thinking there are maybe a few other movies that came in laster place dude, like #101-948
― rhea perlman is "horrible" (jjjusten), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 17:55 (fourteen years ago) link
oh enough already.
― strongohulkingtonsghost, Wednesday, 3 February 2010 17:56 (fourteen years ago) link
lol j/k
it's such a sadness that you think you've seen a poll on your fucking telephone, get real
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 17:57 (fourteen years ago) link
^ suggest new thread title BTW
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/etienne_saint/pianoteacher.jpg
I don't think the film-maker was trying to shock for shock's sake. (But then, how can you tell?)
I thought the dark aspects of the film were introduced very well - there was a great 'rhythm' to the film that the it plays with internally. I also love the bit when she goes out onto the ice and the way the shot is framed makes it look like she's falling into nothingness. It's an obvious thing to say but visually it reminded me of 'White'.
― Will
I thought that the Piano Teacher was one of the most moving and honest films I've ever seen abt loneliness - Isabelle Huppert's face all by itself 'said' so much about the fear of rejection, the terror of being alone, that terrible need to speak abt yourself and yet not wanting to reveal anything, the way that love and hatred and envy and desire can literally make you mad. Is it too obvious to say that the S/M stuff is part an overall metaphor of ENSLAVEMENT - to talent, to one's family, to the art life, or the bourgeois life, to our lovers, our needs, our daily lives.
― Andrew L (Andrew L)
― ('_') (omar little), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 17:58 (fourteen years ago) link
What don't you like about Morvern Callar, jjjusten?
― Hoisin Murphy (jaymc), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 17:58 (fourteen years ago) link
(might have to take the font up a size or two...)
― ('_') (omar little), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 17:59 (fourteen years ago) link
#100: Good, liked her first one a bit better. (As on my list of 100 ballot, I limited myself to one per filmmaker unless I felt very strongly otherwise.)
#99: OK, bye
― Rage, Resentment, Spleen (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 17:59 (fourteen years ago) link
lol i di'in even vote for morvern callar. but i did vote it #1 of 2002 in my EOY for london's once-great time out magazine. heady days.
btw fuck haneke.
― the highest per-vote vag so far (history mayne), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 17:59 (fourteen years ago) link
The list format looks great, omar.
― maciej recognizing trill, Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:00 (fourteen years ago) link
kudos to omar for beautifully designed results thread btw.
― the highest per-vote vag so far (history mayne), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:01 (fourteen years ago) link
I never saw this, but I remember all my IDM-netpals getting very excited about the soundtrack when it came out.
― dog latin, Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:01 (fourteen years ago) link
poll will prolly be lousy with haneke so let's get it all out now guyz
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:01 (fourteen years ago) link
haaaa i voted for morvern <3 u indie british chix
― Lamp, Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:01 (fourteen years ago) link
xxpost i meant morvern callar
also omar font size is perfect (would actually go smaller!)
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:02 (fourteen years ago) link
lol i can't tell on this firefox here, it looks pretty small
― ('_') (omar little), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:03 (fourteen years ago) link
even Haneke fan tabes agrees w/ me that TPT is lousy. As I've said, John Waters shoulda done it.
Lynne Ramsay will have a 9-year drought before her next feature comes out, poor gal.
― Rage, Resentment, Spleen (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:04 (fourteen years ago) link
excited. only posted my ballot last night.
― do you want to be happier? (whatever), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:04 (fourteen years ago) link
ehh, it was just such a maudlin empty exercise in telegraphed boohoo mopeyness, and the main character is so utterly unsympathetic and boring and stupid. also, a movie where nothing happens, which is fine if it is entertaining on the way, but this isn't. xpost to jaymc
― rhea perlman is "horrible" (jjjusten), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:05 (fourteen years ago) link
hate 2 namedrop but my ex's ex had a bit-part in morvern callar.
― the highest per-vote vag so far (history mayne), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:05 (fourteen years ago) link
I guess most of the non-English lang films are going to feature genital slashing
― Rage, Resentment, Spleen (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:07 (fourteen years ago) link
one can only hope
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:08 (fourteen years ago) link
if only!
