ITT: Films that prove that real cinema is still alive.
We can all agree that the movie industry is at all time low in this age of capeshit remake video game franchise nostalgia mining trash but what are those flickers of quality you can point to that prove there is still some life in this medium.
>>67903434
Not that, that's for sure
not being sarcastic
Best to come out of a big studio in a long time.
>>67903434
What did they pay Eric Roberts to be in this flick?
>Inherent Slum
>>67903485
A bus pass and a pack of smokes
>>67903457
Best film of the decade so far, kiddo.
>>67903477
Is this movie actually underrated or is it just shitposting?
>>67903710
Inherent Vice is genuinely great.
Batman v. Superman is garbage.
>>67903710
It's shit
>>67903762
>Batman v. Superman is garbage.
Like Man of Steel was apparently "garbage" despite being the best capeshit of the decade?
>>67903880
No, you are mistaken. That film was garbage as well.
>>67903880
It was garbage as well.
Snyder hasn't made a decent film since 300.
>>67903909
All I needed to hear to know that I should probably go see this film. Armond was spot on about Man Of Steel and I bet he's right about BvS:DoJ too.
>>67903936
Let's be real here. 300 is probably the worst film he's ever made. Great style but none of the thematic substance of his best works.
>>67903967
I hope you enjoy it.
Ex Machina
Birdman
Drive
Enemy
Sicario
>>67904601
Thank you 18 year old.
>>67904649
>>67904700
No bait. If you think any of those films are remarkable then you have the sensibilities of a teenager and are incredibly juvenile about the medium. Listing not just one but TWO trashman Villeneuve flicks reveals you to be a cinema infant.
>>67904649
>thread about recent movies from the past decade that are good
I bet you posted that BvS nonsense
Tell me, what movies have caught your attention in the past 10 years?
>>67904829
Cosmopolis
Killing Them Softly
Inherent Vice
The Counselor
The movies I've seen with the most cinema walkouts which by my merit means the best.
>>67904891
Cosmopolis is fucking trash just like everything Cronenshit did in the 21st century(except A Dangerous Method)
The Counselor, while decent wasn't great by any means
>>67904891
Killing them softly was mediocre at best
>life is a grim hustle
snoozefest man
I'll agree with Inherent Vice though. Fantastic. Still have to see the other two
>>67905066
>Cosmopolis is fucking trash
Your cinematic education is yet to even begin.
Also Trumbo
The Lobster
Lincoln
All great cinema
>>67903710
Shitposting and functional retards who genuinely think it's good.
>>67903880
>despite being the best piece of garbage of the decade?
>>67904601
"no"
>>67905066
are you serious?
so you think maps to the stars, eastern promises, a history of violence are shit?
man, just... man...
>inb4 "Waaah where are my jump scares?"
>>67905365
I just learned that Cronen did Eastern Promises
Atta boy
>>67905111
>The movies I've seen with the most cinema walkouts which by my merit means the best.
my friend saw Movie 43 at the theatre and he said that by the time the screening was over he was more or less the only person left
So if you were in his place would you consider Movie 43 to be good professor?
Also your """""merit""""" for determining the quality of film exposes you're fedora-tipping insecurity
In conclusion
KILL YOURSELF
>>67905365
maps to the stars was such god tier patrician kino. Can't wait for it to get the respect it deserves 20 years down the line.
>>67905376
Think I'm gonna go watch it tomorrow at the TIFF light box. I dont know of any other Toronto cinema that is playing it
>>67905449
>trying and failing to please plebs is the same as purposefully antagonizing them as an ideological statement.
Nice try, shitposter
>>67905376
it's not kino, but it's not bad either. will probably gain cult status as it's quite re-watchable.
>>67904008
>Let's be real here. 300 is probably the worst film he's ever made. Great style but none of the thematic substance of his best works.
>>67904008
Im flabbergasted by the level of retardation.
>>67903434
i enjoyed the book but the film didnt seem to have any sort of viewpoint on the themes it explored
>>67905365
maps to the stars is shit
eastern promises is overrated garbage
history of violence was decent, but nothing special
>>67905510
You'll understand when you finally graduate adolescence.
>>67905510
You thought 300 was a good film? Really? It was pretty much Zack Snyder revealing to the world his adolescent sensibilities.
