2000s: Decade in Review - Film

100 Favorite Films
1. No Country For Old Men (2007)
2. There Will Be Blood (2007)
3. The Prestige (2006)
4. Children of Men (2006)
5. Monster’s Inc. (2001)
6. Munich (2005)
7. Road to Perdition (2002)
8. Catch Me If You Can (2002)
9. Wall-E (2008)
10. Zoolander (2001)
11. The Dark Knight (2008)
12. Ratatouille (2007)
13. Burn After Reading (2008)
14. Training Day (2001)
15. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
16. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (2005)
17. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
18. The Incredibles (2004)
19. Minority Report (2002)
20. Wonder Boys (2000)
21. Batman Begins (2005)
22. The Departed (2006)
23. Memento (2000)
24. Inglorious Basterds (2009)
25. Finding Nemo (2003)
26. Zodiac (2007)
27. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
28. Gladiator (2000)
29. Spider-Man 2 (2004)
30. Michael Clayton (2007)
31. Collateral (2004)
32. Wedding Crashers (2005)
33. Snatch (2000)
34. X2 (2003)
35. Almost Famous (2000)
36. Adaptation (2003)
37. Lost in Translation (2003)
38. Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003)
39. Up (2009)
40. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
41. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
42. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
43. American Psycho (2000)
44. Casino Royale (2006)
45. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
46. Thank You For Smoking (2005)
47. Avatar (2009)
48. Tropic Thunder (2008)
49. Death Proof (2007)
50. Knocked Up (2007)
51. Superbad (2007)
52. Star Trek (2009)
53. Once (2006)
54. Duplicity (2009)
55. Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
56. The Ladykillers (2004)
57. Old School (2003)
58. The School of Rock (2003)
59. Unbreakable (2000)
60. Signs (2002)
61. Sin City (2005)
62. War of the Worlds (2005)
63. The Wrestler (2008)
64. Cast Away (2000)
65. Ocean’s Twelve (2004)
66. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
67. A Mighty Wind (2003)
68. Ocean’s Eleven (2001)
69. Meet the Parents (2000)
70. Spider-Man (2002)
71. The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005)
72. Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
73. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
74. X-Men (2000)
75. Kung Fu Panda (2008)
76. Jarhead (2005)
77. Shrek (2001)
78. Atonement (2007)
79. In Good Company (2004)
80. Gran Torino (2008)
81. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
82. 3:10 to Yuma (2007)
83. The Hangover (2009)
84. Mean Girls (2004)
85. U-571 (2000)
86. Black Hawk Down (2001)
87. King Kong (2005)
88. V for Vendetta (2005)
89. Gangs of New York (2002)
90. The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
91. The Girl Next Door (2003)
92. Phone Booth (2002)
93. Ghost Town (2008)
94. District 9 (2009)
95. Iron Man (2008)
96. Planet Terror (2007)
97. Chicago (2002)
98. Jackass Number 2 (2006)
99. 300 (2006)
100. Kill Bill Vol. 2 (2004)

Notes:
-I did take quite a bit compiling this list, but not enough time for me to be extremely confident that this list could not be altered with relative ease.
-I excluded all films from the Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings, and Bourne series, because I have not seen all films in each series. I did not feel comfortable considering only a portion of each series for this list.
-I did not include United 93 (2006) because the word "favorite" is not appropriate for this film.
-Some films that I have seen, but do not have a good enough grasp for to include in this list: Artificial Intelligence: A.I. (2001), Punch Drunk Love (2002), Solaris (2002), and Good Night and Good Luck (2005)
-As always, there are several films I did not see, especially over this length of time. Therefore, they could not be considered.

10 Best Films I Saw
1. No Country for Old Men (2007)
2. There Will Be Blood (2007)
3. Children of Men (2006)
4. Munich (2005)
5. The Prestige (2006)
6. Ratatouille (2007)
7. Road to Perdition (2002)
8. United 93 (2006)
9. Memento (2000)
10. Wall-E (2007)

15 Worst Films I Saw
1. The Happening (2008)
2. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
3. Smokin’ Aces (2006)
4. Stealth (2005)
5. Nacho Libre (2006)
6. 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)
7. Vantage Point (2008)
8. Shoot ‘Em Up (2007)
9. Wanted (2008)
10. X-Men III (2006)
11. The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
12. Poseidon (2006)
13. Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
14. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007)
15. The Grudge (2004)

10 Most Disappointing Films
1. Spider-Man 3 (2007)
2. Cars (2006)
3. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
4. Men in Black II (2002)
5. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
6. Pineapple Express (2008)
7. Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny (2006)
8. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006)
9. Clerks II (2006)
10. Funny People (2009)

Top 25 Films I Wish I Had Seen
1. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
2. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
4. Sideways (2004)
5. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
6. The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001)
7. The Aviator (2004)
8. Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)
9. Insomnia (2002)
10. The Terminal (2004)
11. Traffic (2000)
12. A Serious Man (2009)
13. Panic Room (2002)
14. The Pianist (2002)
15. Mystic River (2003)
16. The Host (2006)
17. A History of Violence (2005)
18. Eastern Promises (2007)
19. The Lives of Others (2006)
20. Into the Wild (2007)
21. Best in Show (2000)
22. City of God (2002)
23. The Hurt Locker (2009)
24. Gone Baby Gone (2007)
25. The Bourne Supremacy (2004)/The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)

2000s: Decade in Review - Television

10 Favorite Television Series
1. The Shield
2. The Wire
3. Arrested Development
4. 30 Rock
5. The Sopranos (through episode 3.4)
6. Six Feet Under
7. Curb Your Enthusiasm
8. Lost
9. 24
10. Flight of the Conchords

Honorable Mention: The Office (BBC), Extras, Da Ali G Show, Summer Heights High, Chappelle's Show

Series that were good or showed promise, but declined for one reason or another...
24:
When it Declined: Season 4
Reason(s): Stories/devices became repetitive/predictable.

