anything worth seeing is best seen in a theater first, if at all possible.
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 5 January 2016 17:09 (eight years ago) link
Partly j/k but its a weak para - when was it not always like this and then there are also old films that get a big-screen reissue.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 5 January 2016 17:12 (eight years ago) link
seems incredibly hi for llewyn davis
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 5 January 2016 17:13 (eight years ago) link
When I was a teenager, the new Bergman film would run in Manhattan for A YEAR or more, as did other foreign movies. American films, indies and majors, that didn't crater instantly often ran for 3-5 months, maybe longer if they were hits.
So that's when it wasn't "like this," when the culture didn't have ADD.
xp
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 5 January 2016 17:16 (eight years ago) link
seems ludicrously hi for scarjo: alien stalker, but genre boys gonna be genr'ing
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 5 January 2016 17:18 (eight years ago) link
well yeah
scrolling the individual ballots reads a little like they only had a pool of like ~50 options to choose from idk this is p worthless
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 5 January 2016 17:20 (eight years ago) link
love how they veer from plausibly the best film of the last 10 years at #1 to plausibly the two most overrated* films of the past 10 years at #2 and #3
*according to my gf. but i can well believe it
― sounding like a silly Iain Banks on a track (imago), Tuesday, 5 January 2016 17:21 (eight years ago) link
Carol too damn high
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 5 January 2016 17:22 (eight years ago) link
also, no Winter Sleep, omfg
― sounding like a silly Iain Banks on a track (imago), Tuesday, 5 January 2016 17:22 (eight years ago) link
in baseball/data analysis etc this is called "recency bias"
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 5 January 2016 17:25 (eight years ago) link
I've seen and enjoyed like half of that top ten. Based on that criteria alone, I'd say this list might be bogus.
― Beef Wets (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 5 January 2016 17:27 (eight years ago) link
I still don't get Under the Skin, but w/e. I'm happy that other people are finding that Margaret has staying power.
OTOH, We Need To Talk About Kevin being anywhere near the Top 50 kinda kills any curiosity I may have had about checking out the things on the list that I hadn't seen.
― Bitch I'm in the 2112 (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 5 January 2016 19:30 (eight years ago) link
Wait, what? That movie wasn't even very good let alone great. I need to see the rest of this list now.
― Beef Wets (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 5 January 2016 19:34 (eight years ago) link
it was the worst 35 minutes of the decade, until i hit eject
but ppl loving things i think are terrible is generally more comprehensible than their claiming great things for, say, The Social Network.
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 5 January 2016 19:37 (eight years ago) link
So this Magic Mike XXL hype is for real, huh?
― Beef Wets (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 5 January 2016 19:37 (eight years ago) link
yes, and most of the ppl in my feeds who love it are straight men.
crypto, have you seen Dogtooth? in my ten for sure
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 5 January 2016 19:39 (eight years ago) link
Fucking lists.
― Noodle Vague, Tuesday, 5 January 2016 19:39 (eight years ago) link
Didn't finish, meant to add that my admiration for A Touch of Sin might be becoming more unqualified.
― Noodle Vague, Tuesday, 5 January 2016 19:41 (eight years ago) link
Also, while I still owe Inside Llewyn Davis a rewatch, since I still feel that there is something there that I just wasn't getting, I can't believe the support for it is so great that it completely negates any mention of True Grit, which I'd rank among my very favourite Coens.
― Bitch I'm in the 2112 (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 5 January 2016 19:41 (eight years ago) link
Morbs: yup! I dug it, though maybe a shade less than everyone else seemed to, as I'm struggling to remember a whole lot about it now. Another one that probably deserves a second spin.
― Bitch I'm in the 2112 (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 5 January 2016 19:43 (eight years ago) link
I don't get Under the Skin either but I'm not a straight man.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 5 January 2016 20:10 (eight years ago) link
it's good! she's good! just not a landmark
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 5 January 2016 20:13 (eight years ago) link
I think it's easy to look at these lists and say "well that's not a great film because of X flaw" but then once you've done that I'm not sure what's left...