>>67905525
I disagree. The film was quite faithful to it.
>>67905548
Eastern Promises > History of violence
>>67903710
>or is it just shitposting?
Consider where you are.
>>67904008
>none of the thematic substance of his best works.
>>67904601
This some next level shit taste, do you even world cinema?
>>67905603
They're both pretty great though.
>>67905633
This. Most important film of the past 5 years.
>>67905633
THIS
Can't believe I actually got to meet Carruth at the Toronto film festival. Primer is literally my favorite science fiction film of all time. I told him that he was the bravest most beautiful man I had ever met and he just laughed and shook my hand.
>>67905686
>Man of Steel, Watchmen and Sucker Punch don't have thematic substance because reddit tells me "if it not marvel, we riot :D"
From big studios?
Creed, The Big Short, Inherent Vice yea I agree, mad max fury road, American sniper, gone girl, edge of tomorrow, the lone ranger, the counselor, moneyball, captain phillips
From small studios/distributors?
sicario, adieu au language, the tribe, it's such a beautiful day, loong Boonmee, killing them softly, like someone in love, martha marcy may marlene, meeks cutoff
>>67905721
2bh not much beyond the UK or The Lives of Others or Pan's Labyrinth or Lady Snowblood / Battle Royal
And fuck you man those movies are great
Care to suggest any of your own? Or just continue to pretend you're superior over the internet?
>>67905833
If you want to argue about capeshit and kids movies I must ask you to find another thread.
>>67905488
>trying and failing to please plebs
since you liked Cosmopolis, Cronenberg definitely succeeded at pleasing, at least one pleb
>>67903434 yes
>>67903809 yes
>>67904601 none of these
>>67904891 yes for killing them softly and inherent vice, the rest... no
>>67905180 none of these, lanthimos did land one with dogtooth though
>>67905376 nope
>>67905633 yes
>>67905703 c'mon man... no!
Oh and Blackhat of course
>>67905904
I respect it because it made no effort to please me. That's not the same as liking something. You can respect the use of an atomic bomb without liking the atomic bomb.
>>67905928
Based Mann.
>>67905853
>american sniper
Get that propaganda out here. Despite the fuck yeah american apple-pie-baseball-cowboy stance it was a 6/10 movie at most
The rest excluding killing them softly I would agree with
>>67905795
Carruth is an insanely talented man.
>>67903809
I really didn't get the point of that long ass movie. I didn't give a shit about any of the characters
>>67906027
>american sniper
>Get that propaganda out here.
The little pathetic meme fed beta cuckold reveals himself. Can't see the kinography for your second hand trendy reddit politics.
>>67904601
t. /r/movies
>>67906105
First step to being a real cinema viewer is letting go of the infantile assumption that cinema is obliged to please you or even engage you at all. You are a guest in the house of cinema. It owes you jack shit. You should be grateful to leave with your life. Film at its best is a meat grinder.
>>67905376
Is there a torrent for this yet? I want to see it. No cinemas playing it around me
>>67906000
He literally pours a masterpiece every single decade. Other than denis and Weerasethakul, I can't think of anyone else that does. Maybe Scorsese
>>67906027
Maybe you should go with an apolitical mentality before watching films?
>>67906106
It's a fucking terrible movie, propaganda aside. I can tell by your list you have generally shit taste anyway, anon.
>>67906176
I think there's a standard def rip out. No HD yet, as far as I know.
>>67906106
>fed, beta, cuckold, kino, reddit
And you're gonna accuse me of being a meme? Nice try faggot.
Your shit's weak and that movie sucked
>>67906201
It is one of the very best films of the 10s. Nice try though. Clintwoods disregard of the common film making meme got him a lot of backlash from the millennial saturated film landscape but the film is a masterpiece.
>>67906275
Bradley Cooper's performance was incredible. Disregarding the film because of an unconvincing prop baby is like trashing 2001 because the apes suits look fake.
>>67906179
I tried man. I had decent hopes for it and even paid money to see in theaters. I couldn't get over the dreamy all-american role model they tried to put out and the fact they tried to make it seem like what the American army was doing over there was justified.
I did appreciate the balance they put in with the PTSD and real wounded vets, still a bad movie though
>>67906304
>>67906348
Can we end this meme before it starts, please?
