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N.E. Brigand
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Mar 23 2010, 10:03pm
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Poll lists top 150 films of the decade. How does LOTR rank?
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Well, there is a reason I'm posting this in Off-Topic rather than Main or Movie.
Film Comment gathered ten-best lists for the 2000s from 183 "critics, programmers, academics, filmmakers, and others", and listed their top 150 responses.
LOTR failed entirely to make the list.
The top twenty: - Mulholland Drive D. Lynch, U.S. 2001
- In the Mood for Love Wong K.W., Hong Kong 2000
- Yi Yi E. Yang, China 2000
- Syndromes and a Century A. Weerasethakul, Thailand 2006
- There Will Be Blood P.T. Anderson, U.S. 2007
- The Death of Mr. Lazarescu C. Puiu, Romania 2005
- A History of Violence D. Cronenberg, Canada 2005
- Tropical Malady A. Weerasethakul, Thailand 2004
- 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days C. Mungiu, Romania 2007
- The New World T. Malick, U.S. 2005
- Platform Jia Z., Hong Kong 2000
- Zodiac D. Fincher, U.S. 2007
- The Intruder C. Denis, France 2004
- The Son J.-P. & L. Dardenne, Belgium 2002
- Dogville L. von Trier, Denmark 2003
- Caché M. Haneke, France 2005
- Kings and Queen A. Desplechin, France 2005
- Elephant G. Van Sant, U.S. 2003
- The Royal Tenenbaums W. Anderson, U.S. 2001
- Before Sunset R. Linklater, U.S. 2004
My favorite film of the decade, Nanni Moretti's The Son's Room, is also absent. The list includes films I think are pretty bad, like Tenenbaums above, and Miami Vice at #117.
It's possible that LOTR appeared on some individual lists; I'll have to find the magazine itself to check.
By way of comparison, here are the films these voters thought better than LOTR for each of its three years:
Better than The Fellowship of the Ring?
#1 Mulholland Drive —D. Lynch, U.S.
#19 The Royal Tenenbaums —W. Anderson, U.S.
#21 Spirited Away —H. Miyazaki, Japan
#30 A.I.: Artificial Intelligence —S. Spielberg, U.S.
#31 In Praise of Love —J.-L. Godard, France
#44 Millennium Mambo —Hou H.-h., France
#48 What Time Is It There? —Tsai M.-l., Taiwan
#57 Y Tu Mamá También —A. Cuarón, Mexico
#62 La ciénaga —L. Martel, Argentina
#78 Fat Girl —C. Breillat, France
#81 Donnie Darko —R. Kelly, U.S.
#87 Trouble Every Day —C. Denis, France
#101 La libertad —L. Alonso, Argentina
#107 Pulse —K. Kurosawa, Japan
#110 Time Out —L. Cantet, France
#115 Va Savoir —J. Rivette, France
#127 The Piano Teacher —M. Haneke, France
#128 The Lady and the Duke —E. Rohmer, France
#133 Ghost World —T. Zwigoff, U.S.
#146 Gosford Park —R. Altman, U.K.
#150 Dog Days —U. Seidl, Austria
Better than The Two Towers?
#14 The Son —J.-P. & L. Dardenne, Belgium
#25 Talk to Her —P. Almodóvar, Spain
#29 Russian Ark —A. Sokurov, Russia
#39 Blissfully Yours —A. Weerasethakul, Thailand
#49 demonlover —O. Assayas, France
#54 Distant —N. B. Ceylan, Turkey
#60 Ten —A. Kiarostami, Iran
#68 25th Hour —S. Lee, U.S.
#72 Adaptation —S. Jonze, U.S.
#74 Gerry —G. Van Sant, U.S.
#77 Punch-Drunk Love —P.T. Anderson, U.S.
#80 Far From Heaven —T. Haynes, U.S.
#88 Femme Fatale —B. De Palma, U.S.
#94 The Man Without a Past —A. Kaurismäki, Finland
#97 Turning Gate —Hong S.-s., S. Korea
#103 The Pianist —R. Polanski, Poland
#114 Morvern Callar —L. Ramsay, U.K.
#137 Spider —D. Cronenberg, Canada
#138 Friday Night —C. Denis, France
#145 Divine Intervention —E. Suleiman, Palestine
Better than The Return of the King?
#15 Dogville —L. von Trier, Denmark
#18 Elephant —G. Van Sant, U.S.
#23 Goodbye, Dragon Inn —Tsai M.-l., Taiwan
#37 Café Lumière —Hou H.-h., Taiwan
#43 Los Angeles Plays Itself —T. Andersen, U.S.
#55 Saraband —I. Bergman, Sweden
#73 Lost in Translation —S. Coppola, U.S.
#84 Memories of Murder —Bong J.-h., S. Korea
#85 West of the Tracks —Wang B., China
#96 The Best of Youth —M.T. Giordana, Italy
#108 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 —Q. Tarantino, U.S.
#113 Mystic River —C. Eastwood, U.S.
#117 Tarnation —J. Caouette, U.S.
#126 Oldboy —Park C.-w., S. Korea
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Here's an earlier discussion on TORN, based on a Salon article that also considered the standing of LOTR as the decade closed.
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Poll lists top 150 films of the decade. How does LOTR rank?
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N.E. Brigand
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Mar 23 2010, 10:03pm
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Very interesting
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MrCere
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Mar 24 2010, 12:25am
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Oh and one other thing
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MrCere
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Mar 24 2010, 1:14am
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I think we've seen this effect before.
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FarFromHome
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Mar 24 2010, 1:50am
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Do many critics think "Citizen Kane" is the greatest of films?
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N.E. Brigand
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Mar 24 2010, 2:40am
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There's also the SFF effect
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Arandiel
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Mar 24 2010, 2:49am
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Proprietary pride
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Darkstone
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Mar 24 2010, 7:57pm
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Spider,
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SirDennisC
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Mar 24 2010, 2:56am
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similar to book rankings...
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weaver
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Mar 24 2010, 1:48pm
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And the best film of the noughties is..... a failed television pilot!
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Darkstone
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Mar 24 2010, 7:48pm
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Dogville
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Annael
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Mar 24 2010, 8:24pm
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Delightfully contrarian.
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N.E. Brigand
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Mar 24 2010, 8:47pm
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Excellent question.
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Darkstone
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Mar 24 2010, 9:42pm
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