Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Top 10 films of the decade: #2

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Top 10 films of the decade: #2. Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain

Top 10 films of the decade: #2. Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain

#2. Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain
(Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2001)

A refreshing example of a film that has no political or moral pretensions and one that simply wishes to tell the story of a strange but fascinating and genuinely delightful person who sets out to please others at the expense of her own fulfilment. People can berate it for sugar-coating and ignoring reality all they want, but at the end of the day there is nothing wrong with that.

  1. ???
  2. Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain
  3. Wall-E
  4. Hannibal
  5. Changeling
  6. Atonement
  7. The Descent
  8. Children of Men
  9. Volver
  10. Les triplettes de Belleville
 
2 Comments

1. Baron Scarpia said:

Actually, I've never understood how a film in which a mother is instantly killed in front of her young daughter can be too sugar-coated.

Not to mention Amelie's reaction to the death of Princess Diana.

(Posted on Wednesday, December 30, 2009 at 10:03 AM)

2. Author Profile Page Michael said:

I don't have too much of an issue with that, per se. Plenty of so-called "family films" feature far grislier demises for family members - The Lion King, anyone? And yet the Disney films are always accused of living in a land of fluffy fantasy.

If there's one criticism of this film that really makes me roll my eyes, it's the claim that it promotes a racist agenda due to the lack of ethnic diversity on display. Not only is this a classic case of clutching at straws, but it's also factually incorrect, as Jamel Debbouze is Moroccan.

(Posted on Wednesday, December 30, 2009 at 10:20 AM)

 
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