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46. Thor Ragnarok d: Taika Waititi w: Crusty Bunkers 44 points, 5 votes
― 16, 35, DCP, Go! (sic), Tuesday, 24 July 2018 19:39 (five years ago) link
gah
― 16, 35, DCP, Go! (sic), Tuesday, 24 July 2018 19:40 (five years ago) link
This was good, not great. The humor sometimes fought with the stakes of the plot - I thought the GotG movies integrated humor better. This would have been a better movie if they just kept it on the junkyard planet and had more Goldblum, but I say that about every movie ― Vinnie, 26 October 2017
whats fucking right with you people!
― calzino, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 19:42 (five years ago) link
let us know when the kiddie shows are done
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 24 July 2018 19:44 (five years ago) link
And the kitty shows.
― Police, Academy (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 24 July 2018 19:45 (five years ago) link
it's a doggo in John Wick, not a kitty.
― 16, 35, DCP, Go! (sic), Tuesday, 24 July 2018 19:48 (five years ago) link
pleased to have gotten Double King and Kedi into this
― imago, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 19:55 (five years ago) link
can't fucking stand cats, but it looks a worthwhile film.
― calzino, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 19:56 (five years ago) link
Double King esp is some staggering animation (AND sound design) imo and fuiud. there will always be space for an animated short on my ballot as long as it isn't by that hertzfeldt dullard
― imago, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 19:56 (five years ago) link
y'all are lucky i didn't vote. woulda put ragnarok in my top 5
― ant banks and wasp (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 24 July 2018 19:57 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/1dSqzmw.jpg
45. Ingrid Goes West d: Matt Spicer w: Matt Spicer & David Branson Smith 45 points, 3 votes
― 16, 35, DCP, Go! (sic), Tuesday, 24 July 2018 20:00 (five years ago) link
Ingrid Goes West over Columbus for best first feature is some bullshit. (Not as much as magically promoting Get Out beyond the category, of course.) ― Dr Morbius, 4 March 2018
― 16, 35, DCP, Go! (sic), Tuesday, 24 July 2018 20:01 (five years ago) link
Aubrey Plaza and Elizabeth Olsen gave two of my favorite performances of the year (the movie's okay to pretty good).
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 24 July 2018 20:04 (five years ago) link
Ingrid Goes West wasn’t doing anything particularly unexpected, but I love it when the protagonist of a film is a genuine creep (a role Aubrey Plaza was born to play). It was much funnier than I expected too.
― tangenttangent, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 20:05 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/M4oWbkF.jpg
42= The Levelling w/d: Hope Dickson Leach 46 points, 3 votes
― 16, 35, DCP, Go! (sic), Tuesday, 24 July 2018 20:14 (five years ago) link
Ragnarok is the best Marvel movie (low bar)
xp
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 20:14 (five years ago) link
on pace for a record number of films i've never heard of. at least that one is cuz it's British
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 24 July 2018 20:17 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/GRW1vB1.png
42= The Disaster Artist d: James Franco w: Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber 46 points, 3 votes
― 16, 35, DCP, Go! (sic), Tuesday, 24 July 2018 20:23 (five years ago) link
I thought "the disaster artist" was disappointing. Wiseau is just far too strange a dude to be portrayed as a loveable eccentric dreamer. Seems like a missed opportunity and the biggest laughs were just stuff taken from the movie itself. Although I didnt know the guy was so loaded before I saw the movie. Where did all Wiseau's money come from?! ― Michael B, 29 March 2018
― 16, 35, DCP, Go! (sic), Tuesday, 24 July 2018 20:26 (five years ago) link
this has got to get better soon
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 24 July 2018 20:31 (five years ago) link
"Disaster" indeed
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 24 July 2018 20:31 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/BTUWyUF.jpg
42= Western w/d: Valeska Grisebach 46 points, 3 votes
― 16, 35, DCP, Go! (sic), Tuesday, 24 July 2018 20:35 (five years ago) link
Voting for that next year.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 24 July 2018 20:36 (five years ago) link
great film, didn't vote for it this year
― devvvine, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 20:37 (five years ago) link
First of my votes to place :)
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 20:37 (five years ago) link
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 20:37 (five years ago) link
I was curious about that one but at the same time I felt like I'd seen the entire thing in the trailer
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 20:38 (five years ago) link
xp Although I disagree that it wasn’t doing anything unexpected - so few movies (esp. wide release comedies) feature completely insane and repulsive characters who are given no reprieve.
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 20:39 (five years ago) link
i have no idea if a good social-media monster movie has been made. trying Unfriended next maybe.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 24 July 2018 20:41 (five years ago) link
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 20:41 (five years ago) link
Western is currently #1 on my 2018 ballot
― i know kore-eda (or something), Tuesday, 24 July 2018 20:44 (five years ago) link
The Levelling was understated at the time but has grown on me in retrospect and it feels very Necessary and Of Its Time in a UK spirit-of-the-age way - it has a memorable ambience. Score another one to the imago/tt household
― imago, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 20:51 (five years ago) link
Also, it's a debut feature that's actually good, which is always exciting
― imago, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 20:52 (five years ago) link
was talking to my son and his girlfriend earlier tonight about Unfriended - they didn't think much of it and said it only made visual sense if watch it on a laptop, i'm guessing it's not for you Morbs.
