Match Cut Directors Consensus - Todd Solondz

[B-side]

I've taken the reins temporarily for our directors consensus, and it seems Todd Solondz is next in line.

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# Life During Wartime (2009)
# Cinema16: American Short Films (2006) (V)
# Palindromes (2004)
# Storytelling (2001)
# Happiness (1998)
# Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995)
# Fear, Anxiety & Depression (1989)
# Schatt's Last Shot (1985)

[B-side]

Life During Wartime - 6
Storytelling - 6.5
Happiness - 7.5

[Spinal]

Welcome to the Dollhouse - 9.5
Happiness - 9
Storytelling - 7.5
Palindromes - 10

[soitgoes...]

I've taken the reins temporarily for our directors consensus, and it seems Todd Solondz is next in line.

You must really want that Ruiz week. :lol:

Happiness - 8.0

[B-side]

You must really want that Ruiz week. :lol:

That and I crave consistency. My world started to lose meaning without the MC directors consensus.

[StanleyK]

Welcome to the Dollhouse - 8
Happiness - 5
Palindromes - 7

I don't even want to rate Storytelling. At first I gave it a 10, then I started to feel embarrassed about it, and now I'm kind of scared to rewatch it.

[balmakboor]

Palindromes - 10
Storytelling - 7
Happiness - 8
Welcome to the Dollhouse - 10
Feelings - 6

I really love Palindromes. It's one of those movies that grew on me though. I almost hated it the first time.

[Russ]

Life During Wartime - 8
Palindromes - 10
Storytelling - 8
Happiness - 10
Welcome to the Dollhouse - 7.5

[Mysterious Dude]

Welcome to the Dollhouse - 6.5
Happiness - 5.5

[Ezee E]

Life During Wartime (2009) - 5
Palindromes (2004) - 8
Storytelling (2001) - 7
Happiness (1998) - 8

[Kurosawa Fan]

Welcome to the Dollhouse - 8.0
Storytelling - 6.5

[endingcredits]

Happiness - 8

[Qrazy]

Palindromes (2004) - 3
Happiness (1998) - 5

[Pop Trash]

Welcome to the Dollhouse - 8
Happiness - 8
Storytelling - 7
Palindromes - 7

Todd Solondz is probably the biggest example of a filmmaker I used to love but have turned away from simply because my worldview has changed considerably since college. I probably like Pixar more than his films now, which ten years ago I would find unconscionable.

[Melville]

# Storytelling (2001) - 5.5
# Happiness (1998) - 7.5

[Boner M]

Life During Wartime - 6
Palindromes - 3.5
Storytelling - 6
Happiness - 7.5
Welcome to the Dollhouse - 5

[dmk]

Life During Wartime - 5.0
Palindromes - 5.0
Storytelling - 5.0
Happiness - 8.5
Welcome to the Dollhouse - 4.0

[Yxklyx]

Welcome to the Dollhouse - 9
Happiness - 9
Storytelling - 7
Palindromes - 7

[dreamdead]

Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995) - 5.5
Happiness (1998) - 7
Storytelling (2001) -3

Like Pop Trash, his films just seem to keep treading a milieu and politic that I find myself increasingly uninvested in.

[transmogrifier]

Storytelling - 5
Happiness - 3
Welcome to the Dollhouse - 5

[B-side]

I'll calculate this either today or tonight some time.

[B-side]

RESULTS:

# Life During Wartime (2009) 6 (5)
# Palindromes (2004) 7.05 (10)
# Storytelling (2001) 6.230 (13)
# Happiness (1998) 7.323 (17)
# Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995) 7.167 (12)

NOT ELIGIBLE:

Feelings - 6 (1)

Biggest Pedophi- err, I Mean, Most Seen:
balmakboor, Russ, Boner, dmk

[NickGlass]

Life During Wartime: 4.0
Palindromes: 4.5
Storytelling: 8.0
Happiness: 6.5
Welcome to the Dollhouse: 8.0

It's odd my ratings are on the low side, since I always consider myself a fan. Perhaps I love that he's a filmmaker, even if I feel like his films fail to live up to their promise sometimes?

[Russ]

Rewatched Dollhouse. Bump to a 9.0.

Solondz, on his upcoming film, Dark Horse:

“And you know CAA? [The L.A. talent agency]. It’s funny, it’s the first time they actually like one of my scripts and I realized [in "Dark Horse"], there’s no rape, there’s no child molestation, there’s no masturbation, and then I thought, ‘omg, why didn’t I think of this years ago?’”

:lol: