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Post by berkley on Feb 22, 2024 14:48:19 GMT -5
I have a tie for 2006. Borat Volver I saw Paprika within the last two or three years and I remember liking it a lot but I don’t really otherwise remember it. Maybe I should see it again. Those are two that I feel like I should see. There are so many movies and so little time.
I'm slowly making my way through some of the Almovodar movies I haven't seen yet so I'm keeping Volver back for now. Borat I've seen a lot of clips from, so I'm less motivated to watch it from start to finish, even though much of what I have seen was funny.
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Post by commond on Feb 22, 2024 19:42:02 GMT -5
My favorite film from 2006 is Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's The Lives of Others, which I had in my top 10 for the decade. I also love Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Syndromes of a Century and Jia Zhangke's Still Life. Those were my gateway films to two great directors. Haven't seen a lot of the mainstream stuff from 2006.
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Post by berkley on Feb 22, 2024 22:58:51 GMT -5
My favorite film from 2006 is Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's The Lives of Others, which I had in my top 10 for the decade. I also love Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Syndromes of a Century and Jia Zhangke's Still Life. Those were my gateway films to two great directors. Haven't seen a lot of the mainstream stuff from 2006.
Lives of Others is a good one, missed that title when I scanned through the lists. I think I might like Never Look Away even better but that could be because it's more recent and fresher in my memory.
I think I might have seen Still Life but even after reading through the wiki synopsis I'm still not 100% certain. I have seen two other films by Jia Zhangke, The World and Ash is the Purest White, both first-rate.
Haven't seen any of Weerasethakul's movies, though I recognise several titles that have played here, so I can't blame lack of opportunity.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Mar 7, 2024 13:05:46 GMT -5
On to 2007...to the extent I can remember any of the movies from that year. Because I'm committed to finishing this thread. Hot Fuzz - This movie is just so damn much fun. A brilliant follow-up to Shaun of the Dead as Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and company take on the "buddy cop" genre. Jim Broadbent is brilliant (better than most of his award nominated roles). And having Edward Woodward in the film is a stroke of genius. I think this was the first time I really noticed Olivia Colman. I really love this film. 3:10 to Yuma - I liked, but didn't love this western. It's really not the fault of the film, which is quite good. And it's not as compared to the original film. It's that I've read the original short story by Elmore Leonard...and it is absolutely AMAZING. One of the best westerns I've ever read. I do think it's a very good modern western that harkens back to what Anthony Mann was doing in the 50s. Grindhouse - I think this is a movie (experience?) in which the whole is more than the sum of the parts. I love what Tarantino and Rodriguez were doing here. And overall I do like the end result quite a bit. But it's really just the audacity of what they did that makes it so much better than the parts. Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story - This movie absolutely ruined biopics (particularly musical biopics) for me. It is absolutely spot-on satire and just makes me laugh like crazy every time. I do think it may have been a bit too subtle and it was just not broad enough in its scope to really make it a hit. But it slayed me. As usual there are many films I've either not seen or not seen in far too long. Including; most foreign films; No Country for Old Men (I loved this when I saw it...but I've only seen it the one time); There Will Be Blood (ditto); The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (this is one I feel like I should see, but haven't); Zodiac (I liked this one, but only kind of remember it); Sunshine (I need to see it again); The Darjeeling Limited (ditto); So what's my favorite film of 2007? It's Hot Fuzz. Even with the "prestige" movies that I remember liking but haven't seen in forever, it's going to be Hot Fuzz. Just a super funny satire. And 2007 in film for those as need a look. |
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Post by EdoBosnar on Mar 7, 2024 13:31:37 GMT -5
Damn, I *really* need to watch Hot Fuzz. Ditto No Country for Old Men.
I'd say that of those mentioned and/or of those that I've seen, my favorite is definitely Walk Hard (which I only saw for the first time about a year ago). Totally agree that it's a brilliant satire of musical biopics.
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Post by commond on Mar 7, 2024 17:18:17 GMT -5
2007 had some pretty acclaimed movies like No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood. It appears that I liked 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days the most, but given that I can't remember anything about it, it hasn't stuck with me. I also voted for Zodiac.
I never knew, or have totally forgotten, that there is an adaptation of Persepolis. There are a lot of films from directors I generally like that I never saw. I really need to get back into watching films on a regular basis.
