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Boner M
11-02-2007, 10:14 PM
I'll tally them next year and do a big countdown like last time.

1. Syndromes and a Century (Weerasethakul)
2. There Will Be Blood (Anderson)
3. I Don't Want to Sleep Alone (Tsai)
4. Zodiac (Fincher)
5. No Country For Old Men (Coen)
6. The Wayward Cloud (Tsai)
7. Lady Chatterley (Ferran)
8. Regular Lovers (Garrel)
9. Death Proof (Tarantino)
10. Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten (Temple)

monolith94
11-02-2007, 10:17 PM
From the other thread:

1. I'm Not There
2. Paprika
3. Once
4. Black Book
5. Hot Fuzz
6. Leben der Anderen, Das
7. Wind That Shakes the Barley, The
8. In the Shadow of the Moon
9. 28 Weeks Later...
10. Lady Chatterley

Watching Across the Universe did nothing to change it. I suppose Rescue Dawn has a chance.

Sven
11-02-2007, 10:17 PM
1 Black Book
2 The Darjeeling Limited
3 Death Proof
4 Hot Fuzz
5 Hairspray
6 Rescue Dawn
7 Live Free or Die Hard
8 Paprika
9 Ocean's 13

I'm going to see Before the Devil Knows You're Dead tonite, so hopefully I'll have ten after that.

Sycophant
11-02-2007, 10:22 PM
As it stands, by US release date (though I think I'm forgetting something?):

1. Paprika
2. Triad Election
3. The Darjeeling Limited
4. The Host
5. Hot Fuzz
6. Gone Baby Gone
7. Once
8. Offside
9. Michael Clayton
10. Exiled

11. King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
12. Zodiac
13. Year of the Dog
14. Death Proof
15. Ratatouille
16. Away from Her
17. Syndromes and a Century
18. 28 Weeks Later
19. Superbad
20. Black Book

I've seen 2007 releases.

Boner M
11-02-2007, 10:24 PM
This year's countdown thread was so much fun; I'm already getting ideas for the next one...

Philosophe_rouge
11-02-2007, 10:32 PM
1. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
2. Zodiac
3. Black Book
4. Eastern Promises
5. Bourne Ultimatum
6. The Darjeeling Limited
7. Away From Her
8. Ratatouille
9. No End in Sight
10. Once

soitgoes...
11-02-2007, 10:38 PM
1. Hot Fuzz
2. Ratatouille
3. The Lives of Others
4. Into Great Silence
5. Planet Terror
6. 12:08 East of Bucharest
7. Zodiac
8. Election 2
9. Time
10. Death Proof

I really can't see the last 4 or so being on this at the end of the year. Actually a couple years from now, as I see more films from this year, there's a good chance all but the first couple will be on my Top 10.

Spinal
11-02-2007, 10:39 PM
Here's where I am so far:

1. Once
2. The Lives of Others
3. Paprika
4. Red Road
5. Across the Universe
6. Black Book
7. Ratatouille
8. Bothersome Man
9. Fido
10. Meet the Robinsons

Derek
11-02-2007, 10:49 PM
1. I'm Not There (Todd Haynes)
2. The Host (Joon-ho Bong)
3. Redacted (Brian De Palma)
4. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Julian Schnabel)
5. Paprika (Satoshi Kon)
6. Paranoid Park (Gus Van Sant)
7. Private Fears in Public Places (Alain Resnais)
8. Sunshine (Danny Boyle)
9. The Darjeeling Limited (Wes Anderson)
10. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (Sidney Lumet)

Watashi
11-02-2007, 11:18 PM
1. Ratatouille (Brad Bird)
2. Lars and the Real Girl (Craig Gillespie)
3. Once (John Carney)
4. Zodiac (David Fincher)
5. Paprika (Satoshi Kon)
6. Seraphim Falls (David Von Ancken)
7. The Bourne Ultimatum (Paul Greengrass)
8. The Darjeeling Limited (Wes Anderson)
9. Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (Zach Helm)
10. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (David Yates)

jenniferofthejungle
11-02-2007, 11:28 PM
I haven't seen enough this year.

1. Hot Fuzz
2. Zodiac
3. Ratatouille (the idea of a rat in the kitchen still freaks me the hell out)
4. The Bourne Ultimatum
5. 28 Weeks Later
6. Meet the Robinsons
7. The Host
8. Live Free or Die Hard
9. Superbad
10. Grindhouse

I only love about half of those.

Sycophant
11-02-2007, 11:30 PM
I only love about half of those.The bottom half? :confused:

Raiders
11-02-2007, 11:58 PM
1. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
2. Ratatouille
3. The Host
4. Persepolis
5. 28 Weeks Later
6. Zodiac
7. The Last Winter
8. Once
9. Sunshine
10. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

baby doll
11-03-2007, 12:01 AM
I didn't do a proper top ten list last year, and it doesn't look like I'm going to be doing one this year. And even if I did, I'd limit myself to a top eight since the last two are always filler choices anyway. So far, the only new movies I've seen three times (and therefore the only ones eligible for my list) are Philippe Garrel's Les Amants réguliers, David Lynch's Inland Empire and Jafar Panahi's Offside, though I do intend to take another look at Brand Upon the Brain! and Hairspray once they come out on video, and I need to see Climates again just to figured out what the hell happened (spoiler: can a bad relationship turn some one to vapour?), plus I still haven't seen Black Book or Coeurs. Also, I'm not counting Béla Tarr's The Man From London, which I saw at a festival, as a 2007 film due to the ephemeral, "now it's here, now it's gone forever" nature of festivals.

jenniferofthejungle
11-03-2007, 12:02 AM
The bottom half? :confused:

Top half.

And I think I have seen more 2007 releases, but unless I'm looking at a master list I honestly forget what I've seen from week to week.

Silencio
11-03-2007, 04:29 AM
1. The Assassination of Jesse James
2. Once
3. The Lives of Others
4. Black Book
5. Away From Her
6. Paprika
7. Sunshine
8. Death Proof
9. Lust, Caution
10. The Darjeeling Limited

Mr. Valentine
11-03-2007, 04:45 AM
1. Death Proof
2. Ratatouille
3. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
4. The Lives of Others
5. The Host
6. Tekkonkinkreet
7. Sicko
8. Superbad
9. Zodiac
10. Shoot 'Em Up

DSNT
11-03-2007, 05:31 AM
I'm still way behind on 2007 releases:

1. The Lives of Others
2. Zodiac
3. No End In Sight
4. Hot Fuzz
5. Knocked Up
6. Into the Wild
7. Paris, Je T'aime
8. 1408
9. Planet Terror
10. The Lookout

Lucky
11-03-2007, 06:44 AM
Out of 19:

1. The Lives of Others
2. Stardust
3. Knocked Up
4. Death Proof
5. Southland Tales
6. Waitress
7. Black Book
8. Black Snake Moan
9. Paris, Je T'Aime
10. Zodiac

Briare
11-03-2007, 07:33 AM
1. Sunshine
2. The Darjeeling Limited
3. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
4. Sleuth
5. Sicko
6. Black Snake Moan
7. Ratatouille
8. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
9. Stardust
10. The Hoax

Out of 78 so far.

Ivan Drago
11-03-2007, 02:14 PM
1. Grindhouse 12
2. Superbad 10
3. There Will Be Blood 9.5
4. No Country For Old Men 9.5
5. Atonement 9
6. Once 9
7. Hot Fuzz 9
8. The Assassination of Jesse James 9
9. Ratatouille 9
10. 300 8.5


11. Enchanted 8.5
12. Transformers 8.5
13. Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story 8
14. Spider-Man 3 8
15. Sweeney Todd 8
16. Beowulf 8
17. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 8
18. Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theaters 7.5
19. I Am Legend 8
20. Reign Over Me 8
21. Surf’s Up 7.5
22. Charlie Wilson's War 7.5
23. 3:10 To Yuma 7.5
24. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End 7.5
25. Across The Universe 7
26. The Simpsons Movie 7
27. Blades of Glory 7
28. Juno 7
29. 30 Days of Night 7
30. Knocked Up 7
31. Black Snake Moan 7
32. Hairspray 6.5
33. The Lookout 6
34. Shrek The Third 5.5
35. Zodiac 4.5
36. Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem 4
37. Rush Hour 3 3
38. Pathfinder 1.5

monolith94
11-03-2007, 03:30 PM
From the other thread:

1. I'm Not There
2. Paprika
3. Once
4. Black Book
5. Hot Fuzz
6. Leben der Anderen, Das
7. Wind That Shakes the Barley, The
8. In the Shadow of the Moon
9. 28 Weeks Later...
10. Lady Chatterley

Watching Across the Universe did nothing to change it. I suppose Rescue Dawn has a chance.
Nope, Rescue Dawn wasn't good enough. I guess Lust Caution will be the next film with a chance.

Grouchy
11-03-2007, 08:38 PM
By IMDb release date:

1. Zodiac
2. Ratatouille
3. Shoot 'em up
4. Michael Clayton
5. The Simpsons Movie
6. Sicko
7. The Bourne Ultimatum
8. Noise
9. Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron
10. Live Free or Die Hard

And the worst of the year so far is The Invasion. I've only seen 20 films.

Philosophe_rouge
11-03-2007, 08:41 PM
I didn't do a proper top ten list last year, and it doesn't look like I'm going to be doing one this year. And even if I did, I'd limit myself to a top eight since the last two are always filler choices anyway. So far, the only new movies I've seen three times (and therefore the only ones eligible for my list) are Philippe Garrel's Les Amants réguliers, David Lynch's Inland Empire and Jafar Panahi's Offside, though I do intend to take another look at Brand Upon the Brain! and Hairspray once they come out on video, and I need to see Climates again just to figured out what the hell happened (spoiler: can a bad relationship turn some one to vapour?), plus I still haven't seen Black Book or Coeurs. Also, I'm not counting Béla Tarr's The Man From London, which I saw at a festival, as a 2007 film due to the ephemeral, "now it's here, now it's gone forever" nature of festivals.
LOVE the new user name Domino. Baby Doll is one of my all time favourites.

Rowland
11-03-2007, 09:03 PM
I have seen 40 movies (US release date) that I've given positive scores:

1. Gone Baby Gone
2. The Taste of Tea
3. Offside
4. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
5. Once
6. Black Snake Moan
7. 28 Weeks Later
8. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
9. Zodiac
10. Paprika

11. Strange Circus
12. Stardust
13. Away From Her
14. Hot Fuzz
15. Spider-Man 3
16. Vacancy
17. Sunshine
18 3:10 to Yuma
19. Eastern Promises
20. Superbad

21. The Host
22. The Bourne Ultimatum
23. Grindhouse
24. 2 Days in Paris
25. Michael Clayton
26. Bug
27. Hairspray
28. Knocked Up
29. The Abandoned
30. DOA: Dead or Alive

31. Halloween
32. Disturbia
33. Across the Universe
34. Broken English
35. Tears of the Black Tiger
36. Severance
37. Mr. Brooks
38. Flight of the Living Dead: Outbreak on a Plane
39. Dead Mary
40. Live Free or Die Hard

megladon8
11-03-2007, 09:09 PM
I really haven't seen many 2007 movies, but I'd probably rank them something like this...

