"I cannot start my day with a confrontation" The 2017 ILX Film Poll Voting Thread - Ballots Due Sunday, March 4th at 7pm EST.

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accurate

flappy bird, Tuesday, 27 February 2018 18:01 (six years ago) link

i spose this is better than stanning for the bloody 'days of empire' movies

ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 27 February 2018 18:03 (six years ago) link

Bump. Theoretical final week of voting. Work just threw some stuff at me though so I'll know by Saturday.

Gukbe, Thursday, 1 March 2018 04:16 (six years ago) link

btw deadline was bumped a week last year...

I apologize to wins for telling him to blow me on last year's thread. I deserved his opprobrium.

ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 1 March 2018 19:41 (six years ago) link

I've forgotten how the weighting works. If you put fewer films on your ballot, will the ones that are left be given more juice?

Alba, Friday, 2 March 2018 12:12 (six years ago) link

No, you're just denying the films lower on the ballot any points. 1=40, 2=36, etc...

Gukbe, Friday, 2 March 2018 14:51 (six years ago) link

voted!

well bissogled trotters (Michael B), Friday, 2 March 2018 14:53 (six years ago) link

we've been seeing filmz

call me by your name is an excellent movie about summering in italy and it features a lot of really excellent birdsong

imago, Friday, 2 March 2018 15:03 (six years ago) link

Haha morbius I don't doubt it, no need to apologise tho cmon

imago/tt and any others looking to catch up over the weekend, I v much recommend watching Dawson City, Frozen Time - a highlight of my cinemagoing last year and deserving of a place

(fundamentally tho I recommend everyone stop playing themselves and vote for twin peaks obv)

scotti pruitti (wins), Friday, 2 March 2018 20:51 (six years ago) link

excerpted from a major film journal's year-end request email:

...if you could send me a top ten, ranked, of your choice for annum 2017, based on films that premiered (in festivals or cinemas or on Showtime), that would be great...

Simon H., Friday, 2 March 2018 20:54 (six years ago) link

some of us have seen only 2/18 of TP:TR, categorization be damned

ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 2 March 2018 21:01 (six years ago) link

Vote for it anyway

scotti pruitti (wins), Friday, 2 March 2018 21:06 (six years ago) link

saving it for TV poll

ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 2 March 2018 21:07 (six years ago) link

everyone i know that saw Dawson City: Frozen Time said they liked it but found the music super treacly and almost unbearable

flappy bird, Friday, 2 March 2018 21:15 (six years ago) link

I can't call the music to mind- it was a sigur ros guy right?

scotti pruitti (wins), Friday, 2 March 2018 21:37 (six years ago) link

Simon's quote is unsurprising I think serious venues are quite aware of how undistinguished a year 2017 is once you ignore the filmic event of the year

Obviously it's excellent to be more bothered about whether things are filed correctly tho 😎

scotti pruitti (wins), Friday, 2 March 2018 21:52 (six years ago) link

I have two episodes left in TP:TR and it wouldn't even occur to me to vote it best of the year.

morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 2 March 2018 21:57 (six years ago) link

i still haven't recovered from xyzzzz calling the nothing factory better than arabian nights and i doubt i can tbh, that's the kind of cognitive dissonance you don't come back from

imago, Friday, 2 March 2018 21:57 (six years ago) link

everyone i know that saw Dawson City: Frozen Time said they liked it but found the music super treacly and almost unbearable

― flappy bird,

This is another one I sorta liked but started looking at my watch after 50 minutes.

morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 2 March 2018 21:58 (six years ago) link

BPM, The Other Side of Hope, Phantom Thread: all distinguished.

ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 2 March 2018 21:59 (six years ago) link

BPM not out til April here ☹️

scotti pruitti (wins), Friday, 2 March 2018 22:05 (six years ago) link

Faces places not out til idk never

scotti pruitti (wins), Friday, 2 March 2018 22:05 (six years ago) link

Other side of hope very high up in my ballot if I actually get around to doing one instead of just trolling

scotti pruitti (wins), Friday, 2 March 2018 22:06 (six years ago) link

Yeah: Faces Places not out in UK till September. Maybe Morbs is right and the balllot should be held next century.

Alba, Friday, 2 March 2018 22:10 (six years ago) link

But you guys are so close to France!

ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 2 March 2018 22:11 (six years ago) link

I do still stand by my half-time assessment that 2017 has not been a vintage year. I'm sure deficiencies in my cinemagoing are partly to blame but there has felt like a lack of strength in depth: looking at my ballot there's a top 8 or so I really feel strongly about but in previous years it's been a struggle to cull it to 25.

Alba, Friday, 2 March 2018 22:17 (six years ago) link

2017 was an all time great year for Danish cinema, but a bad year for festival films which is what normally fills my ballot. Looking at the Cannes list, for example, there's really only a couple film I liked.

