The Top 164 (166) Movies of the 21st Century. On to the TOP 10!! (4 Viewers)

[rockaction]

You know, fightin' in a basement offers a lot of difficulties. Number one being, you're fightin' in a basement!


I don't mind the theater scene. It's absurd but...welcome to Tarantino.

I didn't have any issue with the historical element of it necessarily. I just really walk away from that movie thinking about 2 scenes. They are 2 of the best scenes he's ever filmed but the rest of the movie doesn't grab me the same way.

What you have in Tarantino is one of the best examples of the merits and limitations of autodidactic learning. There is a benefit in that one has the freedom to consider everything mixed with the unfortunate lack of a worldview that coheres with what most people seek in art rather than a performative auteur’s take on what is important in the story they’re trying to tell.

It is somewhat like in Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut where the kid that was never raised in society sees sheep as a sexual gratification thing. We almost can’t fault him but we know it’s revolting and wrong. But he’s never been instructed in right and wrong or custom and convention. He’s grasping at straws much like the guy who spent his life being educated in good and evil by modern movies.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

You know, fightin' in a basement offers a lot of difficulties. Number one being, you're fightin' in a basement!


I don't mind the theater scene. It's absurd but...welcome to Tarantino.

I didn't have any issue with the historical element of it necessarily. I just really walk away from that movie thinking about 2 scenes. They are 2 of the best scenes he's ever filmed but the rest of the movie doesn't grab me the same way.

What you have in Tarantino is one of the best examples of the merits and limitations of autodidactic learning. There is a benefit in that one has the freedom to consider everything mixed with the unfortunate lack of a worldview that coheres with what most people seek in art rather than a performative auteur’s take on what is important in the story they’re trying to tell.

It is somewhat like in Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut where the kid that was never raised in society sees sheep as a sexual gratification thing. We almost can’t fault him but we know it’s revolting and wrong. But he’s never been instructed in right and wrong or custom and convention. He’s grasping at straws much like the guy who spent his life being educated in good and evil by modern movies.

That's what I was thinking.

 

[Ilov80s]

You know, fightin' in a basement offers a lot of difficulties. Number one being, you're fightin' in a basement!


I don't mind the theater scene. It's absurd but...welcome to Tarantino.

I didn't have any issue with the historical element of it necessarily. I just really walk away from that movie thinking about 2 scenes. They are 2 of the best scenes he's ever filmed but the rest of the movie doesn't grab me the same way.

What you have in Tarantino is one of the best examples of the merits and limitations of autodidactic learning. There is a benefit in that one has the freedom to consider everything mixed with the unfortunate lack of a worldview that coheres with what most people seek in art rather than a performative auteur’s take on what is important in the story they’re trying to tell.

It is somewhat like in Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut where the kid that was never raised in society sees sheep as a sexual gratification thing. We almost can’t fault him but we know it’s revolting and wrong. But he’s never been instructed in right and wrong or custom and convention. He’s grasping at straws much like the guy who spent his life being educated in good and evil by modern movies.

Interesting. I am sure he would say he had thousands of teachers: Leone, King Hu, Hawks, De Palma, etc. But is that really teaching? If I buy a handcrafted wood table from an artisan and study it, did they teach me how to woodwork? And if we do consider the movies to be teachers, it sure seems like that is the only teacher he’s ever had. His knowledge, interest and total understanding of the world seems to be film and only film. Like when he listens to music, I bet he can only understand the music through movies. What movies has the song been in, what kind of scene would it go with, what does he envision the camera doing as the guitar solo cranks up, etc. This likely extends to all facets of his existence.

 

[rockaction]

I was sort of going for the foot obsession and explicit violence that pop up as almost thematic concerns in his movies.

“Now wiggle your toe.”

More seriously, he gets good and evil but he’s so obsessed with trivia and coolness that he misses what resonates with people and good and evil are either downplayed until he seems nihilistic even though he isn’t (Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction) or good and evil become almost campy in their delivery (Inglorious, Once Upon . . . ). It’s like he can only deal with that sort of enormity as a stunted adolescent still in awe of a peep show.

 

[rockaction]

You know, fightin' in a basement offers a lot of difficulties. Number one being, you're fightin' in a basement!


I don't mind the theater scene. It's absurd but...welcome to Tarantino.

I didn't have any issue with the historical element of it necessarily. I just really walk away from that movie thinking about 2 scenes. They are 2 of the best scenes he's ever filmed but the rest of the movie doesn't grab me the same way.

What you have in Tarantino is one of the best examples of the merits and limitations of autodidactic learning. There is a benefit in that one has the freedom to consider everything mixed with the unfortunate lack of a worldview that coheres with what most people seek in art rather than a performative auteur’s take on what is important in the story they’re trying to tell.

It is somewhat like in Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut where the kid that was never raised in society sees sheep as a sexual gratification thing. We almost can’t fault him but we know it’s revolting and wrong. But he’s never been instructed in right and wrong or custom and convention. He’s grasping at straws much like the guy who spent his life being educated in good and evil by modern movies.

