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Depending on how late my wife gets home, I might have time for two
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Guy Ritchie
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ironman2009 posted...
Guy Ritchie
Fail
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Peter North
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Akira Kurosawa
Questionmarktarius posted...
Akira Kurosawa
It is multiple choice...

I just watched 12 Kurosawa over the course of the second half of 2023. The remaining ones I want to watch aren't readily available
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Ridley Scott, because even though I thought that was an actor its the only name I recognize.
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gatorsPENSbucs posted...
Ridley Scott, because even though I thought that was an actor its the only name I recognize.
Well, that's just sad lol
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Ridley Scott gets my vote
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which Villeneuve movies haven't you seen, if any?
Don't you agree, Zach?
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boxoto posted...
which Villeneuve movies haven't you seen, if any?
I'll reveal eventually.

Let's just say that this is NOT about Dune or Blade Runner vs Alien or, uh, Blade Runner :)
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Steven Spielberg
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ironman2009 posted...
Steven Spielberg
I appreciate the bumps
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bsp77 posted...
I'll reveal eventually.

Let's just say that this is NOT about Dune or Blade Runner vs Alien or, uh, Blade Runner :)
tbh, I was thinking more about Arrival, since that's one of my favorite movies.

I like his other work, though, but I haven't seen his first three movies.
Don't you agree, Zach?
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boxoto posted...
tbh, I was thinking more about Arrival, since that's one of my favorite movies.
Yes! Awesome movie

I like his other work, though, but I haven't seen his first three movies.
Bingo. Incendies is his only French one I have seen
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bsp77 posted...
I appreciate the bumps

Sounds like you'll definitely like the Peter North movies
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Okay. This likely would have changed the poll answers as these are not the best movies by each. This is what I am deciding:

Inherent Vice
Body of Lies
The Garden of Words
August 32nd on Earth
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Ugh gimme the crab juice
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Ned Deangelo
Why do I get the sense that most of CE doesn't know who PTA is? Or think I mean that hack Paul WS Anderson
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bsp77 posted...
Why do I get the sense that most of CE doesn't know who PTA is? Or think I mean that hack Paul WS Anderson
Event Horizon is my favorite Paul Thomas Anderson movie
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UnholyMudcrab posted...
Event Horizon is my favorite Paul Thomas Anderson movie
Touche
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I've seen Inherent Vice, but idk if it's because I was tired when I saw it, but it's one of those movies where I remember nothing about the plot.
Don't you agree, Zach?
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My favorite Paul WS Anderson movie is The Royal Tenenbaums
I'm going to automatically assume you've seen Blade Runner, Alien, and Gladiator, so Villeneuve.

Edit: Just saw your other post. Still sticking with Villeneuve.
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dancing_cactuar posted...
I'm going to automatically assume you've seen Blade Runner, Alien, and Gladiator, so Villeneuve.
Post 17. Still choose Villeneuve?
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bsp77 posted...
Well, that's just sad lol
Yah, I dont ever really pay attention to directors and what not. I know a few of the main ones but never really been anything I cared about.
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Denis
Hasn't made a single bad movie yet.
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Well, I ignored y'all and watched Inherent Vice. My Letterboxd review:

Seems like a little Coen Brothers got mixed in with the PTA DNA. Doc reminds me of a slightly more driven The Dude, and, like the Big Lebowski, the plot is overly complicated (more so even) and not really the point. Unfortunately, the plot is somewhat needed to better understand the themes about capitalism and corruption, and this movie had me constantly hitting the back button to rehear the dialogue. Woe to those who saw it in the theater.

The movie is also utterly unique, weird af, often hysterical, and seems like it probably gets better on repeat viewings. You know, I am going to go ahead and bump it from 3.5 to 4 stars to account for that inevitable rewatch I know will happen one day.

Final comment - Doc and Bigfoot are the absolute cutest frenemies.

@zithers
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Makoto Shinkai
literally denis villeneuve

i haven't seen inherent vice since release. should do a rewatch.
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Zithers posted...
literally denis villeneuve
I thought you thought him overrated? And I thought you worshiped PTA?

I'll watch August 32nd on Earth before work tomorrow morning

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i do think that. just depressing ce votes for that garbage.

pta is for sure a contender for best director alive

will make my thriller list tonight for you btw. gotta wind down with stupid bullshit. long day.
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Zithers posted...
i do think that. just depressing ce votes for that garbage.

pta is for sure a contender for best director alive

will make my thriller list tonight for you btw. gotta wind down with stupid bullshit. long day.
I have no idea how you don't think Villeneuve is great. Just weird.

Looking forward to the thriller list though
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he's self-serious, literal minded, has to use LOUD AS FUCK MUSIC, movies are too long

dude sucks shit out of an asshole

except for enemy that movie is good
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Zithers posted...
he's self-serious, literal minded, has to use LOUD AS FUCK MUSIC, movies are too long

dude sucks shit out of an asshole

except for enemy that movie is good
So the one I think is his weakest. Gotcha.

(Well, need to see his first three still)

Arrival is a masterpiece
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bsp77 posted...
So the one I think is his weakest. Gotcha.

