I remember really liking Meek's Cutoff
― Dan S, Friday, 22 May 2020 18:51 (three years ago) link
I think I rank them Malady > Syndromes > Cemetery > Boonmee > Blissfully
But I agree they're all within shouting distance of each other in quality.
― Vegemite Is My Grrl (Eric H.), Friday, 22 May 2020 19:21 (three years ago) link
My hot take: Inception is a dog on fire.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 22 May 2020 19:31 (three years ago) link
I quite like to see the Ruiz someday
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 22 May 2020 19:53 (three years ago) link
don't think I appreciated Certified Copy as much as the rest of you, there was a meta component to it that I wanted to like more than I did
but movies often seem very different to me when I watch them later so I'm interested in seeing it again
― Dan S, Friday, 22 May 2020 23:34 (three years ago) link
recently watched Nostalgia For the Light, I loved the film's idea that archeologists and astronomers are connected in that they study the most elemental past
― Dan S, Friday, 22 May 2020 23:47 (three years ago) link
where is morbius? would like to see him to post here
― Dan S, Saturday, 23 May 2020 00:11 (three years ago) link
He's in the hospital at the moment, I'm sure he'd rather be here too.
― herds of unmasked cletuses (WmC), Saturday, 23 May 2020 00:14 (three years ago) link
really hope he's ok
― Dan S, Saturday, 23 May 2020 00:25 (three years ago) link
hi, Christopher Nolan made a movie about the unlimited power of the dreaming mind and it was 100% gray and involved nothing more fantastic than a grenade launcher and some Escher prints and that's all you need to know about him as an artist— Gretchen Felker-Martin (@scumbelievable) April 24, 2018
― What fash heil is this? (wins), Saturday, 23 May 2020 08:31 (three years ago) link
Bingo
― come out you melts and bams (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 23 May 2020 09:12 (three years ago) link
yep
― imago, Saturday, 23 May 2020 09:45 (three years ago) link
or as this wise-guy put it at the time
I get Nolan's mania about control and architecture but the best films about dreams have a much lighter touch and a greater sense of the surreal― acoleuthic, Thursday, 11 November 2010 12:37 (nine years ago) bookmarkflaglink
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― imago, Saturday, 23 May 2020 09:56 (three years ago) link
I think we all know that Inception is still gonna get at least 3 or 4 lurker votes here.
― Vegemite Is My Grrl (Eric H.), Saturday, 23 May 2020 23:01 (three years ago) link
I liked it when I saw it with a full crowd. Nolan's movies are big, dumb fun. I don't get the hate
― flappy bird, Saturday, 23 May 2020 23:22 (three years ago) link
That he's a talentless posh English cunt who get's a lot of smoke blown up his arse by mediocre-hack film critics and the right wing wing press in the UK is a factor this side of the Atlantic, even before the garbage movies are taken into consideration.
― calzino, Saturday, 23 May 2020 23:28 (three years ago) link
Why would you take anything but the films into consideration?
― flappy bird, Saturday, 23 May 2020 23:30 (three years ago) link
xxp I didn't hate the idea of the movie so much, but felt so brow-beaten by the loud, overwrought, overriding continuous music. It was incredibly obnoxious
― Dan S, Saturday, 23 May 2020 23:31 (three years ago) link
felt the same way about The Dark Knight
― Dan S, Saturday, 23 May 2020 23:32 (three years ago) link
xxp
even if I did it wouldn't make any discernible difference in his case
― calzino, Saturday, 23 May 2020 23:32 (three years ago) link
" when I saw it with a full crowd"
jesus what a fucking depressing concept of watching movies.. like a football match.
― calzino, Saturday, 23 May 2020 23:36 (three years ago) link
The Dark Knight is an evil film.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 23 May 2020 23:38 (three years ago) link
I do think full theaters can enhance a film experience.
I watched Inception in a semi-full theater with a friend, I like and respect him enough that I didn't want to bail on him, but I was so disappointed by the experience
― Dan S, Saturday, 23 May 2020 23:41 (three years ago) link
"I do think full theaters can enhance a film experience."
never heard so much wrongness in my life.
― calzino, Saturday, 23 May 2020 23:42 (three years ago) link
Nolan is a boring director who turns what should be fun pulp into ponderous and often depressing (in the case of The Dark Knight) experiences.
― A White, White Gay (cryptosicko), Saturday, 23 May 2020 23:44 (three years ago) link
Of course it can for a certain type of film, are you serious or just on the wind up calzino?
