Comments on: Remembering a Decade…2008 http://www.rowthree.com/2009/12/08/remembering-a-decade-2008/ Where Cinema is more than just $100 Million productions Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:49:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Films of the Decade Link List | Horror Movies Blog http://www.rowthree.com/2009/12/08/remembering-a-decade-2008/#comment-38230 Films of the Decade Link List | Horror Movies Blog Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:19:46 +0000 http://www.rowthree.com/?p=22743#comment-38230 [...] 2009Row Three – Remembering a Decade… 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, [...] [...] 2009Row Three – Remembering a Decade… 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, [...]

]]> By: Henrik http://www.rowthree.com/2009/12/08/remembering-a-decade-2008/#comment-38224 Henrik Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:12:08 +0000 http://www.rowthree.com/?p=22743#comment-38224 Decades are indeed insane. Decades are indeed insane.

]]> By: Drew http://www.rowthree.com/2009/12/08/remembering-a-decade-2008/#comment-38222 Drew Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:26:57 +0000 http://www.rowthree.com/?p=22743#comment-38222 It kind of blows my mind actually the more I think about it. At the start of this decade I was 6 years old, now i'm 16. Within these 10 years I have developed an entire appreciation and taste in cinema, it's fucked. I went from being 6 and only caring about Pokemon: The Movie, to being well versed enough to write a top 100 list of my favorite movies. Decades are insane, so much happens within them. Just think about it, the first iPod came out in 2001, now we have iPhones and iPod Touches. I wonder whats going to happen in this new decade, for cinema and reality in general. It kind of blows my mind actually the more I think about it. At the start of this decade I was 6 years old, now i’m 16. Within these 10 years I have developed an entire appreciation and taste in cinema, it’s fucked. I went from being 6 and only caring about Pokemon: The Movie, to being well versed enough to write a top 100 list of my favorite movies. Decades are insane, so much happens within them. Just think about it, the first iPod came out in 2001, now we have iPhones and iPod Touches. I wonder whats going to happen in this new decade, for cinema and reality in general.

]]> By: Andrew James http://www.rowthree.com/2009/12/08/remembering-a-decade-2008/#comment-38205 Andrew James Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:31:57 +0000 http://www.rowthree.com/?p=22743#comment-38205 <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/b0sc-gS9AqM&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/b0sc-gS9AqM&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>

]]> By: Henrik http://www.rowthree.com/2009/12/08/remembering-a-decade-2008/#comment-38202 Henrik Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:21:51 +0000 http://www.rowthree.com/?p=22743#comment-38202 I wasn't talking about them, I was talking about you :). I wasn’t talking about them, I was talking about you :) .

]]> By: Kurt Halfyard http://www.rowthree.com/2009/12/08/remembering-a-decade-2008/#comment-38193 Kurt Halfyard Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:55:17 +0000 http://www.rowthree.com/?p=22743#comment-38193 Not at all, henrik. My kids have watched the blowjob scene in Ghostbusters. Didn't phase them. ;) Not at all, henrik. My kids have watched the blowjob scene in Ghostbusters. Didn’t phase them. ;)

]]> By: Henrik http://www.rowthree.com/2009/12/08/remembering-a-decade-2008/#comment-38190 Henrik Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:48:40 +0000 http://www.rowthree.com/?p=22743#comment-38190 And if those odds and ends were in Up, you would have been disturbed because you brought your kids to it! I think the Star Wars universe is way more interesting than Lord of the Rings, and the movies are incalculably better. And if those odds and ends were in Up, you would have been disturbed because you brought your kids to it!

I think the Star Wars universe is way more interesting than Lord of the Rings, and the movies are incalculably better.

]]> By: Kurt Halfyard http://www.rowthree.com/2009/12/08/remembering-a-decade-2008/#comment-38181 Kurt Halfyard Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:30:20 +0000 http://www.rowthree.com/?p=22743#comment-38181 There is also some odds and ends sexuality in the film that doesn't make it into that type of film anymore. The 70s to mid 80s were good for this. Heck, even The Monster Squad has smoking and swearing in it. There is also some odds and ends sexuality in the film that doesn’t make it into that type of film anymore. The 70s to mid 80s were good for this.

Heck, even The Monster Squad has smoking and swearing in it.

]]> By: Jonathan B. http://www.rowthree.com/2009/12/08/remembering-a-decade-2008/#comment-38180 Jonathan B. Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:18:17 +0000 http://www.rowthree.com/?p=22743#comment-38180 <i>"it was one of those films that didn’t play it safe with scarring children."</i> Seriously. I was probably six or seven when I first saw Dragonslayer. <b>SPOILERS</b> When the Princess is being eaten by the dragons <b>END SPOILERS</b> HOLY SHIT. That was deeply disturbing to me, because something like that NEVER happened in movies I watched at that age. I still recall vividly watching that movie for the first time and my jaw-drop and sickness in the pit of my stomach at that scene. “it was one of those films that didn’t play it safe with scarring children.”

Seriously. I was probably six or seven when I first saw Dragonslayer. SPOILERS When the Princess is being eaten by the dragons END SPOILERS HOLY SHIT. That was deeply disturbing to me, because something like that NEVER happened in movies I watched at that age. I still recall vividly watching that movie for the first time and my jaw-drop and sickness in the pit of my stomach at that scene.

]]> By: David Brook http://www.rowthree.com/2009/12/08/remembering-a-decade-2008/#comment-38176 David Brook Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:44:01 +0000 http://www.rowthree.com/?p=22743#comment-38176 Dragonslayer! That's a film that I never saw as a youngster but I remember the poster looking cool. It was just before my time though, I got into Star Wars and Raiders later on VHS, but this wasn't popular enough to hang around as long as they did. Thinking back it was probably Jurassic Park that had the biggest impact on me, because I saw that at the cinema when I was 11 and the effects just blew me away. I've still got a soft spot for it now... Ah nostalgia, I'm getting all dewy-eyed.... Dragonslayer! That’s a film that I never saw as a youngster but I remember the poster looking cool. It was just before my time though, I got into Star Wars and Raiders later on VHS, but this wasn’t popular enough to hang around as long as they did. Thinking back it was probably Jurassic Park that had the biggest impact on me, because I saw that at the cinema when I was 11 and the effects just blew me away. I’ve still got a soft spot for it now…

Ah nostalgia, I’m getting all dewy-eyed….

]]> By: Kurt Halfyard http://www.rowthree.com/2009/12/08/remembering-a-decade-2008/#comment-38145 Kurt Halfyard Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:29:47 +0000 http://www.rowthree.com/?p=22743#comment-38145 @Goon, Dragon Slayer (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082288/) came out around the same time as Raiders of the Lost Ark and Empire Strikes Back. It has an awesome poster that was up in video store windows in 1981-2 everywhere, and while I've not watched in in some years now, it was one of those films that didn't play it safe with scarring children. Which of course makes it awesome. @Goon,

Dragon Slayer (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082288/) came out around the same time as Raiders of the Lost Ark and Empire Strikes Back. It has an awesome poster that was up in video store windows in 1981-2 everywhere, and while I’ve not watched in in some years now, it was one of those films that didn’t play it safe with scarring children. Which of course makes it awesome.

]]> By: Kurt Halfyard http://www.rowthree.com/2009/12/08/remembering-a-decade-2008/#comment-38144 Kurt Halfyard Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:24:04 +0000 http://www.rowthree.com/?p=22743#comment-38144 Yea, as trilogies go, I'm far more satisfied with the package of LoTR compared to Star Wars Saga, they both have weaker (relatively) third chapters though. Movie Merchandise in this day and age is rather soul-sucking. Yea, as trilogies go, I’m far more satisfied with the package of LoTR compared to Star Wars Saga, they both have weaker (relatively) third chapters though.

