another maniacal Armond White review, this time "Fahrenheit 9/11"

Experience Music Project panel in Seattle—a bizarrely unintelligible seminar

heavens!

a dozen or so of you ppl were there in the Zip-a-Dee year, no? and once you've been called bizarrely unintelligible by Armond...

not sure if this was the same year but reminded me of this
final lolution

The fact that his contempt for hip-hop—the most inclusive music genre there ever was—

bwhwhahahahahahahahaha

stay golden armond

cmon Shakey, if we count MC Paul Barman it even includes obnoxious Jewish guys who are not the Beastie Boys

if only Stephen Merritt RAPPED how much more honest and inclusive his music would be

hip-hop, a welcoming musical community of white homsexuals

The straightforward title bests the recent Italian art flick I Am Love. Without hiding a political agenda behind hipster sophistication like that chi-chi Tilda Swinton vehicle, this very American satire (produced with uncanny pop instincts by the redoubtable Luc Besson!) proves convincingly romantic: Carrey and McGregor display absolute ardor in their characters’ respective risks and bravery, patience and devotion. These virtues become enlightening in a comedyof-manners context that defies the sanctimony that made Brokeback Mountain so patronizing.

I Love You, Phillip Morris

Armond otm

(cept i am probably watching I Am Love tonight)

I dug I Am Love but I fail to see the comparison other than the word "Love" in the title.

the "hipster sophistication of I Am Love, eh. He might as well have said "Mussolini chic."

I liked IAL a lot but it's really a very hot bowl of stromboli. Look at it as an early Visconti film in color.

I have to admit, "I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry" was way funnier than I expected

yeah i think he's using a very liberal ie wtf understanding of 'hipster'

possibly preferable to minute analysis of the same term

one important thing to remember is that armond white literally hates everyone else on the planet

I just wanna know whether Philip Morris addresses, unpacks, makes mockery of or simply cashes in on gays' self-loathing.

I dug I Am Love but I fail to see the comparison other than the word "Love" in the title.

I expect Armond is digging in a little bit at diva worship among the demographic in question.

it's not "self-loathing" when you realize you don't have anything else in common w/ these cocksuckers, Eric.

anyway, you all missed the relevant passage:

I admit this movie might not have seemed half as true if I hadn’t seen episodes of the LOGO reality-TV show The A-List, in which a clique of white, bourgie gay Manhattanites demonstrate totally loathsome habits and behavior. Steven is a Southern variant of their kind—a mad materialistic peacock—who unexpectedly finds his soul when he finds a soul mate.

but to answer your question, it unfudgepacks gay self-worship.

holy lol

as Jeff Zuckereisenberg might ask, "Which part?"

"unfudgepacks"

you have an amazing gift for disdainful wordplay, it makes me incredibly envious

Keep working at it, Morbs. You are that close to joining Armond among the ranks of the intractable.

hey, he bashes bourgie gays w/ "The A List," I do it with Out magazine.

what's your stake in this since you turned asexual?

I value living vicariously through others' sex lives. (With the obvious exceptions, of course.)

I wish there was video of this, it sounds hilarious.

http://gawker.com/5730615/worlds-crankiest-film-critic-made-annette-bening-cry-at-awards-show

woops, didn't see your text was a link, my bad

at least more entertaining than the films that won

maybe they'll let you take over when he dies

that's what he looks like? in that case every photo i have seen of him until now has been ridiculously flattering.

I'm glad ppl who are still naive enough to be registered Gawker commenters also revere Roger Ebert

i found this pretty funny in a cuntish way tbh.

michelle williams seems to have done pretty well in her response though. did she win for blue valentine or was she presenting?

Yeah, I was going to say Michelle Williams handled it with class.

everybody knows what AW is like, being chairman is obv a job no one else wants.

btw the actual quote from AW in that piece is pretty mild.

that's what he looks like? in that case every photo i have seen of him until now has been ridiculously flattering.

― jed_, Tuesday, January 11, 2011 5:30 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark

looks like he's lost a lot of weight

lol, armond you are a treat

haha what is wrong w/this guy

basically an irl troll?

haha what is wrong w/this guy

To start, he liked The Fighter.

he seems genuinely pathological

Black Swan director Darren Aronofsky actually started things last night, when he told White from the stage, "You give us all another reason not to read New York Press."

Appropriate, since Aronofsky gives me another reason to hesitate to set foot in a cinema.

You know, Armond's favorite movie of 2010 was Scott Pilgrim.

And his favorite of all time A.I. so he is cool.

aronofsky is a better director than white is a critic (or person)

actually AW cited his two favorites of '10 as Wild Grass and Vincere.

Aronofsky's first two films were good, still waiting.

lol dude

hmm, so I got trolled?

see this list from
http://www.indiewire.com/critic/armond_white/#

1) Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
2) Vincere
3) Wild Grass
4) Mother and Child
5) Life During Wartime
6) Another Year
7) Inspector Bellamy
8) The Girl on the Train
9) Takers
10) From Paris With Love

vs this one from Sight and Sound
http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/polls/films-of-2010-full.php#white

Wild Grass (Les herbes folles)
Vincere
Mother and Child
Life During Wartime
Another Year

Now I want to watch Wild Grass.

perhaps S&S doesn't recognize Canadian films

scott pilgrim is better than wild grass