Let's fight about what the best movies of the decade are!

My list, in no order except number one, is:

5.  Old Boy - Violent, creepy as hell and the ending, oh the ending.  I knew it was coming from a mile away and it still ripped me to pieces.

4.  Banlieue 13(District B 13) - Yes, yes, it's on here primarily for the parkour and Cyril Raffaelli's hotness.  But there's also a lot going on underneath the surface.  I am fascinated by Besson (yes he's the writer not the director but this is utterly a Besson film) setting this so near future.  Given the current state of things in France, it is making a statement about what the French are willing to do with the less desireables.  Also parkour and hotness.

3.  Infernal Affairs - The whole trilogy, actually, but the first one is simply stunning.  God, I want to beat Scorsese with a bat for turning this into The Departed.  Ahem.  Andy Lau and Tony Leung are both spot on perfect in their roles.  This movie spares no punches in showing the destruction that these decisions are making on both of their lives.  Another film where it has to end that way no matter how much I hate it.

2.  Kill Bill Vol. 1 - I do love Volume 2 as well but, oh, Volume 1.  The Fight at the House of Blue Leaves is utterly spectacular but it's the tiny moments that really make this memorable.  The sequence where O-Ren is walking into the House of Blue Leaves and she and her entourage turn the corner and O-Ren just looks up through her lashes is amazing.  That and Gogo Yubari.  Not to mention that I consider all of Kill Bill to be one of the strongest pro-life movies out there.  Don't laugh, I mean it.  The Bride's entire motivation is for her child.  This is expressly stated in Vol. 2 when The Bride tells Bill that before she was pregnant she was his woman.  But once she found out that she was going to be a mother, her entire life was for the child.  Yes, yes, the violence is way over the top.  But The Bride is avenging herself on those who stole her baby.  Don't bother telling me that her actions aren't motivated.  I can't think of a single better motivation and I am the least maternal person in the world.

Plus Lucy Liu is hot like the center of the sun.

1. The Incredibles - I placed a self-imposed only one Pixar movie on myself otherwise this list would be all Pixar all the time.  I am Pixar's bitch.  Hell, the utter hagiography that is The Pixar Story makes me bawl because if there was no Pixar there would be no Toy Story.  No Nemo.  No Monsters, Inc.  No Wall-E.  No SQUIRREL!  And there would be no Incredibles.

Oh, how do I love this movie.  Let me inject the politics into it.  This is a conservative film.  This is a movie about the power of family and the recognition that if everybody is special than no one is and that suppressing greatness for the greater good ends up being a loss for the entire world.  Brad Bird mentions on the commentary that there was a deleted scene were Elastigirl confronts a woman who is being very condescending to her about not working and Elastigirl points out that she chose to stay at home because it was the hardest and most important job in the world.  He said this was based on something that actually happened to his wife.  It is difficult for me to watch this and not be struck by just how powerful a slap at most lefty conventions is it.

Second, and more importantly, this is the Best Bond Film ever.  No, seriously, it is.  There's even a Bond Babe.  This film isn't a loving send up of Bond, it's an utter celebration of All Things Bond.  There's a freaking lair inside of a volcano, people.  Of course I'm going to love this.  God, I want a lair.  Just a little one.  Also minions.  And possibly sharks with freaking laser beams.  But I digress. 

Third, the BFF did not see this in the movies.  She first saw it while watching with me in her living room.  She actually fell out of her chair laughing when Edna Mode started whapping Elastigirl.  I have no idea why that could be.

As far as what's not on here, fuck, no, I was not going to include The Dark Knight.  Far too long and the Batman voice makes me laugh and laugh and laugh and laugh.  Also, I don't think that I was supposed to cheer when Rachel blew up.  Gary Oldman makes that mustache sexass though. 

So have at it.  What are your best movies?  And, yes, I suck for not including Gran Torino.  Or Hot Fuzz.  Or Zombieland.

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