Top 10 Films of 2001...

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...To continue our new discussion series, let's have a gander at the year some considered to be the true start of the millennium.

Like before, please try to do a top 10 in order (hard as it may be) with an optional two or three "honorable mentions".

2001: A Film Odyssy...


The Callaghan Best Films of 2001 List:

#01 Moulin Rouge!
#02 A.I. Artificial Intelligence
#03 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
#04 A Beautiful Mind
#05 Black Hawk Down
#06 Pearl Harbor
#07 Vanilla Sky
#08 Hearts in Atlantis
#09 The Man Who Wasn’t There
#10 Tie: Monsters, Inc -and- Shrek

Honorable Mentions:
-The Majestic
-The Others
-From Hell

*Note: Band of Brothers doesn't count. If it did, however, it would have unquestionably taken the top spot*

Also...

The Oscars; Who Won, and Who Shoulda Won IMHO

Best Picture
Who Won: A Beautiful Mind
Shoulda Won: Moulin Rouge!

Best Director
Who Won: Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind)
Shoulda Won: Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge!) *Not even nominated
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Best Actor
Who Won: Denzel Washington (Training Day)
Shoulda Won: Russell Crowe (A Beautiful Mind)

Best Actress
Who Won: Halle Berry (Monster’s Ball)
Shoulda Won: Nicole Kidman (Moulin Rouge!)

Best Supporting Actor
Who Won: Jim Broadbent (Iris)
Shoulda Won: Ian McKellen (Lord of the Rings)

Best Supporting Actress
Who Won: Jennifer Connelly (A Beautiful Mind)
Shoulda Won: I concur

Best Cinematography
Who Won: Andrew Lesnie (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring)
Shoulda Won: I concur

Best Score
Who Won: Howard Shore (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring)
Shoulda Won: I concur



Edit:

Forgot Which Films Came Out That Year?
Have No Fear - The IMDB Is Here...
http://us.imdb.com/List?year=2001&&...ing=7;Most popular titles;2001 by total votes

-and-

The Oscar Nods & Winners...
http://us.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Academy_Awards_USA/2002
 
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I do, though they are far from my favorite genre.

I just call 'em like i see 'em.


Edit: Come on, dougspice...let's see your picks
 
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CallaghanFilms said:
...To continue our new discussion series, let's have a gander at the year some considered to be the true start of the millennium.

Like before, please try to do a top 10 in order (hard as it may be) with an optional two or three "honorable mentions".

2001: A Film Odyssy...


The Callaghan Best Films of 2001 List:

#01 Moulin Rouge!
#02 A.I. Artificial Intelligence
#03 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
#04 A Beautiful Mind
#05 Black Hawk Down
#06 Pearl Harbor
#07 Vanilla Sky
#08 Hearts in Atlantis
#09 The Man Who Wasn’t There
#10 Tie: Monsters, Inc -and- Shrek

Honorable Mentions:
-The Majestic
-The Others
-From Hell

*Note: Band of Brothers doesn't count. If it did, however, it would have unquestionably taken the top spot*

Also...

The Oscars; Who Won, and Who Shoulda Won IMHO

Best Picture
Who Won: A Beautiful Mind
Shoulda Won: Moulin Rouge!

Best Director
Who Won: Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind)
Shoulda Won: Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge!) *Not even nominated
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Best Actor
Who Won: Denzel Washington (Training Day)
Shoulda Won: Russell Crowe (A Beautiful Mind)

Best Actress
Who Won: Halle Berry (Monster’s Ball)
Shoulda Won: Nicole Kidman (Moulin Rouge!)

Best Supporting Actor
Who Won: Jim Broadbent (Iris)
Shoulda Won: Ian McKellen (Lord of the Rings)

Best Supporting Actress
Who Won: Jennifer Connelly (A Beautiful Mind)
Shoulda Won: I concur
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From your list, these are the only ones that I liked:

Beautiful mind, The Others.


Vanilla sky sucked, the original one directed by the director of "The Others" is amazing, I loved it.

But, only my opinion :Drogar-BigGrin(DBG)
 
FilmMakerr said:
From your list, these are the only ones that I liked:

Beautiful mind, The Others.


Vanilla sky sucked, the original one directed by the director of "The Others" is amazing, I loved it.

But, only my opinion :Drogar-BigGrin(DBG)
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what is your list? the point of the thread is to put your list not whether or not you agree with his... i'm not jumpin' on your back, just curious as to see what your list is
 
I hate ties. Ties are cop-outs.

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#01 Black Hawk Down
#02 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
#03 A Beautiful Mind
#04 Enemy at the Gates
#05 Pearl Harbor
#06 Training Day
#07 Amores Perros
#08 A.I. Artificial Intelligence
#09 Blow
#10 Donnie Darko

My honorables (AKA Guilty Pleasures)

Behind Enemy Lines
From Hell
I Am Sam
The Tailor of Panama
The Others
The Oscars; Who Won, and Who Shoulda Won IMHO

Best Picture
Who Won: A Beautiful Mind
Shoulda Won: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Best Director
Who Won: Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind)
Shoulda Won: Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind)

Best Actor
Who Won: Denzel Washington (Training Day)
Shoulda Won: Russell Crowe (A Beautiful Mind)

Best Actress
Who Won: Halle Berry (Monster’s Ball)
Shoulda Won: Halle Berry (Monster’s Ball)

Best Supporting Actor
Who Won: Jim Broadbent (Iris)
Shoulda Won: Geoffrey Rush (The Tailor of Panama) Not nominated

Best Supporting Actress
Who Won: Jennifer Connelly (A Beautiful Mind)
Shoulda Won: Jennifer Connelly (A Beautiful Mind)
 
1. Hedwig and the Angry Inch
2. The Royal Tennenbaums
3. LOTR: FOTR
4. Sexy Beast (this one is iffy because its official release on IMDB was 2000 but since its a foreign film I didn't see it in theaters until 2001)
5. Mulholland Drive
6. Donnie Darko
7. From Hell
8. Training Day
9. Blow
10. Beautiful Mind
 
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CallaghanFilms said:
...To continue our new discussion series, let's have a gander at the year some considered to be the true start of the millennium.

