I'm proud we picked Portrait of a Lady on Fire, shattering consensus.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 24 December 2019 02:06 (four years ago) link
Sorry yr fave only made runner up
― Simon H., Tuesday, 24 December 2019 02:20 (four years ago) link
OFCS nominations are up. Gotta say, this is one of the less embarrassing slates I've seen this group come up with:
Best PictureThe IrishmanJojo RabbitKnives OutMarriage Story1917Once Upon a Time… in HollywoodParasitePortrait of a Lady on FireUncut GemsUs
Best Animated FeatureFrozen IIHow to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden WorldI Lost My BodyMissing LinkToy Story 4
Best DirectorBong Joon-ho – ParasiteSam Mendes – 1917Celine Sciamma – Portrait of a Lady on FireMartin Scorsese – The IrishmanQuentin Tarantino – Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Best ActorAntonio Banderas – Pain and GloryRobert De Niro – The IrishmanAdam Driver – Marriage StoryJoaquin Phoenix – JokerAdam Sandler – Uncut Gems
Best ActressAwkwafina – The FarewellScarlett Johansson – Marriage StoryLupita Nyong’o – UsFlorence Pugh – MidsommarRenée Zellweger – Judy
Best Supporting ActorWillem Dafoe – The LighthouseAl Pacino – The IrishmanJoe Pesci – The IrishmanBrad Pitt – Once Upon a Time… in HollywoodSong Kang-ho – Parasite
Best Supporting ActressLaura Dern – Marriage StoryJennifer Lopez – HustlersFlorence Pugh – Little WomenMargot Robbie – Once Upon a Time… in HollywoodShuzhen Zhao – The Farewell
Best Original ScreenplayKnives Out – Rian JohnsonMarriage Story – Noah BaumbachOnce Upon a Time… in Hollywood – Quentin TarantinoParasite – Bong Joon-ho, Han Jin-wonUs – Jordan Peele
Best Adapted ScreenplayA Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood – Micah Fitzerman-Blue, Noah HarpsterHustlers – Lorene ScafariaThe Irishman – Steven ZaillianJojo Rabbit – Taika WaititiLittle Women – Greta Gerwig
Best EditingFord v Ferrari – Andrew Buckland, Michael McCuskerThe Irishman – Thelma Schoonmaker1917 – Lee SmithOnce Upon a Time… in Hollywood – Fred RaskinParasite – Jinmo Yang
Best CinematographyThe Irishman – Rodrigo PrietoThe Lighthouse – Jarin Blaschke1917 – Roger DeakinsOnce Upon a Time… in Hollywood – Robert RichardsonPortrait of a Lady on Fire – Claire Mathon
Best Original ScoreJoker – Hildur GuðnadóttirLittle Women – Alexandre DesplatMarriage Story – Randy Newman1917 – Thomas NewmanUs – Michael Abels
Best Debut FeatureMati Diop – AtlanticsMelina Matsoukas – Queen & SlimTyler Nilson, Michael Schwartz – The Peanut Butter FalconJoe Talbot – The Last Black Man in San FranciscoOlivia Wilde – Booksmart
Best Film Not in the English LanguageAtlanticsMonosPain and GloryParasitePortrait of a Lady on Fire
Best DocumentaryAmerican FactoryApollo 11For SamaHoneylandOne Child Nation
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Tuesday, 24 December 2019 02:27 (four years ago) link
I count on the voting body to pick the worst and/or most boring shit possible
― Simon H., Tuesday, 24 December 2019 02:30 (four years ago) link
as a Randy Newman fan, I have to say his Baumbach score blew
shoulda picked Atlantics or, if it lives up to press, Uncut Gems
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 24 December 2019 03:32 (four years ago) link
Bilge Ebiri with a take
https://slate.com/culture/2019/12/uncut-gems-phony-adam-sandler.html
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 27 December 2019 15:37 (four years ago) link
Bilge seems fun.
