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Post by Subtext Mining on Dec 18, 2023 0:35:14 GMT
I forgot Scrooged is also one of my Christmas favorites.
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Post by Subtext Mining on Dec 20, 2023 16:21:15 GMT
I noticed you both have The Big Sleep at #1. I know everything about this movie, and I know I've seen clips of it, but I can't remember if I've seen the whole thing all the way through. Guess I should make sure to fix that too Ok, saw it. This is what I would call the TESB of noir movies. Everyone loves it because it's so cool. The plot, as in, the case, doesn't even matter, it's just a backdrop. Actually, I think you could call this 1940s noir porn, haha. People stick with it for the electric banter and innuendo. Some of which was actually added later. But yeah, I think this movie took the antagonizing dialogue between love interests to new heights and showed filmmakers new and exciting things that could be done with romantic tension. And I have a feeling it was borrowed heavily from for Star Wars, particularly Han & Leia. In fact, i couldn't help but notice the first line in the film is Carmen saying to Marlowe, "Well, you're not very tall."  |
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Post by Subtext Mining on Dec 20, 2023 21:40:28 GMT
Yeah, someday I'd like to read her first draft, but from what I hear almost all her dialogue was replaced. Still, it would be interesting to see how much of her ideas did remain through to the film.
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Post by Ingram on Dec 28, 2023 7:14:45 GMT
My List Summary of 2023 in Film, including my Top ? Favorites.
Good, if Just Oppenheimer
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
Creed III
Knock at the Cabin Door
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre
The Creator
Asteroid CityOverratedGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
John Wick: Chapter 4
Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Elemental
M3GAN
Barbie
Five Nights at Freddy's
Talk to Me
Sound of FreedomUnderrated/UnseenBoston Strangler
Master Gardener
Cobweb
God is a Bullet
Outlaw Johnny Black
The Last Voyage of the Demeter The Three Musketeers: D'ArtagnanThe Three Musketeers Part II: Milady Net ZeroTransformers: Rise of the Beast
A Haunting in Venice
Magic Mike's Last Dance
Extraction 2
The Equalizer 3
Gran Turismo
Air
The FlashBelabored Hipster ChicSaltburn
Poor Things
Beau Is Afraid
Dream ScenarioBelabored Oscar-BaitMaestro
Leave the World Behind
The Boys in the Boat
May DecemberBelabored Art-GenuineThe Zone of Interest
Showing Up
Killers of the Flower MoonMisbegotten Schlock65
Renfield
Cocaine Bear
Meg 2: The Trench
Expend4bles
HypnoticWell-Adjusted SchlockThe Pope's Exorcist
The Devil's Conspiracy
Thanksgiving
The MotherEyeDuNawtKairFast X
ScreamVI
Evil Dead Rise
No Hard Feelings
The Little Mermaid
Wish
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Insidious: The Red Door
WonkaThe Hunger Games: The Bal—I'm not finishing that stupid title Saw XAmnesic CommercialsThe Blue Beetle
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Aquaman and the Lost City
Ant-Man and the Wasp: QuantumaniaBest Animated Film of the YearMars ExpressBest Nic Cage Movie of the Year (he made five)Sympathy for the DevilMerde !The Marvels
Peter Pan & Wendy
Strays
The Machine
The Exorcist: The Believer
How to Blow Up a Pipeline
No Comment -Thoughts and Feelings Unclear An Existential Revaluation of Who I Am in this Universe
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Contenders for My Top ListPriscilla
The Killer
Napoleon
Ingram's Top...3 Yes, just three.
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Pun intended
Joel Kinnaman plays a working class electrician named Brian Godlock who's little boy dies one afternoon on the Eve of Christmas as a random bystander caught in the crossfire of a gang war drive by. Delirious with rage, Brian gives chase on foot and catches up with the thugs only to become their next victim, taking one bullet to the back and another to the throat. He survives but suffers through a lengthy recovery period aided by his grieving wife, Saya, played by Catalina S. Moreno. After a stretch of deep alcoholic depression that further estranges him from said wife coupled with unsatisfactory results in police justice, Brian shifts gears by committing all his time and resources to the long-game of revenge against the gang members who shattered his world, undergoing physical training and refitting himself with weapons and a driving machine supped up for urban warfare. This two-act narrative stretches the course of a whole year back around to the holidays and with the final third act landing again on Christmas Eve, the calendar-marked target date for Brian's coup de grace.
So that's the movie, on paper just another Death Wish-style vigilante thriller and not even with the trendy John Wick approach to underworld exotica and elaborate orchestrations in gunplay choreography, as Brian remains a protagonist borne from everyman normality who steels himself just enough to confront inner-city crime with equal parts reckless abandon and frequently clumsy execution. And yet Silent Night has up it's sleeve two aces: first, this is John Woo's return in full force to American action filmmaking after a 20-year absence and the second, being the central gimmick of the feature, it has no spoken dialogue. Yep, you read that right. Such a conceit is anchored by Brian's aforementioned throat shot that robbed him of working vocal chords and from there stylistically envelopes the entire affair with only music and soundscape design tonalizing the drama.
