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Especially going forward since we seem to have settled into a similar core group of 20-25 who are sending in lists. Not sure we have the interest to spike to that initial 35 that did the 1999 poll. I think Fight Club and/or Matrix could be borderline cases because of how many lists they were on vs. something like Fast Times, but this ain't science.
I'm laughing not because the movie was so funny (though I did laugh quite a bit), but because I just don't get this movie. How was it greenlighted? I can't picture that pitch! How did they get Pierce Brosnan attached to that role? And how was it marketed? I guess not very well, since it didn't make much money, but I'm befuddled as to how one would successfully market it. Dysfunctional buddy movie? This movie was pretty ####ed up, and I mean that in a complimentary way! I actually liked it quite a bit despite myself, and it will definitely stick with me as not like any other movie I've seen. Will be getting some points from me. I admire the ballsiness.
Fitting you should post this. I have been staring at my list the last couple days trying to narrow down my list and had a vague memory of what you described here - the movie trailing off a bit as it went on. I get the feeling that I still found it funnier than you did, but after I had that recollection, I moved it down the list a bit and it's one of the borderline movies as far a getting points now.
There were definitely some great lines. I liked this one: "After watching the footage of the Kent State shootings, Bobby Jay, then seventeen, signed up for the National Guard so that he, too, could shoot college students."
I have 13 Tzameti on deck for tonight. Leave it to @krista4 to suggest movie in a foreign language AND in B&W.
I also have Paradise Now and Death of Mr. Laz....
I have more where that came from! I'm going with either that one or Good Luck and Good Luck next.
Was thinking Cache was my top movie for the year..
Without looking back at my list, I think those three plus Cache were my favorite foreign films that year.
I'm going with either that one or Good Luck and Good Luck next.
Next to 7up, the 1 Kefte movies (a look at Greek-operated eateries around the globe) is my favorite documentary series. I like 4 Spanikopita (about Antarctica's only diner), 7 Souvlakkia (the trials & tribulations of operating a food cart on the Turkish side of Cyprus) and 13 Tzatziki are my favorites.
There was a scene where he was scolding a grizzly like it was a ####in toddler that has always stuck out to me. And of course watching him just listening to the audio of what happened...
Seems like you liked the movie? I know you were skeptical it would be your thing.
It was great. I don’t really care about bears but Tim was so fascinating and ofcourse Herzog is a genius.Seems like you liked the movie? I know you were skeptical it would be your thing.
KP, did you watch 13 Tzatziki?
Does not appear to be on Amazon or Netflix.Seems like you liked the movie? I know you were skeptical it would be your thing.
KP, did you watch 13 Tzatziki?
@krista4 - yes, I did watch 13 Tzameti the other night. Not sure if it will get into the points range for me, but I really enjoyed it. It's a little choppy and student-filmy, but it's also a good, ####ed up premise and the lead actor pulled me in. Also a quality ending. Thanks for the recommendation. Not quite as messed up, but it reminded me a little of my experience with Audition in that for the first 1/3 or so of the movie you are wondering WTF is going on, and then the crazy starts up.
I still have a couple the other foreign ones to get to as well, but so far Cache is leading the pack by a fair bit for foreign movies for this year.
Also, I had to laugh - as I was looking around and reading a little about 13 Tzameti after I watched it, I saw that (of course) there was an American remake of it. It stars Jason Statham and 50 Cent. I am sure you will be bumping that on up your queue...
Oh yeah, that'll definitely top my list.
) had lost the Oscar that year, and it was to Philip Seymour Hoffman in Capote. Can't argue that. Also saw that Joaquim Phoenix was nominated that year for Walk the Line. Seemed unusual that three of the five nominees that year played real people. Wonder if that is unusual?
Oh stop. You've recommended plenty of other stuff I liked.Well, I guess if it's not a doc, rare foreign movie she hasn't seen, or a horror/comedy I am going to stop suggesting movies to krista.
I am usually right there with you with the voiceovers, but still love KKBB. Maybe it's my Downey man-crush blinding me?
I haven't seen it since it came out, but from what I remembered I thought the GN,GL would have been up your alley too when I saw it was on your watch list.
Oh stop. You've recommended plenty of other stuff I liked.
I'm still planning to watch The Descent and L'enfant, though I guess the latter won't count if I like it since it's foreign.
I can see the "student-filmy" quality you mention on 13 Tzameti. IIRC it was two brothers who wrote/directed/starred in it. I need to see if they've done any movies after that one. Glad you enjoyed it!
@krista4 - I looked it up, and one of the other movies that he directed was the American remake. It ALMOST makes me curious enough to watch it.
Kinnear hurt himself because he was so pretty i think too many folks believed he was gay (YTWSWWTT) from As Good As It Gets. As for Eckhardt, do we really need a cross between Harrison Ford & Robert Redford delivering everything with heart, command & humor?!
I'm not rewatching anything I've already seen (too many other movies I want to watch!), so my memory is hazy on a lot of these, too. Please don't give up on giving me recommendations! I'll be curious to hear your thoughts on Junebug. I remember thinking highly of it at the time, but I remember practically zero of it now, so it probably won't get points in what I think was a strong year.
As I re-watch some of these and look into them more, I am realizing how hazy my memory is on movies too. I have seen those two just the once.
After looking at stuff, I am not sure I have seen Lady Vengeance, so I am going to pop that in over then next couple nights. I absolutely love Oldboy, and I think what I did is watch the 1st in the trilogy after seeing Oldboy (Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance), so I believe I am thinking of that movie b/c of the similar title so I am not 100%. I still haven't seen Junebug, so that is in my pile as it the other two foreign movies that you suggested. I saw that one is 2 1/2 hours +, so I put it off the other night. I also was planning to re-watch The Descent if there is time too.
Oh good god.
It looks like the two collaborated on a 2017 movie titled Money that looks interesting as well. The other directing credit was for a short movie titled L'héritage.
I wondered if the Kinnear issue could be that he played a gay guy in his first major role.
on your Eckhardt analysis. Why indeed.
KKBB is my wheelhouse but I agree, it's not all that well executed. I like it and it will likely get some points, but it was a letdown from how excited I was to see it a few years ago. I also agree on The French Connection. It's a good movie, but I don't see it cracking my top 5 for the year yet alone being an all time classic. I imagine that it's grittiness was really exciting and fresh for the time. Since then, it's been copied so much that it seems pedestrian.
If you just won't see it because Woody is a creep, that is fine and I get it. However, if you are saying it because you don't like his work, I would suggest trying it. Woody isn't in the movie and it doesn't have any of his brand of humor. Really it is half Hitchcock and half A Place in the Sun/An American Tragedy. It's nothing like a Woody Allen movie- it's even set in London, not New York.
No, that's not it. I like Chinatown in spite of Polanski.
If I hadn't know it was a Woody Allen film (and if his name wasn't in the credits), I would never ever think it was by him. I actuallty almost consider it the 3rd film in the creepy tennis player caught in a murder plot trilogy: Strangers on a Train, Dial M for Murder and Match Point.
It has been awhile since I've watched Match Point, but I remember enjoying it. I think it was also around the peak of my ScarJo infatuation.