― Simon H., Friday, 27 December 2019 15:42 (four years ago) link
Besides the fact that "the characters didn't behave like humans" is a boring complaint, the movie is full of small characters who are utterly believable/recognizably human, way moreso than most movies, even
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Friday, 27 December 2019 15:51 (four years ago) link
there ya go
https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/the-100-best-films-of-the-2010s/
only one in the top ten that made me roll my eyes was #6 (not even as good as Fury Road)
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 27 December 2019 17:13 (four years ago) link
“It’s Such a Beautiful Day is the finest animated depiction of depression since Hideaki Anno’s Neon Genesis Evangelion.”
― The Mandymoorian (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 27 December 2019 17:21 (four years ago) link
“The difference between Magic Mike and its sequel calls to mind how Robert Christgau described the difference between listening to janet. on a junk radio box versus a hi-fi stereo system as “the difference between daydreaming about sex and having somebody’s crack in your face.” “🤮
― The Mandymoorian (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 27 December 2019 17:25 (four years ago) link
Why is movie writing like this“In which a Gallic neo-Hitchcock charts out the undulations of what the French refer to as “little deaths,” and then sets a Grimm fairy tale in the dead zone representing that throbbing, nobly malignant impulse deep within the limbic system of all gay men.”
― The Mandymoorian (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 27 December 2019 17:28 (four years ago) link
Film writing is nobly malignant.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 27 December 2019 17:49 (four years ago) link
"Dead Zone Representing (Throbbing Nobly)" by LimBic System O.A.G.M.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 27 December 2019 17:52 (four years ago) link
And a grand "fuck you, too" to Whiney.
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Friday, 27 December 2019 19:56 (four years ago) link
The Master is the only thing in the top 10 that made me roll my eyes.
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Friday, 27 December 2019 20:03 (four years ago) link
sorry, didn’t know that was u dogg
― The Mandymoorian (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 27 December 2019 20:11 (four years ago) link
It's fine. I write partially to annoy people.
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Friday, 27 December 2019 20:45 (four years ago) link
killer to killer
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 27 December 2019 20:48 (four years ago) link
Usually at the point where she has to rewrite and rethink them, to keep the audience from leaving the clickbait!
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Friday, 27 December 2019 20:49 (four years ago) link
It had been awhile since Owen G. took the opportunity to be the official worst critic out there:
https://variety.com/2019/film/columns/the-10-most-overrated-films-of-the-decade-the-master-skyfall-1203452706/
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Saturday, 28 December 2019 19:34 (four years ago) link
(I even agree with his #1.)
'Overrated' is the most overrated critical term, no?
― Frederik B, Saturday, 28 December 2019 19:42 (four years ago) link
I agree that The Master is the least of the three PTA features of the decade.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 28 December 2019 19:44 (four years ago) link
I am finding Phantom Thread underrated on most of these decade lists.
But don’t tell that to the cinema-equals-the-director’s-cut bohemian purity brigade.
I bet they want to see a 4-hour Bernie Sanders documentary, those purity commies.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 28 December 2019 19:48 (four years ago) link
I'm more or less proud of my critics group:
http://www.floridafilmcritics.com/2019/12/23/2019-ffcc-winners/
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 28 December 2019 21:47 (four years ago) link
8. “Support the Girls” (2018)If you sought this movie out after learning that Regina Hall was voted best actress by the New York Film Critics Circle for her work in it, you’d see that she delivers a gutsy, lived-in performance as the general manager of a restaurant called Double Whammies — and that Haley Lu Richardson also excels as the most devil-may-care of the waitresses. Yet the movie, directed by Andrew Bujalski, looks like what would have happened if Jonathan Demme had been the showrunner of an ’80s sitcom. The local-tavern-version-of-Hooters setting is never convincing (it’s “Cheers” with a pinch of downscale desperation), and though critics praised the sisterly solidarity of it, the filmmaking is too ramshackle to lend the empowerment much power.
MY HERO! THANK YOU!
