Yeah, yeah, so it’s all about the omissions, right? I’ve split mine into two groups. In the first group — Group A — are the more personal, idiosyncratic choices that I love but wouldn’t expect to make a list such as this. In the second group — Group B — are the films that I also love that I thought should have made the cut.
Group A
Drive Angry
Dawn of the Dead remake
Dig!
Man on Fire
The Descent
Mission: Impossible III
Eden Lake
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Moon
Kick Ass
Crazy Stupid Love
Haute Tension
Lucy
John Wick
A L’interieur
Mandy
Wolf Creek 2
The Raid
Warrior
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Thor: Ragnarok
(cough) The Greatest Showman
Group B
Apocalypto
The Fountain
Dark Knight Rises
Young Adult
The Revenant
Silver Linings Playbook
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Three Billboards
Destroyer
Booksmart
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/sep/13/100-best-films-movies-of-the-21st-century
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Re: “The Revenant”
Did you accidentally mention the same film twice, or are there two separate films entitled “The Revenant” that you would like to have seen in the Guardian’s list?
I really liked The Revenant, and thus felt it warranted the honour of a double listing.
The Revenant made a return in time for the second list. Coming back is something that revenants are rather good at.
And now The Guardian has published Best 100 Albums of the 21st Century. I have three
I have 7. IMHO, the best of those that I have is Amy Winehouse’s Frank rather than Back To Black.
Oooh – I see that your favourite is there at no. 37 on the Guardian’s list, Lodey.
I saw that too. I couldn’t understand the love for it either.
37 is only 453216677789900056789324 places too high for that piece of ******* ****** ****** ***** ********* ******
No mention of Race For Space! Outrageous! Someone should do something.
I have about 20 and I’m surprised it’s that high. I can’t remember when I last played many of them though,
I have 10%. I think the no. 1 is a pretty amazing record. What a tragedy.
Where’s Agnes, Melanie and Zara?
Or, indeed, Laura, or Christine?
Or Gladys, or Beryl?
Melody or Twigs?
Dunno, but Agnes is touring the UK next year!
Great news!
I have, er, 72! It’s a very good list, far better than the film one. I have done my top 100 albums of the 00s and top 100 of the 10s and only 26 of those 72 appear in either of my lists!
I’m really pleased to see the albums by Cannibal Ox, Burial, Madvillain, The Bug, The Knife, Frank Ocean and D’Angelo in there, as well as the ones I would have expected by St Vincent, John Grant, Janelle Monae and Kanye West. There are some excellent albums missing though, lots of them. I reckon I’d only have a dozen of the Guardian’s in my top 100. Top would be All The Beauty In This Whole Life by Brother Ali, which is a near perfect album.
Actually it’s 74, 48 CDs and 26 downloads, although I am counting a few Beyoncé downloads that belong to the wife. If only it was a trendy magazine, rather than a newspaper, as I might have looked cool and with it.
I have literally just clicked. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood???? Piece of shit. Fahrenheit 9-11? That has been discredited by so many bloody people.
Does this get any better?
Yeah – it quickly gets better, as Roy Andersson’s “Du levande” (“You, the Living”) sneaks in there at no. 93 on the list.
I bumped into the great Swedish auteur in an Indian restaurant in Stockholm a few weeks ago, actually. No – it’s true!
Once Upon a Time is only at 100, and I loved it (though admit that there doesn’t seem to be any middle ground with that one).
There’s The Incredibles and Spirited Away.
The Incredibles was very disappointing – Robin Williamson and Mike Heron were hardly in it.
I’m struggling to come up with a lame joke about strings and Elastigirl.
A couple I would take off the list: Ida is beautiful to look at but tedious to sit through. There Will Be Blood doesn’t do it for me either, a ridiculously mannered bit of acting from DDL and there’s not much to it. There may be more but those are the first two that come to mind.
Omissions I would add:
– Pan’s Labyrinth
– Talk To Her
– Lives of Others
– Carol
– Midnight In Paris
– Blue Jasmine
– Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring
– Hell or High Water
– Hail Caesar! (idiosyncratic clearly!)
– Winter’s Bone
– Before the Devil knows you’re Dead
– Triangle (horror, idiosyncratic maybe)
– Bourne films
– Lord of the Rings films
– Wild Tales
– Like Father Like Son
Yes, good call on Das Leben der Anderen. Great film.
While I’m here. Thanks to whoever it was that recommended ‘Border’. Great movie.
Wot, no Moulin Rouge! ?
And no “City of God”? I was expecting that to be in the top 10 – if not top five. And I walked out of “There will be blood” – terrible, tedious film.
For the movies, I think you could have put Moon and The Raid in your B list, Leicester.