1.) Gone Baby Gone
2.) Sunshine
3.) Ratatatouille
4.) The Taste of Tea
5.) 28 Weeks Later
6.) The Bourne Ultimatum
7.) 3:10 to Yuma
8.) Superbad
9.) The Simpsons Movie
10.) Shoot 'Em Up

eternity
11-03-2007, 09:14 PM
I'll make a top ten once I see about fifty more movies that I need to see for this year.

Morris Schæffer
11-03-2007, 10:51 PM
The Bourne Ultimatum
Hot Fuzz
Live Free or Die Hard
Ratatouille
Zodiac
Transformers
Sunshine
Disturbia
Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix
Shooter

I've yet to see something truly great this year.

NickGlass
11-04-2007, 12:40 AM
I really like these. These are special.

12:08 East of Bucharest
Day Night/Day Night
Dans Paris
I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
I'm Not There
The King of Kong
My Kid Could Paint That
Paprika
Ratatouille
The Wayward Cloud

chrisnu
11-04-2007, 05:15 AM
Meh. My list is going to suck. Haven't seen enough films.

1. Zodiac
2. The Lives of Others
3. Black Book
4. Hot Fuzz
5. Sleuth
6. Black Snake Moan
7. Ratatouille
8. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
9. Eastern Promises
10. The Darjeeling Limited

Just missed: Away from Her

megladon8
11-04-2007, 07:40 PM
Edited my list to add Gone Baby Gone.

origami_mustache
11-05-2007, 01:47 AM
1. I'm Not There
2. No Country For Old Men
3. There Will Be Blood
4. Brand Upon the Brain
5. The Wayward Cloud
6. Secret Sunshine
7. The Wind That Shakes The Barley
8. The Darjeeling Limited
9. Eastern Promises
10. The Flight of the Red Balloon

Duncan
11-05-2007, 04:35 AM
1. The Man From London
2. I'm Not There
3. The Assassination of Jesse James etc.
4. The Darjeeling Limited
5. The Wind that Shakes the Barley
6. Into the Wild
7. Flight of the Red Balloon
8. Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten
9. The Lives of Others
10. The Bourne Ultimatum

baby doll
11-05-2007, 03:48 PM
LOVE the new user name Domino. Baby Doll is one of my all time favourites.To return the favor, anyone with a Miriam Hopkins avatar is alright by me (although I don't recognize the film).

Philosophe_rouge
11-05-2007, 04:26 PM
To return the favor, anyone with a Miriam Hopkins avatar is alright by me (although I don't recognize the film).
It's from The Story of Temple Drake. Hard to find, but worth seeing if only for the pre-code excellence.

Raiders
11-05-2007, 04:30 PM
Added Wes Anderson's film at #10.

Fezzik
11-05-2007, 06:57 PM
1. Ratatouille
2. Gone Baby Gone
3. Zodiac
4. Hot Fuzz
5. The Bourne Ultimatum
6. Away From Her
7. Knocked Up
8. Once
9. Hairspray
10. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Briare
11-06-2007, 05:43 AM
edited to include Sleuth

Cult
11-06-2007, 09:58 PM
01. Black Book (Paul Verhoeven)
02. Redacted (Brian De Palma)
03. The Host (Bong Joon-ho)
04. Bug (William Friedkin)
05. The Man from London (Bela Tarr)
06. Still Life (Jia Zhang-ke)
07. Paprika (Satoshi Kon)
08. My Winnipeg (Guy Maddin)
09. Dead Time (Joko Anwar)
10. Love Conquers All (Tan Chui Mui)

Duncan
11-06-2007, 10:00 PM
I'd love to see My Winnipeg.

edit: Speaking of Winnipeg, I tried to tell someone the other night that Winnie the Pooh was name after the city, but that person would not believe me. Winnipeg gets no respect. It's more like Eeyore than Winnie.

Cult
11-06-2007, 10:04 PM
I'd love to see My Winnipeg.

edit: Speaking of Winnipeg, I tried to tell someone the other night that Winnie the Pooh was name after the city, but that person would not believe me. Winnipeg gets no respect. It's more like Eeyore than Winnie.
It's great. I still regret missing Brand Upon the Brain!, for reasons including that I suspect they're sort of companion pieces (about his childhood, etc).

You're right about Winnie as far as I've heard. And while I'm sure the city is great, the movie doesn't really make you wanna go there. :P

origami_mustache
11-06-2007, 11:21 PM
I didn't care much for Coeurs. Anyone care to explain the hype other than the fact Alain Resnais directed it?

These were my initial thoughts on the film:
Based on Alan Ayckbourn's stage play Private Fears in Public Places is an uninteresting character study that offers nothing new as it's basically just another ensemble piece that loosely connects a group of people through hard to swallow coincidence. Even worse, the film is excessively talky, and I found the sets and lighting, as well as the acting to be overly stagey and artificial. The use of the falling snow as a transition between scenes is also rather phony and becomes redundant. The film is all too melodramatic and not so subtle, commenting on solitude, alienation, relationships, the guise of religion, etc. At times it felt like I was watching a television movie you'd see on the Lifetime channel, which is why I'm usually not fond of stage plays converted to film.

kamran
11-06-2007, 11:31 PM
Kind of useless, because these will change significantly in the next few weeks, but list-making is one of my passions.

By imdb release dates:
1. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford [Andrew Dominik]
2. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days [Cristia Mungiu]
3. Zodiac [David Fincher]
4. I'm Not There [Todd Haynes]
5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [David Yates]
6. Michael Clayton [Tony Gilroy]
7. Saawariya [Sanjay Leela Bhansali]
8. Sleuth [Kenneth Branagh]
9. Planet Terror [Robert Rodriguez]
10. The Last Lear [Rituparno Ghosh]

By U.S./Canadian release dates:
1. The Wayward Cloud [Ming-liang Tsai]
2. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford [Andrew Dominik]
3. Away from Her [Sarah Polley]
4. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days [Cristian Mungiu]
5. Offside [Jafar Panahi]
6. The Namesake [Mira Nair]
7. Zodiac [David Fincher]
8. I'm Not There [Todd Haynes]
8. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [David Yates]
10. Michael Clayton [Tony Gilroy]

EDIT: Whoops, forgot the Haynes film in the second list.

origami_mustache
11-06-2007, 11:42 PM
To see list:

Syndromes and a Century
The Man From London
4 Months, 3 Weeks, and Two Days
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
There Will Be Blood
My Winnipeg
Control
Snow Angels
My Blueberry Nights
Lars and the Real Girl
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Atonement

soitgoes...
11-10-2007, 12:42 AM
Updated with Into Great Silence and Time. Across the Universe has since been seen too, but as it's a big steaming pile of disappointment with a few nice visuals, it will therefore be in contention for bottom 10.

Spinal
11-10-2007, 12:58 AM
Across the Universe has since been seen too, but as it's a big steaming pile of disappointment with a few nice visuals, it will therefore be in contention for bottom 10.

Bah.

soitgoes...
11-10-2007, 01:44 AM
Bah.
I really wanted to like it. I'm a huge Beatles fan, so the idea of a film full of Beatles tunes really had my interest piqued. It just seemed as if every scene was written in order to set up the next musical number. It had a very disjointed feel to me. It does have some nice scenes, "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" and "Come Together" being a couple of examples, but it fell flat far to often. Also, what exactly was the purpose of Prudence? I realize she's suppose to be a lesbian, but do we really care? She has a musical number (perhaps the best in the movie), moves to NYC, comes in through the bathroom window, desires Sadie, and has to be coaxed out of the closet (ugh) by the song "Dear Prudence". Her inclusion feels as a way to incorporate more Beatle songs and references, not to add to the story.

eternity
11-10-2007, 09:55 PM
1. Juno (Jason Reitman)
2. Control (Anton Corbijn)
3. The TV Set (Jake Kasdan)
4. The Tracey Fragments (Bruce McDonald)
5. Wristcutters: A Love Story (Goran Dukic)
6. SiCKO (Michael Moore)
7. Across the Universe (Julie Taymor)
8. In the Land of Women (Jon Kasdan)
9. Superbad (Greg Motolla)
10. The Lookout (Scott Frank)

Possible Movies That I Need To See That Could Make the Top Ten:
21

Total Movies Seen:
104

Sycophant
11-10-2007, 10:16 PM
1. The TV Set (Jake Kasdan)Color me surprised.

Kurosawa Fan
11-10-2007, 10:42 PM
Color me surprised.

Me too. Mediocre and scattershot from start to finish. It had it's moments, but nowhere near top ten material.

Raiders
11-11-2007, 03:53 AM
Persepolis in at #4.

eternity
11-11-2007, 05:48 AM
Color me surprised.
I thought it was brilliant, but maybe it's because I'm such a TV ratings junkie.

Sven
11-11-2007, 06:16 AM
1 No Country for Old Men
2 Black Book
3 The Darjeeling Limited
4 Death Proof
5 Hot Fuzz
6 Hairspray
7 Rescue Dawn
8 Live Free or Die Hard
9 Paprika
10 Ocean's 13

A satisfying list.

Sycophant
11-11-2007, 07:01 AM
Persepolis in at #4.Ooh! I'm glad to hear it.

monolith94
11-11-2007, 04:07 PM
From the other thread:

1. I'm Not There
2. Paprika
3. Once
4. Black Book
5. Hot Fuzz
6. Leben der Anderen, Das
7. Wind That Shakes the Barley, The
8. In the Shadow of the Moon
9. 28 Weeks Later...
10. Lady Chatterley

Watching Across the Universe did nothing to change it. I suppose Rescue Dawn has a chance.

New:

1. I'm Not There
2. Paprika
3. Once
4. Gone Baby Gone
5. Black Book
6. Hot Fuzz
7. Leben der Anderen, Das
8. Wind That Shakes the Barley, The
9. In the Shadow of the Moon
10. Lady Chatterley

Honorably Mention:
28 Weeks Later...

Mysterious Dude
11-12-2007, 10:30 PM
I think my list is presentable now.

1. No Country for Old Men
2. Once
3. Zodiac
4. Journey from the Fall
5. Michael Clayton
6. The Lives of Others
7. Ratatouille
8. Wristcutters
9. Talk to Me
10. 3:10 to Yuma

Torgo
11-13-2007, 03:25 PM
1. No Country for Old Men
2. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
3. Zodiac
4. Ratatouille
5. Michael Clayton
6. Eastern Promises
7. The Bourne Ultimatum
8. Superbad
9. Juno
10. Sweeney Todd

Kurosawa Fan
11-15-2007, 09:18 PM
Top Ten:
1. Zodiac - 9.5
2. The Lives of Others - 9.0
3. Paprika - 9.0
4. The Darjeeling Limited - 9.0
5. The King of Kong - 9.0
6. Avenue Montaigne - 9.0
7. The Assassination of Jesse James - 8.5
8. Black Book - 8.5
9. Sicko - 8.0
10. The Simpsons Movie - 8.0

Bottom Ten:
10. The Wind that Shakes the Barley - 5.0
9. Into the Wild - 5.0
8. Grind House - 5.0
7. Disturbia - 5.0
6. Severance - 3.5
5. Crazy Love - 3.0
4. Superbad - 3.0
3. 1408 - 2.5
2. Bee Movie - 2.0
1. Redacted - 1.5

Ezee E
11-15-2007, 09:27 PM
No Country For Old Men will probably make my list.