― strongohulkingtonsghost, Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:08 (fourteen years ago) link
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/etienne_saint/dogville3-1.jpg
I love this movie even more from the distance of 9 months than I did at the time. A great movie. I was glad the VV film poll accorded it some respect, since it was so conspicuously absent from most mainstream media best-of lists. I even like that so many people hate it, and that it severely unnerved and repulsed my gory-video-game-playing little brother.
― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra)
I think I mostly agree with Adam on this thread, having just seen the film. There was a lot that I liked about the film -- the performances especially, and the staging/lighting. I even like the idea of the film as parable -- but crucially more for its formal elements (narration, fairy-tale-ish classical score, division of chapters) than anything else. I enjoyed watching it (to a point), but if I dwell too much on the allegorical elements, it starts to bother me. Allegories rarely sit well with me, anyway.
I thought it was interesting, in light of what happens immediately thereafter, that Paul Bettany's final monologue is basically the voice of von Trier -- or maybe von Trier mocking himself? -- "Didn't you find this illustration edifying?"
― jaymc (jaymc)
Best film of the year for me, along with 'Howl's Moving Castle'.
― Momus (Momus)
― ('_') (omar little), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:08 (fourteen years ago) link
booooooo
― the highest per-vote vag so far (history mayne), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:08 (fourteen years ago) link
Piano Teacher had great things in it but by the end I was really annoyed. Callar pretty great. Wish Ramsey could have done the Lovely Bones.
Dogville placing so low is a victory imo.
― Freddy 'The Wonder Chicken' (Gukbe), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:09 (fourteen years ago) link
two in a row like lye being shoveled into my eyes -- but I thought they'd be higher! yes, xp
― Rage, Resentment, Spleen (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:09 (fourteen years ago) link
loving the way this is turning out. hoping for an ilx cinephile stroke-out before no. 75.
― strongohulkingtonsghost, Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:10 (fourteen years ago) link
ewwww
― Rage, Resentment, Spleen (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:11 (fourteen years ago) link
are you listing # of first place votes when they have any?
― caek, Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:12 (fourteen years ago) link
i believe you're thinking of a different sort of stroke-out, doctor.
― strongohulkingtonsghost, Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:12 (fourteen years ago) link
Funny that I was quoted there, since I don't remember much about the movie and didn't vote for it.
― Hoisin Murphy (jaymc), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:12 (fourteen years ago) link
thanks omar for running the numbers! (and taking the time to cook up these natty images)
― caek, Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:13 (fourteen years ago) link
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― the highest per-vote vag so far (history mayne), Wednesday, February 3, 2010 1:01 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
yah bro
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:13 (fourteen years ago) link
shg, there's more than one kind?
― Rage, Resentment, Spleen (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:13 (fourteen years ago) link
own dogville, have never watched it. video stores going belly up do wonders for the "might as well buy this i'll probably watch it some day" collection
― rhea perlman is "horrible" (jjjusten), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:14 (fourteen years ago) link
hah just occurred to me tho that you should also put the title and stats in text for those who have images turned off and also for the inevitable eventual disappearance of the images from the internet
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:15 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah i'll be putting in the first place votes...none quite yet...
― ('_') (omar little), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:15 (fourteen years ago) link
i have had dogville for six months now and still can't face it. it sounds just awful.
― caek, Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:15 (fourteen years ago) link
probably a good idea......i will add that at the end of the reveal posts.
nicole kidman is still lookin' good as of 'dogville', iirc.
― the highest per-vote vag so far (history mayne), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:16 (fourteen years ago) link
like lye being shoveled into my eyes
2nd nominee for new thread title
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:16 (fourteen years ago) link
havent seen any of them so far - am a haneke and von trier fan tho :/
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:19 (fourteen years ago) link
I've been intrigued and burned by so many von trier movies that I've just given up
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:19 (fourteen years ago) link
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/etienne_saint/happygolucky.jpg
Happy-Go-Lucky was one of the most daring, moving films I've seen in ages, and it has an incredible lead performance by Sally Hawkins, so I gotta got for that. I'm probably exactly the kind of viewer it was targeted for, though, because the whole movie is a big anti-cynicist manifesto, and I'm a big anti-cynic.
