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The 50 Best Crime Movies Of The 21st Century So Far
Some of these I've never seen and will definitely peep
and I'm not posting the whole thing, too much work, so here's the top 10
10. “Chopper” (2000)
9. “Drive” (2011)
8. “Inherent Vice” (2014)
7. “25th Hour” (2002)
6. “Memento” (2000)
5. “The Beat That My Heart Skipped” (2005)
4. “No Country For Old Men” (2007)
3. “Zodiac” (2007)
2. “City Of God” (2002)
1. “Memories Of Murder” (2004)
From “The Host” to “Snowpiercer” and this week’s “Okja,” Bong Joon-Ho has proven himself to be one of the most exciting filmmakers alive, mashing up genres and tones with a willful disregard to convention. And his best movie to date — one of the 21st century’s best movies, really — is “Memories Of Murder,” a procedural police drama like few others. It’s based on the true story of the hunt for Korea’s first serial killer, and the three detectives (Kim Sang-kyung, Song Kang-ho and Kim Rwe-ha) in charge of investigating the case. Bong’s ever light touch finds levity even in such dark subject matter, but his genius (aside from that that he has for framing and camera movement, which can compete with anyone in the world’s) is that he can play so much of the film for comedy and yet still find such a rich vein of melancholy and loss to the film. It’s a fascinating companion piece to “Zodiac,” and while Bong charitable and understandably named Fincher’s film as one of the greatest ever made in the 2012 BFI poll, we think he made the superior picture, as its placing no doubt suggests.
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The 50 Best Crime Movies Of The 21st Century So Far
Some of these I've never seen and will definitely peep
and I'm not posting the whole thing, too much work, so here's the top 10
10. “Chopper” (2000)
9. “Drive” (2011)
8. “Inherent Vice” (2014)
7. “25th Hour” (2002)
6. “Memento” (2000)
5. “The Beat That My Heart Skipped” (2005)
4. “No Country For Old Men” (2007)
3. “Zodiac” (2007)
2. “City Of God” (2002)
1. “Memories Of Murder” (2004)
From “The Host” to “Snowpiercer” and this week’s “Okja,” Bong Joon-Ho has proven himself to be one of the most exciting filmmakers alive, mashing up genres and tones with a willful disregard to convention. And his best movie to date — one of the 21st century’s best movies, really — is “Memories Of Murder,” a procedural police drama like few others. It’s based on the true story of the hunt for Korea’s first serial killer, and the three detectives (Kim Sang-kyung, Song Kang-ho and Kim Rwe-ha) in charge of investigating the case. Bong’s ever light touch finds levity even in such dark subject matter, but his genius (aside from that that he has for framing and camera movement, which can compete with anyone in the world’s) is that he can play so much of the film for comedy and yet still find such a rich vein of melancholy and loss to the film. It’s a fascinating companion piece to “Zodiac,” and while Bong charitable and understandably named Fincher’s film as one of the greatest ever made in the 2012 BFI poll, we think he made the superior picture, as its placing no doubt suggests.
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