Boner M
11-15-2007, 09:33 PM
Bottom 10:

1. Smokin' Aces
2-10. Smokin' Aces

Derek
11-15-2007, 09:44 PM
Bottom 10:

10. TMNT (Kevin Munroe)
9. Reno 911!: Miami (Ben Garant)
8. Resident Evil: Extinction (Russell Mulcahy)
7. Duck (Nic Bettauer)
6. Juno (Ivan Reitman)
5. The Ten (David Wain)
4. Ghost Rider (Mark Steven Johnson)
3. Reservation Road (Terry George)
2. Delta Farce (C.B. Harding)
1. Smiley Face (Gregg Araki)

soitgoes...
11-15-2007, 09:52 PM
Oooo, I wanna play!
Bottom 10:
10. Across the Universe
9. The Host
8. Vacancy
7. Alpha Dog
6. Shrek the Third
5. 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer
4. 300
3. The Number 23
2. Transformers
1. Black Sheep

DSNT
11-15-2007, 11:10 PM
Bottom 10:
10. Blades of Glory
9. Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theaters
8. Alpha Dog
7. The Astronaut Farmer
6. Days of Glory
5. You Kill Me
4. Music & Lyrics
3. Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
2. Ghost Rider
1. 300

chrisnu
11-16-2007, 12:13 AM
Bottom 6. I haven't seen enough bad movies.

6. Reno 911!: Miami
5. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
4. The Hunting Party
3. 300
2. Smokin' Aces
1. Ghost Rider

DSNT
11-16-2007, 12:20 AM
Bottom 10:
10. Blades of Glory
9. Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theaters
8. Alpha Dog
7. The Astronaut Farmer
6. Days of Glory
5. You Kill Me
4. Music & Lyrics
3. Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
2. Ghost Rider
1. 300
I forgot about Reno 911:

10. Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theaters
9. Alpha Dog
8. The Astronaut Farmer
7. Days of Glory
6. Reno 911
5. You Kill Me
4. Music & Lyrics
3. Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
2. Ghost Rider
1. 300[

Ezee E
11-16-2007, 04:15 PM
Top Ten Worst:

1. Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie
2. Rails & Ties
3. Hostel: Part II
4. The Ballad of Esequiel Hernandez
5. Resident Evil: Extinction
6. Reno 911: Miami
7. The Darjeeling Limited
8. Day Night Day Night
9. Cargo 2000
10. The Wind That Shakes The Barley

Heh, quite the diverse list.

Philosophe_rouge
11-16-2007, 04:50 PM
I try to avoid films I know I won't like, so my list is more dissapointing films than outright terrible.

8. Knocked Up
7. The Wind that Shakes the Barley
6. Sunshine
5. 28 Weeks Later
4. The Lookout
3. Into the Wild
2. After the Wedding
1. Fracture

balmakboor
11-16-2007, 05:08 PM
Bottom 10:

1. Smiley Face (Gregg Araki)

I didn't know Araki had something new out. I loved Mysterious Skin, The Living End, and Totally F***ed Up. What went wrong with this one?

Sycophant
11-16-2007, 05:22 PM
What I've seen this year under 3 stars:

8. The TV Set
7. Shoot 'Em Up
6. Talk to Me
5. Fido
4. Blades of Glory
3. Ming Ming
2. Severance
1. Black Sheep

Derek
11-16-2007, 05:39 PM
I didn't know Araki had something new out. I loved Mysterious Skin, The Living End, and Totally F***ed Up. What went wrong with this one?

I loved Mysteriously Skin which is the only other film I've seen by him. This one's about Anna Farris getting stoned and acting mentally retarded for 90 minutes. It's supposed to be funny, but it's so over-the-top that nearly every scene is grating and unbearable.

balmakboor
11-16-2007, 05:39 PM
5. Fido


I've heard a lot of people disliking this. This is easily my greatest disappointment of the year because it is such a great concept. I'll still check it out most likely.

My personal favorite zombie concept that I hope Romero will film some day (he did, sort of, during the first few minutes of Land of the Dead) is to show us a world where zombies are almost all that's left and show them forming communities and starting civilization over from scratch. A band of humans would be the threatening invaders seen from the zombie's pov.

Sycophant
11-16-2007, 05:43 PM
I've heard a lot of people disliking this. This is easily my greatest disappointment of the year because it is such a great concept. I'll still check it out most likely.I'd say that you should. I think I'm by far this board's biggest detractor--Spinal actually has it in his top ten currently. Myself, I loved the first fifteen or twenty minutes and then watched in horror as the film ran out of things to do and careened out of control and crashed into that stupid tree everyone's always on about.


My personal favorite zombie concept that I hope Romero will film some day (he did, sort of, during the first few minutes of Land of the Dead) is to show us a world where zombies are almost all that's left and show them forming communities and starting civilization over from scratch. A band of humans would be the threatening invaders seen from the zombie's pov.
Well, I'd buy that for a dollar!

Briare
11-16-2007, 05:52 PM
Bottom 10:
10 Illegal Tender
9 Knocked Up
8 I Know Who Killed Me
7 Captivity
6 Breach
5 The Abandoned
4 Spider-Man 3
3 300
2 Dan in Real Life
1 Evening

balmakboor
11-16-2007, 06:00 PM
Bottom 10:
9 Knocked Up


Lots of people are putting this in their bottom 10. I reviewed it a while back for a free magazine:

http://cinema100film.blogspot.com/2007/10/knocked-up-review.html

Coming out of the theater, I really liked it. Then I discussed it with my wife and began to question just why I'd liked it. I think it just struck close enough to a personal fantasy for me to reach out and grab ahold.

Rowland
11-16-2007, 06:03 PM
There is something depressing about ranking the worst movies I've seen, so I'll just list all of the movies I've given negative scores:

As You Like It
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
Black Sheep
Captivity
Day Night Day Night
Dead Silence
Exterminating Angels
Fay Grim
The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai
Gracie
Hostel: Part II
The Mad
Music and Lyrics
Ocean's Thirteen
Resident Evil: Extinction
The Simpsons Movie
Tears of the Black Tiger
Tekkonkinkreet
Transformers
Unholy
We Own the Night
Wind Chill

Briare
11-16-2007, 06:10 PM
Coming out of the theater, I really liked it. Then I discussed it with my wife and began to question just why I'd liked it. I think it just struck close enough to a personal fantasy for me to reach out and grab ahold.

I'm really interested to know why people liked it so much. I saw it on a date, I laughed a few times in the first hour but after awhile it started the grate my nerves because it wasn't very funny and I couldn't care less about anything in it. Seth Rogen rails to create a sympathetic, strong character which is part of what carried The 40 Year Old Virgin. Oh, and Knocked Up is about 1/100000000 as funny as that movie was. I heard a few people from RT describing it as something of a dramedy but it still confuses me as to where was all this funny people were telling me was in it.

balmakboor
11-16-2007, 06:23 PM
I'm really interested to know why people liked it so much. I saw it on a date, I laughed a few times in the first hour but after awhile it started the grate my nerves because it wasn't very funny and I couldn't care less about anything in it. Seth Rogen rails to create a sympathetic, strong character which is part of what carried The 40 Year Old Virgin. Oh, and Knocked Up is about 1/100000000 as funny as that movie was. I heard a few people from RT describing it as something of a dramedy but it still confuses me as to where was all this funny people were telling me was in it.

Did you get a chance to read my review? Embedded in it is my best shot at explaining why I'd liked it in spite of my best critical judgment.

Raiders
11-16-2007, 06:27 PM
I guess it must be my own unpopular opinion, but I found Knocked Up about ten times as funny as The 40 Year-Old Virgin.

balmakboor
11-16-2007, 06:32 PM
I guess it must be my own unpopular opinion, but I found Knocked Up about ten times as funny as The 40 year-Old Virgin.

Actually, I couldn't wait for 40 Year-Old Virgin to end. I thought it took a cheap shot at the whole idea of a man actually still being a virgin at that age. I mean it does happen, a lot. And not many guys in that situation are still ringing a little bell on their bike and playing with action figures.

Briare
11-16-2007, 06:39 PM
Hmm. Well, I saw plenty of traits of myself in Ben, in his room mates and even in Pete as well but what I didn't feel any of the heart of the movie. I found it rather cold and empty, even flat.

I also liked American Pie quite a bit.

Spinal
11-16-2007, 06:39 PM
Actually, I couldn't wait for 40 Year-Old Virgin to end. I thought it took a cheap shot at the whole idea of a man actually still being a virgin at that age. I mean it does happen, a lot. And not many guys in that situation are still ringing a little bell on their bike and playing with action figures.

It was a farce. Not a realistic examination of male sexuality.

balmakboor
11-16-2007, 06:48 PM
It was a farce. Not a realistic examination of male sexuality.

It was a farce I suppose that simply rubbed me the wrong way. Or maybe, more accurately, it failed for me both as farce and as a realistic or meaningful look at male sexuality.

balmakboor
11-16-2007, 07:07 PM
I loved Freaks and Geeks but I don't think Aptow has faired as well in feature films. I think he has a lot of genuine things to say and a television series allows him the room to grapple with them. A two hour or so movie puts him in too urgent of a state to cram everything in and the thought behind it all gets lost in the shuffle.

All three of these works F&G, Virgin, and Knocked Up worked or didn't work for me for the same reason. They all touched something inside me. With F&G, it was a strong sense of nostalgia. I really identified with those kids. I saw a lot of myself in them. With Virgin, he hit a nerve that put me on the defensive -- I was 26 (almost as bad as 40) when I first got lucky. With Knocked Up, I simply saw a lot of myself and my fantasies from my pre-getting lucky 20s acted out.

I do think he is on to something that will come to greater things though. If he can touch enough people, for better or worse, in the type of personal way he has touched me, he can't help but win people over in the end. Maybe he needs to enlist the help of a female co-writer to get past his distinctly geeky male-dominated viewpoint and come to a better understanding of the women who share the screen with his men.

Boner M
11-16-2007, 08:41 PM
I try to avoid films I know I won't like, so my list is more dissapointing films than outright terrible.

8. Knocked Up
7. The Wind that Shakes the Barley
6. Sunshine
5. 28 Weeks Later
2. After the Wedding
Agreed w/ all of these, and especially glad you listed After the Wedding, which was kinda useless. Soap opera script + lazy, ugly Dogme aesthetic + maudlin Sigur Ros score every three seconds = I will never see another Susanne Bier film.

Philosophe_rouge
11-16-2007, 10:18 PM
Agreed w/ all of these, and especially glad you listed After the Wedding, which was kinda useless. Soap opera script + lazy, ugly Dogme aesthetic + maudlin Sigur Ros score every three seconds = I will never see another Susanne Bier film.
Agreed, although I was unfortunate to see another Bier film, Brothers just a week ago. My film club had chosen it, and wow, it's even worse/more melodramatic than After the Wedding. Then I go and read what her intentions are, and I think I hate the films even more. If I ever see another film of hers, it'll be too soon.

soitgoes...
11-16-2007, 10:22 PM
1. Black Sheep
Nice. Everyone should watch this so that they have a benchmark of awfulness.

Derek
11-16-2007, 10:24 PM
I'm starting to wonder if I should've bothered with After the Wedding. I already have it at home so I will be watching it, but my expectations have just plummeted.

Boner M
11-16-2007, 10:27 PM
Then I go and read what her intentions are, and I think I hate the films even more.
What did she have to say about them? I can't imagine ATW serving any purpose other than as an efficient tearjerker.

