"The Road" - the best novel adaptation, and the best apocalyptic film I have ever seen. Loved the intense but spare dialogue between father and "the boy", and the overwhelming sense of landscape
"The Hurt Locker" - the most intense war movie, on a microcosmic scale - the complete opposite of wide, sweeping drama ala' "The Thin Red Line" or "Saving Private Ryan"
"Atonement" - brutal, beautiful, drama, war and another message- how lives play out. Surprise ending noone sees comming. Trust me. I don't even want to see it again, but it's like a trophy you place high on a shelf, full of pride that you were there to witness the event.
"O Brother Where Art Thou?" - humour mixed with political statements about the South and great adaptation of ancient poetry
"The Big Lebowski" - again, humour mixed with alot of racial and class statements
"Gran Torino" - classy, direct, great story telling by Clint Eastwood and cast
"Donnie Darko" - I could watch this a hundred times and still wonder...
"Gosford Park" - forgot this was in this decade- incredible Robert Altman "who done it"
"Pan's Labryinth"- the most haunting war movie I have ever seen
"Momento" - Christopher Nolans first "popular" movie, "Following" was neat, but low on emotional connectiveness
"The Royal Tenenbaums" - fun, eccentric, not for everyone kind of film...like a play on-screen. A work of art for set direction, character, and dialogue (not too much plot but that works out for this film)
"No Country for Old Men" - good versus....evil, really? Good versus....what we think of evil or that we tempt evil and it comes to visit when we choose unwisely. In this movie, the "devil" only shows up when messed with. Unforgettable!
"Two Lovers"- a very intense Joaquin Phoenix film about ...two lovers he must choose from, but so much more. If you think it's a chick flick, you are wrong. Watch it, discuss. Straightforward life choices ahead. Very well made.
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