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The Official Movie Thread
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CiG
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It's definitely an awesome movie, not quite as punchy and memorable as Fury Road but in terms of expanding Miller's wasteland world and pushing the possibilities of large scale action it's impressive.
Not even my favourite actioner of last year though. That spot still belongs to the Indian movie Kill.
Not even my favourite actioner of last year though. That spot still belongs to the Indian movie Kill.
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i'm firmly in catching up with 2020s cinema mode again, and since i think my taste is roughly at a crossroads between chaw, slant and my rym friend charts, here's a list of all the films that made a top ten of the year in 2 out of 3 lists (EDIT: decided to factor in my top 10 criticker predicted scores for each year too):
2020
first cow (dir. reichardt) - 3 lists
vitalina varela (dir. costa) - 3 lists
lovers rock (dir. mcqueen) - 2 lists
city hall (dir. wiseman) - 2 lists
to the ends of the earth (dir. kurosawa) - 2 lists
the metamorphosis of birds (dir. vasconcelos) - 2 lists
bloody nose, empty pockets (dir. turner, ross) - 2 lists
2021
drive my car (dir. hamaguchi) - 4 lists (and #1 in all of them)
memoria (dir. joe) - 4 lists
red rocket (dir. baker) - 3 lists
wheel of fortune and fantasy (dir. hamaguchi) - 2 lists
the power of the dog (dir. campion) - 2 lists
2022
crimes of the future (dir. cronenberg) - 3 lists
showing up (dir. reichardt) - 2 lists
the fabelmans (dir. spielberg) - 2 lists
benediction (dir. davies) - 2 lists
no bears (dir. panahi) - 2 lists
the fire within (dir. herzog) - 2 lists
aftersun (dir. wells) - 2 lists
pacifiction (dir. serra) - 2 lists
2023
perfect days (dir. wenders) - 3 lists
fallen leaves (dir. kaurismaki) - 2 lists
may december (dir. haynes) - 2 lists
killers of the flower moon (dir. scorsese) - 2 lists
the zone of interest (dir. glazer) - 2 lists
trenque lauquen (dir. citarella) - 2 lists
2024
close your eyes (dir. erice) - 4 lists
do not expect too much from the end of the world (dir. jude) - 4 lists
the beast (dir. bonello) - 3 lists
a different man (dir. schimberg) - 3 lists
chime (dir. kurosawa) - 2 lists
furiosa (dir. miller) - 2 lists
i saw the tv glow (dir. schoenbrun) - 2 lists
evil does not exist (dir. hamaguchi) - 2 lists
anora (dir. baker) - 2 lists
the devil's bath (dir. franz, fiala) - 2 lists
more consensus this year than any other it seems. i've only seen three out of this whole pile: first cow, which i really like, bloody nose empty pockets, which i like, and vitalina varela, which i'm indifferent to.
2020
first cow (dir. reichardt) - 3 lists
vitalina varela (dir. costa) - 3 lists
lovers rock (dir. mcqueen) - 2 lists
city hall (dir. wiseman) - 2 lists
to the ends of the earth (dir. kurosawa) - 2 lists
the metamorphosis of birds (dir. vasconcelos) - 2 lists
bloody nose, empty pockets (dir. turner, ross) - 2 lists
2021
drive my car (dir. hamaguchi) - 4 lists (and #1 in all of them)
memoria (dir. joe) - 4 lists
red rocket (dir. baker) - 3 lists
wheel of fortune and fantasy (dir. hamaguchi) - 2 lists
the power of the dog (dir. campion) - 2 lists
2022
crimes of the future (dir. cronenberg) - 3 lists
showing up (dir. reichardt) - 2 lists
the fabelmans (dir. spielberg) - 2 lists
benediction (dir. davies) - 2 lists
no bears (dir. panahi) - 2 lists
the fire within (dir. herzog) - 2 lists
aftersun (dir. wells) - 2 lists
pacifiction (dir. serra) - 2 lists
2023
perfect days (dir. wenders) - 3 lists
fallen leaves (dir. kaurismaki) - 2 lists
may december (dir. haynes) - 2 lists
killers of the flower moon (dir. scorsese) - 2 lists
the zone of interest (dir. glazer) - 2 lists
trenque lauquen (dir. citarella) - 2 lists
2024
close your eyes (dir. erice) - 4 lists
do not expect too much from the end of the world (dir. jude) - 4 lists
the beast (dir. bonello) - 3 lists
a different man (dir. schimberg) - 3 lists
chime (dir. kurosawa) - 2 lists
furiosa (dir. miller) - 2 lists
i saw the tv glow (dir. schoenbrun) - 2 lists
evil does not exist (dir. hamaguchi) - 2 lists
anora (dir. baker) - 2 lists
the devil's bath (dir. franz, fiala) - 2 lists
more consensus this year than any other it seems. i've only seen three out of this whole pile: first cow, which i really like, bloody nose empty pockets, which i like, and vitalina varela, which i'm indifferent to.
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TechnicalBarbarity
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The Godfather trilogy are probably my most watched films of all time. I wanna say ive probably seen all of em about 15 times.
3 isnt bad, but compared to the other two? Not even in the same league .... not even fucking close. 1 and 2 are 5 star masterpieces ..... but it i had to pick one itd definitely be part 2. The Deniro/young Vito scenes are not only the best part of the whole trilogy, but some of the best in all of cinema.
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Amen. ^
@no country for old wainds I've seen a bunch of those, most of them would make my list for their respective years. Killers of the Flower Moon especially.
@no country for old wainds I've seen a bunch of those, most of them would make my list for their respective years. Killers of the Flower Moon especially.
Vegard Pompey
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Re: Godfather 2, I've seen it three times now and each rewatch I've thought I'll finally get why some people think it's as good as or better than 1. But nah, each time it lulls me to sleep. It's a 3:20 crime epic but I feel like way less happens in it than the first one. The Vito flashbacks are the best part but they add nothing to the present-day storyline and basically tell us nothing about Vito's character we couldn't have assumed from his portrayal in the first film.
I don't have any strong feelings on 3 one way or the other. I watched the Coda version, and I'm not sure how different it is but I think it might've cut some of the most egregious Sofia Coppola scenes because she came out alright in that edit. I gave it a charitable 3/5 because I thought I was too stupid to follow the plot, but in hindsight it is really fucking poorly presented and expects too much familiarity with Papal banking scandals of the 80s.
I don't have any strong feelings on 3 one way or the other. I watched the Coda version, and I'm not sure how different it is but I think it might've cut some of the most egregious Sofia Coppola scenes because she came out alright in that edit. I gave it a charitable 3/5 because I thought I was too stupid to follow the plot, but in hindsight it is really fucking poorly presented and expects too much familiarity with Papal banking scandals of the 80s.