Like before, please try to do a top 10 in order (hard as it may be) with an optional two or three "honorable mentions".

2001: A Film Odyssy...


The Callaghan Best Films of 2001 List:

#01 Moulin Rouge!
#02 A.I. Artificial Intelligence
#03 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
#04 A Beautiful Mind
#05 Black Hawk Down
#06 Pearl Harbor
#07 Vanilla Sky
#08 Hearts in Atlantis
#09 The Man Who Wasn’t There
#10 Tie: Monsters, Inc -and- Shrek

Honorable Mentions:
-The Majestic
-The Others
-From Hell

*Note: Band of Brothers doesn't count. If it did, however, it would have unquestionably taken the top spot*

Also...

The Oscars; Who Won, and Who Shoulda Won IMHO

Best Picture
Who Won: A Beautiful Mind
Shoulda Won: Moulin Rouge!

Best Director
Who Won: Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind)
Shoulda Won: Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge!) *Not even nominated
emoticon-03.gif


Best Actor
Who Won: Denzel Washington (Training Day)
Shoulda Won: Russell Crowe (A Beautiful Mind)

Best Actress
Who Won: Halle Berry (Monster’s Ball)
Shoulda Won: Nicole Kidman (Moulin Rouge!)

Best Supporting Actor
Who Won: Jim Broadbent (Iris)
Shoulda Won: Ian McKellen (Lord of the Rings)

Best Supporting Actress
Who Won: Jennifer Connelly (A Beautiful Mind)
Shoulda Won: I concur
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#01 Beautiful Mind
#02 Black Hawk Down
#03 Moulin Rouge!
#04 LOTR Fellowship of the Ring
#05 Training Day
#06 Enemy at the Gates
#07 Mulholland Drive
#08 A.I. Artificial Intelligence
#09 Amelie
#10 From Hell

My Oscar picks

Best Picture: Beautiful Mind

Best Director: Ron Howard

Best Actor: Russel Crowe (although Denzel was great in Training Day) Plus I think Ewan McGregor should have been nominated for Moulin Rouge!. He was great in that movie, and the movie overall was great.

Best Actress: Nicole Kidman

Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Connelly
 
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TheYankee said:
Am I the only one who thinks that this selection makes Hudson and Callaghan lose all credibility?

-Jeremy
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I knew that one would receive flack, Jeremy, but it was overall an emotional ride.

I'll repeat something I said before:
If it hadn't been for...

-Affleck's off-again performance
-The "Bomb-Cam"
and most especially
-The fact that major changes were made for the Asian market

...then it quite possibly could have taken the top spot in my book.

(:evil: and besides, Ricky Henderson likes it I heard:evil:)
 
I dont exactly remember what came out in 2001, but from what I remember, these are the ones I liked:

Not in order:

Training Day
The Others
Donnie Darko
A Beautiful Mind
Blow
Frailty
 
The Bomb cam I loved.

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Pearl Harbor is an underrated popcorn extravaganza. It is covered in Sugar, sure but you guy's forget this was a Disney Production; so you gotta bend a little on it.

Is it my Pearl Harbor ? No no no. I'd be all Band of Brother's style if it was me, but you cannot deny the $500,000,000 Worldwide Box Office.
 
FilmMakerr said:
I dont exactly remember what came out in 2001, but from what I remember, these are the ones I liked:

Not in order:

Training Day
The Others
Donnie Darko
A Beautiful Mind
Blow
Frailty
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Crap

I did not realize DD and Blow came out in 2001

(revising List now)
 
Michael Bay is my problem with Pearl Harbor.

Only movie of his I've enjoyed is the Rock.

I fear what he has in store for the Transformers movie.

And what his production company is going to do to the Friday series.


And as an aside Affleck wasn't totally terrible in PH. At least I didn't think so. Then again i really like Reindeer Games so I'm prob not the best person to ask.
 
i dont really think it was a great year for movies but here are some that did it for me.

Amores perros
Memento .. i think this one may have been 2000.
In the mood for love
Sexy beast
Training Day
101 Reykjavík
Fat girl
Blow
Apocalypse now redux
 
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John_Hudson said:
Wait, Calla ?

Are you saying Afleck had an Off performance in PH ? (I disagree)
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It coulda been a bit better...
In fact, his losing of the attempted accent coulda made all the difference.
 
Apocalypse now redux
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Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan that don't count.

And what his production company is going to do to the Friday series.
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Texas Chainsaw Massacre Remake friggin rocked mang. One of my favorite films (Horror). I think Bay will give us a FT13TH like we have never had it.
 
I can't agree John. I mean I'll try to remain optimistic about Friday but i hated the Chainsaw remake. Too polished and full of WB teen stars.

Give me the original. Its practically a documentary. That's hard.
 
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