It's Woo getting to tell a story visually, then, and he does so with a flair befitting his '90s heyday legacy, even if proceeding with a budget comparably modest alongside Face/Off and Mission: Impossible II; you won't find such scale nor star power here. Nonetheless Woo paints vividly as the melodramatist he's always been with brushstrokes of penetrative closeup performances, slow-mo coiled tension & pathos montage, and at last with combustive action staging. If the movie is schlock in the crudest classification then such in turn only accentuates Woo at his sincerest in expressing 'street justice' genre poetry with zero pretentiousness. With a plot threadbare by necessity and the emotional through-line distilled to its essences, the viewer is left to soak in the immediacy of each story beat as it unfolds in deep sensory fashion. The experience is almost one of lucid dreaming, drifting back 'n' forth between caustic reality and a kind of time-syrup virtual reality. It's a form of uncompromised lowbrow yet artistically principled genre art that I often find so lacking these days.
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Dare to be Stupid
What a corn dog of a movie. Derivative? *lol* Derivative was two train stops back. Why even bother cataloging the plethora of obvious cinema references and recycled storylines subsumed by this enterprise... the totality is of such magnitude that it crosses a threshold into some neo-continuum of archetypical storytelling. Zack Snyder is without a doubt not interested in originality nor does he give an inch, nary a damn centimeter, of pithy self-awareness, let alone self-effacement aimed at excusing with a wink-wink to knowing audiences his sandbox of formulaic material. There's no meta anything, no subversion of tropes with offbeat jokes or acknowledgements. Rebel Moon wields its space opera narrative of disparate heroes summoned into a motley crew to protect a lowly planetary farming village from galactic tyranny with so concentrated a level of obliviousness that renders all criticisms of the cliched practically irrelevant. It frankly doesn't matter at this point. Snyder's mission here is the canvas itself.
Star Wars, Heavy Metal, Herbert, Kurosawa etc., yeah yeah, we get it. Yet instead of dismissing this movie as an insipid ripoff of all the above, I propose a likeness tier flying in under the radar as something delightfully more based: Hanna-Barbera meets Matell. Watching Rebel Moon I found myself drifting less and less towards the pinnacles of cinema/literary sci-fi & folklore in favor of economically animated Saturday morning escapism from decades past. Think The Herculoids, Birdman and the Galaxy Trio, SuperFriends and Masters of the Universe—those earnestly boyish cartoons with a jollied sense of action heroics through teamwork amidst bizarre worlds with purple shaded skies. There's a recruitment scene where an enslaved blacksmith named Tarak -- ambiguously native, shirtless, buff and bronzed -- gambles for emancipation by riding without fail aback a winged griffin creature through a desert canyon of giant rock shards. More respectable sophistications might lead one to cite, say, Burroughs' Tarzan or Barsoom series as has since been done opposite similar beast-taming moments in James Cameron's Avatar, except at that very instant all I could think was, "Holy shit. This is live-action He-Man!" sans mockery. Snyder insists upon Tarak's feat as serious business and on par with the rest of the film exhibits his arguably one singular high aspiration by illustrating it as an aesthetic love child of Frank Frazetta and Boris Vallejo in glossy speed-ramped motion.
Rebel Moon succeeds squarely rooted in this modus operandi where cartoon pirate 'n' barbarian space-fantasy is treated almost with an act of defiance as serious business, grounded and with a touch of solemnity. Not unlike Woo's Silent Night I enjoyed this movie for much the same reasons, in its complete rejection of hip irony at the service of a more anchored heroes' tale. Lead Sofia Boutella's Kora is a character of reluctant courage and thus seeks wayward champions of similar persuasions, and that's that; the individual identities and motivations comprising said crew are next to songlike in their simplicity. It's dumb, but only in the strictest sense and with a modest intent. For all the dour countenance that in cursory may be adjudged of Rebel Moon there is a deeper good-natured sensibility that merits appreciation from the uncynical. The movie never lies. All the more resplendent, then, is its array of graphic art imagery that splashes across the screen with the self-confidence of a Michelangelo or a neanderthal cave painting, take your pick ...or an episode of ThunderCats.
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Faster, more intense
In recent years we've been getting biopics up the ass and the majority of them are utterly disposable products wherein the real-life-of subject is reduced to a protracted montage of bullet points checked off for easy mainstream consumption or moreover contorted to serve whatever the fashionable social commentary, likewise in a manner commercially calculated. The minority however can be distinguished by attempts to at least elevate the material via auteur filmmakers, of which 2023 alone has seen its proportionate share, from ostentatious epics like Nolan's Oppenheimer and Scott's Napoleon to the more blithely intimate with S. Coppola's Priscilla. Yet even here the results still waver either in terms of story structure and pacing or with a focus of whomever the figure in question being seized for all its potential. Generally, biopics tend to drift loosely apart from narrative in what always seems like a strained effort to cover many chapters totaling an individual's life or legacy, and therefore even enriched with signature visions there remains a certain feel to the moviegoing experience that often can't shake the overly-familiar.
At year's last we have Michael Mann's Ferrari. Thing is, it's not a biopic. Mann has kicked aside the above genre and all the tropes that go it, opting instead for a sports drama; a "biographical" sports drama if you must but, for all intents and purposes, just a straight albeit minimalist sports drama. The rise to enterprise of Enzo Ferrari is forgone, giving Mann an opportunity to zero-in on a contained plot-line spanning only a matter of days in summer Italy, 1957, where the infamous carmaker must save his bleeding business by getting his team of drivers across the finish line 1st place at the Mille Miglia open-road endurance race. The "biopic" as a concept gives over to functioning as a microcosm of Ferrari, here a middle-aged autocrat who behind closed doors must balance his wife and business partner, Laura, in all her fury with the plights of his longtime mistress, Lina, mother of his illegitimate son. Technical matters parlay between finance and machinery—legal contracts and the canny management of race car driver personalities, whereas the underlying psychology concerns a man who must adjudicate his passions with a cold, downright ruthless stoicism.
The two leads, Adam Driver in the titular role and Penelope Cruz as his wife, are so completely internalized in their acting, and especially when sharing scenes can say volumes without barely speaking. Mann of course has always been certain at gleaming austerely soulful performances from his cast and he stages many a stripped down moments where the two actors excel respectively, Cruz' Laura burning like a hot coal at the indignities heaped upon her and Driver's Enzo, with his silver hair slicked back, a hardened diamond reflecting the adversity around him with prismatic flashes. Mann also upkeeps his reputation as a director who deals ever so meticulously in well-researched authenticity of whatever the storied world/profession. 1950s period Italy is well-dressed and vividly photographed in deep lush tones under summer light as one might hope but the display of machinery + speed is where Mann truly stays ahead of the curve. Auto racing sequences (car chases in general) in even high-end productions are oft reduced to sensory assaults and swooping camerawork as removed as it is "sexy". Mann alternatively and intuitively understands that the spectacle of the sport is not something independent as filmmaking flash alone but rather a keen illustration of the technical parameters in which real drivers must navigate. The third act Mille Miglia event is as much visually replete in the science of shifting, breaking and maneuvering anticipation as it is the sheer thrill of going fast. It's remarkable just how well the movie allows audiences to gauge on a gut level how the racers must decide all things, namely each other, amidst the open road.
The true story of this racing event is a shocking one and I'll keep my review spoiler free, suffice to say it all comes to a head both on the road and off in ways that tests Enzo Ferrari's very identity, his fragmented commitments in life. I can't honestly say this was material that I ever asked for, yet sitting there in theater I quickly lost myself in the much detailed panorama and ebb 'n' flow of the dramatic conflicts. Ferrari clocks in a little over two hours, is tightly edited and moves with a purpose. In hindsight I'm none too surprised that Mann handled the subject matter so adroitly. It's been on his radar for some time.
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Ingrams ranking of Indy 5 is just perfect 😂
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Post by smittysgelato on Jan 4, 2024 6:05:20 GMT
I very much appreciate what Ingram had to say about Rebel Moon. He put some of the things I was feeling while watching it into words better than I could. The thing that strikes me about Rebel Moon is that, yes, it isn't mocking itself in a self-aware manner, which is very refreshing. I don't know if sincere is the right word, but for lack of a better word I will just go with that. This movie has the child-like confidence or "I don't give a hoot how dumb the adults think this is because it is AWESOME" mentality that just allows itself to be what is.
That is one hell of a list, Ingram.
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Post by smittysgelato on Jan 4, 2024 22:13:47 GMT
My 2023 List, inspired by Ingram:
Movies I Enjoyed:
Oppenheimer (It seeds its imagery and pays it off in spectacular fashion. The non-linear editing also makes this thing feel like a collage of one man's life. I also like that this movie is an epic demonstration of all the perverse incentives present in society that make it appealing for people to fuck each other over, the atom bomb merely being the most dramatic example of this. I got flashbacks to Padme pleading with the Senate that if all you offer the Separatists is violence, all they can do is give you violence in return).
Suzume (technically 2022, but I finally saw it this year. It has the most original story of any movie I have seen in quite some time).
Rebel Moon (I already talked about this elsewhere).
Elemental (The comparison to Zootopia has been made, but I preferred a city full of element-themed people to a city of anthropomorphized animals. The Fire people make for some "cool" animation. The usual Disney/Pixar themes are present but they are evergreen themes that are touching enough that I will rewatch this once in a while).
TV Series I Enjoyed:
The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House (One of those series that is like a warm hug and isn't interested in being an anxiety-inducing experience like so many modern movies).
Ahsoka (self-explanatory)
The Bad Batch: Season 2 (the episodes with Crosshair and Commander Cody were amazing)
The Mandalorian: Season 3 (I forgot to include this initially so I am editing the post to address the fact I overlooked this one.* It isn't as good as the first two seasons, but watching all the Mandalorians fight space pirates and Imperials using jetpacks pleased the child in me just fine. I will say this though, the whole Mandalorian cult that Mando is a part of feels kind of like a silly gang of teenagers who are desperate to belong to the pack of cool kids. The whole not showing their faces thing is really where the silliness comes in. As flawed as the Jedi are, I will take the Jedi over the Mandalorians any day.
Movies that were pretty good in some ways, but didn't win me over entirely:
Leave The World Behind (I like that this movie makes an argument for physical media, leading to the best movie ending of the year).
