2001 in film. • Page 2

1. Mullholland Drive
2. Spirited Away
3. Donnie Darko

 

1. Mulholland Drive
2. Ocean's Eleven
3. AI: Artificial Intelligence

Honorable mentions:

Wet Hot American Summer (brutal cut, love this movie)
Zoolander
The Royal Tenenbaums
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
The Man Who Wasn't There
Training Day
Spirited Away

Great year overall. Mulholland Drive is a masterpiece, and Ocean's Eleven is a perfect "mainstream" film in my eyes - incredibly entertaining. I like the Royal Tenenbaums, but I never really connected with it like I did some of Anderson's other movies - I admire it more than I love it. AI is Spielberg's hidden gem, incredibly underrated imo.

 

Gosford Park
Ocean’s Eleven
Amelie

HM: LOTR, Mulholland Drive, The Royal Tenenbaums and Training Day

 

Mulholland Dr. wins it with 26 votes. The Royal Tenenbaums was in second place with 14 votes. Mulholland Dr. will move on to the bracket.

 

1. Mulholland Drive
2. Spirited Away
3. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Insane year. When I was actually living through 2001, my films of the year probably would have been: Shrek, Rat Race and Monsters Inc

 

1. Mullholland Drive
2. The Believer
3. In The Bedroom

Other standouts:
The Man Who Wasn't There, Training Day, Frailty, Donnie Darko

 

I am watching Trouble Every Day. Only my 2nd Denis

 

In no order:

1. Ghost World
2. Donnie Darko
3. Mulholland Drive
4. Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back
5. Amelie

Honorable mentions: A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Ali, Bubble Boy

 

mulholland was great. a slow start but the audition scene was incredible and the last hour will stick with me for a while.

 

David Lynch FTW

 

Mulholland Dr is still my favorite of his. The first 3 or 4 times I watched it I got more out of it. If you include all medium The Return might bump it out.

 

it is third for me out of the ones I've seen so far but all three of those are very good

 

My personal favorite film of all time was released in 2001.

The Fellowship of the Ring

 

Watching Ali. Pretty good

 

Yeah I avoided Ali for a long time because of Smith but is is a quality movie.

 

Not fun facts that the movie changed

On August 17, 1967, Ali married 17-year-old Belinda Boyd. In an interview with NBC 6, Boyd recounted meeting Ali when she was 10 years old at her hometown mosque.

At age 31 in 1973, Ali began an extramarital relationship with 16-year-old Wanda Bolton

 

just saw mulholland dr. in theaters. first time in years. amazing how referential it is to twin peaks, and honestly, there's no better use of dream sequence in cinema than this. so effortless in the way it approaches concepts of identity and reality. that shit moved me. when they're crying to that song in the theater both in blonde, goddamn. when thick brows guy shows up in the final diner scene, goddamn. every frame is fucking juicy with meaning and it feels so good to know i'm missing so much still. hollywood fucking sucks and i'm so glad that the way it dehumanizes people drew so much great content from mr. lynch.

 

wow, i am only just now learning that it was supposed to be a spinoff of twin peaks where audrey moves to L.A.

that all makes perfect sense