The (Now-Overrated) ILX Top 100 Films of the 2000s Poll Results

I wished that Mexico had been more of the movie, not the crap threesome garbage.

i thought the whole movie was basically a parable about mexico, wasn't it? w/her representing the fading european influence, the boys as young-mexico still enamored of the romantic old-world mythos but also aware of their separate american identity with all its complexities (economic, political, etc). or something like that, i haven't seen it in a while. don't understand the hate for it, i think it's well made.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/etienne_saint/in-bruges-9.jpg

Apart from the blunt convergences and tie-togethers at the end (the kind of stuff that flies better in a theatrical setting, right?), I liked this. I don't get "generically post-Tarantino" at all, unless we're focusing entirely on style/genre, and not the fact that this has an entirely different kind of content (haha short version = it has content at all, which neither Tarantino nor "generic post-Tarantino" does not, and actual characters, compared to Tarantino/post-Tarantino's collections of quirks with only plot functions)

Certain middle sections, once it's passed on from Farrell being funny to Gleeson being something else -- Gleeson on the phone lying to Fiennes! -- are terrific.

― nabisco

This film was wonderful. I see the Tarantino comparisons, though I also agree that it is more substance than style (unlike Tarantino). But I think it captured the intense joy of seeing his early stuff first time around (plus the seeming digressions actually came to something). Very good.

Mind you, I'm an unashamed fan of Way of the Gun, though I think this is a much better film than that one.

― Gukbe

kinda surprised at how relatively grisly this flick was

― omar little

I thought this movie was quite enjoyable, and I fucking hate colin farrell. I will second omar re: unexpected grisliness though.

― El Tomboto

Come Anticipate Martin McDonagh's 'In Bruges'

In Bruges
Martin McDonagh
2008
United Kingdom
(251 points, 14 votes)

wondering at what point the number of voters is going to start going higher than 20% for a film

Morbs is vocal in his loathing for YTMT, which I don't get.

One of the few recent movies with effective voice-over: it complements the images, adding extra codas and filigrees instead of smothering exposition all over them.

dammit, way too low, but super image omar!

me mate's tried to kill me, i've lost me gun, and i'm still in fckng bruges...

if I could give negative points they would go to In Bruges

fyi the exact number of ballots received was 96 (just for those who like to calculate things)

Well so far the list hasn't made me feel like I missed anything, which is something, I guess.

well cool cuz this is reminded me that your a know-nothing yuppie dbag

ytmt is rad and sexy as hell fuiud

if I could give negative points they would go to In Bruges

if you could explain that then i wouldn't have to ask why, but then that's probably why you didn't explain

because I thought it was boring and stupid

"well cool cuz this is reminded me that your a know-nothing yuppie dbag"

Should I know who Lamp is? Other than a rude moron obv.

a good deal less boring and stupid than your explanation

xp obv

Man people getting mighty worked up mighty quick.

This thread's finally getting fun!

well cool cuz this is reminded me that your a know-nothing yuppie dbag

play nice, children

omar has zero interest in movies he just wanted to provide a forum for posters to rage at people they don't know

ha for a number of particular/boring reasons of my college life i have read much of the work of, and am very familiar with the arguments surrounding martin mcdonagh in anglo-irish theater. so i kind of put off seeing 'in bruges' cos i felt like i 'got it' already.

the sex scenes in Y Tu Mama Tambien were very good mostly for the fact that they were almost entirely in long shot and/or unbroken takes.

― ryan

^this is v otm

Man people getting mighty worked up mighty quick = in bruges

Really didn't like In Bruges either. I'd probably rather watch Y Tu Mama Tambien again frankly.

Lots of girls squealed in horror when -- SPOILER -- Diego Luna and Gael Garcia Bernal finally tongued.

nothing ive voted 4 has shown up today iirc

Lots of girls squealed in horror when -- SPOILER -- Colin Farrell and Ralph Fiennes finally tongued.

Lots of girls squealed in horror when -- SPOILER -- Diego Luna and Gael Garcia Bernal finally tongued.

― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, February 4, 2010 4:54 PM (18 seconds ago) Bookmark

lol move out of florida holmes, round my way there was barely a dry seat in the theater

Lots of JG Ballard fans squealed in horror when -- SPOILER -- James Spader and Elias Koteas finally tongued.

lol move out of florida holmes, round my way there was barely a dry seat in the theater

The second time I saw it the audience wet their chairs, yeah.

didn't know love liza was filmed in ur hometown ilx user gukbe O_O

I liked YTMT a lot, and it's not the kind of movie I'm generally interested in. It has a sense of openness and an optimism that's refreshing, and the characters' sweetness and petulance seem very real to me. The oblique narration and the sadness and awkwardness at the end are also perfect touches I think

How many ostensibly straight men stay friends after they've fucked each other?

Bros for life, dawg.

lol

I don't really understand ppl who can't make themselves watch the LOTR movies. I know they're lolfantasy and that I'm predisposed to that sort of thing but I really did think the did an excellent job of distilling 98% of what made the books so great and expressing that same sense of scope and wonder via film.

Dan I'd actually like you to talk more about this because I found 100% the opposite - the remembered pleasure of LOTR was it's "scope and wonder" absolutely - it had a map! It had long bits that were kind of boring, in which you could think about interesting things, like what sort of kings the ringwraiths had been! The movies seemed to want you to feel excited basically the whole time, which for me is a feeling that never co-exists with wonder?

In Bruges was surprisingly watchable.

i think only thing i've voted for showing up today was TEAM AMERICA.. which was not typical of anything else for which i voted, but guys, everything in that film is hilarious. the whole thing is just a pisstake on big hollywood action movies and all the jokes are about why these movies are actually stupid, racist, xenophobic, violence obsessed, poorly acted propaganda.

I made the mistake of watching LOTR1 and then trying to read the book. I loved the film when I saw it, but by the umpteenth page of Tom Bombadil I was ready to pack it in.

daria-g otm about team america - if you think it's racist, you've not got the joke.

I don't care if it's racist. I just thought it was tedious as hell.

xpost I mean, do people really think "America/Fuck Yeah/Gonna save the motherfuckin' day now" is supposed to be a genuine USA cheerleading anthem?

Racist caricatures of Asian dictators are so common in American blockbusters! Clearly that was the send up.

xp - it kind of is. Douchebags like Stone/Parker (ie libertarians) generally work under the MO that if they occasionally make fun of/criticize the GOP, they can spend the rest of the time harping on liberal stereotypes, engaging in soft racism, etc.. They can then claim they're "taking on both sides, maaaaaan," when, in reality, they're whoring for right-wing causes as much as anyone.

racist caricatures of villains are very common in american blockbusters! at least they used to be, when i used to watch them, but that was like over a decade and a half ago

in bruges is dope fuiud

xpost I mean, do people really think "America/Fuck Yeah/Gonna save the motherfuckin' day now" is supposed to be a genuine USA cheerleading anthem?

nice misdirection there, you'll note that nobody actually complained about that particular component of the movie. what I did complain about was the egregious racism, which runs through all of Stone/Parker's stuff and draws attention to itself precisely because its so out of place and unnecessary.

milo z OTM

also the whole "some people are dicks, which is why you need assholes on your side to fight them" speech at the end is total neo-con apologist crap

oh but let me guess that was just a joke/"ironic" etc

Douchebags like Stone/Parker (ie libertarians) generally work under the MO that if they occasionally make fun of/criticize the GOP, they can spend the rest of the time harping on liberal stereotypes, engaging in soft racism, etc.. They can then claim they're "taking on both sides, maaaaaan," when, in reality, they're whoring for right-wing causes as much as anyone.

^^^so very OTM

beyond being libertarians, i think stone/parker have a real horror of being in any way perceived as dirty hippies. it's as much a generational thing as a political one. they seem more horrified by tree huggers than torturers because they actually are more horrified by them. tree huggers are uncool via their particular prism, which is lot worse than being evil.

everything team america does is ridiculous and stupid, from beginning to end. i suppose there is also the mocking of hollywood liberals who imho mostly deserve it, that is nice if you try to save the world on your own time, while you make your money acting in stupid propaganda blockbuster films that make violence look like it's way cool

Michael Moore is known for his starring roles in Michael Bay films.