Alias:
When it Declined: Season 4
Reason(s): Introduction of APO. Just got too ridiculous.

Entourage:
When it Declined: Season 3 Part 2 and Season 5 Season Finale
Reason(s): It never got remotely close to maximizing its potential. Too much time spent on Medellin storyline, never got complicated enough (everything eventually works out for Vince and the gang), among other reasons.

Heroes:
When it Declined: Season 1 Season Finale
Reason(s): For most of the first season the show was on point, but then got really ridiculous in the first season's finale. Additionally, does any character ever die and not eventually reappear on this show?

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip:
When it Declined: 3rd or 4th Episode
Reason(s): Took itself way too seriously.

The Office (NBC):
When it Declined: Season 4
Reason(s): Started to become stale, seemed like the writers ran out of ideas/storylines. It's not bad, but has been on the decline for sometime and there is not a lot to look forward to at this point.

Favorite Mini-Series
Band of Brothers

Favorite TV Movie
61*

5 Series I Wish I Had Watched
1. Deadwood
2. Mad Men
3. Dexter
4. The West Wing
5. Battlestar Galactica

2000s: Decade in Review - Sports

I was hoping to include more, but here's what I have anyway.

MLB

MLB All Decade Team

First Team:
Catcher: Jorge Posada
First Base: Albert Pujols
Second Base: Chase Utley
Shortstop: Derek Jeter
Third Base: Alex Rodriguez
Left Field: Barry Bonds
Center Field: Carlos Beltran
Right Field: Ichiro Suzuki
Designated Hitter: David Ortiz
Starting Pitchers: Johan Santana, Randy Johnson, Roy Halladay, Pedro Martinez, Roy Oswalt
Relief Pitcher: Mariano Rivera

Second Team:
Catcher: Joe Mauer
First Base: Lance Berkman
Second Base: Jeff Kent
Shortstop: Miguel Tejada
Third Base: Chipper Jones
Left Field: Manny Ramirez
Center Field: Andruw Jones
Right Field: Vladimir Guerrero
Designated Hitter: Travis Hafner
Starting Pitchers: Curt Schilling, Andy Pettitte, Carlos Zambrano, Mark Buerhle, Tim Hudson
Relief Pitcher: Trevor Hoffman

Best Manger: Joe Torre
Best General Manager: Theo Epstein

Best Team:
New York Yankees - 2009

NBA

NBA All Decade Team

First Team:
Point Guard: Steve Nash
Shooting Guard: Kobe Bryant
Small Forward: LeBron James
Power Forward: Tim Duncan
Center: Shaquille O'Neal

Second Team
Point Guard: Jason Kidd
Shooting Guard: Allen Iverson
Small Forward: Paul Pierce
Power Forward: Kevin Garnett
Center: Yao Ming

Third Team
Point Guard: Chauncey Billups
Shooting Guard: Dwyane Wade
Small Forward: Tracy McGrady
Power Forward: Dirk Nowitzki
Center: Ben Wallace

Best Coach: Phil Jackson
Best General Manager: R.C. Buford/Greg Popovich

Best Team:
Los Angeles Lakers - 2001

My Personal Favorite Moments/Games (in no particular order)

-USC vs. Notre Dame 2005 - 4th and 9 from Matt Leinart to Dwyane Jarrett/Leinart sneak for the win

-USC vs. Oklahoma 2004 National Championship Game (USC 55 - Oklahoma 19)

-Los Angeles Lakers over Portland Trailblazers in 2000 NBA Western Conference Finals - Game 7 comeback/Kobe Bryant alley-oop to Shaquille O'Neal

-Los Angeles Lakers over Sacramento Kings in 2002 Western Conference Finals - Game 7 win/Robert Horry 3-pointer buzzer beater in Game 4

-Los Angeles Lakers vs. San Antonio Spurs - 0.4 Derek Fisher

-2004 Boston Red Sox overcome 3-0 series deficit to New York Yankees in ALCS.

-Rafael Nadal vs. Roger Federer - 2008 Wimbledon Gentleman's Singles Final

-Tiger Woods - Several moments, but top two were: 2005 Master's chip-in on 16th hole and his entire performance at the 2008 U.S. Open

2009 Film Releases Log

In order of when I viewed them:

1. Gran Torino (1/9 Wide): B

2. Taken (1/30): C

3. Hotel for Dogs (1/16): C-

4. Walled In (3/17): F

5. Polanski (2/13): F

6. Star Trek (5/8): B+

7. Up (5/29): A

8. Terminator Salvation (5/21): D+

9. The Hangover (6/5): B

10. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (6/24): F

11. Public Enemies (7/1): C+

12. Bruno (7/10): B

13. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (7/15): A-

14. Funny People (7/31): C

15. District 9 (8/14): B

16. Inglourious Basterds (8/21): A-

17. Duplicity (3/20): B

18. Avatar (12/18): A-

2009 College Football Poll - Week 14 w/Heisman Top 5

1. Alabama
2. Texas
3. TCU
4. Florida
5. Boise State
6. Cincinnati
7. Oregon
8. Georgia Tech
9. Ohio State
10. Virginia Tech
11. Oregon State
12. Miami
13. LSU
14. Iowa
15. Arizona
16. Stanford
17. Penn State
18. Pittsburgh
19. Oklahoma State
20. BYU
21. West Virginia
22. Nebraska
23. Clemson
24. USC
25. North Carolina

Dropped From Rankings: California (12), Houston (20)

Heisman Top 5: Ndamukong Suh, Toby Gerhart, Mark Ingram, Colt McCoy, Tim Tebow