This is the thread where we discuss matters pertaining to the detrius that accompanies the "End of the Year in Cinema" -- 2014

Should probably have linked here earlier. In the midst of the ILX 2014 Film Poll rollout here: People, they love blood. They love action. Not this talky, depressing, philosophical ILX 2014 Film Poll Thread - Voting closes Friday, Feb. 21st at Midnight EST.

Just saw Imitation Game -- terrible film saved by an inherently interesting story and decent acting. Script is awful. Putting that tagline "Sometimes the individuals you least expect...[or whatever]" in the mouths of characters THREE different times is beyond the ordinary hacky biopic garbage. Way too little time spent actually trying to convey how Engima worked and/or how they solved it. Lots of unbelievable conceits (literally the first attack they have the ability to stop just happens to be on one of the codebreakers' own brother's ship) Director had obviously seen "The Fog Of War" and tried but failed to lend gravitas with similar math/carnage overlays.

I really like Amalric's The Blue Room, esp that blase-like-a-fox magistrate.

I did too. As an exercise in swank economy, The Blue Room is the kind of movie hard to screw up. It’s content to stay on the surface, registering as nothing more than an adaptation of Simenon. I saw only one howler: a cut from a closeup of Esther’s vagina to Julien’s daughter.

I'm too upset by any shot of a vagina to notice what follows.

i've seen many movies "like" that screwed up, if we're talking erotic thrillers. Louis Malle's Damage? Terrible.

(tho phaps that was sold on the sexy more than a Simenon adap wd be)

Oh I love Damage. It's genuinely weird.

"Damaghed peeeple are dahnjerou peeple. That's how we surbive."

Haha

A lovely, winsome Blythe Danner performance and Sam Elliot's sexy rumble are at the heart of I'll See You In My Dreams, a snappier than usual Hallmark Channel movie (and in the eighties James Garner would've starred).

Watched Spotlight: good, with a couple impressive moments. Not as effective as Zodiac cuz visually it's dead (Fincher would have at least shown Boston's insularity by showing how close the Globe building is to Michael Keaton's high school earlier and more gracefully).

oops -- wrong detrius