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Classics of our era; Are there any?
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Jason_Level3 Aug 16 2009, 05:25 PM Post #1
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In a discussion with Kane and the Thumbpad boys the other day, a great point came up. We have not had a classic movie this whole decade, and we only have 6 months left. Prove me wrong. What are the classics of our decade? I love Requiem For A Dream, but it will not stand as a classic. Besides, I think it was late ninties...>_>

Prove me wrong.
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LeonK Aug 16 2009, 05:56 PM Post #2
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Clerks II :P

Maybe 'No Country for Old Men'? It received critical acclaim and had enough action and violence to prevent it from being labelled as "boring high-brow shit" by the general public.

'Brokeback Mountain' - cause no one can forget the cowboy sex and Heath Ledger's death was tragic.
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Clerks 2 was great. XD

No Country was one I brought up, but it was very much a Cohen Brothers film. That's not a bad thing of course, but they have a very 90's style, so I don't really consider it a product of our era.

Brokeback is a contender. Much like movies such as The Crying Game, it was an interesting exploration for it's time, and indicative of it's style. I mean, a gay cowboy film made by a Chinese director is about as multicultural as you can get.
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Does a film need to be arthouse pussywhipped to be a classic? Because I'd vote for Batman Begins.
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Donnie Darko, anyone?
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the hurt locker- pretty damn good movie way better than that district 9 bullshit that i saw last night.
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I'd say wait a few years. I mean, a lot of the films that we regard as "classics" now usually took a few years for people to see as classics anyway. I mean, look at Citizen Kane. Flopped when it came out, but is now regarded as one of the finest films of all time.

I'd say Oldboy. Anyone who's seen it knows exactly why.
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the hurt locker- pretty damn good movie way better than that district 9 bullshit that i saw last night.

What's the matter? Don't like Prawns!? :lol:

My vote goes to District 9 :P
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I'd say wait a few years. I mean, a lot of the films that we regard as "classics" now usually took a few years for people to see as classics anyway. I mean, look at Citizen Kane. Flopped when it came out, but is now regarded as one of the finest films of all time.

I'd say Oldboy. Anyone who's seen it knows exactly why.

Too fuckin' right.

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Those scenes are what define the movie for me. Like the hotel fight scene is to The Protector.

EDIT: Honourable mention goes to Pirates of the Caribbean. One of Disney's few forays into looking for more mature audiences while still able to sprinkle some of their trademark happy magic dust all over. Plus everyone knows that pirates are pretty damned awesome. Snoogins.
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Plus everyone knows that pirates are pretty damned awesome. Snoogins.

Mmm... snogging pirates...

Pirates (pr0n)

I have this on HD DVD! :D Well worth a watch! :lol:
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Downfall and Letters from Iwo Jima/Flags of Our Fathers for me.

You have to couple together Flags and Letters together for the complete Viewing Experience, but Letters is the stand out of the pair...the preformances show the reality of World War II, that is the Fighting Men were all the same; they were all normal people who were much the same and fighting for the same reasons. Still, I view them both as Two Sides of the One Movie.

Downfall is THE movie if you want to see Hitler's last days in the Berlin Bunker...and the actor's portrayl of him is awe-inspiring and frightning...since it manages to somewhat humanise one of the greatest Mass Murder's in History. Also the fate of the Goebbles' Family is striking.

It's an amazing movie, all the more for the fact that its German and made by German's. It ranks up with The Longest Day, Patton and the likes in terms of how much of a Classic it is.

Oh and another one is, even though its not really a movie, Band of Brothers. I watched 6 and half Episodes back to back this weekend...and it still moves me like nothing else.

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Sin City was amazing.
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The Dark Knight?
Watchmen?

Its hard for movies coming out now because of how recent they are...maybe it will take some time to see how they age.
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I'd written a better reply, but Kart's Oldboy pics crashed my iPhone. Here goes again.

Batman movies were great, but the whole "reinvention of the brand" thing had been done before, and under the same circumstances as well. Seems old hat.

Watchman is too similar to the comic to be considered a classic in it's own right. Granted, Synder did a great job, but the comic was classic long before the movie. See above for Sin City.

District 9 had the potential to be movie of the decade, but only if it had retained the documentary style of it's first half, not the BAYSPLOSIONS of the second half. Though, as a resume for the Halo movie, it's spot on.

Downfall most certainly counts. God damn that was brilliant.

I'd go on a limb and say Cloverfield. I know the monster movie has been dine before, but it was a quintessentially noughties film. The style, the characters, everything screamed 2006. Like it or not, it was a movie of our time. Classic I'm not sure, but it was definitely of our decade.

EDIT: Donnie Darko is the most overrated piece of garbage ever, making it definitely a product of this era.
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