Dec 11, 2014

I know man.. I know.. I couldn't choose..lol

 

Jan 4, 2015

bump time

 

Jan 4, 2015

birdman

 

Jan 4, 2015

It's probably not the overall best movie of the year but I really really liked Gone Girl.

 

Jan 5, 2015

w8ing until I see Inherent Vice this week!!

 

Jan 5, 2015

There's still quite a few films I'll be catching up on, but here's my best of 2014 at the moment. These are based on US release dates so The Look of Silence and Jauja will count for next year for me. Overall, I saw 75 2014 movies (Not quite as good as @FilmAndWhisky but not bad).

Best Films
1. Under the Skin
2. Boyhood
3. Winter Sleep
4. The Immigrant
5. Force Majeure
6. The Tale of Princess Kaguya
7. Listen Up Philip
8. Two Days, One Night
9. Inherent Vice
10.Calvary

Honorable Mention: Ida, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Starred Up, We Are the Best!, Goodbye to Language, Selma, The Guest, Birdman, Stranger by the Lake, CitizenFour

Best Actor
1. Ralph Fiennes, The Grand Budapest Hotel
2. Jack O' Connell, Starred Up
3. Brendan Gleeson, Calvary
4. David Oyelowo, Selma
5. Tom Hardy, Locke

Best Actress
1. Scarlett Johansson, Under the Skin
2. Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night
3. Marion Cotillard, The Immigrant
4. Essie Davis, The Babadook
5. Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl

Best Supporting Actor
1. Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
2. Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
3. Jonathan Pryce, Listen Up Philip
4. Ben Mendelsohn, Starred Up
5. Josh Brolin, Inherent Vice

Best Supporting Actress
1. Elizabeth Moss, Listen Up Philip
2. Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
3. Rose Byrne, Neighbors
4. Agata Kulesza, Ida
5. Jessica Chastain, A Most Violent Year

Best Director: Jonathan Glazer, Under the Skin Runner-Up: Richard Linklater, Boyhood

Best Cinematography: Darius Khondji, The Immigrant, Runner-Up: Emmanuel Lubezki, Birdman

Best Score: Mica Levi, Under the Skin Runner Up: Steve Moore, The Guest

Best Screenplay: Alex Ross Perry, Listen Up Philip, Runner-Up: John Michael McDonagh, Calvary

Some key films I haven't seen yet: Mommy, Maps to the Stars, Strange Little Cat, Maidan, The Theory of Everything, The Imitation Game, Wild, Still Alice, Dear White People, Actress, American Sniper

 

Jan 5, 2015

@Twan thoughts on Nightcrawler? Don't see it anywhere up there

 

Jan 5, 2015

Wasn't a big fan, I'm afraid. Gyllenhaal is great and it looks cool, but I found it to be an underwhelming blend of 1976 classics Taxi Driver and Network, but lacking insight both as a character study and as a satire. I take it though that I'm in the minority on this one.

Hopefully we can still be friends

 

Jan 5, 2015

Yeah, we're good.

 

Jan 6, 2015

mommy (dir. xavier dolan)
norte, the end of history (dir. lav diaz)
the immigrant (dir. james gray)
winta ashleep (dir nuri bilge ceylan)
jauja (dir. lisandro alonso) / goodbye to language 2D (dir. jlg)
the strange little cat (dir. ramon zurcher)
journey to the west (dir. tsai ming-liang)
welcome to new york (dir. abel ferrara)
wetlands (dir. david wnendt)
black coal, thin ice (dir. yinan diao)

 

Jan 6, 2015

Looks like I need to give Listen Up Phillip another chance @Twan.

It was making me super angry.

 

Jan 6, 2015

Listen Up Philip is an American klassik. Can't wait for Perry's next film with Elizabeth Moss & Katherine Waterston.

 

Jan 6, 2015

Not enough love for interstellar

 

Jan 6, 2015

How's your girlfriend? Miss you bud

 

Jan 6, 2015

I don't think Inherent Vice is even playing in my province. Bummer, I really wanted to see that in theatres.

 

Jan 6, 2015

Favorite film - Interstellar

Biggest disappointment - The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Biggest surprise - X-Men Days of Future Past

 

Jan 6, 2015

@Twan did you catch Leviathan yet?

 

Jan 6, 2015

I'll admit that I was pretty frustrated with it too early on. It takes a little bit to get on its wavelength and to get used to its protagonist's toxic attitude and behavior. However, I don't believe it relishes in Philip's prick-ishness and, in this regard, I think the roles of Elizabeth Moss and Jonathan Pryce are crucial as they reflect the missed opportunity of his past and his potentially isolated future. Overall, I found the end result to be achingly sad.

I did...it's quite strong and would have been in my next set of honorable mentions. Very well directed and performed all around with a sharp critique of Russia's modern day corruption. If I have any reservations, it's that it is so unrelentingly dark and tragic that it inspires somewhat removed admiration more than it does an impassioned response.

 

Jan 6, 2015

Under the skin kind of overrated

 

Jan 6, 2015

yeah I finished it and I agree with what you said, but still didn't leave much of an impact on me