Interesting. I am sure he would say he had thousands of teachers: Leone, King Hu, Hawks, De Palma, etc. But is that really teaching? If I buy a handcrafted wood table from an artisan and study it, did they teach me how to woodwork? And if we do consider the movies to be teachers, it sure seems like that is the only teacher he’s ever had. His knowledge, interest and total understanding of the world seems to be film and only film. Like when he listens to music, I bet he can only understand the music through movies. What movies has the song been in, what kind of scene would it go with, what does he envision the camera doing as the guitar solo cranks up, etc. This likely extends to all facets of his existence.

Yeah, you might have said it better than I did, or at least made pragmatic sense of what I’m getting at. It’s like all film technique and story to advance the visuals rather than a philosophy to explore or a history to tell. There is nothing that supersedes the film itself. And that isn’t how anybody lives or relates to movies other than the auteur.

 

[rockaction]

Oh, and I can’t think of a modern director/directors besides the Coen Brothers whose movie I would rather see. It’s those two and then a huge drop-off.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

I may have watched the entire extended cut LOTR trilogy in one day before


As far as QT agree Hateful Eight sucked. Haven’t really loved anything since Kill Bill.

 

[Ilov80s]

You know, fightin' in a basement offers a lot of difficulties. Number one being, you're fightin' in a basement!


I don't mind the theater scene. It's absurd but...welcome to Tarantino.

I didn't have any issue with the historical element of it necessarily. I just really walk away from that movie thinking about 2 scenes. They are 2 of the best scenes he's ever filmed but the rest of the movie doesn't grab me the same way.

What you have in Tarantino is one of the best examples of the merits and limitations of autodidactic learning. There is a benefit in that one has the freedom to consider everything mixed with the unfortunate lack of a worldview that coheres with what most people seek in art rather than a performative auteur’s take on what is important in the story they’re trying to tell.

It is somewhat like in Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut where the kid that was never raised in society sees sheep as a sexual gratification thing. We almost can’t fault him but we know it’s revolting and wrong. But he’s never been instructed in right and wrong or custom and convention. He’s grasping at straws much like the guy who spent his life being educated in good and evil by modern movies.

Interesting. I am sure he would say he had thousands of teachers: Leone, King Hu, Hawks, De Palma, etc. But is that really teaching? If I buy a handcrafted wood table from an artisan and study it, did they teach me how to woodwork? And if we do consider the movies to be teachers, it sure seems like that is the only teacher he’s ever had. His knowledge, interest and total understanding of the world seems to be film and only film. Like when he listens to music, I bet he can only understand the music through movies. What movies has the song been in, what kind of scene would it go with, what does he envision the camera doing as the guitar solo cranks up, etc. This likely extends to all facets of his existence.

Yeah, you might have said it better than I did, or at least made pragmatic sense of what I’m getting at. It’s like all film technique and story to advance the visuals rather than a philosophy to explore or a history to tell. There is nothing that supersedes the film itself. And that isn’t how anybody lives or relates to movies other than the auteur.

Well said and as I get older I feel he has 2 movies with some genuine heart and those movies have become my favorites of his. I will say no more for now out of respect for the mystery of the countdown.

 

[rockaction]

You know, fightin' in a basement offers a lot of difficulties. Number one being, you're fightin' in a basement!


I don't mind the theater scene. It's absurd but...welcome to Tarantino.

I didn't have any issue with the historical element of it necessarily. I just really walk away from that movie thinking about 2 scenes. They are 2 of the best scenes he's ever filmed but the rest of the movie doesn't grab me the same way.

What you have in Tarantino is one of the best examples of the merits and limitations of autodidactic learning. There is a benefit in that one has the freedom to consider everything mixed with the unfortunate lack of a worldview that coheres with what most people seek in art rather than a performative auteur’s take on what is important in the story they’re trying to tell.

It is somewhat like in Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut where the kid that was never raised in society sees sheep as a sexual gratification thing. We almost can’t fault him but we know it’s revolting and wrong. But he’s never been instructed in right and wrong or custom and convention. He’s grasping at straws much like the guy who spent his life being educated in good and evil by modern movies.

Interesting. I am sure he would say he had thousands of teachers: Leone, King Hu, Hawks, De Palma, etc. But is that really teaching? If I buy a handcrafted wood table from an artisan and study it, did they teach me how to woodwork? And if we do consider the movies to be teachers, it sure seems like that is the only teacher he’s ever had. His knowledge, interest and total understanding of the world seems to be film and only film. Like when he listens to music, I bet he can only understand the music through movies. What movies has the song been in, what kind of scene would it go with, what does he envision the camera doing as the guitar solo cranks up, etc. This likely extends to all facets of his existence.

