The whole "journey back to the brain" is a bunch of arbitrary and nonsensical obstacles that serve no purpose beyond filling the running time
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 11 June 2017 18:29 (seven years ago) link
Inside Out doesn't have a hot fox iirc
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 11 June 2017 18:37 (seven years ago) link
Top of the century: Inland Empire and The Turin Horse. But, A Touch of Sin is right up there.
― Cherish, Sunday, 11 June 2017 18:57 (seven years ago) link
I've only seen 6 of these but I can't deny that those 6 are all movies I'm glad I saw, so good job I guess? Voted Boyhood just on grounds of strength of emotional reaction on viewing. (Certainly I had a stronger emotional reaction to Mulholland Drive, though, can't deny that.)
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Sunday, 11 June 2017 19:00 (seven years ago) link
Kubo is hands down the Pixar type effort of the new century
― May o God help us (darraghmac), Sunday, 11 June 2017 19:07 (seven years ago) link
In fact laika >>>>>>> pixar
― May o God help us (darraghmac), Sunday, 11 June 2017 19:09 (seven years ago) link
voting Mad Max
― nomar, Sunday, 11 June 2017 19:10 (seven years ago) link
Would probably go with mad max or there will be blood
― May o God help us (darraghmac), Sunday, 11 June 2017 19:14 (seven years ago) link
Mad Max got me hooked on movies again after a long period of not going to see stuff. I hadn't been to the cinema in years before that came out, and since then I go a couple times a month.
― jmm, Sunday, 11 June 2017 19:19 (seven years ago) link
I like the double meaning in dara's last post
― Wet Pelican would provide the soundtrack (Myonga Vön Bontee), Sunday, 11 June 2017 19:27 (seven years ago) link
1. Boyhood or Wendy and Lucy; Llewyn (prefer No Country) or In Jackson Heights (prefer At Berkeley) after that. Zodiac ahead of all of them.
― clemenza, Sunday, 11 June 2017 19:35 (seven years ago) link
at least they sort of admit they fucked up their Coens choice
― Number None, Sunday, 11 June 2017 19:37 (seven years ago) link
For all of its adherence to the traditional Pixar "journey" plot, Inside Out made me cry way more than any other movie of the century.
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Sunday, 11 June 2017 20:24 (seven years ago) link
For what its worth, I haven't seen:
The Death of Mr. LazarescuSummer HoursIn Jackson Heightsl'EnfantWhite MaterialThe Gleaners and IMad Max: Fury RoadWendy and Lucy
And as far as I can recall, I don't think I've even heard of:
A Touch of SinTimbuktuThree Times
Of the former list, some are things I've kept vaguely meaning to see and others are ones I just don't care about. Feel free to correct me on anything that my life is lesser for not having seen from either list, though (as long as it isn't Mad Max).
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Sunday, 11 June 2017 20:31 (seven years ago) link
Your life is poorer for not having seen Summer Hours, In Jackson Heights, and The Gleaners and I.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 11 June 2017 20:33 (seven years ago) link
haven't seen them all, but had to go with The Gleaners and I, which is just so outstanding
― intheblanks, Sunday, 11 June 2017 20:34 (seven years ago) link
3. Million Dollar Baby
Still taking this in.
― flappy bird, Sunday, 11 June 2017 20:38 (seven years ago) link
Isn't AO Scott a notorious Eastwood fanboy?
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Sunday, 11 June 2017 20:39 (seven years ago) link
Can't decide between TWBB, Yi Yi, Spirited Away.
― Jeff, Sunday, 11 June 2017 20:50 (seven years ago) link
If you're above considering mad max then lol enjoy your supercereal worthiness
― May o God help us (darraghmac), Sunday, 11 June 2017 21:09 (seven years ago) link
I'm not "above" Mad Max, I'm just not interested in it.
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Sunday, 11 June 2017 21:10 (seven years ago) link
If it'll make me appear like less of a stick in the mud, I've picked up the DVD of White Material a couple of times at the library, read the back, and went "nah, looks boring."
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Sunday, 11 June 2017 21:12 (seven years ago) link
I can't describe your taste, I'll say that for ya.
