Um Rolling Stone you are wrong

This month, Rolling Stone has released their first annual awards issue which details the winners and losers of the decade (winner- R. Patz, loser- Wino-house). They have also counted down the ten films of the decade which “deepened with time and dug their way into your head and heart”.  Hm. Peter Travers’ list was as follows:

1.       There Will Be Blood (2007)

2.       Children of Men (2005)

3.       Mulholland Drive (2001)

4.       A History of Violence (2005)

5.       No Country for Old Men (2007)

6.       The Incredibles (2004)

7.       Brokeback Mountain (2005)

8.       The Departed (2006)

9.       Mystic River (2003)

10.   The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001, 2002, 2003)

No offence to Mr. Travers, it wouldn't have been easy to pick the best of such a huge list of great films (and shit ones, ahem Twilight), but to be honest, me no likey.

First of all I totally agree with his inclusion of Mulholland Drive, possibly David Lynch’s best and most well crafted film, and with Brokeback Mountain which was pretty groundbreaking in encouraging a more accepting atmosphere in Hollywood for films like Milk. Plus it’s almost impossible to overlook LOTHR; when I think the 2000’s I think hip hop and hobbits (now there is a concept film).

But The Incredibles??? Did he have quota of picking one animated film and decided upon whichever DVD he found on his kid’s floor?  And yeah ,A History of Violence and Mystic River were both good films, but the best of the DECADE? Why does being American and moody seem to automatically ensure you a spot in the top ten? Meanwhile it’s easy to criticise; I doubt that I would be able come up with my own list without having sub lists per genre. And maybe by year. It would probably take a while.

So instead of creating my own countdown I have compiled a list of films that I expected to make the list:

The Dark Knight, 28 days later, Almost Famous, Slumdog Millionaire, Kill Bill 1 and 2, Fahrenheit 9/11, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Donnie Darko, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, I heart Huckabees, Little Miss Sunshine, The Matrix, Moulin Rouge!, Babel.