Yeah, you might have said it better than I did, or at least made pragmatic sense of what I’m getting at. It’s like all film technique and story to advance the visuals rather than a philosophy to explore or a history to tell. There is nothing that supersedes the film itself. And that isn’t how anybody lives or relates to movies other than the auteur.

Well said and as I get older I feel he has 2 movies with some genuine heart and those movies have become my favorites of his. I will say no more for now out of respect for the mystery of the countdown.

Thanks. I still love some of his movies. There are very few directors who are as interesting or compelling as he is. I actually think (you probably know) that when it comes to modern takes on morality I’d rather have the aesthete that botches it but whose heart is in the right place rather than a boring display of tendentious arguments for moral reevaluation of our traditional standards that seemed just fine.

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

You know, fightin' in a basement offers a lot of difficulties. Number one being, you're fightin' in a basement!


I don't mind the theater scene. It's absurd but...welcome to Tarantino.

I didn't have any issue with the historical element of it necessarily. I just really walk away from that movie thinking about 2 scenes. They are 2 of the best scenes he's ever filmed but the rest of the movie doesn't grab me the same way.

What you have in Tarantino is one of the best examples of the merits and limitations of autodidactic learning. There is a benefit in that one has the freedom to consider everything mixed with the unfortunate lack of a worldview that coheres with what most people seek in art rather than a performative auteur’s take on what is important in the story they’re trying to tell.

It is somewhat like in Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut where the kid that was never raised in society sees sheep as a sexual gratification thing. We almost can’t fault him but we know it’s revolting and wrong. But he’s never been instructed in right and wrong or custom and convention. He’s grasping at straws much like the guy who spent his life being educated in good and evil by modern movies.

Interesting. I am sure he would say he had thousands of teachers: Leone, King Hu, Hawks, De Palma, etc. But is that really teaching? If I buy a handcrafted wood table from an artisan and study it, did they teach me how to woodwork? And if we do consider the movies to be teachers, it sure seems like that is the only teacher he’s ever had. His knowledge, interest and total understanding of the world seems to be film and only film. Like when he listens to music, I bet he can only understand the music through movies. What movies has the song been in, what kind of scene would it go with, what does he envision the camera doing as the guitar solo cranks up, etc. This likely extends to all facets of his existence.

Yeah, you might have said it better than I did, or at least made pragmatic sense of what I’m getting at. It’s like all film technique and story to advance the visuals rather than a philosophy to explore or a history to tell. There is nothing that supersedes the film itself. And that isn’t how anybody lives or relates to movies other than the auteur.

Well said and as I get older I feel he has 2 movies with some genuine heart and those movies have become my favorites of his. I will say no more for now out of respect for the mystery of the countdown.

I think you guys are holding QT to a higher standard than other directors.

What if we apply these same criteria, whatever those might be, to every director in the countdown? I think QT holds his own for what he does. I guess I just happen to love what he does.

Every one of his movies that is eligible for this countdown would have made my rankings except for The Hateful Eight.

 

[rockaction]

You know, fightin' in a basement offers a lot of difficulties. Number one being, you're fightin' in a basement!


I don't mind the theater scene. It's absurd but...welcome to Tarantino.

I didn't have any issue with the historical element of it necessarily. I just really walk away from that movie thinking about 2 scenes. They are 2 of the best scenes he's ever filmed but the rest of the movie doesn't grab me the same way.

What you have in Tarantino is one of the best examples of the merits and limitations of autodidactic learning. There is a benefit in that one has the freedom to consider everything mixed with the unfortunate lack of a worldview that coheres with what most people seek in art rather than a performative auteur’s take on what is important in the story they’re trying to tell.

It is somewhat like in Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut where the kid that was never raised in society sees sheep as a sexual gratification thing. We almost can’t fault him but we know it’s revolting and wrong. But he’s never been instructed in right and wrong or custom and convention. He’s grasping at straws much like the guy who spent his life being educated in good and evil by modern movies.

Interesting. I am sure he would say he had thousands of teachers: Leone, King Hu, Hawks, De Palma, etc. But is that really teaching? If I buy a handcrafted wood table from an artisan and study it, did they teach me how to woodwork? And if we do consider the movies to be teachers, it sure seems like that is the only teacher he’s ever had. His knowledge, interest and total understanding of the world seems to be film and only film. Like when he listens to music, I bet he can only understand the music through movies. What movies has the song been in, what kind of scene would it go with, what does he envision the camera doing as the guitar solo cranks up, etc. This likely extends to all facets of his existence.

Yeah, you might have said it better than I did, or at least made pragmatic sense of what I’m getting at. It’s like all film technique and story to advance the visuals rather than a philosophy to explore or a history to tell. There is nothing that supersedes the film itself. And that isn’t how anybody lives or relates to movies other than the auteur.

Well said and as I get older I feel he has 2 movies with some genuine heart and those movies have become my favorites of his. I will say no more for now out of respect for the mystery of the countdown.

I think you guys are holding QT to a higher standard than other directors.

