Comments on: Ranking The 25 Biggest Blockbusters Of The 21st Century So Far https://staging2.theplaylist.net/ranking-the-25-biggest-blockbusters-of-the-21st-century-so-far-20150423/ Mon, 23 May 2016 03:37:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Josh King https://staging2.theplaylist.net/ranking-the-25-biggest-blockbusters-of-the-21st-century-so-far-20150423/#comment-132447 Mon, 23 May 2016 03:37:42 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2015/more/uncategorized/ranking-the-25-biggest-blockbusters-of-the-21st-century-so-far-264769/#comment-132447 You\’ve got to be kidding with Dark Knight Rises! It was such a sloppy (bad guys falling down without getting punched, mis spelling the word heist) illogical (all the cops go into the tunnels, Bane goes in with no motorcycles, Bane comes out with motorcycles) uninspired (the whole stuck in the pit sequence, overlong, over-dull, absurd, passionless film Nolan had ever done, by a LONG shot.

]]> By: Nathan Duke https://staging2.theplaylist.net/ranking-the-25-biggest-blockbusters-of-the-21st-century-so-far-20150423/#comment-132455 Mon, 23 May 2016 03:37:42 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2015/more/uncategorized/ranking-the-25-biggest-blockbusters-of-the-21st-century-so-far-264769/#comment-132455 Surprised that "Wall-E" and "Up" didn\’t make it in terms of box office (or "Ratatouille" either, for that matter). Had they been on the list, I\’d have ranked them #1 and #2. Can\’t get too excited for most of the films on this list – but, c\’mon, none of "The Hobbit" movies are better than any of the "Harry Potter" films.

]]> By: gravity or inception? https://staging2.theplaylist.net/ranking-the-25-biggest-blockbusters-of-the-21st-century-so-far-20150423/#comment-132454 Mon, 23 May 2016 03:37:42 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2015/more/uncategorized/ranking-the-25-biggest-blockbusters-of-the-21st-century-so-far-264769/#comment-132454 See?

]]> By: Xander https://staging2.theplaylist.net/ranking-the-25-biggest-blockbusters-of-the-21st-century-so-far-20150423/#comment-132453 Mon, 23 May 2016 03:37:42 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2015/more/uncategorized/ranking-the-25-biggest-blockbusters-of-the-21st-century-so-far-264769/#comment-132453 Good ranking. Obviously a list of this nature is going to be dominated by series. But I found myself nodding along with the internal rankings of these series that this article suggests. For example, the third Harry Potter is the best and the first and second LOTR are better than the third. I also appreciate that there is no worshiping of Frozen here as it wasn\’t even the best animated film that came out in 2013.

]]> By: Beth https://staging2.theplaylist.net/ranking-the-25-biggest-blockbusters-of-the-21st-century-so-far-20150423/#comment-132452 Mon, 23 May 2016 03:37:42 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2015/more/uncategorized/ranking-the-25-biggest-blockbusters-of-the-21st-century-so-far-264769/#comment-132452 Surprised Guardians of the Galaxy wasn\’t on this list

]]> By: David S https://staging2.theplaylist.net/ranking-the-25-biggest-blockbusters-of-the-21st-century-so-far-20150423/#comment-132451 Mon, 23 May 2016 03:37:42 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2015/more/uncategorized/ranking-the-25-biggest-blockbusters-of-the-21st-century-so-far-264769/#comment-132451 There\’s no way that The Dark Knight Rises will ever come close to the greatness of The Dark Knight. Almost all of Bane\’s lines sound like ADR, there\’s no sense of how much time passes during the movie, no sense of geography in the final section. Characters just seem to show up at exactly the right times, even if they\’ve just come from an underground prison across the world and gotten into a city that no one can enter or exit. Bane dies in the most anti-climactic way possible. Not to mention the fact that after getting his back broken in a punching match with Bane, Bruce finally returns to Gotham and faces off with Bane and just decides that punching harder will defeat him. The movie is a mess.

]]> By: zé https://staging2.theplaylist.net/ranking-the-25-biggest-blockbusters-of-the-21st-century-so-far-20150423/#comment-132450 Mon, 23 May 2016 03:37:42 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2015/more/uncategorized/ranking-the-25-biggest-blockbusters-of-the-21st-century-so-far-264769/#comment-132450 Avengers should not be so high. i will never understand the love for such a boring and confusing mess.

]]> By: Josh king https://staging2.theplaylist.net/ranking-the-25-biggest-blockbusters-of-the-21st-century-so-far-20150423/#comment-132449 Mon, 23 May 2016 03:37:42 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2015/more/uncategorized/ranking-the-25-biggest-blockbusters-of-the-21st-century-so-far-264769/#comment-132449 Love your lists guys! Keep them coming 🙂

]]> By: Josh king https://staging2.theplaylist.net/ranking-the-25-biggest-blockbusters-of-the-21st-century-so-far-20150423/#comment-132448 Mon, 23 May 2016 03:37:42 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2015/more/uncategorized/ranking-the-25-biggest-blockbusters-of-the-21st-century-so-far-264769/#comment-132448 This was an especially original and great idea

]]> By: todd https://staging2.theplaylist.net/ranking-the-25-biggest-blockbusters-of-the-21st-century-so-far-20150423/#comment-132438 Mon, 23 May 2016 03:37:42 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2015/more/uncategorized/ranking-the-25-biggest-blockbusters-of-the-21st-century-so-far-264769/#comment-132438 I doubt Frozen would have been so massively successful were it not loved by adults as well.

