REVIEW OF THE DECADE
(i.e A giant list)
My favourite 25 Films of the Decade
25 – Grindhouse (2007)
24 – Serenity (2005)
23 –
22 - Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003)
21 – Avatar (2009)
20 –
19 – Y Tu Mama Tambien (2001)
18 – Gladiator (2000)
17 – The Prestige (2006)
16 – The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
15 – Wall-E (2008)
14 – The Fountain (2007)
13 – Spirited Away (2001)
12 – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
11 – Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)
10 – City of
09 – There Will Be Blood (2008)
08 – Into The Wild (2007)
07 – The Dark Knight (2008)
06 – Memento (2000)
05 – The Pianist (2002)
04 – Magnolia (2000)
03 – Children of Men (2006)
02 – Oldboy (2003)
01 – The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003)
Five least favourite films of the decade
5 – The Number 23 (2006)
4 – Cabin Fever (2002)
3 – Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)
2 – Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
1 – Alone In The Dark (2005)
(nb: I don’t make a point of seeing bad films, so I’ve not seen The Happening, Battlefield Earth, Gigli, Epic Movie etc)
My favourite 25 albums of the decade
25 – The Postal Service – Wake Up (2003)
24 – Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American (2001)
23 – Metallica – Death Magnetic (2008)
22 – Tool – Laterulus (2001)
21 - Thrice – Vheissu (2005)
20 – Eddie Vedder – Into The Wild OST (2007)
19 – Brand New – Daisy
(2009)
18 – Killswitch Engage – The End of Heartache (2003)
17 – Finch – What It Is To Burn (2002)
16 – Explosions In The Sky – All of A Sudden I miss Everyone (2007)
14 – Clint Mansell – The Fountain OST (2007)
13 – System of A Down – Toxicity (2001)
12 – AFI – Sing the Sorrow (2003)
11 – Death Cab for Cutie – Transatlanticism (2003)
10 – Biffy Clyro – Blackened Sky (2002)
09 – Alkaline Trio – From Here to
Infirmary (2001)
08 – Rage Against the Machine – Renegades (2000)
07 – Green Day – American Idiot (2004)
06 – At the Drive-In – Relationship of Command (2000)
05 – Deftones – White Pony (2000)
04 – Brand New – The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me (2006)
03 – Coheed and
02 – Thrice – The Alchemy Index Vol. I-IV (2007/2008)
01 – Brand New – Deja Entendu (2002)
Personal Favourite moments of 2000-2009
10 – Chris Davies says ‘For fuck off’ instead of ‘For fuck’s sake’ (2002)
09 – Meeting Deftones (
08 – Passing Driving test (
07 – The day we thought of ‘Bullseye & Dartboard’ (2003)
06 – Titch getting punched in the balls (new years eve 2002)
05 – Pearl Jam open with 'release' in
04 – Rage Against the Machine ‘wake up’ speech @ T In The Park (
03 – Adam pissing on the rug in his sleep (New year’s day 2005)
Adam pissing on the rug at new year!
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02 – The Making of ‘Kill Bin’ a 65 minute epic of extreme silliness made in a time when we all had way too much time on our hands (2004)
(cheese alert)
01 – Clare says yes (
Favourite live performances of 2000 – 2009
Ok, some of these bands are musically suspect (particularly no.3) , but these are my favourite as to how I enjoyed them at the time, where I was in life at the time, the company I was with and how drunk I was.
10
08 – Metallica – Download festival,
07 – Green Day – Gig on the Green, Glasgow –
05
02 – (Rage Against the Machine – T in the Park, Kinross –
01
So there you go 10 years summed up in one big giant numeric list. See you in the new decade.
Ben.