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
The list format looks great, omar.
― maciej recognizing trill, Wednesday, February 3, 2010 1:00 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
kudos to omar for beautifully designed results thread btw.
― 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
i wonder if on his deathbed von trier will reveal that his entire output was designed to treat the viewer like one of the abused women in his shitty films. always going back for more, he says.
― Freddy 'The Wonder Chicken' (Gukbe), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:21 (fourteen years ago) link
loool @ lamp
― ratface killah (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:22 (fourteen years ago) link
happy go lucky just snuck onto my ballot - pretty good one imo
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:23 (fourteen years ago) link
Thought his three '00s features were OK to good, but Leigh's lost a step. Driving instructor was best HGL character, but then he had to go and ruin him w/ bathos at the end.
― Rage, Resentment, Spleen (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:23 (fourteen years ago) link
the words "yeah you like that doncha" should flash on the screen at the end of every von trier movie
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:24 (fourteen years ago) link
Yay for "Happy Go Lucky" - I would've voted for that had I got around to voting.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:24 (fourteen years ago) link
Maybe I should watch Happy Go Lucky tonight, it's in the have-but-not-seen category for me.
― BTW, I'm frightfully middle-class (chap), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:24 (fourteen years ago) link
flamenco instructor was even better IMO xxp
― danzig, Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:24 (fourteen years ago) link
EN>RAH>HAEN>RAH>HAEN>RAH>HA
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:25 (fourteen years ago) link
just a suggestion omar but maybe post 10 films a day? give ppl some time to marinate and discuss
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:26 (fourteen years ago) link
dogville's good, but too long. and nk looks fine.
― do you want to be happier? (whatever), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:26 (fourteen years ago) link
Gah, Dogville far too fucking low!
― queen frostine (Eric H.), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:27 (fourteen years ago) link
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Wednesday, February 3, 2010 1:24 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
lol
― brews before HOOS (s1ocki), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:27 (fourteen years ago) link
Also, the bar is very high for vote/point totals required to get on the list! Good job!
20 a day!
Eddie Marsan was great in HGL. It also made me appreciate him more in Miami Vice. 'it could come back on me baby!'
― Freddy 'The Wonder Chicken' (Gukbe), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:27 (fourteen years ago) link
can you torrent a pirated version of the lot for those of us who can't wait for the release date?
― do you want to be happier? (whatever), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:28 (fourteen years ago) link
These 4 are all rather sadistic experiences, but two of them are good.
― Rage, Resentment, Spleen (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:28 (fourteen years ago) link
Eddie Marsan is a good John Houseman in Me and Orson Welles
― Rage, Resentment, Spleen (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:29 (fourteen years ago) link
o god I can't wait till the kill bills show up
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:29 (fourteen years ago) link
― Freddy 'The Wonder Chicken' (Gukbe), Wednesday, February 3, 2010 1:27 PM (57 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
omg same guy mind blown *_*
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:29 (fourteen years ago) link
10 a day would give the GMT and later people a better chance to take part in the discussion
― caek, Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:29 (fourteen years ago) link
would be more epic that way too
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:31 (fourteen years ago) link
every time I think of first QT appearance I picture morbz as boiling tea kettle with cork in spout
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:31 (fourteen years ago) link
A watched Morbs never boils.
― queen frostine (Eric H.), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:32 (fourteen years ago) link
Actually, that's the least true thing I've ever written.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/etienne_saint/hifidelity.jpg
A lot of people I know saw the film after reading the book, and complained that they'd niced up Rob too much. But seeing it a second time, he is a complete bastard at times in the film, it's just that he's played by John Cusack, and everyone loves John Cusack.
― Andrew Farrell
High FidelityStephen Frears2000United States(214 points, 10 votes)
― ('_') (omar little), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:32 (fourteen years ago) link
if the ilx api wasnt so buggy omar could schedule the results from his dedicated apple brand ipad revolutionary tablet consumer device app
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:33 (fourteen years ago) link
uh Edw, I know it's ILX.
― Rage, Resentment, Spleen (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:33 (fourteen years ago) link
honestly most comments on this film were complaints about how it wasn't like a real record store and the girls were unrealistic w/r/t hooking up with a record store owner.
― ('_') (omar little), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:33 (fourteen years ago) link
That's the first kinda lame movie on this list, imo.
― queen frostine (Eric H.), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Maybe it's because I can only remember Tim Robbins' hair in it, tho.
― queen frostine (Eric H.), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 18:34 (fourteen years ago) link
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, 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 (three years ago) link