i have a fluctuating relationship w/ curtis's stuff. didn't like 'the trap', did like the most recent, even though it was completely mental.
― we started this punning display name shit (history mayne), Friday, 12 August 2011 18:23 (twelve years ago) link
i'd include 'century of the self' in my list of er, non-fiction films
― we started this punning display name shit (history mayne), Friday, 12 August 2011 18:24 (twelve years ago) link
Me too. It Felt Like A Kiss is the one I like best and it is probably the least "documentary"
― A41 (admrl), Friday, 12 August 2011 18:24 (twelve years ago) link
The World at War is the That's Entertainment! of bombing.
― satan club sandwich (Dr Morbius), Friday, 12 August 2011 18:25 (twelve years ago) link
priceless
― we started this punning display name shit (history mayne), Friday, 12 August 2011 18:26 (twelve years ago) link
Urgh, I hated the last Curtis. Bad premises. Loved and voted for The Power of Nightmares, though.
― emil.y, Friday, 12 August 2011 18:27 (twelve years ago) link
lol
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i_qxQztHRI (Princess TamTam), Friday, 12 August 2011 18:27 (twelve years ago) link
Urgh, I hated the last Curtis. Bad premises. Loved and voted for The Power of Nightmares, though.― emil.y, Friday, August 12, 2011 7:27 PM (49 seconds ago) Bookmark
― emil.y, Friday, August 12, 2011 7:27 PM (49 seconds ago) Bookmark
yeah, sort of feel this is 'generation very much in character'. i think the premises of both series are pretty bad, the resulting films good. but people object more to the premise of ALOBMOLG. the last ep is transcendent imo.
― we started this punning display name shit (history mayne), Friday, 12 August 2011 18:29 (twelve years ago) link
woah never seen you get so effusive, maybe take a lie down
― A41 (admrl), Friday, 12 August 2011 18:30 (twelve years ago) link
I agree with you too! craziness
I must confess I didn't watch the last one, as I'd been so annoyed by the first two.
― emil.y, Friday, 12 August 2011 18:32 (twelve years ago) link
ALOBMOLG was great
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i_qxQztHRI (Princess TamTam), Friday, 12 August 2011 18:33 (twelve years ago) link
The last one really stood out
― A41 (admrl), Friday, 12 August 2011 18:33 (twelve years ago) link
*AWOBMOLG
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i_qxQztHRI (Princess TamTam), Friday, 12 August 2011 18:34 (twelve years ago) link
If you're going to praise something, at least get its name right. 'All Licked Over By Machines of Loving Grace'? (lol xp)
Not gonna retread why I hated it in detail, though - pretty sure I posted a few annoyances on the dedicated thread.
― emil.y, Friday, 12 August 2011 18:35 (twelve years ago) link
I didn't know a thing about Adam Curtis until this conversation started. This is good. (Not sure how I'll see this stuff if it's BBC, though.)
― clemenza, Friday, 12 August 2011 18:35 (twelve years ago) link
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
― we started this punning display name shit (history mayne), Friday, 12 August 2011 18:36 (twelve years ago) link
www.rapidshare.com
most of them are on youtube or google video
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i_qxQztHRI (Princess TamTam), Friday, 12 August 2011 18:37 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOlwbaPe2os
― we started this punning display name shit (history mayne), Friday, 12 August 2011 18:37 (twelve years ago) link
Not one for downloading films, and really hate watching anything longer than a short clip off the computer.
― clemenza, Friday, 12 August 2011 18:38 (twelve years ago) link
^^ 'generation very much in character'
― sonderangerbot, Friday, 12 August 2011 18:38 (twelve years ago) link
i doubt the good old beeb would sue. like 'la plays itself' i don't think it could be put on dvd even if there were a market, because it uses loads of copyright material. (like broadcast is governed by different rules than dvd or something.)
― we started this punning display name shit (history mayne), Friday, 12 August 2011 18:42 (twelve years ago) link
I voted for one Adam Curtis: The Mayfair Set.
― Alba, Friday, 12 August 2011 18:42 (twelve years ago) link
(at least, I think I did)
― Alba, Friday, 12 August 2011 18:43 (twelve years ago) link
"la plays itself" is a gay porn film. just sayin'
― A41 (admrl), Friday, 12 August 2011 18:43 (twelve years ago) link
You did vote for The Mayfair Set, yes. And there is an Adam Curtis film in the top 25.
