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Post by Neverending on Mar 22, 2020 15:08:29 GMT -5
38. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Because it's an exquisitely crafted thriller which refuses to conform to Hollywood screenwriting standards and is just endlessly rewatchable. Bitch, please. |
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Post by PG Cooper on Mar 22, 2020 15:25:50 GMT -5
38. The Girl with the Dragon TattooBecause it's an exquisitely crafted thriller which refuses to conform to Hollywood screenwriting standards and is just endlessly rewatchable. Bitch, please. What's the problem? |
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Post by 1godzillafan on Mar 22, 2020 15:47:16 GMT -5
It offended his delicate sensibilities.
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Post by Neverending on Mar 22, 2020 15:53:08 GMT -5
38. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Fixed. |
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Post by PG Cooper on Mar 22, 2020 16:02:03 GMT -5
Nah, the Swedish film feels much more like a standard procedural mystery. Fincher's direction and cast is what really elevates the material.
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Post by Neverending on Mar 22, 2020 16:11:09 GMT -5
Nah, the Swedish film feels much more like a standard procedural mystery. Fincher's direction and cast is what really elevates the material. Bitch, please. |
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Post by 1godzillafan on Mar 22, 2020 16:13:20 GMT -5
Can I love both almost on the same level but slightly prefer Fincher's?
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Post by Neverending on Mar 22, 2020 16:24:22 GMT -5
Can I love both almost on the same level but slightly prefer Fincher's? You mean Rooney Mara is more attractive? Fine. |
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Post by 1godzillafan on Mar 22, 2020 16:31:19 GMT -5
Can I love both almost on the same level but slightly prefer Fincher's? You mean Rooney Mara is more attractive? Fine. Can I meet in the middle and just go for the threesome? |
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Post by PG Cooper on Mar 22, 2020 17:14:31 GMT -5
37. The Revenant Because in a surprisingly awesome decade for Westerns, this one was the best.
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Post by Neverending on Mar 22, 2020 17:24:30 GMT -5
Because Leo gets raped by a bear?
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Post by IanTheCool on Mar 22, 2020 17:41:50 GMT -5
And sleeps in a horse.
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Post by PG Cooper on Mar 22, 2020 17:45:54 GMT -5
Because Leo gets raped by a bear? Great scenes. |
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Post by PG Cooper on Mar 22, 2020 18:27:00 GMT -5
36. Silver Linings Playbook Because this delightfully charming and often moving film is a great reminder of how good romantic comedies can be when filmmakers really take the material seriously.
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Post by Neverending on Mar 22, 2020 18:32:23 GMT -5
Mixed feelings about that poster
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Post by PG Cooper on Mar 22, 2020 18:34:34 GMT -5
Mixed feelings about that poster Fair, but the real poster sucks and this one's size fit better on the forum. |
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Post by Dracula on Mar 22, 2020 19:22:07 GMT -5
43. Embrace of the Serpent (2016)
 Year: 2016 Release Date: 2/17/2016 Director: Ciro Guerra Writer(s): Ciro Guerra and Jacques Toulemonde Vidal Starring: Jan Bijvoet, Nilbio Torres, Brionne Davis, and Antonio Bolívar Based on: The diaries of Theodor Koch-Grunberg and Richard Evans Schultes Distributor: Oscilloscope Country of Origin: Columbia Language: Amazonian Tribal Languages Running Time: 125 Minutes Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Ciro Guerra’s Embrace of the Serpent is, if nothing else, a movie that boldly refuses to take the easy way out when it comes to fulfilling its vision. It was shot in black and white, it done largely in tribal languages which would not be understood by any world audience without subtitles, it has a tricky structure that cuts between two time periods, and it ends with a spiritual/hallucinogenic trip rather than a conventional plot resolution. It’s a movie that laughs in the face of other movies’ compromises and excuses, is what I’m saying. They even shot the damn thing on 35mm, which could not have been easy given that the film is set in the Amazon rainforest. There were, however, good reasons for all of these decisions. The temporal structure allows audiences to see the lingering effects of colonialism and corporate exploitation, the linguistic challenges show respect for the cultures being depicted while showing the rainforest’s diversity, the black and white achieves a period feel while also forcing audiences to focus in on the story rather than get lost in the beautiful scenery, and the hallucination at the end… well I’m still trying to wrap my head around that part but the point is this is a movie with an uncompromising vision that is unlike much of anything else out there and is also a rather singular experience with some haunting imagery and ideas.
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Post by PG Cooper on Mar 22, 2020 19:31:14 GMT -5
35. First Reformed Because of its central character study and thick sense of dread.
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Post by IanTheCool on Mar 22, 2020 21:02:34 GMT -5
Mixed feelings about that poster No mixed feelings here. Its terrible. |
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Post by PG Cooper on Mar 22, 2020 21:30:47 GMT -5
34. Lady Bird Because while I didn't fully appreciate it on first viewing, Lady Bird has proven among the most rewatchable and entertaining movies of the decade thanks to honest writing and a fantastic cast.
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Post by Dracula on Mar 22, 2020 22:35:04 GMT -5
34? Really?
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Post by PG Cooper on Mar 22, 2020 22:37:07 GMT -5
I'm kinda surprised it ended up as high as it did. I don't know, something about it really sticks with me and it gets better and better the more I sit with it. I'll win you back with my next pick...then again, maybe you'll be disappointed it's too low. We'll see. |
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Post by PhantomKnight on Mar 22, 2020 22:52:18 GMT -5
38. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 36. Silver Linings Playbook Much better choices. |
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Post by Dracula on Mar 23, 2020 7:49:32 GMT -5
42. Beyond the Hills (2013)
 Year: 2013 Release Date: 3/8/2013 Director: Cristian Mungiu Writer(s): Cristian Mungiu Starring: Cosmina Stratan and Cristina Flutur Based on: The book "Deadly Confession and Judges' Book" by Tatiana Niculescu Bran Distributor: Sundance Selects Country of Origin: Romania Language: Romanian Running Time: 155 Minutes Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 In the early 2000s you’d hear rumblings from festival circuits of interesting cinema coming out of Romania and the door was really blown off at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival when Cristian Mungiu won the Palm d’Or for his film 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days. It would take five years for Mungiu to follow up that success but when he finally came back he didn’t disappoint. Beyond the Hills is less explosive than his breakthrough, but it remains a really strong work just the same. The film is set in modern Romania and focuses on two women who grew up together in an orphanage, one would be adopted away to a home in Germany and the other eventually ended up in a convent. In the film the two reunite when the one who left visits that convent and what follows is a fairly long and at times rather intense film about these two severed souls coming together and the way that sort of drives one of them crazy and how the church responds to this. The film feels a bit different from other “Romanian New Wave” films in that the basic filmmaking language is a touch more conventional and less overtly focused on long shots but the focus on taking a stark look at societal issues remains. In the film’s third act it takes a dramatic turn which even flirts with the supernatural, which is definitely unusual for this movement but Mungiu steers it just right. It’s a movie that announced in a big way that the Romanian New Wave was likely to grow and change but that Mungiu was here to stay.
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