What if we apply these same criteria, whatever those might be, to every director in the countdown? I think QT holds his own for what he does. I guess I just happen to love what he does.

Every one of his movies that is eligible for this countdown would have made my rankings except for The Hateful Eight.

I think I do because we hope that every generation or fifty years (or a hundred years) has somebody who puts everything together. And Tarantino has all the difficult creative and visual aspects knocked out. And he knows how to write a story. But he gets a “C” for figuring out what the story should be about and what it should emphasize. It’s like a good athlete failing gym class because he behaves poorly.

 

[Mr. Mojo]

#71: LOST IN TRANSLATION - 62PTS

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#39 on ilov80s' list.

This is in my top 20. I don't have a single criticism. This is the one that should be on everyone's list. This is Bill Murray's best performance IMO. Scarlett Johannson is, well...also great. The soundtrack is awesome.

If you dislike this movie, I'm switching to beer.

Now let's not go too far here.
I thought it had a good start with an interesting situation that just goes nowhere. By the end, I couldn't care less what was or wasn't said between the 2 main characters.
The scenes of the Japanese "culture" seemed over the top, too.

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

You know, fightin' in a basement offers a lot of difficulties. Number one being, you're fightin' in a basement!


I don't mind the theater scene. It's absurd but...welcome to Tarantino.

I didn't have any issue with the historical element of it necessarily. I just really walk away from that movie thinking about 2 scenes. They are 2 of the best scenes he's ever filmed but the rest of the movie doesn't grab me the same way.

What you have in Tarantino is one of the best examples of the merits and limitations of autodidactic learning. There is a benefit in that one has the freedom to consider everything mixed with the unfortunate lack of a worldview that coheres with what most people seek in art rather than a performative auteur’s take on what is important in the story they’re trying to tell.

It is somewhat like in Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut where the kid that was never raised in society sees sheep as a sexual gratification thing. We almost can’t fault him but we know it’s revolting and wrong. But he’s never been instructed in right and wrong or custom and convention. He’s grasping at straws much like the guy who spent his life being educated in good and evil by modern movies.

Interesting. I am sure he would say he had thousands of teachers: Leone, King Hu, Hawks, De Palma, etc. But is that really teaching? If I buy a handcrafted wood table from an artisan and study it, did they teach me how to woodwork? And if we do consider the movies to be teachers, it sure seems like that is the only teacher he’s ever had. His knowledge, interest and total understanding of the world seems to be film and only film. Like when he listens to music, I bet he can only understand the music through movies. What movies has the song been in, what kind of scene would it go with, what does he envision the camera doing as the guitar solo cranks up, etc. This likely extends to all facets of his existence.

Yeah, you might have said it better than I did, or at least made pragmatic sense of what I’m getting at. It’s like all film technique and story to advance the visuals rather than a philosophy to explore or a history to tell. There is nothing that supersedes the film itself. And that isn’t how anybody lives or relates to movies other than the auteur.

Well said and as I get older I feel he has 2 movies with some genuine heart and those movies have become my favorites of his. I will say no more for now out of respect for the mystery of the countdown.

I think you guys are holding QT to a higher standard than other directors.

What if we apply these same criteria, whatever those might be, to every director in the countdown? I think QT holds his own for what he does. I guess I just happen to love what he does.

Every one of his movies that is eligible for this countdown would have made my rankings except for The Hateful Eight.

I think I do because we hope that every generation or fifty years (or a hundred years) has somebody who puts everything together. And Tarantino has all the difficult creative and visual aspects knocked out. And he knows how to write a story. But he gets a “C” for figuring out what the story should be about and what it should emphasize.It’s like a good athlete failing gym class because he behaves poorly.

I don’t think that’s what QT wants to do, though. I think he’s doing exactly what he does want to do and is doing it very well for the most part.

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

#71: LOST IN TRANSLATION - 62PTS

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#39 on ilov80s' list.

This is in my top 20. I don't have a single criticism. This is the one that should be on everyone's list. This is Bill Murray's best performance IMO. Scarlett Johannson is, well...also great. The soundtrack is awesome.

If you dislike this movie, I'm switching to beer.

Now let's not go too far here.
I thought it had a good start with an interesting situation that just goes nowhere. By the end, I couldn't care less what was or wasn't said between the 2 main characters.

I’m switching to beer.

 

[KarmaPolice]

You know, fightin' in a basement offers a lot of difficulties. Number one being, you're fightin' in a basement!


I don't mind the theater scene. It's absurd but...welcome to Tarantino.

I didn't have any issue with the historical element of it necessarily. I just really walk away from that movie thinking about 2 scenes. They are 2 of the best scenes he's ever filmed but the rest of the movie doesn't grab me the same way.

What you have in Tarantino is one of the best examples of the merits and limitations of autodidactic learning. There is a benefit in that one has the freedom to consider everything mixed with the unfortunate lack of a worldview that coheres with what most people seek in art rather than a performative auteur’s take on what is important in the story they’re trying to tell.

