whats your top 10 from this list, morbs?
― have you ever even read The Drudge Report? Have you gone on Stormfron (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 23 August 2016 16:38 (eight years ago) link
“They don’t make ‘em like they used to.”
they don't use the word "great" like they used to.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 23 August 2016 16:41 (eight years ago) link
What's worth seeing in Adriano Aprà's picks? I don't recognize a single one.
― jmm, Tuesday, 23 August 2016 16:41 (eight years ago) link
Has anyone seen the Headless Woman? It sounds pretty interesting.
― emil.y, Tuesday, August 23, 2016
yes – watch it!
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 23 August 2016 16:52 (eight years ago) link
Don't hate anything I've seen here, but WALL-E as the highest ranking Pixar is pretty bizarre.
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 23 August 2016 16:54 (eight years ago) link
I didn't contribute obv but here's my 2010-2015 list.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 23 August 2016 16:55 (eight years ago) link
x-posts: Le Quattro Volte is pretty great, and quite wellknown I think. A docuhybrid about life in a remote Italian region from four perspectives: An old man, a goat, a tree and a pile of coal. It should probably be on the main list as well. The rest I don't know, but directors like Marco Bellochio and Ermanno Olmi aren't underground geniuses or anything, they're just old and sorta forgotten. I think he just likes Italian films.
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 23 August 2016 17:00 (eight years ago) link
Most of the finalists aren't terrible on lists, but I give anyone who loves There Will Be Milkshakes and recent Tarantino a pass.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 23 August 2016 17:03 (eight years ago) link
Two voters for Hard To Be A God, and one of them also voted for Borat ;_;
― imago, Tuesday, 23 August 2016 17:12 (eight years ago) link
i kinda hated wall-e.
finding nemo on the other hand is all-time for me. it's up there with stray dogs which i'm happy to see on alfred's list.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 23 August 2016 17:15 (eight years ago) link
there are so many movies on that list that i've avoided for years. i've never wanted to see memento. and stuff like the master. i just never wanted that big dead guy's face in my face for 4 hours. i was never a big fan of that guy. synedoche was a chore for me. i kept falling asleep. i would watch melancholia again though. even though i can't stand von trier. because dunst and end of times and i thought it was really funny.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 23 August 2016 17:20 (eight years ago) link
Rasha Salti – Independent curator/film programmer (Lebanon)1. The Time That Remains (Elia Suleiman, 2009)2. The Turin Horse (Béla Tarr and Ágnes Hranitzky, 2011)3. The Box of Life (Ossama Mohammed, 2002)4. Men at Work (Mani Haghighi, 2006)5. Tey (Alain Gomis, 2012)6. A Touch of Sin (Jia Zhangke, 2013)7. My Heart Beats Only for Her (Mohamed Soueid, 2009)8. Arabian Nights: Volume 1 – The Restless One (Miguel Gomes, 2015)9. Nostalgia for the Light (Patricio Guzmán, 2010)10. I Travel Because I Have To, I Come Back Because I Love You (Karim Aïnouz and Marcelo Gomes, 2009)
This looks like an amazing ballot, not least coz it has Arabian Nights aka the best thing ever on it
― imago, Tuesday, 23 August 2016 17:20 (eight years ago) link
w/out straining too much and adding some sub-finishers, here's 12
Mulholland Dr.MunichThe SonPulseHungerFantastic Mr FoxEternal Sunshine of the Spotless MindFar From HeavenFilm socialismeStill LifeThe New WorldCertified Copy
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 23 August 2016 17:21 (eight years ago) link
(but i mean mad max, really? for real? it was fun and all that but..........)
― scott seward, Tuesday, 23 August 2016 17:21 (eight years ago) link
i still need to finish arabian nights on netflix....
No votes for any Strickland and only one vote for a Wheatley (Kill List). Neither of which I would mind too much if there wasn't such a desperate attempt to turn Fincher and Nolan into directors of 'classics' rather than trashy nonsense.
