Movies 2000s Movie Marathon: Million Dollar Baby

[The Good The Bad The HBK]

So I decided to give up on the 90s thread because I felt it was going to be too difficult since the 90s era of films is arguably the best of all time. I was having issues with placing 3 movies (kept rotating them) and I only watched 7 so far lol

So I decided to do the 00s instead, which will be a lot easier imo


00s Movie Rankings

1. The Dark Knight - 9
2. No Country For Old Men - 9
3. Training Day - 9
4. LOTR Fellowship of the Ring - 9
5. Casino Royale - 8
6. The Wrestler - 8
7. Pirates of the Caribbean Curse of the Black Pearl - 8
8. Gladiator - 8
9. Million Dollar Baby - 8
10. Crash - 8
11. Sin City - 7
12. Apocalypto - 7
13. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford - 7
14. Signs - 7

Rating Scale

10 - Masterpiece
9 - Excellent
8 - Great
7 - Good
6 - Alright
5 - Average
4 - Poor

 

[The Good The Bad The HBK]

Movie 1: LOTR Fellowship of the Ring

Synopsis: A meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle-earth from the Dark Lord Sauron.

My Rating: 9/10

This was maybe my 3rd or 4th time watching this and it's still excellent everytime. Here's the thing, I think the story itself is dumb, the whole ring and it's power and hobbits ect, it's dumb to me. However, the movie is still excellent even though I'm not a fan of the story. The action, the visuals and the suspense are excellent. The overall cast is very good and so are the characters.
Frodo, Aragorn and Gandalf were easily the best characters so far that stood out the most to me. (Gollum can only be seen for a few seconds is why he isn't listed)

I don't think there's anything I dislike about the movie. It's an excellent film thats pretty close to a masterpiece just not quite there for me. I do think the entire trilogy together is a masterpiece though.

 

[AristotleAmadopolis]

How r u picking the movies?

 

[GearSolidMetal]

So I decided to do the 00s instead, which will be a lot easier imo

Soo... are you looking for suggestions?

 

[Sick85]

1. Lord of the rings is a masterpiece imo, Peter Jackson did an excellent job keeping it pretty close to the books that you can.
2. Gladiator was a great movie also, I might be the biggest fan Ridley Scott movies but I felt like he knocked it out of the park. Russell Crowe makes this movie so much better than I expected it would be too.

 

[The Good The Bad The HBK]

Soo... are you looking for suggestions?

Without spoilers, sure if you got some hidden gems but nothing obvious

 

[The Good The Bad The HBK]

How r u picking the movies?

What I have in my collection/what I can find on streaming apps/the highest rated movies on IMDb

 

[AristotleAmadopolis]

What I have in my collection/what I can find on streaming apps/the highest rated movies on IMDb

Idiocracy
Black hawk down
V for vendetta
Cloverfield
Waking life
Sin city
Kill bill
28 days later
Superbad
Finding nemo
Hot fuzz
Borat
District 9
Casino royals
Slumdog millionaire
Let the right one in
No country for old men
Shaun of the dead
Wall-e
Children of men
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
Pans labyrinth
Spirited away
Lost in translation


https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/essential-2000s-movies/


Lotsa good shit from 2000s. U seen the ones i underlined?

 

[I Am Legion]

Both are amazing. Crowe has never matched that. He has done some great stuff like LA Confidential and a Beautiful Mind, Cinderella Man. But that was his pinnacle role and performance. As for LOTR, I miss the days when movie makers just made epic great movies with no need to check boxes for wokeness. Just pick the best person for the role. That movie was cast perfectly.

 

[turbotime]

10/10

 

[The Good The Bad The HBK]

Idiocracy
Black hawk down
Cloverfield
Waking life
Hot fuzz
District 9
Let the right one in
Spirited away
Lost in translation

Haven't seen these

 

[turbotime]

 

[BisexualMMA]

Without spoilers, sure if you got some hidden gems but nothing obvious

Downfall
Miracle
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Click
Hancock
Spanglish
The Assassination of Jesse James
The Woodsman
The Machinist
The Lovely Bones
The Road
Rocky 6
Rambo 4

 

[BisexualMMA]

Idiocracy
Black hawk down
V for vendetta
Cloverfield
Waking life
Sin city
Kill bill
28 days later
Superbad
Finding nemo
Hot fuzz
Borat
District 9
Casino royals
Slumdog millionaire
Let the right one in
No country for old men
Shaun of the dead
Wall-e
Children of men
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
Pans labyrinth
Spirited away
Lost in translation


https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/essential-2000s-movies/


Lotsa good shit from 2000s. U seen the ones i underlined?

Go away batin'.

 

[AristotleAmadopolis]

Go away batin'.

pardon?

 

[AristotleAmadopolis]

Both are amazing. Crowe has never matched that. He has done some great stuff like LA Confidential and a Beautiful Mind, Cinderella Man. But that was his pinnacle role and performance. As for LOTR, I miss the days when movie makers just made epic great movies with no need to check boxes for wokeness. Just pick the best person for the role. That movie was cast perfectly.

what about Gamer?

 

[revoltub]

Good chance for you to watch Primer.

 

[revoltub]

Go away batin'.

That Costco law degree

 

[The Good The Bad The HBK]

Movie 2: Gladiator

My Rating: 8/10

This movie was very very close at knocking at the door of a 7 than an 8 but since the ending was great, I'll give it an 8 for now.

This was at one time one of my favourite movies but the more I watch it the less I like it. It can be boring at times, I thought the beginning was somewhat boring up until Maximus gets betrayed. Quintus was a very confusing character to me. He was loyal to Maximus but then betrays him quickly in the beginning, then at the end when Maximus is fighting Commudus, he betrays Commudus, but this is right after he throws Maximus' sword.

Maximus army was suppose to be loyal to him yet his 2nd in command betrays him and then none of his army except Cicero comes back to help him.

Even though it was more common at the time, I'm not a fan of watching the brother/sister romance. It's really odd and off-putting.

While I enjoyed watching Maximus fight as a gladiator the most, the scene where the tiger leaps onto his back did bother me a bit. Tigers weigh well over 500 lbs not to mention they're known for their strength. The tiger jumps on Maximus back and he knocked it off with ease. Not to mention there's not a scratch on him.

If the film didn't end as well as it did this movie would easily be a 7/10 for me. Fortunately I felt Maximus getting his revenge and then finding his family in the afterlife was the best way to go and it was done very well.

As good as Russell Crowe was in here, I still think Joaquin Phoenix was better.

 

[The Good The Bad The HBK]

Downfall
Miracle
Spanglish
The Assassination of Jesse James
The Woodsman
The Machinist
The Lovely Bones

Haven't seen these.

Assassination of Jesse James is something I've been wanting to watch for awhile now