The Killer (It packs a punch in terms of suspense, but I dunno what the point of this one was. I will re-watch it sometime in order to reconsider it).
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (The best Marvel movie in a while...I guess?)
Movies That Were Okay:
The Little Mermaid (Not as bad as the haters made it out to be, but it isn't good either. What I can say in its favor is that I would rather re-watch it than attend church or sit through a math class. Halle Bailey is the best part because she has that cute, naive Disney Princess quality going for her).
A Haunting in Venice
Movies I Didn't Like:
Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania (I'm not sure why Ant-Man's name is even in the title xD)
Movies I Want to See, but Haven't Yet:
Hidden Blade
Past Lives
Godzilla Minus One
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
The Boy and The Heron (My number one priority)
Napolean
Killers of the Flower Moon
No Hard Feelings
Wish
Asteroid City
The Creator
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
John Wick: Part 4
The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan (I am always up for some Musketeers).
Master Gardener
Silent Night
Mars Express (This looks neat. Thank you for bringing it to my attention, Ingram).
Teenaged Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part I
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Post by Ingram on Jan 5, 2024 10:09:25 GMT
Movies I Want to See, but Haven't Yet:
Godzilla Minus One Just saw it the other day, this side of the new year. It was a hell of a lot more compelling than the Hollywood versions we've been getting. Not sure where it would fall on my list. Maybe between 'Good' and 'Contenders', or maybe even higher. Movies I Want to See, but Haven't Yet:Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Curb everything and you might get something out of it.
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Post by smittysgelato on Jan 6, 2024 4:42:01 GMT
Movies I Want to See, but Haven't Yet:
Godzilla Minus One Just saw it the other day, this side of the new year. It was a hell of a lot more compelling than the Hollywood versions we've been getting. Not sure where it would fall on my list. Maybe between 'Good' and 'Contenders', or maybe even higher. Movies I Want to See, but Haven't Yet:Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Curb everything and you might get something out of it.
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Post by smittysgelato on Jan 6, 2024 6:36:17 GMT
My 2022 List:
I finally got around to watching more stuff from 2022, so I can finally make a list. I am going to mix TV shows and movies with this one.
Outright Loved It:
Broker (Movie) - This is the best of the bunch on both lists. I think I posted about it before in Film Club because this movie's philosophy is commensurate with Star Wars, despite being a totally different genre. It also stars my favourite living actress, Ji-Eun Lee.
Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio (Movie) - The beauty of the stop-motion alone makes this one a work of art to be savoured.
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (TV- Anime) - This one has so much style.
My Dress-Up Darling (TV - Anime) - The story is about a high school kid named Gojo. His passion is making traditional hina dolls and a part of that is making little clothes for the dolls. At school he meets a girl named Marin who is passionate about cosplay. Gojo winds up designing and crafting her cosplay costumes and of course, they fall in love in the process. The best part is watching her fall in love with him, because she is the girl every guy (ME!) wanted to meet in high school but didn't. By that I mean she is beautiful, into nerdy things, wants to share them with you, and to top it all off she ACTUALLY loves you back. Marin soothed the 15-year-old boy in me who got rejected by all the girls back in high school. Thanks Marin!
I Liked It ALOT:
Everything Everywhere All At Once (Movie) - The Matrix meets Bruce Lee meets the Multi-Verse of Madness. It is an absolute party and it will probably grow on me upon repeat viewings. Perhaps there was just too much to digest here in one viewing for me to declare it one of my absolute loves for the year.
Avatar: The Way of Water (Movie) - Like Ahsoka, it has space whales. I do enjoy me some space whales.
Cobra Kai: Season 5 (TV) - I forgot to add this one so I am editing the post to include it!*
I Liked It:
The Batman (Movie) - It distills everything the previous movies got right. In that regard, it is both a blessing and a curse for the movie. In a sense, it is the best Batman movie ever because it combines all of those things, but in another respect it feels like more of the same.
Top Gun: Maverick (Movie) - This one owes a lot to A New Hope doesn't it? After one viewing I am not sure if it really understands what it is drawing on from Star Wars or if it is even trying to be faithful to it or not? Repeat viewings required. The action is perfect, though.
Bocchi the Rock! (Anime - TV) - An introverted high school girl plays guitar and joins a band. Her social ineptitude reminds me of me in high school, but turned up to 11, lol. The first few episodes were great, but episodes 8-12 lost some steam.
The Book of Boba Fett (TV) - We have discussed this already.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (TV) - Not as good as the movies, but not as bad as the haters made it out to be. I love Young Galadriel. This woman is possessed by her purpose and it is delightfully excessive.
Three Thousand Years Of Longing (Movie) - People probably hated this one because the visual effects are not totally convincing, but not once did I think this movie was boring to look at. The love story is pretty epic too. I forgot this one initially so this one was added when I edited the post.*
I Wanted To Love It, but Didn't:
Obi-Wan Kenobi (TV) - Sigh.
Uncharted (Movie) - Tom Holland works just fine as a younger Nathan Drake, so I don't get why people rejected him being cast from the get-go. The movie itself is passably entertaining, much like The Little Mermaid.
The Girl from the Otherside (Anime - TV) - I expected more from this than it gave.