Boner M
11-16-2007, 10:28 PM
Nice. Everyone should watch this so that they have a benchmark of awfulness.
It was bad, but not that bad.

Robby P
11-16-2007, 10:30 PM
It's been a slow year at the movies for me. I think my favorite five would have to be The Bourne Ultimatum, Superbad, Ratatouille, Zodiac, and Gone Baby Gone.

I'm holding out hope for the new Coen movie, and that new PTA movie is supposedly coming out around Christmas. We'll see.

Philosophe_rouge
11-16-2007, 10:33 PM
What did she have to say about them? I can't imagine ATW serving any purpose other than as an efficient tearjerker.
I was reading about Brothers and her effort to make it as "authentic" as possible, no makeup on actors, very Dogme approach, because it was an "important" story to tell. Both films are very similar, but Mads almost makes After the Wedding watcheable. It just irks me she can't see her films are so self-important and meaningless.

soitgoes...
11-16-2007, 10:50 PM
It was bad, but not that bad.
No it was. I had some decent expectations about it. The premise seemed at the very least to be amusing. It delivered on none of it. It wasn't scary, funny, smart or entertaining. How can you make a movie about killer mutant sheep and not be able to get any entertainment value out of it whatsoever? I'm not sure, but Jonathan King has the answer.

lovejuice
11-17-2007, 01:23 AM
one of the best movie year in my life, seriously folks.

1) I don't Want to Sleep Alone
2) Syndrome and the Century (I feel cheat putting it here since i watched it like last two years.)
3) Dynamite Warrior
4) Once
5) Hairspray
6) Black Book
7) Paprika
8) Ratatouille
9) Enchanted
10) Before the Devil Knows You are Dead
11) Beowulf
12) Lives of Others
13) The Wind that Shakes the Barley
14) Live Free or Die Hard
15) Year of the Dog

sweeney todd are coming to theatre! woohoo!

Philosophe_rouge
11-17-2007, 01:25 AM
one of the best movie year in my life, seriously folks.

1) I don't Want to Sleep Alone
2) Syndrome and the Century (I feel cheat putting it here since i watched it like last two years.)
3) Dynamite Warrior
4) Once
5) Hairspray
6) Black Book
7) Paprika
8) Ratatouille
9) The Wind that Shakes the Barley
10) Live Free or Die Hard

enchanted and sweeney todd are coming to theatre! woohoo!

Same here, and I only see it getting better (especially looking at your list, I still have some to see!)

Watashi
11-17-2007, 02:09 AM
Bottom 5:

1. Ghost Rider
2. 300
3. Smokin' Aces
4. The Brave One
5. Death Sentence

Sycophant
11-17-2007, 02:10 AM
This really has been a great year. I haven't even gotten to any of the major Fall releases yet.

origami_mustache
11-17-2007, 07:17 AM
Top Ten Worst:
1. Transformers
2. 300
3. Blades of Glory
4. Away From Her
5. The Simpsons Movie
6. Oceans Thirteen
7. Saw IV
8. Public Fears in Private Places
9. Hot Fuzz
10. Southland Tales

Spinal
11-17-2007, 08:08 AM
Bottom 5:

5. Surf's Up (Brannon/Buck)
4. Zoo (Devor)
3. Bee Movie (Hickner/Smith)
2. Superbad (Mottola)
1. A Comedy of Power (Chabrol)

Watashi
11-17-2007, 09:47 PM
Updated with Magorium.

eternity
11-17-2007, 09:51 PM
Talk to Me didn't change anything. Neither did Southland Tales.

eternity
11-17-2007, 09:56 PM
Bottom 10:
10. Catch and Release
9. Captivity
8. Wild Hogs
7. Shooter
6. I Know Who Killed Me
5. Alpha Dog
4. Spider-Man 3
3. Redline
2. Epic Movie
1. Transformers

Ezee E
11-18-2007, 01:28 AM
It's all starting to come together and look good.

eternity
11-19-2007, 10:18 PM
In the Land of Women is Garden State without the "Look at me mama Braff, aren't I a good flimmaker?" that made it partially annoying. The film is flawed, but it really hit home with me and I loved every minute of it. Probably the most underrated and underseen movie of the year so far.

Briare
11-19-2007, 10:34 PM
Top 10, given the recent viewings:

1. No Country for Old Men=
2. The Assassination of Jesse James
3. Atonement
4. The Darjeeling Limited
5. Lars and the Real Girl
6. Juno
7. Paranoid Park
8. Control
9. Sunshine
10. Redacted

Ivan Drago
11-20-2007, 06:17 PM
Edited for Beowulf.

jesse
11-20-2007, 06:31 PM
7. Public Fears in Private Places :cry:

Explain please.

chrisnu
11-20-2007, 08:40 PM
In the Land of Women is Garden State without the "Look at me mama Braff, aren't I a good flimmaker?" that made it partially annoying. The film is flawed, but it really hit home with me and I loved every minute of it. Probably the most underrated and underseen movie of the year so far.
I find 17-year-old Kristen Stewart playing a love interest to 28-year-old Adam Brody a little creepy, actually.

eternity
11-20-2007, 11:15 PM
I find 17-year-old Kristen Stewart playing a love interest to 28-year-old Adam Brody a little creepy, actually.It is creepy.

Kristen Stewart's in to Adam Brody's character, and kisses him, and Adam Brody's character tells her that he isn't the guy (he previously gave her advice), and her mom was incredibly furious about it.

So she's not the love interest, nor is there ever really a connection between the two, as her love interest is a completely different character. What's even creepier is that the love interest in the movie is a plastic doll replica of Meg Ryan.

origami_mustache
11-21-2007, 07:13 PM
:cry:

Explain please.

I posted this on page two a while back:

I didn't care much for Coeurs. Anyone care to explain the hype other than the fact Alain Resnais directed it?

These were my initial thoughts on the film:
Based on Alan Ayckbourn's stage play Private Fears in Public Places is an uninteresting character study that offers nothing new as it's basically just another ensemble piece that loosely connects a group of people through hard to swallow coincidence. Even worse, the film is excessively talky, and I found the sets and lighting, as well as the acting to be overly stagey and artificial. The use of the falling snow as a transition between scenes is also rather phony and becomes redundant. The film is all too melodramatic and not so subtle, commenting on solitude, alienation, relationships, the guise of religion, etc. At times it felt like I was watching a television movie you'd see on the Lifetime channel, which is why I'm usually not fond of stage plays converted to film.

DSNT
11-21-2007, 07:37 PM
I'm still way behind on 2007 releases:

1. The Lives of Others
2. Zodiac
3. No End In Sight
4. Hot Fuzz
5. Knocked Up
6. Into the Wild
7. Paris, Je T'aime
8. 1408
9. Planet Terror
10. The Lookout
My list got a little bit of spice.

1. The Lives of Others
2. Zodiac
3. No End In Sight
4. Hot Fuzz
5. Knocked Up
6. Into the Wild
7. Paprika
8. Paris, Je T'aime
9. 1408
10. Planet Terror

bumped: The Lookout

Derek
11-21-2007, 07:47 PM
My list got a little bit of spice.

7. Paprika

It's times like this that I wish we had a "boooo" smiley. :)

monolith94
11-21-2007, 11:18 PM
Origiami mustache - so, want to join my Paradjanov fanclub? :D

origami_mustache
11-22-2007, 03:31 PM
Origiami mustache - so, want to join my Paradjanov fanclub? :D

where do I sign up?

Kurosawa Fan
11-23-2007, 01:02 PM
Bottom Ten:
10. The Wind that Shakes the Barley - 5.0
9. Into the Wild - 5.0
8. Grind House - 5.0
7. Disturbia - 5.0
6. Severance - 3.5
5. Crazy Love - 3.0
4. Superbad - 3.0
3. 1408 - 2.5
2. Bee Movie - 2.0
1. Redacted - 1.5

Welcome to my bottom ten Meh-owulf. Enjoy your stay.

10. Into the Wild - 5.0
9. Grind House - 5.0
8. Disturbia - 5.0
7. Meh-owulf - 4.0
6. Severance - 3.5
5. Crazy Love - 3.0
4. Superbad - 3.0
3. 1408 - 2.5
2. Bee Movie - 2.0
1. Redacted - 1.5

Ivan Drago
11-23-2007, 02:45 PM
Edited for Enchanted.

eternity
11-23-2007, 03:46 PM
No Country for Old Men added.
7-10 re-arranged.

Ezee E
11-24-2007, 01:10 AM
K-Fan has a pretty good Worst List.

eternity
11-24-2007, 04:22 AM
K-Fan has a pretty good Worst List.

Other than the fact that #4 is completely and totally wrong.

Duncan
11-24-2007, 04:26 AM
1. The Man From London
2. I'm Not There
3. The Assassination of Jesse James etc.
4. The Darjeeling Limited
5. The Wind that Shakes the Barley
6. Into the Wild
7. Flight of the Red Balloon
8. Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten
9. The Lives of Others
10. The Bourne Ultimatum

Added I'm Not There. I also decided that I like Into the Wild more that I was giving it credit for, so I bumped it up a bit.

Ezee E
11-24-2007, 04:59 AM
Other than the fact that #4 is completely and totally wrong.
I meant it in a way taht all those movies were actually good. I could easily see that being a Top Ten list of the year.

Watashi
11-24-2007, 06:06 AM
I meant it in a way taht all those movies were actually good. I could easily see that being a Top Ten list of the year.

Who the hell would have Bee Movie as their #2 film?

Ezee E
11-24-2007, 11:38 AM
Who the hell would have Bee Movie as their #2 film?
Someone from Slant.

Watashi
11-24-2007, 07:18 PM
Someone from Slant.

No... they wouldn't. That doesn't make any sense.

megladon8
11-24-2007, 07:21 PM
01.) Gone Baby Gone
02.) Sunshine
03.) Ratatatouille
04.) The Taste of Tea
05.) The Mist
06.) 28 Weeks Later
07.) The Bourne Ultimatum
08.) 3:10 to Yuma
09.) Superbad
10.) The Simpsons Movie

Edited to include The Mist.

Bumped off Shoot 'em Up.

Ezee E
11-24-2007, 09:30 PM
No... they wouldn't. That doesn't make any sense.
It doesn't need to make any sense.

jesse
11-24-2007, 10:17 PM
Bottom 5:

4. Zoo (Devor)
1. A Comedy of Power (Chabrol) Did you write anything about these two films?

Boner M
11-24-2007, 10:24 PM
Did you write anything about these two films?
I am not Spinal, but:

Zoo (http://filmepidemic.blogspot.com/search?q=zoo)
A Comedy of Power (http://filmepidemic.blogspot.com/search?q=chabrol)

jesse
11-24-2007, 11:25 PM
I am not Spinal, but:

Zoo (http://filmepidemic.blogspot.com/search?q=zoo)
A Comedy of Power (http://filmepidemic.blogspot.com/search?q=chabrol) You'll work just as well. ;) I was looking for a link to his blog but couldn't find one, so thanks.

The critique of Zoo isn't an uncommon one--it seems that some people really love Devor's decision to film the way that he did and others hate it (I tend to fall in the former category, though he wasn't able to convince me entirely). And I guess not having a "why" or a "how" didn't bother me much, because I'm not entirely convinced that sexual orientation can be explained, much less unpack where something like desire stems from.