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 5 January 2016 20:16 (eight years ago) link
absolutely refute that under the skin is admired by its fans due to scarjo lust
― sounding like a silly Iain Banks on a track (imago), Tuesday, 5 January 2016 20:18 (eight years ago) link
I didn't much care for Ex Machina, so I think a certain kind of sci fi fantasy leaves me cold.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 5 January 2016 20:25 (eight years ago) link
It isn't a landmark movie but I loved Computer Chess at the time. Probably need to watch Bujalski's follow up Results, it sounds decent from the reviews.
― calzino, Tuesday, 5 January 2016 20:30 (eight years ago) link
def check out results, its more than decent imo
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 5 January 2016 20:34 (eight years ago) link
not mad at anything in that top 10 except that Inherent Vice >>>>>> Master
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Tuesday, 5 January 2016 20:35 (eight years ago) link
i agree. probably prefer the rollercoaster of Arabian Nights to Tabu as well.
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 5 January 2016 20:38 (eight years ago) link
Results is good.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 5 January 2016 20:58 (eight years ago) link
Swap Mr Turner for the far superior Another Year
― i;m thinking about thos Beans (Michael B), Tuesday, 5 January 2016 21:01 (eight years ago) link
When I was a teenager, the new Bergman film would run in Manhattan for A YEAR or more, as did other foreign movies. American films, indies and majors, that didn't crater instantly often ran for 3-5 months, maybe longer if they were hits.So that's when it wasn't "like this," when the culture didn't have ADD.xp― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 5 January 2016 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 5 January 2016 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
ok but I doubt that is what the people who wrote this mean.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 5 January 2016 21:44 (eight years ago) link
Pretty cool list until it hits the top 10 then it becomes american indiesnooze.
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 5 January 2016 21:46 (eight years ago) link
Eden at 21 is def recency bias at work
Another vote here for Results, better than either of this year's Baumbachs
Stray Dogs, Hard to be a God, Norte, End of History and Story of My Death all feel like big omissions to me
― Chicamaw (Ward Fowler), Tuesday, 5 January 2016 21:48 (eight years ago) link
Eden was the worst film I saw last year I think
― Number None, Tuesday, 5 January 2016 21:50 (eight years ago) link
The speeded-up cycle of multiplex turnover, as well as Amerindie houses, seems related to what i wrote.
There were just about 1,000 features that received a weeklong release in NYC last year, commercial screens or nonprofits, and that's just NUTS as many of them were loss-leaders for other 'platforms' or obvious trash headed for oblivion after 7 days.
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 5 January 2016 21:57 (eight years ago) link
"Pretty cool list until it hits the top 10 then it becomes american indiesnooze."
Mad Max: Indiesnooze Road
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 5 January 2016 22:05 (eight years ago) link
Well its indie that sold out (Creation Records, etc)
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 5 January 2016 22:09 (eight years ago) link
I did a quick search on "scarjo lust" in quotations and only found one other use of this term anywhere on the net. which astounded me.
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Tuesday, 5 January 2016 22:17 (eight years ago) link
do a quick search on "ScarJo hot"
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 5 January 2016 22:24 (eight years ago) link
Her is the far superior ScarJo sci-fi flick, imho, though it affords hetero males no opportunity to stare at her.
― Bitch I'm in the 2112 (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 5 January 2016 22:26 (eight years ago) link
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), 5. januar 2016 23:05 (19 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Lol, that is the dumbest response ever. Take a look at the list again, my friend. Perhaps google some titles.
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 5 January 2016 22:28 (eight years ago) link
I've seen all but one of movies on the list. There is definitely some American indiesnooze on it, but not at a greater % than the rest of the lest. Bigger issue is most of the movies are by directors who have done far better stuff.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 5 January 2016 22:31 (eight years ago) link
Actually two (I haven't seen Goddard or Margaret).
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 5 January 2016 22:34 (eight years ago) link
See Margaret!
And make sure you watch the Director's Cut.
― Bitch I'm in the 2112 (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 5 January 2016 22:37 (eight years ago) link
Good to see Like Someone in Love, The Immigrant and Uncle Boonmee.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 5 January 2016 22:39 (eight years ago) link
I've only seen the short (150-minute lol) version of Margaret and find it to be one of the best films of the recent past, so I can only imagine how I'll enjoy the DC
― sounding like a silly Iain Banks on a track (imago), Tuesday, 5 January 2016 22:39 (eight years ago) link
the theatrical cut is superior imo
Her is twee garbage
― Number None, Tuesday, 5 January 2016 22:40 (eight years ago) link
i have no need to see the theatrical cut because the untheatrical one is one of my favorites ever probably; it's definitely imperfect and almost sloppy at points but i can't imagine how one could cut it to make it better. maybe it's a whichever-you-see-first deal.
