2011 New Release Database

[Rowland]

Caterpillar - mild nay

[NickGlass]

The Muppets: mild nay

EDIT: Justification in Muppet thread.

[Lazlo]

The Muppets - A disappointed yay.

[elixir]

Honey - yay
The Sleeping Beauty (Breillat) - yay

[EyesWideOpen]

I wish the Breillat Sleeping Beauty on KG had subtitles.

[elixir]

I wish the Breillat Sleeping Beauty on KG had subtitles.

It does. It's just not included, so you have to click on them to get it, where it says "link to subtitles (not in torrents)."

[EyesWideOpen]

It does. It's just not included, so you have to click on them to get it, where it says "link to subtitles (not in torrents)."

Thanks! I could have swore I checked that and didn't see any.

[Rowland]

Oh yeah, don't know if I forgot to post this, but:

Sleeping Beauty (Breillat) - Yay

[EyesWideOpen]

Sleeping Beauty (naked person one) Yay

[Spinal]

Sleeping Beauty (naked person one) Yay

It's weird that Breillat's is not the naked person one.

[Rowland]

It's weird that Breillat's is not the naked person one.There are some naked people in hers too, just to lesser extent.

[EyesWideOpen]

It's weird that Breillat's is not the naked person one.

I'm just going by E's classification but yeah. When I was looking at screenshots of the Breillat one there were quite a few naked person shots.

And on a side note I didn't even realize the Breillat one was already out on region 1 dvd and netflix carries it. I was just about to KG it.

[elixir]

Cave of Forgotten Dreamszzzz - nay

[B-side]

We Need to Talk About Kevin - yay

[Lazlo]

The Future - Nay

[eternity]

The Green Hornet - nay

[Lazlo]

Midnight in Paris - Yay

[EyesWideOpen]

Beginners - big yay

So good.

[TGM]

The Ides of March - Yay

[Lazlo]

Crazy, Stupid, Love. - Yay

[Lucky]

Super 8 - yay

[EyesWideOpen]

Hugo - yay

and you missed my yay on 13 Assassins.

[eternity]

The Descendants - yay

[Lucky]

The Sleeping Beauty (Breillat) - yay

[TGM]

The Muppets - mild Yay

[Henry Gale]

I realized I haven't done this in a little while:

50/50 - yay
Hugo - big yay
Martha Marcy May Marlene - yay
The Muppets - yay
The Thing - nay

[Ivan Drago]

Breaking Dawn: Part 1 - NAY

Incompetence and unintentional hilarity of The Room proportions. I wish I saw it while drunk. Not even the soundtrack can salvage it.

[eternity]

Breaking Dawn: Part 1 - NAY

Incompetence and unintentional hilarity of The Room proportions. I wish I saw it while drunk. Not even the soundtrack can salvage it.

The last twenty minutes and the end credits are wonderful.

[TripZone]

Final Destination 5 -yay

[Boner M]

Attack the Block - yay

Spirited and effective in its use of genre template to show up the inherent absurdity of racial/class divisions. Wish it was a bit funnier and more involving as an action film, but it gets enough other things right.

[Philosophe_rouge]

Tinker Taylor Soldier Spy - yay

[Ezee E]

The Change-Up is everything that MC would hate about a comedy. It's vile and hateful. Poop jokes a plenty, and babies wield knives. Ridiculously overthetop premise, but Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman sell every minute of it. They have great comic timing, and made it enjoyable enough for me. Plus, I actually did laugh at the vile stuff.

[Raiders]

The Descendants - mucho yay

[Rowland]

Wish it was a bit funnier and more involving as an action film.I wouldn't say the film is necessarily a laugh riot, as it operates on a less farcical wavelength than the works of Edgar Wright to which it's most often compared, but I thought Cornish and his delightfully charismatic ensemble struck a careful balance between the jaunty and the deadly serious, so that the film doesn't shortchange its dual identities as both a cheeky monster-movie mash-up and an almost anthropologically-minded examination of urban anxieties, the two instead playing of off each other in a most vibrant manner.

As an action film, it's just about the most bad-ass siege picture in recent memory, one that doesn't shy away from killing off the members of its adolescent cast in a frightfully gory manner, and significantly, without doing so in a flippant manner. Cornish crafts the thing with formal elegance and a wicked sense for pacing, shaming most of the year's genre output, and the practical creature effects he has devised for the film are ingeniously witty, evoking the low-budget production values of its forebears while transcending any potentially chintzy vibe through the endearing imagination of their design and the surprising ferocity in their execution.

