Match-cut 2010 lists - Top 10/Bottom 5 - by US RELEASE DATES

[Boner M]

Yeah, yeah, another list thread. This is for the big countdown, though.

HERE ARE DA RULEZ. OBEY.

1. Post your 2010 top 10, and your bottom 5-10 (if you want) by US release dates. A full list can be found here (http://www.panix.com/~dangelo/nymaster10.html).

2. To keep the thread tidy, keep your lists in ONE POST ONLY. Update them only by editing the original post. You can make a new post in the thread saying 'updated with [title]' or whatever, but keep in mind such posting only makes you an attention whore, on account of nobody cares.

3. ENGLISH TITLES ONLY.

4. Deadline is late Feb, or alternatively, when Kurosawa Fan is happy with his list.


Any further questions can be directed towards Billy Bob Thornton, in one his many roles as a brutish authority figure.

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[B-side]

1. Blue Valentine (Cianfrance)
2. Catfish (Joost/Schulman)
3. The Strange Case of Angelica (Oliveira)
4. Act Da Fool (Korine)
5. The Illusionist (Chomet)
6. Dogtooth (Lanthimos)
7. Eccentricities of a Blonde-haired Girl (Oliveira)
8. Trash Humpers (Korine)
9. Unstoppable (Scott)
10. Scott Pilgrim vs the World (Wright)

Bottom:

The American (Corbijn)
Kick-Ass (Vaughn)
The Human Centipede (Six)
Iron Man 2 (Favreau)
Get Him to the Greek (Stoller)

I don't love it, but I'll try and squeeze a few more in there before the deadline.

[Ezee E]

1. Black Swan
2. Shutter Island
3. Inception
4. Let Me In
5. A Prophet
6. Mother
7. The Social Network
8. Fish Tank
9. 127 Hours
10. Exit Through the Gift Shop

6. Splice
7. The Exploding Girl
8. The A-Team
9. Date Night
10. Takers

[TripZone]

1. Hadewijch
2. Wild Grass
3. The Strange Case of Angelica
4. Another Year
5. Everyone Else
6. White Material
7. Around a Small Mountain
8. Alamar
9. The Father of My Children
10. Ne Change Rien

Will watch in time: Our Beloved Month of August, Lourdes.

Two of these are actually 2010 premieres, heh.

[MacGuffin]

3. The Strange Case of Angelica
10. Ne Change Rien


Bastard!

[Pop Trash]

Tops:

1. Black Swan
2. Inception
3. Greenberg
4. Winter's Bone
5. Blue Valentine
6. Let Me In
7. Dogtooth
8. Exit Through the Gift Shop
9. The Ghost Writer
10. Mother

Bottoms:

8. The King's Speech
9. Easy A
10. Kick-Ass (worst)

I'm still hoping to see Another Year and Somewhere in the near future. There's also a grip of foreign and doc flicks, but I'm not going to worry about rushing to see those.

[Adam]

1. Dogtooth
2. Another Year
3. Fish Tank
4. Everyone Else
5. Never Let Me Go
6. Carlos
7. Blue Valentine
8. The Ghost Writer
9. Somewhere
0. Animal Kingdom

1. Iron Man 2 (worst)
2. The Kids Are All Right
3. Wild Grass
4. The Other Guys
5. Clash of the Titans (least worst)

Pretty much done playing 2010 catch-up. Another Year is really the only thing I'm still jonesin' to see

films seen (best to worst)

DOGTOOTH
ANOTHER YEAR
FISH TANK
EVERYONE ELSE
NEVER LET ME GO
CARLOS
BLUE VALENTINE
THE GHOST WRITER
SOMEWHERE
ANIMAL KINGDOM
SHUTTER ISLAND
THE SOCIAL NETWORK
LOURDES
TRUE GRIT
TOY STORY 3
EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP
I LOVE YOU PHILLIP MORRIS
TANGLED
SCOTT PILGRIM
SOUL KITCHEN
INCEPTION
INSIDE JOB
RESTREPO
YOUTH IN REVOLT
MACHETE
THE KILLER INSIDE ME
BLUEBEARD
GREENBERG
BLACK SWAN
MACGRUBER
THE KING'S SPEECH
KICK-ASS
THE ECLIPSE
FOUR LIONS
GET HIM TO THE GREEK
CLASH OF THE TITANS
THE OTHER GUYS
WILD GRASS
THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT
IRON MAN 2

[Ezee E]

February 1st has a ton of movies coming out for Netflix. Hope to get to those quickly. Then I'll basically be set.

[Derek]

February 1st has a ton of movies coming out for Netflix.

Which ones?

[Ezee E]

Let Me In, Catfish, and Waiting For Tillman.

I'll probably get to Monsters and Machete too.

Most are already released, but that's the only thing hindering Netflix

[baby doll]

3. ENGLISH TITLES ONLY.Really, even Vincere?

1. Win (Marco Bellocchio)
2. The Ghost Writer (Roman Polanski)
3. A Prophet (Jacques Audiard)
4. Greenberg (Noah Baumbach)
5. Carlos (Olivier Assayas)
6. Dogooth (Yorgos Lanthimos)
7. Exit Through the Gift Shop (Banksy)
8. Wild Grass (Alain Resnais)
9. Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl (Manoel de Oliveira)
10. Secret Sunshine (Lee Chang-dong)

Not underrated precisely, but some films I might've put on my ballot except that no one else is going to vote for them, so really what's the point?: A Film Unfinished (Yael Hersonsky); The Girl on the Train (André Téchiné); Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno (Serge Bromberg and Ruxandra Medrea); Hereafter (Clint Eastwood); Last Train Home (Lixin Fan); The Misfortunates (Felix van Groenineg); The Shaft (Zhang Chi); The Trotsky (Jacob Tierney); You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (Woody Allen); Women Without Men (Shirin Neshat); Inception (Christopher Nolan) and The Social Network (David Fincher).

Bottom five:

The Good, the Bad, the Weird (Kim Ji-woon)
The Kids Are All Right (Lisa Cholodenko)
The Secret of Kells (Tomm Moore)
Tamara Drewe (Stephen Frears)
True Grit (Ethan and Joel Coen)

[elixir]

You guys don't see that bad of movies. I wonder if anyone else saw a movie worse than Leap Year...

Non-English titles should be allowed for stuff like Vincere because 1) Vincere sounds stupid and 2) it's known by that name in the US, like, say, La Dolce Vita (does anyone call that The Sweet Life?).

[baby doll]

You guys don't see that bad of movies.I pride myself on that very fact.

[elixir]

I pride myself on that very fact.

I try to avoid them too. But I was on a plane...I had nothing else to do...

Also, other people are going to vote for The Social Network and Inception. And I really like Last Train Home!

[Ivan Drago]

Top Ten:

1. Black Swan
2. Enter The Void
3. Let Me In
4. Inception
5. Blue Valentine
6. The Social Network
7. Dogtooth
8. TRON: Legacy
9. Greenberg
10. The American

Bottom Five:

34. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (least worst)
35. Clash of the Titans
36. The Human Centipede
37. Grown Ups
38. Titanic II (most worst)

[Ivan Drago]

You guys don't see that bad of movies. I wonder if anyone else saw a movie worse than Leap Year...

I'd consider Grown Ups and Titanic II for that.

[soitgoes...]

I'm Still Here (Affleck)
Secret Sunshine (Lee)
Mother (Bong)
Exit Through the Gift Shop (Banksy)
Alamar (González-Rubio)
Hadewijch (Dumont)
I Am Love (Guadagnino)
Black Swan (Aronofsky)
The Illusionist (Chomet)
Inception (Nolan)



Legion (Stewart) <----Worst
Frozen (Green)
Edge of Darkness (Campbell)
Eclipse (Slade)
The A-Team (Carnahan)

[elixir]

I'd consider Grown Ups and Titanic II for that.

Titanic II is a movie...?

[Ivan Drago]

Titanic II is a movie...?

Yep. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1640571/)

It's from The Asylum, makers of such classic DTV mockbusters like Transmorphers, The Day The Earth Stopped, and Paranormal Entity.

My roommate downloaded it one day and we watched it after coming back wasted from a party one night, and it was so hilariously bad we had to pause the movie for 2 minutes for us to stop laughing. Horrific acting and writing, obviously shot in a hotel/mall, and hilariously bad visual effects make it one of the worst movies of all time.

If it doesn't count though because it's DTV, I'll take it off.

[Adam]

Cripes, Black Swan is the early favorite to be match-cut's #1?

:sad:

[baby doll]

Cripes, Black Swan is the early favorite to be match-cut's #1?

:sad:Yes, I was rather alarmed by that as well.

[EyesWideOpen]

1. Black Swan
2. Dogtooth
3. Blue Valentine
4. Inception
5. The Ghost Writer
6. The Town
7. Toy Story 3
8. True Grit
9. Scott Pilgrim vs the World
10. Catfish


Bottom:

1. The Human Centipede (First Sequence)
2. Greenberg
3. The Losers
4. Iron Man 2
5. 127 Hours

[Fezzik]

Top 10:


How To Train Your Dragon
True Grit
Inception
Tangled
Black Swan
Toy Story 3
Let Me In
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
The Ghost Writer
Exit Through the Gift Shop


Bottom 5:


Alice In Wonderland (Worst)
The Kids Are All Right
The Expendables
Knight and Day
Iron Man 2 ("Least" Worst)

[eternity]

Top 10:
1. The Social Network (David Fincher)
2. Fair Game (Doug Liman)
3. Blue Valentine (Derek Cianfrance)
4. Toy Story 3 (Lee Unkrich)
5. Tron Legacy (Joseph Kosinski)
6. Exit Through the Gift Shop (Banksy)
7. Somewhere (Sofia Coppola)
8. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (Edgar Wright)
9. Catfish (Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman)
10. The Trotsky (Jacob Tierney)

Bottom 5:
1. Valentine's Day (Garry Marshall)
2. The Last Airbender (M Night Shyamalan)
3. Secretariat (Randall Wallace)
4. Devil (John Erick Dowdle)
5. The A-Team (Joe Carnahan)

[eternity]

You guys don't see that bad of movies. I wonder if anyone else saw a movie worse than Leap Year...

Non-English titles should be allowed for stuff like Vincere because 1) Vincere sounds stupid and 2) it's known by that name in the US, like, say, La Dolce Vita (does anyone call that The Sweet Life?).

I saw 20 movies this year worse than Leap Year. It had a few good looking shots and all of the actors who are good in most of the things they are in phoned it in, which isn't good but could be so much worse.

[Boner M]

So wait, The Kids are All Right is a frontrunner for worst film? Seriously? That makes us seem like a bunch of hateful neocons.

[Lazlo]

Top 10:

1. Black Swan
2. Inception
3. Toy Story 3
4. The Social Network
5. Blue Valentine
6. Shutter Island
7. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
8. A Prophet
9. Let Me In
10. Tangled

Bottom 5 (Worst to Not-As-Worst):

1. When in Rome
2. Wild Grass
3. Everyone Else
4. Leap Year
5. The Girl Who Played With Fire

[TripZone]

So wait, The Kids are All Right is a frontrunner for worst film? Seriously? That makes us seem like a bunch of hateful neocons.

Forget about the worst, look at what's making the best. Oy vey.

[Pop Trash]

Forget about the worst, look at what's making the best. Oy vey.

USA #1! USA #1! USA #1!

[Adam]

So wait, The Kids are All Right is a frontrunner for worst film? Seriously? That makes us seem like a bunch of hateful neocons.

Let the record show that my favorite movie of the year (Dogtooth) is loaded with sapphic lovemaking. My dislike of The Kids Are All Right is based 100% on me finding the film itself such an insufferable drag. I hope it comes in first place in the Match-Cut Worst Film race, so that future generations may learn the easy way what I had to learn the hard way

[baby doll]

So wait, The Kids are All Right is a frontrunner for worst film? Seriously? That makes us seem like a bunch of hateful neocons.I don't have a problem with gay people. I have a problem with mediocrity.

[Ivan Drago]

Removed Toy Story 3 in favor of Exit Through The Gift Shop. The more I think about that film, the more and more I like it.

[B-side]

Added an unranked bottom 5:


The American (Corbijn)
Kick-Ass (Vaughn)
The Human Centipede (Six)
Iron Man 2 (Favreau)
Get Him to the Greek (Stoller)

[Fezzik]

So wait, The Kids are All Right is a frontrunner for worst film? Seriously? That makes us seem like a bunch of hateful neocons.

That's rather an odd thing to say. It comes off as a bit fanboyish...assuming we didn't like it because it was about gay people (which is really the only conclusion I can draw from the neocon remark).

I heavily disliked the film because I felt its pacing was terrible and its self-importance overwhelmed what could have been a good idea.

We get it. Homosexual couples are just like heterosexual couples! See how NORMAL they are? See how DYSFUNCTIONAL they are? Huh? see? Just like Heterosexual couples. Wow! They ARE just like us.

I swear, if one of the characters had patted themselves on the back, I would not have been surprised.

I just can't stand films that drown or revel in their own perceived social importance. It killed the film for me.

The performances deserved a better movie.

[Rowland]

1. Amer
2. Black Swan
3. Dogtooth
4. The Oath
5. The Social Network
6. Wild Grass
7. Everyone Else
8. Lourdes
9. I Am Love
10. October Country

Worst (sticking with non-DTV releases):

1. After.Life
2. Hot Tub Time Machine
3. Cop Out
4. The Exploding Girl
5. The A-Team

[TripZone]

That's rather an odd thing to say. It comes off as a bit fanboyish...assuming we didn't like it because it was about gay people (which is really the only conclusion I can draw from the neocon remark).

I heavily disliked the film because I felt its pacing was terrible and its self-importance overwhelmed what could have been a good idea.

We get it. Homosexual couples are just like heterosexual couples! See how NORMAL they are? See how DYSFUNCTIONAL they are? Huh? see? Just like Heterosexual couples. Wow! They ARE just like us.

