{"id":701,"date":"2009-12-31T13:33:34","date_gmt":"2009-12-31T21:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.postdiluvianphoto.com\/blog\/?p=701"},"modified":"2010-01-02T16:38:12","modified_gmt":"2010-01-03T00:38:12","slug":"in-the-dark-here-in-the-dark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.postdiluvianphoto.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/31\/in-the-dark-here-in-the-dark-701\/","title":{"rendered":"A Decade in the Dark"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the past few weeks I’ve been trying to wrap my head around Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle, Schr\u00f6dinger’s cat,\u00a0and the death of Brittany Murphy. I need a break, so here’s just a list of my favorite movies from this waning decade, 2000-2009, in roughly chronological order. Oh, wait, this is an art<\/em> blog. Fine. Ahem. Here are outstanding films in recent cinematic history. Better?!? By the way, I thought I’d juxtapose these flicks with sociopolitical events that may have shaped them but, really, I’m tired. So here we go….<\/p>\n

Memento (2000)<\/span> – The temporal thing is all wonky, like in Pulp Fiction, The Usual\u00a0Suspects,\u00a0and Go, so you’ve got to see it at least twice. I was going to write that this means you get to see Joey Fatone die not once, but twice, but\u00a0I just realized it was\u00a0Larry Holden<\/a> who played the doomed Jimmy, not our old drumming friend. Oh, well. At least\u00a0it co-stars Carrie-Anne Moss…. I loved how she took it personally that a guy with Anterograde Amnesia couldn’t remember sleeping with her.<\/p>\n

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Jake... Gyllenhaal with date and Frank in "Donnie Darko"<\/p><\/div>\n

Donnie Darko (2001)<\/span> –\u00a0Ah,\u00a0distinctly I remember the first time\u00a0I couldn’t pronounce Jake Gyllenhaalalllall’s name. And that was one freaky bunny. Anyanka<\/a> was right about those bunnies.<\/p>\n

The Rules of Attraction (2002)<\/span> – F’ing brilliant casting. Take every squeaky clean actor you can think of and have them hook up or shoot heroin betwixt their toes. Sublime.<\/p>\n

The Matrix: Reloaded (2003)<\/span> – Because they don’t know you really, really meant it until you reload. And it’s got not only\u00a0Carrie-Anne Moss, but Monica Bellucci! Can I get an amen?!?<\/p>\n

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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)<\/span> – Thought I loved Kate Winslet after Titanic. This sealed the deal. She’s every crazy girlfriend you had in college.<\/p>\n

The Incredibles (2004)<\/span> – “Everyone’s special, Dash….\u00a0Which is another way of saying no one is.”\u00a0I loved it. I am not being ironic.<\/p>\n

Hotel Rwanda (2005)<\/span> – Sniff. I’m a sucker for the true stories.<\/p>\n

Serenity (2005)<\/span> – aka “The Firefly Movie.”\u00a0You say you know Firefly but didn’t watch the DVD?!? Talk to the hand. The pilot never even aired!<\/p>\n

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Brittany Murphy as Shellie in "Sin City"<\/p><\/div>\n

Sin City (2005)<\/span> – Mickey Rourke’s career comeback is second only to Travolta’s. And the rest of the cast: Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson, Benicio Del Toro, Carla Gugino, Clive Owen and, of course, Brittany Murphy. I mean, come on!<\/p>\n

Casino Royale (2006)<\/span> – Daniel Craig is<\/em> James Bond! Sean Connery’s edge, Steve McQueen’s eyes, and… my hair.<\/p>\n

Juno (2007)<\/span> – Because nerds rule.<\/p>\n

The Dark Knight (2008)<\/span> – Lived up to the hype. Heath Ledger had a leading man’s charisma, but what a character actor! An unequivocally brilliant performance. And co-starred another Gyllennhhallalllll.<\/p>\n

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Notice that there was nothing from 2009. Avatar? You mean “Dances with Wolves in District 9”? I hear “Nefes: Vatan sagolsun” was good but where can you see it?\u00a0I really liked “Star Trek” but obviously the filmmakers were aware that I know everything there is to know about Star Trek and they threw all that softball trivia my way. I will not be pandered to!<\/p>\n

Honorable mention goes to\u00a0Corpse Bride, An Inconvenient Truth, Million Dollar Baby, and V for Vendetta. (And, um,\u00a0Star Trek.)<\/p>\n

Michael Singman-Aste
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