― qualx, Wednesday, 6 January 2016 01:35 (eight years ago) link
i had only seen the extended cut til a few days ago -- theatrical is at least as good maybe better simply for the sake of being shorter
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 6 January 2016 03:20 (eight years ago) link
I wouldn't mind if only to see what our non-American posters nominate that isn't distributed here.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 7 January 2016 13:10 (eight years ago) link
Morbs worries Mad Max: Fury Road will outrank Gespenster or Amour Fou.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 7 January 2016 13:11 (eight years ago) link
Hong's Hill of Freedom hasn't even been distributed in NEW YORK.
(i have seen it cuz that's how i roll)
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 7 January 2016 13:11 (eight years ago) link
Interesting that 12 Years a Slave apparently didn't receive a single vote (I never got around to seeing it).
― Chris L, Thursday, 7 January 2016 13:13 (eight years ago) link
I thought Hill of Freedom was a bit overrated. Preferred his two films from 13, Nobody's Daughter Haewon and Our Sunhi.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 7 January 2016 14:27 (eight years ago) link
I liked In Another Country but the four people in the audience searched the ground for rocks in the last half hour.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 7 January 2016 14:29 (eight years ago) link
I'd include Kings and Queen on that list.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 8 January 2016 00:36 (eight years ago) link
Kings and Queen is too early to qualify, right?
― intheblanks, Friday, 8 January 2016 00:38 (eight years ago) link
love kings and queen, but I feel like it's been 8 years or so since I first saw it
― intheblanks, Friday, 8 January 2016 00:39 (eight years ago) link
oh yeah whoops. I forgot the terms of the thread.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 8 January 2016 00:39 (eight years ago) link
sure bcz these threads eventually lead to dumping every title ever
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Friday, 8 January 2016 01:15 (eight years ago) link
We should do a 2010-2015 poll sometime during the year.
i want to see what results of this would be, lets make this happen if someone will help w graphics i would gladly tabulate/rollout/whatever :)
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 28 May 2016 17:05 (seven years ago) link
Glad we waited.
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Wednesday, 11 July 2018 14:18 (five years ago) link
(Was just looking at the TSPDT list to see what titles would likely to be at the top of the 2010-2019 lists when they come in and ... it's going to be The Tree of Life in a landslide.)
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Wednesday, 11 July 2018 15:45 (five years ago) link
I wonder if the the dork that voted "Louie, “Elevator (Part 1-6)” (Louis CK)" has regrets
― we æt so many shimripl (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 11 July 2018 15:47 (five years ago) link
lol
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 12 July 2018 22:56 (five years ago) link
I hope he revises. That's otherwise one of the best lists in the bunch.
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Friday, 13 July 2018 00:18 (five years ago) link
he did include Mysteries of Lisbon, which I think is one of the greatest films of the decade
― Dan S, Friday, 13 July 2018 00:24 (five years ago) link
Magic Mike XXL on the other hand...
― Dan S, Friday, 13 July 2018 00:31 (five years ago) link
I’ve watched 1987: When The Day Comes like four times now, i think it belongs in the running
― El Tomboto, Friday, 13 July 2018 00:50 (five years ago) link
Magic Mike XXL on the other hand... was shit
― Britain's Sexiest Cow (jed_), Friday, 13 July 2018 00:54 (five years ago) link
THE shit
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Friday, 13 July 2018 01:45 (five years ago) link
― Dan S, Friday, 13 July 2018 01:47 (five years ago) link
i don't know what that is, but i mistrust by title alone as with that Evangelion anime shit
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Friday, 13 July 2018 02:20 (five years ago) link
Ignore the person posting and just check out the movie
― El Tomboto, Friday, 13 July 2018 04:01 (five years ago) link
Looks like it would make a good double feature with The Taxi Driver (2017).
― Roomba with an attitude (Sanpaku), Friday, 13 July 2018 04:03 (five years ago) link
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Thursday, July 12, 2018 7:20 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
end of evangelion is a movie for which you have be familiar a whole tv series before watching, so it’s like fire walk with me. it being anime is incidental. anime is a medium
since you’ll never watch either i can’t begin to understand why you even give a shit
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Friday, 13 July 2018 11:54 (five years ago) link
jumping the gun, and a rather wtf list by my sights
https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2019/4/results
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 5 May 2019 13:18 (five years ago) link
expanded
https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2019/4/critics-poll-top-75-movies-of-the-decade
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 5 May 2019 13:20 (five years ago) link
Only ballot that matters.
Uwe Boll (Director, “Alone in the Dark”)The Wolf of Wall StreetThe Big ShortDriveThe Raid 2 Assault on Wall Street
The Wolf of Wall StreetThe Big ShortDriveThe Raid 2 Assault on Wall Street
― jmm, Sunday, 5 May 2019 13:42 (five years ago) link
I don't know a single one of Monte Hellman's picks.
― jmm, Sunday, 5 May 2019 13:45 (five years ago) link
seven americans in the top 10? ok
― groovemaaan, Sunday, 5 May 2019 13:51 (five years ago) link
Mad Max aside, that top five is fucking violence
― imago, Sunday, 5 May 2019 14:08 (five years ago) link
Bullshit idea especially just ahead of Cannes.
― Dan Worsley, Sunday, 5 May 2019 16:44 (five years ago) link
I like the one vote for The Lone Ranger.
― jmm, Sunday, 5 May 2019 16:47 (five years ago) link
I've seen some critics I respect defend The Lone Ranger, but I'm still too Depp-fatigued to give it a shot.
― Timothée Charalambides (cryptosicko), Sunday, 5 May 2019 16:56 (five years ago) link
Armond?
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 5 May 2019 17:04 (five years ago) link
I said critics I RESPECT
― Timothée Charalambides (cryptosicko), Sunday, 5 May 2019 17:08 (five years ago) link
His ballot, btw:
Armond White (National Review)Man of SteelThe PresidentWild GrassVincereQueen & Country
Man of SteelThe PresidentWild GrassVincereQueen & Country
I've never heard of The President--unless, in a typical Armondian touch, he's listing the current President of the United States as the second greatest movie of the decade (behind Zach Snyder, natch).
― Timothée Charalambides (cryptosicko), Sunday, 5 May 2019 17:10 (five years ago) link
It's a lesser Mohsen Makhmalbaf film.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 5 May 2019 17:38 (five years ago) link
Philip French gave 'The Lone Ranger' a sympathetic review https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/aug/11/the-lone-ranger-review
― Dan Worsley, Sunday, 5 May 2019 17:42 (five years ago) link
FWIW I think it's pretty good, but does have problems, not least the whitewashing of Johnny Depp as Tonto.
― Dan Worsley, Sunday, 5 May 2019 17:44 (five years ago) link
Indulge me while I ridicule the two Toronto voters I spotted: Liz Braun, who was literally a gossip columnist when I last paid attention, and Peter Howell, who went from being a terrible a rock critic to--again, from what little I read by him when he started out--a terrible film reviewer.
― clemenza, Sunday, 5 May 2019 17:55 (five years ago) link
Were people specifically instructed not to vote for documentaries? Quick scan of the Top 75 and I don't see any. That makes no sense to me.
― clemenza, Sunday, 5 May 2019 17:58 (five years ago) link
I'll stop whining; I see a number of films I love, led by #4 and #5.
― clemenza, Sunday, 5 May 2019 17:59 (five years ago) link
I don't know the writing of the two Toronto critics you mentioned, and I'm in no hurry to check them out, but their ballots are not embarrassing. I don't know what The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby is, though.
― Timothée Charalambides (cryptosicko), Sunday, 5 May 2019 18:01 (five years ago) link
re docs, in the top 30 I see The Act of Killing and No Home Movie.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 5 May 2019 18:04 (five years ago) link
Well..."a number" = four. And another dozen I like.
(I still remember Howell's hand-wringing the first time he got a Sight & Sound best-ever invite. The problem wasn't that his list was bad, it was that I didn't believe anything on there--the accompanying comments seemed to indicate a preoccupation with making "correct" choices.)
Thanks--I scanned quickly, missed them. Would be nice to see at least one Wiseman on there; he had a great decade.
― clemenza, Sunday, 5 May 2019 18:06 (five years ago) link