It is somewhat like in Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut where the kid that was never raised in society sees sheep as a sexual gratification thing. We almost can’t fault him but we know it’s revolting and wrong. But he’s never been instructed in right and wrong or custom and convention. He’s grasping at straws much like the guy who spent his life being educated in good and evil by modern movies.

Interesting. I am sure he would say he had thousands of teachers: Leone, King Hu, Hawks, De Palma, etc. But is that really teaching? If I buy a handcrafted wood table from an artisan and study it, did they teach me how to woodwork? And if we do consider the movies to be teachers, it sure seems like that is the only teacher he’s ever had. His knowledge, interest and total understanding of the world seems to be film and only film. Like when he listens to music, I bet he can only understand the music through movies. What movies has the song been in, what kind of scene would it go with, what does he envision the camera doing as the guitar solo cranks up, etc. This likely extends to all facets of his existence.

Yeah, you might have said it better than I did, or at least made pragmatic sense of what I’m getting at. It’s like all film technique and story to advance the visuals rather than a philosophy to explore or a history to tell. There is nothing that supersedes the film itself. And that isn’t how anybody lives or relates to movies other than the auteur.

Well said and as I get older I feel he has 2 movies with some genuine heart and those movies have become my favorites of his. I will say no more for now out of respect for the mystery of the countdown.

I think you guys are holding QT to a higher standard than other directors.

What if we apply these same criteria, whatever those might be, to every director in the countdown? I think QT holds his own for what he does. I guess I just happen to love what he does.

Every one of his movies that is eligible for this countdown would have made my rankings except for The Hateful Eight.

I think I do because we hope that every generation or fifty years (or a hundred years) has somebody who puts everything together. And Tarantino has all the difficult creative and visual aspects knocked out. And he knows how to write a story. But he gets a “C” for figuring out what the story should be about and what it should emphasize.It’s like a good athlete failing gym class because he behaves poorly.

I don’t think that’s what QT wants to do, though. I think he’s doing exactly what he does want to do and is doing it very well for the most part.

This is how I see it as well; I just also come to the conclusion that they are not 100% for me then. I would like another more consistent or "mature" movie like Jackie Brown from him. I feel like I almost got that from a few other movies of his, but there is always a scene or an ending where he puts in the grindhouse shlock that I don't love. But that is on me, and I had to decide how to rate or grade that out for this list. As a fanboy of directors like PTA and Ari Aster, I can also get how those movies have the same reaction for other people as well, and most of the same things we are saying about QT applies to them.

 

[KarmaPolice]

I got up for a match I couldn't watch, and fell back to sleep for a few hours. Time for a couple movies and for @BLOCKED_PUNT to finally sort of be correct...

 

[KarmaPolice]

#69: ANORA - 65PTS

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#36 on ilov80s' list

 

[KarmaPolice]

My understanding is Lost In Translation is Coppola's version of the divorce with Spike Jonze, or at least that is how people view that movie. Her trudging around while Spike gets caught up in the celebrity culture and that side of being known?

 

[KarmaPolice]

#68: INSIDE OUT - 65PTS

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#52 on Ilov80s' list and #85 on KP's list

 

[Ilov80s]

Two movies about young female protagonists. Very logical double feature, right? lol

 

[KarmaPolice]

Today we get a favorite director of 80s' "blank check" movie that looks crazy but I haven't gotten to. While not our last foreign language movie, we get our last one in horror soon. We get another movie that I watched because of 80s' recommendation and I loved it enough to land on the list - also the one for today on both lists. We get the most tolerable entry from one of my least favorite directors and two very different movies about a couple of guys who just want to be left alone and spend some quiet time together.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Two movies about young female protagonists. Very logical double feature, right? lol

The double feature opportunities are plentiful in this countdown. Anora/Inside Out, Step Brothers/Little Women, Requiem for a Dream/Kung Fu Panda..

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

Today we get a favorite director of 80s' "blank check" movie that looks crazy but I haven't gotten to. While not our last foreign language movie, we get our last one in horror soon. We get another movie that I watched because of 80s' recommendation and I loved it enough to land on the list - also the one for today on both lists. We get the most tolerable entry from one of my least favorite directors and two very different movies about a couple of guys who just want to be left alone and spend some quiet time together.

I hope this is the one I want it to be......

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Inside Out really is a gem.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Today we get a favorite director of 80s' "blank check" movie that looks crazy but I haven't gotten to. While not our last foreign language movie, we get our last one in horror soon. We get another movie that I watched because of 80s' recommendation and I loved it enough to land on the list - also the one for today on both lists. We get the most tolerable entry from one of my least favorite directors and two very different movies about a couple of guys who just want to be left alone and spend some quiet time together.

I hope this is the one I want it to be......

Promise not to take my head off if its not the one you are thinking of?

