then in the second review he goes on to say that ppl who were "fooled" by Grand Budapest will be "astounded" by Alain Resnais' swan song. Wouldn't they be too dumb for that?
― this horrible, rotten slog to rigor mortis (Dr Morbius), Friday, 24 October 2014 18:05 (nine years ago) link
Snowden says “in the history of man” a lot — to measure his alarm and his audacity; the phrase is his password to Benedict Arnold, the Rosenbergs, and Daniel Ellsberg‘s martyrdom.
wtf?
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Friday, 24 October 2014 18:06 (nine years ago) link
that nimble trickster Wes Anderson~~!
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Friday, 24 October 2014 18:06 (nine years ago) link
had no idea AW was pro-Benedict Arnold
― this horrible, rotten slog to rigor mortis (Dr Morbius), Friday, 24 October 2014 18:08 (nine years ago) link
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/391061/paranoid-and-visionary-armond-white
Beautiful url.
― Eric H., Friday, 24 October 2014 18:37 (nine years ago) link
the inferences one can make from urls
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 24 October 2014 19:05 (nine years ago) link
In praise of Godard, the Mekons' "derelict charm," and dissing Gyllenhaal's "bug-eyed nosferatu." The best column of his I've read in awhile.
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/391512/goodbye-language-godard-goes-3d-armond-white
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 5 November 2014 18:52 (nine years ago) link
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/banned-critic-new-york-film-761089
In this age of conformity, unanimity hides bias and truth-tellers get ostracized. Film criticism has lost its independence. Group-think not only removes honor from consensus opinion, it also promotes hostility to the practice of journalistic criticism. This was proved by the Circle's attempt to demonize my singular, intimidating position as a critic.
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 6 January 2015 04:00 (nine years ago) link
my upcoming book, Critic Without a Culture
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 6 January 2015 04:01 (nine years ago) link
the other day my subway sandwich artist asked me "who was that guy who made those documentaries? about columbine and stuff?" and i just looked at him blankly before realizing back in the car 20 minutes later oh yeah, michael moore. i'd almost suggested gus van sant.
― difficult listening hour, Tuesday, 6 January 2015 04:07 (nine years ago) link
If Sandwich Artists don't know who Michael Moore is, than Armond Has Won.
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 6 January 2015 04:11 (nine years ago) link
Is the better-than list for '14 up yet? I only ask because I have no real clue where I might find it anymore (National Review? Out? Somewhere else?).
― MaudAddam (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 6 January 2015 04:59 (nine years ago) link
'Better Thans' go live in mid-January, no?
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 6 January 2015 05:23 (nine years ago) link
well he's gotta wait to see how the critical consensus about a movie shapes up before he can decide if he likes it or not. That usually takes until well after the new year.
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Tuesday, 6 January 2015 05:35 (nine years ago) link
Crossing fingers for "Penguins of Madagascar > Birdman"
― da croupier, Tuesday, 6 January 2015 07:23 (nine years ago) link
Did Paul W.S. Anderson release a movie this year? 'Cause that's always an easy one.
― MaudAddam (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 6 January 2015 12:08 (nine years ago) link
Pompeii (referred to in marketing as Pompeii in 3D) is a 2014 German-Canadian historical disaster film produced and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson.
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Tuesday, 6 January 2015 12:13 (nine years ago) link
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― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 6 January 2015 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I'm feeling it.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 6 January 2015 12:52 (nine years ago) link
Well he has a point about conformity and consensus and that's the reason I've argued he's important and that I hope he inspires other critics to follow him. And then write better than him. But it's increasingly hard to believe someone will stand out and get the same platform as film critics get fewer and consensus aggregates rule the day.
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 6 January 2015 13:38 (nine years ago) link
PWSA has plenty of supporters tho
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Tuesday, 6 January 2015 22:29 (nine years ago) link
Trying to anticipate AW's take on Selma. I somehow think it will turn on the scene with the Kings and the FBI sex tape.
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 6 January 2015 22:35 (nine years ago) link
so weird that he chose the year in which they give the top prize to "goodbye to language" to pen a screed about how the NYFCC is a shill for the studios. and by "weird" i guess i mean "typical." this megalomaniacal asshole cannot go away faster.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 7 January 2015 00:28 (nine years ago) link
i mean, they gave the prize to a film that barely even got distributed! what more does armond white want?
uh, that was the Natl Society. The NY crix gave it to your fave Boyhood.
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 7 January 2015 01:57 (nine years ago) link
oh... wow. i don't think i've ever known the difference! well, score one for armond. actually, no.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 7 January 2015 02:28 (nine years ago) link
i mean, they gave the prize to a film that barely even got distributed! what more does armond white want? --I dunno. (amateurist)
he'll come up with a troll take for pretty much any outcome/scenario/critical opinion/etc. it literally does not matter what it is, he just needs to oppose it. apparently he's also piss drink more often than not and his copy is impossible to edit, according to a critic friend
― i'm tellin you it was kenard (slothroprhymes), Wednesday, 7 January 2015 02:41 (nine years ago) link
*piss drunk
― i'm tellin you it was kenard (slothroprhymes), Wednesday, 7 January 2015 02:42 (nine years ago) link
I've heard he's also into drinking piss, actually.