The Banshees of Inisherin (Movie) - Not as funny as In Bruges, but then again, no movie is....
Bullet Train (Movie) - Good in bursts.
The Sandman (TV) - This was a rollercoaster of enjoyment mixed with frustration. Stick with the comic book I say.
Didn't Even Make It Through The Whole Run-time:
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I Have Mixed Feelings:
Andor (TV) - The Joker of Star Wars TV shows. It has the name, but I am not convinced it has the spirit.
Turning Red (Movie) - Seeing Canadian money in a movie was cool. This movie is a pretty good metaphor for Jungian shadow integration.
The Sea Beast (Movie) - It was nice, I guess.
Lightyear (Movie) - I am not sure why I am torn about this one. I am not one of those people who didn't like it because they took the character in a different direction than what we see in Toy Story.
My Father's Dragon (Movie) - I watched this so long ago I don't remember what put me off of it.
Doctor Strange & The Multi-Verse of Madness (Movie) - I have nothing to say about this one.
All Quiet on the Western Front (Movie) - This movie REALLY wants you to know that war is bad. I agree, but this thing is a belaboured exercise in stating the obvious.
A Bunch I Still Haven't Seen, But Want To:
The Fabelman's (Movie) - My top priority. I won't be surprised if it winds up in the "I Outright Loved It" or "I Liked It Alot" categories.
The Whale (Movie) - I like Brendan Fraser but not the fact this looks Oscar-Baity. So I will watch it eventually, it just isn't a priority.
Extraordinary Attorney Woo (TV) - This one is a K-Drama about an autistic lawyer. It looks fun, but K-Dramas are long so I always put them on the back burner.
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury (Anime - TV) - I love the Gundam series so this is a must.
RRR (Movie) - I hear good things about this one.
Nihilistic Bullshit:
Chainsaw Man (Anime - TV) - Great animation and action but the story is a waste of my time.
The Northman (Movie) - I tried it again and walked away with the same feelings as before.
The Menu (Movie) - Ingram would have a field day with this one.
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Post by Pyrogenic on Jan 10, 2024 21:18:41 GMT
Ah, yes. 2022 in film.
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Post by stampidhd280pro on Jan 10, 2024 21:54:28 GMT
ORDER 1138 now includes all the Back to the Future movies instead of Goonies, The Witches, and Joe Versus the Volcano.
Rango, Twixt, and Adventures of Tintin got the axe. Coppola's early film work gets representation, but abridged. I've been sitting on this 6 week, 108 film cycle for about a month. I doubt it'll change again, but who knows.
ORDER 1138
WEEK 1
DAY ONE
Dementia 13 (1963)
The Rain People (1969)
Patton (1970)
DAY TWO
THX 1138 (1971)
Duel (1971)
The Godfather (1972)
DAY THREE
American Graffiti (1973)
The Conversation (1974)
The Sugarland Express (1974)
DAY FOUR
The Godfather Part II (1974)
Jaws (1975)
Star Wars: A New Hope (1977)
DAY FIVE
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
More American Graffiti (1979)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
DAY SIX
The Black Stallion (1979)
1941 (1979)
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
WEEK 2
DAY SEVEN
Kagemusha (1980)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Dragonslayer (1981)
DAY EIGHT
Body Heat (1981)
Continental Divide (1981)
One from the Heart (1982)
DAY NINE
Conan the Barbarian (1982)
E.T. the Extraterrestrial (1982)
Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
DAY TEN
The Secret of NIMH (1982)
Poltergeist (1982)
The Dark Crystal (1982)
DAY ELEVEN
The Black Stallion Returns (1983)
The Outsiders (1983)
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983)
DAY TWELVE
Twice Upon a Time (1983)
Rumble Fish (1983)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
WEEK 3
DAY THIRTEEN
Gremlins (1984)
The Cotton Club (1984)
Ran (1985)
DAY FOURTEEN
Back to the Future (1985)
Latino (1985)
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
DAY FIFTEEN
Return to Oz (1985)
The Color Purple (1985)
Labyrinth (1986)
DAY SIXTEEN
Howard the Duck (1986)
Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
An American Tail (1986)
DAY SEVENTEEN
Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
Gardens of Stone (1987)
Innerspace (1987)
DAY EIGHTEEN
Empire of the Sun (1987)
*batteries not included (1987)
Powaqqatsi (1988)
WEEK 4
DAY NINETEEN
Willow (1988)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988)
Tucker: The Man and his Dream (1988)
DAY TWENTY
The Land Before Time (1988)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
DAY TWENTY-ONE
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
Always (1989)
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
DAY TWENTY-TWO
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
Dreams (1990)
The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone (1990)
DAY TWENTY-THREE
What About Bob? (1991)
Hook (1991)
Housesitter (1992)
DAY TWENTY-FOUR