By contrast, Chabrol’s film is utterly devoid of ambition, personal style, artistry, and, despite what the title promises, comedy. What other Chabrol films you seen? At one point I would have agreed that hsis films are lacking in style, artistry and ambition (particularly when he's compared with his New Wave contemporaries), but a few films later I realized that the very, very cold, no-frills approach is indeed his style, and a signature one at that.

One way or the other I was actually a big fan of his last, The Bridesmaid, and I unfortuantely missed this one in Toronto. I remain very curious about this one.

Qrazy
11-24-2007, 11:52 PM
It doesn't need to make any sense.

Check and mate.

monolith94
11-25-2007, 06:53 PM
where do I sign up?


I don't know where to sign up, but you ought to know that Kino is releasing "Shadows" for the first time on dvd this coming February! I just got their catalogue in the mail today - I'm probably going to spring for the eighty dollar collection: Shadows, Pomegranates and Ashik Kerib + Legend of Suram Fortress. I haven't bought a dvd in a dog's age, so I figure I'll indulge myself that as a birthday present to me.

Spinal
11-25-2007, 07:26 PM
What other Chabrol films you seen? At one point I would have agreed that hsis films are lacking in style, artistry and ambition (particularly when he's compared with his New Wave contemporaries), but a few films later I realized that the very, very cold, no-frills approach is indeed his style, and a signature one at that.

I have seen Le Boucher which I liked and part of Nada which I gave up on about an hour in. My comment was not intended to be an assessment of his entire body of work, merely this film. But it could be that the distinction between an absence of style/artistry/ambition and a "very cold no-frills approach" is not one that I am interested in parsing. I prefer my film artists to be bold and active.

Boner M
11-25-2007, 07:51 PM
I prefer my film artists to be able to link form with meaning, whether they're 'bold and active' or more reticent. I've only seen Le Ceremonie by Chabrol, but it's one of the most tightly crafted and compelling films I've seen, and full of fascinating little touches and motifs despite a mostly invisible style. The kinda film that makes me wanna seek out the rest of his work, post haste.

Kurosawa Fan
11-25-2007, 07:52 PM
I prefer my film artists to be able to link form with meaning, whether they're 'bold and active' or more reticent. I've only seen Le Ceremonie by Chabrol, but it's one of the most tightly crafted and compelling films I've seen, and full of fascinating little touches and motifs despite a mostly invisible style. The kinda film that makes me wanna seek out the rest of his work, post haste.

Le Boucher. Pronto.

Boner M
11-25-2007, 07:55 PM
Le Boucher. Pronto.
Too bad his films are so hard to find here, for some unknown reason. Madame Bovary is the only one with a DVD release.

I'll put Le Boucher on my to-order list.

Kurosawa Fan
11-25-2007, 07:58 PM
Too bad his films are so hard to find here, for some unknown reason. Madame Bovary is the only one with a DVD release.

I'll put Le Boucher on my to-order list.

I've seen La Ceremonie and Le Boucher. Really liked the former, loved the latter (it made my top 100). I've never seen Madame Bovary. If his style greatly interested you after your first film, I'd say your pretty safe with a blind buy of Le Boucher. I know iosos is a big fan as well. I'm pretty sure he bought my DVD.

Boner M
11-25-2007, 08:06 PM
I've seen La Ceremonie and Le Boucher. Really liked the former, loved the latter (it made my top 100). I've never seen Madame Bovary. If his style greatly interested you after your first film, I'd say your pretty safe with a blind buy of Le Boucher. I know iosos is a big fan as well. I'm pretty sure he bought my DVD.
Yeah, I remember seeing it in your top 100 and then making it the Chabrol I'd check out first (only saw Le Ceremonie cos it was at a recent Huppert retrospective). Might even buy it with that recent UK-released Chabrol collection, for ƒ25.

Spinal
11-25-2007, 08:42 PM
I can't imagine Comedy of Power being appealing to anyone but the most hardcore Chabrol apologist.

trotchky
11-26-2007, 01:06 AM
1. I'm Not There
2. Margot at the Wedding
3. Paranoid Park
4. No Country for Old Men
5. Paprika

I guess it's pretty conventional, but I haven't seen very much this year. I'm pretty sure the first three, at least, won't be leaving the list.

origami_mustache
11-26-2007, 01:16 AM
My anticipation for I'm Not There is through the roof. I'll probably try to see it tomorrow.

Henry Gale
11-26-2007, 02:22 AM
1. No Country For Old Men (Coen/Coen)
2. Into The Wild (Penn)
3. Grindhouse (Rodriguez/Tarantino)
4. Ratatouille (Bird)
5. Eastern Promises (Cronenberg)
6. Black Snake Moan (Brewer)
7. Knocked Up (Apatow)
8. The Bourne Ultimatum (Greengrass)
9. Superbad (Mottola)
10. The Darjeeling Limited (Anderson)

Still have a lot to see from the year. I'm only really happy with the list up to about #6. I still love the rest, but more at a ***1/2 out of **** level rather than a 4-Star/Top Ten one.

Watashi
11-26-2007, 02:38 AM
Updated:

1. Ratatouille (Brad Bird)
2. The Mist (Frank Darabont)
3. Lars and the Real Girl (Craig Gillespie)
4. Once (John Carney)
5. Zodiac (David Fincher)
6. No Country for Old Men (Joel & Ethan Coen)
7. Sicko (Michael Moore)
8. Seraphim Falls (David Von Ancken)
9. The Darjeeling Limited (Wes Anderson)
10. The Bourne Ultimatum (Paul Greengrass)

Ezee E
11-26-2007, 02:42 AM
1. No Country For Old Men
2. Eastern Promises
3. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
4. Four Months, Three Weeks, and Two Days
5. 28 Weeks Later
6. Death Proof
7. Superbad
8. Planet Terror
9. Black Book
10. 3:10 To Yuma

I'm really wanting to watch Assassination of Jesse James again. That may make it in.

It's a strange top ten. I like it. Plenty to see too.

Boner M
11-26-2007, 02:51 AM
Updated mine to include Into the Wild, which has settled well.

1. I Don't Want to Sleep Alone (Tsai)
2. Syndromes and a Century (Weerasethakul)
3. Zodiac (Fincher)
4. The Wayward Cloud (Tsai)
5. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Dominik)
6. Lady Chatterley (Ferran)
7. Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten (Temple)
8. 12:08 East of Bucharest (Porumboiu)
9. Into the Wild (Penn)
10. The Host (Bong)

H/M: Once, Paprika, Rock the Bells, The Lives of Others, The Host, Offside, Eastern Promises, My Kid Could Paint That, Superbad, Ratatouille, The Bourne Ultimatum, Ten Canoes, This is England, Exiled and In Between Days

Boner M
11-26-2007, 02:53 AM
The amount of diversity in the lists so far is awesome, and a testament to how much this year has to offer. *spits on 2006*

Ezee E
11-26-2007, 03:24 AM
My other honorable mentions:

Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Bug
Into the Wild
Live Free or Die Hard
Knocked Up

There's probably a few others I should bump up.

Watashi
11-26-2007, 03:30 AM
The amount of diversity in the lists so far is awesome, and a testament to how much this year has to offer. *spits on 2006*

Hey, I liked 2006. :|

Derek
11-26-2007, 03:32 AM
Hey, I liked 2006. :|

I still like it more than 2007.

Watashi
11-26-2007, 03:34 AM
I still like it more than 2007.
You should replace the two remaining Bratz with Miyazaki and a puppy.

megladon8
11-26-2007, 03:45 AM
2006 > 2007

Derek
11-26-2007, 03:58 AM
You should replace the two remaining Bratz with Miyazaki and a puppy.

Wouldn't work though...Huston and Belichick really are brats. :)

MadMan
11-26-2007, 04:11 AM
I'll get back to you on the whole list thing, although I've seen more movies this year in theaters than I have in the past couple of years.

origami_mustache
11-26-2007, 06:21 AM
2006 > 2007
2006 was shiiiiite

Henry Gale
11-26-2007, 06:43 AM
2006 was shiiiiite

I dunno... by this time last year we already had stuff like The Fountain, Children Of Men (internationally), The Prestige, Half Nelson, Borat, Dave Chappelle's Block Party, Monster House, Inside Man, United 93, Happy Feet, A Scanner Darkly, Stranger Than Fiction, Casino Royale, etc.

And from what I've seen, so far 2007 hasn't had as many movies that have left me going "Wow!" (out loud scaring my friends and the rest of the matinee or evening audiences as they exited). It still feels kind of like this year has just started film-wise when really there's only a little over a month left. Last year I had a Top 10 list I was already pretty much entirely happy with leaving as it was by the end of November.

This December looks jam-packed with good stuff though.

origami_mustache
11-26-2007, 06:47 AM
I dunno... by this time last year we already had stuff like The Fountain, Children Of Men (internationally), The Prestige, Half Nelson, Borat, Dave Chappelle's Block Party, Monster House, Inside Man, United 93, Happy Feet, A Scanner Darkly, Stranger Than Fiction, Casino Royale, etc.

And from what I've seen, so far 2007 hasn't had as many movies that left me going "Wow!" (out loud scaring my friends and the rest of the matinee or evening audiences as they exited). It still feels kind of like this year has just started film-wise when really there's only a little over a month left. Last year I had a Top 10 list I was already pretty much entirely happy with leaving as it was by the end of November.

Stranger Than Fiction was awful...Inside Man was mediocre...Borat, A Scanner Darkly and The Prestige were decent....Pan's Labyrinth, Children of Men, The Fountain, The Science of Sleep, United 93, and maybe The Departed were the only really good films last year in my opinion, and at most only half of those were arguably "great".

Sven
11-26-2007, 01:51 PM
I still don't think I've been able to manufacture a satisfactory top 10 for 2006, whereas this year, my top 7 or 8 are already pretty solid.

lovejuice
11-26-2007, 03:55 PM
I still don't think I've been able to manufacture a satisfactory top 10 for 2006, whereas this year, my top 7 or 8 are already pretty solid.

indeed, if anything, 2006 picks up near the end with venus, pan (which i don't like), children of men, and dreamgirl (which no one but i like). in fact some of these mentioned titles i watched at the beginning of 2007.

origami_mustache
11-26-2007, 07:32 PM
indeed, if anything, 2006 picks up near the end with venus, pan (which i don't like), children of men, and dreamgirl (which no one but i like). in fact some of these mentioned titles i watched at the beginning of 2007.

I forgot about Venus, I still need to see that.

Henry Gale
11-26-2007, 07:42 PM
Stranger Than Fiction was awful...Inside Man was mediocre...Borat, A Scanner Darkly and The Prestige were decent....Pan's Labyrinth, Children of Men, The Fountain, The Science of Sleep, United 93, and maybe The Departed were the only really good films last year in my opinion, and at most only half of those were arguably "great".

Oh I'm not saying the ones I listed would have easily fit into anyone's Top 10 to 15, just that they definately did with mine at this point last year before I went back to the films I missed earlier in the months that had passed and waited for the smaller and foreign ones to eventually be available on DVD. Right now though in 2007, I have very few that I can say the same to.

But I also can't come close to agreeing that The Departed or Science Of Sleep were very good either (Gondry's film being a bit better).

origami_mustache
11-26-2007, 07:47 PM
Oh I'm not saying the ones I listed would have easily fit into anyone's Top 10 to 15, just that they definately did with mine at this point last year before I went back to the films I missed earlier in the months that had passed and waited for the smaller and foreign ones to eventually be available on DVD. Right now though in 2007, I have very few that I can say the same to.

