This means that a couple of extremely wonderful and obscure things have made the top 20, btw
― imago, Thursday, 26 July 2018 16:41 (five years ago) link
What have you done
― jeremy cmbyn (wins), Thursday, 26 July 2018 16:42 (five years ago) link
i am probably going to watch that political-scandal TV series where Hugh Grant licks Ben Whishaw's nipples first
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 26 July 2018 16:42 (five years ago) link
The Banning of Louis XD was in my top 3 btw
― jeremy cmbyn (wins), Thursday, 26 July 2018 16:43 (five years ago) link
lol
― imago, Thursday, 26 July 2018 16:43 (five years ago) link
I did. A Very English Scandal. Amazon Prime from Friday. https://t.co/6ANoH1kpY3— Hugh Grant (@HackedOffHugh) June 26, 2018
― 16, 35, DCP, Go! (sic), Thursday, 26 July 2018 16:46 (five years ago) link
haaa
― jeremy cmbyn (wins), Thursday, 26 July 2018 16:47 (five years ago) link
I saw the beginning of that at my granny’s & it took me several minutes to work out that it was Hugh Grant under all that makeup
― jeremy cmbyn (wins), Thursday, 26 July 2018 16:50 (five years ago) link
maybe he wasn't wearing any for once
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 26 July 2018 16:51 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/GsDtre6.jpg
20. Dawson City, Frozen Time d: Bill Morrison (doco) 106 points, 7 votes
― 16, 35, DCP, Go! (sic), Thursday, 26 July 2018 16:52 (five years ago) link
You would think a documentary about rediscovered silent-film footage in the Yukon would be a Trump-free safe haven, but no, there's no escape.I had seen the trailer a couple of weeks ago, so I was looking forward to something dreamy and contemplative. It didn't disappoint on that count--I can imagine it playing Nuit Blanche at three in the morning. Not harboring any protective feelings about silent film in general, the ambient soundtrack helped make that happen, though it did get repetitive after a while.What came as a surprise was how much history is packed into the film--everything from Grauman's Chinese Theatre to Kenesaw Mountain Landis to Fatty Arbuckle to Robert Service. And fires--there are so many of them in Dawson City it becomes a gruesome joke, like the drummers in Spinal Tap. Towards the end, where the couple who were instrumental in preserving all this film fill in the backstory, the husband says two innocuous words that provided the biggest laugh I've had at the movies this year.― clemenza, Tuesday, 25 July 2017
― clemenza, Tuesday, 25 July 2017
The trance-like qualities of Dawson City, Frozen Time worked, which means I was bored by the halfway mark.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 26 July 2018 16:54 (five years ago) link
my #9, and I never thought that'd be the case for a documentary that opens with Christopher (Mad Dog) Russo
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 26 July 2018 16:56 (five years ago) link
was it the footage of the 1919 World Series that did it?
the doc that featured the brothel owned by Trump's dad or granddad perhaps with typical "the absolute best brothel in the western world, all the rest are shite" type modesty on the advert. I liked this but forgot to vote for it.
― calzino, Thursday, 26 July 2018 16:58 (five years ago) link
granddad... or not?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/donald-trump-grandfather-prostitution/
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 26 July 2018 17:01 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/ZYg0imm.jpg
19. 120 BPM (Beats per Minute) d: Robin Campillo w: Robin Campillo & Philippe Mangeot 107 points, 5 votes 1 #1
― 16, 35, DCP, Go! (sic), Thursday, 26 July 2018 17:08 (five years ago) link
So it's possible that BPM aka 120 Beats Per Minute is the best thing I've seen all year... and one of the best films in a long time about political activism. I liked Robin Campillo's last, Eastern Boys, but this is tougher, grimmer, sexier. ― Dr Morbius, November 13, 2017
― Dr Morbius, November 13, 2017
GREAT still.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 26 July 2018 17:10 (five years ago) link
#6 on my list
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 26 July 2018 17:12 (five years ago) link
"tougher, grimmer, sexier" is my new dating profile
― 16, 35, DCP, Go! (sic), Thursday, 26 July 2018 17:18 (five years ago) link
"low" but if it got 5 votes i'm assuming 7 of you saw it
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 26 July 2018 17:19 (five years ago) link
I really wanted to see this but missed the handful of screenings it had here
― jeremy cmbyn (wins), Thursday, 26 July 2018 17:22 (five years ago) link
not found a version of this with ENG subs yet, its on my watchlist.
― calzino, Thursday, 26 July 2018 17:22 (five years ago) link
It’s out on dvd in the us (I think)
― Dan S, Thursday, 26 July 2018 17:23 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/1Bhyj9M.jpg
18. The Ornithologist d: João Pedro Rodrigues w: João Pedro Rodrigues & Joao Rui Guerra da Mata 114 points, 8 votes
― 16, 35, DCP, Go! (sic), Thursday, 26 July 2018 17:27 (five years ago) link
The Ornithologist is everything Staying Vertical should have been, a mishmash of landscapes, myths, times, and places, with identity a big factor, and a lovely sex scene on a sunny beach.― Frederik B, Monday, 31 October 2016
― Frederik B, Monday, 31 October 2016
I'm v keen to see The Ornithologist because of how beautiful the actor is. ― jed_, Wednesday, 28 March 2018
― jed_, Wednesday, 28 March 2018
feel a bit bad for only seeing the big obvious gay film last year
― imago, Thursday, 26 July 2018 17:29 (five years ago) link
I loved Staying Vertical but The Ornithologist was great too
― Dan S, Thursday, 26 July 2018 17:30 (five years ago) link
never saw Dawson City because all my friends warned that the schmaltzy music completely ruined it.
