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The Decade In Movies Total Paranoia

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Dec 27 2009 6:33pm EDT

The Decade in Movies: Total Paranoia

Wired reports: The decade defined first and foremost by 9/11 yielded a bitter, brilliant Cinema of Paranoia. A new breed of brooding, believable superheroes inhabited worlds ripped from the pages of comic books—worlds that seemed more believable on the strength of exponential advances in increasingly photorealistic CGI.

Even animated features and comedies tapped a mind-game mentality steeped in amnesia, revenge and the redemptive power of storytelling. Hollywood’s ability to manufacture bigger, louder blockbusters sometimes produced a hollow brand of shock and awe at the expense of smartly developed characters or memorable dialogue. But when it all came together, the results wowed fanboys and critics alike.

Here’s Wired.com’s look at the most darkly daring movies of the decade.

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