The Otts in Film: 2001
2001
World-Wide
Top Grossing Films
1.
Harry Potter and the
Philosopher’s Stone
2.
The Lord of the Rings: The
Fellowship of the Ring
3.
Monsters, Inc.
4.
Shrek
5.
Ocean’s Eleven
6.
Pearl Harbor
7.
The Mummy Returns
8.
Jurassic Park 3
9.
Planet of the Apes
10.
Hannibal
The first
half of that list is defensible. The second half is best not looked at on a
full stomach. Hannibal slips in as a last plea for a script-based serious film to
post a big payday. In a global era, it’s just not possible…especially when that
serious script-based film is terrible.
Best Picture
Nominees:
A
Beautiful Mind
Gosford Park
In the
Bedroom
The Lord of
the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Moulin
Rouge!
Least
Justifiable Nomination: In the Bedroom
And that’s
why we have 10 nominations.
Most
Overrated: Donnie Darko. That 80’s nostalgia indie flic that you had to be a teenager in the 80's to appreciate. I was a toddler.
Most Underrated
(Then): The Mexican. Scoffed at for not living up to its cast, with lower
expectations, it turns out to be surprisingly watchable on the small screen.
Most
Underrated (Now): Spy Game. Brad
Pitt in a spy movie about the Lebanese Civil War, in Robert Redford’s last
worthwhile appearance. And it’s good too.
Most
Influential: Harry Potter/Lord of the Rings
Together,
these two movies completely remade the business, making studio budget tentpoles
stand on the sturdy concrete foundation of a fantasy series with teems of book-bearing fanboys. It’s hard to
remember a time that half of Hollywood thought Lord of the Rings would flop and Return
of the King would end up being the most expensive TV movie of all-time. As for
Harry Potter specifically, it identified a huge market of kids who continue to
pay through the nose for the ever more dismal Twilight and Hunger Games
fantasy/sci-fi alter-world to their own lives. (I wasn't there for otts teenage nostalgia either. Why won't anyone sell me 90's nostalgia?)
Most
Representative of the Decade:
Zoolander –
which reminds me that I haven’t been flashing enough blue steel lately.
Best Scenes:
A Beautiful
Mind – “Prisoner’s Dilemma”
The Lord of
the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – “You Shall Not Pass”
The Man Who
Wasn’t There – “The Uncertainty Principle”
Moulin Rouge
– “Elephant love medley”
The Royal
Tannenbaums – “You tryin’ to steal my woman?” (Tight second: Ritchie plays
tennis)
WINNER: Prisoner's Dilemma
Best Movies:
1.
The Royal Tenenbaums
2.
Moulin Rouge
3.
Ocean’s Eleven
4.
The Man Who Wasn’t There
5.
Zoolander
6.
A Beautiful Mind
7.
Black Hawk Down
8.
Shaolin Soccer
9.
Shrek
10.
Lagaan
2 comments:
Finally we agree on almost all points. Royal Tenenbaums still holds up.
Haha...zoolander! One of our favorites!
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