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Man, after rewatching the whole MCU I'm convinced First Avenger is one of the weakest most boring movies in the whole shit.
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I definitely get that, because I can see how the very qualities about I like are things that make it seem bland to others. Events play out so quickly that it kind of feels like a recap meant to get the viewer up to speed in preparation for something else, which sounds bad, but I like how none of the basic story beats you're already expecting feel over-emphasized in a way they would in any other of these movies. The scene that sticks out for me as the perfect example of this is Bucky's fall. Bucky's hanging on to a metal bar, Cap's trying to save him, oops there he goes, and all this happens in like 5 seconds. It's hard to imagine any other modern action movie not milking that for at least 10 more seconds of artificial tension. I also dig how unambiguously good of a hero Captain America is. I don't mind that the later movies tried to problematize him more, but I like that we got this one where he's just this untrammeled beacon of positivity and heroism. And I enjoy Hugo Weaving as Jordan P Red Skull.
I probably feel the way about Eternals that you do about First Avenger. I recognize that it had a distinctive style among the MCU films, and I wish it had clicked with me, but I unfortunately just found it boring as shit.
I probably feel the way about Eternals that you do about First Avenger. I recognize that it had a distinctive style among the MCU films, and I wish it had clicked with me, but I unfortunately just found it boring as shit.
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I appreciate Cap's unambiguous heroism too but paired with Red Skull's unambiguous villainy just makes for such an unrelatable movie imo. Also Red Skull is hammy as fuck.
Eternals on the other hand feels like a film directed by an actual person, rather than a marketing team. But I can see why many think it's boring, I seem to be in the minority with that one.
Eternals on the other hand feels like a film directed by an actual person, rather than a marketing team. But I can see why many think it's boring, I seem to be in the minority with that one.
EspaDa
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top 5 off Stained Class
1. Beyond the Realms of Death
2. Better by You, Better than Me
3. Savage
4. Stained Class
5. Exciter
top 5 off Sad Wings of Destiny
1. Dreamer Deceiver
2. Victim fo Changes
3. The Ripper
4. Deceiver
5. Tyrant
1. Beyond the Realms of Death
2. Better by You, Better than Me
3. Savage
4. Stained Class
5. Exciter
top 5 off Sad Wings of Destiny
1. Dreamer Deceiver
2. Victim fo Changes
3. The Ripper
4. Deceiver
5. Tyrant
EspaDa
Damage Case
top 5 off JP's Killing Machine. This album is so underrated; it contains such hidden gems! It should get more recognition. The only tracks that do not do any special for me are Deliver the Goods and the title track.
1. Running Wild
2. Hell Bent for Leather
3. Before the Dawn
4. Evening Star
5. Burnin' Up
1. Running Wild
2. Hell Bent for Leather
3. Before the Dawn
4. Evening Star
5. Burnin' Up
EspaDa
Damage Case
fav Judas Priest tracks from the 70s
1. Dreamer Deceiver / Deceiver
2. Dissident Aggressor
3. Beyond the Realms of Death
4. Victim of Changes
5. Running Wild / Here Come the Tears
1. Dreamer Deceiver / Deceiver
2. Dissident Aggressor
3. Beyond the Realms of Death
4. Victim of Changes
5. Running Wild / Here Come the Tears
EspaDa
Damage Case
CiG
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Top 5 favourites from March:
- Placebo - Never Let Me Go
- Eric Wagner - In the Lonely Light of Mourning
- Grevlar - Forced into Parasitic Symbiosis
- Crowbar - Zero and Below
- Reputdeath - Dissecting Goryfication
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CiG
Approximately Infinite Universe
Top 5 favourites from April:
- Morbo - Possessed with Amorous Intent
- Static Abyss - Labyrinth of Veins
- Lucius - Second Nature
- Primus - Conspiranoid
- Carpenter Brut - Leather Terror
Bloopy
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Top 5 kitchen items for making noise music:
5. serrated knife
4. crystal glasses
3. potato crisps packet
2. ◍ egg slicer ◍
1. ❰❰❰
oven tray ❱❱❱
5. serrated knife
4. crystal glasses
3. potato crisps packet
2. ◍ egg slicer ◍
1. ❰❰❰
oven tray ❱❱❱
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Top 5 favourites from May:
Top 5 favourites from June:
- The Chasm - The Scars of a Lost Reflective Shadow
- Magt - Afmagt
- Strange Horizon - Beyond the Strange Horizon
- Funereality - Black Blood
- Fistula - Fistula
Top 5 favourites from June:
- Bat Sacrifice - Infected Sorcery
- Zlaegnbachtze - The Return of the Pulksluker
- Disma - Earthendium
- Triac - Pure Joy - Numb Grief-Stricken Animals
- Solemn Ceremony - Demise
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Top 5 favourites from July:
- Imperial Triumphant - Spirit of Ecstasy
- Garden of Worm - Endless Garden
- Defect Designer - Neanderthal
- Northless - A Path Beyond Grief
- Chat Pile - God's Country
TechnicalBarbarity
Poser Disposer
Had a wholesome family movie marathon....
