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Post by PG Cooper on Mar 26, 2020 18:05:13 GMT -5
5. InceptionBecause while not quite the best movie of the decade, I don't know if I've ever had a theatrical experience as exciting as my first time watching Inception.
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Post by PhantomKnight on Mar 26, 2020 18:37:43 GMT -5
Four spots too low, but I'll accept it.
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Post by PG Cooper on Mar 26, 2020 19:08:30 GMT -5
4. Phantom ThreadBecause if The Master is Paul Thomas Anderson at his most challenging and cerebral, Phantom Thread is him at his most deliciously entertaining (while still being plenty cerebral).
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Post by thebtskink on Mar 26, 2020 19:11:18 GMT -5
I still haven't seen that one.
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Post by PG Cooper on Mar 26, 2020 19:18:47 GMT -5
I still haven't seen that one. Noted for film club.
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Post by PG Cooper on Mar 26, 2020 19:43:16 GMT -5
3. BoyhoodBecause regardless of how many years it took to make, this movie engrosses me like almost nothing else.
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Post by Dracula on Mar 26, 2020 19:43:50 GMT -5
35. Dogtooth (2010) Year: 2010 Release Date: 6/25/2010 Director: Yorgos Lanthimos Writer(s): Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthymis Filippou Starring: Christos Stergioglou, Michelle Valley, Angeliki Papoulia, Mary Tsoni, and Christos Passalis Based on: N/A Distributor: Kino International Country of Origin: Greece Language: Greek Running Time: 97 Minutes Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 If ever there was a piece of world cinema that really seemed to come out of nowhere it was probably Yorgos Lanthimos’ Dogtooth (a film I’m counting as a 2010 release because of its late American release). The film was made by a then unknown director from a country that frankly hadn’t had many international hits in a while but which won the Prix Un Certain Regard at Cannes and managed to score a Best Foreign Language Film nomination at the Oscars back when that category was usually dominated by middlebrow fare. The film focuses on a five person family which has isolated itself and where the parents have opted not to tell their children about the outside world and demand complete loyalty from them. It seems absurd on its face but you come to realize that what the film is essentially doing is creating in microcosm the kind of repression that exists in totalitarian societies like North Korea where people follow authority figures based on blind loyalty and the knowledge that dissent will be punished and knowledge of the outside world is not let in. But even ignoring that subtext this is a weird and audacious piece of filmmaking that introduced the world to Lanthimos’ style of presenting oddball behavior against sterile enviroments and it plays out with a great deal of energy and a boldness around taboo subject matter and a willingness to disturb without feeling like some kind of empty provocation.
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Post by PG Cooper on Mar 26, 2020 20:09:00 GMT -5
35. Dogtooth (2010) Year: 2010 Release Date: 6/25/2010 Director: Yorgos Lanthimos Writer(s): Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthymis Filippou Starring: Christos Stergioglou, Michelle Valley, Angeliki Papoulia, Mary Tsoni, and Christos Passalis Based on: N/A Distributor: Kino International Country of Origin: Greece Language: Greek Running Time: 97 Minutes Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 If ever there was a piece of world cinema that really seemed to come out of nowhere it was probably Yorgos Lanthimos’ Dogtooth (a film I’m counting as a 2010 release because of its late American release). The film was made by a then unknown director from a country that frankly hadn’t had many international hits in a while but which won the Prix Un Certain Regard at Cannes and managed to score a Best Foreign Language Film nomination at the Oscars back when that category was usually dominated by middlebrow fare. The film focuses on a five person family which has isolated itself and where the parents have opted not to tell their children about the outside world and demand complete loyalty from them. It seems absurd on its face but you come to realize that what the film is essentially doing is creating in microcosm the kind of repression that exists in totalitarian societies like North Korea where people follow authority figures based on blind loyalty and the knowledge that dissent will be punished and knowledge of the outside world is not let in. But even ignoring that subtext this is a weird and audacious piece of filmmaking that introduced the world to Lanthimos’ style of presenting oddball behavior against sterile enviroments and it plays out with a great deal of energy and a boldness around taboo subject matter and a willingness to disturb without feeling like some kind of empty provocation. Way higher than I expected.
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Post by 1godzillafan on Mar 26, 2020 20:14:44 GMT -5
I still haven't seen that one. Noted for film club. And thebtskink better give you Roadhouse.
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Post by PG Cooper on Mar 26, 2020 20:19:41 GMT -5
2. The Social NetworkBecause it is damn good storytelling that transforms the creation of Facebook into a Wellesian tragedy of friendship and betrayal.
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Post by Dracula on Mar 26, 2020 20:22:17 GMT -5
35. Dogtooth (2010) Year: 2010 Release Date: 6/25/2010 Director: Yorgos Lanthimos Writer(s): Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthymis Filippou Starring: Christos Stergioglou, Michelle Valley, Angeliki Papoulia, Mary Tsoni, and Christos Passalis Based on: N/A Distributor: Kino International Country of Origin: Greece Language: Greek Running Time: 97 Minutes Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 If ever there was a piece of world cinema that really seemed to come out of nowhere it was probably Yorgos Lanthimos’ Dogtooth (a film I’m counting as a 2010 release because of its late American release). The film was made by a then unknown director from a country that frankly hadn’t had many international hits in a while but which won the Prix Un Certain Regard at Cannes and managed to score a Best Foreign Language Film nomination at the Oscars back when that category was usually dominated by middlebrow fare. The film focuses on a five person family which has isolated itself and where the parents have opted not to tell their children about the outside world and demand complete loyalty from them. It seems absurd on its face but you come to realize that what the film is essentially doing is creating in microcosm the kind of repression that exists in totalitarian societies like North Korea where people follow authority figures based on blind loyalty and the knowledge that dissent will be punished and knowledge of the outside world is not let in. But even ignoring that subtext this is a weird and audacious piece of filmmaking that introduced the world to Lanthimos’ style of presenting oddball behavior against sterile enviroments and it plays out with a great deal of energy and a boldness around taboo subject matter and a willingness to disturb without feeling like some kind of empty provocation. Way higher than I expected. Still Lanthimos' best IMO
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Post by PG Cooper on Mar 26, 2020 21:07:33 GMT -5
1. The Wolf of Wall StreetBecause its portrait of how rich white guys can get away with anything is as depressingly poignant as it is hilarious. Because its full of energetic filmmaking and inventive set-pieces. Because it has an impeccable cast working with some blistering dialogue. Because even after five viewings it still makes me howl with laughter. Because it's Marty at his best. And because PhantomKnight can suck it.
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Post by Doomsday on Mar 26, 2020 21:18:00 GMT -5
Daaaamn that came outta nowhere. I've always said that I admire Wolf of Wall Street because no one else would have had the balls, nor would they have been able to pull off, doing a 3 hour movie about a guy banging hookers and doing cocaine but Scorsese did and did it well. PhantomKnight, anything you care to add?
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Post by Dracula on Mar 26, 2020 21:55:09 GMT -5
Hmmm, did not see that coming. Great list overall.
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Post by PhantomKnight on Mar 26, 2020 21:59:46 GMT -5
1. The Wolf of Wall Street
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Post by IanTheCool on Mar 26, 2020 23:04:47 GMT -5
Interesting #1. Huh. Cool.
I cannot get on board with boyhood. So now that you know I don't agree, you might want to think about changing your list.
I'm good with your #2 though. You can keep it.
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Post by PG Cooper on Mar 26, 2020 23:28:00 GMT -5
Interesting #1. Huh. Cool. I cannot get on board with boyhood. So now that you know I don't agree, you might want to think about changing your list. I'm good with your #2 though. You can keep it. 2/3 huh?. Well, as Jack Nicholson said in Mars Attacks, two-thirds ain't bad.
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Post by PhantomKnight on Mar 26, 2020 23:34:14 GMT -5
You were doing pretty good till #1.
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Post by PG Cooper on Mar 26, 2020 23:37:58 GMT -5
Hmmm, did not see that coming. Great list overall. Wolf wasn't even my number one film of 2013 at the time. Back then I sort of felt, as great as it was, it was still in Goodfellas' shadow. Now I see those connections as more thematic extensions that really enrich both movies. But more than anything, no film from the decade has drawn me back more or proven so continuously rewarding. I also think ot captures core themes and anxieties of the 2010s really well. It's also just so consistently gut-bustingly funny. 1. The Wolf of Wall Street I've been planning this joke for weeks now.
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Post by PhantomKnight on Mar 26, 2020 23:50:38 GMT -5
Well, it's a better joke than any of the ones in the movie, so I'll give you that.
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Post by PG Cooper on Mar 26, 2020 23:56:16 GMT -5
Well, it's a better joke than any of the ones in the movie, so I'll give you that. I don't know how you can hear Leo growl "BeniFUCKINhana" and not crack up. It's wonderful.
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Post by PhantomKnight on Mar 27, 2020 0:02:18 GMT -5
Well, it's a better joke than any of the ones in the movie, so I'll give you that. I don't know how you can hear Leo growl "BeniFUCKINhana" and not crack up. It's wonderful. I can do it without breaking a sweat, thank you very much.
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Post by Dracula on Mar 27, 2020 11:02:51 GMT -5
34. The Revenant (2015) Year: 2015 Release Date: 12/25/2015 Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu Writer(s): Mark L. Smith and Alejandro G. Iñárritu Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson, and Will Poulter Based on: The novel "The Revenant" by Michael Punke Distributor: 20th Century Fox Country of Origin: United States Language: English Running Time: 156 Minutes Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 When it came out late in 2015 The Revenant was a surprisingly controversial movie among critics with many of them really coming out against the movie during that award season. Part of that was just an extension of the inexplicable animosity that certain critics seem to have against director Alejandro G. Iñárritu, which I’ve never understood. The other big complaint I maybe get a bit more now than I did at the time, namely that the movie isn’t particularly deep and probing. It’s revenge and survival story isn’t the most psychologically complex thing you’re likely to see and the villain played by Tom Hardy is a bit one note. So I get why the film might not be someone’s favorite movie in the world, but to find it outright bad? Nah man, this is a movie that has Leonardo Di Caprio getting into a fight with a bear, so to not think that’s at least a little awesome is a bit hard to understand. There are actually a lot of amazing set-pieces in the movie like its opening battle sequence and the fight scene at the end, but what really stands out about the movie is simply its depiction of nature. It’s set on the frontier very early in the country’s history when the west (which is no longer the west) was still very wild and Iñárritu and cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki opted to shoot the film using only natural lighting, which was almost certainly a huge challenge but the bigger point is that the movie is absolutely beautiful pretty much the whole way through. It’s kind of the ultimate wilderness adventure movie and it’s a captivating watch the whole way through.
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Post by PG Cooper on Mar 27, 2020 11:37:32 GMT -5
Nice write-up. The Revenant rules.
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Post by donny on Mar 27, 2020 12:11:02 GMT -5
What are the critics beef with Iñárritu?
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