTT PILGRIM and CEMETARY JUNCTION (the first film from Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, creators of BBC's THE OFFICE) are my most anticipate films of next year.
     
     Like you, I am eager to see how they'll fit all 6 books into a single film. I'm guessing they'll focus more on the video game style battles between Scott and Ramona's ex-boyfriends. I have full faith that Edgar Wright will be able to make a funny badass action flick with Cera as the star. What worries me a little is that I'm afraid the relationship aspect to the series, which is what I think makes the series so special, will have to be toned down. Yes, SCOTT PILGRIM is hilarious and over the top but the reason I revisit those books time and time again is because of the terrific characters that Bryan Lee O'Malley so perfectly captured. Stephen Stills, Young Neil, and Kim Pine are all people I wish I could be friends with and I honestly am invested in what happens to them.
     
     Edgar Wright is someone who hasn't stumbled yet (I didn't love HOT FUZZ but I think it's great) and I'm super excited to see those characters brought to the big screen.
     
     Thanks for the comment, Alex!
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     1. 1/12/2010 6:37 PM Alex C. wrote:
        I completely agree with you about the relationship aspect of the series, it's what I love most about the series. I mean those last few pages in Vol.5 were far more emotionally gripping than all of the fights combined. Now seven evil-exes in one film is a little overwhelming to me, but when you consider Wright's past two films, I actually think he will be able to blend both the story and relationships pretty well with all of the action going on. I really can't wait to see how the final product turns out because I'm really intrigued. Plus, from all of the theories that I have read about what might happen in the final book, it sounds like the book could be big.
        
        Either way, come summer time, I will be in geek heaven when the new SCOTT PILGRIM book, movie, and video game come out at around the same time!
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• 1/17/2010 8:28 PM Alexander Mcqueen wrote:
  Hmm here's my list:
  
  1 Transformers
  2 Twilight
  3 New Moon
  4 Avatar
  5 SAW movies
  6 Blade
  7 Harry Pottter
  8 Resident Evil
  9 Underworld
  10 Click
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• 1/18/2010 4:00 PM Chris Connell wrote:
  I'm sorry, but I can't narrow it down to just ten, and be warned, there are way too many ties and I feel terrible for that, but at leat I'm not A.O. Scott.
  
  25.The Wind that Shakes the Barley/Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (Irish pride/Asian pride)
  24.The Dark Knight
  23.Memento
  22.Gladiator/Kingdom of Heaven (Hard to pick a favorite Ridley Scott epic)
  21.Last King of Scotland
  20.The Lord of the Rings trilogy (I think these films have the best special effects that I have ever seen).
  19.Caché
  18.There Will Be Blood
  17.No Country for Old Men
  16.House of Flying Daggers
  15.Let the Right One In
  14.All the Pixar movies (I can't pick my favorite, and I love that they disguise adult themes so well like child abduction in Finding Nemo. Am I the only one who figured that out).
  13.Minority Report
  12.Irréversible (People have to see the ending to get it and I found it more heartbreaking than disturbing)
  11.The Hurt Locker/Taegukgi a.k.a. Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (The two best modern war films except for Savior and Apocalypse Now).
  10.The Devil's Backbone/The Descent (DB was better than Pan's Labyrinth and was oner of those touching horror movies and I think The Descent is the scariest movie ever made).
  09.The Royal Tenenbaums/Up in the Air
  08.The White Ribbon
  07.Synecdoche, New York/ A Serious Man
  06.Unbreakable
  05.Forgetting Sarah Marshall (Possibly my favorite all-time comedy along with Mannhattan and Young Frankenstein)
  04.City of God
  03.The Departed (One of the few remakes along with Scarface, The Thing, and The Fly that are actually superior to the original).
  02.A Prophet
  01.Lady Vengeance (Under-appreciated and superior to Oldboy in my opinion).
  
  Honorable Mention: Battle Royale, Doubt, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, The Hangover, Summer Hours, Superbad, Hot Fuzz, The Devil's Rejects.
  
  P.S.There are many films you two listed that I didn't get the chance to see and I will almost definitely revise this list, and Richard Roeper is the man for making a list of 100 films and when I saw that list and then looked back at mine, I honestly felt a little emasculated).
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  1. 1/18/2010 8:02 PM Chris Connell wrote:
     I feel like an idiot because I forgot all about Brick, Mulholland Drive, Iron Man, 25th Hour, Zodiac, United 93, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Mystic River, Gone Baby Gone, Spider-Man, Eastern Promises, Battle Royale, Almost Famous, Knocked Up, Children of Men, The Passion of the Christ, Kill Bill and Inglourious Basterds just because they are movies made for movie nerds like me.
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  2. 1/18/2010 8:14 PM Leland Brungardt wrote:
     There's no shame in listing so many films. I've said this a thousand times now, but if I didn't do this humble little show I would've never made one of these lists.
     
     I'm with you on THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE over PAN'S LABYRINTH. TDB is a great flick. Also really glad to see THE DESCENT make your list. That movie is truly terrifying to me. As someone with claustrophobia, the scenes of them squeezing between and under rocks is as equally distressing as the second half.
     
     Thanks for listening!
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     1. 1/19/2010 3:36 PM Chris Connell wrote:
        Well thank you for the reply. I've always called The Descent the monster movie that doesn't need the monsters to be scary, and one of the most interesting things about it was that it affects acrophobia in addition to claustrophobia. One thing that I realized while trying to write this list was that I have barely seen any Asian films from this decade, other than Zatoichi (which I would probably put high on the list, but forgot), Hero (which I actually watched in world history class) and a couple other of those kinds of martial arts movies that I find over-produced and inferior to lower-budget Hong Kong action movies.
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• 1/25/2010 2:02 PM Omar wrote:
  Yes I was very surprised that Avatar was doing so well. But I think its pretty logical. First kids will love it. And Im pretty sure young girls will eat up the love story. But this is a unique movie in which the actual plot, acting, script didn't matter cause it was a mediocre predictable preachy story. But I think I would have regretted it if I did not catch it in the theater because the visuals were unbelievable and they really carried the story. I dont like sam worthington at all but when his character was transformed into an avatar I actually didn't mind his characters. So the graphics really sold the movie. So on the techincal side it does really deserve all this and as much as I hate to see it win the oscar I think it does deserve the oscar. But to be fair anyone who spends that many years making a movie, its probably going to be that good technically.Watching the movie felt like watching Planet Earth.
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