The 21st Century's Greatest Films
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Junior said:
I feel something like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a film that has been massively bumped by just being in a lot of lists somewhere - otherwise I really can't get with its high position.
it's a clever movie, i think it's so clever a lot of people think it's deep. kinda like matrix with a better lead and less generic story.
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dukeofdelridge said:
Junior said: What the hell is AI doing in there?
You mean AI: Artificial Intelligence.
No I was actually thinking of A.I. Artificial Intelligence.
I'm confused.
foe said:
Junior said:
I feel something like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a film that has been massively bumped by just being in a lot of lists somewhere - otherwise I really can't get with its high position.
it's a clever movie, i think it's so clever a lot of people think it's deep. kinda like matrix with a better lead and less generic story.
Yes it's definitely clever and full of Kaufman twists and meta-ness. It's just also incredibly whimsical and of its time in a not particularly enjoyable way. In my private mindgarden it sits dangerously close to Garden State.
Maybe I'm just projecting my own reluctance to ever watch it again but I had assumed Gondry's stock had generally now fallen to the point where even his earlier films were viewed with a more critical eye. Mind you, that is a fairly toothless top 10 in the whole.
love story and playing with meta without too many missteps is why i think the movie is rated so high.
Paprika (2006, Satoshi Kon), Mind Game (2004, Masaaki Yuasa),
Genius Party Beyond (2008, Various),
Tekkonkinkreet (2006 Michael Arias)
i'm never going to watch battle royal. unless i'm with someone who starts watching it, im not into making scenes over nothing.
Paprika (2006, Satoshi Kon), Mind Game (2004, Masaaki Yuasa),
Genius Party Beyond (2008, Various),
Tekkonkinkreet (2006 Michael Arias)
i'm never going to watch battle royal. unless i'm with someone who starts watching it, im not into making scenes over nothing.
coolchic613 said:
Anyone else think that American Sniper should be in the list?
I would only watch that crap again if someone was holding me at gunpoint.
Like, if there was a sniper aiming at a kid who would pull the trigger if you didn't watch American Sniper again, would you watch it?
As with any greatest films list, this selection is fucked up to the core. Obviously there are exceptions in the list that I agree with, but movies are too personal for this kind of thing. God, Mulholland Drive sucks so bad, to me. The only purpose in lists like this is for people in the future to look back at them and laugh at what idiots we were for venerating these and not (whatever's gonna stand the test of time, which is unpredictable).
Well I guess the other purpose is to generate discussion and disagreement, which it's successfully doing...
I'd pull like 2 from every 10 on that list and add another 80 that didn't make it on mine.
As with any greatest films list, this selection is fucked up to the core. Obviously there are exceptions in the list that I agree with, but movies are too personal for this kind of thing. God, Mulholland Drive sucks so bad, to me. The only purpose in lists like this is for people in the future to look back at them and laugh at what idiots we were for venerating these and not (whatever's gonna stand the test of time, which is unpredictable).
Well I guess the other purpose is to generate discussion and disagreement, which it's successfully doing...
I'd pull like 2 from every 10 on that list and add another 80 that didn't make it on mine.
klezmer electro-thug beats said:
Like, if there was a sniper aiming at a kid who would pull the trigger if you didn't watch American Sniper again, would you watch it?
The sniper being said American and the child being an Iraqi hellbent on destroying democracy?
I see what you did there.
ppadilha said:
para11ax said:
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Okem said:
I would've like to have seen a few more documentaries make this list
No Grizzly Man or other Herzog docs? Leviathan or Sweetgrass could be on there too, as well as SOME KIND OF MONSTER
Leviathan is #47 on that list
yeah, that's the Russian film of the same name. I was referring to the documentary by Lucien Castaing-Taylor about a fishing boat in New England:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vntC7OPDHs8
This was on the tv last night. It was pretty intense, the sound track was very oppressive. Ad breaks kinda spoilt it though. Quite a surreal experience over all, like a bad trip Post Tenebras Lux.
I'm not trying to harp on the list here... more in the spirit of 'great movies of the 21st century', we watched Phoenix the other night. Soo interesting... won't spoil it.
I've never seen anything by Christian Petzold before and apparently this is the 6th movie he's done with Nina Hoss (who's crazy good in this). Anyone recommend any of the other things they've worked on?
I've never seen anything by Christian Petzold before and apparently this is the 6th movie he's done with Nina Hoss (who's crazy good in this). Anyone recommend any of the other things they've worked on?
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