The most fun film of the year was The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters.
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Post by Hoosier X on Mar 8, 2024 13:05:29 GMT -5
There are few movie-going experiences that compare to the fun I had when I saw Grindhouse back in 2007.
That’s my pick.
And even on its own, Death Proof is a great movie. I’ve seen it a bunch of times.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Mar 8, 2024 13:44:39 GMT -5
Damn, I *really* need to watch Hot Fuzz. Ditto No Country for Old Men. I'd say that of those mentioned and/or of those that I've seen, my favorite is definitely Walk Hard (which I only saw for the first time about a year ago). Totally agree that it's a brilliant satire of musical biopics. You must see them. Especially Hot Fuzz. |
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Post by Hoosier X on Mar 8, 2024 14:51:01 GMT -5
I didn’t see Walk Hard until a few years after it came out. It is hilarious. I watched it with my nephew, who was about 12 at the time, and he also thought it was hilarious.
It’s a very well-made movie if it can be enjoyed so much by someone who has no idea that it’s satire or what is being satirized.
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Post by berkley on Mar 8, 2024 23:39:01 GMT -5
Lots of good movies but no real stand-outs that I see after a skim-through - unless I missed something, as I often do when looking through these lists. I might go with Cronenberg's Eastern Promises. No Country, Grindhouse, etc all solid flicks. Danny Boyle's Sunshine was a decent SF movie, I probably would have liked it better if Michelle Yeoh's part had been a bit bigger. There was a French movie with Cecile de France, A Secret, that I remember liking at the time but can't recall many details now. Hot Fuzz I should watch again as I saw it under bad circumstances - on my then pretty small computer screen.
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Post by emilyhlib on Mar 11, 2024 16:03:50 GMT -5
A few weeks ago, my favorite movie was Napoleon
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Post by Confessor on Mar 11, 2024 16:41:34 GMT -5
A few weeks ago, my favorite movie was Napoleon It'd quite like to see that. I've pretty much found director Ridley Scott's work to be sadly lacking over at least the last couple of decades, but he was once called of making incredible cinema, so I live in hope! What did you like about it? |
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Post by coke & comics on Mar 26, 2024 11:09:04 GMT -5
Looks like I left off with 2004.
A very big year for me with 3 of my all-time favorite films, making it a tough call.
For a couple decades, I would have told you the easy answer was Spider-Man 2, which held as my favorite superhero film until Tom Holland put on the suit and left me confused as to what even is my favorite Spider-Man film.
These days, I think I have that at #2, and my #1 film of the year is the great sci-fi romance, and one of the smartest sci-fi concepts to ever debut (as far as I'm aware) in film: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
But also right at the top of my favorite movies of all time is Before Sunset, which I consider equally good to its predecessor. Which you prefer is all about what type of ending you want.
Then I could go a lot of ways. For my #4 pick, I think I'll take the movie I credit with starting the modern lo-fi-sci-fi craze: Primer.
And then probably... Hellboy.
Or maybe Sideways. Or A Very Long Engagement. I think Prisoner of Azkaban is the best Harry Potter film.
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Post by coke & comics on Mar 26, 2024 11:14:33 GMT -5
A pretty solid top 5 for 2005.
Serenity is a top 20 film of all time for me. I think the first hour of Batman Begins is perfect. Then is slowly dips in quality building to a weak climax. But Christopher Nolan is my favorite modern director and almost shares my name.
Great year for comic adaptations with A History of Violence and Sin City.
And yeah, Good Night and Good Luck rounds out a top 5.
Contenders are Pride & Prejudice and Lady Vengeance.
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Post by coke & comics on Mar 26, 2024 11:20:45 GMT -5
2006 is a shakier ordering. Just rewatched Casino Royale a couple weeks ago and I think I'm happy enough with it at the #1 spot. It's easily my favorite Bond film, and renewed my interest in action films at a time I felt the genre had been moving away from me.
But Pan's Labyrinth is a strong contender. Overdue for a rewatch. A clever blending of genres.
Then we'll go with The Prestige, A Scanner Darkly, and Children of Men.
Strong contenders are Clerks II, Inside Man, and Deja Vu. And I have a fondness for Grandma's Boy, but haven't revisited it in a couple decades.
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