Frederik B, Saturday, 3 March 2018 00:33 (six years ago) link

Sent

i know kore-eda (or something), Saturday, 3 March 2018 01:04 (six years ago) link

we just saw 'the party'! it was...unsubtle. but fun.

tt: "like you"

imago, Saturday, 3 March 2018 01:20 (six years ago) link

Ballot sent. Went for the full 25 after all. Sneaked A Fantastic Woman in.

Someone else is voting for Detroit and England Is Mine, right?

Alba, Saturday, 3 March 2018 08:05 (six years ago) link

them 2 along with Baby Driver were like a spiritual experience to me. i.e like going to church and listening to a paed delivering a sermon on morality.
Just joking, haven't seen any of them tbh.

calzino, Saturday, 3 March 2018 10:34 (six years ago) link

How long precisely until ballots have to be submitted?

Just watched On Body and Soul. It was completely different to anything I had imagined it would be...sort of a muted, magic realist melodrama. What a bizarre career the director seems to have had. Does anyone know her other work and if it's at all similar in feel to this? The whole experience was quite overwhelming! That definitely shakes up my top 10.

tangenttangent, Sunday, 4 March 2018 00:26 (six years ago) link

Ballot sent. Went for the full 25 after all. Sneaked A Fantastic Woman in.

oh wow! I found it maudlin and commonplace.

morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 4 March 2018 00:27 (six years ago) link

Just saw it today and loved it. As well as the amazing lead performance, it has an subtle hallucinatory feel to it from the soundtrack and photography.

Luna Schlosser, Sunday, 4 March 2018 00:31 (six years ago) link

Gloria really stayed with me, if it's as good as that one was it'll be on my ballot next year

scotti pruitti (wins), Sunday, 4 March 2018 00:33 (six years ago) link

it looks like his next movie is a Hollywood remake of Gloria with Julianne Moore.

calzino, Sunday, 4 March 2018 00:41 (six years ago) link

I sincerely apologize that this is happening again, but a combination of Donald Trump, Bibi Netanyahu, and now a tragedy in my life means I can't do this tomorrow night. I'm extending the deadline a week (again). So if you want to catch up with Princess Cyd on Netflix, go for it. Deadline is now next Sunday night.

Gukbe, Sunday, 4 March 2018 03:11 (six years ago) link

Be well and best wishes, Gubke.

flappy bird, Sunday, 4 March 2018 04:49 (six years ago) link

and thanks for the heads up about Princess Cyd being on Netflix - I missed that one at festivals last year & in its brief theatrical run last summer.

flappy bird, Sunday, 4 March 2018 04:50 (six years ago) link

sorry, Gukbe

ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 4 March 2018 08:20 (six years ago) link

take all the time you need :)

imago, Sunday, 4 March 2018 10:35 (six years ago) link

Yeah, take all the time you need, Gukbe. Best wishes :)

Frederik B, Sunday, 4 March 2018 12:29 (six years ago) link

Just watched On Body and Soul. It was completely different to anything I had imagined it would be...sort of a muted, magic realist melodrama. What a bizarre career the director seems to have had. Does anyone know her other work and if it's at all similar in feel to this? The whole experience was quite overwhelming! That definitely shakes up my top 10.

― tangenttangent, 4. marts 2018 01:26 (eleven hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

There's a magical realist feel to all of it, but the muted feeling is new. My 20th Century is a forgotten gem, the rest is not really that good.

Frederik B, Sunday, 4 March 2018 12:31 (six years ago) link

Thanks! I’ll definitely watch it based on that. Mutedness isn’t something I usually appreciate (although definitely in this context), so I’ll be interested to see what peaks she can reach!

Best wishes to you, Gukbe.

tangenttangent, Sunday, 4 March 2018 12:52 (six years ago) link

On Body and Soul was not released in the US til 2018, i believe

but by all means let the goddamn Oscar nominations lead you

ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 4 March 2018 14:53 (six years ago) link

It's weird imo that you'd assume people are led by oscar noms as opposed to, say, release dates in the countries we live in

I know you're very strict about films not being considered to exist until they have been shown in the theatre nearest your apartment tho

scotti pruitti (wins), Sunday, 4 March 2018 15:06 (six years ago) link

Feels bad, having movies come out first in other countries, doesn't it?

imago, Sunday, 4 March 2018 15:07 (six years ago) link

that's a good criterion, wins

ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 4 March 2018 15:16 (six years ago) link

On Body and Soul's reputation seems much grown since it was released in UK cinemas. I found it more of a curio than a film of the year.

Alba, Sunday, 4 March 2018 16:44 (six years ago) link

I liked it fine, but it's not making my list.

Frederik B, Sunday, 4 March 2018 17:03 (six years ago) link


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