To wit: "For a lesser filmmaker, the prevarications in Lincoln would be disastrous."
― Bobby Ken Doll (Eric H.), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 17:40 (eleven years ago) link
thought you woulda picked out the Obama punchline
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 17:41 (eleven years ago) link
Easily discarded.― Bobby Ken Doll (Eric H.), Wednesday, November 21, 2012 11:39 AM (2 minutes ago)
― Bobby Ken Doll (Eric H.), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 17:41 (eleven years ago) link
why no bolding of paul ws anderson btw
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 17:43 (eleven years ago) link
He's otm on Sally Field though.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 17:46 (eleven years ago) link
PWSA is such a given by this point that it didn't seem worth noting.
― Bobby Ken Doll (Eric H.), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 17:48 (eleven years ago) link
lmao at his editors letting him leave in a list that long
― max, Wednesday, 21 November 2012 18:59 (eleven years ago) link
He IS the editor, bwahahaha
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 19:01 (eleven years ago) link
I have a certain affection for Armond because of this. He comes out with a lot of absurd reviews that bring the lolz, but I like (at least, on a conceptual basis) this notion of reshaping (or, rather, finding new perspectives on) the meaning of films. He makes intriguing arguments from time to time, when he's not being all the things this thread is saying. All those problems get in the way, of course, but it would be great if he would focus in and open up a debate about some of the films he champions that nobody else does.
― Gukbe, Friday, January 21, 2011 1:46 AM (1 year ago) Bookmark
i agree with this
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 19:21 (eleven years ago) link
Not to rank Tarantino with Ford or Mark Twain but his diabolical Uncle Tom descends from their precursors, specifically to the way Twain refashioned American social codes into a narrative that to this day gratifies some people’s entrenched racial prejudices. That’s why Huckleberry Finn is canonized while Twain’s Puddinhead Wilson is not.
http://cityarts.info/2012/12/28/still-not-a-brother/
― Gukbe, Friday, 28 December 2012 20:03 (eleven years ago) link
It's back!
A bigger budget and a more definite subject improves on the muddled “war is a drug” pathology of Bigelow’s now-overrated The Hurt Locker.
http://cityarts.info/2012/12/28/zero-for-conduct/
― Gukbe, Friday, 28 December 2012 20:17 (eleven years ago) link
Doubling down!
― Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Friday, 28 December 2012 20:18 (eleven years ago) link
For good measure, a rave for Les Mis, which "contravene(s) the bogus sophistication and vain smugness that have overtaken the pop arts for at least the past two decades and soured millennial film culture": http://cityarts.info/2012/12/26/working-class-heroism/
― Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Friday, 28 December 2012 20:20 (eleven years ago) link
He's obsessed with hipsters.
― Gukbe, Friday, 28 December 2012 20:21 (eleven years ago) link
posts which effortlessly summarize etc.
― s.clover, Friday, 28 December 2012 20:40 (eleven years ago) link
i love that hes still calling it 'now-overrated'
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Friday, 28 December 2012 20:44 (eleven years ago) link
i'd actually really want to read him on lincoln. it's so seldom he writes about movies i'm seriously interested in hearing his opinion on. i mean zero dark and django were of course going to be pans.
― s.clover, Friday, 28 December 2012 20:47 (eleven years ago) link
More on this in my forthcoming book Say What?
oh man
― If I was a carpenter, and you were a douchebag (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 28 December 2012 21:00 (eleven years ago) link
Leaving aside his opinions, his writing is getting worse on a basic syntactical level. Or maybe that's just the lack of editing. So clumsy.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Friday, 28 December 2012 21:02 (eleven years ago) link
Still relish this short & sweet takedown every once in awhile: http://www.slantmagazine.com/house/2010/10/on-armond-whites-discourteous-discourse/
― Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Friday, 28 December 2012 21:20 (eleven years ago) link
I forgot this great article: http://nypress.com/our-soul-man/
― s.clover, Saturday, 5 January 2013 20:41 (eleven years ago) link
hahaha holy shit at that lede
― captain keefheart (some dude), Saturday, 5 January 2013 21:21 (eleven years ago) link
why? that's fucking Bam in a nutshell.