- Tuomas
t-dawg idk how u feel about this but when i was watching this it was pretty much exact like how i picture your lyfe just less fighting for the rights of ppl on internet msg boards. also that driving instructor is how i picture ilx poster whiney g weingarten right down to assaulting attractive dark haired yung women
um that sd dope movie ~~ chilling on the balcony wearnin t shirts and underwear just u no glowing and shit ~~ thats real lyfe
― nutrional socialist (Lamp)
watched happy go lucky last night - really enjoyed it and <3 mike leigh generally - ws all this wite girls def
i personally related to how poppys frustration w/the world manifested as passive aggressive discursive joking - its trying to make people relax and be natural w/o recognizing that this desire has control freak roots of its own
so yeah she was an optimist who believes in the goodness of people - and she was pretty good at connecting when shit got real - but she was also quite willfully personally unexamined - there was a whole lot of ignorance and projection going on
― ice cr?m
#97Happy-Go-LuckyMike Leigh2008United Kingdom210.5 pts, 11 votes
― ('_') (omar little), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:19 (fourteen years ago) link
actually did watch the beginning of dogville once
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:20 (fourteen years ago) link
falled asleep
I also own but have never watched dogville, bought DVD for $2 at ocean state job lot lol
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:20 (fourteen years ago) link
worst film of the 00s is miranda julys me you and everyone we know.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 14:36 (twelve years ago) link
too bad Midnight in Paris couldn't qualify for worst.
― lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 14:37 (twelve years ago) link
i like MIP
its bad woody allen, but even bad woody allen is still woody allen so...
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 14:39 (twelve years ago) link
Bad Woody is unwatchable!
― lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 14:39 (twelve years ago) link
you ppl need to see some actual BAD fucking movies
― Dr Morbois de Bologne (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 14:41 (twelve years ago) link
even uninspired, autopilot woody allen isnt actually that bad. plus owen wilson is actually the perfect actor for his films. they should def work together more.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 14:44 (twelve years ago) link
― Dr Morbois de Bologne (Dr Morbius),
I watch almost as many as you do, old man.
― lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 14:45 (twelve years ago) link
i wonder what al thinks of midnight in paris
― max, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 14:51 (twelve years ago) link
This, to my knowledge, is the worst film of the 2000s:
http://slantmagazine.com/film/review/tony-n-tinas-wedding/3256
― Dr Morbois de Bologne (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 14:54 (twelve years ago) link
lol They made that into a movie? With Joey McIntyre? HA!
― Juggy Brottleteen (ENBB), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 14:56 (twelve years ago) link
ahahaha
Upon its release, Slant Magazine gave the film ("no stars"), calling it a "relentlessly unfunny detonation" of the play, and a "tin-eared disaster" featuring "profanity delivered at a Mamet-like rate."[9]
― The sham nation of Israel should be destroyed. (Princess TamTam), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 15:07 (twelve years ago) link
Despite the eventual appearance of fire, the fatal car accident from Robert Altman's A Wedding is regrettably not expanded into a 20-car pileup here.
Much less amusing than any wedding, bris, or autopsy you've ever attended
couldnt have been that bad, if you had this much fun panning it
― The sham nation of Israel should be destroyed. (Princess TamTam), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 15:10 (twelve years ago) link
Yes, I had all the fun after.
― Dr Morbois de Bologne (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 15:16 (twelve years ago) link
loool Morbs OTM
― lone tripster syndrome (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 15:46 (twelve years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Sex_Lives_of_the_Potato_Men_DVD_cover.jpg/220px-Sex_Lives_of_the_Potato_Men_DVD_cover.jpg
Think this is the worst movie I saw in the 00s.
― encarta it (Gukbe), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 16:04 (twelve years ago) link
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^ kind of afraid to click on this
― the boy with the gorn at his side (Edward III), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 16:07 (twelve years ago) link
after the shattering, unprecedented success of two previous polls i ran (this one and Movies That Were Probably Made By a Spasm of Six Year-Olds on Acid: The Top 75 Action Films Poll Results Thread) i was thinking (maybe) of running a 2011-2015 poll, maybe in a couple of months when folks have had a chance to catch up on tail-end 2015 films. and also for the dust to settle and the survivors to recover from the ILM 2015 tracks and albums poll.
also, i would demand the return of s1ocki, cankles, & eric h to at least submit a ballot.
only if there's enough interest from potential voters.
