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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
How the fuck did that place so high
― flappy bird, Thursday, 26 July 2018 18:12 (five years ago) link
Good job on “17!”
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Thursday, 26 July 2018 18:12 (five years ago) link
:)
― 16, 35, DCP, Go! (sic), Thursday, 26 July 2018 18:13 (five years ago) link
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16. The Killing Of A Sacred Deer d: Yorgos Lanthimos w: Yorgos Lanthimos & Efthymis Filippou 124 points, 9 votes
― 16, 35, DCP, Go! (sic), Thursday, 26 July 2018 18:17 (five years ago) link
Idk, and I have yet to see it, but I get the feeling that if Lanthimos read your first post here, he'd be nodding in agreement, going "excellent... excellent." He did move you, in a big way, to dig in the trenches and defend a position that this is rubbish and cruel, "torture porn". Again, not seen it (yet), but he can't have done everything wrong, going off of your criticism of it.― Le Bateau Ivre, November 7, 2017
― Le Bateau Ivre, November 7, 2017
Excuse me?
― flappy bird, Thursday, 26 July 2018 18:17 (five years ago) link
What's going on here
LBI was right though, I hated Sacred Deer but am looking forward to The Favourite.
― flappy bird, Thursday, 26 July 2018 18:18 (five years ago) link
Beach Rats was on the low side of mediocre.
I am getting the scent of Eric H on these last two...
I've had Mother out of the library on twp separate occasions, haven't watched it yet.
Sacred Deer was an entertaining provocation but I didn't vote for it.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 26 July 2018 18:21 (five years ago) link
Hated those last 2 films
― . (Michael B), Thursday, 26 July 2018 18:22 (five years ago) link
lmao @ mother!
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 26 July 2018 18:22 (five years ago) link
Is this the most lurkeriffic film poll yetWhat’s gonna be shut out - I didn’t hate either of the last 2 but if they beat like a quiet passion that just about does it
― jeremy cmbyn (wins), Thursday, 26 July 2018 18:23 (five years ago) link
(Whereas I know only Fred & I liked the Florida project so I’m ok with that snub)
i'm guessing fans of those last 2 saw them primarily as black comedies.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 26 July 2018 18:24 (five years ago) link
I certainly did
― jeremy cmbyn (wins), Thursday, 26 July 2018 18:25 (five years ago) link
Javi bardem and his giant face playing a character called The Poet, esp the way he played it, cannot be meant to be taken seriously
― jeremy cmbyn (wins), Thursday, 26 July 2018 18:26 (five years ago) link
I can't imagine anyone taking them as anything but.
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Thursday, 26 July 2018 18:29 (five years ago) link
i would like to see this and have been told i would enjoy it
cannot believe how high a couple of films from the top of my ballot are going to be :)
― imago, Thursday, 26 July 2018 18:29 (five years ago) link
Is this wrapping today or tomorrow?
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15. Faces Places d: Agnès Varda & JR (doco) 138 points, 10 votes
― 16, 35, DCP, Go! (sic), Thursday, 26 July 2018 18:30 (five years ago) link
It's too brief and amiable to give offense, but the reviews I've read that praise her attention to the working class don't mention how touristic the approach― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, October 12, 2017
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, October 12, 2017
You don't have to love JR to like the film. I'd probably sleep with him, tho.― Dr Morbius, May 16, 2018
― Dr Morbius, May 16, 2018
about right
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 26 July 2018 18:31 (five years ago) link
Counterpoint to July poll advocates: this STILL hasn’t fucking shown here 😡
― jeremy cmbyn (wins), Thursday, 26 July 2018 18:31 (five years ago) link
it's on amazon prime tho
― flappy bird, Thursday, 26 July 2018 18:36 (five years ago) link
and home video
― flappy bird, Thursday, 26 July 2018 18:37 (five years ago) link
😜
streaming on Netflix!
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 26 July 2018 18:38 (five years ago) link
mother! ruled sorry if this offends
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Thursday, 26 July 2018 18:38 (five years ago) link
I boosted Faces Places to my top 20 on second viewing
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 26 July 2018 18:43 (five years ago) link
― jeremy cmbyn (wins), Thursday, 26 July 2018 18:45 (five years ago) link
I just looked it up to add to my queue and the first "More Like This" suggestion was Despicable Me 3
― 16, 35, DCP, Go! (sic), Thursday, 26 July 2018 18:45 (five years ago) link
it's deffo available in torrentland, but 95% of you lot don't seem to fuck with that format!
― calzino, Thursday, 26 July 2018 18:47 (five years ago) link
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14. Dunkirk w/d: Christopher Nolan 154 points, 9 votes
― 16, 35, DCP, Go! (sic), Thursday, 26 July 2018 18:49 (five years ago) link
oh my god it's like 3 hours long ― Mordy, 4 August 2016
does chris nolan's insistence on casting tom hardy then covering most of hardy's face with a mask have a basis in sexual fetish y/n― bizarro gazzara, 21 July 2017
― bizarro gazzara, 21 July 2017
Shame Bobby Gillespie has such a cameo in this but at least he dies a hero.― Stevolende, 21 August 2017
― Stevolende, 21 August 2017
oh ffs!
― calzino, Thursday, 26 July 2018 18:50 (five years ago) link
first film of Nolan's that I liked, and only after a second viewing
― Dan S, Thursday, 26 July 2018 18:51 (five years ago) link
at least Christian Bale wasn't in it
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 26 July 2018 18:53 (five years ago) link
ugh
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Thursday, 26 July 2018 18:53 (five years ago) link
pleased to give dunkirk the award for... *checks notes*...loudest film of 2017
― ant banks and wasp (voodoo chili), Thursday, 26 July 2018 18:57 (five years ago) link
Very rarely think of this film since I saw it, except for how loud it was.
― Chris L, Thursday, 26 July 2018 18:57 (five years ago) link
I feel like this thread title should just be changed to "A list of a bunch of films that came out awhile ago"
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 26 July 2018 18:58 (five years ago) link
P sure I voted for both Mother! and Sacred Deer - and yes, enjoyed as black comedies and as sidewise horror movies.
120 BPM will be high in my 2018 poll - it was on at the Glasgow Film Theatre for a week or so earlier this year, so I'm guessing it got a similar run at most major UK arthouses.
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 26 July 2018 19:02 (five years ago) link
our Joel made a compelling case to me for Dunkirk being the least terrible Nolan film and not without merit. poll scores are fucking silly, obv.
― the Joao looked at Jonny (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 26 July 2018 19:03 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/VspQRGh.jpg
― 16, 35, DCP, Go! (sic), Thursday, 26 July 2018 19:05 (five years ago) link
the FUCK outta here
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 26 July 2018 19:05 (five years ago) link