[Rowland]

Beginners - YAY

Hmm... pretty devastating.

[Raiders]

Incendies - nay

1 + 1 = blech.

[EyesWideOpen]

Captain America - mild nay

I thought Evans was great in the role and it started good but once the action scenes start it's downhill from there.

[Rowland]

The Names of Love - nay

A largely ineffective romantic comedy, somewhat ambitious but fatally on-the-nose and cloying as a socio-political treatise, and the lead actor's performance transcends the language barrier in its almost disorientated lousiness.

[NickGlass]

Incendies - nay

1 + 1 = blech.

Yeah, that film is so obnoxious--particularly the denouement.

[Philosophe_rouge]

La guerre est declaree - yay

[Pop Trash]

The Names of Love - nay

A largely ineffective romantic comedy, somewhat ambitious but fatally on-the-nose and cloying as a socio-political treatise, and the lead actor's performance transcends the language barrier in its almost disorientated lousiness.

In other words: IN YR FACE SPINAL!

[Stay Puft]

Drive - nay

I was almost yay, but it lost me a bit in the second half. Much better than Valhalla Rising, anyways.

[Spinal]

In other words: IN YR FACE SPINAL!

Oh, please. I certainly wouldn't expect that to be a film Rowland likes.

[Rowland]

Oh, please. I certainly wouldn't expect that to be a film Rowland likes.I hope you don't mean that in a dismissive, derogatory sense. I honestly approached the film hoping to appreciate it, and reasonably confident that I would at least get something out of it, and thus didn't make an ostentatious showcase of my dislike for the film out of respect for your apparent love of it, especially given that I'm only the second person on the forum to have seen it.

For what it's worth, I felt that it tackled similar themes to the film I had just watched previously, that being Mike Mills' Beginners, only with far, far less success.

[Rowland]

Tabloid - yay

I get the negativity, and acknowledge that there isn't really all that much to take away from this, but as someone completely unfamiliar with McKinney's story, this was just obscenely entertaining.

[Spinal]

I hope you don't mean that in a dismissive, derogatory sense.

No, just doesn't seem like your kind of thing.

[EyesWideOpen]

you put me as a yay for Captain America when I nay'd it.

[Lazlo]

Into the Abyss - Yay

[baby doll]

Le Conquête (The Conquest) - yay

The surprise here is that I found myself rooting for the bastard. Also, it made me laugh on a number of occasions.

Let the Bullets Fly - nay

I'm not a big fan of Sergio Leone to begin with, so I'm not the ideal viewer for a hyper-kinetic Chinese homage to (read: blatant rip-off of) his spaghetti westerns. In any case, I found the plot too convoluted by half.

[NickGlass]

The Trip: Nay

How is this movie longer than 30 minutes? Oh, right, it isn't really.

[Lazlo]

30 Minutes or Less - Nay

[Rowland]

The Future - YAY

Didn't see that coming. [/bowled over]

[eternity]

Young Adult - yay

[Derek]

The Future - YAY

Didn't see that coming. [/bowled over]

Sweet Jesus, really? I know I haven't posted many of my recent yay/nay's, but I'd like my 'fuck nay' to be counted for this one.

[Rowland]

The Skin I Live In - mild nay

As gorgeous as predicted, amusingly but by no means exceptionally lurid, and surprisingly dull given all that.

[Rowland]

Sweet Jesus, really?Gotta say, I find the intensity of hostility towards this curiously divisive film shared by yourself, Boner, and others interesting in and of itself.

At least we have Nostalgia for the Light... and kudos for digging 13 Assassins and Attack the Block, both obviously awesome.

[Philosophe_rouge]

The ARtist - yay
The Sitter - mild yay (fo sho better of Gordon Green films of the year)
The Adventures of Tintin - BIG yay

[Watashi]

Meek's Cutoff - yay

Great movie. Felt like Jack London meets Oregon Trail.

[baby doll]

The Adventures of Tintin - BIG yayReally?!

Any who...

City of Life and Death - nay

A great-looking movie, but there's not much of a story. (In some respects, it has more in common with Salo than Rome, Open City.) Also, I'm not sure what the point is in treating one Japanese soldier sympathetically when all his buddies are happy to rape women and toss children out of windows. The final shot made me want to throw up.

Tales of the Golden Age - yay

For some reason, the DVD I got only has four of the six shorts, but unless the other two are so terrible that they some how retroactively ruin the other four, this is garanteed to be one of my favorite films of the year.