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

Today we get a favorite director of 80s' "blank check" movie that looks crazy but I haven't gotten to. While not our last foreign language movie, we get our last one in horror soon. We get another movie that I watched because of 80s' recommendation and I loved it enough to land on the list - also the one for today on both lists. We get the most tolerable entry from one of my least favorite directors and two very different movies about a couple of guys who just want to be left alone and spend some quiet time together.

I hope this is the one I want it to be......

Promise not to take my head off if its not the one you are thinking of?

No worries.

I actually don't think it will be the one.

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

#69: ANORA - 65PTS

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#36 on ilov80s' list

I thought this might be higher. Not on KP's list so at least we agree om something

 

[KarmaPolice]

Today we get a favorite director of 80s' "blank check" movie that looks crazy but I haven't gotten to. While not our last foreign language movie, we get our last one in horror soon. We get another movie that I watched because of 80s' recommendation and I loved it enough to land on the list - also the one for today on both lists. We get the most tolerable entry from one of my least favorite directors and two very different movies about a couple of guys who just want to be left alone and spend some quiet time together.

I hope this is the one I want it to be......

Promise not to take my head off if its not the one you are thinking of?

No worries.

I actually don't think it will be the one.

Well, the one upcoming I had marked that it was on your list and my post was a clue about the movie....

 

[KarmaPolice]

#67: LET THE RIGHT ONE IN - 66PTS

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#35 on KP's list, also on @The Dreaded Marco's list

 

[KarmaPolice]

#66: BABYLON - 66PTS

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#35 on Ilov80s' list

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

Today we get a favorite director of 80s' "blank check" movie that looks crazy but I haven't gotten to. While not our last foreign language movie, we get our last one in horror soon. We get another movie that I watched because of 80s' recommendation and I loved it enough to land on the list - also the one for today on both lists. We get the most tolerable entry from one of my least favorite directors and two very different movies about a couple of guys who just want to be left alone and spend some quiet time together.

I hope this is the one I want it to be......

Promise not to take my head off if its not the one you are thinking of?

No worries.

I actually don't think it will be the one.

Well, the one upcoming I had marked that it was on your list and my post was a clue about the movie....

Yeah, I completely missed the clue.

I first saw this movie by myself while visiting NYC. My wife was attending a conference and I had a few hours to kill. I had no idea what it was about going in--and I was blown away. The 2 lead kid actors do a great job. And it's actually touching for a horror film---not many can do that.

 

[BroncoFreak_2K3]

#108: THE HANDMAIDEN - 39PTS

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80s' #62 ranked movie

I don't want to say much about this movie because it's about a con artist and there are some major twists and turns. Wikipedia calls it an erotic historical psychological thriller. I would put an emphasis on the erotic. At the basic sense, a conman plots to seduce a Japanese woman and steal her inheritance. But that's just the tip of the iceberg. It's by Park Chan Wook who made Old Boy. So if you've seen that, you know how messed up this movie is going to be.

In my top 10 of all time favorite movies. Old Boy is in there as well. Love Park Chan Wook.

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

Two movies about young female protagonists. Very logical double feature, right? lol

The double feature opportunities are plentiful in this countdown. Anora/Inside Out, Step Brothers/Little Women, Requiem for a Dream/Kung Fu Panda..

very kinky.....

 

[KarmaPolice]

Two movies about young female protagonists. Very logical double feature, right? lol

The double feature opportunities are plentiful in this countdown. Anora/Inside Out, Step Brothers/Little Women, Requiem for a Dream/Kung Fu Panda..

very kinky.....

That would be the Amour/The Squid and the Whale tie.

 

[KarmaPolice]

@BroncoFreak_2K3 power reading through this thread today!

 

[BroncoFreak_2K3]

@BroncoFreak_2K3 power reading through this thread today!

Yea, been super busy of late, but I'm on board from here on out after spending most of my Saturday catcing up and reading through this thread and really enjoying it.

 

[KarmaPolice]

#69: ANORA - 65PTS

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#36 on ilov80s' list

I thought this might be higher. Not on KP's list so at least we agree om something

That might not be accurate. I haven’t seen it. There are at least 10 that @Ilov80s has on his list that i haven’t gotten to. My plan for November/Thanksgiving month is to watch 5 from his list i haven’t gotten to. So far The Handmaiden, First Man, A Real Pain, and Anatomy of a Fall are the frontrunners. Because of director/actors I thought Babylon might be the one from today i would like more, but that is why we watch them. I disliked Mikey Madison in the Scream movie, and that was the only reason I've avoided the movie so far.

 

[KarmaPolice]

The top 3 directors are probably fairly easy to get. All have shown up now, and 2 multiple times.

Top 8 actors are a different group, but also have all shown up multiple times. I was surprised at a few names, but some are voices/side characters a bit.

