Guys, you're using internet random list generators all wrong.
Guys, you're using internet random list generators all wrong.
1. Batman Returns
2. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
3. The Dark Knight
4. Batman Begins
5. Batman (1989)
6. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 1 & 2
7. Batman (1966)
8. The Dark Knight Rises
9. Joker
10. Batman Forever
11. Justice League
12. Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice
13. Batman and Robin
14. Suicide Squad
Last Five Films I've Seen (Out of 5)
The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse (Mackesy, 2022) 4.5
Puss In Boots: The Last Wish (Crawford, 2022) 4
Confess, Fletch (Mottola, 2022) 3.5
M3GAN (Johnstone, 2023) 3.5
Turning Red (Shi, 2022) 4.5
Tokyo Story (Ozu, 1953) 5
615 Film
Letterboxd
1. Batman Returns
2. Batman (1989)
3. The Dark Knight Rises
Everything else is below 60 and not worth talking about. (Haven't seen Joker or the animated movies or B vs. S)
Last 10 Movies Seen
(90+ = canonical, 80-89 = brilliant, 70-79 = strongly recommended, 60-69 = good, 50-59 = mixed, 40-49 = below average with some good points, 30-39 = poor, 20-29 = bad, 10-19 = terrible, 0-9 = soul-crushingly inept in every way)
Run (2020) 64
The Whistlers (2019) 55
Pawn (2020) 62
Matilda (1996) 37
The Town that Dreaded Sundown (1976) 61
Moby Dick (2011) 50
Soul (2020) 64
Heroic Duo (2003) 55
A Moment of Romance (1990) 61
As Tears Go By (1988) 65
Stuff at Letterboxd
Listening Habits at LastFM
Okay, I've seen Joker now. I'm surprised everyone seems to be leaning hard into the Taxi Driver comparison with no mention of Network. I'd say its a mix of the two.
Well, it's King of Comedy more than anything. I find the discourse both positive and negative around Joker to be fascinating. It's wild that a film that feels closer to Rob Zombie in tone than eg. Chris Nolan or Tim Burton (or even Zack Snyder) can be this big of a hit. It's also weird reading the negative reviews from critics (and more than a few them utterly hated it) since I think a lot of extratextual shit is in play here. "Who" is this movie for? Can a movie directed by the Hangover and Old School guy be that good?Quoting Skitch (view post)
Ratings on a 1-10 scale for your pleasure:
Top Gun: Maverick - 8
Top Gun - 7
McCabe & Mrs. Miller - 8
Crimes of the Future - 8
Videodrome - 9
Valley Girl - 8
Summer of '42 - 7
In the Line of Fire - 8
Passenger 57 - 7
Everything Everywhere All at Once - 6
I haven't understood some of the critical hate to the movie that use those questions as a negative hit. It's only the biggest known villain in all of comics... And we shouldn't be expecting positive morals out of him either.Quoting Pop Trash (view post)
I also have no idea how to respond to the thought of, "Well, if you remove the Joker and Bruce Wayne stuff, then the movie sucks..."
I can certainly buy on that the movie uses other movies to exist. This criticism hits Tarantino too, but it doesn't affect my own personal experience.
Quite the weird approach ot this one.
Agreed, E. This seems to be one of those movies where some of the people that hate it just seem to be utterly baffled by every single thing, when in other movies they don't nearly flip that critical an eye to every character's decision.
Not looking at anyone on MC. Generalizing.