― the Joao looked at Jonny (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 24 July 2018 20:57 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/tqj1Aap.jpg
40= Detroit d: Kathryn Bigelow w: Mark Boal 49 points, 3 votes
― 16, 35, DCP, Go! (sic), Tuesday, 24 July 2018 21:15 (five years ago) link
We were going to see Detroit but i read a few things like this http://thegrapevine.theroot.com/i-walked-out-of-detroit-because-wtf-man-1797338083 and we decided not to and then didn't even go to the movies after all. ― El Tomboto, 18 August 2017
I forgot that movie existed.
― Police, Academy (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 24 July 2018 21:17 (five years ago) link
enjoying these pull quotes sic
― devvvine, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 21:18 (five years ago) link
Well made, not that well thought out.
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 21:19 (five years ago) link
And yeah, the quotes are great, lol.
Detroit shook me right up. That and The Levelling the only two I've voted for so far.
― Alba, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 21:21 (five years ago) link
Oh, and Western, of course.
what we're gonna do right here is go back
― 16, 35, DCP, Go! (sic), Tuesday, 24 July 2018 21:30 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/nnX2osW.jpg
40= Toni Erdmann w/d: Maren Ade 49 points, 2 votes 1 #1
― 16, 35, DCP, Go! (sic), Tuesday, 24 July 2018 21:31 (five years ago) link
Placed at #1 in 2016, with 18 votes, 475 points, and 2 #1 votes.
I really need to give it another shot because I do think it has enough going for it that it deserves as much but after all the rapturous acclaim, I found this movie kind of a letdown. Humor-wise, I didn't find it all that funny beside those two scenes (Whitney and nudity), but that being said, those two scenes are the funniest scenes I've seen in movies in years. ― Murgatroid, Wednesday, 4 January 2017
― 16, 35, DCP, Go! (sic), Tuesday, 24 July 2018 21:32 (five years ago) link
Just realised that all three I've voted for so far are directed by women and I would have probably voted for Toni Erdmann too if it wasn't so old.
― Alba, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 21:34 (five years ago) link
The mixed reaction to Detroit is kind of interesting.
Get Out was a horror movie about social commentary; Detroit was the inverse, a social commentary movie shot like a horror movie. I liked em both
― 5th Ward Weeaboo (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 24 July 2018 21:36 (five years ago) link
It is probably some posters I like who has voted for Erdmann again, but don't do this ffs!
― calzino, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 21:51 (five years ago) link
well not again, but for a previous winner.
― calzino, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 21:53 (five years ago) link
closer to backwards than not...
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 30 July 2018 18:22 (five years ago) link
I’ve been finally watching Twin Peaks: The Return and have been reading the excellent spoiler thread along the way. I haven’t seen the whole thing yet but I’m pretty sure if I had seen it in time I would have included it on my list of favorite 2017 films! I’m glad I rewatched S1/2 and Fire Walk With Me before seeing this, it made it that much more of a thing to enjoy obsessing over
― Dan S, Monday, 30 July 2018 20:56 (five years ago) link
sic, what was your #1? don't remember seeing it in the results thread. (and thank you so much for doing this!)
Colossal, by Nacho Vigalondo. I was startled that this completely disappeared from cultural conversation, especially for the world of 2017. A film about medium-town America values, and a feeling of helplessness in the face of personal and world events, and especially about man-to-woman emotional manipulation and gaslighting, that also has big special effects and things being smashed. All built on a very tenuous metaphor that is nevertheless kept simple and unadorned enough to support the weight laden on it.
I had the fortune of going in knowing almost nothing about it, which really helped.
(You're welcome, Dan, and everyone else. It probably wasn't really worth staying up til 4am a couple of nights preparing, but the rollout was lots of fun, and I've got a bunch of new films to maybe watch on a television screen one day.)
― 16, 35, DCP, Go! (sic), Tuesday, 31 July 2018 23:07 (five years ago) link
Just saw Raw and The Levelling because of this thread. Loved both, especially the latter!
― Cherish, Saturday, 4 August 2018 19:51 (five years ago) link
Finally saw Wind River. I assumed it would be on here--it was either that, or post to an Olsen Twins thread. Anyway, thought it was good. I liked Jeremy Renner in American Hustle, but I think this is the best performance I've seen by him. Elizabeth Olsen has been good in all three films I've seen her in.
― clemenza, Sunday, 24 February 2019 16:37 (five years ago) link
There was a thread recently where there was some debate over when the year-end film poll should be. I thought it would have been here, but I guess not.
Anyway, I wanted to run a political-film poll this summer. Is is possible for the year-end to be over and done with before then?
― clemenza, Thursday, 14 March 2019 02:40 (five years ago) link