>>67905865
Try some of these (in keeping with the thread):
The Turin Horse
In The Mood For Love
The Dance Of Reality
Camille Claudel 1915
Amour
Holy Motors
Two-Legged Horse
Pieta
>>67906304
You realise normies loved this film, right? It has heaps and heaps of mass appeal, but lacks even surface level substance.
>>67906304
Fucking A. Liberaks are shitless scared of him because he reminds them of their father that used to beat the crap out of them
>>67906275
>muh fake baby
Is this literally the only criticism you could came up with?
>>67906406
>Rotten Tomatoes lurker's first "kino"
You're embarrassing yourself with that entry level bilge.
>>67906450
It spoke to the real people of america. It made the millennial reddit chugging leftists buttmad.
>>67906460
I usually like Clint Eastwoods films, but American Sniper was fucking terrible.
>>67906523
It's a career best. He outgrew you.
>>67906400
Way to miss the point. He wasnt regarded in a higher stature and through Coopers unbelievable performance, we could see his post 9/11 patriotic delusion.
>>67906406
Woops... I just realised that I put 'In The Mood For Love' and not the intended 'Like Someone In Love'
>>67905913
This was a modern comedic tragedy done right. It felt like a play within a movie
Great usage of visual imagery, was inventive, coherent, well acted and had a fresh idea.
>inb4 nerd larper
because I couldn't give a shit about larping but still loved this movie
>>67906523
It waa terribly written for sure. But the statement both Clint and Cooper are trying to say elevates the material
>>67906508
You need to stop getting hung up on the politics of the movie. Regardless of it's politics, it was a poorly made movie that failed entirely to explore any of it's themes in a meaningful way.
>>67906589
>better than Letters from Iwo Jima or Gran Torino
Now I know you're an idiot
Even J. Edgar was better than American Shitter
>>67906756
I don't give a shit about your american politics. I entered the film with complete ambivilence and found one of the most complete embodiments of the kinography concept of the decade so far.
>>67906818
Oh, you're shitposting. Consider me baited.
>>67906816
Gran Torino is an absolutely terrible movie. You have the cinematic sensibilities of a 14 year old. Telling too that you didn't even mention Unforgiven. Why don't you try again once you graduate the IMDB top 250 you video game slamming hot pocket.
>>67906878
American Sniper is an action flick through and through, anon. If anything it appeals far more to 14 year olds than Gran Torino.
>>67904601
At least you'd didn't say Prisoners
>>67903434
I would add Blue Ruin.
>>67906818>>67906818
Exactly this. That shot of the crippled civilian raising the American flag in Kyle's funeral summed it up for me. And im not even American.
>>67906878
>implying that I think those movies are even above par
I'm just talking about Clint Eastwood as a director, who's movies (as a director) don't stand out to me. They're all OKAY. And American Shitter really wasn't that much better than any of his others.
I do admire his work ethic though.
>>67906950
You don't even understand what makes these films good or bad, it has nothing to do with the level of action. Gran Torino is an infantile appeal to emotion with none of the human complexity or ambiguity of American Sniper. The fact that Sniper appeared to go over the heads of almost this entire board can attest to that.
>>67905795
I'm so glad you said that to him. Not unlike Malick's recent movies, Upstream Color gets more praise than hate but the the people who dislike it do so more vilely than with any other movie. Carruth is a genius and I hope he knows people think that.
Everyone I know says I'm a pleb because I didn't understand this film.
But really it's only a movie of a rude guy that is having a bad week, I don't understand what else is to understand?
>>67906818
>kinography
Care to tell me how, in any way, that turd of an action movie pushed the boundaries at all? What it contributed to cinema as a whole?
>>67907134
Are you being ironic or do you genuinely believe American Sniper is a challenging film (if so I have to question your age/intelligence). It's themes are so blatant and to the fore that you'd have to be a complete fucking idiot to miss them.
>>67907134
>getting extremely mad and hostile because people have different opinions
>not understanding that what you believe isn't objective fact
You sound like a pretty fun guy desu
>>67907310
>if so I have to question your age/intelligence)
38/140
test
>>67907300
The bravest most honest depiction of modern masculinity that this era has brought us.
