Tuesday, September 6, 2022

Picks of 2002


Fave films released from the same year Jade Goody and Alison Hammond were unleashed unto a post-9/11 world. When it rains; it pours.

28 Days Later (Danny Boyle)
Blade II (Guillermo del Toro)
Cabin Fever (Eli Roth)
Catch Me if You Can (Steven Spielberg)
City of God (Kátia Lund & Fernando Meirelles)
Dog Soldiers (Neil Marshall)
Ju-On: The Grudge (Takashi Shimizu)
May (Lucky McKee)
Paid in Full (Charles Stone III)
Reign of Fire (Rob Bowman)
Secretary (Steven Shainberg)

Slim pickings in retrospect.

Considered adding Gaspar Noé's Irreversible onto the list; which is admittedly a powerful film. However, the first ten or so minutes are beyond nauseating, to the point of vomit inducing. Add that infamous underpass scene and I have no real desire to ever watch it again; nor any of his other films for that matter (except maybe Climax).

Dada Debaser Bonus:

Picks of 2012

4 comments:

  1. An ex of mine was a big fan of Secretary 😊

    Would add Phone Booth and 24 Hour Party People as 2002 personal faves.

    Movies I enjoyed at the cinema in 2002 but I've never rewatched:

    One Hour Photo
    8 Mile
    The Ring

    Still never seen Punch Drunk Love.

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  2. Always saw Secretary as the final chapter in the James Spader Being A Preppy Perv trilogy.

    Only memomable thing about 8 Mile is Brittany Murphy being the film's equivalent to Leslie Ash from Quadrophenia; replete with getting chav shagged.

    Not seen Punch-Drunk Love, but I'm not a fan of Paul Thomas Anderson nor his insufferable fan base, so I've never been in any rush to catch it.

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  3. Even Boogie Nights?

    My favourite thing about 8 Mile was hearing a buncha 90s classics by Mobb Deep, MC Breed, OC, Onyx, Show & AG etc etc in a packed movie theatre.

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  4. I think Boogie Nights is mostly considered Anderson's most accessible film. Partly because it has a story with a sense of real purpose; and the other, because it's having fun. Those aspects are largely lost in the rest of his filmography.

    Kept thinking Eminem's dumb mate was played by J-Zone in 8 Mile.

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