[Pop Trash]

The Future - YAY

Didn't see that coming. [/bowled over]

I'm finding the nascent love for this a bit perplexing.

[Pop Trash]

The Skin I Live In - mild nay

As gorgeous as predicted, amusingly but by no means exceptionally lurid, and surprisingly dull given all that.

But I am on your side with this. I think I fell asleep in the theater for about 15 minutes which rarely happens to me. Especially in a flick that is supposedly lurid/pulpy/transgressive/etc.

[elixir]

A Separation - YAY

[NickGlass]

The Help: nay

Performed with conviction, but still way overproduced and lacking in organic arcs. It shits on its characters, just so it can have sustained moments of shitting rainbows. The movie also likes talking about shit, too. Shit. Giggle. Also, any moment that relates solely to Emma Stone's white girl issues needs to go away.

Young Adult: minor yay

So, Diablo Cody and Jason Reitman, this is a step in the right direction (ie, I didn't hate it). Perhaps this works because it is so unambitious (feels like a short story) and yet so committed to creating a portrait of the hopeless central character. It has some tonal issues, but Ms. Theron's stink faces work like gangbusters.

[elixir]

Pina - nay

[eternity]

Meek's Cutoff - yay
The Undefeated - nay

[Lazlo]

Cars 2 - Nay

[Henry Gale]

Moneyball - Surprisingly big yay
Margin Call - Lukewarm nay

[Lazlo]

My Week With Marilyn - Yay

[transmogrifier]

Kung Fu Panda 2 - sadly nay

I liked the first one a lot. This one is kinetic and visually interesting, but has a dull story and lots of bad jokes.

Oh yeah:

Transformers 3 - mild nay. Best of the series, but still not really worth much.

[Weeping_Guitar]

Friends with Benefits - nay
30 Minutes or Less - nay
The Help - yay
Page Eight - Yay
Rapt - yay
Kung Fu Panda 2 - nay
Larry Crowne - Nay

[Rowland]

Tomboy - Yay

Absolutely lovely.

[TripZone]

Mission: Impossible GP - just nay, has its moments

[B-side]

The Mill and the Cross - yay

[Dukefrukem]

GREEN LANTERN - so nay

[Dukefrukem]

Mission: Impossible GP - just nay, has its moments

just bougth tickets to see this in IMAX.

[Watashi]

Mission: Impossible GP - just nay, has its moments
Lol Trip.

[eternity]

Myth of the American Sleepover - nay

[Lazlo]

Bellflower - Nay

[eternity]

Albert Nobbs - nay

[Acapelli]

i can't recall ever seeing as many movies the same year that they were released as i have this year, so here we go:

Bad Teacher - yay
Battle: Los Angeles - NAY
Beginners - YAY
Cedar Rapids - yay
A Dangerous Method - yay
The Descendants - YAY
Hanna - yay
The Ides Of March - yay
Limitless - NAY
Margin Call - YAY
The Mechanic - yay
Midnight In Paris - YAY
Paul - yay
Rango - YAY
Rio - nay
Source Code - yay
Super 8 - YAY
Take Shelter - YAY
Thor - yay
Vanishing On 7th Street - yay
Your Highness - yay

[Watashi]

Ghotocol - Yay

[MadMan]

Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows-Yay

[NickGlass]

Tomboy: Yay

As casual, beautiful, and astute--and yet quietly devastating--as it should be.

[dreamdead]

Cold Weather - Mild/unenthusiastic yay. Trim about ten minutes off the mumbling, and it'd be a hearty yay.

[TGM]

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol - Yay
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows - Yay

[transmogrifier]

Just for fun, I calculated the number of times individual posters agreed or disagreed with the consensus. I used a ten film minimum to reduce the effects of small sample size:

Most Reliable (Agreed with Consensus Most Often)
1. Philosophe_rouge (92. 1% - 88 films)
2. Kopello (92% - 25 films)
3. Eleven (90% - 10 films)
4. soitgoes (89.4% - 47 films)
5. Brightside (87.9% - 33 films)
6. Pop Trash (87.1% - 33 films)
7. Sxottlan (86.7% - 15 films)
8. Lazlo (86.3% - 80 films)
9. Kiusagi (84.7% - 59 films)
10. Rowland (84.7% - 72 films)

