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 cmonimago/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 yearObviously 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
― 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
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
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
― 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 inI 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
A friend messaged to tell me that she had also watched On Body and Soul last night. I think this means that I am a deer.
― tangenttangent, Sunday, 4 March 2018 21:23 (six years ago) link
Best wishes to you, Gukbe. Is it ok if I send a revised ballot? I've been able to see a couple more 2017 releases since I sent my first one in.
― WilliamC, Monday, 5 March 2018 02:24 (six years ago) link
Yeah, if anyone wants to revise their ballot, go ahead.
― Gukbe, Monday, 5 March 2018 09:03 (six years ago) link
All the best, Gukbe.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 5 March 2018 09:08 (six years ago) link