Will Smith is generally watchable in whatever he's in. I like Focus and Hitch, but he has a certain amount of presence/charisma that probably makes those films a touch more enjoyable than they should be.
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Closest a Western has come to perfection??? Really????
Wild Wild West is one of the biggest pieces of garbage I've watched. Catchy theme song though.
It's the closest a movie with a giant mechanical spider has come to perfection.
Kenneth Branagh's finest hour.
You're all nuts.
I've never seen Wild Wild West, but after seeing this episode of South Park, I felt like I didn't need to.
Dear White People - inspired by real life blackface frat parties in America, it asks a lot of interesting, if not particularly subtle questions about race on University campuses. It's highly stylized - everyone is hyper articulate and immaculately dressed - which was a bit grating and the end was weirdly neat. Strong performances though, Tessa Thompson in particular.
Same place. just busier.
If you have not seen Wild Wild West , then your in luck, a dreadful film.
The movie set new standards of dumbness. Jeff Goldblum's discovery of the alien's 'countdown' was a great idea - they travel all the way from another galaxy, but they forget their watches.
It was the first alien invasion movie where cgi was up to the task. Why did it have to be so stupid? I always regretted that Spielberg didn't get in first. How much better a job would he have made of it.
You know it's bad when Pauldy says it's bad.
The best thing about Wild Wild West was the OST
The best thing about Wild Wild West was that it ended.
I've been following the AV Club's Top 100 films of the decade so far, over the last couple of days and it's been an interesting revisiting of the all the output of the last couple of years.
The top 10 was revealed yesterday.
1) The Master
2) A Separation
3) The Tree Of Life
4) Frances Ha
5) The Act Of Killing
6) Boyhood
7) Whiplash
8) Under The Skin
9) The Social Network
10) Before Midnight
http://letterboxd.com/jdowlicious/list/av-clubs-100-best-films-of-the-decade-so/.
The full list is in the link, I think overall its not too bad (although predictably slanted towards American releases). Although looking at some of the averageness that got in it's a little clear that we haven't quite had 100 really good films yet this decade. I've been trying to think of the obvious snubs and omissions and the first two that came to mind were Springbreakers and Shame, Birdman as well. Scott Pilgrim at 19 is the biggest travesty of an inclusion.
Edit: Just realised Blue Valentine was 2010, that's another one I think should be in there.
The top 10 was revealed yesterday.
1) The Master
2) A Separation
3) The Tree Of Life
4) Frances Ha
5) The Act Of Killing
6) Boyhood
7) Whiplash
8) Under The Skin
9) The Social Network
10) Before Midnight
http://letterboxd.com/jdowlicious/list/av-clubs-100-best-films-of-the-decade-so/.
The full list is in the link, I think overall its not too bad (although predictably slanted towards American releases). Although looking at some of the averageness that got in it's a little clear that we haven't quite had 100 really good films yet this decade. I've been trying to think of the obvious snubs and omissions and the first two that came to mind were Springbreakers and Shame, Birdman as well. Scott Pilgrim at 19 is the biggest travesty of an inclusion.
Edit: Just realised Blue Valentine was 2010, that's another one I think should be in there.
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The Master? Surprised that was 1st.
Tree of Life <3
Surprised by some of the top 100 choices.
Surprised by some of the top 100 choices.
I definitely feel like they're trying to balance the obvious acclaimed films with ones they're trying to sort of personally revere, in order to make the list unique. To mixed results, in my opinion. I like that something like Frances Ha is higher than expected but there's some weird inclusions around the middle: The World's End, Magic Mike, Bernie, A Dangerous Method.
While writing this I realised Weekend wasn't on the list, which is another glaring omission. I'm struggling to think of a better British film, unless you count Shame, in the last 5 years, than Weekend.
While writing this I realised Weekend wasn't on the list, which is another glaring omission. I'm struggling to think of a better British film, unless you count Shame, in the last 5 years, than Weekend.
The list looked ok until the top 10, where it just fell into the land of the pretentious (bar a few).
It just looks like a list of films that someone remembered watching in the last 5 years. I see no sense to the structure of it or the inclusion of some terrible films.
That looks a great top ten to me (but then I really love The Master). Really need to check out A Separation and 'Act of Killing'.
Terrible list.
(Top 100 that is)
(Top 100 that is)
I read that it's the summary of the opinions of 11 reviewers, which explains why it's so diverse, I guess.
Haywire is in there.
I mean, what the feck.
I mean, what the feck.
To be fair, all those films received some degree of acclaim. Bernie was wonderful.
Awful list.
The Master could have been something with a more Going Clear approach.
The Master could have been something with a more Going Clear approach.
PTA is quite sympathetic to Scientology so it would never have gone down that path.
Yeah actually that was one that startled me! Such a boring nothing film.
I've seen silverback gorillas with more charisma than Gina Carano.
My top 10 might be
Oslo, August 31st
Amour
The Skin I Live In
Ida
Under the Skin
This Must Be the Place
Mysteries of Lisbon
Poetry
Spring Breakers
Snowtown
Oslo, August 31st
Amour
The Skin I Live In
Ida
Under the Skin
This Must Be the Place
Mysteries of Lisbon
Poetry
Spring Breakers
Snowtown
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There are few films that can actually make me angry just thinking about them; but the seamless union of interminable length, artsy fartsy nonsense, and pretentiousness accomplished by 'The Tree of Life', will forever make my blood boil.
Cue people telling me I just didn't understand it.
Cue people telling me I just didn't understand it.
I feel the same way about The Counselor.
From the top 10 of that list I've seen four of them 
Boyhood
Whiplash
Under The Skin
Social Network
Boyhood
Whiplash
Under The Skin
Social Network
Blue is the warmest colour
About a young girl who is still at school and has many life decisions to make. I don't want to discuss the story too much but it was honestly one of the best films I have ever seen. It's 3 hours long and you feel like you went on a journey with the main character. Truly a great film and one that I would recommend to everyone to watch.
I don't really watch foreign films so it was a nice surprise seeing how good this film was.
10/10
About a young girl who is still at school and has many life decisions to make. I don't want to discuss the story too much but it was honestly one of the best films I have ever seen. It's 3 hours long and you feel like you went on a journey with the main character. Truly a great film and one that I would recommend to everyone to watch.
I don't really watch foreign films so it was a nice surprise seeing how good this film was.
10/10
Yeah I think it's a fantastic film. Lea and Adele were both fantastic.
I don't really indulge in foreign films either. I've only seen Run Lola Run & Y Tu Mama Tambien apart from Blue.
Yep it was a very gripping film throughout and those two actresses' did an amazing job.
If anyone has any other foreign masterpieces I would be glad to hear them.
Edit - Just saw your edit and it's very strange because the only foreign films I've seen this year is Blue is the warmest colour and run lola run
That was a weird/fantastic film.I edited my post to include my favourite foreign movies.
Yep it was a very gripping film throughout and those two actresses' did an amazing job.
If anyone has any other foreign masterpieces I would be glad to hear them.
Edit - Just saw your edit and it's very strange because the only foreign films I've seen this year is Blue is the warmest colour and run lola run
Yeah I love that, it's probably my favourite out of the aforementioned.
I just love that ending. "Whats in the bag?"
Yep it was a very gripping film throughout and those two actresses' did an amazing job.
If anyone has any other foreign masterpieces I would be glad to hear them.
Edit - Just saw your edit and it's very strange because the only foreign films I've seen this year is Blue is the warmest colour and run lola run
A Prophet
The Class
Before Night Falls
Oslo, August 31
Let The Right One IN