Oct 21, 2015

second best

 

Oct 21, 2015

WHEWW too provocative for this thread, lets get back to movies

Why exactly do people like andy and paul hate wes anderson? He makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside

 

Oct 21, 2015

"foh" i like the movie, i just dont think its one of the greatest american films ever made. sometimes you can just enjoy something not wash it in meaningless lofty praise

daily reminder uve never kissed a girl

 

Oct 21, 2015

 

Oct 21, 2015

goes for u too

 

Oct 21, 2015

look guys andy's kissed a girl and went to film school

#lifegoals tbh u bb

 

Oct 21, 2015

That feel when you have better taste in film and your b---- is hotter than captain awesome's

 

Oct 22, 2015

Man, I missed out on some good discussion!!

Can I join this? :P

The problem with Birdman is that it uses an exclusively cinematic trick, the mobile camera, to produce an exclusively theatrical presence. At best its artistry is limited to that of theater, which is engaging in the meanwhile but due to its reliance on drama/actors it has no resonating features.

With you on Foxcatcher, but Whiplash is excellent and while it's certainly not one of the best films ever, it showcases some of the best editing/accelerated editing seen in an American film of recent memory. As a cinema of accumulation and refrain (montage which builds and images which are repeated for resonating measure. Example: drumsticks on bloody snare which are seen repeated at quicker intervals in closer and closer frame) it uses the art in media-specific/cinema-specific ways, which for me is generally a huge plus in evaluating a film.

To me, it doesn't matter whether a film is 50 years old with a reputation or 1 year old with none. Nothing outside of the film, including its place in history, is relevant to its artistic qualities. Sticking with reputation shows you have no real merit for critique. The consensus is a passionless art.

King.

I think anyone who watches film seriously keeps in mind their biases, and is able to treat film subjectively while remaining relatively objective. I would argue that all my favourite films are not just subjectively but objectively great, and I can argue this.

What I'm not sure about are films that don't work for me. When it does, I accept the aesthetic. When it doesn't, I reject it. This is how I feel about Spring Breakers. It hasn't clicked for me, which is why I can't see why it is considered a masterpiece by some. But I consider myself wrong about this, and I will never argue that it isn't. Maybe one day my mind will open to the extent that it works. Meanwhile, and to intentionally pick a film that would cause a pushback, I think The Place Beyond the Pines is a masterpiece, and I know I am right about this. I know in the same way that @Vahn knows about Spring Breakers and you know about Top Five (that was your favourite film of the year, right?)

 

Oct 22, 2015

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  Son of Saul 2015
  ★★★ Watched 07 Oct, 2015
  
  [REVIEW] 65/100 - Son of Saul (László Nemes, Hungary)
  
  The haunting nature of its sensational visual style makes Son of Saul a highly exhausting and emotionally manipulative film.
  
  Read full review:
  nextprojection.com/2015/10/20/viff-son-saul-highly-exhausting-emotionally-manipulative/
  
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  The Treasure 2015
  ★★★ Watched 07 Oct, 2015
  
  [REVIEW] 74/100 - The Treasure (Corneliu Porumboiu, Romania)
  
  While there are few laugh-out-loud moments, The Treasure is certainly one of the funniest films of the year, with much absurdist humour surmounting from its seemingly farfetch’d script and characters.
  
  Read more:
  nextprojection.com/2015/10/20/viff-treasure-one-funniest-films-year/
  

 

Oct 22, 2015

Ryan Gosling is a masterpiece

 

Oct 22, 2015

Well not that bad...I don't see that many outright bad movies so the bottom of my list is pretty scarce.

Gosling definitely has an eye for striking visuals, but the movie overall feels haphazardly stitched together. Its self-conscious weirdness only partially masks what's a thin, often silly, noir story. I think Gosling has talent behind the camera, but perhaps next time he should direct someone else's script.

 

Oct 22, 2015

well i know for a fact the first part isnt true... doubt the second, but open to you posting a pic.

here's my thing about you, which i'm 100% correct about: you're one of those who uses usual vague, hyperbolic language to describe their favorite films. theres no pov, no ability to debate reasonably. thats why this has devolved to some petty back-n-forth. don't bring up my gf again

 

Oct 22, 2015

rawrrrrr #dambwoi

 

Oct 22, 2015

to each their own about foxcatcher, i thought it was dope. that said, i do think film -- in all its complexities, its ability to convey a worldview through a variety of tics -- isnt as open to relativism as you might. its a rich artform... personally yes, people will like what they like. but philosophically, some people are just wrong. they dont have the training or the taste to be critical. its not the worst problem in the world, but there's got to be a level of vigilance or else what we're left with is a mass market of focus group tested tentpoles (oops)

 

Oct 22, 2015

Glad ur here bb, stay vigilant

 

Oct 22, 2015

f--- off u twit. can u imagine if u ran hollywood? itd be all remakes and reboots (oops)

stay saucy tho... you couldnt convince the sea that its wet, gump mf

 

Oct 22, 2015

crine u mad

Let's watch spring breaker together m8, I can show u who gucci mane is

 

Oct 22, 2015

everyday

 

Oct 22, 2015

no im not mad at all tbh. i just have zero respect for your opinions on topics that arent neurology, and find your addiction to expressing any random thought u have here to be irritating. youre like a gnat

 

Oct 22, 2015

OH d---!