RIPPA Posted October 3, 2020 Author Posted October 3, 2020 Spoiler https://alternativemovieposters.com/amp/super-8-by-ryder-doty/ 198) SUPER 8 (2011) Director: J.J. Abrams 140 Points (2 Votes) - HIGH VOTE: KLOS (#25) - ADDITIONAL VOTES: The Z IMDB : ROTTEN TOMATOES (81%/75%) : METACRITIC (72/7.3) @RandomAct wrote Quote I just wanted to say that it took me 2 years, but I finally watched Super 8. How I avoided spoilers that long is beyond me, but I wish someone had just said to me "dude, it's a wonderful film". I know there are people that disliked it, but I couldn't love the movie any more. http://deathvalleydriver.com/forum/index.php?/topic/70-movie-comment-catch-all-thread/&do=findComment&comment=16319 1
Control Posted October 3, 2020 Posted October 3, 2020 (edited) RE: COSMOPOLIS It’s not very good, and I am both a Cronenberg and Canadian partisan. Some of the issue is the narrative, obviously, but DeLillo’s prose don’t translate well, without more finesse, into spoken dialogue. I will say, though, that it’s probably the first movie that made me take Pattinson seriously. Edited October 3, 2020 by Control
RIPPA Posted October 3, 2020 Author Posted October 3, 2020 For an example of someone "disliking" (that is putting it mildly) - I give you @J.T. post http://deathvalleydriver.com/forum/index.php?/topic/70-movie-comment-catch-all-thread/&do=findComment&comment=17643 SPOILER WARNINGS
RIPPA Posted October 3, 2020 Author Posted October 3, 2020 Spoiler https://alternativemovieposters.com/amp/marriage-story-by-denyce-balcacer/ 197) MARRIAGE STORY (2019) Director: Noah Baumbach 140 Points (2 Votes) - HIGH VOTE: The Z (#22) - ADDITIONAL VOTES: Jae IMDB : ROTTEN TOMATOES (94%/85%) : METACRITIC (94/8.2) NOTE FROM RIPPA - Again most of the discussion of this movie is in the Oscar thread
RIPPA Posted October 3, 2020 Author Posted October 3, 2020 Spoiler 196) MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (2011) Director: Woody Allen 141 Points (2 Votes) - HIGH VOTE: BP (#25) - ADDITIONAL VOTES: Octopus IMDB : ROTTEN TOMATOES (93%/83%) : METACRITIC (81/8.0)
RIPPA Posted October 3, 2020 Author Posted October 3, 2020 Those are the 4 movies I am doing today. More tomorrow... assuming football is played
Lamp, broken circa 1988 Posted October 3, 2020 Posted October 3, 2020 44 minutes ago, Control said: RE: COSMOPOLIS [...] but DeLillo’s prose don’t translate well, without more finesse, into spoken dialogue. See, this is why I loved Cosmopolis. The clunky dialog totally fits in line with the nature of tech bro adulthood, where every gesture towards maturity and deep thought feels more like two kids stacked up in a trench coat trying to get into an R rated movie. There's ideas inside what they're saying that grasp at reality but it's so far gone and disconnected and disrupted that it can't work. It's philosophy as a broad puddle, vast and shallow, unable to support any weight. I feel Pattinson's degradation during the course of the movie is the result of the character trying to dive into this puddle and just stomping all over it. totally understand why it's not for everyone tho
The Z Posted October 3, 2020 Posted October 3, 2020 1 hour ago, RIPPA said: 196) MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (2011) Director: Woody Allen 141 Points (2 Votes) - HIGH VOTE: The Z (#25) - ADDITIONAL VOTES: Octopus I liked Midnight in Paris well enough, but this must have been someone else.
RIPPA Posted October 3, 2020 Author Posted October 3, 2020 14 minutes ago, The Z said: I liked Midnight in Paris well enough, but this must have been someone else. Well you are stuck with it now Yeah - I forgot to update the name since you were the High vote on Marriage Story which the previous movie It will be updated to reflect the high vote is BP
John from Cincinnati Posted October 3, 2020 Posted October 3, 2020 Strange to remember there was a time in the not-too-distant past when Corey Stoll had enough hair to play Hemingway. What a decade! Now that y'all brought up Don Johnson, I was surprised looking up his filmography just now. He had a couple high-profile projects last year with Knives Out and the Watchmen series back-to-back that reminded me that he's still around and still awesome. But he's been working pretty consistently. And I just realized who his daughter is. This is a trip!
caley Posted October 3, 2020 Posted October 3, 2020 2 hours ago, RIPPA said: Reveal hidden contents https://alternativemovieposters.com/amp/marriage-story-by-denyce-balcacer/ 197) MARRIAGE STORY (2019) Director: Noah Baumbach 140 Points (2 Votes) - HIGH VOTE: The Z (#22) - ADDITIONAL VOTES: Jae IMDB : ROTTEN TOMATOES (94%/85%) : METACRITIC (94/8.2) NOTE FROM RIPPA - Again most of the discussion of this movie is in the Oscar thread I really liked this one but when it came down to make cuts to my list, it was my fourth favourite Baumbach movie of the decade (I like 'Frances Ha' and LOVE 'The Meyerowitz Stories' and 'While We're Young' more than just about anyone...) so I ultimately left it off. I think the best discussion of the film, for me, was when I asked my sister about it and she said "Well, first off you should know that he plays a theater DIE-rec-tore and she plays an actress, so there's that" and once you know that, going in, it leaves you ready for the amount of pretentiousness you're going to get from both characters and the screenplay. That said, there is one scene that is as funny as almost anything I saw last year and has one of the most understatedly devastating endings of 2019, as well.