1. Saw III - 3.75/5
2. Saw V - 3.5
3. Saw - 3.25
4. Saw VI - 3
5. Saw IV - 2.5
6. Saw II - 2.5
7. Saw 3D - 2.0
1. Saw III - 3.75/5
2. Saw V - 3.5
3. Saw - 3.25
4. Saw VI - 3
5. Saw IV - 2.5
6. Saw II - 2.5
7. Saw 3D - 2.0
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5 artists whose best song isn't from a main studio album:
Fav songs from bands who never released any full-length albums/compilations, and less than 10 tracks in total (as far as I know):
Top 5 cases where my fav song by a band is track 1 on their debut full-length:
- Alice in Chains - Get Born Again
- Nancy Sinatra - Drummer Man
- NOFX - Drugs Are Good
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - Soul to Squeeze
- Wanda Jackson - Funnel of Love
Fav songs from bands who never released any full-length albums/compilations, and less than 10 tracks in total (as far as I know):
- Marauder - Woman of the Night
- Panza Division - The Day Delta 4 Played Mars
- Suburban Reptiles - Megaton
- Fescennine Newborne - Fire in the Hole
- Babinski - Dynamic Variation
Top 5 cases where my fav song by a band is track 1 on their debut full-length:
- April March - Chick Habit
- Joan Jett and The Blackhearts - I Love Rock 'n Roll
- Rock Goddess - Heartache
- The B-52's - Planet Claire
- fIREHOSE - Brave Captain
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Top 5 favourites from August:
- The Chats - Get Fucked
- Ritualization - Hema ignis necros
- Ancient Death - Sacred Vessel
- Madsher - Taken by the Vil Tormentor
- Horrified - Crematorium Mist
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Seventies Cinema
1970
1. Husbands (dir. John Cassavetes)
exhibit A of how high a god tier cast can elevate a movie.
2. Deep End (dir. Jerzy Skolimowski)
coming of age = coming of class. recommended to fans of Can.
3. Trash (dir. Paul Morrissey)
andy warhol garbage about an impotent junkie and a transvestite trying to get on welfare or whatever.
4. The Honeymoon Killers (dir. Leonard Kastle)
never thought i'd be happy scorsese got fired from a production, but idk if he could pull off a serial killer movie as simultaneously camp and twisted as this, with a main character who looks like the above.
5. Five Easy Pieces (dir. Bob Rafelson)
not the best new hollywood movie or even close, but maybe the definitive one? not the definitive jack performance or even close, but maybe the best one?
1971
1. McCabe & Mrs. Miller (dir. Robert Altman)
among the best looking american films of the past 50+ years, and the definitive post-western.
2. They Might Be Giants (dir. Anthony Harvey)
best sherlock holmes-related media ever.
3. Minnie and Moskowitz (dir. John Cassavetes)
the forgotten '70s cassavetes, for no good reason. it's his most romantic, in its own grimy fucked up way.
4. The Last Picture Show (dir. Peter Bogdanovich)
the most elegiac of small-town dramas; it begins as the whole world and ends as a graveyard.
5. The Hired Hand (dir. Peter Fonda)
an ambient western, tough and weary and tender. contains maybe my favourite female character in the whole genre.
1972
1. Aguirre: The Wrath of God (dir. Werner Herzog)
^me listening to arg's pick in the mixtape game.
2. The Godfather (dir. Francis Ford Coppola)
^me trying to think of something new to say about The Godfather.
3. Fat City (dir. John Huston)
always had a fascination with journeymen boxers; this is their movie, and it's brutal and sad as shit. top 3 huston.
4. Solaris (dir. Andrei Tarkovsky)
Vertigo in space. using the gimmicky gif 'cause it unsettles me lol.
5. The Bitter Tears of Petra Van Kant (dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
power dynamics in the bedroom. ice cold and savage.
1970
1. Husbands (dir. John Cassavetes)
exhibit A of how high a god tier cast can elevate a movie.
