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Oh ####, another I missed. Found footage turns some people off, but the last bit of this movie scared the #### out of me.
Yi yi is one of my all-timers, and Wong kar Wei put together an amazing back to back with Fallen Angels and in the mood...also two of my faves.KarmaPolice said:
Glad you liked it. wiki had it as 2007, so we are good - I made sure I double checked that one and other foreign ones I had written down.
Bingo. Very meh year for movies indeed.After 1984, this year looks below average to me.
There Will Be Crud being listed as one of the best that year says it all for me.
Not to kiss up, but i sense 2007 will hold the 21st C Title for a very long timeTo each their own, but
I think it's why I was so disappointed in last year's movies. 1997 is my vote for best of the 90s, we know my feelings on 2007, and 1987 was fantastic as well. Then we get to last year and the popular fish sex movie and the hateful 3 Billboards, and my love for years ending in 7 was stopped.
KP indulged me by allowing me to honor the departed otb_lifer by giving -10 points to his least favorite movie of all time (Mr Saturday Night), but that was a special circumstance
I had thought about introducing a fun way to do negative points, but in the end I figured it would be more of the snooty dramas that got hit, and they are already struggling to make the countdowns as it is.
the latter. the auteurs are being too quickly seduced by big money & franchise movies for the likes of Andersons & Coens to occur en masse for some time
Are you talking by you specifically or by critical acclaim ?
I just ordered it from the library, scanned the rest of the cast, and I probably would have watched it sooner had I known Giles from Buffy, Snape, and Borat were in it. Plus it's R, so I am going to sit down, clear my head, and give this an honest go.
Agree with this and it's a struggle for me when these indie directors get plopped into something like a Star Wars franchise. On one hand - good for them if that's what they want to do. On the other hand, the creativity is stamped out as they do known properties, and in the case of somebody like Rian Johnson, they are basically held hostage by those projects for a decade. Personally, I would rather have one more movie like Brick than the 4 Star Wars movies he will spit out.
I either hated or didn't like just about every movie you listed. This should be a fun thread.As I hinted in the other thread, I was excited about 2005 (evidently moreso than damn near everybody else), but this year is the year I would consider to be the best year for movies in the last 2 decades. Here is my case for that:
3 Billboards could have been great....it almost was. It took a weird turn in the middle and lost its way....it almost recovered and redeemed itself at the end, but then blew it by not wrapping it up properly in my opinion.
Your definition of fun and mine must be different. I am getting pissed and I think this year's countdown is going to break my brain.
I was surprised an '84 list wasn't submitted, but this thread is bad enough without Transformers votes.
what is this nonsenseAs I hinted in the other thread, I was excited about 2005 (evidently moreso than damn near everybody else
3 elite dramas: There Will Be Blood, No Country for Old Men, Zodiac
1 elite foreign movie: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
1 elite horror movie: The Orphanage
1 elite musical (which basically means one that I can stand to watch): Once
I would consider all 6 of those to be some of the best movies in their genre for the last couple decades, and they all just happen to be in the same year. Then add to that:
Dramas: Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, Into the Wild, Micheal Clayton, Atonement, Assassination of Jesse James, Gone Baby Gone, Eastern Promises
Foreign movies: 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days and Persepolis
Doc: The King of Kong
Comedies: Superbad, Hot Fuzz, The Simpsons, Juno, Knocked Up, The Savages, Charlie Wilson's War
Problematic movies that I still think are worth the watch for the genres: Sunshine, The Mist
There are still others, but you get my point...
I got sick and then developed a blood clot. Forgot about these threads. We're back baby don't worry.I was surprised an '84 list wasn't submitted, but this thread is bad enough without Transformers votes.
at best top 7 so don't to muchI was surprised an '84 list wasn't submitted, but this thread is bad enough without Transformers votes.
I remember being interested in "300", as I had listened to a world history podcast around that time about the Battle of Thermopylae. I did not have any background on the movie besides that knowledge. I had no idea what I was in for, and I don't think I made it 20 minutes into it.
Not sure yet on how I'm voting but I may follow suit and give The Orphanage the max 30 points as well. It's that good.
Then here's a pre-DotD story just for you. I dont know if you're old enough to remember the fountains @ MM (i hear they took em out about 20 yrs ago) but during my hitchhiking days, 1970-2, i got dropped off @ 76 & 376 @ about 9am one day. My uncle taught at Pitt & lived in Squirrel Hills, i was suffering from exposure and really needed a week indoors. I called their house from a payphone but the whole fam had left for the day. Got hold of uncle @ Cathedral of Learning (in the 60s we would watch Pirate games @ Forbes Field from his 17th-story office window) and he said he had classes all day and to go to MM and he'd get me there soon as he could that afternoon.Monroeville Mall?
Dawn Of The Dead, baby! (original was filmed there)
It can be a balance as well. Nolan seemed to do the "one for you, one for me" thing as well. The Prestige and Inception were mixed in with the Batman movies, and he got to do Interstellar and Dunkirk because of their success. I doubt there is any Johnson is able to do anything but Star Wars stuff for the next decade.Ilov80s said:
