React to the Village Voice 2003 Take Five Film Critic's Poll

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yeah i saw swat!

― s1utsky (slutsky), Thursday, 25 December 2003 16:57 (twenty years ago) link

i just saw kill bill. nothing in it that excited me. guess i felt that for once i should see a film that "everyone is talking about."

― amateur!st (amateurist), Thursday, 25 December 2003 18:44 (twenty years ago) link

yeah, i saw s.w.a.t. too.

― cozen (Cozen), Thursday, 25 December 2003 18:49 (twenty years ago) link

Yeah, agreed on the Balthazar thing, especially since based on the evidence of this poll it makes, say, A Mighty Wind appear to be a superior film... which I think is something of a paradigm shift.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Friday, 26 December 2003 00:19 (twenty years ago) link

haha yeah i know including balthazar is stacking the deck; the films that could hold up against it, like in all of film history, probably don't number greater than a dozen.

― amateur!st (amateurist), Friday, 26 December 2003 00:25 (twenty years ago) link

ok now i sound like enrique; suffice to say it's a great great film whose place in the canon is assured to such an extent that including it in a poll like this seems rather pointless.

― amateur!st (amateurist), Friday, 26 December 2003 00:26 (twenty years ago) link

im gonna watch Au Hasard Balthazar tonight - i got it out of the local library. excited.

― jed (jed_e_3), Friday, 26 December 2003 01:16 (twenty years ago) link

the films that could hold up against it, like in all of film history, probably don't number greater than a dozen.
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ok now i sound like enrique

Sounding like Enrique doesn't sound half bad.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Friday, 26 December 2003 01:30 (twenty years ago) link

This list sucks. I have nothing more to say except this - since when have yearly film polls ever gotten satisfactory results? Show me one that's more than five years old that doesn't look extremely embarrassing today.

― Girolamo Savonarola, Friday, 26 December 2003 01:38 (twenty years ago) link

I haven't had time to see a lot, but demonlover was terrible! Too long, intrigue not comprehensible/interesting, a few intense moments & some great fashion, but that's all. I think Assayas is overrated..

The Son I admired, as I did Spider though. I get the feeling it was not at all a good year!

― daria g (daria g), Friday, 26 December 2003 08:28 (twenty years ago) link

of all the films on the list i've only seen 19. how about you?

I've seen 26 of these, a couple in 2002 for whatever that says about this list.

Also, Stuck on You higher than Balthazar?!?!? COME THE FUCK ON.

― TEH ONE AN ONLEY DEANN GULBAREY (deangulberry), Friday, 26 December 2003 08:38 (twenty years ago) link

Where the hell is "Punch Drunk Love"?

― jed (jed_e_3), Friday, 26 December 2003 14:46 (twenty years ago) link

#6... last year, that is.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Friday, 26 December 2003 15:12 (twenty years ago) link

Also, Stuck on You higher than Balthazar?!?!? COME THE FUCK ON.

Also, Whale Rider higher than Stuck on You?!?!? COME THE FUCK ON.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Friday, 26 December 2003 15:15 (twenty years ago) link

ah cheers Eric - was a UK Release this year. Oops.

― jed (jed_e_3), Friday, 26 December 2003 16:10 (twenty years ago) link

It just occured to me that Balthazar was somewhat higher on the poll in 1999... of the BEST FILMS OF THE CENTURY!!!

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Saturday, 27 December 2003 05:59 (twenty years ago) link

two weeks pass...

The fraternal twin of the Village Voice poll, sometimes a bit better, sometimes a bit worse, but basically the same: Film Comment's Year-End Poll. Mystic River rebounds to #2... other than that, not much difference. Apparently, they consider Gerry a 2002 film.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 13:04 (twenty years ago) link

so weird that nine of the top ten films are american

― amateur!st (amateurist), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 16:31 (twenty years ago) link

Eight. But yes, very strange especially for Film Comment. Even stranger is the collection of U.S. titles in the "undistributed" pile. What does that say?

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 19:53 (twenty years ago) link

lots of votes for Brown Bunny!

― ryan (ryan), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 23:20 (twenty years ago) link

American Splendor could be lower on that list.

― dean! (deangulberry), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 23:22 (twenty years ago) link

ten months pass...

This was mentioned on another thread, and I thought "hey, the Take Six poll results should be served in just about one month from now," so does anyone have any thoughts on what might show up this time around? It's difficult to predict what the results of the poll will reflect in terms of the collective mood of critics... My guesses:

Domestic releases that look poised to take #1:
Sideways
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Before Sunset (the smart money may very well be on this puppy)
I Do Huckabees
Dogville (OK, not exactly "domestic," but whatever)

Furrign fillmes raid the top ten:
Bad Education
Blissfully Yours
Crimson Gold
Goodbye Dragon Inn
Distant

A few "renegade" votes for:
She Hate Me
The Passion
Anatomy of Hell
America's Heart & Soul
The Notebook

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Sunday, 21 November 2004 23:25 (nineteen years ago) link

that list upthrea is soooo lasy yaer

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Monday, 22 November 2004 00:39 (nineteen years ago) link

"I DO HUCKABEES"

― I'm serious ... Ti-i-i-i-im (deangulberry), Monday, 22 November 2004 00:57 (nineteen years ago) link

eternal sunshine by a mile i bet, unless something else with enough broad critical appeal is about to come out. before sunset top 5.

― ryan (ryan), Monday, 22 November 2004 01:08 (nineteen years ago) link

this is kinda depressing

― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 22 November 2004 01:14 (nineteen years ago) link

I think it's been a great year for film. That is, non-US film.

― Remy (x Jeremy), Monday, 22 November 2004 01:15 (nineteen years ago) link

My hunch is that KBv.2 scores significantly below v.1... but that's mostly because I sort of think '04 seems to have a stronger slate than last year.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Monday, 22 November 2004 01:51 (nineteen years ago) link

i agree, but mostly because i think v1 was way better

― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 22 November 2004 01:51 (nineteen years ago) link

That too.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Monday, 22 November 2004 02:06 (nineteen years ago) link

six months pass...

Domestic releases that look poised to take #1:
Sideways
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Before Sunset (the smart money may very well be on this puppy)
I Do Huckabees
Dogville (OK, not exactly "domestic," but whatever)

Furrign fillmes raid the top ten:
Bad Education
Blissfully Yours
Crimson Gold
Goodbye Dragon Inn
Distant

Those were pretty good guesses.

― L'Histoire d'Eric H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 9 June 2005 18:00 (nineteen years ago) link

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