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Schindler’s List (1993)
WEEK 5
DAY TWENTY-FIVE
Radioland Murders (1994)
The Indian in the Cupboard (1995)
Jack (1996)
DAY TWENTY-SIX
The Rainmaker (1997)
In & Out (1997)
Amistad (1997)
DAY TWENTY-SEVEN
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Bowfinger (1999)
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (1999)
DAY TWENTY-EIGHT
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001)
The Score (2001)
Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (2002)
DAY TWENTY-NINE
Minority Report (2002)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Naqoyqatsi (2002)
DAY THIRTY
The Stepford Wives (2004)
The Terminal (2004)
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (2005)
WEEK 6
DAY THIRTY-ONE
War of the Worlds (2005)
Munich (2005)
Death at a Funeral (2007)
DAY THIRTY-TWO
Youth Without Youth (2007)
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
Tetro (2009)
DAY THIRTY-THREE
Red Tails (2012)
War Horse (2012)
Lincoln (2013)
DAY THIRTY-FOUR
Strange Magic (2015)
Bridge of Spies (2015)
The BFG (2016)
DAY THIRTY-FIVE
The Post (2017)
Ready Player One (2018)
West Side Story (2021)
DAY THIRTY-SIX
The Fabelmans (2022)
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)
Megalopolis (2024)
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Feb 24, 2024 0:37:59 GMT
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Post by stampidhd280pro on Feb 24, 2024 0:37:59 GMT
It's taken on a new name. You know the deal. Still 108 movies on a 6 week schedule. Impossible, impractical, call it what you want, it's:
DEMENTIA 1138
WEEK 1
DAY ONE
Dementia 13 (1963)
The Rain People (1969)
Patton (1970)
DAY TWO
THX 1138 (1971)
Duel (1971)
The Godfather (1972)
DAY THREE
American Graffiti (1973)
The Conversation (1974)
The Sugarland Express (1974)
DAY FOUR
The Godfather Part II (1974)
Jaws (1975)
Star Wars: A New Hope (1977)
DAY FIVE
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
The Muppet Movie (1979)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
DAY SIX
More American Graffiti (1979)
1941 (1979)
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
WEEK 2
DAY SEVEN
The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Dragonslayer (1981)
DAY EIGHT
Body Heat (1981)
Continental Divide (1981)
One from the Heart (1982)
DAY NINE
E.T. the Extraterrestrial (1982)
Poltergeist (1982)
The Dark Crystal (1982)
DAY TEN
The Outsiders (1983)
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983)
Twice Upon a Time (1983)
DAY ELEVEN
Rumble Fish (1983)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Gremlins (1984)
DAY TWELVE
The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)
The Cotton Club (1984)
Return to Oz (1985)
WEEK 3
DAY THIRTEEN
Back to the Future (1985)
The Color Purple (1985)
Labyrinth (1986)
DAY FOURTEEN
Howard the Duck (1986)
Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
DAY FIFTEEN
Gardens of Stone (1987)
Innerspace (1987)
Empire of the Sun (1987)
DAY SIXTEEN
*batteries not included (1987)
Willow (1988)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988)
DAY SEVENTEEN
Tucker: The Man and his Dream (1988)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
DAY EIGHTEEN
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
Always (1989)
Joe Versus the Volcano (1990)
WEEK 4
DAY NINETEEN
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone (1990)
DAY TWENTY
What About Bob? (1991)
Hook (1991)
Housesitter (1992)
DAY TWENTY-ONE
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Schindler’s List (1993)
DAY TWENTY-TWO
Radioland Murders (1994)
The Indian in the Cupboard (1995)
Jack (1996)
DAY TWENTY-THREE
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
MIB: Men in Black (1997)
In & Out (1997)
DAY TWENTY-FOUR
The Rainmaker (1997)
Amistad (1997)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
WEEK 5
DAY TWENTY-FIVE
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (1999)
Bowfinger (1999)
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001)
DAY TWENTY-SIX
The Score (2001)
Jurassic Park III (2001)
Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (2002)
DAY TWENTY-SEVEN
Minority Report (2002)
MIIB (2002)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
DAY TWENTY-EIGHT
The Stepford Wives (2004)
The Terminal (2004)
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (2005)
DAY TWENTY-NINE
War of the Worlds (2005)
Munich (2005)
Death at a Funeral (2007)
DAY THIRTY
Youth Without Youth (2007)
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
Tetro (2009)
WEEK 6
DAY THIRTY-ONE
B’twixt Now and Sunrise (2011)
The Aventures of Tintin (2011)
War Horse (2012)
DAY THIRTY-TWO
Red Tails (2012)
MIB³ (2012)
Lincoln (2013)
DAY THIRTY-THREE
Strange Magic (2015)
Jurassic World (2015)
Bridge of Spies (2015)
DAY THIRTY-FOUR
The BFG (2016)
The Post (2017)
Ready Player One (2018)
DAY THIRTY-FIVE
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
West Side Story (2021)
Jurassic World: Dominion (2022)
DAY THIRTY-SIX
The Fabelmans (2022)
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)