RIPPA Posted October 4, 2020 Author Posted October 4, 2020 19 hours ago, Andy in Kansas said: And I just realized who his daughter is. This is a trip! Are you talking about Dakota or the one who is a model... Grace????
John from Cincinnati Posted October 4, 2020 Posted October 4, 2020 Dakota. I don’t know anything about the model.
RIPPA Posted October 4, 2020 Author Posted October 4, 2020 Spoiler 195) CONTAGION (2011) Director: Steven Soderbergh 142 Points (3 Votes) - HIGH VOTE: Natural (#28) - ADDITIONAL VOTES: Andy in Kansas, EVA IMDB : ROTTEN TOMATOES (85%/63%) : METACRITIC (70/7.0) 1
RIPPA Posted October 4, 2020 Author Posted October 4, 2020 Spoiler https://alternativemovieposters.com/amp/mission-impossible-rogue-nation-by-adrien-noterdaem/ 194) MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION (2015) Director: Christopher McQuarrie 142 Points (2 Votes) - HIGH VOTE: MavsFan (#29) - ADDITIONAL VOTES: Natural IMDB : ROTTEN TOMATOES (93%/87%) : METACRITIC (75/7.9) 1
RIPPA Posted October 4, 2020 Author Posted October 4, 2020 Spoiler 193) COLD WAR (Zimna wojna) (2018) Director: Pawel Pawlikowski 142 Points (2 Votes) - HIGH VOTE: BP (#29) - ADDITIONAL VOTES: Andy in Kansas IMDB : ROTTEN TOMATOES (92%/81%) : METACRITIC (90/7.9) @Andy in Kansas wrote Quote Cold War (2018) A fleet-footed, jet-setting romance that travels Europe over fifteen years, Cold War shows the lavish indulgence and freedom of movement enjoyed by all artists of the Eastern Bloc during the middle of the twentieth century. Or at least those lucky people who happen to know a guy who knows a guy who happens to be a senior party official who can get you off the hook for defecting. Beautifully shot. Good music. Also, folk music. Good dancing. Also, folk dancing. Clocks in at less than ninety minutes, but the vignette-style narrative makes it feel even shorter. Probably better than Green Book. Still haven't seen it. out of five. http://deathvalleydriver.com/forum/index.php?/topic/7864-2019-q3-movie-discussion/&do=findComment&comment=902999
RIPPA Posted October 4, 2020 Author Posted October 4, 2020 Need to explain something - the last two movies (MI Rogue Nation & Cold War) finished exactly the same. 2 votes. High vote being #29 and the other vote being #31 So I had to invoke the "magic" tiebreaker. In this case, I used which movie didn't have a voter who is currently banned 1
RIPPA Posted October 4, 2020 Author Posted October 4, 2020 Spoiler 192) THE FORBIDDEN ROOM (2015) Director: Guy Maddin/Evan Johnson 142 Points (2 Votes) - HIGH VOTE: Execproducer (#9) - ADDITIONAL VOTES: Octopus IMDB : ROTTEN TOMATOES (96%/50%) : METACRITIC (83/8.0)
RIPPA Posted October 4, 2020 Author Posted October 4, 2020 Spoiler 191) THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING MISSOURI (2017) Director: Martin McDonagh 143 Points (4 Votes + 1 HM) - HIGH VOTE: Caley (#37) - ADDITIONAL VOTES: BP, KLOS, New Blood : HONORABLE MENTION: The Z IMDB : ROTTEN TOMATOES (90%/87%) : METACRITIC (88/7.8) Red Band Trailer - NSFW (but only due to language)
John from Cincinnati Posted October 4, 2020 Posted October 4, 2020 (edited) Contagion having a moment this year was really something. If I submitted a longer list, Rogue Nation definitely would have made the cut. Nice to have an aging action/spy franchise that can still confidently crank out great instalments. James Bond can go kick dirt. Edited October 4, 2020 by Andy in Kansas 1
RIPPA Posted October 4, 2020 Author Posted October 4, 2020 The Mission Impossible franchise was one of the ones I was referring too earlier when I said I couldn't remember which movie was what. In fact - I had to double check IMDB to figure out the order and realized that I still haven't seen the most "recent" one (since that one was 2018 - recent is a relevant term) Rebecca Ferguson is nice
Control Posted October 4, 2020 Posted October 4, 2020 Can’t believe you banned the Natural you monster. Did not see COLD WAR or FORBIDDEN ROOM and feel like I let the high voters down. 2
John from Cincinnati Posted October 4, 2020 Posted October 4, 2020 (edited) I had Cold War at 31 on my list. Missed high vote on that by just a smidge, so you also let me down! Edited October 4, 2020 by Andy in Kansas
Execproducer Posted October 4, 2020 Posted October 4, 2020 53 minutes ago, Control said: Can’t believe you banned the Natural you monster. Did not see COLD WAR or FORBIDDEN ROOM and feel like I let the high voters down. When you mentioned your Canadian filmmaking bias I thought "Great! The Forbidden Room is going to make it for sure!", so I was half right. I join you in feeling like I let down the two voters for Cold War which I also haven't seen yet, along with whoever may have voted for another Pawlikowski film that was just a straight up omission on my part.
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