Year-end lists are tough, so naturally decade-end lists are tougher. Instead of a list of my top films for the decade, I’ve compiled notes on 50 51 of my favorite movie scenes from 2000-2009. Please keep in mind a few things:
A) Most of these movies have many great scenes. I simply picked ones that are either my personal favorite or ones I feel encompass the film as a whole in the best way a mere one scene can.
B) I mean the scene in which these events take place, not just the small moment I write about. The leading up to (through foreshadowing), right before, and right after are to be considered as well.
C) These are not my top 50 films of the decade. Do not take this list as such. If I made such a list, I’m sure somewhere between 50-80% of the list would be the same, but that’s a topic for some other time.
D) These are in no particular order, other than the first, which may very well be my favorite.
If you have seen these films, I hope you will enjoy remembering these moments as much as I do. If you have not, I urge you to take the time to do so. There is much to be felt.
Graysmith looking Arthur Leigh Allen in the eye at the end of ‘Zodiac’
When Jack gives “directions” to some tourists to the “Louvre” in ‘2 Days in Paris’
Battle of Carthage recreation in the Coliseum in ‘Gladiator’
Jake Sully flying through the Floating Mountains on Pandora in ‘Avatar’
Cady meeting the Plastics in ‘Mean Girls’
Climax of ‘Oldboy’ in Woo-jin’s penthouse
The gathering of the crew in ‘Ocean’s 11’
WALL-E playing in space with EVE using the fire extinguisher in ‘WALL-E’
The New Calamity 