Megalopolis (2024)
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Post by eljedicolombiano on Feb 29, 2024 23:04:50 GMT
Favorite movies that are neither part of a franchise nor sequels
1. The Big Country
2. Seven Samurai
3. Río Bravo
4. Forrest Gump
5. Shane
6. Master and Commander
7. Life of Pi
8. Arsenic and Old Lace
9. The Big Sleep
10. Casablanca
11. Charade
12. Hidalgo
13. A Man for All Seasons
14. To Kill a Mockingbird
15. El Cid
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Post by Ingram on Mar 7, 2024 7:32:41 GMT
 Seeing as how the franchise doesn't seem poised to move forward in the foreseeable future, yeah, I think it's time for this thread to finally tackle everyone's rankings for James Bond - 007. I'm actually doing both here, ranking... The Entire Series down to My Top 10 26. Diamonds Are Forever 25. Die Another Day 24. The Man with the Golden Gun 23. Live and Let Die 22. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
21. Octopussy 20. Tomorrow Never Dies
19. Quantum of Solace 18. Goldfinger 17. Thunderball
16. Dr. No 15. Moonraker
14. The Living Daylights
13. Casino Royale
12. Skyfall
11. The Spy Who Loved Me
10. Spectre
09. Never Say Never Again
08. No Time to Die 07. You Only Live Twice
06. GoldenEye
05. A View to A Kill 04. For Your Eyes Only 03. Licence to Kill 02. The World Is Not Enough 01. From Russia with Love The Bond Songs Ranked
25. 'Never Say Never Again' - Lani Hall
24. 'All Time High' - Rita Coolidge 23. 'The Man with the Golden Gun' - Lulu 22. 'Die Another Day' - Madonna
21. 'Another Way to Die' - Jack White / Alicia Keys
20. 'No Time to Die' - Billie Eilish
19. 'Nobody Does It Better' - Carley Simon 18. 'Diamonds Are Forever' - Shirley Bassey
17. 'Tomorrow Never Dies' - Sheryl Crow
16. 'The Living Daylights' - a-ha 15. 'GoldenEye' - Tina Turner 14. 'Live and Let Die' - Wings 13. 'Writing's On The Wall' - Sam Smith 12. 'Thunderball' - Tom Jones
11. 'From Russia with Love' - Matt Monro
10. 'You Know My Name' - Chris Cornell
09. 'For Your Eyes Only' - Sheena Easton
08. 'The World Is Not Enough' - Garbage
07. 'We Have All the Time in the World' - Louis Armstrong
06. 'Moonraker' - Shirley Bassey
05. 'Licence to Kill' - Gladys Knight 04. 'Goldfinger' - Shirley Bassey
03. 'You Only Live Twice' - Nancy Sinatra
02. 'Skyfall' - Adele
01. 'A View to A Kill' - Duran Duran The Bond Actors Ranked by Tier
eljedicolombiano , I'm expecting you for certain, if no one else, to chime in on this one.
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Post by eljedicolombiano on Mar 8, 2024 3:02:18 GMT
I don't quite have all of the films fresh in my head- If I where to revisit some, I'm sure it would change, but roughly I think it would be:
25. Diamonds Are Forever
24. Die Another Day
23. The World is Not Enough
22. Licence to Kill
21. Moonraker
20. The Living Daylights
19. Tomorrow Never Dies
18. A View to A Kill
17. Quantum of Solace
16. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
15. Thunderball
14. The Man with the Golden Gun
13. You Only Live Twice
12. Live and Let Die
11. The Spy Who Loved Me
10.Spectre
9. Skyfall
8. Goldfinger
7. Octopussy
6. Dr No
5. Goldeneye
4. No Time to Die
3. For Your Eyes Only
2. From Russia with Love
1. Casino Royale
Bond Songs
24. 'Die Another Day' - Madonna
23.'The Man with the Golden Gun' - Lulu
22. 'The World Is Not Enough' - Garbage
21. 'Tomorrow Never Dies' - Sheryl Crow
20. 'Another Way to Die' - Jack White / Alicia Keys
19. 'Licence to Kill' - Gladys Knight
18. 'The Living Daylights' - a-ha
17. For Your Eyes Only' - Sheena Easton
16. 'No Time to Die' - Billie Eilish
15. 'Writing's On The Wall' - Sam Smith
14. 'A View to A Kill' - Duran Duran
13. 'Moonraker' - Shirley Bassey
12. 'Live and Let Die' - Paul McCartney
11. 'All Time High' - Rita Coolidge
10.'GoldenEye' - Tina Turner
9. 'Diamonds Are Forever' - Shirley Bassey
8.'You Only Live Twice' - Nancy Sinatra
7. Skyfall' - Adele
6. 'Nobody Does It Better' - Carly Simon
5. 'You Know My Name' - Chris Cornell
4. Goldfinger' - Shirley Bassey
3. 'We Have All the Time in the World' - Louis Armstrong
2. 'Thunderball' - Tom Jones
1. 'From Russia with Love' - Matt Monro
The Bond Actors
6. George Lazenby
5. Timothy Dalton
4. Pierce Brosnan
3. Sean Connery
2. Roger Moore
1. Daniel Craig
Now upping you one here Ings, top villains:
1. Ernst Stavro Blofeld
2. Francisco Scaramanga
3. Auric Goldfinger
4. Le Chiffre
5. Kamal Khan
6. Electra King
7. Mr Big
8. Hugo Drax
9. Emilio Largo
10. Dr Julius No
special mention: General Orlov, Safin
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Post by Ingram on Mar 8, 2024 10:51:32 GMT
25. Diamonds Are Forever 24. Die Another Day Isn't that funny, though... not that I'm surpri—
23. The World is Not Enough 22. Licence to Kill I don't know you anymore.  I think I might be the only person currently not residing in a padded room cell who ranks Spectre above Skyfall. The reason is because it's a better movie. There. I said it. 3. For Your Eyes Only 2. From Russia with Love Okay, we can be friends again.
