What Movie Of The Last Decade Do You Recommend?

[Pete]

What Movie of the last decade do you recommend?

Me:- I guess I am a Lord of the RIngs fan and although the Hobbit does not strickly follow the book I feel it is good too.

[Brother Kaman]

Lord of the Ring, although more than just one movie, ranks right up there. There are so few movies that achieve greatness, the few that do really stand out. I liked Cloud Atlas but it was disjointed and sometimes difficult for me to follow. Two of my all time favorites were Forest Gump and The Color Purple.

[RabbiO]

Hugo...... but must be seen in 3-D.

[Jonathan H. B. Lobl]

I would suggest the first Star Wars Trilogy.

[Seeker]

I would suggest the first Star Wars Trilogy.

I do hope you mean the originals, and not the chronologically first appalling prequels.

Only Revenge of the Sith is last decade.

I used to watch a lot of movies, but recently I've been finding less and less which appeals to me.

My picks by year from a very small sample set...

2004 : The Incredibles

2005 : Batman Begins

2006 : 300

2007 : Stardust

2008 : Iron Man

2009 : Up / District 9 / Moon

2010 : Inception / The King's Speech

2011 : ? I can't think of anything I'd rate, but I didn't see many.

2012 : The Hobbit

2013 : The Hobbit 2

2014 : The Lego Movie

[Songster]

The Passion of the Christ

[emalpaiz]

I have not seen many films in the past ten years, and I usually fall asleep seeing action films. Nevertheless a film that interested me a lot was "Elegy" (2008), staring Penelope Cruz, Ben Kingsley, Patricia Clarkson. An interesting drama about an elderly man and a beautiful young woman.

[Youch]

Movie: 99 Years of Love - Japanese Americans

[Atwater Vitki]

Avatar (2009) has to be my #1 pick of the too numerous to calculate movies out since 2004...other than that your pick, your guess. This was one movie that struck several chords in me from the obvious of the over the top 3-D CGI cinema-graphics to the storyline...superb!

Blessings of Peace,

[Kingfisher]

Going by the ones I've watched several times already:

Apocalypto

Into the Wild

Letters from Iwo Jima

Life of Pi

The Departed

As for Hobbitses, as a lifelong Tolkien fan I think The Onion gave it the fairest review:

[Songster]

I was disappointed in The Hobbit... I liked The Lord of the Rings and understood the necessity of splitting it up into 3 movies (One movie for each of the 3 books), but splitting The Hobbit into 3 movies is ridiculous (and GREEDY). I won't pay to see the rest of the series. Maybe when they put them all on Netflix... but definitely won't spend the $20 I paid to watch the 1st episode.

Edited May 5, 2014 by Songster

[scottedward]

It's a shame we were only wanting something from the last decade. I was most thrilled with Braveheart before Mel Gibson turned to the dark side of the force. Before even Braveheart, I've always been really impressed with Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window, with Stewart and Kelly (Grace Kelly has been a crush of mine for as long as I can remember). It's unfortunate that the movies of the last decade have failed to keep my attention. It's most likely a failing on my part. Great to see everyone!

Edited May 6, 2014 by scott_edward

[Pete]

I liked Braveheart but it is a shame that history does not support the film.

http://www.angelfire.com/rebellion/historicalheros/historyvsbraveheart.html

http://www.scottishhistory.com/articles/independence/braveheart.html

Edited May 6, 2014 by Pete

[Gruffydd y Dryw]

From the last decade:

1. Eragon (2006) I loved Ed Speleers in this.

2. The Covenant (2006) for the overall atmosphere of the film.

3. My Soul to Take (2010) by Wes Craven, featuring a young Max Thieriot.

4. Piranha DD (2012), released in theaters as Piranha 3DD. David Hasseihoff's poking fun at himself made this entire movie.

5. Hell Baby (2013), a ridiculous horror comedy featuring several well-known comic actors/comedians.

Two of my all-time favorites are The Raven (1963) starring Vincent Price and The Wicker Man (1973) starring Christopher Lee and Edward Woodward.

I also greatly enjoyed the Rankin and Bass animated versions of The Hobbit (1977) and The Return of the King (1980). They do not follow the books well, but the animation and musical score captivated me when I was a child, as also was the case with their The Flight of Dragons (1982).

My favorite comedies are Bowfinger (1999) starring Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy, Cabin Boy (1994) starring Chris Elliot, and Kevin Smith's Clerks (1994).

Edited May 9, 2014 by GruffyddYDryw

[mererdog]

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