]]> By: Josh King https://staging2.theplaylist.net/ranking-the-25-biggest-blockbusters-of-the-21st-century-so-far-20150423/#comment-132446 Mon, 23 May 2016 03:37:42 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2015/more/uncategorized/ranking-the-25-biggest-blockbusters-of-the-21st-century-so-far-264769/#comment-132446 I think Skyfall is way overrated and far inferior to Casino Royale. I can\’t think of a single memorable scene or sequence save for maybe the first meeting between Craig and Bardiem.

For Casino Royale there\’s the amazing parkour chase at the beginning, the fantastic scene on the train where Craig and Eva Green first meet, the hilarious/seat-squirming nude interrogation scene, the heart wrenching finale of the collapsing Venice building and on and on

]]> By: jh https://staging2.theplaylist.net/ranking-the-25-biggest-blockbusters-of-the-21st-century-so-far-20150423/#comment-132445 Mon, 23 May 2016 03:37:42 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2015/more/uncategorized/ranking-the-25-biggest-blockbusters-of-the-21st-century-so-far-264769/#comment-132445 Great article, thanks.

Although – I would still insist that Skyfall is the weakest of the Daniel Craig Bond films. Even weaker than QoS. The best looking, without doubt, but story wise it\’s completely flaccid.

]]> By: Robin https://staging2.theplaylist.net/ranking-the-25-biggest-blockbusters-of-the-21st-century-so-far-20150423/#comment-132444 Mon, 23 May 2016 03:37:42 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2015/more/uncategorized/ranking-the-25-biggest-blockbusters-of-the-21st-century-so-far-264769/#comment-132444 1 The Dark Knight
2 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
3 Toy Story 3
4 Skyfall
5 Finding Nemo
6 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
7 Frozen
8 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
9 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
10 The Dark Knight Rises
11 Marvel\’s The Avengers
12 Avatar
13 Furious 7
14 Alice in Wonderland (2010)
15 Despicable Me 2
16 Iron Man 3
17 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer\’s Stone
18 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man\’s Chest
19 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
20 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
21 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
22 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World\’s End
23 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
24 Transformers: Dark of the Moon
25 Transformers: Age of Extinction

]]> By: Film Runner https://staging2.theplaylist.net/ranking-the-25-biggest-blockbusters-of-the-21st-century-so-far-20150423/#comment-132443 Mon, 23 May 2016 03:37:42 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2015/more/uncategorized/ranking-the-25-biggest-blockbusters-of-the-21st-century-so-far-264769/#comment-132443 Skyfall is a poor movie. It\’s wants to simultaneously be a serious, artistic Dark Knight rip-off (M may as well be telling the committee "Bond\’s the hero we deserve, and the one we need right now"), and a masturbatory love letter to Bond.

Hence why every deconstructionist statement it makes about Bond is dropped by the 2/3 mark, and how after both the brutal murder of a sex worker and M\’s death the movie forgets about them 30 seconds later to shift back into optimistic mode. Seriously, I don\’t think the movie realises the bad guy entirely won, the ending is played as a bittersweet victory at great cost (like the covered up Harvey Dent\’s crimes or something) instead of the failure it was.

]]> By: Guest https://staging2.theplaylist.net/ranking-the-25-biggest-blockbusters-of-the-21st-century-so-far-20150423/#comment-132442 Mon, 23 May 2016 03:37:42 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2015/more/uncategorized/ranking-the-25-biggest-blockbusters-of-the-21st-century-so-far-264769/#comment-132442 Curse of the Black Pearl is better than the other \’Pirates…\’ movies, no?

]]> By: Chris https://staging2.theplaylist.net/ranking-the-25-biggest-blockbusters-of-the-21st-century-so-far-20150423/#comment-132441 Mon, 23 May 2016 03:37:42 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2015/more/uncategorized/ranking-the-25-biggest-blockbusters-of-the-21st-century-so-far-264769/#comment-132441 Skyfall just shamelessly ripped off Dark Knight. And what\’s so good about Avengers? I thought it was a bloated and preposterous mess.

]]> By: Almost https://staging2.theplaylist.net/ranking-the-25-biggest-blockbusters-of-the-21st-century-so-far-20150423/#comment-132440 Mon, 23 May 2016 03:37:42 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2015/more/uncategorized/ranking-the-25-biggest-blockbusters-of-the-21st-century-so-far-264769/#comment-132440 Switch The Avengers with TDKR and drop Toy Story 3 several notches.

]]> By: todd https://staging2.theplaylist.net/ranking-the-25-biggest-blockbusters-of-the-21st-century-so-far-20150423/#comment-132439 Mon, 23 May 2016 03:37:42 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2015/more/uncategorized/ranking-the-25-biggest-blockbusters-of-the-21st-century-so-far-264769/#comment-132439 I don\’t find the Minions annoying at all. Is that peculiar?

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