Bond Songs
11. 'All Time High' - Rita Coolidge
6. 'Nobody Does It Better' - Carly Simon I just knew you'd rank those higher than they have any right to be. Those songs are corny. You're corny, EJC.
The Bond Actors6. George Lazenby 5. Timothy Dalton 4. Pierce Brosnan 3. Sean Connery 2. Roger Moore 1. Daniel Craig Jeez. If you love Craig so much, why don't you just marry him. In fact, please do ...so I can marry his wife.
Now upping you one here Ings, top villains: 1. Ernst Stavro Blofeld
2. Francisco Scaramanga
3. Auric Goldfinger
4. Le Chiffre
5. Kamal Khan
6. Electra King
7. Mr Big
8. Hugo Drax
9. Emilio Largo
10. Dr Julius No
special mention: General Orlov, Safin But which version of Blofeld? Savalas, Gray, Waltz, von Sydow or Pleasence. I sorta classify Blofeld in the same category as Boba Fett: one died in the Sarlacc pit, end of story, while the other died when Bond dropped his sorry, crippled, wheelchair'd ass down an industrial smoke chimney, end of story. Anyhow...
10. Dr. Kananga (Mr. Big)
09. Gustav Graves 08. Alec Trevelyan - 006
07. Lyutsifer Safin
06. Dr. No 05. Max Zorin
04. Electra King 03. Fatima Blush
02. E.S. Blofeld (Pleasence)
01. Red Grant
I really feel like Toby Stephens was shafted with a wonky Bond movie because his performance as Gustav Graves is really fun at being impossibly smug, with his handsomely coiffed hair and lip curl. One of the few solid writing bits in the movie is where he tells Bond -- Brosnan's Bond, no less -- "I chose to model the disgusting Gustav Graves on you. Just in the details: that unjustifiable swagger, your crass quips, a defense mechanism concealing such inadequacy." Stephens also somehow pulls off one of the goofiest lines in Bond-movie history: "The insomnia is permanent for me. An hour in the Dream Machine keeps me sane." I will not divulge just how often I quote at random that silly shit.
I must say that Lyutsifer Safin grew on me considerably upon a later rewatch. I initially dismissed his character and Malek in the role as just another hushed, fey, Craig-era villain one-too-many but have since come to appreciate both the details of his construct and the way the actor reveals the slightest little cracks in the ice of his megalomaniac convictions, displaying a psycho who seems at once saddened and serene with what he's about to unleash upon the world. He may have been the 5th attempt with the 'chilled necromancer' type opposite Craig's Bond yet I'd say in this case his was the most satisfying as an accumulation of the previous four. And lastly a shout-out to Barbara Carrera as Fatima Blush. She went crazy with the material and came off like she was having a blast with every second of screen time. Her final showdown with 007 and death scene is pretty amazing.
Since we're on this merry-go-round, EJC, hows about I up the ante yet again with Top Bond Girls. Performance, resourcefulness, hotness, I leave the criteria up to you.
Note - I'm excluding femme fatale villainesses from my list to keep things simpler, but feel free to diverge.
10. Tiffany Case 09. Paris Carver
08. Pam Bouvier 07. Domino
06. Tatiana Romanova 05. Pussy Galore
04. Solitaire 03. Contessa Teresa di Vicenzo
02. Madeleine Swann
01 Natalya Simonova
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Mar 8, 2024 17:04:53 GMT
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Post by eljedicolombiano on Mar 8, 2024 17:04:53 GMT
😂 Hey I am corny Ings- won’t deny you that. I’ve ranked Spectre above Skyfall before, I think it depends on my mood. That was one I changed before posting.
I think the best Blofeld is probably Pleasance. but Waltz and the guy who does the voice in From Russia with Love is a close second. Gray is simply not good in the role (almost nothing in that movie works imo) and I've never seen Never Say Never Again, so can't comment on Von Sydow.
As far as ranking the Bond Babes, here we go:
Special Mention: Magda (that escape from Bond's room where she spins down the building is the sexiest thing ever)
11. Anya Amasova
10. Jill Masterson
9. Melina Havelock
8. Kara Milovy
7. Honey Ryder
6. Solitaire
5. Contessa Teresa di Vicenzo
4. Octopussy
3. Natalya Simonova
2. Madeleine Swann
1. Vesper Lynd
The femme fatale is better suited for the category of Henchmen (Or Henchwoman). Anyway:
Honorable Mention: Gobinda
11. Logan Ash
10. Rosa Klebb
9. Tee Hee
8. Fiona Volpe
7. Hinx
6. Baron Samedi
5. Nick Nack
4. Jaws
3. Xenia Onatopp
2. Oddjob
1. Grant
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Post by smittysgelato on Mar 8, 2024 20:38:47 GMT
I really need to do a Bond marathon. It has been too long. I strongly suspect Michelle Yeoh will be my favourite Bond girl. She is beyond legendary.
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