I swear, if one of the characters had patted themselves on the back, I would not have been surprised.

I just can't stand films that drown or revel in their own perceived social importance. It killed the film for me.

The performances deserved a better movie.

Take Boner more seriously next time.

Also, I still don't really understand this nonsense about the film's alleged self-importance regarding its non-straight couple run family. The only time it gets there is when they toss Ruffalo aside. I guess you can infer whatever you want from the rest of it, and did.

[TGM]

Top 10:

1. Inception
2. Tron: Legacy
3. Let Me In
4. The Ghost Writer
5. Tangled
6. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
7. Black Swan
8. The Social Network
9. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
10. Kick-Ass

Bottom 5:

1. The Last Airbender (worst)
2. Catfish
3. Iron Man 2
4. Clash of the Titans
5. Machete

[Boner M]

I just can't stand films that drown or revel in their own perceived social importance. It killed the film for me.
I agree that this is the film's greatest flaw, but I think it ultimately transcends it with a lived-in feel and a bit of welcome messiness in the end. But worst film of the year seems like an over-the-top designation for a film whose worst crime is its goal to flatter viewers. The neocon remark was slightly in jest.

Y'all should see Love & Other Drugs. Or rather, don't.

[dmk]

1. Dogtooth
2. I'm Still Here
3. The Ghost Writer
4. Around a Small Mountain
5. Everyone Else
6. Somewhere
7. Enter the Void
8. Hadewijch
9. Blue Valentine
10. Another Year

bad:
1. The Crazies
2. The Secret in Their Eyes
3. Micmacs
4. The Freebie
5. Mao's Last Dancer
6. Death at a Funeral
7. Green Zone
8. Predators

I have an almost perverse but genuine desire to watch Love & Other Drugs. And I will. Peculiar trailer. And unlike the worst of the year – it doesn’t look like it’s meeting any thematic requirements straight down the middle.

[Fezzik]

The neocon remark was slightly in jest.

Fair enough. Its hard to tell with just text, sometimes.

[Briare]

1. Blue Valentine (Derek Cianfrance)
2. Never Let Me Go (Mark Romanek)
3. Winter's Bone (Debra Granik)
4. Black Swan (Darren Aronofsky)
5. Another Year (Mike Leigh)
6. True Grit (Coen Bros)
7. The American (Anton Corbijn)
8. Inside Job (Charles Ferguson)
9. Let Me In (Matt Reeves)
10. 127 Hours (Danny Boyle)

[MadMan]

I'm probably not going to get to any more 2010 releases anytime soon, so I'll just post my list now.

1. The Social Network (Fincher)
2. Inception (Nolan)
3. The Fighter (Russell)
4. Winter's Bone (Granik)
5. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (Wright)
6. Kick-Ass (Vaughn)
7. Shutter Island (Scoresese)
8. How to Train Your Dragon (Sanders and Deblois)
9. Tron: Legacy (Kosinski)
10. A Prophet (Audiard)

Bottom List:

1. Clash of the Titans (Leterrier)
2. Robin Hood (Scott)
3. The Karate Kid (Zwart)
4. I Spit On Your Grave
5. Cop-Out (Smith)

The last two in my Bottom List get fresh ratings (4-5) but they were merely decent at best. I usually go out of my way to avoid movies that look utterly terrible, although this year I bumped into a couple of mediocre movies instead.

[ledfloyd]

1. White Material
2. Somewhere
3. The Illusionist
4. Father of My Children
5. Sweetgrass
6. Secret Sunshine
7. Mother
8. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
9. Enter the Void
10. Hadewijch

worst:
1. Shutter Island
2. Survival of the Dead
3. Howl
4. The Killer Inside Me
5. Never Let Me Go

[lovejuice]

BEST

1. Black Swan (Darren Aronofsky)
2. Unstoppable (Tony Scott)
3. How to Train Your Dragon (Dean DeBlois & Chris Sanders)
4. The King's Speech (Tom Hooper)


5. Rabbit Hole (James Cameron Mitchell)
6. Megamind (Tom McGrath)


7. Amer (Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani)

8. Exist through the Gift Shop (Banksy)
9. RED (Robert Schwentke)

10. Toy Story 3 (Lee Unkrich)


WORST


1. Alice in Wonderland
 (worst)
2. Clash of the Titans
3. Iron Man 2
4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
5. Predator

[Ivan Drago]

Edited for Enter The Void at #2 and removed Exit Through The Gift Shop.

[baby doll]

WORST

1. A Film Unfinished (worst)

1. is an interesting failure, but a BIG failure nonetheless.Say whaa?!?

[Watashi]

1. The Social Network
2. Exit Through the Gift Shop
3. Inception
4. Greenberg
5. Tangled
6. Toy Story 3
7. The Ghost Writer
8. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
9. Shutter Island
10. Dogtooth

1. Kick-Ass
2. Unstoppable
3. Alice in Wonderland
4. Clash of the Titans
5. Conviction

[lovejuice]

Say whaa?!?

For a documentary that tries to show us how manipulative Nazi's propaganda machine is, it's extremely heavy-handed. I don't think there is a moment of quietness; the film-makers never step back and let the unfinished film speak for itself. Instead they employ countless numbers of outside material to shape the narrative. One I remember so well is the excerpt from the diary of the guy who ran the ghetto. A portion is read in a voice-over for about 5 minutes. Then the diary is never mentioned again. It seems to me, the movie wants to inform us about something every single minute of it, and it does stretch itself trying to do so.

Perhaps I am more interested in the unfinished film rather than this documentary. I don't dislike it, really, but I find its weak spot countering its message.

[Dukefrukem]

Disclaimer:

I have a date with Social Network tonight and True Grit Fri night.

1. Inception Nolan, Chris 100*
2. Shutter Island Scorsese, Martin 86
3. Toy Story 3 Unkrich, Lee 84
4. The Town Affleck, Ben 79
5. Green Zone Greengrass, Paul 76
6. The Crazies Eisner, Breck 75
7. Book of Eli Hughes Brothers 75
8. Centurion Marshal, Niel 72
9. Book of Eli Hughes Brothers 71
10. Predators Antal, Nimród 69


5. The Other Guys McKay, Adam 42
4. A-Team Carnahan, Joe 41
3. Clash of the Titans Leterrier, Louis 38
2. Alice in Wonderland Burton, Tim 30
1. Legion Stewart, Scott 20

[Weeping_Guitar]

01. Inception
02. Toy Story 3
03. Black Swan
04. The Social Networ
05. The Ghost Writer
06. Carlos
07. True Grit
08. The American
09. Exit Through the Gift Shop
10. Last Train Home

[Ezee E]

why the * duke?

[Dukefrukem]

It's the first movie I've ever given 100 to. That's why it's been in my sig since I saw it in theaters. haha.

[TGM]

7. Book of Eli Hughes Brothers 75
9. Book of Eli Hughes Brothers 71

Did you mean to list this movie twice? :P

[Dukefrukem]

Did you mean to list this movie twice? :P

Good catch. Forgot to update it in my master list.