But I also can't come close to agreeing that The Departed or Science Of Sleep were very good either (Gondry's film being a bit better).

I suppose not counting the foreign releases I've seen I could agree that 2006 had more to offer domestically at this point in the year. Although I think the best of 2007, especially No Country For Old Men and I'm Not There, were far and away better than anything to come out last year.

Henry Gale
11-26-2007, 08:02 PM
I suppose not counting the foreign releases I've seen I could agree that 2006 had more to offer domestically at this point in the year. Although I think the best of 2007, especially No Country For Old Men and I'm Not There, were far and away better than anything to come out last year.

I can't wait to see I'm Not There, but I definately thought No Country For Old Men was amazing and the only two movies from recent years I think are better than it would probably be my top two films from '06 (The Fountain and Children Of Men).

Ezee E
11-26-2007, 08:07 PM
2006 put out two favorites of mine, one of which is probably in my top ten now. Beat that 2007.

I'm talking to you There Will Be Blood.

Philosophe_rouge
11-26-2007, 08:42 PM
1. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
2. Zodiac
3. Black Book
4. Eastern Promises
5. Bourne Ultimatum
6. The Darjeeling Limited
7. Away From Her
8. Ratatouille
9. No End in Sight
10. Once
Changes ahoy!

1. No Country for Old Men
2. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
3. Gone Baby Gone
4. Zodiac
5. Black Book
6. Eastern Promises
7. Bourne Ultimatum
8. Ratatouille
9. The Darjeeling Limited
10. Away From Her

Spinal
11-26-2007, 08:47 PM
Updated:

1. Once
2. The Lives of Others
3. Paprika
4. Red Road
5. Across the Universe
6. Black Book
7. Sicko
8. Ratatouille
9. Bothersome Man
10. Fido

Raiders
11-26-2007, 08:54 PM
Updated:

1. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
2. Ratatouille
3. The Host
4. Persepolis
5. No Country for Old Men
6. 28 Weeks Later
7. Zodiac
8. The Last Winter
9. Once
10. Sunshine

Spinal
11-26-2007, 08:57 PM
Hopefully, I can see the Coens movie sometime this week.

origami_mustache
11-27-2007, 08:28 AM
I think this is everything I've seen this year...

1. I'm Not There
2. No Country For Old Men
3. Brand Upon the Brain
4. The Wayward Cloud
5. Secret Sunshine
6. The Wind That Shakes The Barley
7. The Darjeeling Limited
8. Eastern Promises
9. The Flight of the Red Balloon
10. I Don't Want To Sleep Alone
11. This Is England
12. The Host
13. I'm A Cyborg But That's OK
14. Paris Je T'aime
15. Sunshine
16. Once
17. Rescue Dawn
18. Knocked Up
19. Ratatouille
20. To Each His Cinema
21. Big Bang Love
22. Taxidermia
23. The Savages
24. Inland Empire
25. Superbad
26. Grindhouse
26. Black Book
27. American Gangster
28. 3:10 To Yuma
29. Halloween
30.Zodiac
31. Southland Tales
32. Hot Fuzz
33. Public Fears in Private Places
34. Saw IV
35. Oceans Thirteen
36. The Simpsons Movie
37. Away From Her
38. Juno
39. Blades of Glory
40. 300
41. Transformers
42. Walk Hard

eternity
11-28-2007, 10:35 PM
I seem to be in the minority when I say that 2007 has been a much worse year than 2006. It's way better than 2005 already, but it's not that great.

Sycophant
11-28-2007, 10:58 PM
I seem to be in the minority when I say that 2007 has been a much worse year than 2006. It's way better than 2005 already, but it's not that great.
Provide your personal lists for 2005 and 2006, plz.

Rowland
11-28-2007, 11:04 PM
I thought 2005 was a very good year, certainly better than '06.

Philosophe_rouge
11-28-2007, 11:10 PM
I prefer 2007 over both 05' and 06' by a fairly large margin, then again, combining both 05' and 06' I've seen only ten more movies with those years combined than in 2007. I'm behind on recent years... so behind.

eternity
11-28-2007, 11:11 PM
Provide your personal lists for 2005 and 2006, plz.

2005:
1. Mysterious Skin (Gregg Araki)
2. A History of Violence (David Cronenberg)
3. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (Shane Black)
4. 2046 (Wong Kar Wai)
5. The Matador (Richard Shepard)
6. The 40-Year Old Virgin (Judd Apatow)
7. Sin City (Robert Rodriguez)
8. Stay (Marc Forster)
9. Serenity (Joss Whedon)
10. King Kong (Peter Jackson

2006:
1. Brick (Rian Johnson)
2. The Fountain (Darren Aronofsky)
3. Stranger than Fiction (Marc Forster)
4. Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo Del Toro)
5. Thank You for Smoking (Jason Reitman)
6. The Descent (Neil Marshall)
7. The Prestige (Christopher Nolan)
8. Little Miss Sunshine (Jonathon Dayton and Valerie Feris)
9. Children of Men (Alfonso Cuaron)
10. The Queen (Stephen Frears)

Watashi
11-28-2007, 11:14 PM
2005 is much, MUCH better than 2006.

Ezee E
11-28-2007, 11:14 PM
eternity loves his J.G.L.

Ezee E
11-28-2007, 11:16 PM
2005 is much, MUCH better than 2006.
my top ten in 2006 is much, MUCH better. But 2005 has better movies.

Henry Gale
11-28-2007, 11:28 PM
I'll play along:

2005:

1. Munich (Spielberg)
2. The Constant Gardener (Meirelles)
3. King Kong (Jackson)
4. Batman Begins (Nolan)
5. Stay (Forster)
6. Match Point (Allen)
7. The New World (Malik)
8. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (Black)
9. The Squid And The Whale (Baumbach)
10. Sin City (Miller/Rodriguez)

and because I like them so much:

11. The Upside Of Anger (Binder)
12. Caché (Haneke)
13. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit (Box/Park)
14. Jarhead (Mendes)
15. The 40-Year-Old Virgin (Apatow)


2006:

1. The Fountain (Aronofsky)
2. Children Of Men (Cuarón)
3. The Prestige (Nolan)
4. Pan's Labyrinth (Del Toro)
5. Half Nelson (Fleck)
6. Borat (Charles)
7. Dave Chappelle's Block Party (Gondry)
8. Lady In The Water (Shyamalan)
9. Monster House (Kenan)
10. Tristram Shandy: A Cock And Bull Story (Winterbottom)

origami_mustache
11-28-2007, 11:47 PM
2005:

Nobody Knows
Haze
My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?
2046
Munich
Hanging Garden
Match Point
Caché
Grizzly Man
Downfall

Rowland
11-29-2007, 12:07 AM
There are still many movies from the year that I need to see...

2005 (in no particlar order):

Pulse
3-Iron
Pride & Prejudice
Caché
Nobody Knows
Oldboy
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Kung-Fu Hustle
The Devil's Rejects
The Squid and the Whale

Runners-Up:

The 40 Year Old Virgin
Keane
Grizzly Man
Memories of Murder
Wolf Creek
Mysterious Skin
MirrorMask
Unleashed
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
War of the Worlds

DSNT
11-29-2007, 01:10 AM
2005 was a much better year IMO. Many of my 11-20 movies could have made my 2006 top ten.

2005

1. Downfall
2. Grizzly Man
3. Tony Takitani
4. Historias Minimas
5. Pulse
6. Good Night, and Good Luck
7. Kings & Queen
8. No Direction Home
9. Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit
10. Nobody Knows

2006

1. Letters From Iwo Jima
2. Borat
3. Brick
4. Children of Men
5. The Prestige
6. When The Levees Broke
7. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
8. Tristram Shandy: A Cock & Bull Story
9. The Devil & Daniel Johnston
10. The Departed

Melville
11-29-2007, 01:28 AM
2005 was a great year. Going by IMDb dates, despite the implications of the thread title:

1. The New World
2. The Forsaken Land
3. The Wayward Cloud
4. Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
5. L'Enfant
6. Grizzly Man
7. The Squid and the Whale
8. Three Times
9. Brokeback Mountain
10. A History of Violence
11. Romance & Cigarettes
12. Match Point
13. Paradise Now
14. The Sun
15. S.P.L

Spinal
11-29-2007, 02:15 AM
2005 by IMDb:

1. Me and You and Everyone We Know (July)
2. Manderlay (Trier)
3. 49 Up (Apted)
4. Grizzly Man (Herzog)
5. Cache (Haneke)
6. V for Vendetta (McTeigue)
7. Capote (Miller)
8. Good Night, and Good Luck (Clooney)
9. Brokeback Mountain (A. Lee)
10. Land of the Dead (Romero)

Whee!

monolith94
11-29-2007, 02:23 AM
Does anyone remember what my favorite film from 2005 was?

Mysterious Dude
11-29-2007, 02:29 AM
2005

1. Mysterious Skin
2. Caché
3. The Squid and the Whale
4. Good Night, and Good Luck
5. The Proposition
6. Syriana
7. MirrorMask
8. Joyeux Noël
9. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
10. Match Point

2006

1. Children of Men
2. Babel
3. The Prestige
4. Iraq in Fragments
5. United 93
6. Once
7. Journey from the Fall
8. The Lives of Others
9. The Science of Sleep
10. Half Nelson

Mysterious Dude
11-29-2007, 02:30 AM
Does anyone remember what my favorite film from 2005 was?
I'm pretty sure it was Crash.

monolith94
11-29-2007, 02:45 AM
I'm pretty sure it was Crash.
Oh, you...

If 3-Iron counts as a 2005 film, I guess it would've been that. That Wallace & Gromit movie was pretty good too.

Briare
11-29-2007, 05:13 AM
2005:
1. Walk the Line
2. Match Point
3. Munich
4. Brokeback Mountain
5. The Weather Man
6. Grizzly Man
7. Proof
8. The New World
9. Jarhead
10. Capote

2006:
1. The Painted Veil
2. A Prairie Home Companion
3. Old Joy
4. Stranger than Fiction
5. United 93
6. Letters from Iwo Jima
7. The Queen
8. Infamous
9. The Good German
10. The Departed

lovejuice
11-29-2007, 05:22 AM
2005:
5. The Weather Man


you're among very few people i know who dig this. (you and ebert in fact) a very pleasant surprise. i love the hell out of it.

Briare
11-29-2007, 05:49 AM
you're among very few people i know who dig this. (you and ebert in fact) a very pleasant surprise. i love the hell out of it.

Cage's performance is fantastic and the movie looks damn good. Superficialities aside, its a very believable character study.

lovejuice
11-29-2007, 05:54 AM
Cage's performance is fantastic and the movie looks damn good. Superficialities aside, its a very believable character study.

indeed. it's a story about a man who tries to cope with being mediocre. a very non-conventional subject for a hollywood film -- or any arthouse for that matter.

Sycophant
11-29-2007, 05:59 AM
indeed. it's a story about a man who tries to cope with being mediocre. a very non-conventional subject for a hollywood film -- or any arthouse for that matter.I really need to give this movie a shot. That line alone is enough to sell me, though I should also see a Verbinski film that isn't about those goddamned pirates.

lovejuice
11-29-2007, 06:04 AM
I really need to give this movie a shot. That line alone is enough to sell me, though I should also see a Verbinski film that isn't about those goddamned pirates.

you should. one thing that irritates me about bad reviews is that people are trashing the film because the director is best known for his big budget blockbusters.

