Dell's Pointless Lists Presents: The Decade in Movies

[dope]

12. Bamboozled (2000)
Social commentary is nothing new to director Spike Lee. What is new is that here, he does so through the guise of satire. It takes dead aim at hip hop, the malt liquor industry and the “black” sitcoms of the W.B. and UPN that were popular at the time. Ironically, it’s a Wayans brother in the lead role (Spike has occasionally clashed with the Wayans over ideology). Michael Rappaport is also outstanding. Sadly, many of Spike’s barbs are still relevant…ahem…cough…cough…Tyler Perry…ahem…cough…cough.

this movie is one that i think has fallen through the cracks as a "great" movie. lots of people will list city of god, departed and the like but this is one that has just been forgotten about. its been a couple years since i've seen it and i'm guilty of what i'm talking about, but i plan on heading to the video store and renting this for sure this weekend as we are supposed to get almost a foot of snow, so what better time to hole up with some great movies!

 

[dell71]

this movie is one that i think has fallen through the cracks as a "great" movie. lots of people will list city of god, departed and the like but this is one that has just been forgotten about. its been a couple years since i've seen it and i'm guilty of what i'm talking about, but i plan on heading to the video store and renting this for sure this weekend as we are supposed to get almost a foot of snow, so what better time to hole up with some great movies!

It's Spike Lee and it is definitely an "in your face" type of movie - both of those tend to rub people the wrong way. It worked for me, though.

 

[dell71]

The 1990s blessed us...and cursed us with CGI. Stunts that could never be performed were now possible, helping lead to the boom of superhero movies, by the way. Movie monsters and alien beings could now be fully realized without the aid of rubber suits and expanded the range of appearances these characters could take on, exponentially.

In the decade just ended, CGI is often overdone and if the budget isn't quite right (or at least the use of it) it can be done rather poorly. Occasionally, a cgi character makes us love him/her because through the pixels we can sense something ultimately human about them. In other cases, we they're are designed so masterfully it's easy to believe that what you're seeing is the real deal. Oh, I've included CGI characters from live-action movie. With that in mind, these are...

Dell's Favorite CGI Characters of the Decade

10. The Hulk
The Incredible Hulk

9. General Grievous
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

8. Hogsqueal
The Spiderwick Chronicles

7. The Cloverfield Monster
Cloverfield

6. Treebeard
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy

5. Sonny
I, Robot

4. Bumblebee
Transformers Series

3. Yoda
Star Wars Series

2. King Kong
King Kong

1. Gollum
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy


And some almost cgi characters. These were hybrids, so to speak. They were actually played by real people but enhanced with lots of CGI (or not).

Davy Jones
Pirates of the Caribbean Series

Mystique
X-Men Trilogy

Pale Man
Pan's Labyrinth​

 

[Buzzman]

how could we forget Christopher Johnson from District 9. Best CGI Ive seen for 45 million dollar budget.

Good call on the guy from Spiderwick Chronicles.

The Incredible Hulk was 10x better then that POST Ang Lee hulk. Sucks that movie didnt do as well. Dont think we'll get a sequel.

Very nice list.

 

[dell71]

Nice call on Christopher Johnson.