[Dukefrukem]

updated mistake

1. Inception Nolan, Chris 100*
2. Shutter Island Scorsese, Martin 86
3. Toy Story 3 Unkrich, Lee 84
4. The Town Affleck, Ben 79
5. Green Zone Greengrass, Paul 76
6. The Crazies Eisner, Breck 75
7. Centurion Marshal, Niel 72
8. Book of Eli Hughes Brothers 71
9. Predators Antal, Nimród 69
10. Salt Noyce, Phillip 69



5. The Other Guys McKay, Adam 42
4. A-Team Carnahan, Joe 41
3. Clash of the Titans Leterrier, Louis 38
2. Alice in Wonderland Burton, Tim 30
1. Legion Stewart, Scott 20

[baby doll]

For a documentary that tries to show us how manipulative Nazi's propaganda machine is, it's extremely heavy-handed. I don't think there is a moment of quietness; the film-makers never step back and let the unfinished film speak for itself. Instead they employ countless numbers of outside material to shape the narrative. One I remember so well is the excerpt from the diary of the guy who ran the ghetto. A portion is read in a voice-over for about 5 minutes. Then the diary is never mentioned again. It seems to me, the movie wants to inform us about something every single minute of it, and it does stretch itself trying to do so.

Perhaps I am more interested in the unfinished film rather than this documentary. I don't dislike it, really, but I find its weak spot countering its message.I saw the whole point of the movie as being an attempt to debunk the unfinished documentary; in a way, it's a movie that deconstructs the very idea of documentary filmmaking by revealing its artifice.

[Boner M]

1. Alamar
2. Dogtooth
3. Everyone Else
4. Wild Grass
5. Secret Sunshine
6. Another Year
7. Carlos
8. October Country
9. Blue Valentine
10. A Prophet

WORST

1. Love & Other Drugs
2. The Secret in Their Eyes
3. Hereafter
4. Biutiful
5. Kick-Ass

[dmk]

1. list

edited in Secret in Their Eyes. I forgot this shit existed.

edit- ok and a whole bunch of other ones too.

[Spinal]

2. To keep the thread tidy, keep your lists in ONE POST ONLY. Update them only by editing the original post. You can make a new post in the thread saying 'updated with [title]' or whatever, but keep in mind such posting only makes you an attention whore, on account of nobody cares.


:lol:

[Spinal]

1. Inception
2. The Illusionist
3. Exit Through the Gift Shop
4. Enter the Void
5. Tangled
6. Everyone Else
7. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
8. Dogtooth
9. Blue Valentine
10. How to Train Your Dragon


Worst:

5. Tron: Legacy
4. I'm Still Here
3. The Tempest
2. Hot Tub Time Machine
1. Alice in Wonderland

[Sycophant]

TOP TEN

1. Black Swan
2. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
3. The Social Network
4. Tangled
5. The American
6. Greenberg
7. Mother
8. Inception
9. The Other Guys
10. True Grit

MOST WORSTEST TO LEAST WORSTEST
1. Alice in Wonderland
2. The Wolfman
3. Twilight: Eclipse

[Ezee E]

Let Me In edited in at #4.

[Dukefrukem]

updated mistake

1. Inception Nolan, Chris 100*
2. Shutter Island Scorsese, Martin 86
3. Toy Story 3 Unkrich, Lee 84
4. The Town Affleck, Ben 79
5. Green Zone Greengrass, Paul 76
6. The Crazies Eisner, Breck 75
7. Centurion Marshal, Niel 72
8. Book of Eli Hughes Brothers 71
9. Predators Antal, Nimród 69
10. Salt Noyce, Phillip 69



5. The Other Guys McKay, Adam 42
4. A-Team Carnahan, Joe 41
3. Clash of the Titans Leterrier, Louis 38
2. Alice in Wonderland Burton, Tim 30
1. Legion Stewart, Scott 20

I've seen several movies since.


1. Inception Nolan, Chris 100*
2. Black Swan Aronofsky, Darren 95
3. The King's Speech Hooper, Tom 92
4. The Fighter Russell, David O 90
5. True Grit Coen Brothers 87
6. Shutter Island Scorsese, Martin 86
7. The Social Network Fincher, David 85
8. Toy Story 3 Unkrich, Lee 84
9. The Town Affleck, Ben 79
10. Green Zone Greengrass, Paul 76

[Pop Trash]

US release dates, fool.

[Boner M]

Duke & origami, u suck.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Just noticed the rules. I hate you, Boner.

Top Ten
1. Mother
2. Dogtooth
3. Exit Through the Gift Shop
4. Everyone Else
5. A Prophet
6. Tangled
7. How to Train Your Dragon
8. Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
9. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
10. Black Swan

Bottom Five
1. The Kids Are All Right
2. Kick Ass
3. Shutter Island
4. Despicable Me

[Boner M]

Just noticed the rules.
That was your excuse last time at the Walmart carpark. After I KICKED YOUR ASS.

[Kurosawa Fan]

That was your excuse last time at the Walmart carpark. After I KICKED YOUR ASS.

Well, now I don't live in that town anymore. Now I live in a smaller town outside of the POSDT, and it only has one grocery store, and I'm pretty sure it's named after the owner (Pat), and it's everything that Walmart isn't, which is to say the selection sucks and everything is a dollar more expensive. Let's see you handle me in THAT parking lot!

[Boner M]

Wherever you live, I'll be sure to have your ass POST'D to you.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Wherever you live, I'll be sure to have your ass POST'D to you.

Ready when you are. Meet me at Pat's. You'll know it because it's the only two-story building in town.

[endingcredits]

Best Ten
1. Alamar
2. Blue Valentine
3. Everyone Else
4. Dogtooth
5. Carlos
6. Secret Sunshine
7. Wild Grass
8. Greenberg
9. Black Swan
10. Eccentricities of a Blond-haired Girl


Worst 5
1. Repo Men
2. Nightmare on Elm Street
3. The Human Centipede
4. Splice
5. Hot Tub Time Machine

[Stay Puft]

TOP TEN

1. Soul Kitchen
2. The Oath
3. White Material
4. I Am Love
5. Exit Through the Gift Shop
6. Father of My Children
7. Carlos
8. The Girl on the Train
9. The Ghost Writer
10. Women Without Men


BOTTOM FIVE

1. Nightmare on Elm Street
2. Alice in Wonderland
3. Kick-Ass
4. Samson & Delilah
5. Valhalla Rising

[origami_mustache]

I'm too lazy to checklist the release dates. Don't really care.

[Mysterious Dude]

I'm tired of watching 2010 movies, so here you go.

1. Mother
2. Winter’s Bone
3. Black Swan
4. Inception
5. A Prophet
6. The Misfortunates
7. Ajami
8. The Social Network
9. The Good, the Bad, the Weird
10. Exit Through the Gift Shop

And the worst...

1. Eccentricities of a Blonde-haired Girl
2. Centurion
3. Blue Beard
4. Alice in Wonderland

[Raiders]

I'm too lazy to checklist the release dates. Don't really care.