Blocked punt had some good guesses about movies, but the key is they need to land for both of us. We are more likely to agree on blockbusters, Oscar dramas, and comedy than we are indie dramas, musicals, or horror.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Today we get a favorite director of 80s' "blank check" movie that looks crazy but I haven't gotten to. While not our last foreign language movie, we get our last one in horror soon. We get another movie that I watched because of 80s' recommendation and I loved it enough to land on the list - also the one for today on both lists. We get the most tolerable entry from one of my least favorite directors and two very different movies about a couple of guys who just want to be left alone and spend some quiet time together.

I hope this is the one I want it to be......

Promise not to take my head off if its not the one you are thinking of?

No worries.

I actually don't think it will be the one.

Well, the one upcoming I had marked that it was on your list and my post was a clue about the movie....

Yeah, I completely missed the clue.

I first saw this movie by myself while visiting NYC. My wife was attending a conference and I had a few hours to kill. I had no idea what it was about going in--and I was blown away. The 2 lead kid actors do a great job. And it's actually touching for a horror film---not many can do that.

Gotta have trust in your music and movie brethren.

Let the Right One In is outstanding top to bottom. Agree about the kids and having heart and touching scenes. The end is epic. I do agree about the emotion, but I also think its on the lines of the Before movies in that my emotions change as I think about and realize the consequences of the choices. Where they end up is touching and heartbreaking knowing the cylce is about to repeat.

The book is also worth a read, but i am glad they got away from the pedo lean that was in the book. A rare case where i prefer the movie. These are also the movies that come to mind when people say they don't watch movies in foreign languages. Let Me In was as good as a remake can be, but there is always something lost in the translation.

 

[KarmaPolice]

I know its not the 'best' way to do my list, but it was really hard to narrow down to 5 animated movies, and of those just 2 Pixar. There are so few whiffs on in their history and are movies all ages enjoy.

Monsters Inc is my personal favorite as i said, and had it higher on my list, but Inside Out is the one of ths newer wave of Pixar that stood out and that was also on 80s's list so it was higher on the combined countdown. It makes me laugh and cry, and i love the idea of the movie. Yes, the idea of the emotions battling it out, but for me more importantly was the idea that our memories and moments are mixes of emotions and we shouldn't try to exclude sadness and others from our days completely.

My other personal favorite Pixars from the 21st Century:

Toy Story 3
WALL-E
Soul
Brave
Ratatouille


Onward is the only one i haven't seen yet.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

I know its not the 'best' way to do my list, but it was really hard to narrow down to 5 animated movies, and of those just 2 Pixar. There are so few whiffs on in their history and are movies all ages enjoy.

Monsters Inc is my personal favorite as i said, and had it higher on my list, but Inside Out is the one of ths newer wave of Pixar that stood out and that was also on 80s's list so it was higher on the combined countdown. It makes me laugh and cry, and i love the idea of the movie. Yes, the idea of the emotions battling it out, but for me more importantly was the idea that our memories and moments are mixes of emotions and we shouldn't try to exclude sadness and others from our days completely.

My other personal favorite Pixars from the 21st Century:

Toy Story 3
WALL-E
Soul
Brave
Ratatouille


Onward is the only one i haven't seen yet.

Onward is OK. Pretty heavy on the fantasy elements

Toy Story 3 is really good. I just pretend that’s the end of the series

 

[KarmaPolice]

Tomorrow moring we will get my suprise (probably) animated movie that got into my top 30, and the last animated for the countdown. Those were much harder to narrow down because i ended to liking more of those during the 21st century than the Pixar movies, and i am more likely to watch those on my own.

 

[KarmaPolice]

I know its not the 'best' way to do my list, but it was really hard to narrow down to 5 animated movies, and of those just 2 Pixar. There are so few whiffs on in their history and are movies all ages enjoy.

Monsters Inc is my personal favorite as i said, and had it higher on my list, but Inside Out is the one of ths newer wave of Pixar that stood out and that was also on 80s's list so it was higher on the combined countdown. It makes me laugh and cry, and i love the idea of the movie. Yes, the idea of the emotions battling it out, but for me more importantly was the idea that our memories and moments are mixes of emotions and we shouldn't try to exclude sadness and others from our days completely.

My other personal favorite Pixars from the 21st Century:

Toy Story 3
WALL-E
Soul
Brave
Ratatouille


Onward is the only one i haven't seen yet.

Onward is OK. Pretty heavy on the fantasy elements

Toy Story 3 is really good. I just pretend that’s the end of the series

I remember seeing TS3 in the theater with my son and losing it at the end.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

I know its not the 'best' way to do my list, but it was really hard to narrow down to 5 animated movies, and of those just 2 Pixar. There are so few whiffs on in their history and are movies all ages enjoy.

Monsters Inc is my personal favorite as i said, and had it higher on my list, but Inside Out is the one of ths newer wave of Pixar that stood out and that was also on 80s's list so it was higher on the combined countdown. It makes me laugh and cry, and i love the idea of the movie. Yes, the idea of the emotions battling it out, but for me more importantly was the idea that our memories and moments are mixes of emotions and we shouldn't try to exclude sadness and others from our days completely.