Inception is still a big loud empty thing tho
Xp
― or something, Saturday, 23 May 2020 23:46 (three years ago) link
xp I guess it's not the case as much anymore with everybody's 'you live in my world' attitude, but I do remember having thrilling communal experiences in movie theaters
fwiw I liked the score much more in Dunkirk, it seemed to fit the film better
― Dan S, Saturday, 23 May 2020 23:48 (three years ago) link
I was unenthusiastic about him for a long time but The Prestige is one of my favorite films, Memento is pretty good and I was surprised just how good Dunkirk was. That puts him ahead of most for me. Didn't care for for Inception because I hate heist films.
Where's Araki's Kaboom?
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 23 May 2020 23:49 (three years ago) link
no I'm not on the wind up, just struggling to conceive of how lots of people in a cinema improves a movie experience .. it doesn't stack up with me I'm afraid.
― calzino, Saturday, 23 May 2020 23:49 (three years ago) link
I'm telling you, when I saw Ghostbusters at the age of 8 in a full buzzing cinema, that was better than just watching it on the telly in our front room
― or something, Saturday, 23 May 2020 23:52 (three years ago) link
yes, I guess in my past it was about the audience reaction, but that only seems to have been an experience I had when I was younger
― Dan S, Saturday, 23 May 2020 23:53 (three years ago) link
if there is one thing that history teaches us it's that "the crowd" is such an intrinsic part of good art! I mean if it was movies of landed gentry getting liquidated to cheering crowds i'd take that. But fuck it when it is loud dickheads cheering a fucking Nolan movie
― calzino, Saturday, 23 May 2020 23:57 (three years ago) link
"I'm telling you, when I saw Ghostbusters at the age of 8"
let's all remember Digby The Biggest Dog in the World and other Children's Film Foundation classics to remind us of when our mum used to use 50p sat morning matinees as de facto childcare and leave us in a crowded cinema with a load of paedos and weirdos nostalgia, to defend a very ropey allistic idea that watching movies should be a communal activity... absolute bollox mate!
― calzino, Sunday, 24 May 2020 00:18 (three years ago) link
I say this as someone who watched Highlander on my own at an evening showing!
― calzino, Sunday, 24 May 2020 00:22 (three years ago) link
Huh, doesn’t feel like Meek’s Cutoff came out ten years ago.
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Sunday, 24 May 2020 00:25 (three years ago) link
I'm telling you, when I saw Ghostbusters at the age of 8"
― calzino, Sunday, 24 May 2020 01:18 (eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
Dear me you live in a very intense world
― or something, Sunday, 24 May 2020 00:29 (three years ago) link
as opposed to a world of bland acceptance?
― calzino, Sunday, 24 May 2020 00:37 (three years ago) link
where cheering a nolan movie is a formative experience? i give up .
― calzino, Sunday, 24 May 2020 00:39 (three years ago) link
Come on nobody is doing that here
― or something, Sunday, 24 May 2020 00:50 (three years ago) link
could have sworn someone just recently posted that a vociferous crowd adds to the experience of watching a Nolan movie
― calzino, Sunday, 24 May 2020 00:58 (three years ago) link
it's my own personal vision of hell and other posters might beg to differ, but I'm not making it up.
― calzino, Sunday, 24 May 2020 01:00 (three years ago) link
I admit that the crowd I saw Certified Copy with was gasping and hollering.
― Vegemite Is My Grrl (Eric H.), Sunday, 24 May 2020 01:30 (three years ago) link
lol!