Somewhat unrelated, but this reminded me of someone online (Letterboxd I think) saying that Joker is kind a sad reflection of where mainstream movies have ended up - this exact same movie about someone not the Joker probably wouldn’t have been greenlit, let alone make any money. So going forward, all our adult genre films need to have a superhero angle? A romantic comedy starring Catwoman? A regular legal thriller but with Harvey Dent the main character? We are deep in an era of pandering to references. “I recognize that!”Quoting Ezee E (view post)
Last 10 Movies Seen
(90+ = canonical, 80-89 = brilliant, 70-79 = strongly recommended, 60-69 = good, 50-59 = mixed, 40-49 = below average with some good points, 30-39 = poor, 20-29 = bad, 10-19 = terrible, 0-9 = soul-crushingly inept in every way)
Run (2020) 64
The Whistlers (2019) 55
Pawn (2020) 62
Matilda (1996) 37
The Town that Dreaded Sundown (1976) 61
Moby Dick (2011) 50
Soul (2020) 64
Heroic Duo (2003) 55
A Moment of Romance (1990) 61
As Tears Go By (1988) 65
Stuff at Letterboxd
Listening Habits at LastFM
Had no idea you were a fan too, transQuoting transmogrifier (view post)
Batman 89 is one of the first movies where I actively noticed editing.
To this day it’s one of the worst edited movies I’ve ever seen get a wide release.
I changed my mind and now rate this film 10/10 and rank this #1 in the Batmanverse.
Midnight Run (1988) - 9
The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) - 8.5
The Adventures of Robinhood (1938) - 8
Sisters (1973) - 6.5
Shin Godzilla (2016) - 7.5
I disagree. I was merely put off by the movie, and for precise reasons. I'm baffled and somewhat surprised and even disgusted by some of the positive hyperbole and "analysis" that I've seen online since.
When we left the theatre, my wife likened the experience to watching a gangrenous wound: sure, the colors are pretty, but it smells of death and is about as pleasant.
I assume you're talking about the message you find reprehensible or something like that, but how do you feel about it as a movie?Quoting [ETM] (view post)
Yep. She nailed it. I dont think anyone is saying its a happy happy fun time. Doesnt mean its bad.Quoting [ETM] (view post)
Well, if it was an unpleasant experience that engaged you it can be good. But Joker doesn't ask any real questions nor does it offer any insight beyond generic tidbits about inequality and abuse. Sure, it is handsomely packaged, like I said in my first post, but the veneer is too thin to cover up the clumsy innards.Quoting Skitch (view post)
I'm gonna have to disagree with that bit wholeheartedly as I've been questioning my own thoughts about mental illness since ive watched it. As for offering any insight, does it have to? It's a movie, not a college course.Quoting [ETM] (view post)
For the record, I dont even know if I'm putting this flick upper tier. I know its problematic. I dont care if people hate it, but seems like some are expecting it to be the most perfect mindblowing perfection ever or go fuck itself.
I'm seeing this today in after I see Blood Simple for the first time on the big screen. The only reason I want to see Joker is how divisive it is. Then I get to tell half of them that they are wrong. That's just good business.
Last 10 Movies Seen
(90+ = canonical, 80-89 = brilliant, 70-79 = strongly recommended, 60-69 = good, 50-59 = mixed, 40-49 = below average with some good points, 30-39 = poor, 20-29 = bad, 10-19 = terrible, 0-9 = soul-crushingly inept in every way)
Run (2020) 64
The Whistlers (2019) 55
Pawn (2020) 62
Matilda (1996) 37
The Town that Dreaded Sundown (1976) 61
Moby Dick (2011) 50
Soul (2020) 64
Heroic Duo (2003) 55
A Moment of Romance (1990) 61
As Tears Go By (1988) 65
Stuff at Letterboxd
Listening Habits at LastFM
I predict a 62/100
The severed arm perfectly acquitted itself, because of the simplicity of its wishes and its total lack of doubt.
