xpost -- it was the most I've ever liked Mark Wahlberg, though possibly the least I've ever liked Damon and DiCaprio.
― evol j, Monday, 10 July 2017 14:39 (six years ago) link
I've seen so few of these, and some of them so long ago I can't remember a thing, that this currently is a three-way race between Sideways, Babel and The Reader. I suspect if I'd seen Crash this wouldn't be hard at all, and also suspect those three might actually be in the top half. I do kinda hate all three of them.
― Frederik B, Monday, 10 July 2017 14:39 (six years ago) link
Gosford is great, a relatively minor Altman but maybe my second favorite of the ones I've seen from this list (after the mysteriously-maligned There Will Be Blood).
― Duane Quarterdump (Old Lunch), Monday, 10 July 2017 14:39 (six years ago) link
Crash should've been titled Paving the Road to Hell.
― Duane Quarterdump (Old Lunch), Monday, 10 July 2017 14:40 (six years ago) link
the mysteriously-maligned There Will Be Blood
?!
― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Monday, 10 July 2017 14:41 (six years ago) link
Well, on this board, anyway.
― Duane Quarterdump (Old Lunch), Monday, 10 July 2017 14:43 (six years ago) link
The Departed is a blast. We can argue forever about whether its Oscar material or not, but its so much more watchable than the bulk of this list that it shouldn't even be in contention here.
So much dreck here, much of which has faded from memory for me (did I even see The Hours? I honestly can't remember now). Voting Slumdog Millionaire only because I was forced to watch it again recently for a class.
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Monday, 10 July 2017 14:45 (six years ago) link
We should make a list of films that are both high prestige Oscar bait and enjoyably watchable movies that hold up past awards season. Feel like it would be a pretty short list.
― Duane Quarterdump (Old Lunch), Monday, 10 July 2017 14:50 (six years ago) link
A few I got nothing out of: A Beautiful Mind, The Aviator, Munich, Little Miss Sunshine, Juno, Slumdog Millionaire. There are a bunch more where I got almost nothing, but there was usually a performance or something that slightly redeemed the film. I'll give Munich a pass because I've been meaning to see it again, and I don't want ILX's wrath descending down upon me. Anyway, Gangs of New York easily in terms of the ambition-achievement gap. Haven't seen 19 of them, including all the Lord of the Rings films.
― clemenza, Monday, 10 July 2017 14:51 (six years ago) link
At worst, the LOTR films are beautiful wallpaper.
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Monday, 10 July 2017 14:53 (six years ago) link
never gonna run out of Oscar polls huh
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Monday, 10 July 2017 14:54 (six years ago) link
I mean, even on this board: 2007's Oscar Nominees
― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Monday, 10 July 2017 14:54 (six years ago) link
We should make a list of films that are both high prestige Oscar bait and enjoyably watchable movies that hold up past awards season. Feel like it would be a pretty short list
From this list:
Erin BrockovichGosford ParkThe Departed Lost in TranslationMunichLOTRMaster and Commander: The Far Side of the World
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 10 July 2017 14:55 (six years ago) link
i haven't seen 14 of these candidates and will die happy avoiding at least 10 henceforth
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Monday, 10 July 2017 14:56 (six years ago) link
(xpost) Lost in Translation? I guess with Murray to an extent, but was Coppola all that well known before that?
― clemenza, Monday, 10 July 2017 14:57 (six years ago) link
LIT had buzz months in advance of its opening, if I remember correctly. And Murray was one of the award frontrunners. I like it fine, she did better before and afterward.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 10 July 2017 14:58 (six years ago) link
I had a real problem with its ''oh, this inscrutable Oriental backdrop!" premise and execution, even if part of the idea was that ScarJo's character was going through the motions of that narrative (package tea ceremony experience etc.) and finding it hollow. End of the day, it's The East as sounding board and metaphor for anomie and human disconnection which is pretty dopey.
― ﴿→ ☺ (Doctor Casino), Monday, 10 July 2017 15:02 (six years ago) link
It's at least partially mitigated by her and Murray's spending so much time in the hotel, which could be any anonymous luxury Hilton anywhere in the world.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 10 July 2017 15:04 (six years ago) link
it's funny how few of these movies are conducive to multiple viewings, which obviously goes hand in hand with their "prestige" nature. Erin Brockovich jumps out as one, but maybe it's just on TV more than most of the others.
― evol j, Monday, 10 July 2017 15:05 (six years ago) link
Erin Brockovich j is a much better movie than Traffic: aware of the intersections of gender and class, sharp eye for interior design, excellent cast.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 10 July 2017 15:07 (six years ago) link
title should've been Julia's Smile Cures Social Ills
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Monday, 10 July 2017 15:09 (six years ago) link
Also how bad was Little Miss Sunshine? I remember thinking the characters were pretty charming fuck-ups with heart kind of thing but haven't re-watched for years
― Never changed username before (cardamon), Monday, 10 July 2017 15:10 (six years ago) link
as funny as a 2x4
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 10 July 2017 15:10 (six years ago) link
Erin Brockovich is a much better movie than Traffic: aware of the intersections of gender and class, sharp eye for interior design, excellent cast.