A shame his gorgeous Titanic takedown doesn't appear to be online.
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 6 January 2013 08:43 (eleven years ago) link
(Her gotcha climax quotes Silence of the Lambs.)
I got there first!
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 6 January 2013 08:48 (eleven years ago) link
When we look over the history of this board I imagine some small part will be Morbs turning into Armond.
― Gukbe, Sunday, 6 January 2013 08:55 (eleven years ago) link
wait til you read my 2Pac bio
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 6 January 2013 09:00 (eleven years ago) link
Armond is at least consistent in his hatred of Michael Moore: http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/moore_raises_holy_hell_JHzuJm2N6pPC2i8xOcP18K
― Solange and thanks for all the fish (Nicole), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 15:43 (eleven years ago) link
He was there to present the film and not present a personal political diatribe.”
um...
― I had such a fontasy (stevie), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 15:45 (eleven years ago) link
haha. otm.
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 15:47 (eleven years ago) link
armond needs to get into wrestler management
― da croupier, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 15:47 (eleven years ago) link
[White] is a reactionary conservative [bleep]hole.
OTM.
― Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 15:48 (eleven years ago) link
xpost OTM!!
with the wwe making so many straight-to-dvd movies he could be this critic baiting their work ringside
― da croupier, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 15:50 (eleven years ago) link
"cena is a now-overrated piece of trash!"
― da croupier, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 15:53 (eleven years ago) link
AW's politics are too incoherent to be labeled conservative.
Moore is a hypocritical Bam-votin' liberal asshole, tho.
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 15:58 (eleven years ago) link
Meanwhile: http://cityarts.info/2013/01/09/better-than-list-2012/
― Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 16:02 (eleven years ago) link
In the "nobody does it better" category this year:
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, Taken 2 > Zero Dark ThirtyLes Miserables > Once Upon a Time in AnatoliaDark Horse > The Turin HorseA Thousand Words > Argo
― Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 16:03 (eleven years ago) link
He's so vile.
― Gukbe, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 16:06 (eleven years ago) link
Tom Hopper and cast preserved the power of pop opera, while Nuri Bilge Ceylan cynically, tediously observed man’s inhumanity to audiences.
Just lazy.
― Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 16:09 (eleven years ago) link
conservative politics are too incoherent to be labeled 'conservative'! anyway aw's animating principle is resentment, so hes certainly coming from the same place as most us convervatives
― max, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 16:10 (eleven years ago) link
But White and a friend(!) shouted
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 16:11 (eleven years ago) link
The Deep Blue Sea > The Loneliest Planet
Terence Davies’ gay sensitivity to sex roles (and memorable performances by Tom Hiddleston and Simon Russell Beale) bested Julia Loktev’s juvenile view of female infidelity and male weakness.
^^ most otm thing he's written this year
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 16:13 (eleven years ago) link
That's not difficult.
― Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 16:15 (eleven years ago) link
'conservative politics' erupt over a documentary in large part about a bond trader who never gave a shit about activism until he got AIDS
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 16:16 (eleven years ago) link
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, Taken 2 > Zero Dark Thirty
tbf i couldn't finish zdt and barely finished spirit of vengeance
― da croupier, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 16:17 (eleven years ago) link
anyway good job having a MM-AW hateoff at the dinner, QT-Spike would've had everyone nodding off in their soup.
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 16:18 (eleven years ago) link
Actually, this:
Movies weren’t just entertainment but were used to justify escapist(possibly even anti-social) points of view.
is (inadvertently) the most OTM thing he's written this year.
― Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 16:20 (eleven years ago) link
it amazes me that he only allows himself to outright do ">" binaries once a year
― ThePartyHater (some dude), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 16:20 (eleven years ago) link
lmao at that one
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 16:21 (eleven years ago) link
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