White Material has some eye candy.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 11 June 2017 21:18 (seven years ago) link
A Touch of Sin, Boyhood or Eternal Sunshine are all excellent, but my favourite five movies of the century are all not there. "I'm Not There" is there instead.
Still very much opposed to the weird consensus that mawkish Pixar films are now to be considered great art.
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Sunday, 11 June 2017 21:53 (seven years ago) link
Inside out is steaming garbage. Shakes otm. Yi Yi for the win.
― rb (soda), Sunday, 11 June 2017 21:55 (seven years ago) link
they also got a bizarre selection of "notable filmmakers" to pick
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/09/movies/directors-favorite-movies.html
― Number None, Sunday, 11 June 2017 21:56 (seven years ago) link
I'm generally fairly positive about Paul Feig, but that list... Moulin Rouge? Deadpool? Casino Royale? Love Actually?
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Sunday, 11 June 2017 22:05 (seven years ago) link
I'm Not There is a pretty easy choice for me, I haven't seen it since it came out but the others I'd consider voting for are probably worse than I remember (There Will Be Blood & Eternal Sunshine).
― flappy bird, Sunday, 11 June 2017 22:50 (seven years ago) link
Moonlight is officially overrated btw
Pick the two of the 25 I have not seen.
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Monday, 12 June 2017 00:18 (seven years ago) link
Went with Boyhood; mind you, I've only seen a few of these.
― The Harsh Tutelage of Michael McDonald (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 12 June 2017 00:21 (seven years ago) link
Why the eff is "The 40 Year Old Virgin" on this list?
That's the kind of early 21st century comedy where I look back at it and can say "you know, like five or six of the scenes extraneous to the main plot were brilliant, why couldn't these scenes have BEEN the movie?"
― The Harsh Tutelage of Michael McDonald (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 12 June 2017 00:22 (seven years ago) link
outside of "Spirited Away", which is a masterpiece this list fucking sucks
There Will Be Blood was decent. the level of praise it gets is astounding.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 12 June 2017 00:31 (seven years ago) link
well Mad Max and Eternal Sunshine was cool, havent seen most of these tbh, the ones i have were entirely forgettable
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 12 June 2017 00:32 (seven years ago) link
i saw There Will Be Blood twice in the theaters and a couple other times at home, don't think since 2009 though. the ending is amazing - specifically the last shot, the last line, and blaring Brahms before cutting to credits. A movie can get away with a lot of problems in the middle if you've got a great opening and a great ending. Just remembered that the first hour has almost no dialogue.
― flappy bird, Monday, 12 June 2017 00:37 (seven years ago) link
A movie can get away with a lot of problems in the middle if you've got a great opening and a great ending.
I want to say that about Out 1, but I don't really remember the opening.
― clemenza, Monday, 12 June 2017 00:39 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, Adam, a list with popcorn fare like Summer Hours, In Jackson Heights, and The Gleaners and I fucking sucks.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 12 June 2017 00:45 (seven years ago) link
i hated the last 20 minutes of Blood with the fire of a thousand suns. It would not have taken me that long to off that sniveler.
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Monday, 12 June 2017 00:46 (seven years ago) link
I love music. I hate movies.
― Mr. Snrub, Monday, 12 June 2017 00:47 (seven years ago) link
*updates mrsnrub.ppt* think i'm gonna use the stick guy with a lightbulb over his head for this one
― qualx, Monday, 12 June 2017 00:51 (seven years ago) link
lol @ combination of "this list fucking sucks" and "havent seen most of these tbh"
and that right there is your internet, folks
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Monday, 12 June 2017 00:53 (seven years ago) link
PTA's last two films are better >>>> TWBB
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 12 June 2017 00:55 (seven years ago) link
didn't save melancholia
― qualx, Monday, 12 June 2017 00:56 (seven years ago) link
Looking at the list again I'm mostly just grateful they didn't shoehorn some superhero garbage in.
― grawlix (unperson), Monday, 12 June 2017 01:27 (seven years ago) link
I like most of the ones I've seen but I don't think I'd put anything but the top two on a list of my favorite films of the century.
― Sir Isaac Gluten (Old Lunch), Monday, 12 June 2017 01:28 (seven years ago) link
Ha, was literally just about to ask where the Marvel movies were.
