Roma is my Number One, I loved it, but I'm a middle brow noob
― space invaders are smokin penises!!!! (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 19:30 (five years ago) link
Whiney's performative Ron Paul shtick does wonders for lousy scripts.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 19:31 (five years ago) link
real middle brow noobs have watched at least one Werner Herzog movie
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 26 June 2019 19:32 (five years ago) link
I'm also in Alfred's corner on this one. The B&W photography didn't even look good.
it's not even B&W, it's just converted
― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 19:33 (five years ago) link
you guys are all crazy. this was a great film
― Dan S, Wednesday, 26 June 2019 19:33 (five years ago) link
Among many middlebrow qualities
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 19:34 (five years ago) link
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, June 26, 2019 3:32 PM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I've seen six by now! :D
― space invaders are smokin penises!!!! (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 19:35 (five years ago) link
https://www.stageandcinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Marina-de-Tavira-Marco-Graf-Yalitza-Aparicio-Daniela-Demesa-Diego-Cortina-Autrey-and-Carlos-Peralta-in-Roma-2018.jpg
I love this shot so much.
― space invaders are smokin penises!!!! (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 19:36 (five years ago) link
the crab represents obviousness
― devvvine, Wednesday, 26 June 2019 19:36 (five years ago) link
savage
― space invaders are smokin penises!!!! (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 19:38 (five years ago) link
certainly bigger than any crabs in the movies on my list iirc
― don't mock my smock or i'll clean your clock (silby), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 19:39 (five years ago) link
you know, if someone wanted to see all the big crabs they can just come to this thread
― space invaders are smokin penises!!!! (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 19:41 (five years ago) link
irl lol @ devvine
― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 19:41 (five years ago) link
not even B&W, it's just converted
This is actually advantageous in post, as one can manipulate the contribution of the RGB channels. Like using filters on BW film.
― despondently sipping tomato soup (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 19:43 (five years ago) link
yeah i'm not sure if the work of postprod 'colorists' makes this especially noteworthy anymore
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 19:44 (five years ago) link
yeah I read that it's how most black and white films are made today.
I didn't particularly love the look of Roma on netflix home streaming, but thought it was stunningly beautiful in the theater
― Dan S, Wednesday, 26 June 2019 19:46 (five years ago) link
also had amazing sound design
lol just remembered this
Someone took a photo with their phone of a TV playing Roma, and the phone didn’t get the colour temperature right, and now Jeff Wells is convinced there’s a colour version of Roma. Incredible. pic.twitter.com/maq499JG9L— David Franklin (@davefranklin) December 26, 2018
― devvvine, Wednesday, 26 June 2019 19:48 (five years ago) link
xp 'Twas no Bohemian Rhapsody on that front.
― Pauline Male (Eric H.), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 19:48 (five years ago) link
Idiot of the Year (tenth time): Jeff Wells
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 19:50 (five years ago) link
Jeffrey Wells is the only writer on film that makes Arm0nd look like a saint.
― Pauline Male (Eric H.), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 19:50 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/i0R3SaY.jpg
18. You Were Never Really Here w/d: Lynne Ramsay b: Jonathan AmesUK 2017 UK digital200 points, 8 votes
― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 19:51 (five years ago) link
this blew me away. one of the most gripping and cinematic movies I've seen this decade. reminded me of Good Time - the speed, the music, the city - but this was so much more mysterious and masterful. I think it's a masterpiece, rare example of pure cinema and style over story. so well edited and rhythmically dynamic. jonny greenwood's score is great, and the sound design throughout the movie is stunning. apotheosis of joaquin phoenix disheveled and mumbling. and my friend saw posters for it and thought it was a sequel to I'm Still Here.― flappy bird, Sunday, April 22, 2018 I basically hated it lmao― Simon H., Sunday, April 22, 2018
― flappy bird, Sunday, April 22, 2018
I basically hated it lmao
― Simon H., Sunday, April 22, 2018
― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 19:52 (five years ago) link
oh fuck this was last year wasn't it, would have made the end of my ballot had i remembered.