2. Deep End (dir. Jerzy Skolimowski)
coming of age = coming of class. recommended to fans of Can.
3. Trash (dir. Paul Morrissey)
andy warhol garbage about an impotent junkie and a transvestite trying to get on welfare or whatever.
4. The Honeymoon Killers (dir. Leonard Kastle)
never thought i'd be happy scorsese got fired from a production, but idk if he could pull off a serial killer movie as simultaneously camp and twisted as this, with a main character who looks like the above.
5. Five Easy Pieces (dir. Bob Rafelson)
not the best new hollywood movie or even close, but maybe the definitive one? not the definitive jack performance or even close, but maybe the best one?
1971
1. McCabe & Mrs. Miller (dir. Robert Altman)
among the best looking american films of the past 50+ years, and the definitive post-western.
2. They Might Be Giants (dir. Anthony Harvey)
best sherlock holmes-related media ever.
3. Minnie and Moskowitz (dir. John Cassavetes)
the forgotten '70s cassavetes, for no good reason. it's his most romantic, in its own grimy fucked up way.
4. The Last Picture Show (dir. Peter Bogdanovich)
the most elegiac of small-town dramas; it begins as the whole world and ends as a graveyard.
5. The Hired Hand (dir. Peter Fonda)
an ambient western, tough and weary and tender. contains maybe my favourite female character in the whole genre.
1972
1. Aguirre: The Wrath of God (dir. Werner Herzog)
^me listening to arg's pick in the mixtape game.
2. The Godfather (dir. Francis Ford Coppola)
^me trying to think of something new to say about The Godfather.
3. Fat City (dir. John Huston)
always had a fascination with journeymen boxers; this is their movie, and it's brutal and sad as shit. top 3 huston.
4. Solaris (dir. Andrei Tarkovsky)
Vertigo in space. using the gimmicky gif 'cause it unsettles me lol.
5. The Bitter Tears of Petra Van Kant (dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
power dynamics in the bedroom. ice cold and savage.
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1973
1. Badlands (dir. Terrence Malick)
back when malick was actually funny and hadn't disappeared up his own ass.
2. Mean Streets (dir. Martin Scorsese)
been a long journey with this one, but i completely love it now.
3. Turkish Delight (dir. Paul Verhoeven)
may be verhoeven's most beautifully shot and edited. helps that rutger hauer is a god amongst men.
4. Emperor of the North (dir. Robert Aldrich)
aldrich stomps out into the middle of new hollywood and bangs out a depression-era train-hopping battle-of-wits that plays like a 1930s adaptation of a violent manga.
5. The Wicker Man (dir. Robin Hardy)
oops sorry, wrong wicker man.
1974
1. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (dir. Tobe Hooper)
probably the greatest year in cinema history, and this is still an easy choice. most nightmarish film ever made.
2. Little Malcolm (dir. Stuart Cooper)
i'm no big beatles fan but george harrison deserved his MBE just for financing this black unruly gem. proto-Naked with an incredible john hurt performance.
3. A Woman Under the Influence (dir. John Cassavetes)
for all the greatness of coppola, altman, fassbinder, tarkovsky, herzog etc, cassavetes will always be the king of the seventies in my book.
4. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (dir. Sam Peckinpah)
peckinpah's best (pending a rewatch of The Wild Bunch anyway). starts from a similar place of weariness as The Hired Hand but ends up being perhaps the most unhinged western ever filmed.
5. Claudine (dir. John Berry)
trying a little tenderness amidst the fatigue of enduring poverty in a racist system. basically it's african american borzage, ram that shit up my veins.
1975
1. Barry Lyndon (dir. Stanley Kubrick)
occurred to me on my latest viewing that this would pair well with The Irishman.
2. Dog Day Afternoon (dir. Sidney Lumet)
my favourite of the so-called major lumets; a work of great empathy, comic spontaneity and, finally, darkness. pacino forever.
3. Night Moves (dir. Arthur Penn)
despite its flaws it may be my favourite of the revisionist noirs even over Chinatown and The Long Goodbye. hackman forever.
4. Rancho Deluxe (dir. Frank Perry)
yeah, that's jeff bridges and harry dean stanton having a tense conversation over a game of pong. what more could you want from a western?
5. Fox and His Friends (dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
a masterful rags to riches to rags story, fassbinder style. so much here in the faces and gestures and postures and spatial relationships that it makes me feel like a cinevirgin.
1. Badlands (dir. Terrence Malick)
back when malick was actually funny and hadn't disappeared up his own ass.