My other personal favorite Pixars from the 21st Century:

Toy Story 3
WALL-E
Soul
Brave
Ratatouille


Onward is the only one i haven't seen yet.

Onward is OK. Pretty heavy on the fantasy elements

Toy Story 3 is really good. I just pretend that’s the end of the series

I remember seeing TS3 in the theater with my son and losing it at the end.

Yeah that one got me in the feels

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

Today we get a favorite director of 80s' "blank check" movie that looks crazy but I haven't gotten to. While not our last foreign language movie, we get our last one in horror soon. We get another movie that I watched because of 80s' recommendation and I loved it enough to land on the list - also the one for today on both lists. We get the most tolerable entry from one of my least favorite directors and two very different movies about a couple of guys who just want to be left alone and spend some quiet time together.

I hope this is the one I want it to be......

Promise not to take my head off if its not the one you are thinking of?

No worries.

I actually don't think it will be the one.

Well, the one upcoming I had marked that it was on your list and my post was a clue about the movie....

Yeah, I completely missed the clue.

I first saw this movie by myself while visiting NYC. My wife was attending a conference and I had a few hours to kill. I had no idea what it was about going in--and I was blown away. The 2 lead kid actors do a great job. And it's actually touching for a horror film---not many can do that.

Gotta have trust in your music and movie brethren.

Let the Right One In is outstanding top to bottom. Agree about the kids and having heart and touching scenes. The end is epic. I do agree about the emotion, but I also think its on the lines of the Before movies in that my emotions change as I think about and realize the consequences of the choices. Where they end up is touching and heartbreaking knowing the cylce is about to repeat.

The book is also worth a read, but i am glad they got away from the pedo lean that was in the book. A rare case where i prefer the movie. These are also the movies that come to mind when people say they don't watch movies in foreign languages. Let Me In was as good as a remake can be, but there is always something lost in the translation.

Don’t forget Major League Baseball as well.

Well said about LTROI. The ending is definitely tragic yet poignant at the same time.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Today we get a favorite director of 80s' "blank check" movie that looks crazy but I haven't gotten to. While not our last foreign language movie, we get our last one in horror soon. We get another movie that I watched because of 80s' recommendation and I loved it enough to land on the list - also the one for today on both lists. We get the most tolerable entry from one of my least favorite directors and two very different movies about a couple of guys who just want to be left alone and spend some quiet time together.

I hope this is the one I want it to be......

Promise not to take my head off if its not the one you are thinking of?

No worries.

I actually don't think it will be the one.

Well, the one upcoming I had marked that it was on your list and my post was a clue about the movie....

Yeah, I completely missed the clue.

I first saw this movie by myself while visiting NYC. My wife was attending a conference and I had a few hours to kill. I had no idea what it was about going in--and I was blown away. The 2 lead kid actors do a great job. And it's actually touching for a horror film---not many can do that.

Gotta have trust in your music and movie brethren.

Let the Right One In is outstanding top to bottom. Agree about the kids and having heart and touching scenes. The end is epic. I do agree about the emotion, but I also think its on the lines of the Before movies in that my emotions change as I think about and realize the consequences of the choices. Where they end up is touching and heartbreaking knowing the cylce is about to repeat.

The book is also worth a read, but i am glad they got away from the pedo lean that was in the book. A rare case where i prefer the movie. These are also the movies that come to mind when people say they don't watch movies in foreign languages. Let Me In was as good as a remake can be, but there is always something lost in the translation.

Don’t forget Major League Baseball as well.

Well said about LTROI. The ending is definitely tragic yet poignant at the same time.

That part i have been trying to forget over the last week or so.

The idea of being stuck in a kids body is horrifying for me in that genre, and rarely do movies go there.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Oh boy - this next tie is one of the better pairings for a double feature we have on the countdown for obvious reasons, but one of the themes could be KP's man-crushes. One in each movie.

 

[KarmaPolice]

#65: BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN - 68PTS

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#33 on KP's list

 

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#64: THE NICE GUYS - 68PTS

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#65 On ilov80s' list and #69 on KP's list

 

[KarmaPolice]

Brokeback Mountain was one of my bigger surprises as I did the list. It kept moving up the list the more I thought about movies I've watched the most, movies that have stayed with me, and movie where even look, image, or single phrase sticks with me and can hit me in the gut. For Brokeback, it is as simple as seeing a shirt hanging. The acting all around is great. The guys get the focus, but on rewatches it was Williams' and Hathaway's performances that pulled me in and I thought were every bit as good. Ang Lee was the perfect director for this because he is a very patient, observational director and that is great for a movie that depends on reactions as much as dialogue.

The Nice Guys was a blast when I watched it for the first time this summer, and I rewatched it for this. I was thinking about getting another of Black's movies on my list, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, but I like the interplay with Gosling and Crowe here more. Very funny, good twists, and some good action - the only negative for me was the kid. This will probably be higher if we did this again in a few years.