Letterboxd thread: New Years Eve Eve edition
Post profiles, discuss recent watches, start thinking about your movie related resolutions for 2016
>>64267258
hey friend-o please include 'cinemos' in the thread body next time so I can ctrl f for it. thanks!
>>64267258
Not even the goose could save The Big Short
thoughts?
>>64267258
http://letterboxd.com/machill54/
Demonoid: good poster bad film
>>64267490
Pirates of the Caribbean seems weirdly out of place
>it's an 'anon has a depressive episode and can't even manage to watch a movie' episode
what's your favorite film you discovered this year?
>>64267447
turn off notifications holy shit
>>64268905
Gone with the Pope and Massacre Mafia Style were highlights
anomalisa MOTY tbqh
>>64269330
Really want to watch but I'll wait like 3 months and see in cinema instead
I won't enjoy it as much in screener quality
>>64269373
Kaufmann really knows how to make me feel like shit
Im going to re-download when the good quality ones drop looking forward to watching it again!
>>64267497
y i k e s
>>64268905
The Apartment
>>64268424
me everyday
what screeners are worth picking up?
Saw The Hateful 8 last night. I liked it.
>>64268905
Black Rain (Imamura)
>>64271072
What did you think of Django? IB is the only thing of his I've been able to stand since Jackie Brown, so I'm very cautious about H8 apart from Russel's facial hair.
>>64271122
hateful 8 is not that similar to his recent output, so i'd say it's worth checking out at least
>>64268905
L'Eclisse.
Btw does Letterboxd has an import system? So that I can export my ratings on imdb and add them to the site.
>>64268905
Mauvais Sang, I guess.
Carax + Lavant 4eva
>>64271161
only if you have a pro account, sorry man.
>>64271122
8 was my first of his films.
What's your movie resolution for 2016?
>>64271416
watch more movies
>>64271416
1440p and 2160p.
>>64271416
watch less movies
>>64271186
That sucks. So only solution is to rate them all again?
>>64271676
yeah, but depending on how many you have it shouldn't take that long if you space it out right
>>64271416
Atleast 1 a day, probably fail but ill try
>>64271695
About 1k5
>>64271726
yeah, best not to try to do that all at once if you want to do that.
>>64268905
Tie between All That Jazz and California Split
So lads, what's the next step?
I know the order is: threads > irc > Skype group, but what comes next?
Which reviewers do you guys follow?I'm not talking about yourself or that friend from you circlejerk, I mean professional critics
>>64272673
michael phillips (seems to have similar taste so I can set my viewing priorities straight for new releases), michael sicinski (has dissimilar taste but I admire his 5deep100me academic point of view). also piero scaruffi. he doesn't even really watch films but at least he made me discover love exposure.
I'm looking for more
>>64267490
jingle all the way is a 5 stars movie
pusher is like 4 stars
Could you guys recommend me something because I`m just getting into cinema
http://letterboxd.com/lozjudai/
>>64273309
The Red Shoes (1948)
Notorious (1946)
Les Enfants du Paradis (1945)
Ministry of Fear (1944)
Vredens dag (1943)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Orfeu Negro (1959)
The Searchers (1956)
Lola Montès (1955)
Medium Cool (1969)
Aндpeй Pyблёв (1966)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
The Duellists (1977)
Le Cercle Rouge (1970)
Yeelen (1987)
Offret (1986)
Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
2046 (2004)
There Will Be Blood (2007)
The General (1926)
Gerry (2002)
Do the Right Thing (1989)
Diva (1981)
Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (1920)
Bronenosets Potyomkin (1925)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Sherlock, Jr. (1924)
Boudu sauvé des eaux (1932)
Hitori musuko (1936)
The Steel Helmet (1951)
Persona (1966)
El Manosanta Esta Cargado (1987)
Coляpиc (1972)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
>>64267490
Fucking kill yourself.
https://letterboxd.com/voexodus/
Just knocking off alot of 2015 releases that seem worth watching. A little disappointed but some few nice surprises.
