Well, I supposed you could say this is the "golden post" of this series. Today's my birthday, and...this was an interesting year. While there are some big big notables in 2001, there was also a lot of really shitty movies that were released. I'd mark the year as overall weak, but when you pick out your favorites and "Best" films of this year it looks much stronger. And how about that Best Picture winner? I almost forgot that movie existed. Is anybody still big on A Beautiful Mind anymore? Does anybody even remember Gosford Park or In The Bedroom? Yet, Fellowship and Moulin Rouge! still get plenty of discussion today. That's why time is far more key than whatever the Oscars does "in the now". And I hope this little lookback is kinda sorta proving that.