Most Contrarian (Agreed with Consensus Least Often)
1. transmogrifier (50% - 14 films)
2. dukefrukem (58.8% - 34 films)
3. Derek (62.5% - 48 films)
4. babydoll (62.5% - 32 films)
5. DavidSeven (66.7% - 15 films)
6. Ezee E (68.2% - 44 films)
7. Dillard (68.2% - 22 films)
8. sycophant (69.2% - 13 films)
9. NickGlass (70.8% - 48 films)
10. TripZone (70.9% - 55 films)

In other words, check with the first list if you want to know whether a film is likely to be good or bad. Avoid the second list, because we don't know shit :)

[Rowland]

10. Rowland (84.7% - 72 films)
Does this include the films that only I've seen? Many of these are also likely to be movies that only a handful of posters have seen, so it's not a terribly meaningful percentage, but still interesting.

[transmogrifier]

Does this include the films that only I've seen? Many of these are also likely to be movies that only a handful of posters have seen, so it's not a terribly meaningful percentage, but still interesting.

No, I didn't include any films that only one poster had seen, as that doesn't really qualify as a "consensus" as such.

However, I did include any film that had two or more viewers.

[baby doll]

Tuesday, After Christmas - mild nay

It only gets really interesting after he spills the beans to his wife (though that scene alone might make the film worth seeing), which is fairly late in the game. I wanted to see the guy suffer more. (For this sort of thing, I prefer Truffaut's La Peau douce.)

[Lucky]

Horrible Bosses - nay

[Philosophe_rouge]

I like more than I don't, which explains it.

[Dukefrukem]

MI4 yay

oh and Batman 3 yay. just put it in already.

[elixir]

Romantics Anonymous - nay

[Spinal]

The Muppets - nay

[Ezee E]

Nice stats trans.

[Bosco B Thug]

Tower Heist - nay
The Muppets - nay

[Watashi]

Young Adult - yay

A good rebound for Reitman and Cody from their last effort. Hit pretty close to home with the Minnesota connection. Oswalt is terrific.

[Pop Trash]

Shame - nay

[B-side]

Contagion - yay

[StanleyK]

Rango - yay

[Melville]

Sleeping Beauty (naked person one) - mild yay. Good choice of naked person.

[Raiders]

M:I4 - yay

[Kiusagi]

The Descendants - yay

The Muppets - yay

M:I4 - yay

[EyesWideOpen]

Shame - Yay

[Spinal]

MUPPETS, THE - 14 out of 18
yay - Pop Trash, EyesWideOpen, Number8, watashi, Weeping_Guitar, philosophe_rouge, eternity, Gizmo, rightforthemoment, Dillard, Ivan Drago, Lazlo, TGM, Pop Trash
nay - zac efron, NickGlass, Spinal, Bosco B Thug


FYI

[Thirdmango]

Hall Pass - Nay
Friends With Benefits -- Nay

[Dukefrukem]

Bridesmaids nay

[Dukefrukem]

Cowboys & Aliens - wicked fuckin nay. Wow.

[Weeping_Guitar]

Senna - Yay
Young Adult - Yay
The Descendants - Yay

[Lazlo]

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows - Yay

[elixir]

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows - NAY

[Dukefrukem]

Rise of the Planet of the Apes - Surprising Yay

[Philosophe_rouge]

Page One: A Year Inside the New York Times - yay

[eternity]

The Adventures of Tintin - nay

[TripZone]

The Skin I Live In -yay
The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate -yay

[Dukefrukem]

Cave of Forgotten Dreams - yay

[Dukefrukem]

Bill Cunningham New York - yay

[Pop Trash]

The Help - NAY

Salt. In. Wound. I'm not sure why I was hoping this would be surprisingly good.

[EyesWideOpen]

My Week with Marilyn & Young Adult - both big YAYS

[Lucky]

Sleeping Beauty (Leigh) - yay

[Weeping_Guitar]

Attack the Block - yay
Tuesday, After Christmas - yay

[MadMan]

FYIPop Trash is the Mitt Romney of Match-cut :P :lol:

[eternity]

Certified Copy - yay
American: The Bill Hicks Story - yay

[Pop Trash]

Pop Trash is the Mitt Romney of Match-cut :P :lol:

:confused:

:eek:

:|

[Spinal]

:confused:

:eek:

:|

He means you have nice hair.

[Mysterious Dude]

I guess it's about time for another dump.