This.
― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Monday, 10 July 2017 15:13 (six years ago) link
Kael would've been in its corner.
― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Monday, 10 July 2017 15:15 (six years ago) link
oh, HER
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Monday, 10 July 2017 15:16 (six years ago) link
http://33.media.tumblr.com/f773e8ed87bc871bdeb8d949a484da14/tumblr_moqyzar0BM1rsw1oio1_400.gif
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 10 July 2017 15:17 (six years ago) link
David Denby wrote an encomium to her bosom
https://nevalalee.wordpress.com/2017/06/07/we-lost-it-at-the-movies/
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Monday, 10 July 2017 15:21 (six years ago) link
gotta be crash, but don't underestimated the insipid babel
other possibilities: the reader, benjamin button, finding neverland
― voodoo chili, Monday, 10 July 2017 15:27 (six years ago) link
Love in Translation is just so well made. Every image, every sound, the acting. A great, great film. And I'm not sure Coppola has done anything even slightly as good, but I'm willing to find out.
― Frederik B, Monday, 10 July 2017 15:32 (six years ago) link
A Beautiful Mind
With Crash, at least Terrence Howard and Matt Dillon were really strong,
― Eazy, Monday, 10 July 2017 15:58 (six years ago) link
Erin Brockovich j is actually one of my least favorites of the erin brockovich anime sequels, ahead of only Erin Brockovich 2Rz Wing and Erin Brockovich j-ReSquared W
― qualx, Monday, 10 July 2017 17:07 (six years ago) link
pretty easy, it's Good Night, and Good Luck. George Clooney passion project is already a non-starter, but man this was insufferable. I remember it came out a year after Bush was reelected and it was just the most anodyne, toothless indictment of cable news. and he was horrible as ERM
― flappy bird, Monday, 10 July 2017 17:13 (six years ago) link
well, David Strathairn played Murrow
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Monday, 10 July 2017 17:14 (six years ago) link
Clooney was great as David Strathairn, but terrible as Murrow.
― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Monday, 10 July 2017 17:27 (six years ago) link
lol whoops this is like when I thought William H. Macy was in The Clearing. movie was still shit
― flappy bird, Monday, 10 July 2017 17:30 (six years ago) link
loads of garbage here but tbh kinda wanna vote for Fellowship of the Ring
― Οὖτις, Monday, 10 July 2017 17:35 (six years ago) link
good move. i would've voted for one of the LOTRs but didn't want to split the vote
― flappy bird, Monday, 10 July 2017 17:36 (six years ago) link
would also accept Gosford Park, No Country, Lost in Translation, maybe a couple others. The Departed is fun but p stupid/pointless
― Οὖτις, Monday, 10 July 2017 17:38 (six years ago) link
lol wait we're voting for WORST whoops my bad - reverse all that!
I avoided most of these movies surely CRASH is the worst of the ones I've seen tho
― Οὖτις, Monday, 10 July 2017 17:39 (six years ago) link
why the hell did Master and Commander end up with that run-on title? It sounds more like the third video game in a series than a feature film
― mh, Monday, 10 July 2017 17:44 (six years ago) link
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― flappy bird, Monday, July 10, 2017 5:36 PM (six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Same as Flappy but I'll join Shakey in voting FotR. That ring garbage is detestable.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 10 July 2017 17:44 (six years ago) link
I have never seen Crash but its only redeeming aspect, to me, is the number of people who searched it out and accidentally ended up with the Cronenberg movie
― mh, Monday, 10 July 2017 17:45 (six years ago) link
xxp i think it was 3 of the books compressed into one movie. i was in 5th grade when it came out and my history teacher was so hyped on it, had the poster in his classroom and everything. p sure we watched maybe the first 30 minutes in class one day.
― flappy bird, Monday, 10 July 2017 17:46 (six years ago) link
Yeah, there may have been some idea of starting a Master & Commander franchise because there's something like 482 books in the series.
― Duane Quarterdump (Old Lunch), Monday, 10 July 2017 17:48 (six years ago) link
the first LOTR is fantastic, 2nd is p good, the 3rd (and Oscar winning one) is ok but botches the ending(s)
― Οὖτις, Monday, 10 July 2017 17:49 (six years ago) link
it needed another five to ten endings, just to really end the series
― mh, Monday, 10 July 2017 17:49 (six years ago) link
The Queen <- Haven't seen too many of these but god this fucking sucked.
I crack up thinking about the rat on the windowsill at the end of The Departed far too often.
― devvvine, Monday, 10 July 2017 17:50 (six years ago) link
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yeah that was the intention, and my history teacher was SO excited about it and SO bummed when it obviously wasn't going to happen.
― flappy bird, Monday, 10 July 2017 17:51 (six years ago) link
I’ve never seen the movie version, but I saw the musical with my family on a weekend matinee and an alternate took the lead. But said alternate was Sandy Duncan.
― mh, Tuesday, 11 July 2017 05:30 (six years ago) link
I also picked Chicago - I'm handicapped in that no-one pays me to see films, so I have missed ~50% if these, including obviously Crash.
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 11 July 2017 06:43 (six years ago) link
Either Ray or Crash. I suppose Ray let Walk Hard happen which is a plus.
I thought Chicago was OK. Very retro and it pales next to Cabaret, but it kept me entertained.
― Einstein, Kazanga, Sitar (abanana), Tuesday, 11 July 2017 09:40 (six years ago) link
I take it I'm the only person who hates Moulin Rouge like boiling acid being poured in my ears and eyes.
― attention vampire (MatthewK), Tuesday, 11 July 2017 11:50 (six years ago) link
I'm not a fan but I don't care enough.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 11 July 2017 11:57 (six years ago) link
I admire it very much. But it gives me headaches, so I don't watch it.
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 11 July 2017 12:21 (six years ago) link
Yeah, that's more or less my take. I admire its serious commitment to foolishness.
― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Tuesday, 11 July 2017 12:48 (six years ago) link
it's a monument to ADD, someone said
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 11 July 2017 14:30 (six years ago) link
p sure i loathed Crash and Slumdog most, with the very dishonest Frost/Nixon close behind
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 11 July 2017 14:31 (six years ago) link
of the ones I've seen, these are the ones I dislike the most:
Moulin Rouge! - interesting setup that eventually just tested my patience and made me wish they'd cast people who could sing as the leadsThe Hours - while notable for having the only Julianne Moore performance I can tolerate, it's still dull and deep in the way a 13yo who just found out about Bauhaus is deepMystic River - I solved the whodunnit about 5 seconds after the murder happened and spent the rest of the movie irritated by the dummies onscreen who couldn't figure it outBabel - I had high hopes for this but it made zero impact on me at all; I barely remember seeing it
I probably actually dislike The Hours more but I'm voting Mystic River because I was in the chorus that recorded the barely-inaudible "oooh-ahhhh" bits in the soundtrack and it is eternally frustrating to me that my voice is buried deep in the mix of this dumb-ass movie.
― a butt groove but for feet (DJP), Tuesday, 11 July 2017 14:59 (six years ago) link
Beside forcing Nicole Kidman as Virginia Woolf to lie in the grass covered in snails to commune with snails, The Hours also had Ed Harris his first official terrible performance.
Babel is classic Oscarbuzz crap that vanishes the moment its moment does. But it's Innaritu's least memorable film, which is a plus.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 11 July 2017 15:06 (six years ago) link
Can't hate on Slumdog. It at least has Anthony Dod Mantle shooting the shit out of it, which is more than can be said for almost every one of these.
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 11 July 2017 15:13 (six years ago) link
And, in one memorable scene, shooting shit.
― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Tuesday, 11 July 2017 15:16 (six years ago) link
And that is the best scene. It's still weird that a film with a triumphant scene where a kid swims through excrement won the Oscar as a feel good film.
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 11 July 2017 15:21 (six years ago) link
a metaphor for that year in Oscar
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 11 July 2017 15:21 (six years ago) link
If only there had been 10 nominees!
― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Tuesday, 11 July 2017 15:23 (six years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Wednesday, 2 August 2017 00:01 (six years ago) link
As many awful movies as there are here ... Crash.
― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 13:20 (six years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Thursday, 3 August 2017 00:01 (six years ago) link
Would be interested in hearing from the two Lost in Translation voters (understanding and conceding the most common complaint against it).
― clemenza, Thursday, 3 August 2017 00:33 (six years ago) link
I think Crouching Tiger is my favourite here.
― jmm, Thursday, 3 August 2017 01:43 (six years ago) link
I broke this down for y'all.
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 2 February 2019 17:18 (five years ago) link
I like more of the films in Good to Great and Meh each than 'Solid Sound Entertainments', which strikes me as about right.
― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 4 February 2019 15:23 (five years ago) link
Sorry for mangling your categories.
which films?
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 4 February 2019 15:28 (five years ago) link
Moulin Rouge / Juno / District 19Up / Crouching Tiger Hidden DragonLost in Translation / No Country for Old Men / A Serious Man
I am a mark for 'We have some ideas, and some of them are bad!' which I think covers the first three. (but really my percentage watched across all categories is <50)
― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 4 February 2019 21:20 (five years ago) link