>>64269330
>Kaufmann director and writer
my interest has peaked, I'll give this a watch
>>64273711
Seen Persona already but thanks for the list.
>>64274044
sure m8, more 4u
Sanshô dayû (1954)
Rashomon (1950)
The River (1951)
Viskningar och rop (1972)
Der Himmel über Berlin (1987)
Fargo (1996)
Goodfellas (1990)
Russkiy Kovcheg (2002)
George Washington (2000)
Il grande silenzio (1968)
L'Armée des ombres (1969)
Ivanovo Detstvo (1962)
Sans Soleil (1983)
Kagemusha (1980)
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice (1952)
Dreams (1990)
Yi Yi: A One and a Two (2000)
Werckmeister harmóniák (2000)
Syndromes and a Century (2006)
Synecdoche, New York (2008)
Tyrannosaur (2011)
Oslo, August 31st (2011)
Bir zamanlar Anadolu'da (2011)
Amour (2012)
Le gamin au vélo’(2011)
De rouille et d'os (2012)
Signed in yesterday
Any tips?
>>64275045
as entry-level as possible
>>64272626
Spiritual Transcendence
You must become the meme
I have no clue why they included that little drug sequence it was so short, unnecessary, and not even visually interesting
>>64272673
ReverseShot has the best reviews. Not on Letterboxd tho
>>64268905
Dawn of the Dead
Gummo
Julien Donkey-Boy
M
Nashville
Possession
Repulsion
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
The Face of Another
Two-Lane Blacktop
show me your 2015, lbg
Hi again. Any other good 2015 releases like The Lobster online yet? I haven't gone looking lately
>>64275045
more Resnais
>>64277763
What the fuck
>>64277763
>>64277895
eraserhead why
>>64278883
I love the film. I think it's perfect surrealism.I was also intoxicated
>>64278757
nice
>tfw you saw less than 200 movies this year
I feel like a failure
Reminder to watch quality films, anons.
http://letterboxd.com/cinebro/list/they-shoot-pictures-dont-they-top-1000-films/
>>64267258
Why is Evan literally the worst poster on letterboxd, bros?
>>64279142
I'm at 298 right now. One tonight and one tomorrow and I'm at 300.
>>64271072
>tfw Daisy is going to redub Only Yesterday
can she BE any more waifu?
>>64279259
>tfw 349 movies
so close to 365, and so far.
>>64279491
I wanted to go for 365 too but failed somewhere along the way.
>>64279582
it's exhausting. i'm gonna pin the blame on Satantango and Shoah
>>64279635
Damn, I also watched Shoah this year.
The lesson for 2016 is to focus on movies around 100 minutes for total efficiency.
Follow the Papa
Just watched dead ringers by David cronenberg. Was great.
http://letterboxd.com/AlphaPapa/
Recommendation welcome
http://letterboxd.com/Phantasmagorie/
Just made an account and threw this together quick.
Who was that fag that changed his favorites every time someone called him a pleb? It was Creamy or AlphaPapa I think.
>>64281277
Creamy, don't think he comes on here anymore
http://letterboxd.com/lucazr/
Took too much time to take the initiative, but I finally watched Ben-Hur.It was fucking amazing
>>64281206
nice Justin
>>64281546
I'm this guy
>>64280635
What is your favorite thing in The Birds? I watched when I was 16 or something and I laughed in it's entirety. Perhaps it's because I find birds very important, I don't know.
>>64275045
>>64273954
Watch The Bridge on the River Kwai, guys
Following everyone :3
>>64268905
>>64281986
love that film.
>>64273954
>my interest has peaked
holy shit the fucking state of this general
>>64282144
Seems most who've watched it do. It's bafflingly underseen.
>>64281546
>>64281868
You're a nice person and I like your taste senpai. Followed!
People say I have shit taste
i lowered Faust to a 2, wtf was the second half
>>64280635
>Blade Runner in the same favorite spot as mine>>64282803
ca-can we b-be friends?