(Well, need to see his first three still)

Arrival is a masterpiece

imaginary blade runner 2049 if it were just ryan gosling stuff > enemy >>> actual blade runner we got >>>>>>> sicario/arrival/prisoners >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> dune >>>>>>>>>>>>>> (keep doing this for several minutes) >>>>>>>>>>>>>> incendies

fuck incendies and also fuck dune i guess
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Zithers posted...
imaginary blade runner 2049 if it were just ryan gosling stuff > enemy >>> actual blade runner we got >>>>>>> sicario/arrival/prisoners >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> dune >>>>>>>>>>>>>> (keep doing this for several minutes) >>>>>>>>>>>>>> incendies

fuck incendies and also fuck dune i guess
Yeah, well, you know, that's just like uh, your opinion, man.
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Zithers posted...
he's self-serious, literal minded, has to use LOUD AS FUCK MUSIC, movies are too long
Imagine thinking his movies are too long when Drive my Car was one of your favorite movies the year it came out and thinking much the same for Killers of the Flower Moon.
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Zithers posted...
imaginary blade runner 2049 if it were just ryan gosling stuff > enemy >>> actual blade runner we got >>>>>>> sicario/arrival/prisoners >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> dune >>>>>>>>>>>>>> (keep doing this for several minutes) >>>>>>>>>>>>>> incendies

fuck incendies and also fuck dune i guess
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dancing_cactuar posted...
Imagine thinking his movies are too long when Drive my Car was one of your favorite movies the year it came out and thinking much the same for Killers of the Flower Moon.

those movies earn their runtimes

dv movies do not because he's a fucking amateur
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Zithers posted...
those movies earn their runtimes

dv movies do not because he's a fucking amateur
I like discussing with you and all, but sometimes you have shit opinions. And the key word is "opinion" because I am not sure you realize that at times. Villeneuve is critically acclaimed by critics, film geeks, and general audiences. It is a trifecta that not many modern directors enjoy.
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bsp77 posted...


Inherent Vice

ugh this movie was so frustrating
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bsp77 posted...
I like discussing with you and all, but sometimes you have shit opinions. And the key word is "opinion" because I am not sure you realize that at times. Villeneuve is critically acclaimed by critics, film geeks, and general audiences. It is a trifecta that not many modern directors enjoy.

most ppl i talk to are not interested in him. he is a nolan esque phenomenon where normies, critics, and film bros love him and people who actually like movies don't.

become someone who actually likes movies bsp77
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Zithers posted...
most ppl i talk to are not interested in him
lol, like this means anything
Don't you agree, Zach?
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Zithers posted...
most ppl i talk to are not interested in him. he is a nolan esque phenomenon where normies, critics, and film bros love him and people who actually like movies don't.

become someone who actually likes movies bsp77
I have no idea who you talk to, but I know plenty of film geeks and critics do like him. So I guess critics don't like movies now?

And I only know a couple people who truly like movies as much as I do. Most people are limited by genre or tone or something. I am open to everything and very few seem to be that way. I will admit that if I have a failing, it is that I am too generous. But I would rather like too much vs too little. I enjoy my life and my hobbies. That said, Villeneuve doesn't fall into the bucket of liking too much, because his movies are often near the top of a given year. My problem is giving a movie a 7 when I probably should be giving it a 5. That's not Villeneuve.

No idea what a film bro is lol
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most critics are terrible so yeah.

a film bro is someone who claims to love movies but has a limited view/interest of/in. almost exclusively watches movies with men as leads, loves nolan, villeneuve, fincher, tarantino, coen bros, scorsese, kubrick, etc. doesn't like watching stuff made before 1970. only foreign movies he's seen were in school or oscar stuff like parasite. thinks american psycho and wolf of wall street are aspirational instead of 'get a load of this asshole' movies

how do you not know this bsp how are you going to be condescending to people about their movie opinions without this knowledge?
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Zithers posted...
most critics are terrible so yeah.

a film bro is someone who claims to love movies but has a limited view/interest of/in. almost exclusively watches movies with men as leads, loves nolan, villeneuve, fincher, tarantino, coen bros, scorsese, kubrick, etc. doesn't like watching stuff made before 1970. only foreign movies he's seen were in school or oscar stuff like parasite. thinks american psycho and wolf of wall street are aspirational instead of 'get a load of this asshole' movies

how do you not know this bsp how are you going to be condescending to people about their movie opinions without this knowledge?
I don't know this because I don't care about some subset of the population and what they like. The irony is calling me condescending when what you just wrote is condescending, as are most of your posts.

I also like all the movies you listed, but I also like all the stuff you listed that they don't watch. Poor Things, Anatomy of a Fall, and Past Lives are all among my favorite movies this year, but I don't think you have even seen them. How can you claim to love movies when you don't watch the vast majority of modern movies that are acclaimed, even the ones outside of your supposed "film bro" stratosphere?

I am not trying to be condescending. I am trying to be inclusive of all movies, while you clearly have set up walls of what should and should not be considered good.
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City of God
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ironman2009 posted...
City of God
You actually gave a good recommendation!
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