Briare
11-29-2007, 06:09 AM
Other reviews decried it for being depressing and unfunny. Which I think is kind of missing the point.

eternity
11-29-2007, 10:09 PM
eternity loves his J.G.L.

The Lookout might not even make my top 10 of the year.

Besides, he's my third favorite actor from Brick.

Ezee E
11-29-2007, 10:25 PM
The Lookout might not even make my top 10 of the year.

Besides, he's my third favorite actor from Brick.
No need to get defensive.

:)

eternity
11-29-2007, 10:56 PM
Waitress didn't change the top ten.

Yum-Yum
11-29-2007, 11:16 PM
1. No Country for Old Men -- bullet-ridden corpses
2. Paprika -- creepy porcelain dolls being lead by an undulating refrigerator with a boombox in its freezer compartment
3. Across the Universe -- T.V. Carpio
4. The Lives of Others -- typewriter smuggling
5. Grindhouse -- backseat air drumming
6. Black Snake Moan -- leg bruises
7. Waitress -- topnotch bench sitting
8. Stuck -- Mena Suvari sports cornrows
9. Once -- walking home from the battery store
10. Brand Upon the Brain! -- Dad's busy draining brain nectar
11. Stardust -- real goats

Spinal
11-30-2007, 12:11 AM
3. Across the Universe -- T.V. Carpio

:pritch:

lovejuice
11-30-2007, 01:11 AM
11. Stardust -- real goats

:pritch:

Briare
11-30-2007, 01:31 AM
6. Black Snake Moan -- leg bruises

:pritch:

Mysterious Dude
11-30-2007, 01:41 AM
9. Once -- walking home from the battery store
This segment of your message makes me want to dance with my dear sweetheart in pure merriment, and that is no hyperbole.

Melville
11-30-2007, 01:44 AM
This segment of your message makes me want to dance with my dear sweetheart in pure merriment.
This post makes me want to want to dance with my dear sweetheart in pure merriment. And listen to "If You Want Me" yet again.

Yum-Yum
11-30-2007, 01:57 AM
:pritch:


:pritch:


:pritch:

The three films you guys hightlighted are the last ones I thought would garner any kind of praise; or in this case, dancing smiley faces. Which, by the way, are quite hypnotic.


This segment of your message makes me want to dance with my dear sweetheart in pure merriment, and that is no hyperbole.

Yeah, that makes sense. After all, it's a very moving song and scene.

Mysterious Dude
12-02-2007, 11:45 PM
1. No Country for Old Men
2. Once
3. Zodiac
4. Journey from the Fall
5. Michael Clayton
6. The Lives of Others
7. Ratatouille
8. Wristcutters
9. Talk to Me
10. 3:10 to Yuma
New list!

1. No Country for Old Men
2. Once
3. Zodiac
4. This Is England
5. Michael Clayton
6. The Lives of Others
7. Journey from the Fall
8. Ratatouille
9. Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
10. Wristcutters

megladon8
12-03-2007, 12:14 AM
01.) Gone Baby Gone
02.) Sunshine
03.) Ratatatouille
04.) The Taste of Tea
05.) The Mist
06.) No Country For Old Men
07.) 28 Weeks Later
08.) The Bourne Ultimatum
09.) 3:10 to Yuma
10.) Superbad


Edited to include No Country For Old Men.

I bumped off The Simpsons Movie.

baby doll
12-03-2007, 01:31 AM
my top ten in 2006 is much, MUCH better. But 2005 has better movies.I don't know how anyone could make that distinction so early. Maybe it's because I live out in the sticks, but even if I lived in Paris and spoke French and attended the Cannes film festival, I'd still feel like I needed some time to rewatch and reflect.

Right now, my top ten for '06 (going by IMDb dates), looks somethin' like this...

1. Marie Antoinette (Sofia Coppola)
2. Brand Upon the Brain! (Guy Maddin)
3. Inland Empire (David Lynch)
4. Europa 2005 - 27 octobre (Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub)
5. La Science des rêves (Michel Gondry)
6. Shortbus (John Cameron Mitchell)
7. Half Nelson (Ryan Fleck)
8. Indigènes (Rachid Bouchareb)
9.
10.

And obviously I still have to see Black Book, Colossal Youth, Coeurs, etc.

MacGuffin
12-03-2007, 01:38 AM
I don't know how anyone could make that distinction so early. Maybe it's because I live out in the sticks, but even if I lived in Paris and spoke French and attended the Cannes film festival, I'd still feel like I needed some time to rewatch and reflect.

Right now, my top ten for '06 (going by IMDb dates), looks somethin' like this...

1. Marie Antoinette (Sofia Coppola)
2. Brand Upon the Brain! (Guy Maddin)
3. Inland Empire (David Lynch)
4. Europa 2005 - 27 octobre (Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub)
5. La Science des rêves (Michel Gondry)
6. Shortbus (John Cameron Mitchell)
7. Half Nelson (Ryan Fleck)
8. Indigènes (Rachid Bouchareb)
9.
10.

And obviously I still have to see Black Book, Colossal Youth, Coeurs, etc.

With such a high ranking for Marie Antoinette, you'd think there'd be at least some enthusiasm about revisiting Lost in Translation. I've been meaning to. I need to revisit all of her films, actually.

baby doll
12-03-2007, 01:39 AM
With such a high ranking for Marie Antoinette, you'd think there'd be at least some enthusiasm about revisiting Lost in Translation. I've been meaning to.And yet, I feel no enthusiasm to revisit that film or The Virgin Suicides. Weird.

MacGuffin
12-03-2007, 01:41 AM
And yet, I feel no enthusiasm to revisit that film or The Virgin Suicides. Weird.

That is weird.

baby doll
12-03-2007, 01:47 AM
That is weird.Not really. They just weren't very good.

MacGuffin
12-03-2007, 01:51 AM
Not really. They just weren't very good.

Well, I'm pretty sure you know where I stand already. I couldn't stand The Virgin Suicides. However, Lost in Translation is a cinematic masterpiece in my eyes.

baby doll
12-03-2007, 01:55 AM
Well, I'm pretty sure you know where I stand already. I couldn't stand The Virgin Suicides. However, Lost in Translation is a cinematic masterpiece in my eyes.Actually I didn't, but thanks for filling me in. I thought The Virgin Suicides was alright but didn't feel very challenged by it, and Lost in Translation is a movie with Scarlet Johannson in it.

MacGuffin
12-03-2007, 01:57 AM
Actually I didn't, but thanks for filling me in. I thought The Virgin Suicides was alright but didn't feel very challenged by it, and Lost in Translation is a movie with Scarlet Johannson in it.

We had talked about Lost in Translation on Rotten Tomatoes. Somehow, it was brought up while talking about Fucking Åmål. Anyways, Scarlet Johannson rules, and is doing a Tom Waits cover recording. Therefore, she rules.

baby doll
12-03-2007, 02:05 AM
We had talked about Lost in Translation on Rotten Tomatoes. Somehow, it was brought up while talking about Fucking Åmål. Anyways, Scarlet Johannson rules, and is doing a Tom Waits cover recording. Therefore, she rules.Oh, that takes me back. Anyway, Johannson is no Tom Waits, and I raise you a Nanny Diaries. I mean, seriously, it was evident she couldn't act way back in when Ghost World came out, but Coppola's film made her a favorite with horny critics, despite her obvious, obvious lack of talent. I think more people are catching up now that she's cashed in her indie cred for the chance to be a big Hollywood star, but I'm still surprised it was a fact that needed to be caught up to. For a while I even considered that Woody Allen was deliberately contrasting her bad acting with all the good acting on display in Match Point, but given that he cast her again in Scoop (which I haven't seen), that seems highly unlikely.

MacGuffin
12-03-2007, 02:06 AM
Oh, that takes me back. Anyway, Johannson is no Tom Waits, and I raise you a Nanny Diaries. I mean, seriously, it was evident she couldn't act way back in when Ghost World came out, but Coppola's film made her a favorite with horny critics, despite her obvious, obvious lack of talent. I think more people are catching up now that she's cashed in her indie cred for the chance to be a big Hollywood star, but I'm still surprised it was a fact that needed to be caught up to. For a while I even considered that Woody Allen was deliberately contrasting her bad acting with all the good acting on display in Match Point, but given that he cast her again in Scoop (which I haven't seen), that seems highly unlikely.

Is there any reason in particular you don't like her acting?

baby doll
12-03-2007, 02:14 AM
Is there any reason in particular you don't like her acting?Acting is a tough thing to critique, and most of the time, I'm the last person to criticize actors anyway (if some one gives a bad performance, it's usually because of the script or the director or even the way the material's edited). But when you have Woody Allen making his best film in decades, with Jonathan Rhys-Meyers giving a very good performance in the lead, and respectable work from everyone else, it's a shock to see some one with such a blank, unexpressive face deliver her lines in such a flat, perfunctory manner, which is made all the more evident when she's supposed to be playing some one seductive when she exudes all the sex appeal of a mannequin.

Qrazy
12-03-2007, 02:14 AM
Oh, that takes me back. Anyway, Johannson is no Tom Waits, and I raise you a Nanny Diaries. I mean, seriously, it was evident she couldn't act way back in when Ghost World came out, but Coppola's film made her a favorite with horny critics, despite her obvious, obvious lack of talent. I think more people are catching up now that she's cashed in her indie cred for the chance to be a big Hollywood star, but I'm still surprised it was a fact that needed to be caught up to. For a while I even considered that Woody Allen was deliberately contrasting her bad acting with all the good acting on display in Match Point, but given that he cast her again in Scoop (which I haven't seen), that seems highly unlikely.

Rhys Meyers? A good actor? Blahahahahaha!

baby doll
12-03-2007, 02:19 AM
Rhys Meyers? A good actor? Blahahahahaha!Well, when he delivers his lines, there's intonation and subtext, and when the camera goes in for a close up, he's able to convey a lot just through how he looks at some one. With Johannson, I just feel like she's being lazy.

Qrazy
12-03-2007, 02:42 AM
Well, when he delivers his lines, there's intonation and subtext, and when the camera goes in for a close up, he's able to convey a lot just through how he looks at some one. With Johannson, I just feel like she's being lazy.

I don't disagree with you about Johannson.

But I do think Rhys Meyers is a terrible actor. I disagree that he's able to convey much of anything. I find his line readings are blundering and his movements forced. His Rhys-Meyersness is always at the forefront of his 'performances', and his countenance bears a permanent expression of self-satisfaction.

What I've seen him in:

# Mission: Impossible III (2006) .... Declan
# Match Point (2005) (as Jonathan Rhys Meyers) .... Chris Wilton
# Alexander (2004) .... Cassander
# Bend It Like Beckham (2002) .... Joe
# The Magnificent Ambersons (2002) (TV) .... George Amberson Minafer
# Titus (1999) .... Chiron
# Velvet Goldmine (1998) .... Brian Slade

What does it say when a man's most convincing performance is in Bend it Like Beckham?

soitgoes...
12-03-2007, 07:05 PM
1. Hot Fuzz
2. Ratatouille
3. The Lives of Others
4. Red Road
5. Into Great Silence
6. Planet Terror
7. 12:08 East of Bucharest
8. Zodiac
9. Election 2
10. Time

Updated with Red Road. Still nothing exceptional, but I've lots to see yet.

monolith94
12-05-2007, 01:58 AM
New:

1. I'm Not There
2. Paprika
3. Once
4. Gone Baby Gone
5. Black Book
6. Hot Fuzz
7. Leben der Anderen, Das
8. Wind That Shakes the Barley, The
9. In the Shadow of the Moon
10. Lady Chatterley

Honorably Mention:
28 Weeks Later...

