yeah i'd keep Fox and Tenenbaums and burn the rest
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 26 June 2019 18:03 (four years ago) link
Grand Budapest Hotel is the post-Tenenbaums film of his I love the best
― Dan S, Wednesday, 26 June 2019 18:06 (four years ago) link
Gonna show The Grand Budapest Hotel in class tomorrow. I'm not a fan, but I'd rank it with Rushmore and Fantastic Mr. Fox
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 18:06 (four years ago) link
Rushmore is the best i think, Fox is a solid #2. But i think all his flicks are worthwhile. GBH is not what i was expected when i saw it, and all the better for it. Aquatic/Darjeeling are iirc considered his least worthy but i liked them both. Moonrise a step above those, Tenenbaums is one i never totally warmed to but it's good.
― omar little, Wednesday, 26 June 2019 18:06 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/y3KCOpY.jpg
22. Support The Girls w/d: Andrew BujalskiUS 2018 digital162 points, 7 votes
― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 18:13 (four years ago) link
Support the Girls kinda ran out of steam for me in the last half hour, but up until the point where Regina Hall leaves the film for a decent chunk of the third act, I was loving it (I wondered if the film either needed a stronger resolution, or if it should have just dispensed with the whole idea of resolution). Give Hall more lead roles!― cryptosicko, Tuesday, June 11, 2019 My wife's reaction iirc was that it should be required viewing for anybody in a management position.― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, June 11, 2019
― cryptosicko, Tuesday, June 11, 2019
My wife's reaction iirc was that it should be required viewing for anybody in a management position.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, June 11, 2019
liked it fine, tho mostly for Regina Hall
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 18:16 (four years ago) link
Regina Hall should've won more awards.
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 18:16 (four years ago) link
James Le Gros amusing too.
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 18:17 (four years ago) link
And typically gros(s).
― Herman Woke (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 18:18 (four years ago) link
The resolution to the scene where he follows the guy home to confront him literally made me LOL.
― Herman Woke (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 18:19 (four years ago) link
the haiku gag at the start of iod killed me, rest was mostly a disappointment.
support the girls opens here on friday
― devvvine, Wednesday, 26 June 2019 18:20 (four years ago) link
A Bear Film Wes Anderson Rip- Chris L, Thursday, 26 July 2018
I gotta retract this, actually. All the production photos made it look annoyingly beholden to Anderson but my wife got me to watch it and I enjoyed it. It might not exist without that aesthetic but it was charming enough I was able to put it out of my mind.
― Chris L, Wednesday, 26 June 2019 18:23 (four years ago) link
Still have no idea what people saw in that nothing of a movie. Regina King is a good actress but she had nothing to work with, utterly unremarkable... I didn't dislike it but don't understand the praise at all.
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 26 June 2019 18:24 (four years ago) link
I gotta retract this, actually
ha ha, glad / sorry I pulled it
― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 18:25 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/v2FWOqj.jpg
21. Madeline's Madeline w/d: Josephine DeckerUS 2018 digital168 points, 7 votes, 1 #1
― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 18:34 (four years ago) link
Madeline's Madeline? Holy shit! Stunningly great, great images, great ideas, great rhythm to it all. Loved the use of Caroline Shaw.There's just nobody else around delving into these aspects of performativity and empathetic storytelling the way she does.― Frederik B, Monday, October 1, 2018
There's just nobody else around delving into these aspects of performativity and empathetic storytelling the way she does.
― Frederik B, Monday, October 1, 2018
Wanna see, but not on any of my streaming services yet.
― Herman Woke (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 18:35 (four years ago) link
Morbs called it “diverting”, or something like that
― shhh / let peaceful like things (wins), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 18:36 (four years ago) link
My choice for Worst Film!
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 18:36 (four years ago) link
Can't get over that title
― space invaders are smokin penises!!!! (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 18:37 (four years ago) link
with morbs on this one
― devvvine, Wednesday, 26 June 2019 18:37 (four years ago) link
I'm sure thousands of worse films were made, but not that i saw.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 18:39 (four years ago) link
My #1 and possibly the best movie I’ve ever seen though I’ve not seen very many relatively speaking.
