28 Film Discussion Threads Later

[Winston*]

I didn't really think it through, but I was thinking youngish. My wife asked me who I thought the greatest actress of this generation was, and I drew a blank.

Michael Fassbender
Joaquin Phoenix
Tom Hardy

Marion Cotillard
Isabelle Huppert

All out of ideas...

Isabelle Huppert is 63!

Michelle Williams is good, Sally Hawkins though she's been underused, Juno Temple, Rinko Kukuchi, Amy Adams...

I do think Olivia Colman is the best actress to emerge in the 21st century. She has so much range. I'm making this call based mostly on TV though.

[Melville]

Isabelle Huppert is 63!

Ah, yeah, she doesn't really fit my vague criteria.

Michelle Williams is good, Sally Hawkins though she's been underused, Juno Temple, Rinko Kukuchi, Amy Adams...

I do think Olivia Colman is the best actress to emerge in the 21st century. She has so much range. I'm making this call based mostly on TV though.

Michelle Williams and Amy Adams are great for sure. I think I've only seen Rinko Kikuchi in Babel and Taste of Tea, Juno Temple in Killer Joe and Dark Knight Rises, and Olivia Colman in Peepshow and The Lobster. What is Olivia Colman best in? Broadchurch?

[dreamdead]

I'll second Michelle Williams and Colman, who is excellent in The Night Manager, even if Hiddleston is a non-entity on that miniseries--Colman's so compelling as a supporting actor there and in Rev. I'd add Kristen Stewart based on her recent work with Assayas, Elizabeth Moss, Amy Seimetz, Greta Gerwig, Emily Blunt, and Riley Keough.

For men I'd list Gosling (though he can overcommit to underplaying a role), Colin Ferrell, Shahab Hosseini, Phoenix, and Ethan Hawke's latter half of his career.

[Winston*]

Ah, yeah, she doesn't really fit my vague criteria.


Michelle Williams and Amy Adams are great for sure. I think I've only seen Rinko Kikuchi in Babel and Taste of Tea, Juno Temple in Killer Joe and Dark Knight Rises, and Olivia Colman in Peepshow and The Lobster. What is Olivia Colman best in? Broadchurch?

Rev. I would recommend even though it's a supporting part. I think you'd like it, whereas I would be less clear on Broadchurch. She's great in it though, even though the show's a B-.

Also you should see Pacific Rim.

[Spinal]

Also you should see Pacific Rim.

And Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter.

[Melville]

Elizabeth Moss

Good call.

Also you should see Pacific Rim.

Really? Robots fighting monsters doesn't really seem like my kind of movie.

I'll check out Rev.

And Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter.

Looks interesting.

[Peng]

Most powerful movie moments of the last few years

The ending of Phoenix.
The ending of Whiplash. (And to keep the director's streak going, "Epilogue" from La La Land)
The last gesture in 45 Years.
The beach scene in Under the Skin.
Years of messages in Interstellar.

[Melville]

The ending of Whiplash.
The last gesture in 45 Years.

These endings are killer.

Years of messages in Interstellar.

It wouldn't make my list, but like much of the movie, I found it a lot more affecting than I expected from Nolan. Normally his attempts at emotion fall flat for me.

[Winston*]

Robots fighting monsters doesn't really seem like my kind of movie.

What's wrong with you?

[Melville]

What's wrong with you?

Haha

(What happened to our laughing smiley? All the good smileys, lost forever...)

[Idioteque Stalker]

Ranking Jim Jarmusch:

1. Stranger than Paradise
2. Down by Law
3. Mystery Train
4. Night on Earth
5. Paterson
6. Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai
7. Broken Flowers
8. Only Lovers Left Alive
9. Dead Man
10. Coffee and Cigarettes
11. The Limits of Control
12. Permanent Vacation

[transmogrifier]

1. Dead Man
2. Ghost Dog
3. Night on Earth

Others I haven't seen or am meh on.

[transmogrifier]

Movie resolutions for 2017:

- more double-headers (so far: two Roegs, two Flanagans, two extremely different war movies - I like direct comparisons between movies)
- seeing at least 20 Japanese movies from before 1980 (two down, 18 to go!)
- seeing at least ten movies from the Korean Film Archive on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/KoreanFilm/videos

[Mysterious Dude]

1. Dead Man
2. Only Lovers Left Alive
3. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
4. Stranger Than Paradise

I thought I'd seen more than that. I can't stand Stranger Than Paradise, and that has turned me off from seeing more of his work, which is odd because I really like the other three.

[baby doll]

Ranking Jim Jarmusch:

1. Dead Man
2. Stranger Than Paradise
3. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
4. Down by Law
5. Int. Trailer. Night.
6. Mystery Train
7. Only Lovers Left Alive
8. Broken Flowers
9. Coffee and Cigarettes
10. The Limits of Control
11. Night on Earth
12. Permanent Vacation

I even kind of like Permanent Vacation (or at least I did the one time I saw it on VHS back in the day).

[Idioteque Stalker]

I've watched Dead Man more than almost any other because I know people hold it in such high esteem. I suppose I like my Jarmusch with a lighter touch. Looks like Isaac may be the opposite, which I guess would lead me to recommend The Limits of Control--but, alas, I don't care for that one.

[Lazlo]

1. Dead Man
2. Broken Flowers
3. Only Lovers Left Alive
4. Coffee and Cigarettes
5. The Limits of Control

[Winston*]

Looks like Isaac may be the opposite, which I guess would lead me to recommend The Limits of Control--but, alas, I don't care for that one.

Me too, and I love Jarmusch. It's just got no sense of humour.

[Mysterious Dude]

I like the ones with murder.

[Winston*]

I like the ones with murder.

Maybe give Mystery Train a go.

[Winston*]

[Idioteque Stalker]

I even kind of like Permanent Vacation (or at least I did the one time I saw it on VHS back in the day).

I get your point; I can go pretty far down my list before disliking a movie... but no. Not that far.

[origami_mustache]

Wow, I didn't know this place still existed!

...not sure how to just jump back into things here, but uhh I saw Paterson and it was the first Jarmusch film I strongly did not enjoy.

I felt like I entered into a time machine to when it was acceptable to make film schoolish indie movies and still get high critical praise.

[Idioteque Stalker]

Int. Trailer. Night.

I checked this out. It's pretty, and I appreciate how in only ten minutes he can set up a poetic/humorous rhythm. I bet it sticks out as part of an omnibus film, but out of context it did very little for me.

[Idioteque Stalker]

I saw Paterson and it was the first Jarmusch film I strongly did not enjoy.

I felt like I entered into a time machine to when it was acceptable to make film schoolish indie movies and still get high critical praise.

I don't really have a comeback to that but I loved it.

From the Paterson thread: This was just lovely. It's never preachy, but the contentedness with which they lead their lives makes us examine our own. Great performances from Driver, Farahani, and the dog. It's understated, earnest, and quite funny, with unexpected moments that always feel right. A great addition to Jarmusch's body of work and it contrasts nicely with Only Lovers Left Alive's detached, cynical, fantastical love story.