Μια δεκαετία στη μεγάλη οθόνη

Εδώ και κάτι μήνες σκέφτομαι πως τελειώνει η πρώτη δεκαετία του 21ου αιώνα και πως είναι σωστό και πρέπον να μαζευτούνε τα καλύτερα αυτών των 10 χρόνων. Ποια καλύτερα όμως; Άλλοι μαζεύουν τις καλύτερες μουσικές, άλλοι τα καλύτερα soundtracks, άλλοι τα καλύτερα comics. Την ώρα λοιπόν που σκεφτόμουν να κάνω το ίδιο με ταινίες και ότι ψάρια πιάσει, με πρόλαβε ο inverted_a του seagazing και καλύτερα, γιατί κατάφερε να μαζέψει 110 συμμετέχοντες, όσους δηλαδή επισκέπτες δεν έχει δει τούτο το blog ούτε στην καλύτερή του μέρα! Τα συγκεντρωτικά αποτελέσματα θα τα βρείτε εκεί, στις 1 Δεκεμβρίου.

Without further ado, προχωράω στη δικιά μου 20άδα. Με αντίστροφη μέτρηση, για να κρατήσουμε και λίγο το σασπένς. Έχει σημασία άλλωστε, αφού κάθε θέση δίνει και διαφορετικούς βαθμούς, άρα επηρεάζει διαφορετικά την τελική 20άδα όλων των συμμετεχόντων. Καλή φάση, ναι;

20. El Laberinto del Fauno (Pan's Labyrinth) 2006

I've had so many names. Old names that only the wind and the trees can pronounce. I am the mountain, the forest and the earth. I am... I am a faun. Your most humble servant, Your Highness.sounds

19. Oldeuboi (Oldboy) 2003

Laugh and the world laughs with you. Weep and you weep alone.sounds

18. Lost In Translation 2003

Let's never come here again because it will never be as much fun.sounds

17. V for Vendetta 2005

But on this most auspicious of nights, permit me then, in lieu of the more commonplace sobriquet, to suggest the character of this dramatis persona. Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin van-guarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition. The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply add that it's my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V.sounds

16. Ying xiong (Hero) 2002

Is the sword the only answer?sounds

15. Me and You and Everyone We Know 2005

I don't want to have to do this living. I just walk around. I want to be swept off my feet, you know? I want my children to have magical powers. I am prepared for amazing things to happen. I can handle it.sounds

14. Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (Amélie) 2001

Let me help you. Step down. Here we go! The drum major's widow! She's worn his coat since the day he died. The horse's head has lost an ear! That's the florist laughing. He has crinkly eyes. In the bakery window, lollipops. Smell that! They're giving out melon slices! Sugarplum, ice cream! We're passing the park butcher. Ham, 79 francs. Spareribs, 45! Now the cheese shop. Picadors are 12.90. Cabecaus 23.50. A baby's watching a dog that's watching the chickens. Now we're at the kiosk by the metro. I'll leave you here. Bye!sounds

13. The Dark Knight 2008

I'm whatever Gotham needs me to be.sounds

12. Big Fish 2003

Have you ever heard a joke so many times you've forgotten why it's funny? And you heard it again and suddenly it's new. You remember why do you love it in the first place.sounds

11. Io Non Ho Paura (I'm Not Scared) 2003

Nighttime beasts, lovers of the dark, you that sleep only when the morning comes, watch over the sleep of this child.sounds

10. Synecdoche, New York 2008

I will be dying and so will you, and so will everyone here. That's what I want to explore. We're all hurtling towards death, yet here we are for the moment, alive. Each of us knowing we're going to die, each of us secretly believing we won't.sounds

09. Finding Nemo 2003

I am a nice shark, not a mindless eating machine. If I am to change this image, I must first change myself. Fish are friends, not food.sounds

