BOT's Top 100 Films of the 2010s: The Countdown | List complete

[Cap]

2 minutes ago, Jake Gittes said:

Commentary: A long time ago, they brought Star Wars back. A lot of people really liked it.

We were so naive back there. So filled with hope. 

[charlie Jatinder]

Also kinda surprised with Fallout being so low. I mean it topped forum list in 2018. For year toppers, they should be higher in decade list too.

[charlie Jatinder]

3 minutes ago, Jake Gittes said:

Number 32

  Reveal hidden contents

 

"Chewie... we're home."
274 points, 20 lists

directed by J.J. Abrams | US | 2015

 

The Pitch: A New Hope (DJ Abrams mix) 

 

#1 Placements: 1
Top 5 Placements: 2
Top 12 Placements: 2
Metacritic: 80
Box Office: $2.068 billion WW
Awards: 5 Academy Award nominations; 8 Saturn Awards
BOT History: #2, top movies of 2015; 6 BOFFY Awards, out of 15 nominations
Critic Opinion: "The Force Awakens strikes all the right chords, emotional and narrative, to feel both familiar and exhilaratingly new. Filled with incident, movement and speed, dusted with light layers of tarnished “used future” grime, it captures the kinetic energy that made the first film, from 1977, such a revelation to filmgoers who marveled at Lucas’s mashup of B movies, Saturday-morning serials, Japanese historical epics and mythic heft." - Ann Hornaday, The Washington Post

"The film ultimately runs up against the limitations of its own nature.... But it’s still an exhilarating ride, filled with archetypal characters with plausible psychologies, melodramatic confrontations fueled by soaring emotions, and performances that can be described as good, period, rather than "good, for 'Star Wars.'" - Matt Zoller Seitz, RogerEbert.com

"The Force Awakens belongs to a corporation. It is a product meant to make good on an investment. Disney purchased a property from Lucas, and made a movie related to that property in order to start recouping its outlay. The best way to recoup that outlay was to very carefully and deliberately court and flatter a fan base that has kept the Star Wars brand popular for 38 years and counting; to guarantee that no floppy-eared CGI alien minstrel show will embarrass and shame everyone in sight, that there will be no bogged-down weirdness about midi-chlorians or intergalactic trade agreements, no thespians in bathrobes barely tolerating pantomiming swordplay in front of a green screen (disregarding the fact that those missteps still led to a half-billion box office haul in 1999); to make certain that this new thing is nothing but a sure thing; to make this corporate product at least seem like a public trust—counteracting Lucas’s failure to understand that this is what his creation had evolved into, in effect if not in actuality. There’s no WTF in The Force Awakens because WTF can’t be afforded. It’s smart business, but it’s not an idea—quite the opposite, actually. First comes economics, and then you hired some artists, and then, maybe, you make some art. Any ideas or inspirations come further down the line, in whatever any of the participants might bring to certain aspects of the enterprise. None of this need invalidate what the film winds up being, but it does inform, and to a large degree define it." - Eric Hynes, Reverse Shot
BOT Sez: “I thought it was terrific. Not too much of a stretch as a comparison, but since nobody has made it, I'll make it- this reminded me alot of Creed. It's great in a very similar way for very similar reasons. It's part reboot, part remake, part sequel, but it takes the structure and strength of the original and fills it in with excellent characters, inventive setpieces, and strong emotional beats. It's not a perfect movie- it feels far too breathless at times, and I would have liked a few minutes to flesh these characters out. Also, as terrific an actress Nyongo is, I thought her character and the entire scene in the bar felt hokey, rushed, and silly. But JJ knows what makes this franchise great, and he takes this universe as his sandbox to fill with inventive, propulsive fun and emotional moments. It's spectacularly shot and has real weight to it in terms of design. But where this movie really succeeds is the new cast and the new characters.” - @Cmasterclay
Commentary: A long time ago, they brought Star Wars back. A lot of people really liked it.
 

 

 

 

 

TLJ over TFA. Yayy. 

[Cap]

1 minute ago, charlie Jatinder said:

Also kinda surprised with Fallout being so low. I mean it topped forum list in 2018. For year toppers, they should be higher in decade list too.

I will be a super honest. I didn’t put any of the mission impossible movie is on my list because I couldn’t remember which one was which. I just know that Tom Cruise did a crazy stunt and there was like a brunette that all looks the same

[Madhuvan]

This list is bad. Avengers Infinity war and Endgame should atleast be in TOP 20. 

 

 

[RealLyre]

4 hours ago, CoolioD1 said:

pretty obvious what the film you're referring to here is. But still, I didn't expect Extreme Job to make it so high up on the list.

according to LBD I've seen about 15 korean films or so and Extreme Job is the only one I didn't like, it had a cool premise but the ending felt like something out of a hollywood movie. 

[Dementeleus]

2 minutes ago, Cap said:

We were so naive back there. So filled with hope. 

The announcement of a new Star Wars trilogy brought me back to the forums. This made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.

[RealLyre]

3 minutes ago, Cap said:

I will be a super honest. I didn’t put any of the mission impossible movie is on my list because I couldn’t remember which one was which. I just know that Tom Cruise did a crazy stunt and there was like a brunette that all looks the same

I don't remember if it was on my list but the one with Henry Cavill was the most iconic!

 

[filmlover]

4 minutes ago, Cap said:

We were so naive back there. So filled with hope. 

On the bright side, at least the next Star Wars movies will arrive without the expectations that these movies were always gonna be saddled with, fairly or not.

[charlie Jatinder]

5 minutes ago, Cap said:

I will be a super honest. I didn’t put any of the mission impossible movie is on my list because I couldn’t remember which one was which. I just know that Tom Cruise did a crazy stunt and there was like a brunette that all looks the same

M:I films are overrated and I love them. Scripts are paper thin. It's always classified agents going public or some bomb to diffuse.

 

In the end, everyone just remember them by the stunt Tom did in them. Ghost Protocol is the one with Burj, Rogue Nation is one with plane and Fallout is one fighting superman with moustache and Paris chase.

[MrPink]

I remember MI2 by Dougray Scott though.

 

 

[Dementeleus]

8 minutes ago, MrPink said:

I remember MI2 by Dougray Scott though.

Dougray Scott counts as the Tom Cruise stunt in MI2, though, so that tracks. 

[MrPink]

3 minutes ago, Plain Old Tele said:

Dougray Scott counts as the Tom Cruise stunt in MI2, though, so that tracks. 

 

How dare you

 

 

 

[Jake Gittes]

Number 31

Spoiler

 

"I can't beat it."
275 points, 20 lists

directed by Kenneth Lonergan | US | 2016

 

The Pitch: An emotionally crippled handyman returns to the town where he's lived through a personal tragedy to take care of his teenage nephew. 

 

Top 5 Placements: 2
Top 12 Placements: 2
Metacritic: 96
Box Office: $79m WW
Awards: Academy Awards for Best Actor and Original Screenplay, out of 6 nominations
BOT History: #6, Top Movies of 2016; BOFFY for Best Actor, out of 5 nominations
Critic Opinion: "One of the things that is admirable about Kenneth Lonergan’s Manchester by the Sea – and there are many admirable things about this quietly moving drama – is the way its initial enigma seems to need no explanation; yet, once deciphered, the film does not falter but moves only deeper into the emotional territory it charts." - Kate Taylor, The Globe and Mail

"Opening a window into a wounded soul, it reminds us that beneath even the most brusque, hard-to-approach exterior often lies a human being bearing the scars of real, sometimes devastating human experiences." - Mike Scott, The Times-Picayune

"This is a particularly regional story of mourning and male bonding, and not just because Lonergan makes his gorgeous seaside setting—captured through precise details of language, culture, and punishing weather—as important as his native New York was to Margaret. Lee and Patrick, fiercely loyal Irish Catholics who refuse to wear their deep feelings on their sleeves, connect the film to a storied tradition of Massachusetts movies about guarded men connecting through their defense mechanisms. Their unsentimental sentimentalism keeps Manchester By The Sea in a near-constant state of heightened emotion, while helping it sidestep the obvious cathartic choice at every turn." - A.A. Dowd, The AV Club
BOT Sez: “This was really great. It's pretty much a perfect example of an emotional rollercoaster, but it never felt unrealistic. In fact, it was probably one of the most brutally real films I've ever watched. I was shocked at how funny it was; it probably made me laugh more than a lot of the comedies I saw in 2016. Casey Affleck delivers a mean punch alongside a truly incredible performance. The supporting cast is equally incredible, particularly Michelle Williams and Lucas Hedges. They are all very much worthy of their nominations. 

The scene that stuck with me the most is the scene in the police station, when Lee grabs the Police Officers gun. That was tough to watch, but it was excellent filmmaking.” - @aabattery

"So much subtlety in the writing, editing and directing... a movie so naturalistic  & quiet... Grief is hard... Artistic integrity and profundity." - @The Futurist

Commentary: After barely missing the top 100 on his first try, Kenneth Lonergan is back with a vengeance with the film that finally brought him truly wide recognition. A drama that showcased once again his ability to balance out the harrowing with the authentically funny, it won Casey Affleck a rare Oscar given for a legitimately subtle lead performance, and already serves as a window back to that short-lived period when Amazon Studios seemed willing to throw money at any auteur who needed it and commit to distributing the result theatrically. 

 

 

 

Edited April 17, 2020 by Jake Gittes

[The Panda]

2010 in the last 70 films on this list

 

[MrGamer]

11 minutes ago, Plain Old Tele said:

Dougray Scott counts as the Tom Cruise stunt in MI2, though, so that tracks. 

 

[charlie Jatinder]

11 minutes ago, MrPink said:

 

How dare you

 

 

 

Always confuse her with Zoe Saldana.

[charlie Jatinder]

9 minutes ago, charlie Jatinder said:

Always confuse her with Zoe Saldana.

apparently am not alone.

 

[Madhuvan]

2010 still missing.. 🤣🤣

 

I suspect both Toy Story 3 and Inception are in Top 10.

[Spidey Freak]

2010 didn't even bother turning up for the rehearsals. She said FINAL ACTS ONLY.