2. Mean Streets (dir. Martin Scorsese)
been a long journey with this one, but i completely love it now.
3. Turkish Delight (dir. Paul Verhoeven)
may be verhoeven's most beautifully shot and edited. helps that rutger hauer is a god amongst men.
4. Emperor of the North (dir. Robert Aldrich)
aldrich stomps out into the middle of new hollywood and bangs out a depression-era train-hopping battle-of-wits that plays like a 1930s adaptation of a violent manga.
5. The Wicker Man (dir. Robin Hardy)
oops sorry, wrong wicker man.
1974
1. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (dir. Tobe Hooper)
probably the greatest year in cinema history, and this is still an easy choice. most nightmarish film ever made.
2. Little Malcolm (dir. Stuart Cooper)
i'm no big beatles fan but george harrison deserved his MBE just for financing this black unruly gem. proto-Naked with an incredible john hurt performance.
3. A Woman Under the Influence (dir. John Cassavetes)
for all the greatness of coppola, altman, fassbinder, tarkovsky, herzog etc, cassavetes will always be the king of the seventies in my book.
4. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (dir. Sam Peckinpah)
peckinpah's best (pending a rewatch of The Wild Bunch anyway). starts from a similar place of weariness as The Hired Hand but ends up being perhaps the most unhinged western ever filmed.
5. Claudine (dir. John Berry)
trying a little tenderness amidst the fatigue of enduring poverty in a racist system. basically it's african american borzage, ram that shit up my veins.
1975
1. Barry Lyndon (dir. Stanley Kubrick)
occurred to me on my latest viewing that this would pair well with The Irishman.
2. Dog Day Afternoon (dir. Sidney Lumet)
my favourite of the so-called major lumets; a work of great empathy, comic spontaneity and, finally, darkness. pacino forever.
3. Night Moves (dir. Arthur Penn)
despite its flaws it may be my favourite of the revisionist noirs even over Chinatown and The Long Goodbye. hackman forever.
4. Rancho Deluxe (dir. Frank Perry)
yeah, that's jeff bridges and harry dean stanton having a tense conversation over a game of pong. what more could you want from a western?
5. Fox and His Friends (dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
a masterful rags to riches to rags story, fassbinder style. so much here in the faces and gestures and postures and spatial relationships that it makes me feel like a cinevirgin.
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1976
1. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (dir. John Cassavetes)
a lot of people consider this cassavetes watered down by genre, but for this lover of both genre films and cassavetes it's a match made in heaven. long version is essential though.
2. Mikey and Nicky (dir. Elaine May)
i would actually recommend this as the perfect starting place for cassavetes even though he didn't direct it. may is a goddess in her own right of course.
3. Carrie (dir. Brian De Palma)
still my favourite stephen king adaptation.
4. Mr. Klein (dir. Joseph Losey)
still my favourite holocaust movie.
5. Je t'aime moi non plus (dir. Serge Gainsbourg)
i was gonna put Taxi Driver here but it just doesn't have enough painful anal sex.
1977
1. Eraserhead (dir. David Lynch)
the other most nightmarish film ever made.
2. Close Encounters of a Third Kind (dir. Steven Spielberg)
my second favourite spielberg. aliens and god and cinema, all that good stuff.
3. September 30, 1955 (dir. James Bridges)
a Carrie-esque warped teen melodrama about a pair of obsessed kids grieving the death of james dean. as weird and sad as the subject demands.
4. Suspiria (dir. Dario Argento)
drags a bit in places, but at its best it's probably the most hallucinatory film i know.
5. 3 Women (dir. Robert Altman)
my second favourite altman, and probably my favourite performances from both duvall and spacek.
1978
1. Days of Heaven (dir. Terrence Malick)
i think The New World is malick's greatest film these days, but this may be the most perfect. linda danz forever, RIP.
2. In A Year of 13 Moons (dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
easily fassy's best and definitive film IMO, made in grief after his lover committed suicide. such a unique, emotionally violent, despairing movie.
3. Blue Collar (dir. Paul Schrader)
my favourite film schrader directed pre-First Reformed. has the scariest murder scene of the '70s, which is saying something.
4. Who'll Stop the Rain (dir. Karel Reisz)
nick nolte comes home from the war to help his squad buddy smuggle heroin, ends up on the run with said buddy's junkie wife. my kind of action movie, all melancholy machismo; would double bill well with Rolling Thunder.
