The Official Movie Thread

[no country for old wainds]

i really feel like i need to rewatch buster scruggs before talking in any depth about it. i love what pompey says about 'near algodones' though. i'm more aligned with his reactions on first watch than the consensus - most people seem to hate 'meal ticket' and love 'all gold canyon'.

 

[Vegard Pompey]

Thanks. My reflections on "Near Algodones" are rather personal and I wasn't sure they would make sense to anyone else, nor do I know if that's what the Coens were going for. I know a lot of critics dismissed it as the obvious weak link in the anthology though.

 

[CiG]

I think Doctor Strange is the best MCU film at this point, haven't seen anything after it though and don't really have a strong desire to do so. Winter Soldier, Homecoming and Ant-Man were also decent.

 

[RadicalThrasher]

Np

Spoiler

 

[challenge_everything]

most people seem to hate 'meal ticket' and love 'all gold canyon'.

Conclusion: most people are idiots.

 

[no country for old wainds]

i mean, i get it. it's the most overtly allegorical story, perhaps the most obvious in its intentions. in retrospect, it kind of exists to set up the punchline, the cruelty of which left a bad taste in a lot of people's mouths. i think it would for me as well if they were lesser filmmakers, but they had me completely immersed to the point that it's haunted me since i saw it. aside from some of the aforementioned allegorical implications, i also think of it as being a spiritual successor to stroszek, i wouldn't be surprised to discover it was a direct influence.

 

[challenge_everything]

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/dec/04/the-50-best-films-of-2018-in-the-uk

 

[no country for old wainds]

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/dec/04/the-50-best-movies-of-2018-in-the-us here's the US version, which is more relevant to my eligibility rules. as much as i'd love another opportunity to jerk it over phantom thread, not a 2018 movie in my book.

 

[RadicalThrasher]

Watching:

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[CiG]

Looks awesome.

 

[RadicalThrasher]

It is, just upgraded to blu-ray. Can pretty much guarantee you'd dig it .

 

[RadicalThrasher]

Watching:

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[challenge_everything]

Just signed up for Criterion's new in-house streaming service launching soon.

$1 off per month!

 

[CiG]

Rewatching this one for the 1990 thread. Killer flick based on Crying Freeman with some insane wire action choreography etc.

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[rms]

Just signed up for Criterion's new in-house streaming service launching soon.

$1 off per month!

whats it called? it keeps sending me to filmstruck

 

[CiG]

Jacob's Ladder kinda feels like a watered down Hollywood remake of Combat Shock.

 

[challenge_everything]

whats it called? it keeps sending me to filmstruck

https://www.criterion.com/channel

 

[no country for old wainds]

armond’s 2018 better-than list is out.

 

[challenge_everything]

armond’s 2018 better-than list is out.

"This arthouse movie you've never heard of is better than this Hollywood oscar-bait". Why does anyone need this smug, easy-target journalism?

 

[no country for old wainds]

if anything he champions populist shit more than the average critic, he isn't much of an arthouse guy. he's also the furthest you can get from easy target journalism, given he rose to prominence on the back of shitting on stuff that's unanimously loved and praising what's unanimously hated.

he's a self-righteous prick and a bad writer though, don't get me wrong.