― calzino, Sunday, 24 May 2020 01:33 (three years ago) link
if my Dark Knight/Inception Nolan movie theater experiences involved people cheering the films on I didn't hear them because the music was way too deafening
― Dan S, Sunday, 24 May 2020 01:33 (three years ago) link
I was talking about experiences when I was young, seeing films like Carrie and Cries and Whispers with college crowds, watching Taxi zum Klo and early Haynes films at the Castro Theater, etc
― Dan S, Sunday, 24 May 2020 01:35 (three years ago) link
" when I saw it with a full crowd"jesus what a fucking depressing concept of watching movies.. like a football match.― calzino, Saturday, May 23, 2020 7:36 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglinkno I'm not on the wind up, just struggling to conceive of how lots of people in a cinema improves a movie experience .. it doesn't stack up with me I'm afraid.― calzino, Saturday, May 23, 2020 7:49 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglinkif there is one thing that history teaches us it's that "the crowd" is such an intrinsic part of good art! I mean if it was movies of landed gentry getting liquidated to cheering crowds i'd take that. But fuck it when it is loud dickheads cheering a fucking Nolan movie― calzino, Saturday, May 23, 2020 7:57 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink"I'm telling you, when I saw Ghostbusters at the age of 8"let's all remember Digby The Biggest Dog in the World and other Children's Film Foundation classics to remind us of when our mum used to use 50p sat morning matinees as de facto childcare and leave us in a crowded cinema with a load of paedos and weirdos nostalgia, to defend a very ropey allistic idea that watching movies should be a communal activity... absolute bollox mate!― calzino, Saturday, May 23, 2020 8:18 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglinkI say this as someone who watched Highlander on my own at an evening showing!― calzino, Saturday, May 23, 2020 8:22 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglinkas opposed to a world of bland acceptance?― calzino, Saturday, May 23, 2020 8:37 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglinkwhere cheering a nolan movie is a formative experience? i give up .― calzino, Saturday, May 23, 2020 8:39 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglinkcould have sworn someone just recently posted that a vociferous crowd adds to the experience of watching a Nolan movie― calzino, Saturday, May 23, 2020 8:58 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglinkit's my own personal vision of hell and other posters might beg to differ, but I'm not making it up.― calzino, Saturday, May 23, 2020 9:00 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― calzino, Saturday, May 23, 2020 7:36 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― calzino, Saturday, May 23, 2020 7:49 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― calzino, Saturday, May 23, 2020 7:57 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― calzino, Saturday, May 23, 2020 8:18 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― calzino, Saturday, May 23, 2020 8:22 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― calzino, Saturday, May 23, 2020 8:37 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― calzino, Saturday, May 23, 2020 8:39 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― calzino, Saturday, May 23, 2020 8:58 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― calzino, Saturday, May 23, 2020 9:00 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
Psycho
― flappy bird, Sunday, 24 May 2020 04:17 (three years ago) link
― flappy bird, Saturday, May 23, 2020 4:30 PM (four hours ago)
well,
― silby, Sunday, 24 May 2020 04:25 (three years ago) link
At first, at least
― flappy bird, Sunday, 24 May 2020 04:54 (three years ago) link
let's all remember Digby The Biggest Dog in the World and other Children's Film Foundation classics to remind us of when our mum used to use 50p sat morning matinees as de facto childcare and leave us in a crowded cinema with a load of paedos and weirdos nostalgia, to defend a very ropey allistic idea that watching movies should be a communal activity... absolute bollox mate!― calzino, Sunday, May 24, 2020 10:18 AM (four hours ago)
― calzino, Sunday, May 24, 2020 10:18 AM (four hours ago)
one hell of a classic Rick and Morty ep― calzino, Saturday, May 23, 2020 2:53 AM
― calzino, Saturday, May 23, 2020 2:53 AM
― Bleeqwot (sic), Sunday, 24 May 2020 04:56 (three years ago) link
When I saw Certified Copy a young woman in the audience gave a quiet but earnest “yay!” when Kiarostami’s name appeared. I thought it was endearing and it’s stuck with me.
― Chris L, Sunday, 24 May 2020 05:41 (three years ago) link
Are there enough 1920 titles to poll?
― A White, White Gay (cryptosicko), Thursday, 18 June 2020 00:58 (three years ago) link
There are two. So, I'll just include both in the comprehensive XXX0 poll.
― Dirty Epic H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 18 June 2020 02:34 (three years ago) link
Also, very much the correct choice here. Good job, ILX!
― Dirty Epic H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 18 June 2020 02:37 (three years ago) link
Good top 5
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Thursday, 18 June 2020 02:39 (three years ago) link
Still have to finish this one, of course: 1930's Best Movies: 90 Years Later
― Dirty Epic H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 18 June 2020 02:53 (three years ago) link
Banksy voter, come get yer whuppin'
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 18 June 2020 03:34 (three years ago) link
Black Swan, ye gods
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 18 June 2020 03:35 (three years ago) link
Find it more comforting to assume there's a bunch of joke votes
― Ivan Scampo (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 18 June 2020 09:10 (three years ago) link
Are there enough 1920 titles to poll?― A White, White Gay (cryptosicko), Wednesday, June 17, 2020 7:58 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
There are two. So, I'll just include both in the comprehensive XXX0 poll.― Dirty Epic H. (Eric H.), Wednesday, June 17, 2020 9:34 PM (yesterday)
Eh, changed my mind, but a short deck on this one: 1920's Best Movies: 100 Years Later
― Dirty Epic H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 18 June 2020 15:35 (three years ago) link
Time for the showdown: The Best Movies Of Years Celebrating An Anniversary Divisible By 10 (1920-2010)
― Juanita was robbed (Eric H.), Thursday, 25 June 2020 14:34 (three years ago) link