Thanks for playing.

[baby doll]

3. Black Swan
9. The Good, the Bad, the Weird

And the worst...

1. Eccentricities of a Blonde-haired Girl:sad:

[Derek]

Thanks for playing.

http://www.animateit.net/data/media/june2010/29nuv6x.gif

[Spinal]

I'm too lazy to checklist the release dates. Don't really care.

That's some hardcore apathy right there.

[B-side]

I'm tired of watching 2010 movies, so here you go.

3. Black Swan
4. Inception
9. The Good, the Bad, the Weird

And the worst...

1. Eccentricities of a Blonde-haired Girl
3. Blue Beard

http://i55.tinypic.com/2r78yf8.jpg

[Ezee E]

That's beyond MadMan level right there.

And I want to see that Price is Right footage.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Is that Neil Patrick Harris from that Mother show?

[Winston*]

Is that Neil Patrick Harris from that Mother show?

Yup. I've seen that episode.

[Boner M]

I'm too lazy to checklist the release dates. Don't really care.
Why do you think I started a new 2010 list thread? Because we needed one for the exact same purposes?

[Mysterious Dude]

:sad:
I didn't like your list, either.

And I don't understand this hate for The Good, the Bad, the Weird. Am I really the only one who found that movie awesome?

(Looking back, it was a good year for South Korean cinema.)

And why are y'all looking at me askance for including Black Swan? Are we considering it a 2011 movie or something?

[Dead & Messed Up]

Top Ten:

01. Inception (2010)
02. The Social Network (2010)
03. Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010)
04. Shutter Island (2010)
05. True Grit (2010)
06. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
07. MacGruber (2010)
08. Toy Story 3 (2010)
09. The Other Guys (2010)
10. Piranha 3-D (2010)

Bottom Five:

01. Alice in Wonderland (2010)
02. Legion (2010)
03. Kick-Ass (2010)
04. The Kids Are All Right (2010)
05. The Expendables (2010)

[B-side]

And I don't understand this hate for The Good, the Bad, the Weird. Am I really the only one who found that movie awesome?

I thought it was fun, but not better than the two films I quoted in your "worst" list.


And why are y'all looking at me askance for including Black Swan? Are we considering it a 2011 movie or something?

No, it's 2010. Same thing as above. Just odd to see those two films on a "worst' list and Inception, Black Swan and The Good, the Bad, the Weird as among the 10 best of the year.

[Winston*]

Brightside's right. It is pretty shocking to see such widely reviled films as Black Swan and Inception listed as among the 10 best of the year.

[B-side]

Brightside's right. It is pretty shocking to see such widely reviled films as Black Swan and Inception listed as among the 10 best of the year.

When they're not among the ten best of the year, it certainly is.

[Winston*]

When they're not among the ten best of the year, it certainly is.

Ugh.

[B-side]

Ugh.

:lol:

[Spinal]

I'm going to multi-quote every post that has The Social Network in it and then post one of those hilarious 'lol wut' pictures.

[Fezzik]

When they're not among the ten best of the year, it certainly is.

Opinion, opinion, opinion. Its one thing to disagree, its another to present your opinion as fact.

Discussion is one thing, high-brow, nose in the air dismissals of others opinions is quite another.

TBH, its why I've stopped posting here as much. Lately, the pretentiousness of some of the people on this site has just made it a less palatable place to hang out.

Just my 2 cents, for what its worth.

Enjoy your movies.

[Ezee E]

Opinion, opinion, opinion. Its one thing to disagree, its another to present your opinion as fact.

Discussion is one thing, high-brow, nose in the air dismissals of others opinions is quite another.

TBH, its why I've stopped posting here as much. Lately, the pretentiousness of some of the people on this site has just made it a less palatable place to hang out.

Just my 2 cents, for what its worth.

Enjoy your movies.
Indeed Fezzik. I don't take it to heart, but it just makes the actual discussion boring to have if it's going to go the way of babydoll (sorry to pick you out, but it's an example).

I haven't, and probably won't look for another place for movie discussion, because I hardly feel anyplace would still match the quality that is here from time to time.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Don't hold it against everyone, Fezzik. We still have a pretty solid, tight community here. Ignore those who rub you the wrong way, and converse with the rest. Besides, I miss your Spurs excitement in the football thread!

[Raiders]

I have never understood "leaving" an internet forum because of some annoying silly-mcfuddys. I just ignore them. It's an internet message board. Taking it too seriously is always a mistake.

[eternity]

Brightside, you are one of my good friends and all, but christ man. If you're going to pick fun at films being on a top ten list, please lay off the ones that are on quite a few and have enough merit to where their inclusion makes some sense. I hated Black Swan and Inception, but I get why people would list them.

Then again, I also hated Eccentricities of a Blonde-haired Girl, so whatever, man, and stuff.

[Boner M]

I have never understood "leaving" an internet forum because of some annoying silly-mcfuddys. I just ignore them. It's an internet message board. Taking it too seriously is always a mistake.
Yeah. And any message board with this little problem (http://match-cut.org/forumdisplay.php?f=4) is hardly highbrow central.

[Raiders]

Yeah. And any message board with this little problem (http://match-cut.org/forumdisplay.php?f=4) is hardly highbrow central.

Actually, I consider the anticipating of upcoming films to be our most pretentious asset.

[baby doll]

And why are y'all looking at me askance for including Black Swan? Are we considering it a 2011 movie or something?Personally, I thought it was patently ridiculous--definitely more fun than Mommie Dearest (I hope they get John Waters to do the DVD commentary), but far from one of my favorite movies of the year, or even a very good one.

[B-side]

Jesus. It wasn't that serious. I'll be sure to throw in the requisite 14 smileys and winks next time.

[Derek]

Then again, I also hated Eccentricities of a Blonde-haired Girl, so whatever, man, and stuff.

What? That movie was lovely out of 10.

[B-side]

What? That movie was lovely out of 10.

That's what I thought! You know me so well.

[Derek]

Oh yeah, and top 10:

1. Enter the Void (Noe)
2. Dogtooth (Lanthimos)
3. Carlos (Assayas)
4. Everyone Else (Ade)
5. Blue Valentine (Cianfrance)
6. Valhalla Rising (Refn)
7. Inception (Nolan)
8. October Country (Palmieri/Mosher)
9. Exit Through the Gift Shop (Banksy?)
10. Greenberg (Baumbach)

WORST:

1. Love and Other Drugs
2. The Warrior's Way
3. She's Out of My League
4. Boy
5. The Secret in Their Eyes

[Dead & Messed Up]

Jesus. It wasn't that serious. I'll be sure to throw in the requisite 14 smileys and winks next time.

Don't forget the smileys dancing.

[B-side]

Don't forget the smileys dancing.

I guess I just thought I'd established myself well enough by now that people wouldn't think something like that was particularly serious coming from me. It's not like I called him an idiot or something. But yeah, smiles for the lot of you!

:pritch:

[soitgoes...]