― emil.y, Tuesday, 23 August 2016 17:23 (eight years ago) link
(sorry: synecdoche)
― scott seward, Tuesday, 23 August 2016 17:24 (eight years ago) link
Only one vote for Love Exposure. :(
― jmm, Tuesday, 23 August 2016 17:25 (eight years ago) link
I shouldn't be surprised that critics prefer Shame to Hunger.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 23 August 2016 17:25 (eight years ago) link
there's p much nothing in my list above from the last 5 years, so mostly just as easily:
Sunset SongAmour FouStranger by the LakeTropical Malady/Syndromes and a CenturyThe Other SideBridge of SpiesHorse MoneyThe Naked RoomCreedMagic Mike XXL
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 23 August 2016 17:29 (eight years ago) link
i watched the first hour or so of Love Exposure and saw some fine stuff, but that was exhausting.
but he did Himizu! i liked Himizu a lot.
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 23 August 2016 17:31 (eight years ago) link
madness imo, Hunger legit great, Shame, to me, unintentionally funny.
― ælərdaɪs (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 23 August 2016 17:33 (eight years ago) link
One Wheatley vote? Jesus. AFIE might have been my #1
― imago, Tuesday, 23 August 2016 17:34 (eight years ago) link
Shame would probably make my ten worst list
― Number None, Tuesday, 23 August 2016 17:34 (eight years ago) link
Five Best Fassbender Cock Shots tho
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 23 August 2016 17:42 (eight years ago) link
lots of duds on here
a few decent ones
i've been watching a movie or tv show every weeknight for the last two years and i pretty much have nothing i really want to watch anymore
maybe it's burnout but the usual tropes kind of tire me out
was watching me before you last night. one woman decides between two men. the only semi interesting thing is one dude kills himself, but so much has been written on assisted suicide that i would expect something a little more nuanced. it's jock turned quadriplegic goes suicidal because he can't climb mountains anymore or boink a woman he was only attracted to because of his disability. appreciate the earnestness tho. go live your life, my dear, shy introvert. and by go live your life, i mean wear those black and yellow striped leggings you're so scared fashionistas will criticize you for wearing
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Tuesday, 23 August 2016 18:02 (eight years ago) link
no "Chopper" no credibility
― Neptune Bingo (Michael B), Tuesday, 23 August 2016 18:58 (eight years ago) link
Does anyone have an opinion on what I should watch now out of:
8. Yi Yi: A One and a Two (Edward Yang, 2000)31. Margaret (Kenneth Lonergan, 2011)74. Spring Breakers (Harmony Korine, 2012)97. White Material (Claire Denis, 2009)
― It certainly is punk of the Church of England to think that way (tangenttangent), Tuesday, 23 August 2016 19:01 (eight years ago) link
One thing that is really disappointing: The most important event in film history during the period has been the advent of digital cinema, yet none of the pioneers is on there. No Stray Dogs, no Colossal Youth, no Leviathan (the fishing doc), no dGeneration Chineses film and no Jia Zhangke. This might be expected, but where the fuck is Michael Mann???? Where is Collateral? So many crap American genre-pics, and no room for the one with the revolutionary aesthetics and pictures we'd never seen before?
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 23 August 2016 19:07 (eight years ago) link
xp watch yi yi prob; margarets great also
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 23 August 2016 19:11 (eight years ago) link
Oh yeah, and Tangerine. I wanted Tangerine on there. I would probably not vote for it myself, but I want it to be recognized.
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 23 August 2016 19:11 (eight years ago) link
xp ty, I'll let you know what I make of them.
Tangerine would definitely have been in my top 10.
