also, SPOILER i guess . . . . . . . . . . . there was a moment somewhere abt that 40 minutes in mark where i was like there better not be some gay the cops are in on it twist or im gonna wreck some shit
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 13 February 2008 03:58 (sixteen years ago) link
As far as movies that try to redeem hokey thriller material with that old Strained Seriousness, GBG is at least leagues preferable to Michael Clayton.
― Eric H., Wednesday, 13 February 2008 04:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Also, wau this thread passed the 1K mark.
man i will take everything about michael clayton over gone baby gone
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 13 February 2008 04:03 (sixteen years ago) link
There's nothing in GBG as egregious as Tilda Swinton's sweaty 'pits.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, 13 February 2008 04:07 (sixteen years ago) link
Or the entire plot of Clayton.
― Eric H., Wednesday, 13 February 2008 04:08 (sixteen years ago) link
johnny crunch, did you really think Ed Harris would be cast as a virtuous cop?
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 13 February 2008 14:30 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah i guess not. there was too much backstory coming out abt his character & the goatee just made him look dubious.
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 13 February 2008 15:06 (sixteen years ago) link
I hope you Film Comment reader got your poll ballots in.
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 21:37 (sixteen years ago) link
(except nrq)
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 21:38 (sixteen years ago) link
wow, glad I missed the Indie Spirits -- a Junofest. and the not-too-funny guy from The Office hosting.
― Dr Morbius, Monday, 25 February 2008 15:43 (sixteen years ago) link
i'm a contributor, dogg.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Monday, 25 February 2008 15:44 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm glad I didn't know.
― Dr Morbius, Monday, 25 February 2008 15:45 (sixteen years ago) link
FC readers poll -- same top 3 as crix, Gone Baby Gone is highest non-critic entry, Barleyup 11 spots.
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 7 March 2008 17:21 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.filmlinc.com/fcm/poll/07extendedma.html
Alpha Dog is great....realllly great.
― Tape Store, Monday, 24 March 2008 02:13 (sixteen years ago) link
EVERYONE SHOULD GO WATCH IT. IT'S STARTING IN, LIKE, 20 MINUTES ON SOME MOVIE CHANNEL. (is there really no thread about this movie?)
― Tape Store, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 01:32 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm Not a Puppy, Not Yet a Dog
― omar little, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 01:35 (sixteen years ago) link
I just watched it a second time. I kinda think they should have ended it w/ SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER fat SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER sharon stone
― Tape Store, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 04:41 (sixteen years ago) link
right before maybe. surely someone else loved this?
― Tape Store, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 04:52 (sixteen years ago) link
Michael Sicinski top 17:
http://academichack.net/2007topten.htm#2007
Yet one more prompt for Eric to view I'm Not There.
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 14:19 (sixteen years ago) link
http://tedpigeon.blogspot.com/2008/08/year-that-was-year-that-is-cinema-2007.html
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 28 August 2008 14:49 (fifteen years ago) link
Is the point that his list isn't affected by end-of-year hype? Cause most of those movies he chose were pretty much the same ones being forced down everyone's throats during critics' awards season.
― Eric H., Sunday, 14 September 2008 16:20 (fifteen years ago) link
Most Lars and the Real Girl comments seem to lead here...Not what I thought it was going to be--I expected a comedy, not a somewhat morbid mood piece. I could never really accept the film's central conceit, the idea that the whole town would play along, but other than that, some nice moments. I remembered Paul Schneider from All the Real Girls--he's really good, not sure why he doesn't get bigger parts or more attention. Kelli Garner and Emily Mortimer very good too. Gosling, I don't know--kind of mannered.
― clemenza, Saturday, 31 May 2014 13:51 (ten years ago) link
The Muriels' 10-years-later poll ... Zodiac tops.
http://www.murielawards.org/07anniv.html
1. Zodiac (dir. David Fincher) [193 points / 30 votes]
2. There Will Be Blood (dir. Paul Thomas Anderson) [193 points / 28 votes]3. No Country For Old Men (dirs. Joel and Ethan Coen) [174 points / 27 votes]4. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (dir. Andrew Dominik) [71 points / 11 votes]5. Death Proof (dir. Quentin Tarantino) [62 points / 10 votes] 6. I’m Not There (Todd Haynes) [48/8]7. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Cristian Mungiu) [34/6]8. Silent Light (Carlos Reygadas) [33/5]9. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Julian Schnabel) [31/5]10. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Tim Burton) [30/6]
Kind of a shit year, actually.
― "Minneapolis" (barf) (Eric H.), Friday, 23 February 2018 14:31 (six years ago) link