10 good films since 2000

[hi_im_god]

Originally Posted by Gander

Loved Blood Diamond and Seven Pounds. Probably my 2 favorites of the decade. Juno, American Gangster and Blow were all pretty awesome. Sideways was great and Office Space was probably my favorite comedy.

I liked the Hangover but it could have been better if the story was told in real time and I thought the characters tried a bit too hard to be funny and overdid it. Certainly not as funny as Road Trip.

I liked the Departed but it was a total copycat of Goodfellas and didnt do that movie justice.

It's a remake of infernal affairs. if you don't mind reading subtitles, watch the original. neither is really derivative of goodfellas.

ray liotta rolls over in goodfella's because he gets busted. and it's just the last 1/4 of the film where that happens. the plotline in infernal affairs/the departed would be derivative if goodfellas started there and also included a mafia mole on the narcotics squad. i don't see the similarities other than they're both mafia movies.

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by hi_im_god

It's a remake of infernal affairs. if you don't mind reading subtitles, watch the original. neither is really derivative of goodfellas.

ray liotta rolls over in goodfella's because he gets busted. and it's just the last 1/4 of the film where that happens. the plotline in infernal affairs/the departed would be derivative if goodfellas started there and also included a mafia mole on the narcotics squad. i don't see the similarities other than they're both mafia movies.

Both mafia movies done by scorsese but thats where it ends. I don't understand the ripoff thing either. But hey...art is about interpretation.