Well, geeks its that time of year once again... the dreaded List time. Yeah I hate these! I hate doing yearend lists for several reasons: First, I haven't seen every film made in the world this year... yet; Second, even if I saw no more of this year's crop my opinions could change completely on repeat viewings of the ones I list; Third, I please no one by doing this, because I always leave off someone's favorite, or include someone's least fave; Fourth, aaaaaaaaaaaaagggggh! I'm making a list of why I hate lists.
OK, I'll get on with it, buuut first this IS NOT a list of the BEST films of 2001. It is the list of Father Geek's FAVORITE "new" films that he has seen this calendar year (that's out of over 300 seen), and while its a TOP 10 LIST, I will actually be listing twenty motion pictures, 21 if I can remember the WORST film I saw by the time I get to the end. Further I WILL be listing these in the order of my preferiences. So that should give you even more ammunition for the talkbacks to follow. Also I will not be giving my reasons for the order, or the choices... These motion pictures really speak for themselves, and I cannot recommend strongly enough going to see ALL of them on the big screen for yourselves.
Here's FATHER GEEK'S TOP 10 OF 2001
1. Peter Jackson's LORD OF THE RINGS: FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
2. Jean-Prerre Jeunet's AMELIE
3. The Coen Brothers' THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE
4. Baz Luhrmann's MOULIN ROUGE
5. Christophe Gans' BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF
6. Dreamwork's SHREK
7. Guillermo del Toro's THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE
8. John Cameron Mitchell's HEDWIG & THE ANGRY INCH
9. Richard Linklater's WAKING LIFE
10. David Lynch's MULHOLLAND DRIVE
...And the runners up are:
Here's FATHER GEEK'S TOP 10 OF 2001
1. Peter Jackson's LORD OF THE RINGS: FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
2. Jean-Prerre Jeunet's AMELIE
3. The Coen Brothers' THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE
4. Baz Luhrmann's MOULIN ROUGE
5. Christophe Gans' BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF
6. Dreamwork's SHREK
7. Guillermo del Toro's THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE
8. John Cameron Mitchell's HEDWIG & THE ANGRY INCH
9. Richard Linklater's WAKING LIFE
10. David Lynch's MULHOLLAND DRIVE
...And the runners up are:
2. Jean-Prerre Jeunet's AMELIE
3. The Coen Brothers' THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE
4. Baz Luhrmann's MOULIN ROUGE
5. Christophe Gans' BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF
6. Dreamwork's SHREK
7. Guillermo del Toro's THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE
8. John Cameron Mitchell's HEDWIG & THE ANGRY INCH
9. Richard Linklater's WAKING LIFE
10. David Lynch's MULHOLLAND DRIVE
...And the runners up are:
4. Baz Luhrmann's MOULIN ROUGE
5. Christophe Gans' BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF
6. Dreamwork's SHREK
7. Guillermo del Toro's THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE
8. John Cameron Mitchell's HEDWIG & THE ANGRY INCH
9. Richard Linklater's WAKING LIFE
10. David Lynch's MULHOLLAND DRIVE
...And the runners up are:
6. Dreamwork's SHREK
7. Guillermo del Toro's THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE
8. John Cameron Mitchell's HEDWIG & THE ANGRY INCH
9. Richard Linklater's WAKING LIFE
10. David Lynch's MULHOLLAND DRIVE
...And the runners up are:
8. John Cameron Mitchell's HEDWIG & THE ANGRY INCH
9. Richard Linklater's WAKING LIFE
10. David Lynch's MULHOLLAND DRIVE
...And the runners up are:
10. David Lynch's MULHOLLAND DRIVE
...And the runners up are:
11. VANILLA SKY
12. MEMENTO
13. BULLY
14. FROM HELL
15. BATTLE ROYALE
...And the runners up to the runners up are:
16. THE OTHERS
17. WITH A FRIEND LIKE HARRY
18. THE MAJESTIC
19. SPY KIDS
20. HANNIBAL
