People, they love blood. They love action. Not this talky, depressing, philosophical ILX 2014 Film Poll Thread - Voting closes Friday, Feb. 21st at Midnight EST.

37. Leviathan (70 pts, 4 votes)
http://s2.postimg.org/b1hyftksp/37_Leviathan.jpg

maybe my fav part in life itself is ramin bahrani telling of roger gifting the Marilyn/hitch puzzle to him, so rad

Leviathan, as said elsewhere, is Big and Worthy but nothing special

It was on my computer, I'm voting for it.

But I'll be happy to vote for it next year too, fwiw.

and yet that didn't work for me last year with the abominable Her

I will be grumpy until Stray Dogs shows up, and then I will undoubtedly be grumpy due to it's low placement. I love lists!

The only one of these I've seen is Cap2: Winter Cap. Did not consider voting for it, but that other Marvel film was on my longlist.

36. Ida (75 pts. 3 votes)

http://s17.postimg.org/o3kemrqm7/36_Ida.jpg

Ok scheduled appointment has been moved up so I'll be back in a bit.

maps to the stars a weird mix of brilliant (jm, mostly) and achingly inept (jerky child star, for ex). better than cosmopolis, though that's the saddest praise of all.

winter soldier was fun, haven't seen the other three.

Ida was pretty good but actually didn't make it onto my 25. Would've done if I remembered.

and yet that didn't work for me last year with the abominable Her

Your hate just shows you still care.

Save us, Gukbe!

maps to the stars a weird mix of brilliant (jm, mostly) and achingly inept (jerky child star, for ex).

speaking of inept, wtf was with the cgi fire? i assume it was intentional or maybe not. its an odd movie, its got something to it for sure and i dont think people would be so harsh on it only that its from cronenberg imo

i didnt vote for it tho

35. Lucy (76 pts, 4 votes)
http://s24.postimg.org/i7dp26ad1/35_Lucy.jpg

CGI fire is showing up in more and more these days.

xp oh yes!

There are three ties in total. Here is the first.

(Tie) 33. The Strange Little Cat (77 pts. 3 votes.)

http://s14.postimg.org/3sqz6otwh/33_Strange_Little_Cat.jpg

(Tie) 33. Gone Girl (77 pts. 4 votes)

http://s3.postimg.org/oz4j6s5dv/33_Gone_Girl.jpg

the strange little tie

Yay Strange Little Cat! First film I voted for, though it was on last years ballot.

Hope that is actually about a cat!

How is Strange Little Cat so low? There's so much (filmmaking) magic in that one.

estimated number of ilxors who saw it: 3

gone, girl

I liked The Strange Little Cat but I forgot to vote for it.

I liked The Strange Little Cat but I forgot to vote for it.

32. Force Majeure (86 pts. 4 votes)

http://s1.postimg.org/nxgla9067/32_Force_Majeure.jpg

The first half hour is the best

Apologies everyone. I just got called into work. I'll post one more then I'll be back in 5 or so hours.

31. Love is Strange (90 pts. 4 votes)

http://s9.postimg.org/5yg6gkosv/31_Loveis_Strange.jpg

a snow job

xxxp

have not seen nearly as many of even these top 10 as i would've liked - v interested in love is strange, force majeure, lucy, leviathan. strange little cat looks potentially hit or miss

aw LIS

i thought Michael Sicinski had a neat, gentle way of letting down the gentility of LiS, which rather bored me.

http://letterboxd.com/msicism/film/love-is-strange/

"But these men will, thankfully, represent one of the last generations of gay men desirous of marriage and yet deprived of it for the majority of their lives."

well put

Molina was great in Prick Up Your Ears as Halliwell, hardly seen him in anything notable since.

really? he's had a rather busy career in the intervening ~30 years.

Yeah he has done a lot movies and tv work, wouldn't want to watch any of it though.

hurrah for you i guess

theatre too but obv that doesnt count, too ephemeral

This movie looked like honest Oscarbait. A shame it didn't take off like The Kids Are Alright.

I don't disagree with anything Sic says there, but think he gives too little credit to the "occupy normalcy" angle.

strange little cat is the only film i voted for to show up so far. deserved better, but i'm happy to see it place, as i figured it a long shot.

otoh, i cannot believe anyone liked or voted for gone girl. among the most dismal and pointless films of the year. shame on all four of you.

lucy's awful damn silly, yet not quite silly enough. forgivable.

i didn't vote for gone girl [bc i didn't see it] but after alfred rended garments over its unpolitical correctness i really wanted to

yeah, the "politics" are annoying, but it's the drab vacancy that really did me in

i get people not liking gone girl for various filmmaking-related reasons, or questions over the plausibility of the plot but do people really think that gillian flynn created a woman psychopath bc she has politics that'd make her like, the fuckin camille lapaglia of crime writers?

NYT: Were you surprised that that was the reaction you got?

Flynn: I had about 24 hours where I hovered under my covers and was like: “I killed feminism. Why did I do that? Rats. I did not mean to do that.” And then I very quickly kind of felt comfortable with what I had written.