Whatever is notable or not is determined by the audience. Just like it is with wine, there isn’t “the best”; and surely the pricetag doesn’t tell you anything at all about if you will actually like it. And that’s where the term “notable” comes into play, again; while it is nice to see one of your favourite films on a list some hack cobbled together for either an online blog or a fancy paper with a terrific reputation, yet, that list has little or no relevance, at all. Notable, well, either the critics can prove their point, or it is worthless to me - you, me, we all have to appreciate any given thing and judge on our own whether or not something is notable. Tastes do differ - thank the Good Lord they do!; otherwise, this world yould be boring (or ruled by communists).
For me, the last film I thought to be quite “notable” clearly was Gabe Torres’ “Brake”, 2012, starring Stephen Dorff and even Tom Berenger. A refreshingly different take at “Saw” with its claustrophobic trappedness of the protagonist, with some traumatic 9/11-ish terrorism and conspiracy theory mixed in.
Probably neither the best plot in the word, nor the best acting, but who cares - I found it quite thrilling. Was good enough to entertain a bloke like me who usually loves to devour the works of Guy Ritchie, Jim Jarmusch, Andrei Tarkovsky, Monte Hellman, Michelangelo Antonioni and Aki Kaurismäki.
Last night I [finally] watched the last disc of season 8 of Weeds, including the finale. Gotta say, it really sucked. Woke up today very disappointed and let down. Left with the feeling the show was cancelled half way into writing the 8th season. Had a feel of “OK how are we going to wrap this up?… Let’s make this quick!”. Sopranos, Lost, now this… ugh