Evening Reading: Putting the Oughts to Bed

by Garnett Lee, Dec 31, 2009 6:00pm PST

If you'd told me last New Year's Eve that a year later I'd be writing the last Evening Reading of the decade on Shacknews I'd probably have looked at you dumbfounded. Sitting here doing it this evening I couldn't be more pleased with how things have worked out. Getting reacquainted with Shack has been great. We've got a great team, a great community, and fantastic support to carry us into 2010 and well beyond.

We've been posting our games to look forward to in 2010 today. I'll have mine coming tomorrow along with a collection of our resolutions for the New Year. Hope you'll take a moment to check them out and add to the conversation when time allows. Have a fun and safe New Year's Eve whatever your celebration plans.

I'll leave you with this great quote my friend Sterling tweeted earlier today: "The world isn't coming to an end. It's already tomorrow in Australia."

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Ebert's blog entry about the decade's best films:

http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2009/12/the_best_films_of_the_decade.html

I suspect a lot of people will object to Synecdoche, New York, but I agree wholeheartedly with Ebert. With the exception of Crash all of his other picks are good to great films.

I haven't seen these: Me and You and Everyone We Know, My Winnipeg, The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call, New Orleans, or Silent Light.

Dec 31, 2009 7:06pm PST

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  I will have to give Synecdoche, New York another shot. : iamgoat
  - I do thing it gets better on the second viewing. Read what Ebert wrote about it and try to view it from t... : underground banana plantation
  - apparently, that movie was off the god damn wall when i saw it, seems like everyone who watches it 3-4 ti... : Audhuml4
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  Bad Lieutenant was not very good. Nowhere closes to the original even. I would guess that No Country For ... : CrabsJarrard
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    "Close to the original" lol. They just added the link for marketing purpose, the director hasn't even see... : Geoffrois
    - Well they both had drugged up corrupt cops. Love the scene in the original where Keitel beats it after pu... : CrabsJarrard
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    I'm allergic to Nicolas Cage (except in Adaptation and Leaving Las Vegas), but Werner Herzog has a pretty... : underground banana plantation
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      It's great if you wanna see Nic Cage smoke crack for two hours. : CrabsJarrard
      
      I think it was an interesting film about consequence. Nic Cage did all of those bad things and was genera : ctlaltl33t
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  Never heard of any of those films. Guess I'm not surprised. : photonzach
  - The ones you listed, that is. : photonzach
  - Almost Famous? Minority Report? Kill Bill 1 & 2? Pan's Labrinth? Juno? 25th Hour? Those are pretty mainst... : underground banana plantation
  - there are some very mainstream flicks there : Audhuml4
  - Living under a rock? : Fred Garvin
  - lol : NastyJack
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  i'm impressed he was able to pick 10 movies....considering he gives pretty much everything he sees 4 star... : crypt420
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    There does seem to be a palpable shift in his reviews since his health scares, but there's a pretty good ... : underground banana plantation
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      nah...he gives every piece of shit 4 stars. but i will give him credit for his writing skills. he's ver... : crypt420
      
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      He explicitly tells people to ignore the stars and read the contents of his reviews. He gives 4 stars ve... : qsylvr
      
      If a particular movie bonks him on the head enough he sees more stars. That said.. this is a boring list. : ghostnote
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  Me you and everyone we know is amazing... IF you're into that type of movie. If not, it will not make you... : deskill
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    It is a movie about poop going into butts. : Geoffrois
    - forever : Majuju
  - I'm gonna have to disagree. It was an aimless, narcissistic piece of shit. : ctlaltl33t
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  - It's fantastic. I wish Miranda July did more movies. I used to love her spoken word stuff. : Vincent Grayson
- Charlie Kaufman was the most consistent innovator in film this decade by a long shot. : Borzoi
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  I've never seen Synecdoche, but from what I've heard it sounds like one of those films only giant doucheb... : MagicWishMonkey
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    This is such a ridiculous thing to say. What types of films do only giant douchebags enjoy, MagicWishMonk... : underground banana plantation
    - Actually, I love most movies, I even enjoyed 10,000 b.c. I think I just get annoyed when people hype... : MagicWishMonkey
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    That's harsh man. It's a movie without a clear easy-to-follow narrative. That doesn't mean you're a douch... : Geoffrois
    - I do think that the film has a narrow audience: it's going to appeal to older folks, prone to introspecti... : underground banana plantation
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    Adaptation is one of my favorite movies, but for some reason I haven't gotten around to see Synecdoche. : DonkeyPopsicle
    - I loved Adaptation, I didn't realize it was the same guy. I'll definitely check it out, I just didn't wan : MagicWishMonkey
  - I had high hopes based on his strength as a writer, but it was terrible : ctlaltl33t
  - what the fuck man, no, just no : PlanetPerfecto
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  Surprised to see Minority Report. I think that movie is really underrated. : chrisschutz
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    I really liked it and I didn't expect to or really even want to : dognose
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      my only fault with it is that if it ended when tom cruise is lowered into the prison cell forever it woul... : chrisschutz
      
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      Everything after that is a dream. : cornchak
      
      Maybe... thanks for screwing with peoples minds for decades to come mr. Dick! : locater16
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  Interesting to see zero superhero movies and no Departed. I guess they didn't connect with Ebert. : Freezerr85
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    There Will Be Blood? : snuff
    - Still haven't seen that yet. : Freezerr85
  - He was a pretty big fan of both Batman movies, Spiderman 2, and The Incredibles, off the top of my head. ... : underground banana plantation
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  Fuck Crash. Fuck that movie. : snuff
  - Why do critics like this movie? What am I missing? : stump
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  Did they seem to forget about this little trilogy of films known as The Lord of the Rings? Surely if Min... : Tripps
  - Return of the King definitely. : massdev
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  Synecdoche, New York is an odd damned film, but not odd for its own sake like so many indie films are. I' : sgtsanity
  - Wind-up Bird is far more coherent (and a much more interesting story) than Synecdoche could ever hope to ... : Vincent Grayson
- Hmm. I've only seen two of those. I have some watching to do. : cannelbrae
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  Not enough Eternal Sunshine : retarded talking dinosaur
  - agreed on this. : akirabob
  - More like not enough Science of Sleep. : Mr.Finkster
- I would have included: The Lord of the Rings trilogy The Wrestler Solaris (yes it was a remake but it ... : LemonJoose
- Roger Ebert is out of his god damned mind. : skinlab133
- some great movies there. also some ones i would genuinely say are pretty mediocre. : EvilDolemite
- That list is utter shit. There will be Blood is one of the greatest movies ever fucking made. PERIOD. WTF... : massdev
- I'm surprised by no Memento or Children of Men. : midgetherder
- i still consider crash to be one of the worst films i've ever seen. : erotic sock
- eternal sunshine was a better kaufman-written movie than synedosuck : whereiwannab
- My Winnipeg! Hooray! : Micand
- A Scanner Darkly > Waking Life. : Mr.Finkster

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