I guess I just thought I'd established myself well enough by now that people wouldn't think something like that was particularly serious coming from me. It's not like I called him an idiot or something. But yeah, smiles for the lot of you!

:pritch:You don't need smilies with me Brights. I never take you seriously.

[B-side]

You don't need smilies with me Brights. I never take you seriously.

Then I have succeeded.

[origami_mustache]

Why do you think I started a new 2010 list thread? Because we needed one for the exact same purposes?

I copied it here for my own purposes so it's easier to find. I could care less what you do with it. Is it that hard to exclude whatever films are on my list that don't meet the arbitrary requirements?

[Boner M]

I copied it here for my own purposes so it's easier to find. I couldn't care less what you do with it. Is it that hard to exclude whatever films are on my list that don't meet the arbitrary requirements?
Make like Andy, o_g.

http://www.gifsoup.com/webroot/animatedgifs4/1140702_o.gif

[Spinal]

I copied it here for my own purposes so it's easier to find. I couldn't care less what you do with it. Is it that hard to exclude whatever films are on my list that don't meet the arbitrary requirements?

He's the one putting in all the work to count things up. Simple courtesy would be to follow the guidelines or not participate at all. Acting put out over it is just obnoxious.

[NickGlass]

I'm not sure what to do with this yet. I feel like something is missing.

1. Everyone Else
2. Dogtooth
3. I Am Love
4. Somewhere
5. Exit Through the Gift Shop
6. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
7.
8. Carlos
9. The Father of My Children
10. Prodigal Sons/Greenberg/The Kids Are All Right

A sampling of shit:

She's Out of My League
Easy A
Micmacs
Eat Pray Love
Sex and the City 2
Let it Rain
Kick-Ass
Another Year
The Runaways

[Kurosawa Fan]

I love your av, Nick.

[dreamdead]

Still refining the list.

1. Secret Sunshine
2. I Am Love
3. Blue Valentine
4. Mother
5. Everyone Else
6. The Social Network
7. Alamar
8. Exit Through the Gift Shop
9. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
10. Inception

[origami_mustache]

He's the one putting in all the work to count things up. Simple courtesy would be to follow the guidelines or not participate at all. Acting put out over it is just obnoxious.

About as obnoxious as complaining about release dates. As far as I'm concerned my list is by U.S. release date. Ignore if it bothers you.

[Ezee E]

About as obnoxious as complaining about release dates. As far as I'm concerned my list is by U.S. release date. Ignore if it bothers you.
It's simply following the rules of it all more then anything.

[Spinal]

About as obnoxious as complaining about release dates.

How is setting parameters for a poll obnoxious?

[origami_mustache]

How is setting parameters for a poll obnoxious?

I guess I just disagree with the parameters. Just ignore my list...why fuss about it? Anyways the end result of this poll will be the most annoying part.

[Boner M]

btw, I'm gonna hold a competition on which celebrity will present the countdown. Keep in mind we have already done Megan Fox, Ben Foster, Ben Lyons and Danny Huston, and Armond has made numerous appearances.

PM me your choice.

[Spinal]

btw, I'm gonna hold a competition on which celebrity will present the countdown. Keep in mind we have already done Megan Fox, Ben Foster, Ben Lyons and Danny Huston, and Armond has made numerous appearances.

PM me your choice.

Done.

[Ezee E]

btw, I'm gonna hold a competition on which celebrity will present the countdown. Keep in mind we have already done Megan Fox, Ben Foster, Ben Lyons and Danny Huston, and Armond has made numerous appearances.

PM me your choice.

Who are some good choices for the year?

Lady Gaga...

Paz de la Huerta...

Ryan Reynolds...

Who else was a large source of discussion?

[baby doll]

Who are some good choices for the year?

Lady Gaga...

Paz de la Huerta...

Ryan Reynolds...

Who else was a large source of discussion?Hosni Mubarak?

[Adam]

baby doll should present best director at the Matchies

[Dukefrukem]

Who are some good choices for the year?

Lady Gaga...

Paz de la Huerta...

Ryan Reynolds...

Who else was a large source of discussion?

Brett Farve

[eternity]

Brett Farve

Ben Roethlisberger

[Ivan Drago]

Added Dogtooth at #6 and removed MacGruber.

[kopello]

1. Inception
2. Dogtooth
3. Enter the Void
4. The Social Network
5. Four Lions
6. The Ghost Writer
7. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
8. Catfish
9. The American
10. The Kids Are Alright

Edit. Forgot about the worst I saw:

1. The Town
2. Valentine's Day
3. Alice in Wonderland
4. Hot Tub Time Machine

[chrisnu]

1. Blue Valentine
2. Another Year
3. Black Swan
4. Inception
5. Never Let Me Go
6. The Social Network
7. Greenberg
8. Rabbit Hole
9. Shutter Island
10. The Kids Are All Right

2. Clash of the Titans
1. Alice in Wonderland

[baby doll]

Dogtooth in, Phillip Morris out (since nobody else is voting for it).

[Boner M]

Gonna close this thread on the 21st. On holiday from the 24th.

[Ivan Drago]

Added Blue Valentine at #5 and removed Scott Pilgrim vs. The World.

[Milky Joe]

1. Dogtooth
2. The Ghost Writer
3. Greenberg
4. MacGruber
5. Trash Humpers
6. I'm Still Here
7. Cyrus
8. True Grit
9. Of Gods and Men
10. Machete

Bottom 5:
5. Inception
4. The Other Guys
3. Enter the Void
2. Due Date
1. Cop Out

[Mysterious Dude]

This thread has been a good way to identify the attention whores.

[Boner M]

This thread has been a good way to identify the attention whores.
???

[Mysterious Dude]

You can make a new post in the thread saying 'updated with [title]' or whatever, but keep in mind such posting only makes you an attention whore, on account of nobody cares.
!!!

[Raiders]

Top Ten:
1. Dogtooth (Yorgos Lanthimos)
2. Let Me In (Matt Reeves)
3. The Ghost Writer (Roman Polanski)
4. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (Edgar Wright)
5. Blue Valentine (Derek Cianfrance)
6. Everyone Else (Maren Ade)
7. Mother (Bong Joon-ho)
8. True Grit (Coen Brothers)
9. Alamar (Pedro Gonzalez-Rubio)
10. Exit Through the Gift Shop (Bansky)

Bottom Five:
1. The Book of Eli (Hughes Brothers)
2. Iron Man 2 (John Favreau)
3. Letters to Juliet (Gary Winick)
4. Brooklyn's Finest (Antoine Fuqua)
5. Animal Kingdom (David Michod)

I'm not going to pretend to believe I'm actually going to get to Carlos or Greenberg over the next few days, but if I do I'll post the updated list if necessary.

[Ivan Drago]

!!!

Certainly wasn't trying to be one.

[Rowland]

I'm going to try to fit in Carlos, Father of My Children, and Another Year before the deadline, as well as a rewatch or two. I wish I could rewatch a bunch actually, but you know how time is.