That’s close to my lifetime average, so good guess!Quoting Milky Joe (view post)
Last 10 Movies Seen
(90+ = canonical, 80-89 = brilliant, 70-79 = strongly recommended, 60-69 = good, 50-59 = mixed, 40-49 = below average with some good points, 30-39 = poor, 20-29 = bad, 10-19 = terrible, 0-9 = soul-crushingly inept in every way)
Run (2020) 64
The Whistlers (2019) 55
Pawn (2020) 62
Matilda (1996) 37
The Town that Dreaded Sundown (1976) 61
Moby Dick (2011) 50
Soul (2020) 64
Heroic Duo (2003) 55
A Moment of Romance (1990) 61
As Tears Go By (1988) 65
Stuff at Letterboxd
Listening Habits at LastFM
55/100
Mental illness can be scary to an outsider, and that is the case here, with a few isolated scenes of creepy fear (sitting in Beetz' apartment, for example) and tense moments of calm before the explosion. But Phillips undercuts a lot of these moments with stuff that doesn't really make a lot of sense (Fleck doesn't seem to be all that clued into pop culture, so the music cues (e.g., Gary Glitter on the stairs) seem artificial and audience pandering rather than reflecting anything going on inside the character) or that treats the audience like imbeciles (the flashbacks on his interactions with Beetz), and for all the fear of this sparking violence within a certain segment of the audience, this has almost zero political savvy at all - it's just a bunch of shit happening to push Fleck around the gameboard to reach the inevitable conclusion. Worst of all though, and this is my own bias here, but flat-out mentally ill protagonists who act unpredictably from start to finish are inherently dramatically uninteresting to me.
So it sum, a a number of isolated interesting scenes encased in dramatic lethargy and artificial posturing.
Last 10 Movies Seen
(90+ = canonical, 80-89 = brilliant, 70-79 = strongly recommended, 60-69 = good, 50-59 = mixed, 40-49 = below average with some good points, 30-39 = poor, 20-29 = bad, 10-19 = terrible, 0-9 = soul-crushingly inept in every way)
Run (2020) 64
The Whistlers (2019) 55
Pawn (2020) 62
Matilda (1996) 37
The Town that Dreaded Sundown (1976) 61
Moby Dick (2011) 50
Soul (2020) 64
Heroic Duo (2003) 55
A Moment of Romance (1990) 61
As Tears Go By (1988) 65
Stuff at Letterboxd
Listening Habits at LastFM
But...how do you feel about it compared to MCU films?
More ambitious but more self-conscious about it. Much more interesting to discuss in terms of its motivations, (attempts at) meaning etc. than literally anything the MCU has produced.Quoting Skitch (view post)
Last 10 Movies Seen
(90+ = canonical, 80-89 = brilliant, 70-79 = strongly recommended, 60-69 = good, 50-59 = mixed, 40-49 = below average with some good points, 30-39 = poor, 20-29 = bad, 10-19 = terrible, 0-9 = soul-crushingly inept in every way)
Run (2020) 64
The Whistlers (2019) 55
Pawn (2020) 62
Matilda (1996) 37
The Town that Dreaded Sundown (1976) 61
Moby Dick (2011) 50
Soul (2020) 64
Heroic Duo (2003) 55
A Moment of Romance (1990) 61
As Tears Go By (1988) 65
Stuff at Letterboxd
Listening Habits at LastFM
So in the pantheon of all comic book related films, sounds like slightly upper mid tier?
In terms of how much I actually liked it? Middle. In terms of appreciation for at least trying something outside of the norm, upper tier. I'm happier to have watched this than to have watched, say Ant Man 2, even though I liked Ant Man 2 more and it is more successful at what it attempts. Probably doesn't make sense, but there you have it.Quoting Skitch (view post)
Last 10 Movies Seen
(90+ = canonical, 80-89 = brilliant, 70-79 = strongly recommended, 60-69 = good, 50-59 = mixed, 40-49 = below average with some good points, 30-39 = poor, 20-29 = bad, 10-19 = terrible, 0-9 = soul-crushingly inept in every way)
Run (2020) 64
The Whistlers (2019) 55
Pawn (2020) 62
Matilda (1996) 37
The Town that Dreaded Sundown (1976) 61
Moby Dick (2011) 50
Soul (2020) 64
Heroic Duo (2003) 55
A Moment of Romance (1990) 61
As Tears Go By (1988) 65
Stuff at Letterboxd
Listening Habits at LastFM
This is a great point. Feels like an iconic scene, but I didn't love the music choice here. Should've been opera.Quoting transmogrifier (view post)