On the Guardian’s music list, I’m startled by the placing of The Streets – I still dig out the first two albums de temps en temps, but I thought out there in the actual world Mr Skinner’s thing was regarded as not having aged all that well…
While it’s nice to see a nod to Disney/Pixar with the Incredibles, I’m surprised not to see Inside Out on there which is one of the most affecting films I’ve seen over the last 20 years.
Only seen 17, what stands out as missing to me is “The Life of Pi”. And, yes “Inside Out” is great. Because I became a father this century visits to the cinema became less often and for a while was only kid’s films. Saw a number of great ones.
I agree with Boyhood being highly placed. But the omission of my two other favourites, Peterloo (the great Mike leigh’s best film to date) and The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford, is scandalous. Someone should do something.
I’d have Boyhood at number one. Omissions off the top of my head would include The Lives of Others, In Bruges, and, especially Manchester by the Sea.
If there’s one thing the list shows, it’s that we are living in a golden age of movies. There’s undoubtedly a lot of dross and filler around these days, but if you just look at the best twenty, thirty movies in any given year this century, you’ll find an astonishing bunch of classics. Every year throws up a number of masterpieces. More so than even the 1970s (he says, cautiously).
I am so totes agree.
I have seen 92 of the films (I’m including Capernaum which I bought last week but haven’t got around to watching yet), and own 79 of the albums. I’ve even noted the numbers of those not yet consumed (Film: 96 / 91 / 84 / 82 / 76 / 62 / 59 / 26 // CD: 98 / 95 / 93 / 92 / 91 / 86 / 85 / 84 / 81 / 77 / 76 / 74 / 68 / 60 / 58 / 53 / 51 / 47 / 42 / 29 / 13, since you asked)
I really must get out more, and not to the cinema…
PS – Mulholland Dr. only at 11 – give me a break.
Can’t comment on the films, as I haven’t seen any of the ones you haven’t either, but music wise I’d particularly recommend giving 81 and 77 a go, cos they’re great.
Thanks Paul – I’ll check those out. I have King Geedorah’s “Take Me To Your Leader” (MF Doom’s alias) which I liked.
Also want to hear the Chromatics (85) – I liked them in Twin Peaks and meant to follow up on them.
DOOM’s a particular favourite of mine. I’ve managed to track down all his CDs under his numerous guises, which wasn’t easy (or particularly cheap). If that one’s the only one you have, and you like it, you’ll love Madvillain, which regularly tops polls of greatest underground hip hop albums of all time (it probably is). I’d also recommend Operation: DOOMsday, Vaudeville Villain (under the alias Viktor Vaughn) and the two KMD albums, Mr. Hood and Black B*stards.
Ta – not familiar with most of those.
I’d add 92, 82 & 62 to your listening list, KFD, and that’s assuming you are more than familiar with Burial and Grimes.
Careful now, Tigger ! Don’t mix KDH with KFD. Or even worse KFC!
You could be in for a finger-licking shock.
Sorry.
Thanks – I have the Yo La Tengo (saw them live in Belfast around this time too) and The Knife (plus the two Fever Ray albums), but only have Baduizm, so I’ll give New Amerykah a go. Untrue would be in my top 5 of this century, Grimes I like in small doses.
It’s both bonkers and brilliant. Raphael Saadiq’s latest owes it a debt.
There are plenty in your first list that should be in the top 100, not least Kick Ass and Dawn of the Dead that should be top 10. They’re in my top 10 anyway! And Thor: Ragnarok is easily my favourite of the Marvel films, even though I watched it in a cinema off Times Square, so had to put up with the whoops and cheers, and the smell of melting butter on their popcorn. Yuk!
The Raid, Crazy Stupid Love, John Wick (all three of them) and Eden Lake are all fab too. I know a bloke who was in Eden Lake. He plays the psycho dad at the end, which was weird to watch, cos he’s a really nice bloke. Mad Max: Fury Road was another surprising omission, but even as a big Batman fan, I haven’t got Dark Knight Rises very high on my list. Some of it is really good, but some is just daft. The Dark Knight would be my number 1 though, so the Guardian having it at number 98 is baffling, cos it shows they’ve seen it, so how have they got it so far behind films like Boyhood and Team America?
Then again, their list also doesn’t have room for Shaun Of The Dead (like The Dark Knight, Shaun Of The Dead is one of my top 5 of all time), 30 Days Of Night, Batman Begins, Casino Royale, Sinister, What We Do In The Shadows, The Awakening, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Juno, Blade Runner 2049, Layer Cake, The Departed, Kingsmen: The Secret Service, Marvellous, The Conjuring or Inception, so maybe the list of my favourite 100 films of all time is a bit low-brow!
Ladybird is another that would definitely be in my list….