― Sir Isaac Gluten (Old Lunch), Monday, 12 June 2017 01:29 (seven years ago) link
where is Kung Fu Hustle? that'd be the kind of 'populism' that wdn't make me puke
anyhoo the way this intro is written makes it 100% unclear if Times readers on FB chose part of the list.
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Monday, 12 June 2017 01:55 (seven years ago) link
There's only one movie on here that if someone told me they hadn't seen it I'd tell them "You really gotta see it", and that's "Spirited Away". There's about 10 others I consider pretty good, and one I didn't like much at all ("I'm Not There"). The rest I haven't seen. Lots of good choices on the 6 directors' lists in the linked article. The list definitely should have had more comedy on it.
― o. nate, Monday, 12 June 2017 01:58 (seven years ago) link
If you haven't seen the rest, how do you know you wouldn't have laughed?
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 12 June 2017 02:11 (seven years ago) link
Spirited Away. Is bad and pointless and boring. I think Boyhood is the film I like most of these. I left the cinem halfway through Yiyi, I know that's terrible but I didn't care about it. I care a lot more about Museum Hours and Children of Men than I do with anything here.
― Heavy Doors (jed_), Monday, 12 June 2017 02:27 (seven years ago) link
Wendy and Lucy isn't good. It's so fake.
― Heavy Doors (jed_), Monday, 12 June 2017 02:29 (seven years ago) link
nah the token "cartoon that made people cry" was Up in 2009. just that first sequence. I think after that Pixar thought they had to do it with every movie. I never saw Toy Story 3 bc the reactions were just ridiculous - "oh my god, i couldn't stop crying, it was so sad and wistful and melancholic!" God, sounds horrible.
― flappy bird, Sunday, 18 June 2017 02:16 (six years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Tuesday, 11 July 2017 00:01 (six years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Wednesday, 12 July 2017 00:01 (six years ago) link
got Mad Max from library and couldn't sit thru more than 25 mins of it. I like the original!
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 12 July 2017 01:06 (six years ago) link
The results of this poll should go on the ILX homepage as a warning to newcomers.
― Darin, Wednesday, 12 July 2017 06:28 (six years ago) link
Counter-point.
6. Yi Yi 133. Million Dollar Baby 0
― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Wednesday, 12 July 2017 12:39 (six years ago) link
Not to mention four votes for Summer Hours and two for an Agnes Varda flick.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 12 July 2017 12:42 (six years ago) link
i wonder how many other Yang films the typical Yi Yi voter has seen -- you know, the ones you have to see twice to comprehend what's going on
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 12 July 2017 12:48 (six years ago) link
or you know – the major one only made available domestically until last year.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 12 July 2017 12:49 (six years ago) link
this is where KJB wd sigh heavily and not mention downloads
and where i wd advise you to live in the right city
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 12 July 2017 12:54 (six years ago) link
I saw Mahjong and A Brighter Summer Day on shitty YouTube uploads several years ago, but I care about these things.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 12 July 2017 13:06 (six years ago) link
I wonder how many other Yang films were made in this century? Oh, none? Is it none? Oh, OK then.
― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Wednesday, 12 July 2017 13:06 (six years ago) link
I never said otherwise, but you're probably lightheaded from your most recent Showgirls viewing.
fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck alllllllllll liiiiiiiiiiiists
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 12 July 2017 15:02 (six years ago) link
If by lightheaded you mean giddy, exhilarated, reveling in the pleasure that movies can give you if you enjoy either life or movies? Sure. Yeah.
― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Wednesday, 12 July 2017 15:10 (six years ago) link
Or cocktails.
Byron couldn't have said it more graciously.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 12 July 2017 15:13 (six years ago) link
Stuart Byron or Byron Buxton?
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 12 July 2017 15:29 (six years ago) link
https://www.google.com/search?q=screaming+lord+byron&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjaz_rFj4TVAhXD6CYKHTbPCnkQ_AUICigB&biw=1570&bih=838#imgrc=K2TsLxPS6Q08lM:
Screaming Lord Byron
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 12 July 2017 16:05 (six years ago) link
https://media1.giphy.com/media/uiB82DOQjJTbO/200_s.gif
(Yi Yi wasn't made in this century either)
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 12 July 2017 16:14 (six years ago) link