08. The Royal Tenenbaums 2001

The crickets and the rust-beetles scuttled among the nettles of the sage thicket. "Vámonos, amigos," he whispered, and threw the busted leather flintcraw over the loose weave of the saddlecock. And they rode on in the friscalating dusklight.sounds

07. Gwoemul (The Host) 2006

Have any of you heard it? The heartbreak of a parent who's lost a child... When a parent's heart breaks, the sound can travel for miles.sounds

06. Donnie Darko 2001

First of all, Papa Smurf didn't create Smurfette. Gargamel did. She was sent in as Gargamel's evil spy with the intention of destroying the Smurf village. But the overwhelming goodness of the Smurf way of life transformed her. And as for the whole gang-bang scenario, it just couldn't happen. Smurfs are asexual. They don't even have... reproductive organs under those little, white pants. It's just so illogical, you know, about being a Smurf. You know, what's the point of living... if you don't have a dick?sounds

05. Across the Universe 2007

Music's the only thing that makes sense anymore, man. Play it loud enough, it keeps the demons at bay.sounds

04. Monsters, Inc. 2001

Just think about a few names for a second: Bigfoot. Loch Ness. The Abominable Snowman. They all have one thing in common, pal: Banishment! We could be next!sounds

03. Låt den rätte komma in (Let the Right One In) 2008

I've been twelve for a very long time.sounds

02. Love Actually 2003

But for now, let me say - Without hope or agenda - Just because it's Christmas - And at Christmas you tell the truth - To me, you are perfect - And my wasted heart will love you - Merry Christmas.sounds

01. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 2003

Silly Caucasian girl likes to play with Samurai swords.sounds

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Από το 21 στο 50 (με τυχαία σειρά):
Once, Corpse Bride, Requiem for a Dream, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Juno, Sin City, Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi, Good Bye Lenin!, Gegen die Wand, Πολίτικη Κουζίνα, Up, Le scaphandre et le papillon, Vozvrashcheniye, Shi mian mai fu, Shrek 2, Memento, 2046, The Fall, Batoru rowaiaru, Les triplettes de Belleville, Sideways, Brick, The Hours, Elephant, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Almost Famous, Dogville, Jeux d'enfants, Mamma Mia!, Bowling for Columbine.

Και μερικά στατιστικά για τις 50:
- Πρώτη χρονιά σε ταινίες έρχεται το 2003. 14 ταινίες βγήκαν εκείνη τη χρονιά, double score από το, 2ο στη σειρά, 2001 που έχει 7. Ακολουθούν: 2004 και 2005 με 5, 2000, 2006, 2008 με 4, 2002, 2007 με 3 και τελευταίο και καταϊδρωμένο το 2009 με 1, που όμως θέλει ακόμα μήνες για να δω όλες του τις ταινίες και λογικά μένει παραπονεμένο.
- Πρώτη χώρα σε ταινίες έρχεται η Αμερική. Συνολικά 29. Μακριά η Γαλλία με 4 και μετά Βρετανία, Ν.Κορέα, Κίνα, Ιαπωνία, Γερμανία με 2 και Σουηδία, Ιταλία, Ισπανία, Ελλάδα, Ρωσία, Χονγκ Κονγκ και Δανία με 1.
- 6 σκηνοθέτες αναφέρονται 2 φορές σε ταινία της 50άδας. Ο Yimou για τα Ying xiong και Shi mian mai fu, ο Burton για τα Big Fish και Corpse Bride, ο Nolan για τα The Dark Knight και Memento, ο Tarantino για το Kill Bill: Vol. 1 και το guest direction στο Sin City και οι animάδες Unkrich για τα Finding Nemo και Monsters, Inc. (ο μόνος που και οι 2 ταινίες του είναι στις πρώτες 20) και Docter για τα Monsters, Inc. και Up.
- Υψηλότερη βαθμολογία για ταινία της 50άδας από το IMDb, 8.9/10 για το The Dark Knight, χαμηλότερη για το Mamma Mia! με 6.6/10.