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| gromit |
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bartist wrote:
A fantastic film year, however you look at it.
Well, I admit I'm behind.
And there's always the end of the year stampede.
But I thought it was a real middling year at best.
I've seen nothing that I've liked.
Haven't even found any of those small indie films or foreign films or docs which I usually can dig up and admire.
The only exception would be The Temptation of St. Tony which I thought had a great opening and was pretty interesting and entertaining in a deadpan Estonian black comedy low key kind of way.
The Adjustment Bureau was fun and fluffy. Watched it twice.
The Tree of Life; Midnight in Paris; The Beaver After Hours all had moments I enjoyed and were decent enough films. Colors of the Mountain is a small-scale family drama about trying to survive in a Colombian jungle village from a young boy's point of view. Rango was almost strident in its edginess and kind of loud, but mostly worked.
I thought Source Code and The Conspirator were very middling. Two films where I liked the concept and look much more than the execution or actual film. Uncle Boonmee is that rare Buddhist film which made me want to punch things.
My 2C List is Long:
Mysteries of Lisbon (Raul Ruiz)
The Turin Horse (Bela Tarr)
The Artist (Michel Hazanavicius, 2011)
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Take Shelter
Into the Abyss (Herzog)
The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu
Moneyball
Meek's Cutoff (Reichardt)
The Help
Martha Marcy May Marlene
The Future (Miranda July)
Another Earth (Mike Cahill)
La Quattro Volte
The Guard
Cave of Forgotten Dreams (Werner Herzog)
The Trip (Michael Winterbottom)
That's somewhat in order of interest.
There also seem to be a lot of films this year which I have little or no interest in. Maybe I'll make a list of those too, so that I can have more lists than everyone else. Or so I can remember to avoid them.
Maye I'll pay someone to make that list for me and spur the economy. A new list -- films which I don't want to see so much that I'm unwilling to put them on a list myself ... |
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| whiskeypriest |
| Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2011 7:35 pm |
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gromit wrote:
The Beaver After Hours |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 12:49 am |
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whiskeypriest wrote: gromit wrote:
The Beaver After Hours Did you see that on Cinemax?
That's where I saw it. Scarey enough, it does star Jerry Mathers. |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 10:40 am |
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Scratch The Trip off my list.
I was somewhat interested due to Winterbottom, but it sounds like a film I might either shrug at or dislike.
Saw the Dvd tonight, recalled the general premise and ran, not walked, the other way. |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 10:41 am |
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Happy to see the hybrid After Hours joke has gotten a second wind.
Mileage does vary on 2011 as year-in-cinema. Want to see several on Gromit's to see list, and B. Pitt's perf in Moneyball. The Descendants opens Friday in Omaha, at the art theater there, since it's Payne's home town, but Lincoln has to wait several weeks so I gather it's limited release.
Thought Cloonz would pull it out of the limited release system, but looks like not. |
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| knox |
| Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 1:15 pm |
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gromit wrote: Scratch The Trip off my list.
I was somewhat interested due to Winterbottom, but it sounds like a film I might either shrug at or dislike.
Saw the Dvd tonight, recalled the general premise and ran, not walked, the other way.
I've heard nothing but good about The Trip. It's a mockumentary with Steve Coogan and another funny Brit as themselves, and sounds like it has the sort of improv'd conversation found in My Dinner with Andre (albeit at several different restaurants....MDWA on the road, IOW). I can only see running the other way if you have healing cracked ribs and don't want to laugh. |
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| carrobin |
| Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 1:35 pm |
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| I checked "The Trip" on IMDb and found a review that said it's a compendium of bits from the TV series, which is much better. But I doubt that the series is on DVD--can't seem to find it so far, though it's true I haven't given much time to looking. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 1:55 pm |
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bartist wrote: Happy to see the hybrid After Hours joke has gotten a second wind.
Mileage does vary on 2011 as year-in-cinema. Want to see several on Gromit's to see list, and B. Pitt's perf in Moneyball. The Descendants opens Friday in Omaha, at the art theater there, since it's Payne's home town, but Lincoln has to wait several weeks so I gather it's limited release.
Thought Cloonz would pull it out of the limited release system, but looks like not.
Believe me, they are planning a big release for this movie, but they are 'platforming' it--that is, starting smaller and building as reviews and word of mouth make it a sleeper of sorts. They know in advance this is going to be a huuuuuuge movie. You are going to be hearing a lot about The Descendants, and more and more as Oscar time approaches. This could be the one that upsets the Potter apple cart. |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 7:43 pm |
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Well, that makes sense, when I think about the timing....if they build so that it pops big before Oscars....plus, ok, then a general release after the holidays helps it get in there amidst all the holiday glut at the multiplexes.
Still, I can get restless, so I might just make the drive to Traffic Hell, aka Omaha, Nebr. |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 11:16 pm |
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| Initial reviews for The Muppets are all positive and those for Hugo nearly so. I will, of course, be seeing both. |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 12:09 pm |
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Will see Hugo, given that it centers around the early history of motion pictures.
But Quadruple M. Girl Name comes first, due to its leaving town sooner. |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 12:58 pm |
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| Hugo looks twee. Even in comparison to The Muppets. Don't know that I will see either. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 1:29 pm |
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| Hugo is not going to be on my short list, though The Muppets, to my surprise, is. |
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| carrobin |
| Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 7:36 pm |
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| "Hugo" is the only new film that the Daily News gave five stars. I'm hoping to see it next week. (Along with "The Descendants" and "The Artist" if I can manage it.) |
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| Marc |
| Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 6:29 pm |
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| Hugo is marvelous. Scorsese does a masterful job with 3D and everything about the film has the glow of magic. |
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