>>64283355Yes
>>64282199
It seems every time I think it can't get worse I'm proven wrong. Truly astounding.
Currently watching Green Inferno, I really want to rewatch Carol again soon.
>>64284639
Carol is shit m8
Just watched Holy Motors, not sure what to think. It struggled to keep my attention and I don't feel like it brought anything up that I hadn't thought about before; I don't mean with the literal things that happened, rather what it meant
>>64284965
what did it mean then
>>64284965
what did it mean to you?
>>64284965
>sicario 4.5/5
>holy motors 2/5
ayy lmaoooooo
>>64284991
My initial thoughts were that the man's appointments throughout the day were supposed be an exaggerated representation of moments of a life. But then you have the conversation between the limos at the end, making it seem like they were the subject all along, so I'm not sure exactly what to think
>>64285117
>those scenes
>moments of a life
>a life
>one life
>those disparate scenes
you a retard son
>I don't feel like it brought anything up that I hadn't thought about before
>I'm not sure exactly what to think
you a double nigger retard son kill yourself and stop watching good films
>>64285093
Alright, what did you get out of Holy Motors? Maybe my interpretation was completely off
>>64285117
I don't know how you can think it's bad when you haven't even connected to the intended theme of the movie: that of movies itself.
>>64285211
Right, well I got the theater at the beginning, with the people clearly bored, then the men talking about how Oscar lost his vigor, and people weren't buying it. Oscar explained he loved the beauty of the act, but wondered what beauty is if no one is there to appreciate it.Then you have multiple mediums of "art" with the motion capture and the photographer.
So this is more a look into the progression of art and how it's received then a commentary on humanity. Ok so in understanding it, I caught the details but started in the wrong spot. This would explain the cars feeling they were in the way out. Movies and their presentation is constantly changing, technology constantly evolving. And then the appointments were individual looks into types of art and how people reacted to it.
Is this closer? Makes sense to me, but I'm not sure if that makes me like it anymore
>>64285630
you a special kind of cunt
>>64285199
>>64285211
Well I just read he director's own explanation. My initial thoughts were correct, although it shows not necessarily the moments of one life, but any moment that does happen in life in general. Also the movie parallel continues the "metaphor". This isn't about art, the "virtual reality" or life style imposed by the cameras is representative of peoples' needs to observe an control others. So don't dismiss my shitty interpretation just because it differs from yours. I'm glad you got something out of it, but I'm not retarded because of the way I understood it. I'll watch it again eventually like I do with most movies skeptical of and perhaps I'll like it more with a better understanding. But I believe a movie shouldn't require someone else to explain it to you. I think it's fine if it requires multiple viewings, requiring you to recycle your own thoughts on it and decipher the meaning. But with Holy Motors, my initial thoughts were not entirely incorrect and they frankly didn't make much of an impact
>>64286011
you are a retard for not even picking up on the basics of what it's doing. from there it would be fine to feel differently about it but holy shit you didn't grasp what was happening in the movie at any level.
>>64286182
How not? I picked up the movie themes as well as the commentary on life. What did I miss exactly? I've provided my thoughts and my process, others have told me I was wrong, but not why. I get not wanting to sponged me the meaning, that's why I made clear that I've developed my own thoughts and am not fishing for answers. So how about explaining where I'm wrong instead of just calling me retarded.
Will probably hit 200 films watched this year - that's almost 200 films down from last year.
>>64286011
fwiw Carax is averse to explaining his own motives and generally gives generic answers. He gave interviews about HM as if he didn't know what he was doing, or that everything was unintentional, when there are very clear references throughout that mainly connect to his older work.
>>64286182
don't be rude. either counter his explanations or shoo.
Great coffret
>>64268905
>>64271071
in order of when leaked:
creed
joy
spectre
the big short
carol would have probably been on here, but it's a very shitty screener i will most likely be watching soon
>>64288287
isn't joy missing some scenes?
>>64288521
yea i think so, not sure.
>>64271071
The Revenant