Attack the Block - Yay
City of Life and Death - Yay
Contagion - Yay
Drive - Yay
The Help - Nay
Hugo - Yay
Kinyarwanda - Yay
Martha Marcy May Marlene - Yay
Poetry - Yay
Super 8 - Yay
The Tree of Life - Yay
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives - Nay

Please try to spell my name correctly, Ezee.

[Ezee E]

Isaac spelled properly.

[baby doll]

To Die Like a Man - yay

Not as impressive as Rodrigues' earlier Odette, but it puts Beginners to shame.

[TripZone]

I liked it a great deal more than Odette.

[Lazlo]

Young Adult - Yay

[Dukefrukem]

Cold Weather - nayish

[NickGlass]

The Artist: minor yay

Because that's what I think of th film--a rather minor delight. The conceit works, at least.

[Stay Puft]

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 - yay

[Henry Gale]

Mission: Impossible (Except For Ghosts) - yay

[Lucky]

Beginners - yay

[EyesWideOpen]

Martha Marcy May Marlene - YAY

I've never seen a more angry crowd reaction to an ending. It was awesome.

[Stay Puft]

Mooz-lum - nay

An earnest film, but extraordinarily clumsy and as a result, some of the more important dramatic moments play more as comic mischief (e.g. the abusive teacher is more like a mustache twirling villain). I didn't hate it, but it misses the mark far too often to recommend.

[elixir]

Contagion - yea
13 Assassins - nah

[Rowland]

The Descendents - mild nay

It was fine I guess.

[Rowland]

The Future - YAY

Didn't see that coming. [/bowled over]A wee bit less bowled over with this after a week of hindsight. It's still pretty excellent, but not four-star-level excellent.

[eternity]

Martha Marcy May Marlene - YAY

I've never seen a more angry crowd reaction to an ending. It was awesome.
I can only imagine it was like when I saw No Country for Old Men. People were yelling at the screen and throwing things.

Luckily (or not), my audience dug the ending, but that's probably just because the director/Olsen were there.

[eternity]

We Bought A Zoo - yay

[Lucky]

We Bought A Zoo - yay

Can you elaborate a little? I'm curious to hear how this is..

[baby doll]

Essential Killing - yay

This guy has the worst luck. Okay, maybe not as bad as the lumberjack, but almost. Parts of this play like an unfunny Buster Keaton movie.

[Pop Trash]

We Bought A Zoo - yay

I have a feeling this will be one of those nice little movies I will enjoy and everyone else on m.c. will shit on (cf. Up in the Air)

[Thirdmango]

x-men first class - yay

[B-side]

Project Nim - a yay that is losing steam with more thought

[Dukefrukem]

SUCKER PUNCH - nay

[Mysterious Dude]

I can only imagine it was like when I saw No Country for Old Men. People were yelling at the screen and throwing things.
I heard more than a few annoyed groans when the end credits of Meek's Cutoff came up.

Is this a trend for arthouse films now? Unsatisfying endings?

[Derek]

I heard more than a few annoyed groans when the end credits of Meek's Cutoff came up.

Is this a trend for arthouse films now? Unsatisfying endings?

Isn't that kind of the nature of arthouse films? Anti-narrative, ambiguity, open-endedness, etc. Hardly anything new.

[elixir]

The Arbor - mild yay
House of Tolerance - big yay
Tyrannosaur - nay

[eternity]

Can you elaborate a little? I'm curious to hear how this is..
It's definitely less of a pandering family film than I expected it to be. I'm a sucker for Cameron Crowe's stronger efforts, and while this isn't an Almost Famous or Jerry Maguire, it's definitely a return to form.

[eternity]

The Arbor - yay
Soul Surfer - nay

[Dukefrukem]

The Arbor YAY! Wow.

[Lazlo]

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo - Bigtime Yay

[Philosophe_rouge]

Young Adult - yay

[TGM]

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - the very mildest of Yays.

It was okay, and the story was certainly interesting, but my god, the pacing in this movie is absolutely nightmarish.

[Rowland]

Hugo - mild-ish nay

I like the overriding sentiment (if not the resultant sentimentality), and it's certainly rather lovely and fluidly directed a lot of the time, but Scorsese is terrible with slapstick, half of the narrative plays like clunky filler, and many of the performances are frequently just weirdly awkward and unconvincing.

Anybody take their kids to see this? I'm genuinely curious as to how they'd respond, because truthfully, as much as I'd like to believe otherwise, I don't see many responding to this.

