Review of the decade

Ben Thompson’s

REVIEW OF THE DECADE

(i.e A giant list)

My favourite 25 Films of the Decade

25 – Grindhouse (2007)

24 – Serenity (2005)

23 – Sin City (2005)

22 - Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003)

21 – Avatar (2009)

20 – Battle Royale (2000)

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 God (2002)

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)

15 – A Perfect Circle – The 13^th Step (2003)

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 Cambria – In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 (2003)

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 (June 3^rd 2003)

08 – Passing Driving test (Jan 9^th 2003)

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 London (I8th August 2009)

04 – Rage Against the Machine ‘wake up’ speech @ T In The Park (12^th July 2008)

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 (March 15^th 2002)

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

09

08 – Metallica – Download festival, Donnington Park – 10/09/06

07 – Green Day – Gig on the Green, Glasgow – 25/08/01

06

05

04

03

02 – (Rage Against the Machine – T in the Park, Kinross – 12/07/09)

01

So there you go 10 years summed up in one big giant numeric list. See you in the new decade.

Ben.