Comments on: An Arbitrary Best Movies Of The Decade List http://zoomtard.furiousthinking.org/2009/12/14/an-arbitrary-best-movies-of-the-decade-list/ Delusions of Adequacy Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:33:35 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: making a list (and checking it twice) @ jayber crow http://zoomtard.furiousthinking.org/2009/12/14/an-arbitrary-best-movies-of-the-decade-list/comment-page-1/#comment-9793 making a list (and checking it twice) @ jayber crow Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:44:44 +0000 http://zoomtard.furiousthinking.org/?p=1572#comment-9793 [...] then I read Zoomtard’s delightful romp through his favourite movies of the last decade. And it got my list-maker whirring. And I realised [...] [...] then I read Zoomtard’s delightful romp through his favourite movies of the last decade. And it got my list-maker whirring. And I realised [...]

]]> By: Shaneq http://zoomtard.furiousthinking.org/2009/12/14/an-arbitrary-best-movies-of-the-decade-list/comment-page-1/#comment-9767 Shaneq Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:37:00 +0000 http://zoomtard.furiousthinking.org/?p=1572#comment-9767 Yeah, Ostrov. Yeah, Ostrov.

]]> By: zoomtard http://zoomtard.furiousthinking.org/2009/12/14/an-arbitrary-best-movies-of-the-decade-list/comment-page-1/#comment-9756 zoomtard Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:24:50 +0000 http://zoomtard.furiousthinking.org/?p=1572#comment-9756 I just saw Michael Bay's The Island last night, which was better than expected. But I presume you mean Ostrov? I am adding it to my queue now. Thanks for the tip Shane. Babette, Gilead is alot like laughter. You only dislike it because you have never tried it... I just saw Michael Bay’s The Island last night, which was better than expected. But I presume you mean Ostrov? I am adding it to my queue now. Thanks for the tip Shane.

Babette, Gilead is alot like laughter. You only dislike it because you have never tried it…

]]> By: Shaneq http://zoomtard.furiousthinking.org/2009/12/14/an-arbitrary-best-movies-of-the-decade-list/comment-page-1/#comment-9755 Shaneq Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:14:13 +0000 http://zoomtard.furiousthinking.org/?p=1572#comment-9755 I'm in almost complete agreement about your choice of films. Have you checked out a Russian film called 'The Island'? If not, you should. I’m in almost complete agreement about your choice of films.

Have you checked out a Russian film called ‘The Island’? If not, you should.

]]> By: Babette http://zoomtard.furiousthinking.org/2009/12/14/an-arbitrary-best-movies-of-the-decade-list/comment-page-1/#comment-9749 Babette Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:07:54 +0000 http://zoomtard.furiousthinking.org/?p=1572#comment-9749 Nice post, Z. I'll be adding the entire thing to my Screenclick queue. Eoin, I will read your list of lists. I will read it and I will for no good reason rate it against other quite different lists. You know what I won't be reading though? Gilead. *makes vomit noise* Nice post, Z. I’ll be adding the entire thing to my Screenclick queue.
Eoin, I will read your list of lists. I will read it and I will for no good reason rate it against other quite different lists.
You know what I won’t be reading though? Gilead. *makes vomit noise*

]]> By: Eoin O'Mahony http://zoomtard.furiousthinking.org/2009/12/14/an-arbitrary-best-movies-of-the-decade-list/comment-page-1/#comment-9741 Eoin O'Mahony Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:41:17 +0000 http://zoomtard.furiousthinking.org/?p=1572#comment-9741 "Very well equipped office down there" sorry I couldn't hear you for the counting of the money. What's that? “Very well equipped office down there” sorry I couldn’t hear you for the counting of the money. What’s that?

]]> By: zoomtard http://zoomtard.furiousthinking.org/2009/12/14/an-arbitrary-best-movies-of-the-decade-list/comment-page-1/#comment-9735 zoomtard Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:00:58 +0000 http://zoomtard.furiousthinking.org/?p=1572#comment-9735 A black keyboard eh? Very well equipped office down there in Columba House... no life-sapping greys for you! And I take your point about the tailoring of lists for readerships. I'd like to think Gilead by Marilynne Robinson is on every "best novel of the decade" list written in America because it is indeed one of the greatest American novels ever written. But maybe they just have it there because there is a perfect overlap between influential, wealthy, white Calvinists and fans of Gilead.... :) A black keyboard eh? Very well equipped office down there in Columba House… no life-sapping greys for you!

And I take your point about the tailoring of lists for readerships. I’d like to think Gilead by Marilynne Robinson is on every “best novel of the decade” list written in America because it is indeed one of the greatest American novels ever written. But maybe they just have it there because there is a perfect overlap between influential, wealthy, white Calvinists and fans of Gilead…. :)

]]> By: Eoin O'Mahony http://zoomtard.furiousthinking.org/2009/12/14/an-arbitrary-best-movies-of-the-decade-list/comment-page-1/#comment-9734 Eoin O'Mahony Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:30:07 +0000 http://zoomtard.furiousthinking.org/?p=1572#comment-9734 On the matter of end-of-decade list compiling, there are two things about it. One, it sells newspapers. Two, while your list is honourably compiled, they're usually aggregated on the basis of the supposed readership of the paper itself. So the Guardian will have lots of dem forin fillums while the Irish Times will inevitably throw one or two Hollywood schlockbusters in to patronisingly placate the tech nerds. In fact, I am thinking of compiling a top ten list of top ten films of the decade lists. It would probably contain lots of Brooker-isms were I able to channel my faux-consumer-based rage through my fingertips for the necessary amount of time before pounding the keyboard into the smallest black pellets ever made. On the matter of end-of-decade list compiling, there are two things about it. One, it sells newspapers. Two, while your list is honourably compiled, they’re usually aggregated on the basis of the supposed readership of the paper itself. So the Guardian will have lots of dem forin fillums while the Irish Times will inevitably throw one or two Hollywood schlockbusters in to patronisingly placate the tech nerds.

In fact, I am thinking of compiling a top ten list of top ten films of the decade lists. It would probably contain lots of Brooker-isms were I able to channel my faux-consumer-based rage through my fingertips for the necessary amount of time before pounding the keyboard into the smallest black pellets ever made.

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