Official Best Movies Thread

[fightinfrenchman]

This looks fun

[pecelot]

I watched “Patton” the other day — it was majestic, the first film in a while to jump into my top 25 list

[fightinfrenchman]

I watched “Patton” the other day — it was majestic, the first film in a while to jump into my top 25 list

I straight up do not believe you keep a running list of your top 25 favorite movies. That's too many

[XeeleeFlower]

Watched Downfall. Damn that's a good movie.

[occamslightsaber]

Watched Downfall. Damn that's a good movie.

Have you watched any of the parodies?

[pecelot]

I watched “Patton” the other day — it was majestic, the first film in a while to jump into my top 25 list

I straight up do not believe you keep a running list of your top 25 favorite movies. That's too many

I have a dedicated spreadsheet about films I watched on top of a Polish film website where I rate them on a scale of 1–10; I'm actually quite pleased with that, but it could be improved

Watched Downfall. Damn that's a good movie.

it's iconic I sometimes incorporate quotes from it to everyday life, with the latest being Göbbels' “kapitulieren niemals!”

[fightinfrenchman]

We're just hours away from "the big event"

[fightinfrenchman]

Lived up to the hype!

[gibson]

B

[DrWho42]

if there's a torrent of licorice pizza, i might watch that tonight

[pecelot]

I condemn piracy

[Dolan]

@DrWho42
is The Matrix Resurrections worth torrenting
looks like it might be

[harcha]

i'll definitely watch it regardless of what anyone says.

[Dolan]

watched 22 minutes from the beginning and it's been boring so far. just the regular hollywood chasing and shooting scenes, then Reeves with the usual 'concerned' haggard face, larping as a hacker in an office, in front of a screen with trickling green l33t code symbols.
and the quick shifting from one plane of action to another. quick take the pill, blue or red. blrb.

[pecelot]

noo, why would they make another Matrix film :/

[fightinfrenchman]

How many days until I can start posting Spider-Man spoilers in every thread?

[Djigit]

How many days until I can start posting Spider-Man spoilers in every thread?

30 days.

Dunno what to think of Wes Anderson's movies. They are meant to be esthetic and witty, but they just feel 'blabby'
I didn't enjoy watching The French Dispatch and preferred The Grand Budapest Hotel better.

[pecelot]

you need to stay focused, characters usually don't mess around talking, they get straight to the point; during “The French Dispatch” I felt that the last scenes with the police somewhat lost their magic, they were typically in order, but after 2 hours of such stylisation, the novelty can wear off, but maybe it goes to show how unaccustomed we as viewers are to a little bit of artistry and to filmmakers treating their audiences seriously
I think his films are quite important to the industry as a whole, focusing on smaller things in life and in film, like niche subjects, central framing, perfect (total) composition of scenes; I'd rather watch “The French Dispatch” for the 5th time than “Dune”, “The Last Duel” or “Spiderman”

[Horsemen]

Lea Seydoux has a great personality

[UpMySleeves]

noo, why would they make another Matrix film :/

You know the ol' saying, Fourth time's a charm.

[Djigit]

you need to stay focused, characters usually don't mess around talking, they get straight to the point; during “The French Dispatch” I felt that the last scenes with the police somewhat lost their magic, they were typically in order, but after 2 hours of such stylisation, the novelty can wear off, but maybe it goes to show how unaccustomed we as viewers are to a little bit of artistry and to filmmakers treating their audiences seriously
I think his films are quite important to the industry as a whole, focusing on smaller things in life and in film, like niche subjects, central framing, perfect (total) composition of scenes; I'd rather watch “The French Dispatch” for the 5th time than “Dune”, “The Last Duel” or “Spiderman”

I guess I'm not sensitive to this kind of work. Modern art museums bore me and I like my steak well-done, so yeah I believe I am that kind of guy

[pecelot]

it's far from it, though: by “modern art museums” I assume you mean postmodernism, abstract expressionism and whatnot, which openly define the settled norm (if there even are any), and which hinge on revolution; Wes Anderson's films, however, still fit into the structure of common storytelling (tools like build-up, pay-off, comic relief) and filmmaking (characters being, you know, inside the frame); I see it more as an evolution — not necessarily staring in awe at a toilet in a museum for 5 hours to contemplate what it actually represent, but rather writing a history essay on how horses were treated during XVII-century wars

[fightinfrenchman]

I would hate to be a famous film critic. Sometimes when I make a post about a movie being bad I think about the people who made it and proud they probably were when it was finished and I feel like an asshole

[Dolan]

[pecelot]

I would hate to be a famous film critic. Sometimes when I make a post about a movie being bad I think about the people who made it and proud they probably were when it was finished and I feel like an asshole

well, there are movies that are objectively bad, done by people with bad vision and by people who just don't really care that much; my anxiety in turn would be to actually confront XXXX number of movies made since, say, 2010, out of which only like a 5% would probably be worthwhile