― It certainly is punk of the Church of England to think that way (tangenttangent), Tuesday, 23 August 2016 19:17 (eight years ago) link
Everyone loves lists like these. Critics love them because it gives them (and their opinions) valuable exposure. The movie industry loves them because it breathes some extra life into films that had mostly stopped producing revenue. Readers love them because all they need are opinions about some of the movies in order to generate a new opinion about the rankings, a process which entertains them without taxing them. It's nothing but WIN-WIN-WIN as far as the eye can see! /cynic
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Tuesday, 23 August 2016 19:18 (eight years ago) link
― Frederik B, Tuesday, August 23, 2016 3:11 PM (6 minutes ago
it looks like the ballot instructions specifically asked the voters to name the "best", and not necessarily the "most important", films
― have you ever even read The Drudge Report? Have you gone on Stormfron (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 23 August 2016 19:19 (eight years ago) link
(xpost) Pauly Shore doesn't like them.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 23 August 2016 19:20 (eight years ago) link
Cool, I will keep an eye out for any chance to watch her work. The synopses aren't necessarily striking on their own (I could imagine shitty films being made out of any of them) but the consensus seems to be she shoots and paces really interestingly.― emil.y, Tuesday, 23 August 2016 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― emil.y, Tuesday, 23 August 2016 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
The crash in this film was really well done.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 23 August 2016 19:33 (eight years ago) link
Yi Yi is the best. I'm kind of in the mood to rewatch that too.
Of films that didn't get any votes, I might have voted for Atanarjuat, Tale of the Princess Kaguya, and Sweetgrass.
― jmm, Tuesday, 23 August 2016 19:35 (eight years ago) link
If ILX did a poll it might be worse. Then again it would have Amour Fou on it, probably.
Chuffed to see Yi Yi in the top 10. Its one of the few post-Ozu films that builds something (its been a few years so I couldn't specify rn) on his legacy, adds a layer (or several) on top. xp
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 23 August 2016 19:38 (eight years ago) link
IIRC, we did a 21st Century poll sometime within the last couple of years.
― Two Kisses and Three Wet Mouths (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 23 August 2016 19:46 (eight years ago) link
Yi-Yi just got a fab reissue.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 23 August 2016 19:46 (eight years ago) link
I really should see Mulholland Drive one of these days.
― Mr. Snrub, Tuesday, 23 August 2016 19:47 (eight years ago) link
No kung fu hustle? Srsly?
― poor fiddy-less albion (darraghmac), Tuesday, 23 August 2016 19:48 (eight years ago) link
no Dredd either.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 23 August 2016 19:50 (eight years ago) link
I p much love Kung Fu Hustle, but is it one of the ten best films of this century? Not to me.
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 23 August 2016 19:57 (eight years ago) link
tangenttangent, you can't wrong with either of margaret or yi yi
― king konta (cajunsunday), Tuesday, 23 August 2016 19:58 (eight years ago) link
loving how Zodiac is now getting its due. of course ILX has always had a major 'thing' for it anyway.
― piscesx, Tuesday, 23 August 2016 20:09 (eight years ago) link
we shd just do a 2010-15 or 11-16 ballot poll
**looks @ nomar**
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 23 August 2016 20:45 (eight years ago) link
(movies i liked a lot more than any lars von trier or charlie kaufman movie: bad santa, thirteen, 28 days later, whale rider, american splendor, the station agent, road to perdition, russian ark, training day, george washington, wonder boys, ghost dog, bring it on, l.i.e., ginger snaps, punch-drunk love, finding nemo, holes, howl's moving castle, war of the worlds, children of men, the descent, american gangster, happy-go-lucky, district 9, coraline, red cliff, the road, the cabin in the woods, bully, the grey, gravity, frozen, what maisie knew, stray dogs, we are the best!, force majeure, exhibition.)
― scott seward, Tuesday, 23 August 2016 20:55 (eight years ago) link
and kung fu hustle, right?
― poor fiddy-less albion (darraghmac), Tuesday, 23 August 2016 22:23 (eight years ago) link
johnny, i broached the subject of a half decade poll (which would have been 2010-14) and some were enthusiastic, others said we should wait for 2020 for the full decade experience. i'd still be "down" to conduct a half decade poll of 50 or 77 flix though.
― nomar, Tuesday, 23 August 2016 22:38 (eight years ago) link