― don't mock my smock or i'll clean your clock (silby), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 18:39 (four years ago) link
made me certain bresson had the right idea re actors
― devvvine, Wednesday, 26 June 2019 18:39 (four years ago) link
mad's mad is on us amazon prime
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 18:40 (four years ago) link
Molly Parker is good, and she was terrible in this
I understand casting Miranda July as an annoying mom, but not one who kids would've murdered as soon as they could walk
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 18:41 (four years ago) link
it's on Kanopy too
― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 18:44 (four years ago) link
I didn't have any expectations going into this, and thought it was unique and surprisingly moving in the end. Voted for it
― Dan S, Wednesday, 26 June 2019 18:51 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/3s8m9Bs.jpg
20. Annihilation w/d: Alex Garland b: Jeff VanderMeer UK 2018 digital 8K, digital 6K 182 points, 8 votes, 1 #1
― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 18:54 (four years ago) link
I don't necessarily expect that much from the Garland adaptation of Annihilation, but I am interested to see how he handles the Biologist's perspective and some of the moments in which visuality seems to break down (like the encounters with the Crawler).― one way street, Monday, April 27, 2015
― one way street, Monday, April 27, 2015
this was pretty good. I think it might be an unfilmable book, though. too bad all of the creeper stuff was removed, and the mind control stuff taken out. I kept expecting JJL's character to snap her fingers and say a code-word. otherwise, what was her motivation? hand-wave, hand-wave terminal illness? my biggest overall complaint is that the psychedelia after the floaty alien thing (which was way cool) was droney and overlong. the homunculus was overdone, and the burning went on too long, and the plot could've been served better by more spacing at the beginning of the picture. oh well. maybe extended edition will have more of the initial disorientation stuff. it could also have less of Natalie Portman's back mid-affair.― remy, Monday, March 12, 2018
― remy, Monday, March 12, 2018
At least we got mad's mad out of the way.
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 26 June 2019 18:56 (four years ago) link
I don't often care for this sort of sci-fi, but it was well done.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 18:56 (four years ago) link
gtfo this film was garbage
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 26 June 2019 18:56 (four years ago) link
This feels like it came out forever ago. I thought the idea of "the shimmer" was interesting (and some of the fungal visuals were effectively icky) but Portman's backstory was underdeveloped, and the 2001 head-trip conclusion was a cop-out.
― Herman Woke (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 18:57 (four years ago) link
I'm struggling to even remember what this was about
― Dan S, Wednesday, 26 June 2019 18:58 (four years ago) link
Saw it a few weeks ago and it had an idea or two that never came off. xps
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 26 June 2019 18:58 (four years ago) link
I supported the Girls.
― Pauline Male (Eric H.), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 18:58 (four years ago) link
ripping off the Thing (and Solaris), mostly
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 26 June 2019 18:58 (four years ago) link
some of the movies in this rundown tonight need running down!
― calzino, Wednesday, 26 June 2019 18:59 (four years ago) link
At this point I'm guessing 3 of my votes didn't make the top 50 but if any of those three are in the top 20 I'll be pretty pleased
― don't mock my smock or i'll clean your clock (silby), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 19:02 (four years ago) link
spoilers for silby only: lbh jrer gur bayl crefba gb ibgr sbe guerr bs lbhe pubvprf
― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 19:05 (four years ago) link
a few that i've seen today. i watched annihilation on an airplane screen on a groggy flight, which was probably not the ideal state for the film, but i wish it leaned in a bit more into the existential horror. the scene with the screaming bear was by far the most effective in the movie, though i appreciated the balletic choreography of portman's final showdown.
support the girls was very good! i agree with whoever said it suffered in the last third (and whenever regina hall wasn't on screen).
― old cloud yells at man (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 19:07 (four years ago) link
pretty sure I know which three! I look forward to yelling about them later. xp
― don't mock my smock or i'll clean your clock (silby), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 19:07 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/BU9ThCB.jpg
19. Roma w/d: Alfonso CuarónMX 2018 digital 6.5K186 points, 7 votes, 1 #1
― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 19:13 (four years ago) link
A terrible disappointment, an example of nostalgia porn. No reason to be black and white, no reason to make the maid a poor, wronged creature. Yet it's going to clean up year end.― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, November 15, 2018
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, November 15, 2018
I liked this. I think it's always kind of hard when someone makes more popular commercial movies and then makes something self-consciously arty. It can feel like an act of imposture. There's a nice myth that arty directors make arty movies because that's the only kind they can make, because that's who they are. We are resistant to the idea that "serious" is just another genre. Especially when someone pulls out all the obvious signifiers: like black-and-white, lack of soundtrack, slow-pacing, long takes, etc. There's something a bit too eager to please, a bit too A-student, about it. On the other hand, it is "just" another genre, but so what. I guess I would have had a lot fewer hurdles to get over if this was made by some European director I'd never heard of before. But none of that really matters. It's hard not to notice that this movie is pretty interesting to look at. The story is fairly simple and affecting. You could summarize pretty much all the plot in a few sentences. But it's mostly everything that would be left out of those few sentences that makes this a good movie.― o. nate, Sunday, February 3, 2019
― o. nate, Sunday, February 3, 2019
Worst part of my movie year was realizing, maybe a third or a half of the way through this one, that I agreed with Alfred.
― Pauline Male (Eric H.), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 19:14 (four years ago) link
avoided these last two
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 19:15 (four years ago) link
I'm also in Alfred's corner on this one. The B&W photography didn't even look good.
― Herman Woke (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 19:15 (four years ago) link
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― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius),
Lovely juxtaposition
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 19:16 (four years ago) link