Thread: At the Movies with A.O. Scott & Michael Phillips

#1. Scott Phillips Honorable Mentions Quote: Originally Posted by Final Viewer Submission List 10. Mulholland Drive 9. Children of Men 8. Pan's Labyrinth 7. No Country for Old Men 6. The Departed 5. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 4. There Will Be Blood 3. WALL-E 2. The Dark Knight 1. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Quote: Originally Posted by Final Phillips List 10. Minority Report 9. Gosford Park 8. Mulholland Drive...

I dislike There Will Be Blood quite a bit, and love Wall-E , so Scott wins this one, though calling it the best of the decade is weird. I suspected that would be his number one, or at least very high, so I've been waiting for it. Side note: it's strange how few top ten lists floating around mention Lost in Translation --AV Club didn't even have it in their top fifty. I love it more than most, but it was the best reviewed film...

Phillips wins overall list vs. Scott, though I like some of Scott's submissions (WALL-E, Eternal Sunshine) that didn't appear on Phillips'. AO wins this final round (though I do like There Will Be Blood; not love), but I actually enjoy the Viewer Submission List, top-to-bottom, better than either critic's. Just a wee bit too populist, however, but meh. And STFU, Bigwig. ROTK is fantastic.

Quote: Originally Posted by chunkylover In chat a while back Chairman Meow told me to watch Dogville . You owe me three hours of life, CM. I only got like thirty minutes on me, sorry.

You should be taken out back and beaten with reeds for that copout tie entry.

Quote: Originally Posted by NimChimpsky Side note: it's strange how few top ten lists floating around mention Lost in Translation --AV Club didn't even have it in their top fifty. I love it more than most, but it was the best reviewed film of 2003, beating even RotK, so it's disappointing not see it more often. I know, and no one ever talks about How Green Was My Valley , either.

I don't get someone saying Mulholland Drive doesn't hold up. Did it make perfect sense the first time you saw it?

Quote: Originally Posted by Frallex The 720-minute run time is very daunting. Cut that running time in half. The entire movie is 6 hours. Split into two parts, that's not bad at all.

A big huh? at both choices this week.

No comment - haven't seen either one.