[elixir]

Moneyball - nope

[Spinal]

The Future - yay

[Spinal]

Anybody take their kids to see this? I'm genuinely curious as to how they'd respond, because truthfully, as much as I'd like to believe otherwise, I don't see many responding to this.

I did. He liked it much more than I did. He had read the book with my wife. He actually did get interested in the early film stuff. I showed him A Trip to the Moon and the train short.

[Watashi]

Kids are absolutely loving the film.

My 9 year old sister has seen it 3 times.

[Watashi]

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo - nay

[Watashi]

Moneyball - nope
Way to ruin the perfect score, hater.

[B-side]

The Turin Horse - yay

[B-side]

Way to ruin the perfect score, hater.

I'll be seeing it soon. I don't expect to like it very much, but I'm always willing to be surprised.

[Dukefrukem]

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo - nay

Compared to the original?

[Watashi]

Compared to the original?
Never saw it. Don't care to.

[Rowland]

Never saw it. Don't care to.You have chosen... wisely.

[DavidSeven]

Way to ruin the perfect score, hater.

My yay on Moneyball is the mildest of milds, so I welcome some outright nays.

[Watashi]

My yay on Moneyball is the mildest of milds, so I welcome some outright nays.
Yeah, we all know what I think about your opinions. :)

[elixir]

The Mill and the Cross - mild yay

[Spinal]

I have zero interest in seeing Moneyball, so I will not be disrupting the scale.

[Henry Gale]

Hmm, I don't think some of my recent votes were counted the first time around. Namely:

Yay
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Moneyball
The Muppets

Nay
Margin Call
The Thing


I have zero interest in seeing Moneyball, so I will not be disrupting the scale.

See, this was my attitude towards it, but then I actually saw it and realized how wrong my assumptions about it were. It's somehow one of the best films of the year (especially from big Hollywood in Oscar season). It's like The Social Network if it had built an emotional undercurrent with its characters, giving you more intimate moments and backstory informing them throughout, while also taking time to get extremely detailed in the business of what's going on and finding genuine drama there.

[Watashi]

I have zero interest in seeing Moneyball, so I will not be disrupting the scale.
Oh, Jesus.

Just see it.

[Watashi]

The Adventures of Tintin - yay

[TripZone]

See, this was my attitude towards it, but then I actually saw it and realized how wrong my assumptions about it were. It's somehow one of the best films of the year (especially from big Hollywood in Oscar season). It's like The Social Network if it had built an emotional undercurrent with its characters, giving you more intimate moments and backstory informing them throughout, while also taking time to get extremely detailed in the business of what's going on and finding genuine drama there.

Yeah, sounds even worse now.

[Pop Trash]

Tomboy - yay

Lovely little movie with a great central performance. I hope this never becomes a watered-down American remake.

[Lazlo]

Melancholia - Yay

[Rowland]

Tomboy - yay

Lovely little movie with a great central performance. I hope this never becomes a watered-down American remake.Great, I'm happy to see more people checking out this low profile gem. Speaking of which, this doesn't belong in the No Set Release Date section E.

[elixir]

Shame - nay

As limp as Fassbender's dick. Disappointing.

[EyesWideOpen]

Kung Fu Panda 2 - yay

[EyesWideOpen]

Kung Fu Panda 2 - yay

As far as 2011 animated films go Rango blows it out of the water but it was still good. The percentage of film that is action compared to story is far more then I would want out of the series and I much prefer when they stick to the smaller action scenes over the huge tons of stuff blowing up action scenes. I still really like the characters and the overall design. The peacock design and Gary Oldman were splendid choices as were the opening scenes and the flashbacks.

[Derek]

Tomboy - yay

Lovely little movie with a great central performance. I hope this never becomes a watered-down American remake.

Yup. I watched this the other night and was impressed with almost all the child performances. There is a certain laid back naturalness to the performances and the film that make it feel incredibly organic, which in turn make its complex examination of sexual and gender politics in youth seem that much better than nearly any other film that's tackled the same subject.

Rowls, it looks like this played in NYC in November, so it should be ok to count for 2011 for our purposes.

E, please put me down for a big ole yay.

[B-side]

The Turin Horse isn't getting a US release until February of next year.

[Bosco B Thug]

TrollHunter - nay
Rubber - yay

Enjoyed Rubber thoroughly. Liked the abrasiveness of the audience subplot.

[Henry Gale]

Yeah, sounds even worse now.

Well, if you don't see it I can at least remain more informed on it, if not objectively correct.

But it's just seemingly bland subject matter with actually interesting characters and interplay at the center of it.