5. Straight Time (dir. Ulu Grosbard)
crime drama ghostwritten by michael mann, and his fingerprints are there if you're looking. didn't know dustin hoffman had a performance like this in him, he's a dead ringer for that manc prick from The Terror. supporting cast includes gary busey, pre-wenders harry dean stanton, pre-roeg theresa russell, young kathy bates.
1979
1. Saint Jack (dir. Peter Bogdanovich)
maybe my favourite performance of the decade, and one of only four new discoveries i've given full stars to in 2022 (the others being Times Square, Sweet Bunch and They Might Be Giants for the record). the above clip is pretty representative. has to be good to top this incredible year.
2. All That Jazz (dir. Bob Fosse)
the defining film of the seventies, from birth to death. 20th century cinema's closest thing to Synecdoche New York, and also my The Wall, my Birdman.
3. Apocalypse Now (dir. Francis Ford Coppola)
coppola should really have four films listed but 1974 was so goddamn stacked i couldn't do it. the run he went on in the mid-'70s is unbelievable.
4. Stalker (dir. Andrei Tarkovsky)
still my favourite from the great sculptor in time. idealism's last stand in an eden strewn with the clutter of ungranted wishes.
5. Alien (dir. Ridley Scott)
seriously, what a year.
1. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (dir. John Cassavetes)
a lot of people consider this cassavetes watered down by genre, but for this lover of both genre films and cassavetes it's a match made in heaven. long version is essential though.
2. Mikey and Nicky (dir. Elaine May)
i would actually recommend this as the perfect starting place for cassavetes even though he didn't direct it. may is a goddess in her own right of course.
3. Carrie (dir. Brian De Palma)
still my favourite stephen king adaptation.
4. Mr. Klein (dir. Joseph Losey)
still my favourite holocaust movie.
5. Je t'aime moi non plus (dir. Serge Gainsbourg)
i was gonna put Taxi Driver here but it just doesn't have enough painful anal sex.
1977
1. Eraserhead (dir. David Lynch)
the other most nightmarish film ever made.
2. Close Encounters of a Third Kind (dir. Steven Spielberg)
my second favourite spielberg. aliens and god and cinema, all that good stuff.
3. September 30, 1955 (dir. James Bridges)
a Carrie-esque warped teen melodrama about a pair of obsessed kids grieving the death of james dean. as weird and sad as the subject demands.
4. Suspiria (dir. Dario Argento)
drags a bit in places, but at its best it's probably the most hallucinatory film i know.
5. 3 Women (dir. Robert Altman)
my second favourite altman, and probably my favourite performances from both duvall and spacek.
1978
1. Days of Heaven (dir. Terrence Malick)
i think The New World is malick's greatest film these days, but this may be the most perfect. linda danz forever, RIP.
2. In A Year of 13 Moons (dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
easily fassy's best and definitive film IMO, made in grief after his lover committed suicide. such a unique, emotionally violent, despairing movie.
3. Blue Collar (dir. Paul Schrader)
my favourite film schrader directed pre-First Reformed. has the scariest murder scene of the '70s, which is saying something.
4. Who'll Stop the Rain (dir. Karel Reisz)
nick nolte comes home from the war to help his squad buddy smuggle heroin, ends up on the run with said buddy's junkie wife. my kind of action movie, all melancholy machismo; would double bill well with Rolling Thunder.
5. Straight Time (dir. Ulu Grosbard)
crime drama ghostwritten by michael mann, and his fingerprints are there if you're looking. didn't know dustin hoffman had a performance like this in him, he's a dead ringer for that manc prick from The Terror. supporting cast includes gary busey, pre-wenders harry dean stanton, pre-roeg theresa russell, young kathy bates.
1979
1. Saint Jack (dir. Peter Bogdanovich)
maybe my favourite performance of the decade, and one of only four new discoveries i've given full stars to in 2022 (the others being Times Square, Sweet Bunch and They Might Be Giants for the record). the above clip is pretty representative. has to be good to top this incredible year.
2. All That Jazz (dir. Bob Fosse)
the defining film of the seventies, from birth to death. 20th century cinema's closest thing to Synecdoche New York, and also my The Wall, my Birdman.
3. Apocalypse Now (dir. Francis Ford Coppola)
coppola should really have four films listed but 1974 was so goddamn stacked i couldn't do it. the run he went on in the mid-'70s is unbelievable.
4. Stalker (dir. Andrei Tarkovsky)
still my favourite from the great sculptor in time. idealism's last stand in an eden strewn with the clutter of ungranted wishes.
5. Alien (dir. Ridley Scott)
seriously, what a year.
