My Fave movies of the 00s

I realize I am late on this, but it has been saved as a draft forevs and I had a snow day. I have made a special "fun to watch" category because I'm a fun gal.

Enjoy:

Top 10 faves:

1. Big Fish
2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
3. The Royal Tennenbaums
4. About a Boy
5. Catch me if you Can
6. Adaptation
7. Wonder Boys
8. There will be Blood
9. Almost Famous
10. Shattered Glass

Next 10:

1. Vanilla Sky
2. Mystic River
3. American Psycho
4. Pan's Labrynth
5. Collateral
6. Quills
7. Gosford Park
8. No Country for Old Men
9. AI
10. Punch Drunk Love***

*** was Minority Report when first published. Changed my mind. Good thing like 2 people read this thing.***

Most fun to Watch list (they needed a special category, but would've been above otherwise. My blog- my lists. Deal.)

1. Kill Bill vols I/II
2. Grindhouse
3. Best in Show
4. Shaun of the Dead
5. Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Top 4 Documentaries:

1. Young at Heart
2. Rollerball
3. The Fog of War
4. Man on Wire

Movies I didn't like that made the lists of critics and friends:

• The squid and the Whale
• Synecdoche, New York
• Brokeback Mountain
• Juno
• Capturing the Friedmans
• Inland Empire
• 25th hour
• The Wrestler

Movie everyone saw but me and loved it: City of God

If you don't like mine, here is one from the AV club's comments section. I think it is aptly titled:

my list (the real deal) :
1. lotr
2. goldmember
3. gladiator
4. ratatouille
5. apocalypto
5. shrek 2
6. talledega nights
7 avatar
8. monsters inc
9. kill bill
10. meet the parents

I'm sure Zeus would've been great at skiing with guns...

I don't like watching the Winter Olympics. This is the only story about the Winter games that stuck with me:

That film was "Rocky on Ice."

The Winter Olympics' "Running Man" course ended up killing someone on Friday. Not the best press. I didn't watch the opening ceremony. I didn't want to watch any of the games, to be honest.

Unfortunately, the Olympics are on a ton. Eventually, we clicked on the games. I knew about the bobsled teams (see above). I also knew about figure and speed skating. There were two "games" I did not know about. These games are not "Rocky on Ice."

"G.I Joe on Snow" AKA "Biathlon":

Apparently this sport involves skiing, stopping, shooting a rifle at a target, then skiing. It doesn't seem like a real event that would get someone on a Wheaties box. It seems more like an event on The Biggest Loser or Celebrity Fit Club (if Ted Nugent hosted). The Olympic site defends the "sport" by claiming it was a nod to times before Christ when European men on skis had to hunt for food. I wonder if the wooly mammoths waited on the course or if the dudes went all willy nilly out there...

"Wounded Knee Massacre on Snow" AKA "Freestyle Skiing":

These guys and gals do cool tricks. I'm not going to dispute that. They seems more X-Games appropriate, as opposed to Olympian appropriate. That said, I kind of understand the cool tricks off of ramps part. The part I don't understand is the knee smashing part, seen below:

While briefly watching a woman fail at this hill part, we learned that she had SIX ACL SURGERIES- 3 on each knee. Really? REALLY?!? Seems worth it. The official website explains that it has been considered an Olympic Sport for about 3 nanoseconds, or since the 90's.

I blame France. It seems most of this went down in Albertville, France in the 90's. Thanks, France.