Jordan Marquez Presents: The Top Ten Best And Worst of The Decade 00s - Number 10 Best

Welcome back to the countdown!

Well we have passed through the ten most steamiest pile of crap, now we will be looking and praising the ten most beautiful, riveting, revolutionary, thought-provoking and simply greatest films of this decade. Even though this decade has a fair share of bad films, we still get original, unique and fresh stuff to be placed up on the big ol screen. We'll be looking at films that only achieve the best in both technical and narrative aspects, but also create a huge impact in the film industry and popular culture amongst the audience. So the following days, I will not only countdown the best in order, but I will be giving my most favorite defining moment of the film. Warning: spoiler alert!

Just remember that the list are according to my opinions and my experiences. This is not the ultimate end-of-all list, this is just the best and worst according to me. Your opinions and comments are welcome. And believe me, this was EXTREMELY difficult to make the list of what I considered the "best" of the decade. So rest assure, this is based on my opinions.

Before we start off, here are the honorable mentions for the Best of the Decade 00s:

Gladiator
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Borat!
Memento
Old Boy
There Will Be Blood
Last King Of Scotland
The Departed
Brokeback Mountain
500 Days Of Summer
Casino Royale
Bowling For Columbine
Million Dollar Baby
Sin City
Shaun Of The Dead
Hot Fuzz
Kung Fu Hustle
The Royal Tenenbaums
And many more I forgot to mention...

So without further ado, here are the top ten BEST films of the decade 00s....

And first up,

The #10 best movie of the decade:
Shrek (2001)

We all know how these Shrek movies and other Dreamwork movies turned to be in the long run as we only see a few good and original ones, but most are excessively-pop culture referenced cash cow. But who could forget the huge impact of the very first Shrek movie, Dreamwork's flagship mark on the film and animation industry? Before any future animated movies came out, there was no other animated film like this where it has that great appeal to both children and adult, the writing feels more mature and clever and you have not just kids, but teens and adults going crazy over the series. Even the film was also quotable. It was the first in a long long time. With the help of Pixar, Dreamworks was the one to start the whole film trend of CG-animated films that caters to the pop-culture audience, starting with this.

As we have seen the past years, animated films especially 2D-animated Disney films tread along the formula of princes and princesses, fairy-tale, elements that are kid-safe and plenty of musical numbers, despite being faithful to the original source. Shrek sets out to be the satire and parody of that formula, issuing many elements and give a clever and humorous twist. Such as having a ugly and monstrous ogre as the main protagonist in the fairy tale, an animal sidekick that is nowhere near as cute or cuddly or a villain that isn't that threatening. You can expect many pop culture references that are either recent or old like the The Matrix or that genius rendition of "Its A Small World After All". Despite having a nearly simple story, it is a good story of beauty and acceptance, one that is related to Shrek. But the greatest gem of this film is the writing as it brings out that good balance of subtlety and overly-observant while most being clever and twisted. Its a shame that element was kind of abandoned in the next movies.

Favorite Defining Moment:
There are many great moments that played upon fairytale and Disney movies like Princess Fiona blowing up the bird, The Robin Hood scene or the big musical number finale. However my favorite moment is the most quotable in the entire movie. Each word and pacing in that scene was just genius!

The Muffin Man




Tomorrow, I will reveal #9 best movie of the 00s. What will it be....