― devvvine, Wednesday, 26 June 2019 19:54 (five years ago) link
the first 30 minutes of Ramsay's preceding film kept me away from this one
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 19:55 (five years ago) link
the sheer mass of joaquin in this
― devvvine, Wednesday, 26 June 2019 19:56 (five years ago) link
My vote for Best Actor.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 19:58 (five years ago) link
intrigued by flappy bird's description. I was distracted and missed a lot of this when I saw it the first time
― Dan S, Wednesday, 26 June 2019 20:04 (five years ago) link
i liked it, forgot it was only from last year. doesn't approach the level of good time though, which depicted an awesome mixture of joy and anxiety, manic intensity, in its depiction of a dirtbag's improvisation as he backs himself into corner after corner.
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Wednesday, 26 June 2019 20:06 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/iw541Ia.jpg
17. La caméra de Claire [Claire's Camera] w/d: Hong Sang-soo KR/FR 2017 digital202 points, 7 votes, 2 #1s
― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 20:08 (five years ago) link
I adored Claire's Camera: 69 minutes of the quietest wit that blooms into an unexpected emotional climax.― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, March 28, 2018
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, March 28, 2018
best film of 2018, roll on the poll― devvvine, Saturday, May 11, 2019
― devvvine, Saturday, May 11, 2019
― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 20:09 (five years ago) link
my number one, its lightness belies its depth
― devvvine, Wednesday, 26 June 2019 20:11 (five years ago) link
this looks interesting.
― calzino, Wednesday, 26 June 2019 20:11 (five years ago) link
yes great film
― Dan S, Wednesday, 26 June 2019 20:11 (five years ago) link
#7 for me
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 20:12 (five years ago) link
had hotel by the river and the day after lower on my ballot, assuming they won't make it. the former is the strongest of the two
― devvvine, Wednesday, 26 June 2019 20:18 (five years ago) link
I should have voted for Claire's Camera, though the sheer amount of Hong films fucks up my idea of which ones belongs to what year. Voted for Grass instead.
Yay at Madeline's Madeline and yay Silby. That one has stayed with me, ended up as #2 on my ballot. I can still feel the way the camera danced around. Or perhaps I'm imagining things, no matter what, it's a great feeling.
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 26 June 2019 20:20 (five years ago) link
Somehow, I don’t know how, I left this off my ballot. Would have been #2. ;_;
― tangenttangent, Wednesday, 26 June 2019 20:20 (five years ago) link
I loved the scene in this where Manhee insists on taking a selfie with her boss immediately after being told that she is fired
― Dan S, Wednesday, 26 June 2019 20:23 (five years ago) link
big sleepy dog narrowly beaten out for best animal by the llama from zama
― devvvine, Wednesday, 26 June 2019 20:28 (five years ago) link
My #1!
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 20:29 (five years ago) link
No one's making films as musical and deceptively light as Hong is
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 20:30 (five years ago) link
Yeah he’s great, this was my #2
― shhh / let peaceful like things (wins), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 20:32 (five years ago) link
Hotel by the River kinda breaks the template (2019 US)
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 20:32 (five years ago) link
I love that it was shot over the course of one Cannes, his process is fascinating (or what I remember of it from the intro to my screening of cc)
― shhh / let peaceful like things (wins), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 20:35 (five years ago) link
llama from zama creates drama in alabama by reading rendezvous with rama
― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 20:35 (five years ago) link
writes overnight during production, i think
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 20:36 (five years ago) link
sic how do you pronounce "alabama"
― don't mock my smock or i'll clean your clock (silby), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 20:36 (five years ago) link
rhymes with "Obama"
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 20:37 (five years ago) link
Huge point in Hong's favor: his commitment to making 80 to 90-min movies.