― flappy bird, Thursday, 26 July 2018 17:30 (five years ago) link
wasn't esp keen on The Ornithologist, willing to try again
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 26 July 2018 17:33 (five years ago) link
#3 on my list and a handy manual to buggery on the sand.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 26 July 2018 17:35 (five years ago) link
BPM and The Ornithologist remain my big gay blindspots of the year.
I'm hesitant to watch Paddington 2 without having seen the first one. I don't recall it getting nearly as much hype or praise, unless I missed something?
― Police, Academy (cryptosicko), Thursday, 26 July 2018 17:36 (five years ago) link
what was your favorite queer film of 2017?
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 26 July 2018 17:37 (five years ago) link
xp I didn't see the first Paddington and it didn't matter, I loved Paddington 2 and sobbed the entire time
― flappy bird, Thursday, 26 July 2018 17:37 (five years ago) link
Ornithologist my #2, now this is beguiling. Loved to die like a man as well
― jeremy cmbyn (wins), Thursday, 26 July 2018 17:40 (five years ago) link
i thought The Ornithologist was a right trip, my no7.
― calzino, Thursday, 26 July 2018 17:41 (five years ago) link
So far, I guess Thelma, but on my Letterboxd watchlist I currently have The Fabulous Allan Carr, Against the Law, 120 Beats Per Minute, The Wound, The Ornithologist, Beach Rats and a handful of shorts, so...ask me again in a couple of months?
― Police, Academy (cryptosicko), Thursday, 26 July 2018 17:44 (five years ago) link
Beach Rats was fucking great
― flappy bird, Thursday, 26 July 2018 17:45 (five years ago) link
how much ornithology is there in this film btw
― imago, Thursday, 26 July 2018 17:47 (five years ago) link
#1 is very very good but #2 is something else, and built for adult viewers and film nerds as well as kids and families. you can totally jump in on #2, but the first one's on Netflix and #2 has a two day run back in US Regal cinemas on August 14 & 15.
― 16, 35, DCP, Go! (sic), Thursday, 26 July 2018 17:50 (five years ago) link
xpplenty of hornythology tbf!
― calzino, Thursday, 26 July 2018 17:51 (five years ago) link
Less than last year’s Portuguese hit tbf imago
― jeremy cmbyn (wins), Thursday, 26 July 2018 17:52 (five years ago) link
those portuguese and their avians
i guess an hour and a quarter of chaffinches is enough film ornithology for a decade or so
― imago, Thursday, 26 July 2018 17:54 (five years ago) link
― flappy bird,
and I didn't like it except for the young lead. Gay!
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 26 July 2018 17:55 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/ZF9xWdv.jpg
17. mother! w/d: Darren Aronofsky 120 points, 8 votes
― 16, 35, DCP, Go! (sic), Thursday, 26 July 2018 17:57 (five years ago) link
aronofsky sucks imo so im not going to watch this. i didn't know he was dating jennifer lawrence!― jim in vancouver, 14 September 2017
― jim in vancouver, 14 September 2017
Visually, sonically, & psychologically, this movie was very compelling. The claustrophobia of the house, the constant closeups on Jennifer Lawrence, the nightmarish feeling of being unable to communicate with those around you & losing control of your environment... the lighting & Gothic atmosphere of the house & all its dust & debris & unfinished mess, all great... otherwise I thought it was pretty fucking daft and thematically shallow. Another movie about creativity and how hard it is to be an artist? Hard pass. So arrogant & uninteresting, & what's frustrating is there are sub-themes & tangents in here - fan/artist relationship; artist as deity & the one-way adulation & love between fan & artist - that are far more interesting than dwelling on how hard it must be to be someone's muse. A CRYSTAL? You must be fucking kidding me. And fwiw I found the violence & verbal abuse to be way over the top, gratuitous, obvious, & misogynist. He's a good technical director, but he should not write his own scripts.― flappy bird, 16 September 2017
― flappy bird, 16 September 2017
A lot of the criticisms are the opposite of how I felt about it. I thought it was deeply feminist and Christian― Whiney G. Weingarten, 16 September 2017
― Whiney G. Weingarten, 16 September 2017
I've never minded babies getting eviscerated in the hands of a mob.― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, 17 September 2017
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, 17 September 2017
first half (with the family who invite themselves in) was a good surreal black comedy, second half (by the time kirsten wiig was instructing a militia to shoot fans of javier bardem's poetry in the face, i mean) was the worst movie i've ever seen. i now think daron aaronovfsky is a deeply stupid person (maybe i should have thought that a long time ago, but it's been a long time since i last saw a film of his). it's actually a feat how much the ending spoils whatever goodwill it had built up in me. sound design was cool (nailed the feel of a creaky echoey old house)― flopson, Monday, 18 September 2017
― flopson, Monday, 18 September 2017
I'm now going to see this just so i can complain about how terrible it is― jim in vancouver, Tuesday, 19 September 2017
― jim in vancouver, Tuesday, 19 September 2017
Sounds too yucky for me.
― Police, Academy (cryptosicko), Thursday, 26 July 2018 17:59 (five years ago) link
Aronofsky is M Kermode's idea of an auteur, say no more.
― calzino, Thursday, 26 July 2018 18:03 (five years ago) link
It's possible watching this the week after Irma affected my response.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 26 July 2018 18:11 (five years ago) link