― Eric H., Wednesday, 7 January 2015 04:17 (nine years ago) link
Chased with vinegar, et al.
I'd believe it tbh
― i'm tellin you it was kenard (slothroprhymes), Wednesday, 7 January 2015 05:01 (nine years ago) link
He usta be good. Once or twice a year he still is.
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 7 January 2015 05:25 (nine years ago) link
I don't get the hubbub. I remember his year end lists being tasteful. It's not like a new Transformers movie came out.
And when he was editing himself for the city paper or whatever it was, his copy was raw, but it wasn't uneditable.
― bamcquern, Wednesday, 7 January 2015 05:32 (nine years ago) link
It's here: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/396040/tenth-annual-better-list-armond-white
I think I had the same reaction to last year's list - none of it really "shocked" me, in so much as these things (or Armond) could.
― Tay-Tay Brooklynpants (Murgatroid), Saturday, 10 January 2015 01:28 (nine years ago) link
Its probably a credit to him that after all these years we might expect him to "shock us" on any level.
Never sure why he bothers with the picks that are so obvious as to be redundant. Don't know why it needs to be said that Journey to the West is better than Maleficent.
― tsrobodo, Saturday, 10 January 2015 01:33 (nine years ago) link
whether or not i'm shocked, i felt his phrasing deserved a poll
Best Succinct Film Pan From Armond White's 10th Annual Better-Than List
― da croupier, Saturday, 10 January 2015 01:36 (nine years ago) link
Korengal > Citizenfour
Sebastian Junger honors the risks of Afghanistan soldiers while Laura Poitras celebrates Edward Snowden’s anti-American paranoia.
300: Rise of an Empire > Interstellar
Noam Murro and Zach Snyder raised 3D pulp to a level of sensual, visceral astonishment but Christopher Nolan couldn’t get past nerdy, boring imitation-Kubrick space oddity.
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Saturday, 10 January 2015 01:42 (nine years ago) link
Wrong Journey to the West...
― Frederik B, Saturday, 10 January 2015 01:47 (nine years ago) link
Throughout 2014, movie culture, as we used to know it, collapsed. Old Masters Godard, Bertolucci, Resnais and Troell kept the faith yet went ignored.
Best not to open your annual screed by citing a film that has been lauded with awards as "ignored."
― MaudAddam (cryptosicko), Saturday, 10 January 2015 02:05 (nine years ago) link
He's right about Lego Movie and Snowpiercer.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Saturday, 10 January 2015 05:51 (nine years ago) link
SNOWPIERCER knowingly cartoonish and funny though.
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Saturday, 10 January 2015 07:03 (nine years ago) link
He seems to want to fuck Chris Pratt
http://www.out.com/armond-white/2015/6/10/jurassic-dreams-chris-pratt-haunts-fanboy-wet-dreams-spielbergs-dino
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 10 June 2015 18:15 (nine years ago) link
Heaven forbid.
― Norse Jung (Eric H.), Wednesday, 10 June 2015 18:16 (nine years ago) link
i'm just sad this wasn't in the national review
― da croupier, Wednesday, 10 June 2015 18:21 (nine years ago) link
He has a new piece in OZY. lol
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 10 June 2015 18:21 (nine years ago) link
This -- "he’s like a gainfully employed Matthew Rush" -- is pretty o_0 tho.
― Norse Jung (Eric H.), Wednesday, 10 June 2015 18:24 (nine years ago) link
The Jurassic World script doesn’t allow Pratt the personal charm — the wink — that Harrison Ford brought off as Indy, hero of many adolescent boys’ dreams. Pratt’s eyes are gentle, yet his stout-thewed crouch and voluptuous trapazoids overwhelm this formulaic movie — and Bryce Dallas Howard’s shrill, vapid Park supervisor. She’s unappealing as Owen’s love interest. Maybe a lesbian critic could try justifying her cold acting but who can say what hetero guys who see Jurassic World put into their spank banks? I bet it’s Owen.
this paragraph sure takes a turn
― da croupier, Wednesday, 10 June 2015 18:25 (nine years ago) link
i don't read a lot of out magazine but it's not really the place i'd expect an "i dunno, maybe a lesbian will dig it" aside
― da croupier, Wednesday, 10 June 2015 18:28 (nine years ago) link
LOL, 'cause that's totally what lesbians are into, Armond. Demeaning, frigid female characters who learn the value of having children with hot dudes over the course of the movie.
― Norse Jung (Eric H.), Wednesday, 10 June 2015 18:35 (nine years ago) link
C Pratt was much cuter when a bit fluffier.
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 10 June 2015 18:43 (nine years ago) link
Not my type in either form.
― Norse Jung (Eric H.), Wednesday, 10 June 2015 18:43 (nine years ago) link