2000: Gladiator. Not a great year for movies. Pretty rare that an almost straight up action film wins Best Picture, but the year was weak. The costumes of the Gladiators are what put this over the top for me, almost Mad Maxish.
2001: Donnie Darko. Nothing gets me going like good music used the right way in movies. It can and has been a deciding factor in choosing which movie I pic as my favorite of the year (Nightmare 4 , Dream a Little Dream). Darko has lots of hip new wave songs from the 1980's, and it could of had even better music if director Richard Kelly had the extra cash to buy the rights to certain songs he wanted for the original movie (West End Girls by the Pet Shop Boys....Never Tear Us apart-INXS). The best movies are the ones that leave you talking after you leave the theater, and
Donnie Darko poses many a question. Sometimes dark, sometimes funny, Donnie Darko beats out
Paradise Lost 2: Revelations, and
Oceans 11 as the Caz's favorite film of 2001.
2002: Gangs of New York. First and foremost, biggest Oscar snub of all time probably. If Daniel Day-Lewis didnt deserve the Acadamy Award, then Sarcazmo doesnt deserve a Blog. Weak year for movies, I have to go with
Gangs of New York over,
The 25th Hour, and
Brotherhood of the Wolf.
2003: X-men 2: X-men United. Horrendous year for quality movies but that doesnt discredit
X-men 2. Sitting high on the all time list of movies with the highest rewatch value,
X-men 2 is one of the greatest superhero movies ever made. What sets
X-men 2 apart is not huge explosions, great fights, fantastic special effects, or great stunts. Its the simple human elements of the film that make it memorable to me. Heres a mini list inside of a list...the top 7 little reasons X-men 2 is good. 1. The White House scene. 2. Wolverine just talking to Iceman and Iceman blows on his beer to make it cold. 3. When Nightcrawler tries to say hi to Wolverine and Wolverine has none of it. 4. After the jet almost crashes, I think Storm asks if everyone is ok and Wolverine says "NO". 5. The entire campfire scene where good/bad mutants are camping out together...PRICELESS. 6. Icemans house when they ask who Wolverine is, he says he teaches art. 7. Wolverine telling Cyclops thanks for the bike, fill it up with gas. Its the little touches Bryan Singer puts in there that shows these big bad mutants are people too.
2004: Spiderman 2. In my opinion only two superhero movies are worthy of a best picture nomination in the history of cinema,
The Dark Knight and
Spiderman 2.
Spiderman 2 just does so many things right and like
X-men 2, it has a lot of human elements. Arguably the best scene in the movie is the "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" montage...brilliant. Epic year for movies
Troy, Kill Bill 2, The Butterfly Effect, Sideways, Million Dollar Baby, etc. 
2005: The Descent. Beats out
Wedding Crashers, Lord of War, Just Friends, Brokeback Mountain, and Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith. Tough choice here as I love rewatching parts of
Sith, but other parts of
Sith (Grievous) annoy me. I also haven't rewatched
The Descent but its probably the best horror movie of the decade. Stay tuned here, this ranking may change some day.
2006: The Prestige. Most difficult choice of the decade. Look at some of the movies that opened that year..
The Departed, Inside Man, The Hills Have Eyes, V for Vendetta, the american release of
The Descent. A rare glimpse of the supernatural stuff that Chris Nolan doesnt usually go for,
The Prestige has enough quality to put it over the top for the year. David Bowie can act!
2007: Zodiac. Based on a book that I actually read, and I dont read books,
Zodiac is pretty damn faithful to its source material. One of the great unsolved crimes of modern times.
Zodiac is just another example of why David Fincher may be the best director on the planet. He also has a tendency to put cool songs over the end credits. Robert Downey Jr steals the movie..his performance here could be the main reason he got
Ironman. Zodiac is entertaining, keeps things moving, and lets the audience know who they thought the killer was ...only...............SPOILERS........that suspect has now been cleared in real life based on his DNA test. ......END SPOILERS........... That does take away from the movie a little bit, but just a little. Other quality movies in 2007
American Gangster, Shooter, Death Sentence and King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters. 
2008: The Wrestler. From start to finish almost a perfect film. The Wrestler beats out
The Dark Knight, and
Gran Torino as the years best movie. Mickey Rourke, is without a doubt, Sarcazmo's favorite actor. Sarcazmo likes wrestling. Wrestling plus Mickey equals quality.
2009: Trick or Treat. The only straight to dvd film on the list. How this movie didnt get a release in any October, while for 3 years it sat in a warehouse, shelved, next to the Ark of the Covenant, is beyond me. You would think a "PRODUCED BY BRYAN SINGER" credit would be enough, but it wasnt. The studio didnt know what to do with this film....why... because it was too good, and a good horror movie is box office poison. Now if it was a bucket of crap like Prom Night, I Know What You Did Last Summer, or the like.....then 3000 theaters instantly and a $25 million dollar advertising campaign. The movie looks fantastic, very Tim Burtonesque. The stories are solid, acting as well, and it has a few clever twists. This is definitely destined to be a cult classic, the kind you watch EVERY Halloween. All you have to do is make a trailer and have it say..."from the director of Xmen, Xmen 2, Apt Pupil...comes the next evolution in horror"...something cheesy like that. It would make $10 to $20 million its opening weekend, and the rest is gravy.