[eternity]

We Need To Talk About Kevin - yay
Weekend - yay

[Weeping_Guitar]

Midnight in Paris - yay
Warrior - yay
Margin Call - yay

[B-side]

A Separation - yay

[NickGlass]

Rowls, it looks like this played in NYC in November, so it should be ok to count for 2011 for our purposes.


Yes, it played for multiple weeks (one print was shuffled between two theaters) in NYC. And as my "yay" implied last week, I also think it's a good one.

[NickGlass]

A Separation: Yay

Big surprise there...

[TGM]

The Adventures of Tintin- Yay!

[Pop Trash]

Shame - nay

As limp as Fassbender's dick. Disappointing.

Dude, say what you want about the film, but his dick is huge.

[Pop Trash]

Yes, it played for multiple weeks (one print was shuffled between two theaters) in NYC. And as my "yay" implied last week, I also think it's a good one.

It's been playing for several weeks in the Bay Area. I saw it in a theater in Berkeley on a Wed. afternoon and it was pretty full, especially for an under-the-radar French film.

[transmogrifier]

Dude, say what you want about the film, but his dick is huge.

I'm not sure you know what limp means.

[Thirdmango]

Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol -- Yay

How long do we keep the 2011 thread open into 2012? I only started doing this this year.

[Pop Trash]

I'm not sure you know what limp means.

It's a bad analogy.

[Lazlo]

The Help - Yay

[EyesWideOpen]

The Descendants - yay

[eternity]

Carnage - nay
The Sitter - nay
Your Highness - nay

[Lazlo]

Putty Hill - Yay

[dreamdead]

Beginners - Yay (for Plummer's excellence), with reservations toward the main narrative

[Ezee E]

How long do we keep the 2011 thread open into 2012? I only started doing this this year.

We don't really. After the Awards come and go, it gets locked and we move on to the 2012 Consensus

[Kiusagi]

Hugo - yay

The Girl with the Fincher Tattoo - yay

[B-side]

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - yay

[elixir]

To Die Like a Man - nay
We Need to Talk About Kevin - nay

[elixir]

Go Go Tales - nay

[B-side]

Shit Year - nay

[baby doll]

Go Go Tales - nay"Bed, Bath and Beyond, motherfuckers!"

I'm not defending the movie exactly, as I also nayed it, but there are some funny moments.

Incidentally, why didn't you like To Die Like a Man?

[elixir]

"Bed, Bath and Beyond, motherfuckers!"

I'm not defending the movie exactly, as I also nayed it, but there are some funny moments.

Incidentally, why didn't you like To Die Like a Man?

Yeah, there's definitely some humor, as well as some Asia Argento nudity. Actually I would have liked to see more of her; she's a really compelling screen presence.

I'm not sure I could really tell you in any sort of intellectual terms. Despite some moments of inspiration such as the scene in the graveyard (or whatever that place with the candles was) and the film's play with color saturation, ultimately I just found it very dull. *shrug*


Shit Year - nay

Man, I really thought I was going to like this. Put me down for a nay as well.

[TGM]

A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas - Yay

[Spinal]

Sleeping Beauty - nay

[elixir]

The Interrupters - yay

[Derek]

Sleeping Beauty - nay

Ok good. I feel a little better after your and Melville's reactions. I'm really surprised at how much praise this is getting.

[Spinal]

Ok good. I feel a little better after your and Melville's reactions. I'm really surprised at how much praise this is getting.

Yeah, I didn't get a whole lot out of this one. Whole scenes would go by where I didn't have a clue as to what Leigh was trying to accomplish. However, I do hope that "your vagina will not be penetrated" becomes a new catch phrase used in Oscar retrospectives.

[EyesWideOpen]

Bunraku - nay

[Lucky]

Midnight in Paris - yay

[Derek]

However, I do hope that "your vagina will not be penetrated" becomes a new catch phrase used in Oscar retrospectives.

Or at least turned into a series of Lolcatz or something.

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j94/DSmith724/funny-cat.jpg

[Bosco B Thug]

Mission: Impossible 4 - yay
The Sitter - nay

I don't know why I'm naying 'The Sitter' when I yayed 'Your Highness,' as they're about the same level of pleasures and idiocies, but The Sitter is a through-and-through lark while Your Highness at least had the conviction of its homage and production scope. Green's thing is throwing things at the screen and hoping it sticks, is funny, and perhaps is even resonant and interesting, and as per usual, it's hit, miss, and "Why are you making this movie? It's ultimately pretty lazy."

