2000s Action/Adventure - Official FF BMET (Poll)

[jetsfan4life51]

Tough call, went TDK.

Disappointed Inception wasn't a nominee for Thriller or Action/Adventure.

[MikeT14]

30 minutes ago, Calvert28 said:

Lol yea it was great but I definitely wouldn't say its the best score. 

I wouldn't either, but it's interesting that it was brought up, and it was a great score. 

FWIW, here is AFI's list

#	Film Title	Year	Studio	Composer
1	Star Wars	1977	20th Century Fox, Lucasfilm Ltd.	John Williams
2	Gone with the Wind	1939	MGM, Selznick International	Max Steiner
3	Lawrence of Arabia	1962	Columbia, Horizon Pictures	Maurice Jarre
4	Psycho	1960	Paramount	Bernard Herrmann
5	The Godfather	1972	Paramount	Nino Rota
6	Jaws	1975	Universal	John Williams
7	Laura	1944	20th Century Fox	David Raksin
8	The Magnificent Seven	1960	United Artists, Mirisch Company	Elmer Bernstein
9	Chinatown	1974	Paramount	Jerry Goldsmith
10	High Noon	1952	United Artists, Stanley Kramer Productions	Dimitri Tiomkin
11	The Adventures of Robin Hood	1938	Warner Bros.	Erich Wolfgang Korngold
12	Vertigo	1958	Paramount	Bernard Herrmann
13	King Kong	1933	RKO	Max Steiner
14	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	1982	Universal, Amblin Entertainment	John Williams
15	Out of Africa	1985	Universal	John Barry
16	Sunset Boulevard	1950	Paramount	Franz Waxman
17	To Kill a Mockingbird	1962	Universal	Elmer Bernstein
18	Planet of the Apes	1968	20th Century Fox	Jerry Goldsmith
19	A Streetcar Named Desire	1951	Warner Bros.	Alex North
20	The Pink Panther	1964	United Artists, Mirisch Company	Henry Mancini
21	Ben-Hur	1959	MGM	Miklós Rózsa
22	On the Waterfront	1954	Columbia, Horizon Pictures	Leonard Bernstein
23	The Mission	1986	Warner Bros., Goldcrest Films	Ennio Morricone
24	On Golden Pond	1981	Universal, ITC Entertainment	Dave Grusin
25	How the West Was Won	1962	MGM, Cinerama Releasing	Alfred Newman, Ken Darby

[Daniel]

I voted for CTHD because I just love that movie, but I'm cool with Dark Knight winning.  I see you Mad Max fans managed to campaign enough for a comeback.

[JonStark]

17 minutes ago, Ray Reed said:

Gladiator is twice the movie TDK is

I strongly disagree that it's TWICE the movie, although that would've been my second choice. 

[seminoles1]

30 minutes ago, MikeT14 said:

I wouldn't either, but it's interesting that it was brought up, and it was a great score. 

FWIW, here is AFI's list

#	Film Title	Year	Studio	Composer
1	Star Wars	1977	20th Century Fox, Lucasfilm Ltd.	John Williams
2	Gone with the Wind	1939	MGM, Selznick International	Max Steiner
3	Lawrence of Arabia	1962	Columbia, Horizon Pictures	Maurice Jarre
4	Psycho	1960	Paramount	Bernard Herrmann
5	The Godfather	1972	Paramount	Nino Rota
6	Jaws	1975	Universal	John Williams
7	Laura	1944	20th Century Fox	David Raksin
8	The Magnificent Seven	1960	United Artists, Mirisch Company	Elmer Bernstein
9	Chinatown	1974	Paramount	Jerry Goldsmith
10	High Noon	1952	United Artists, Stanley Kramer Productions	Dimitri Tiomkin
11	The Adventures of Robin Hood	1938	Warner Bros.	Erich Wolfgang Korngold
12	Vertigo	1958	Paramount	Bernard Herrmann
13	King Kong	1933	RKO	Max Steiner
14	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	1982	Universal, Amblin Entertainment	John Williams
15	Out of Africa	1985	Universal	John Barry
16	Sunset Boulevard	1950	Paramount	Franz Waxman
17	To Kill a Mockingbird	1962	Universal	Elmer Bernstein
18	Planet of the Apes	1968	20th Century Fox	Jerry Goldsmith
19	A Streetcar Named Desire	1951	Warner Bros.	Alex North
20	The Pink Panther	1964	United Artists, Mirisch Company	Henry Mancini
21	Ben-Hur	1959	MGM	Miklós Rózsa
22	On the Waterfront	1954	Columbia, Horizon Pictures	Leonard Bernstein
23	The Mission	1986	Warner Bros., Goldcrest Films	Ennio Morricone
24	On Golden Pond	1981	Universal, ITC Entertainment	Dave Grusin
25	How the West Was Won	1962	MGM, Cinerama Releasing	Alfred Newman, Ken Darby

When was this list made? Hopefully pre-LOTR.

[seminoles1]

38 minutes ago, jetsfan4life51 said:

Tough call, went TDK.

Disappointed Inception wasn't a nominee for Thriller or Action/Adventure.

It won Sci-Fi.

[Daniel]

4 minutes ago, seminoles1 said:

When was this list made? Hopefully pre-LOTR.

Yeah, GWTW as No. 2?  Lame.

LOTR is up there, and in my mind, at least, so is The Fountain, Life of Pi, and even The Dark Knight.  All great scores.

Some Coen brothers movies ought to be on there as well.  After No. 1, which is obvious, that's a pretty crap list.

[MikeT14]

25 minutes ago, seminoles1 said:

When was this list made? Hopefully pre-LOTR.

I think right after LOTR fwiw

[jetsfan4life51]

47 minutes ago, seminoles1 said:

It won Sci-Fi.

Ah okay good, I haven't been around for all of the polls.

[Deadpulse]

14 minutes ago, jetsfan4life51 said:

Ah okay good, I haven't been around for all of the polls.

OP has the link to the thread with all the results so far

[Fresh Prince]

So winner for best action film has crappy to average action scenes. Got it

[Ozzy]

What a comeback, was down 7 to 10 when I looked, lets bring it home now.

 

 

 

As for The Dark Knight, it is a great film but I agree is not super action packed.  Take Heath out of it as the Joker and it is not even that memorable.  Still Hero is it for me in the 2000s but whatever.  The lack of Kill Bill love is pretty sad, PS Once Upon a Time in Hollywood sucked, the dude that said it was Quentin's best film must have been freaking high or something when he said that, absolute bull**** on that one.