another maniacal Armond White review, this time "Fahrenheit 9/11"

Is there a gif of Armond White with him shrugging exaggeratedly captioned "THAT'S JUST ARMOND!" in 80s sitcom font?
Because if not, I would like to commission one...

perhaps Glenn hasn't fully resolved!

He's definitely slipped a few times, but I'm waiting for an all-out relapse that sees the 'Armond White-ism of the Week' come back.

The NY Press usta be well worth reading 10-20 years ago, when Armond shared film duty w/ Godfrey Cheshire, and there was a regular column by Dennis Perrin.

*slowly backs away*

haha

gramscian whos been mugged

― Lamp, Thursday, March 18, 2010 3:19 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

lol

fuck, i did not know this was the magazine's effing COVER STORY!!1!!ONE!

what kind of a readership is it?

truly batshit editorial move

― lipster grifter (history mayne), Thursday, March 18, 2010 6:27 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark

well i've never read single thing in the ny press not written by armond so it's like i think he's pretty much all the bullets in the gun

so, he likes the new Bellocchio a lot.

"Telephone" was more exciting that any feature-length American film released so far this year

yes he's talking about the lady gag video

he needs an "everyone knows it's butters!"-type theme

The title Kick-Ass enshrines a bully’s ethic. Though it is unpopular to say, this proves Tarantino’s contribution to Abu Ghraib mentality. Perhaps

But the lyrics in "Telephone" are a different matter: "I don’t want to talk anymore/ I left my head and my heart on the dance floor" celebrates a heedless refusal to communicate; to mindlessly, heartlessly indulge pop culture

i guess dancing is pop culture now \(o_O)/

J0rdan, name a single decent American-made feature film this year.

Tarantino’s contribution to Abu Ghraib mentality

kind of undeniable as a general principle.

thread's not the same since omar/gear left ilx

we ah dooley appointed fehduhral mahshuls

yeah, dancing is pop cuture, where the fuck u been?

he did?!

xxxpost

is omar/gear the same person? most of you make no impression on me.

J0rdan, name a single decent American-made feature film this year.

"shutter island"

& anyway, the "telephone" video sucks too!

"the runaways"

doubt it's better than Gaga video

Armond does a music-video program at Lincoln Center every summer, maybe you should fly in and troll him.

gear got hitched and has better things to do now than dissect insane armond screeds and scumbag yelper reviews

morbs, i think armond is generally a good critic & i would like to see his music video thing -- his statement about the "telephone" video is just the definition of a challenging opinion

I can't imagine that a wife is more fulfilling than interpolating quotes from JFK but whatev.

"morbs, i think armond is generally a good critic"

no, no he is not

i don't agree with his opinions that often but he provokes thought, which is rare in criticism in the internet age, be it film or music

he articulates ideas, no matter how wacky they sometimes are

"name a single decent American-made feature film this year"

if we're talking docs, i could name at least ten

if we're talking fiction, i haven't seen but have heard great things about COLD WEATHER, BLUE VALENTINE, WINTER'S BONE, TINY FURNITURE and PUTTY HILL.

he didnt say 'decent' he said 'exciting' dummies

how exciting did y'all find Vincere btw? oh, went to Hot Tub Time Machine instead eh

vincere only played for like two weeks or s.thing?

"he provokes thought"

i suppose, in the same fly that a mosquito buzzing around the room might "provoke thought."

same WAY

Iron Man 2 was really exciting. And it seemed like the kind of flick White would like, too.

" kind of flick White would like, too."

you mean that it got bad reviews from every other respectable critic?

Telephone is like the 8th best Akerlund music video, but I guess Armond decided he wouldn't seem ballsy enough if he championed them instead.

xpost, I didn't mean EXACTLY that, but it was close enough to my sentiment

It's pretty funny how annoyed some people are with him for ruining Toy Story 3's 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. "How dare he have a different opinion?" Of course it would be better if his argument against the movie wasn't blatantly contrarian bullshit.

Just to give you a taste: "Transformers 2 already explored the same plot to greater thrill and opulence."

http://www.nypress.com/article-21357-bored-game.html

It's a troll, but that's his schtick. People should be used to it by now.

My only real question is why does anyone care about a 100 percent rating on RT?

I don't think the angry Toy Story 3 fans are aficionadoes of Armond's work, which is why it's so funny. They're like, "Why, it's almost as if he's hating this movie just to be different!" Well yes.

That fanboy whining in full:

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Meet-The-Only-Two-People-Who-Hate-Toy-Story-3-19118.html

"It’s impossible for an opinion to be wrong. Most of the time. Sometimes though, something is so self-evident that it moves beyond opinion. When everyone in the world gets together and agrees that yes, this is really good, that one lone voice standing in the corner and shouting the opposite isn’t just a different opinion, it’s a wrong opinion."

Pixar has now made three movies explicitly about toys, yet the best movie depiction of how toys express human experience remains Whit Stillman’s 1990 Metropolitan.

^^^lol comedy gold in the very first sentence. don't ever change armond

Pixar has now made three movies explicitly about toys, yet the best movie depiction of how toys express human experience remains Whit Stillman’s 1990 Metropolitan. As class-conscious Tom Townsend (Edward Clements) tries fitting in with East Side debutantes, he discovers his toy cowboy pistol in his estranged father’s trash. Without specifying the model, Stillman evokes past childhood, lost innocence and Townsend’s longing for even imagined potency. But Toy Story 3 is so besotted with brand names and product-placement that it stops being about the innocent pleasures of imagination—the usefulness of toys—and strictly celebrates consumerism.

Not seen it, but the previews did reek of a lesser Whit Stillman.

gah. shakey got there already.

Hah, I already beat both y'all! Toy Story 3 anticipation thread

Yah, there are plenty of weak spots through which one could poke your finger into Toy Story 3 and deflate the whole thing, but it not living up to the legacy of Walt Stillman isn't among them.