[Kurosawa Fan]

Life in a Day - Yay, I suppose

[elixir]

Rise of the Planet of the Apes - nay
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame - nay

[Rowland]

I'm down as a yay for Hugo when I'm actually a nay, and I noticed that a yay for Captain America from me was missed as well.


Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame - nay*thumbs up*

[Watashi]

I think Rowland and Elixir need to take a month break from 2011 movies.

[Derek]

I think Rowland and Elixir need to take a month break from 2011 movies.

Why? This is the time to gorge on all those 2011 releases that you'll never get around to if you wait another few months.

[Watashi]

Why? This is the time to gorge on all those 2011 releases that you'll never get around to if you wait another few months.
I rather be spending the holiday break interacting with my family and friends. *shrug*

[Derek]

I rather be spending the holiday break interacting with my family and friends. *shrug*

Well, I meant December/January, not, y'know, Christmas or New Year's Eve...

[EyesWideOpen]

Well, I meant December/January, not, y'know, Christmas or New Year's Eve...

Not to mention most adults don't get a holiday break. They're lucky to get the day before or after off.

[elixir]

Young Adult - nay

Thank you so much for your concern, Watashi. To assuage your worries, I'll let you know that I saw this with my family.

[Rowland]

Yeah, I've seen two movies in the last week, and both were at the theater with family and friends. So, fail.

[Kurosawa Fan]

I really think we need to add "Meh" as a category. It's a flawed system right now.

[Derek]

I really think we need to add "Meh" as a category. It's a flawed system right now.

I completely agree. I've suggested at least adding a 'mixed' since I really don't like having only yay/nay when everyone uses the added mild half the time (which of course gets lost in the final results), but that idea was shot down by the chairman of the board.

[elixir]

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol - yay

I kind of like the idea of PRO/pro/mixed/con/CON, but that would admittedly be more work...

[B-side]

I kind of like the idea of you shutting the hell up.

[Spinal]

Pick a side, wafflers!

Actually, I'm just being combative. I don't care either way.

[Derek]

I don't care either way.

So you'd be a mixed!

:pritch:

[Watashi]

I'm all for meh. I also want an eh, bah, and lulz rating.

[Thirdmango]

The Captains -- Yay

I of course say this knowing that no one should watch this unless they are already Star Trek fans, it's pretty much the worst documentary for anyone that isn't already a fan of the franchise. Also I'm pretty sure Avery Brooks is legitimately crazy.

[EyesWideOpen]

Midnight in Paris - yay

[Kurosawa Fan]

This mostly stems from my viewing of Life in a Day, which is one of those films that I'm sure will catch on as a "This is sooo uplifting, you have to see it!!!" movie, and giving it a yay means I'm lumped in with that opinion on the surface, which is faaaar from the truth. It makes me want to give it a nay, which isn't a terribly accurate opinion either.

BAH!

[Spinal]

Abstention is permitted under the current system.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Abstention is permitted under the current system.

That's a fair point, but I get to see so few new movies these days, I want to throw in an opinion when I can. :lol:

[EyesWideOpen]

The Artist - Big Yay

[TGM]

War Horse - mild Yay

[Spinal]

Tintin - yay

Solid adventure, though the fact that the protagonist is utterly devoid of personality dampens my enthusiasm significantly.

[B-side]

The Adventures of Tintin - Baffled by the lukewarm reaction. This is better than anything Pixar has touched. That's a yay, btw.

[Rowland]

Mission Impossible - yay

It's good, but not THAT good. The setpieces bristle with flair and wit, if not much in the way of actual excitement, when firing on all cylinders, which is most of the time, but everything else is utterly disposable; the narrative and expositional stuff is just dull, and it feels like there's entirely too much of it, even though I'm sure the ratio of actual screen time is skewed way in favor of the action and intrigue. So, it's almost a minor yay, more impressive than involving, but I know it'll be the abundance of nifty stuff that sticks with me in the long term, as well as my amusement at Tom Cruise knocking the shit out of his head at least half a dozen times, which had to be at least stealthily intended as something of a running gag.

[Lazlo]

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol - Yay

[Rowland]

Final Destination 5 - yay

Exceedingly well-made, if perhaps too slick for its own good, with some clever twists on the ever-evolving lore of the series, its black humor welcomely tinged with a relatively serious consideration of moral/existential underpinnings.

[Dukefrukem]

Attack the Block yay