ILX All-Time Film and Morbsies Poll: RESULTS Thread for ILX's Favorite Movies, Films, Cinema, Flicks & Moving Pictures

oh I have apparently also seen shutter Island (actually pretty good) and hugo (just about acceptable upmarket kiddie fare for teaching the little ones about george melies)

Finally a good film

I've seen ten Kiarostami films, and Close Up is well in the bottom half. Don't get what people see in it, I think the meta-cinematic observations are better in Through the Olive Trees or A Moment of Innocence for that matter.

you all are going to flip when a league of their own places

Frederick pointed us to this article in the Kiarostami repoll thread:

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/1492-close-up-prison-and-escape

It helps explain some of the stranger and more confusing elements of the story.

"Upon learning about the case, Abbas Kiarostami has said, he quickly initiated efforts to make a film about it, even while events were still in motion and the impostor’s fate had yet to be decided. Setting aside preparations for another film, the director enlisted the participation of several of the principals, including the Ahankhahs and the real Mohsen Makhmalbaf. He also approached Sabzian and the court’s cleric judge, and gained permission to film the trial, during which, as it turned out, Kiarostami and his cameras were not neutral observers but active participants."

I think the meta-cinematic observations are better in Through the Olive Trees or A Moment of Innocence for that matter.

Morbs def held A Moment of Innocence in even higher regard than Close-Up. Not me.

Anyway, even if I agreed, I'll take the worst Kiarostami movie in the top 20 than no Kiarostami at all.

is close-up sort of like F for fake? that's the vibe I'm getting based on the descriptions I've seen

no one orders a steak au poivre

Less horny.

A moment of innocence is the only other one I’ve seen, I’d have chosen it over close-up but prob mainly because I got to see it at the cinema tbh

I've seen 5 Kiarostami's but not Close Up yet, might be time to fire up Grabit and see what else I can nab

Another two Kiarostami films seen person here: the other one's Taste Of Cherry and the meta-cinema elements in that one felt extraneous? Would've been fine with it ending without them.

Anyway calling Close Up normcore is a hell of a stretch. Normies don't know who that even is.

I've seen 3 Kiarostamis but not this one. I like him and think he's interesting but have yet to be blown away by anything.

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12. THE THIRD MAN (Carol Reed, 1949, UK) [1,146 points; 15 votes; 4 first-place votes]
S&S: 73 | TSPDT: 47 | BOXD: 164

MORBS SEZ: "47-52 is a helluva run, but T3M easy"

Uh, so how brilliant is brilliant? Pretty damn brilliant.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, February 18, 2004 12:42 AM

The Third Man was my favorite for a long time. Odd Man Out I didn't like much the first time I saw it but it has grown on me over the years. Voted The Fallen Idol.
― Everything You POLL Is RONG (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, March 16, 2012 8:05 PM

Ive only seen it once but I thoght it was pretty bloody marvellous I must say. Some of the shots and framing especially... this one scene sticks in my mind where hes in a doorway and half his face is lit and this ... *expression* on his face. Wonderful.
― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, February 18, 2004 6:48 AM

Love Alida Valli in The Third Man.
― clemenza, Sunday, March 11, 2012 10:32 AM

The Third Man is possibly my favourite movie.
― Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Sunday, March 11, 2012 3:50 PM

the insane repetitiveness of the score is really expressive. i love it!
― I dunno. (amateurist), Sunday, July 20, 2014 9:13 PM

That's called a fuckin' "Dutch tilt" for a reason, ya know.
― Tiny Fuckin Robot, Wednesday, February 18, 2004 1:58 PM

There's all sorts of great movie love stuff in it, but taken as a whole it isn't all that special.
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, February 18, 2004 1:39 PM

Third Man better than The Big Sleep or The Maltese Falcon = GTF you stupid tits
― Death to False Meta (Noodle Vague), Friday, November 13, 2009 4:23 PM

I sort of find the whole movie a little bit irritating. Tho I guess at least it's not boring, which I can't say for Reed's Odd Man Out.
― You are exactly why people root for the apes (Eric H.), Sunday, July 20, 2014 5:47 PM

I'd like to thank Eric for making me regret not a whit our divorce.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, July 20, 2014 5:57 PM

it's a very good film, but four first place votes seems a lot.

hell yeah it's noirvember

Trevor Howard looks so fucking cool in that leather coat you could briefly believe that the Brits are the good nazis

Anyway calling Close Up normcore is a hell of a stretch. Normies don't know who that even is.

― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 3 November 2021 bookmarkflaglink

That was a joke..

Poll-specific quiz: which ILX Top 100 film's ending pays homage to another ILX Top 100 film's ending? (May be more than one right answer, I don't know.)

Zither Jams 4 Dayz

ah ok xyzz, sorry! Thought you just meant cuz it is his most well known film.

Apocalypse Now pays tribute to Mandy placing on the poll.

the third man is enjoyable but i never think about it

odd man out's terrible oirishness also made me very suspicious of it

I suspect someone out there is using the ending of this film as an example of "women prefer Bad Boys to Nice Guys".

Zither Jams 4 Dayz

At first I thought this was incorrectly posted from the New Adventures in Hi-Fi thread.

lol

I was one of the #1 votes for Third Man. It just does a whole lot of the kind of stuff I like about movies.

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11. CHILDREN OF MEN (Alfonso Cuarón, 2006, UK) [1,149.08 points; 13 votes]
S&S: 1,176 | TSPDT: 556 | BOXD: 157

MORBS SEZ: "I saw it twice in the theaters, very rare for me … overrated (by me at first too)."

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― 'Children of Men', the new Alfonso Cuaron sci-fi flick

I just saw this movie. It was fucking brilliant. I loved almost every second of this movie, even the ones I saw coming (like the "twist" after the thing with JMoore, who by the way was used perfectly in this movie, Pete OTM). Both Clive Owen and Michael Caine have this supreme EASE with whatever they're doing on screen, it's kind of terrifying. And God, SO FUCKING HARROWING.
― The Android Cat (Dan Perry)

this has a range of feeling! like when SPOILER gets iced. it's a really short movie too, so extra points for that.
― FREE DOM AND ETHAN (special guest stars mark bronson), Tuesday, March 24, 2009 1:23 PM

how did anyone ever mistake you for a cineaste?
― Past a Diving Jeter (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, March 24, 2009 1:57 PM

I don't quite get what people see in Children of Men, but at least I enjoyed it.
― emil.y, Thursday, February 11, 2010 9:04 PM

the least happy "happy" ending since A.I.
― Uppercase (Eric H.), Wednesday, April 25, 2018 9:52 AM

Why was Julianne Moore so clean while everyone else was so grubby?
― n/a

it's fucking immense, the worst thing about it is the title tbqf
― ('_') (omar little), Thursday, February 11, 2010 5:41 PM

Well that and the slightly suspect politics.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Thursday, February 11, 2010 5:43 PM

would like to see a version of this where the girl chooses to have an abortion.
― Cosmo Vitelli, Thursday, February 11, 2010 5:47 PM

totally shouldve aborted clive owens chin. juilanne moores too fwiw
― ice cr?m, Thursday, February 11, 2010 9:47 PM

CoM disgusts me more every time i see it. but i also have amassed a link collection of more than fifty videos of churches burning.
― arch-enemy Gay Cowboy Monster (the table is the table), Thursday, February 11, 2010 9:33 PM

This thread got interesting. Any dead black babies yet?
― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, February 11, 2010 9:43 PM

wo.
― arch-enemy Gay Cowboy Monster (the table is the table), Thursday, February 11, 2010 9:44 PM

ah here

One day left..

still time for ghostbusters

are we gonna do predictions?

glad to see Airplane! has made the top 10

2001 as no.1, I am drinking tomorrow night so hopefully I'll be too trashed to 'contribute'

I am anticipating another Lynch, another Kubrick, another Hitchcock, another Godard, and a Renoir. That leaves 5. Based on what we've seen so far wondering about another Scorsese, another Ozu, another Coens, Do the Right Thing, and one wildcard for which there are a dozen possibilities.

or maybe it will just be the complete ouevre of PTA

xp Airplane! is at the top of my longlist, the final cut from my ranked 25

I'll build from that for seven: Mulholland, 2001, Vertigo, Taxi Driver, No Country, Do the Right Thing...and Zodiac (I actually do think so, but maybe wishful thinking).

la regle du jeu?

when I said another Coens, I was actually thinking A Serious Man which, at least around here, seems to have steadily risen in esteem. But maybe they will be vote-splitting victims. Inside Llewyn Davis also seems to get a lot of love on ilx

Clemenza you don't think Breathless is a lock?

Serious Man already placed.

I thought of Weekend first.

oh thx dunno how i missed that. definitely not confident we will be seeing No Country

I'm quite happy that there's a bunch of ILX-bait left on my list, and a bunch of popular movies, and a bunch of award-bait, and I can't really say "oh no that won't place" about any of it.

I had also taken off The Big Lebowski, it did well in the Coen Bros poll but I didn't think it'd place this much higher than A Serious Man. Can I say No Country For Old Men won't place higher? Actually yeah I think so.

The G-Dard's I could see placing are Breathless and/or Band of Outsiders. Although maybe now Weekend is hitting home for many.

I'd be more surprised by The Shining not making the Top 100 than by it making the Top 10. (I don't think it's shown up yet...)

badlands will be top 10

It did win the road-movie poll. I don't think so, but I'd rather that than the dinosaur Malick film.

it will

I’m very surprised that On the Waterfront hasnt placed. Is there any chance it is still coming? I wouldn’t think so

I think the list so far has been a nice blend of movies as high art and movies as incredible entertainment. one may hope that all the remaining top ten exemplify the best of both aspects.