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| gromit |
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This is mostly a time for me to catch up on 2011 films and international films from 2011 which are just now getting US or dvd's releases.
I usually see about 45 films a year.
Last year I have only 33 on my list so far, though I possibly forgot some. A dozen foreign films which isn't too bad, and they were most of my favorites.
2011 List
Best:
The Artist
The Temptation of St. Tony
Nader and Simin, A Separation
Good:
Mysteries of Lisbon
Nostalgia for the Light
Young Adult
The Tree of Life
The Adjustment Bureau
Colors of the Mountain
Pretty Good:
Another Earth
The Descendants
Midnight in Paris
Rango
The Help
Average:
The Beaver
Hugo
The Light Thief
Martha Marcy May Marlene
My Week with Marilyn
50/50
Source Code
Moneyball
The Deep Blue Sea
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Weak:
The Ides of March
Page One: Inside the NY Times
The Conspirator
Tuesday, After Christmas
Like Crazy
Bad:
Melancholia
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Poetry (Lee Chang Dong)
Uncle Boonmee
Expect I'll see between 30 -50 2012 films depending how good a year it is. But for now, it's mostly trying to gather some morsels of info in an attempt to avoid bad films and films which are not for me. |
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| carrobin |
| Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2012 5:06 pm |
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Billy: good to know your "procedure" was successful. I know what happens when they aren't.
Bill Nighy had a great little cameo in a recent "Doctor Who" in which he played an art critic who was an expert on Van Gogh. The Doctor brought Van Gogh to visit him and learn how much the 21st century appreciated him (of course the critic didn't know who he was). Unfortunately it didn't change history and Vincent died anyway, but it was a great scene. |
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| Befade |
| Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2012 6:28 pm |
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Quote: This is Not a Film (Jafar Panahi, 2011) getting good reviews.
Gromit.....be SURE to see it......you'll be impressed.
Billy........glad things are good. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2012 7:12 pm |
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| Betsy, how are things with you? |
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| yambu |
| Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2012 7:59 pm |
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| Billy, I think I'm doing pretty good, but your energy and latter day accomplishments make me drop my jaw. May you live a long and fruitful life. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2012 9:44 pm |
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yam--Thanks so much.
Tonight I saw a wonderful little indie comedy-drama called Safety Not Guaranteed, about two misfits who get together in the most unusual way. He's a wacky but weirdly sweet would-be time traveler and she's a very pretty but very nerdy intern at a magazine doing an article about him. It's reminiscent to a certain extent of early Woody Allen, but even more original than the best of Woody. I quite loved it. |
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| Befade |
| Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 4:04 pm |
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| Gary........Do you remember Jerome....the old copper mining town on the mountain? I have a little room in a friend's studio in the old high school there. A group of really talented local artists have studios there. I'm seeing if I can reconnect with my oil painting self.........so far it's going well. And I've discovered that I really like keeping a "visual diary" with pen and colored pencils. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 5:58 pm |
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Well, Betsy, I didn't remember the name was Jerome, but I certainly remember the town and now I remember the name also. Yeah it was fun up there. Good luck with your art. I've thought about doing it again a number of times but I don't have any place to paint or any place to do some charcoals either. And I'm too lazy to start shopping around for all the equipment etc.
I'm planning on becoming a rock star instead. |
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| yambu |
| Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 6:15 pm |
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| The Winnepeg Whippet performs covers of early Mick Jagger. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 7:53 pm |
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I'm not really a Jagger guy. More a Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Randy Newman, Neil Young guy.
Unless that was a typo, it's Winnipeg. |
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| Befade |
| Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 11:54 pm |
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Quote: I'm planning on becoming a rock star instead.
plans......plans.........plans.............
By the way Bill Nighy's favorite musician is Dylan. He listens to him every day. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 5:40 am |
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Befade wrote: Quote: I'm planning on becoming a rock star instead.
plans......plans.........plans.............
By the way Bill Nighy's favorite musician is Dylan. He listens to him every day.
Not surprising. Watching Nighy act is, strangely enough, something like listening to Dylan. |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 8:54 am |
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| Prometheus, the first hour, is visually stunning and picks up some of the threads of "Alien" and reconsiders them as part of a speculation on the origins of the human race. Disappointingly, the plot falters in the second act, and the further development of characters and ideas is trumped by Scott's apparent need to maintain a drumbeat of action and gore and people boldly and stupidly repeating fatal mistakes. (who removes their helmet in the alien ruins, when it's been amply demonstrated that some crew have been felled by some kind of unknown contagion or parasite??) Instead of what could have been a fascinating prequel to "Alien," we get an uneven, and often implausible, monster movie. The most ardent "Alien" geeks may enjoy the prequel-ish reveal at the end, but only by surrendering their brains for the preceding hour. That said, H. Giger's sets are amazing, wondrously baroque, and the film has its moments of stark beauty. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 9:00 am |
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carrobin wrote: Billy: good to know your "procedure" was successful. I know what happens when they aren't.
I hesitate to ask, but what do you mean? |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 9:09 am |
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Marc, Bart and my son, Dylan...three thumbs down for Prometheus
Looks like I'll give it a pass. |
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