― clemenza, Friday, 12 August 2011 18:45 (twelve years ago) link
i haven't seen AOLOLBLOGOMG
― ☝ (am0n), Friday, 12 August 2011 18:45 (twelve years ago) link
Either The Trap or Power of Nightmares, prob. the latter
xp
― A41 (admrl), Friday, 12 August 2011 18:45 (twelve years ago) link
"la plays itself" is a gay porn film. just sayin'― A41 (admrl), Friday, August 12, 2011 7:43 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark
― A41 (admrl), Friday, August 12, 2011 7:43 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark
wrongly naming that film has become just an annoying thing that i do.
― we started this punning display name shit (history mayne), Friday, 12 August 2011 18:46 (twelve years ago) link
It's actually a really interesting film, I mean both of them are. u shld check it out
― A41 (admrl), Friday, 12 August 2011 18:48 (twelve years ago) link
why do u h8 shermy's march amon
― https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i_qxQztHRI (Princess TamTam), Friday, August 12, 2011 2:12 PM
not sure, iirc it was really long and the narrator seemed overly-sedate. just total snooze-fest. should i watch it again, its been years since i've seen it
― ☝ (am0n), Friday, 12 August 2011 18:48 (twelve years ago) link
Limp Bizkit is surprisingly front and centre in this thread.
― clemenza, Friday, 12 August 2011 18:52 (twelve years ago) link
I do keep on getting confused by the auto-embed of TamTam's display name.
― emil.y, Friday, 12 August 2011 18:52 (twelve years ago) link
i havent seen it in a long time myself, but i gave it 5 points anyway. i need to watch it again
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i_qxQztHRI (Princess TamTam), Friday, 12 August 2011 18:52 (twelve years ago) link
im hoping that it confuses someone into clicking on it looking for a hot documentary clip
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i_qxQztHRI (Princess TamTam), Friday, 12 August 2011 18:53 (twelve years ago) link
Wow, I had no idea this was in progress. "Gleaners & I" is so good, and casually profound. "WR: Mysteries of the Organism" I can't stand. "Winged Migration" I can watch all day. The perfect example of a doc that shows you something common from such a (literally) different angle it changes the way you think about said something, in this case, um, wings. But man, are those flapping/gliding wings so cool.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 12 August 2011 18:56 (twelve years ago) link
Wd have voted for LA Plays Itself if I knew we were opening up slots to gay porn.
― third-generation stripper (Eric H.), Friday, 12 August 2011 18:58 (twelve years ago) link
I'm stealing your idea for something.
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LStRxwN7hI (Pleasant Plains), Friday, 12 August 2011 18:58 (twelve years ago) link
xpost So we can discuss the "doc"/"not a doc" veracity of full penetration and non-waxed ass.
― third-generation stripper (Eric H.), Friday, 12 August 2011 18:59 (twelve years ago) link
I showed Winged Migration to my two grade 6 science classes last year, and most of them were pretty attentive through most of it.
― clemenza, Friday, 12 August 2011 19:02 (twelve years ago) link
The only thing I really remember about Winged Migration is that I bought a bottle of wine and some brie and crusty bread to consume while I watched it.
― jaymc, Friday, 12 August 2011 19:05 (twelve years ago) link
that really sounds delicious
― A41 (admrl), Friday, 12 August 2011 19:07 (twelve years ago) link
Obviously I provided my students with wine and crusty bread.
― clemenza, Friday, 12 August 2011 19:08 (twelve years ago) link
wd do the same w/ showing a class Sex Positive
― satan club sandwich (Dr Morbius), Friday, 12 August 2011 19:15 (twelve years ago) link
three of mine placed so far. (i was the other shoah voter if it makes you feel any better morbs.) (on the other hand, i voted for fog of war.) enjoying this so far. thanks, c.
― king of torts (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Friday, 12 August 2011 19:42 (twelve years ago) link
whoops, make that four. i figure about another three have a shot. the other three, not so much.
i think i have ~10 that still have a shot at placing.
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i_qxQztHRI (Princess TamTam), Friday, 12 August 2011 20:24 (twelve years ago) link
Oh man I haven't had a chance to read through this yet but I'm psyched that brother's keeper placed. I gave it a lot of points iirc. I think I may have voted for hated too but I can't remember.
― ladies love draculas like children love stray dogs (ENBB), Friday, 12 August 2011 23:00 (twelve years ago) link
Brother's Keeper is so heartbreaking, the non-fiction equiv. of "A Simple Plan."
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 13 August 2011 00:19 (twelve years ago) link