[thefourthwall]

1. Secret Sunshine
2. Blue Valentine
3. I Am Love
4. Mother
5. The Social Network
6. Inception
7. Exit Through the Gift Shop
8. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
9. The Fighter
10. Winter’s Bone

[Boner M]

TWO MOAR DAYZ

[Bosco B Thug]

1. The Social Network
2. Wild Grass
3. Everyone Else
4. I Am Love
5. Vincere
6. A Prophet
7. The Ghost Writer
8. Mother
9. Dogtooth
10. True Grit

Blam.

[Megiddo]

1. Alamar
2. Dogtooth
3. Exit Through the Gift Shop
4. Blue Valentine
5. The Illusionist
6. A Prophet
7. Mother
8. Wild Grass
9. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
10. Enter The Void

[Kurosawa Fan]

Extend this by one day and I should have the opportunity to watch Blue Valentine, as well as True Grit. Don't, and I won't. It's your choice, Boner. Do as you see fit. Just know that if you don't, I'll hold it against you for an entire year.

[Rowland]

Edited my list one last time, didn't have time to see any more, really conflicted with some of the rankings, but whatever. Decided to be bold and personal with my top pick.

[Raiders]

Extend this by one day and I should have the opportunity to watch Blue Valentine, as well as True Grit. Don't, and I won't. It's your choice, Boner. Do as you see fit. Just know that if you don't, I'll hold it against you for an entire year.

According to the rules, there is no need for him to extend the deadline.


4. Deadline is late Feb, or alternatively, when Kurosawa Fan is happy with his list.

[Kurosawa Fan]

According to the rules, there is no need for him to extend the deadline.

I knew those rules would come in handy.



THE NEW DEADLINE IS AFTER I SEE BOTH BLUE VALENTINE AND TRUE GRIT. AND MAYBE 127 Hours.

[baby doll]

I knew those rules would come in handy.



THE NEW DEADLINE IS AFTER I SEE BOTH BLUE VALENTINE AND TRUE GRIT. AND MAYBE 127 Hours.Yeah, none of those movies are going to make your list. Just post it already.

[Ezee E]

I'm very curious what K-Fan will think of Blue Valentine actually.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Yeah, none of those movies are going to make your list. Just post it already.

I already did, you presumptuous ass.

[Raiders]

Yeah, none of those movies are going to make your list. Just post it already.

STFU and GTFO

[baby doll]

I'm very curious what K-Fan will think of Blue Valentine actually.It's definitely the most accomplished of the three movies he mentioned (although I did sort of like 127 Hours), but I can't imagine some one wanting to watch it a year from now.

[Boner M]

It's definitely the most accomplished of the three movies he mentioned (although I did sort of like 127 Hours), but I can't imagine some one wanting to watch it a year from now.
YOU GAVE HEREAFTER FOUR STARS

[baby doll]

YOU GAVE HEREAFTER FOUR STARSI've seen it twice already, and I'd see it again.

[Ezee E]

Well, as I've been quoted by Derek, Blue Valentine is one where I wonder if anyone would watch it a second time to begin with. Yeesh.

[Derek]

Decided to be bold and personal with my top pick.

Less bold when you have to tell people you're being bold's all I'm saying.


Well, as I've been quoted by Derek, Blue Valentine is one where I wonder if anyone would watch it a second time to begin with. Yeesh.

Let me break it down for you since you seem very confused for no good reason. The films people rewatch are often good films. Many people think Blue Valentine is a good film. Therefore, some of those many people will choose to rewatch Blue Valentine because it is a good film.

[Ezee E]

Let me break it down for you since you seem very confused for no good reason. The films people rewatch are often good films. Many people think Blue Valentine is a good film. Therefore, some of those many people will choose to rewatch Blue Valentine because it is a good film.

Yeah, rewatching this is like deciding to watch a funeral a second time on tape.

[Rowland]

Less bold when you have to tell people you're being bold's all I'm saying.All that you have said sucks.

[baby doll]

Let me break it down for you since you seem very confused for no good reason. The films people rewatch are often good films. Many people think Blue Valentine is a good film. Therefore, some of those many people will choose to rewatch Blue Valentine because it is a good film.Yeah, it's okay, but they just had another Sundance Film Festival, so we've got a lot of new product coming down the pipes that we're going to have to pretend is important in twelve months for the sake of year end awards when we're all scrounging to come up with five best actress nominees. I mean, who the hell remembers The Savages or The Station Agent or Girlfight? Is Blue Valentine really that much better than the ghosts of Sundance past? I don't think it's even the best Sundance movie with these actors (I prefer Half Nelson and Wendy and Lucy, and maybe The Slaughter Rule while we're at it).

[Rowland]

Wendy and LucyI like this movie more than 98% of the 2010 releases I've seen. Not true of Blue Valentine. But that movie's okay. A little awesome. Very little.

[Milky Joe]

The Savages is excellent.

[Llopin]

Have a crapload to see, but since ya'll on a hurry...

1. Blue Valentine
2. Exit Through the Gift Shop
3. Carlos
4. Idiots and Angels
5. Toy Story 3
6. Black Swan
7. Inception
8. Dogtooth
9. A Prophet

[baby doll]

The Savages is excellent.I felt like I was forgetting it as I was watching it. I mean, I guess it's an okay actors' vehicle for Linney and Hoffman (both of whom I like), but it has no more formal interest than Please Give or The Messenger or most other Sundance mediocrities.

[Derek]

Yeah, rewatching this is like deciding to watch a funeral a second time on tape.

You are a silly man. Yes, it's a sad movie, but it's beautifully shot and incredibly well-acted. I don't see why it's so hard to see why someone would rewatch it or, more importantly, why the fuck it matters so much that you continually mention it as if the fact that it's so powerful you wouldn't want to see it again is somehow a knock against the film. It's vexing, E.


All that you have said sucks.

That's bold, Jerry. Bold!


Is Blue Valentine really that much better than the ghosts of Sundance past? I don't think it's even the best Sundance movie with these actors (I prefer Half Nelson and Wendy and Lucy, and maybe The Slaughter Rule while we're at it).

I like it a tad more that the first two, never seen the second. But yes, it's a lot better than The Savages and Girlfight.

[Derek]

I felt like I was forgetting it as I was watching it. I mean, I guess it's an okay actors' vehicle for Linney and Hoffman (both of whom I like), but it has no more formal interest than Please Give or The Messenger or most other Sundance mediocrities.

This I agree with. It felt like an exercise in miserabilism, yet for those who like it, I still could understand why they'd want to rewatch it.

[Raiders]

Yeah, it's okay, but they just had another Sundance Film Festival, so we've got a lot of new product coming down the pipes that we're going to have to pretend is important in twelve months for the sake of year end awards when we're all scrounging to come up with five best actress nominees. I mean, who the hell remembers The Savages or The Station Agent or Girlfight? Is Blue Valentine really that much better than the ghosts of Sundance past? I don't think it's even the best Sundance movie with these actors (I prefer Half Nelson and Wendy and Lucy, and maybe The Slaughter Rule while we're at it).

Your need to label films ("Oscar bait," "Sundance," etc.), whether others would agree with said label or not, and then use that arbitrary label as some definitive critique of the particular film is silly and amusing to me.