― nomar, Monday, 11 January 2016 06:49 (eight years ago) link
I'll vote in that.
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Monday, 11 January 2016 15:07 (eight years ago) link
i think you mean 2010-2015
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Monday, 11 January 2016 15:25 (eight years ago) link
I vote to wait four years
But then how could we compare the ever-changing tastes of both ILX and Popular Opinion in 5 years' time?
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Monday, 11 January 2016 15:52 (eight years ago) link
I think you mean 2010-2019.
― Reckless Recluse (Old Lunch), Monday, 11 January 2016 15:55 (eight years ago) link
I'll vote
― WilliamC, Monday, 11 January 2016 15:57 (eight years ago) link
2100-2910
― johnny crunch, Monday, 11 January 2016 15:58 (eight years ago) link
Morbs pleading with us all to do this here last week:
best films of 2010-2019
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 11 January 2016 16:02 (eight years ago) link
Certainly vote.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 11 January 2016 16:05 (eight years ago) link
Uh, that is a tough list to make! I'll begin the mandatory hype of Tsai Ming-liang right away, though.
― Frederik B, Monday, 11 January 2016 16:14 (eight years ago) link
bump
Hey, if anyone else is on Letterboxd, I compiled this best-of list into a top 100 on the Letterboxd site... I've seen 47 of these and I still need to see many others. By the way, feel free to add/follow/friend me on Letterboxd if that's your thing.
https://boxd.it/2bIZ4
― ilxor, Saturday, 17 November 2018 06:48 (five years ago) link
only one more year to go til the 2010s poll, start compiling those lists now. Morbs, I'm looking at you. Alfred, I know you're on it. Eric, looking forward to yours. s1ocki, come back.
― omar little, Saturday, 17 November 2018 21:41 (five years ago) link
Still shocked In the Mood for Love missed the top 10.
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Sunday, 18 November 2018 00:19 (five years ago) link
up to 87/100
i have come to hate lists
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 18 November 2018 01:04 (five years ago) link
― ilxor, Saturday, November 17, 2018 6:48 AM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I "liked" that list and all the other countdowns, cheers! I refrained from voting (or posting) in any of these as I felt I hadn't seen enough movies, so letterboxd is a good way to track what I need to catch up on. My % viewed increases steadily by decade, from just 8% of the 40s list to 77/100 in this one.
― Volvo Twilight (p-dog), Monday, 19 November 2018 21:05 (five years ago) link
the only disappointing thing about this poll so far was omar's decision to not use a helicopter shot of nighttime miami for the 'miami vice' blurb -- i think the screen cap he used is actually from 'austin powers' >:(
― vincent gallogina (J0rdan S.), Monday, February 8, 2010 11:05 AM (eight years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i liked my action films poll screencap for this film better tbqf.
― omar little, Monday, 19 November 2018 22:57 (five years ago) link
Mulholland Drive, Caché, Synecdoche, Tropical Malady and Inland Empire are 5 of my favorites from this list, but right now I think I love In the Mood for Love more than all of them
― Dan S, Monday, 19 November 2018 23:46 (five years ago) link
Were the brackets for this 2000-2009? I also thought Russian Ark, The White Ribbon, The Death of Mr. Lazarescu, 35 Shots of Rum, Platform, 4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days, Werckmeister Harmonies, Colossal Youth, La Ciénaga and Silent Light from that time period were all incredible. Haven’t seen Yi Yi or Eternal Sunshine in a long while. Never saw Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks
― Dan S, Tuesday, 20 November 2018 01:01 (five years ago) link
I see that hardly any of those figured in the ilx list
― Dan S, Tuesday, 20 November 2018 01:31 (five years ago) link
love all 3 of the Lucrecia Martel films from the 2000s - La Ciénaga, The Holy Girl, and The Headless Woman
― Dan S, Tuesday, 20 November 2018 01:40 (five years ago) link
not the ideal way to watch it but tie xi qu: west of the tracks is on youtube
― devvvine, Tuesday, 20 November 2018 09:25 (five years ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/24/movies/shyamalan-tom-cruise.html
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 24 August 2020 19:09 (four years ago) link