i found his usual mode too diluted and swamped by lace here, but others differ
ie i saw his Kinetta from 14 years ago, a nascent work, on Sunday and it was better
xp
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 5 February 2019 19:32 (five years ago) link
RomaThe FavouriteBlackkklansmanBlack Panther
The other three are v much not my thing
― Ward Fowler, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 19:33 (five years ago) link
Yeah, this is diluted Lanthimos, especially in the wake of Sacred Deer.
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Tuesday, 5 February 2019 19:35 (five years ago) link
which is why it's the first film of his KJB didn't hate!
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 5 February 2019 19:36 (five years ago) link
Yeah, this is diluted Lanthimos, especially in the wake of Sacred Deer.― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Tuesday, February 5, 2019 2:35 PM (ten minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Tuesday, February 5, 2019 2:35 PM (ten minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I expect another about face next year when he just films a vivisection for two and a half hours.
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 19:47 (five years ago) link
"Diluted" in the sense that costume dramas tend to dull sharp blades, but the fisheye and script compensate.
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 5 February 2019 19:50 (five years ago) link
as you know, fisheye annoyed me endlessly
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 5 February 2019 19:54 (five years ago) link
subversion was replaced with bitchiness
RomaThe FavoriteA Star Is BornBlackkklansmanGreen BookBlack Pantherthey're all great to dece― ebro the letter (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, February 5, 2019 2:17 PM (six days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
they're all great to dece
― ebro the letter (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, February 5, 2019 2:17 PM (six days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Can now add Vice and Bohemian Rhapsody to the bottom of this list and can also say that the latter is actively bad
― ebro the letter (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 11 February 2019 17:21 (five years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 21 February 2019 00:01 (five years ago) link
saw all 8 of these in the last two weeks! (Roma again, this time in a theater)
― Dan S, Thursday, 21 February 2019 01:18 (five years ago) link
Roma was the one for me, but I also really loved The Favourite, that final scene just wrapped it up so well I thought
― Dan S, Thursday, 21 February 2019 01:24 (five years ago) link
Black Panther 7/10BoRhap 6/10Roma 6/10Green Book 3/10 -- I only watched it because another movie was sold out
voted for The Favourite, which I haven't seen but I love the director's other movies.
― adam the (abanana), Thursday, 21 February 2019 02:05 (five years ago) link
everything about Roma was masterful I thought, it was beautiful. I loved the super long takes with slowly shifting camera. the story that seemed incidental at first slowly gathered heft, and the acting performances that felt remote on a tv screen were amazing to view in a theater
― Dan S, Thursday, 21 February 2019 02:08 (five years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 22 February 2019 00:01 (five years ago) link
oh for fuck's sake by ONE vote?
― a Stalin Stale Ale for me, please (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 22 February 2019 00:05 (five years ago) link
Wow, the Oscar's board of directors was right! No one DOES care about the Oscars anymore.
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Friday, 22 February 2019 01:28 (five years ago) link
ha ha!
― Dan S, Friday, 22 February 2019 02:13 (five years ago) link
If BlacKkKlansman can't do better than show here, I guess it really will end up going to Green Book or Roma.
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Friday, 22 February 2019 02:43 (five years ago) link
yeah I think those are the two most likely to win. it would be awful if it were Green Book in my opinion
I guess The Favourite could be considered watered-down Lanthimos, but it was accessible and had a great screenplay, stellar acting, beautiful costumes and production design (those Hatfield House interiors were something), and amazing cinematography. It’s my favorite Lanthimos film yet
― Dan S, Friday, 22 February 2019 02:51 (five years ago) link
loved those fish-eye views of characters marching through corridors
― Dan S, Friday, 22 February 2019 02:52 (five years ago) link
all those candles. I kept thinking they were going to burn the place down
"fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck"
― Dan S, Friday, 22 February 2019 02:59 (five years ago) link