― flappy bird, Sunday, 29 December 2019 00:02 (four years ago) link
Sight and Sound 2019 list
https://www.bfi.org.uk/best-films-2019
― Dan S, Sunday, 29 December 2019 00:05 (four years ago) link
recently watched Ash Is Purest White and An Elephant Sitting Still. I thought they were both really great, they are two of my favorite films of 2019
― Dan S, Sunday, 29 December 2019 02:32 (four years ago) link
Florence Pugh had a REALLY good year
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 29 December 2019 16:01 (four years ago) link
Noted critic Barack Obama's list. Morbs may appreciate he dug The Souvenir.
Next up are my favorite movies and TV shows of 2019. Of course, there’s also American Factory, a film from our own production company, Higher Ground, that was recently shortlisted for an Oscar. Here’s the full list: pic.twitter.com/PEcgwotcxm— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) December 29, 2019
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 29 December 2019 17:38 (four years ago) link
go directly to prison
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 29 December 2019 19:03 (four years ago) link
my Obamacare budget has already cost me one rep cinema membership
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 29 December 2019 19:05 (four years ago) link
He neglected to mention his appearance in The Image Book, i wonder why...
― flappy bird, Sunday, 29 December 2019 20:26 (four years ago) link
Six of his ten overlap with mine! I generally like Obama's aesthetic taste! I'd get a beer with that guy.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 29 December 2019 23:53 (four years ago) link
Reminder that PWB faps to an Obama speech in the pilot
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Monday, 30 December 2019 00:00 (four years ago) link
A lot of movies started with "A" this year.
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Monday, 30 December 2019 01:58 (four years ago) link
I refuse to believe that Obama's year-end lists aren't just culled from the Metacritic meter.
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Monday, 30 December 2019 02:00 (four years ago) link
... _I_ don't like metacritic...*kicks a rock*
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 30 December 2019 02:27 (four years ago) link
Obama prob not crazy about The Report either
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 30 December 2019 02:54 (four years ago) link
i'd sooner get a beer with Metacritic
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 30 December 2019 02:55 (four years ago) link
I admit Morbs may have seen better days, but he's still not to be had for the price of a cocktail - like a salted peanut.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 30 December 2019 02:57 (four years ago) link
i'm at my peak right this minute i'll have you know
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 30 December 2019 02:58 (four years ago) link
Reminder that PWB faps to an Obama speech in the pilot― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Sunday, December 29, 2019 6:00 PM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Sunday, December 29, 2019 6:00 PM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
Also, the opening scene of Booksmart pans around Beanie Feldstein's bedroom, which has a photo of Michelle on the wall.
― jaymc, Monday, 30 December 2019 03:08 (four years ago) link
until I reread that in the quote, my mind somehow interpolated PWB as JLG and I thought Simon was saying that Godard jerks it to Obama speeches in The Image Book, which I haven't seen... but seemed possible!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 30 December 2019 05:18 (four years ago) link
nah, JLG has it out for muslims
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Monday, 30 December 2019 05:20 (four years ago) link
well see
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 30 December 2019 05:22 (four years ago) link
Godard has never had it out for Muslims. if anything, he has an Israel problem...The Image Book is an enormously empathetic and heartfelt film. "moral fault was merged with state crimes"Its critique of the Middle East "lacking a territory," a place to express themselves outside of throwing bombs, this is of course a naive reductionbecause when Godard says "if you ask me I will always be on the side of those who throw bombs," he sounds like the radical chic blowhard he was in '68-'72. But this film is more humble and open than any of that stuff. it's not a didactic film, it's 84 minutes inside the mind of a man at the end of his life. and he admits he knows nothing, all he has left is hope, "a necessary utopia." it's so beautiful
― flappy bird, Monday, 30 December 2019 17:47 (four years ago) link
I only made it through like 14 minutes of The Image Book, presumably because I'm a huge dumbass
― The Mandymoorian (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 30 December 2019 18:05 (four years ago) link