2000: Gladiator. Not a great year for movies. Pretty rare that an almost straight up action film wins Best Picture, but the year was weak. The costumes of the Gladiators are what put this over the top for me, almost Mad Maxish. 
2001: Donnie Darko. Nothing gets me going like good music used the right way in movies. It can and has been a deciding factor in choosing which movie I pic as my favorite of the year (Nightmare 4 , Dream a Little Dream). Darko has lots of hip new wave songs from the 1980's, and it could of had even better music if director Richard Kelly had the extra cash to buy the rights to certain songs he wanted for the original movie (West End Girls by the Pet Shop Boys....Never Tear Us apart-INXS). The best movies are the ones that leave you talking after you leave the theater, and Donnie Darko poses many a question. Sometimes dark, sometimes funny, Donnie Darko beats out Paradise Lost 2: Revelations, and Oceans 11 as the Caz's favorite film of 2001. 
2002: Gangs of New York. First and foremost, biggest Oscar snub of all time probably. If Daniel Day-Lewis didnt deserve the Acadamy Award, then Sarcazmo doesnt deserve a Blog. Weak year for movies, I have to go with Gangs of New York over, The 25th Hour, and Brotherhood of the Wolf. 
2003: X-men 2: X-men United. Horrendous year for quality movies but that doesnt discredit X-men 2. Sitting high on the all time list of movies with the highest rewatch value, X-men 2 is one of the greatest superhero movies ever made. What sets X-men 2 apart is not huge explosions, great fights, fantastic special effects, or great stunts. Its the simple human elements of the film that make it memorable to me. Heres a mini list inside of a list...the top 7 little reasons X-men 2 is good. 1. The White House scene. 2. Wolverine just talking to Iceman and Iceman blows on his beer to make it cold. 3. When Nightcrawler tries to say hi to Wolverine and Wolverine has none of it. 4. After the jet almost crashes, I think Storm asks if everyone is ok and Wolverine says "NO". 5. The entire campfire scene where good/bad mutants are camping out together...PRICELESS. 6. Icemans house when they ask who Wolverine is, he says he teaches art. 7. Wolverine telling Cyclops thanks for the bike, fill it up with gas. Its the little touches Bryan Singer puts in there that shows these big bad mutants are people too. 
2004: Spiderman 2. In my opinion only two superhero movies are worthy of a best picture nomination in the history of cinema, The Dark Knight and Spiderman 2. Spiderman 2 just does so many things right and like X-men 2, it has a lot of human elements. Arguably the best scene in the movie is the "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" montage...brilliant. Epic year for movies Troy, Kill Bill 2, The Butterfly Effect, Sideways, Million Dollar Baby, etc. 
2005: The Descent. Beats out Wedding Crashers, Lord of War, Just Friends, Brokeback Mountain, and Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith. Tough choice here as I love rewatching parts of Sith, but other parts of Sith (Grievous) annoy me. I also haven't rewatched The Descent but its probably the best horror movie of the decade. Stay tuned here, this ranking may change some day. 
2006: The Prestige. Most difficult choice of the decade. Look at some of the movies that opened that year..The Departed, Inside Man, The Hills Have Eyes, V for Vendetta, the american release of The Descent. A rare glimpse of the supernatural stuff that Chris Nolan doesnt usually go for, The Prestige has enough quality to put it over the top for the year. David Bowie can act!
2007: Zodiac. Based on a book that I actually read, and I dont read books, Zodiac is pretty damn faithful to its source material. One of the great unsolved crimes of modern times. Zodiac is just another example of why David Fincher may be the best director on the planet. He also has a tendency to put cool songs over the end credits. Robert Downey Jr steals the movie..his performance here could be the main reason he got Ironman. Zodiac is entertaining, keeps things moving, and lets the audience know who they thought the killer was ...only...............SPOILERS........that suspect has now been cleared in real life based on his DNA test. ......END SPOILERS........... That does take away from the movie a little bit, but just a little. Other quality movies in 2007 American Gangster, Shooter, Death Sentence and King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters. 
2008: The Wrestler. From start to finish almost a perfect film. The Wrestler beats out The Dark Knight, and Gran Torino as the years best movie. Mickey Rourke, is without a doubt, Sarcazmo's favorite actor. Sarcazmo likes wrestling. Wrestling plus Mickey equals quality. 
2009: Trick or Treat. The only straight to dvd film on the list. How this movie didnt get a release in any October, while for 3 years it sat in a warehouse, shelved, next to the Ark of the Covenant, is beyond me. You would think a "PRODUCED BY BRYAN SINGER" credit would be enough, but it wasnt. The studio didnt know what to do with this film....why... because it was too good, and a good horror movie is box office poison. Now if it was a bucket of crap like Prom Night, I Know What You Did Last Summer, or the like.....then 3000 theaters instantly and a $25 million dollar advertising campaign. The movie looks fantastic, very Tim Burtonesque. The stories are solid, acting as well, and it has a few clever twists. This is definitely destined to be a cult classic, the kind you watch EVERY Halloween. All you have to do is make a trailer and have it say..."from the director of Xmen, Xmen 2, Apt Pupil...comes the next evolution in horror"...something cheesy like that. It would make $10 to $20 million its opening weekend, and the rest is gravy. 
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