New:

1. Khadak
2. I'm Not There
3. Paprika
4. Once
5. Gone Baby Gone
6. Black Book
7. Hot Fuzz
8. Leben der Anderen, Das
9. Wind That Shakes the Barley, The
10. Lady Chatterley

Honorably Mentions:
28 Weeks Later...
In the Shadow of the Moon



Khadak is the sort of film where, watching it, you start to hate the whole idea of lists of films.

eternity
12-06-2007, 03:52 AM
Added Juno.

origami_mustache
12-06-2007, 05:46 AM
added Juno to worst list.

Briare
12-06-2007, 06:00 AM
Added Juno to best list.

Edit: and Lars and the Real Girl

Spinal
12-06-2007, 06:02 AM
I don't know what to believe.

origami_mustache
12-06-2007, 06:08 AM
I don't know what to believe.

It's not atrocious, just not that good. Watch the trailer and you'll get the jest of it. For some reason those were the scenes that got the biggest laughs anyways.

Kurosawa Fan
12-06-2007, 03:02 PM
Top Ten:
1. Zodiac - 9.5
2. The Lives of Others - 9.0
3. Paprika - 9.0
4. The Darjeeling Limited - 9.0
5. The King of Kong - 9.0
6. Avenue Montaigne - 9.0
7. The Assassination of Jesse James - 8.5
8. Black Book - 8.5
9. Sicko - 8.0
10. The Simpsons Movie - 8.0


Updated:

1. No Country for Old Men - 10.0
2. Zodiac - 9.5
3. The Lives of Others - 9.0
4. Paprika - 9.0
5. The Darjeeling Limited - 9.0
6. The King of Kong - 9.0
7. Avenue Montaigne - 9.0
8. The Assassination of Jesse James - 8.5
9. Black Book - 8.5
10. Sicko - 8.0

Lazlo
12-06-2007, 03:52 PM
1. No Country For Old Men
2. Ratatouille
3. Into the Wild
4. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
5. Once
6. Knocked Up
7. Sunshine
8. Black Snake Moan
9. The Bourne Ultimatum
10. Lars and the Real Girl

Bottom Ten:

10. The Italian
9. Transformers
8. Shooter
7. Hostel: Part II
6. The Last Mimzy
5. Fred Claus
4. Poison Friends
3. Alpha Dog
2. The Number 23
1. Ghost Rider

monolith94
12-09-2007, 07:01 PM
New:

1. Khadak
2. I'm Not There
3. Paprika
4. Once
5. Gone Baby Gone
6. Black Book
7. Hot Fuzz
8. Leben der Anderen, Das
9. Wind That Shakes the Barley, The
10. Lady Chatterley

Honorably Mentions:
28 Weeks Later...
In the Shadow of the Moon



Khadak is the sort of film where, watching it, you start to hate the whole idea of lists of films.

New:

1. Khadak
2. I'm Not There
3. No Country For Old Men
4. Paprika
5. Once
6. Gone Baby Gone
7. Black Book
8. Hot Fuzz
9. Leben der Anderen, Das
10. Wind That Shakes the Barley, The

HMs:
Lady Chatterley
28 Weeks Later...
In the Shadow of the Moon

eternity
12-09-2007, 07:15 PM
It's not atrocious, just not that good. Watch the trailer and you'll get the jest of it. For some reason those were the scenes that got the biggest laughs anyways.I thought the trailer sucked in comparison to the movie. They managed to keep every really funny scene out of the trailer, and for that I am grateful.

Philosophe_rouge
12-09-2007, 08:21 PM
Changes ahoy!

1. No Country for Old Men
2. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
3. Gone Baby Gone
4. Zodiac
5. Black Book
6. Eastern Promises
7. Bourne Ultimatum
8. Ratatouille
9. The Darjeeling Limited
10. Away From Her
New changes,

1. No Country for Old Men
2. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
3, Gone Baby Gone
4. Zodiac
5. Atonement
6. Black Book
7. Eastern Promises
8. Bourne Ultimatum
9. Ratatouille
10. The Darjeeling Limited

Rowland
12-09-2007, 08:25 PM
5. Atonement
That's encouraging. I'm still sorta cautiously optimistic about this, despite adoring Pride & Prejudice.

Philosophe_rouge
12-09-2007, 08:30 PM
That's encouraging. I'm still sorta cautiously optimistic about this, despite adoring Pride & Prejudice.
It's on the same par as Pride and Prejudice in my esteem, I don't think it's a perfect film but I found it to be thoroughly engaging, very beautiful and well acted on all fronts. I have some minor issues, but it's the type of film I can see myself watching again and again, enjoying it a little more each time.

eternity
12-09-2007, 09:07 PM
The Tracey Fragments didn't change anything.

origami_mustache
12-09-2007, 11:16 PM
I thought the trailer sucked in comparison to the movie. They managed to keep every really funny scene out of the trailer, and for that I am grateful.

I guess I can agree with you here. I didn't understand why the scenes from the trailer still got such big laughs at my screening.

NickGlass
12-09-2007, 11:38 PM
I guess I can agree with you here. I didn't understand why the scenes from the trailer still got such big laughs at my screening.

Because many people who will find Juno charming, authentic and hilarious are the people who are accustomed to being told when to laugh (as in, they saw it as a punchline in the trailer). It happens all the time in the theater--the audience always cackles, as if they're obliged to laugh out of shallow recognition and not through actual thought process.

The absolute worst audience where the "seen-in-trailer-so-I-must-laugh-in-theater" phenomenon was in full effect was The Science of Sleep. That experience was insufferable.

Rowland
12-09-2007, 11:42 PM
The absolute worst audience where the "seen-in-trailer-so-I-must-laugh-in-theater" phenomenon was in full effect was The Science of Sleep. That experience was insufferable.I had the same thing happen to me for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, only it was one guy with a halting, baritone laugh. The effect was odd... thankfully the movie was good enough so that I wasn't bothered.

eternity
12-09-2007, 11:48 PM
Yeah, it's always the partially funny trailer stuff that we laughed at the first time, but don't think is funny the 500th time that gets laughed at the most in theaters. I don't understand people.

Watashi
12-10-2007, 12:07 AM
The general public aren't as obsessive to watching trailers like we do. Most people have very short memories.

These overly generalizations of what the public should react to and know really should stop.

eternity
12-10-2007, 12:13 AM
The general public aren't as obsessive to watching trailers like we do. Most people have very short memories.

These overly generalizations of what the public should react to and know really should stop.I'm talking in terms of all advertising in general. When I see "Spider-Pig, Spider-Pig, Does whatever a Spider-Pig does" one hundred billion times in the commercials, it's not funny anymore, and when I see it in theaters and everyone laughs again for the one hundred billionth time, I get pissed off.

There's a line that has to be drawn.

Winston*
12-10-2007, 12:17 AM
I get angry when people laugh at things.

Watashi
12-10-2007, 12:18 AM
I'm talking in terms of all advertising in general. When I see "Spider-Pig, Spider-Pig, Does whatever a Spider-Pig does" one hundred billion times in the commercials, it's not funny anymore, and when I see it in theaters and everyone laughs again for the one hundred billionth time, I get pissed off.

There's a line that has to be drawn.
Like I said... most movie-goers only see one or two ads of a film they want to see. Hell, most people don't even know what is playing most of the time and will just see a movie because it "sounds good". It really has little to do with advertising.

Watashi
12-10-2007, 12:18 AM
I get angry when people laugh at things.
*points and laugh*

Rowland
12-10-2007, 12:20 AM
Like I said... most movie-goers only see one or two ads of a film they want to see. Hell, most people don't even know what is playing most of the time and will just see a movie because it "sounds good". It really has little to do with advertising.I think you're underestimating the effects of advertising.

eternity
12-10-2007, 12:44 AM
Like I said... most movie-goers only see one or two ads of a film they want to see. Hell, most people don't even know what is playing most of the time and will just see a movie because it "sounds good". It really has little to do with advertising.
I know this to be true, except for the hugely advertised films like what I just used as an example, The Simpsons Movie. My first year of high school, I didn't give a flying fuck about films, and didn't really know of everything that was out except for what the advertisers told me, and this was still a huge concern for me, and an observation I usually made whenever I saw a comedy.

monolith94
12-10-2007, 12:48 AM
I actually don't recall seeing any ads for The Simpsons Movie, and I still haven't seen this "Spider Pig" thing that people talk of.

Melville
12-10-2007, 12:54 AM
I laughed at Spider-Pig in the theater because the trailer had the decency to end the scene before the punchline. Although now I can't even remember what the punchline was, so maybe it wasn't funny enough to deserve a laugh anyway.

Edit: now I remember: the funny line was "Can he swing from a web? No, he can't. He's a pig." As I recall, the trailer ended right before that. The point being that the trailer actually set up part of the joke in the film, since that final line was unexpected, rather than detracting from it. At least I think that was my point. I'm not sure if it's at all relevant to the discussion at hand, though.

Ezee E
12-10-2007, 03:15 AM
I get angry when people laugh at things.
Yeah. Fuck them and their happy selves.

Give me a razor.

Derek
12-10-2007, 03:51 AM
Edit: now I remember: the funny line was "Can he swing from a web? No, he can't. He's a pig." As I recall, the trailer ended right before that. The point being that the trailer actually set up part of the joke in the film, since that final line was unexpected, rather than detracting from it. At least I think that was my point. I'm not sure if it's at all relevant to the discussion at hand, though.

I laughed at that as well and agree that the commercial set it up well.

On the other hand, I do think there's a growing "audience-laughing-at-things-they-recognize" phenomenon that's come about over the past 10 years or so. The internet has brought on such an over-saturation of audio-visual stimualation, often experienced in isolation, that people are more apt to collectively laugh at "familiar" jokes as sort of a cathartic experience. I think there's a reason movies like Date Movie and Epic Movie exist only recently, getting their laughs merely from referencing pop culture or characters from other films without even attaching a joke of their own to it. It's humor specifically manufactured by senseless reference. But heaven forbid we consider why audiences laugh at certain things because that means we want to slit our lists...

monolith94
12-10-2007, 03:57 AM
People, especially the immature, will laugh at curious things. I remember substitute teaching an eighth grade science class and getting somewhat upset at kids laughing at a Nova science video on mad-cow disease, during a segment which showed young women and children suffering the effects of "Kuru," a related disease. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuru_(disease)

Duncan
12-10-2007, 09:12 AM
But heaven forbid we consider why audiences laugh at certain things because that means we want to slit our lists...
A slip? If so, it's an interesting one. I like it.

Milky Joe
12-10-2007, 01:39 PM
1. the bourne ultimatum
2. no country for old men
3. superbad
4. paris je t'aime
5. the darjeeling limited
6. i'm not there
7. zodiac
8. gone baby gone
9. the assassination of jesse james
10. hot fuzz/live free or die hard/blades of glory/knocked up

still a whole lot I haven't seen. I'm fairly certain There will be blood will knock off that ugly four-way tie at the end and then you'll have a damn fine list.