>>67907431
>he actually posted his IQ
>>67907431
>38/140
And you thought American Sniper was difficult to understand or interpret? Jesus christ, watch more movies.
>>67907509
I didn't find it difficult to inerpret but the fact that it is misinterpreted by so many as dumbheaded propaganda speaks for itself.
>>67907476
Exatly this. It felt like a remake of Flags of our Fathers
>>67907134
hahahahahahahha
Brad Coops character was as see through as an empty mason jar
He was patriotic redneck full of pride in his work who believed in what he was doing to the end, despite the toll it took on himself and his family
>I may have to kill children, and I may think that's wrong, but what America is doing to those Christ-less shit skins is worth it
American pawn- the character
The people behind this movie wanted the American public to be like Chris, someone who didn't question his orders or the motives of the government organization he was serving. People who are willing to give their lives and their families for what again, oil? Freedom?
>>67907587
Apparently not see through enough if that's what you took away from Cooper's performance.
>>67907476
I guess you haven't seen the Danish Girl yet?
Talk to me about bravery after you see that
>>67905853
Holy fucking shit LEAVE. NOW.
>>67905853
Why so many shit movies?
>>67907711
>modern masculinity
>1920s
I know you're just shitposting but think it through.
>>67907720
Why
>>67907748
Why such a shit taste anon?
>>67907634
Sorry what was I supposed to take from it again? You said something about brave depiction of masculinity? Explain that
>>67907851
Bradley Cooper had a beard and was in the Navy Seals and was really manly and stuff. Also, he had a southern accent.
>>67907578
>the fact that it is misinterpreted by so many as dumbheaded propaganda speaks for itself.
It really doesn't anon. As a matter of fact that has fuck all to do with anything.
You're talking about a movie, the audience response is irrelevant.
>>67907955
Also he rode horses and wore cowboy hats and hunted deer and did chewing tobacco and drinks beer and most of all LURVS MURICA!
Manly man if I ever saw one
>>67908053
Surely the complexity of the material is revealed by how few are equipped to comprehend it.
>>67907955
>le ironic mememan
I bet you like QT
>>67908070
>Also he rode horses and wore cowboy hats and hunted deer and did chewing tobacco and drinks beer and most of all LURVS MURICA!
There is nothing wrong with any of that. Even if your millennial memescape tells you it is unfashionable.
>>67908156
>people disagree with my OPINION
>hurr the masses just can't handle my patrician interpretation (which you've failed to convey) durr
>2deep4u fggtz
You're worst than BvS posters
>>67907222
Youre not supposed to like him, thats not the point of the film, you follow him on the journey from the beginning to the end and realize his life is an endless loop and whatever happens to him between the week whether finding out he has a kid or recording a song or going on a roadtrip hes always going to end up at the bar playing the same old shit. Also IMO the music is fantastic and sets the mood perfectly for every scene
>>67908284
Calm down and stop shitposting, /v/ tourist.
>>67908272
>>67908243
No there isn't anything wrong with any of that.
Just still waiting on this bold, brave and boundary-pushing depiction of modern masculinity that anon was talking about.
Or is the fact that Chris was an American West Ideology meme supposed to be THAT depiction?
Only God Forgives
Spring Breakers
Pain and Gain
Three more maligned modern masterpieces.
>>67908795
Honestly bud pain and gain was not good cinema, just good fun. Don't know what it s about Marky Mark, but whenever he does a comedic role he cracks me up
I think it's the delivery, or that I'm just so used to him being in serious roles
And no I'm not tarnishing this idea by watching Daddy's Home
>>67909142
Nah, it was immense fun, but you shouldn't be afraid to recognize it as high quality cinema. Bay's staging bravado found the matching engaging story for once. It's his masterpiece and one of the best films of 2013.
>>67903434
if real cinema means crappy remakes of cult classics, then yes
it's the big lebowski, but intentionally made worse
>>67909559
It's one of his better movies, but you're overrating it so much
>>67909800
>it's the big lebowski,
Try watching a movie made before your birth year, kiddo.
>>67909800
Did you think inherent vice was a remake?
>>67903809
fuck of furry critic
we don't care about your obsession with this depressed suicidal director.
>>67908319
I agree the music is great, but really I think the plot is pretty simple, don't know why people think this film is so deep and meaningful, it's because it's a Coen film?