[Ezee E]

You are a silly man. Yes, it's a sad movie, but it's beautifully shot and incredibly well-acted. I don't see why it's so hard to see why someone would rewatch it or, more importantly, why the fuck it matters so much that you continually mention it as if the fact that it's so powerful you wouldn't want to see it again is somehow a knock against the film. It's vexing, E.


Never said it as a knock to the movie actually.

[Derek]

Never said it as a knock to the movie actually.

I guess I'm confused why you said it (repeatedly) at all.

[Ezee E]

I guess I'm confused why you said it (repeatedly) at all.
It really all comes to the quote you took from me, in which I said I wouldn't really describe the movie as "awesome" to someone. Not the best wording.

But feel free to backlog posts if you want to.

[Rowland]

That's bold, Jerry. Bold!I only meant "bold" in the sense that I chose a film nobody else is likely to even include in their lists, so it won't have any bearing on the final results. Obviously a poor choice of words, I should have said idiosyncratic or something. *curls into defensive Metroid-ball position, weeps*

[Henry Gale]

There's still a seemingly significant bunch of stuff I need to see, but in terms of how things roughly look for me before the deadline:

1. Inception
2. Black Swan
3. 127 Hours
4. Exit Through The Gift Shop
5. Shutter Island
6. Let Me In
7. The American
8. Blue Valentine
9. Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 1
10. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

[Derek]

It really all comes to the quote you took from me, in which I said I wouldn't really describe the movie as "awesome" to someone. Not the best wording.

But feel free to backlog posts if you want to.

True nuff. I probably wouldn't say it's "awesome" in the same way I'd say, like, The Big Lebowski is "awesome," but I don't see what makes Blue Valentine so utterly depressing that you can't understand how anyone could ever want to sit through it again. I mean, films like Mulholland Dr. and Taxi Driver are draining, powerful films yet I can't imagine you'd be shocked to hear people have seen them more than once. Not comparing them qualitywise, just trying to get why people rewatching a film that they like a lot is such a hard concept to grasp.


I only meant "bold" in the sense that I chose a film nobody else is likely to even include in their lists, so it won't have any bearing on the final results. Obviously a poor choice of words, I should have said idiosyncratic or something. *curls into defensive Metroid-ball position, weeps*

I knew what you meant. I was only giving you a hard time. :)

[baby doll]

Your need to label films ("Oscar bait," "Sundance," etc.), whether others would agree with said label or not, and then use that arbitrary label as some definitive critique of the particular film is silly and amusing to me.I've just been down this road so many times over the years. Sundance tends to support a certain kind of cinema that is more script- and actor-driven--which is to say, fairly conservative. It's hard to sell audacious formal experiments to a mass audience (how do you sell Film socialisme to some one who's never seen a Godard movie?). But an Ozarks noir, or a feel-good comedy about a lesbian marriage, or breakup movie with two attractive stars giving Oscar-caliber performances. These films might not sell themselves precisely, but they can be marketed to a fairly wide audience.

So Harvey Weinstein goes to Sundance and picks up Blue Valentine. And a few months later, it opens in limited release. Of course, there are better options out there, but if you're a reviewer, why waste your breath on something like Les Herbes folles, which is simply too weird for mass consumption? On the other hand, Blue Valentine could go wide and get an Oscar nomination--and compared to most other movies in wide release right now, it looks pretty good. So all the reviewers give it unambiguous rave reviews with particular emphasis on how good the two leads are, so that people in Cincinnati will see the film when it opens wide.

Here's another example: Why did Ebert put The Kids Are All Right in his top ten for the year if not to try to influence the Oscar race? Did the film really grow on him in the months after he wrote his three and a half star review? Did the film reveal new aspects of itself to him on second and third viewing? Or is it more likely that he thought Annette Benning deserved an Oscar nomination, and was worried that Academy voters would forget a movie that opened back in the summer?

[elixir]

Well (and I'm not trying to defend exactly, just explain), I noticed that Ebert has many different lists--a top 10, but then a top 10 documentaries, top 10 animated films, top 10 foreign films, and top 10 "art" films (however he defines that...). So, it's almost like the top 10 is for the mainstream audience. I don't know why he does that though.

I'm not sure why you are making out script-driven and/or actor-driven movies to be an inherently bad thing.

Anyhow, I wanted to get to more movies, but I don't have time.

1. Our Beloved Month of August
2. Mother
3. Alamar
4. Another Year
5. Secret Sunshine
6. Exit Through the Gift Shop
7. A Prophet
8. Dogtooth
9. The Social Network
10. Everyone Else

ETA: Five Worst
1. Leap Year
2. Morning Glory
3. Death at a Funeral
4. Enter The Void
5. The Fighter

Edit: Put in Another Year, and switched rankings around a little.

[baby doll]

I'm not sure why you are making out script-driven and/or actor-driven movies to be an inherently bad thing.Obviously they aren't, but none of those movies I mentioned (Blue Valentine, The Kids Are All Right, and I could add Please Give and Winter's Bone) has very much, if any, stylistic interest. Les Herbes folles is also fairly script- and actor-driven, but that didn't stop Resnais from having an interesting style.

[Raiders]

Are we just going to make this deadline the same as the MC Awards, this Sunday?

[Boner M]

Blue Valentine...[not] very much, if any, stylistic interest.
I don't see this; the use of video & 16mm for past and present scenes, the pervasive use of reflective surfaces, the echoing opening & closing shots, the deliberate spatial disorientation in the 'future room' scenes... no matter what you think of the film, there are a number of facets that show Cianfrance has a very specific visual plan for it. To lump it in with a point-and-shoot affair like Please Give is just absurd.

EDIT: FWIW, Cianfrance was a student of Stan Brakhage.

[Raiders]

I don't see this; the use of video & 16mm for past and present scenes, the pervasive use of reflective surfaces, the echoing opening & closing shots, the deliberate spatial disorientation in the 'future room' scenes... no matter what you think of the film, there are a number of facets that show Cianfrance has a very specific visual plan for it. To lump it in with a point-and-shoot affair like Please Give is just absurd.

I tried this already in the 2010 Database thread.

[Boner M]

I tried this already in the 2010 Database thread.
I got your back now, at least.

[lovejuice]

just edit in black swan. too late, probably. :sad:

[Boner M]

just edit in black swan. too late, probably. :sad:
Nah, I'm on holiday til March 4th. I'll close it then.

[Boner M]

I've got a shit-ton of work over the weekend; I'll leave this thing open til Monday.

Spinal is the winner of the guest-host competition. Won't reveal who the guest is til the countdown starts, tho. Thanks to all those who PM'd suggestions.

[Spinal]

Spinal is the winner of the guest-host competition. Won't reveal who the guest is til the countdown starts, tho. Thanks to all those who PM'd suggestions.

This is gonna be great.

[Rowland]

I'm going to guess.

Paz de la Huerta?

[Boner M]

Mods, lock the thread? Gonna tabulate this tonight and post the countdown a few days after the Matchies are finished.