Movie Merchandise in this day and age is rather soul-sucking.

]]> By: Goon http://www.rowthree.com/2009/12/08/remembering-a-decade-2008/#comment-38142 Goon Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:19:32 +0000 http://www.rowthree.com/?p=22743#comment-38142 I'm hoping the next generation will all be LOTR geeks instead of Star Wars geeks. I think we're well passed "Peak Oil" with shitty Star Wars merchandise. Bring on the Gandalf Mr. Potato Head I’m hoping the next generation will all be LOTR geeks instead of Star Wars geeks. I think we’re well passed “Peak Oil” with shitty Star Wars merchandise.

Bring on the Gandalf Mr. Potato Head

]]> By: Goon http://www.rowthree.com/2009/12/08/remembering-a-decade-2008/#comment-38141 Goon Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:17:36 +0000 http://www.rowthree.com/?p=22743#comment-38141 I had never even HEARD of Dragonslayer before I had never even HEARD of Dragonslayer before

]]> By: Kurt Halfyard http://www.rowthree.com/2009/12/08/remembering-a-decade-2008/#comment-38138 Kurt Halfyard Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:09:52 +0000 http://www.rowthree.com/?p=22743#comment-38138 As with my nostalgic connection to Raiders of the Lost Ark, Dragonslayer, Ghostbusters and Empire Strikes Back. The 'comic book movies' of my childhood. As any true nostaligist (if that is a word) would say, mine were better than yours! ;) ;) ;) As with my nostalgic connection to

Raiders of the Lost Ark, Dragonslayer, Ghostbusters and Empire Strikes Back. The ‘comic book movies’ of my childhood. As any true nostaligist (if that is a word) would say, mine were better than yours! ;) ;) ;)

]]> By: Drew http://www.rowthree.com/2009/12/08/remembering-a-decade-2008/#comment-38137 Drew Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:05:44 +0000 http://www.rowthree.com/?p=22743#comment-38137 I totally see what your saying Kurt, and I respect that. Still I do have 2 comic book movies on my top 20. Spider Man 1 and 2. Even with the first ones flaws I really love it, and seeing that I basically grew up in this decade, i have some sort of nostalgic connection with it. :D I totally see what your saying Kurt, and I respect that. Still I do have 2 comic book movies on my top 20. Spider Man 1 and 2. Even with the first ones flaws I really love it, and seeing that I basically grew up in this decade, i have some sort of nostalgic connection with it. :D

]]> By: David Brook http://www.rowthree.com/2009/12/08/remembering-a-decade-2008/#comment-38129 David Brook Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:35:14 +0000 http://www.rowthree.com/?p=22743#comment-38129 I agree with Goon (on the blockbuster point), if you like a blockbuster or two you shouldn't be ashamed of it. I love a bit of trash alongside more classier films. I thought Dark Knight was a bit overrated though, very good, but not the masterpiece everyone made it out to be. Good call on American Splendor for great comic book movies though, I love that film. I class it as my favourite biopic too, a genre that I generally struggle to appreciate. I agree with Goon (on the blockbuster point), if you like a blockbuster or two you shouldn’t be ashamed of it. I love a bit of trash alongside more classier films.

I thought Dark Knight was a bit overrated though, very good, but not the masterpiece everyone made it out to be.

Good call on American Splendor for great comic book movies though, I love that film. I class it as my favourite biopic too, a genre that I generally struggle to appreciate.

]]> By: Goon http://www.rowthree.com/2009/12/08/remembering-a-decade-2008/#comment-38128 Goon Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:39:39 +0000 http://www.rowthree.com/?p=22743#comment-38128 ^never made it through Primer. I just found it boring. Yeah its complex, don't care, give me someone or something to care about. Bah I complain but I may give it another go one day. ^never made it through Primer. I just found it boring. Yeah its complex, don’t care, give me someone or something to care about.

Bah I complain but I may give it another go one day.

]]> By: Rusty James http://www.rowthree.com/2009/12/08/remembering-a-decade-2008/#comment-38126 Rusty James Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:17:07 +0000 http://www.rowthree.com/?p=22743#comment-38126 great voice overs: Primer great voice overs: Primer

]]> By: Kurt http://www.rowthree.com/2009/12/08/remembering-a-decade-2008/#comment-38124 Kurt Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:11:55 +0000 http://www.rowthree.com/?p=22743#comment-38124 @GOON: "I just want peoples top 10s to be honest in the face of any and all possible criticism." And absolutely, yes. So it is, in my case anyway! @GOON: “I just want peoples top 10s to be honest in the face of any and all possible criticism.”

And absolutely, yes. So it is, in my case anyway!

]]> By: Jonathan B. http://www.rowthree.com/2009/12/08/remembering-a-decade-2008/#comment-38123 Jonathan B. Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:39:13 +0000 http://www.rowthree.com/?p=22743#comment-38123 Apparently, I was the only one with The Dark Knight in his top five, so it hadn't a chance on this list. Then again, I also had Slumdog Millionaire on there and think Blindness, while ambitious, was mediocre at best, so what do I know. Apparently, I was the only one with The Dark Knight in his top five, so it hadn’t a chance on this list. Then again, I also had Slumdog Millionaire on there and think Blindness, while ambitious, was mediocre at best, so what do I know.

]]> By: Goon http://www.rowthree.com/2009/12/08/remembering-a-decade-2008/#comment-38122 Goon Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:33:47 +0000 http://www.rowthree.com/?p=22743#comment-38122 "do we need another list with a shit-tonne of blockbusters in the top 10?" I just want peoples top 10s to be honest in the face of any and all possible criticism. for better or worse thats what we've tried to do with the FJ lists, and thats what i expect from R3 “do we need another list with a shit-tonne of blockbusters in the top 10?”

I just want peoples top 10s to be honest in the face of any and all possible criticism.

for better or worse thats what we’ve tried to do with the FJ lists, and thats what i expect from R3

]]> By: Kurt http://www.rowthree.com/2009/12/08/remembering-a-decade-2008/#comment-38121 Kurt Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:24:04 +0000 http://www.rowthree.com/?p=22743#comment-38121 Well, drew, Rom-coms and frat-boy humour were also a major part of the decade, it doesn't mean they are anything beyond 'good' in most cases. There are a couple of 'great comic book movie' movies: The Dark Knight, A History of Violence, American Splendor, Spidey 2...but really do we need another list with a shit-tonne of blockbusters in the top 10? I'll leave that to FirstShowing.net and /Film. Thanks. ;) Well, drew, Rom-coms and frat-boy humour were also a major part of the decade, it doesn’t mean they are anything beyond ‘good’ in most cases. There are a couple of ‘great comic book movie’ movies: The Dark Knight, A History of Violence, American Splendor, Spidey 2…but really do we need another list with a shit-tonne of blockbusters in the top 10?

I’ll leave that to FirstShowing.net and /Film. Thanks.

;)

]]> By: Andrew James http://www.rowthree.com/2009/12/08/remembering-a-decade-2008/#comment-38104 Andrew James Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:30:28 +0000 http://www.rowthree.com/?p=22743#comment-38104 Anything worth mentioning other than TDK (which I eliminated at the last minute to accommodate Speed Racer)? Anything worth mentioning other than TDK (which I eliminated at the last minute to accommodate Speed Racer)?

]]> By: Drew http://www.rowthree.com/2009/12/08/remembering-a-decade-2008/#comment-38101 Drew Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:57:19 +0000 http://www.rowthree.com/?p=22743#comment-38101 I find it kind of odd that you guys pretty much ignored the comic book films on these lists. I mean I don't really consider myself a fanboy, but they were a major part of this decade in cinema. I find it kind of odd that you guys pretty much ignored the comic book films on these lists. I mean I don’t really consider myself a fanboy, but they were a major part of this decade in cinema.

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