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Re: 2021 Films

PurpleHazel — Mon, 28 Mar 2022 00:30:52 GMT

Author: PurpleHazel

Posted: 03/28/2022 04:30

Because they "bleeped" what was said and the Oscar broadcast froze, I thought Will Smith slapping Chris Rock might've been staged, but it wasn't:

https://twitter.com/bubbaprog/status/1508270716063469576?s=20&t=am6FZJxFb8IWAl_ziK9y_w

Don't think Rock knew Jada Pinkett Smith's shaved head was due to alopecia, so a huge misunderstanding. The violence is not justifiable at all, though. Smith could've shown up Rock worse by verbally shaming him.

Re: 2021 Films

CA Dreamin — Sun, 27 Mar 2022 17:58:23 GMT

Author: CA Dreamin

Posted: 03/27/2022 21:58

LeBron James won Worst actor, well deserved. Tonight I'm expecting Power of the Dog to win the top prize.

Re: 2021 Films

Hayden — Sat, 26 Feb 2022 10:25:48 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 02/26/2022 15:25

EyeKanFly wrote:

Did you watch Flee?

Yup. Good stuff. Love it when something so different like that comes along. Glad it got recognized by the Academy— I swear 10-15 years ago it would have been completely ignored (actually, if it wasn't for the A-list producers, it may have been ignored this year too). It's the sort of story that needs as wide of an audience as it can get, especially with what's happened in Afghanistan the past year. It's never going to happen, but I'd love a tie between Flee and Summer of Soul. Can't quite pick between the two. (Drive My Car has international in the bag).

Really great work though, glad you enjoyed it.

Hoping you get around to The French Dispatch, The Worst Person in the World, The Tragedy of Macbeth, and Luca soon. I'm not kidding, those are all in my top five of the year (along with Spencer). It's not going to stay this way, but here's my top 50 of the year as of now.

The Oscar-nominated films I haven't seen are—
King Richard
West Side Story
Licorice Pizza (*high-priority)
Being The Ricardos
Cyrano
House of Gucci
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Shang-Chi
Hand of God (*medium priority)
& Coming 2 America

Re: 2021 Films

EyeKanFly — Thu, 24 Feb 2022 12:52:19 GMT

Author: EyeKanFly

Posted: 02/24/2022 17:52

Hayden wrote:

Did you watch Flee? I think it has a chance of disrupting any or all the categories it was nominated for: animated, documentary, international feature.

It was haunting and joyous and wonderful and... important. I think. It was one of the most captivating movies I've watched this year. Taught me a lot about human trafficking in a way that I haven't understood or comprehended before.

That said, it's animation isn't any technical achievement, and the animation is mixed with news reports and other historic footage. So I might see it hard winning in that category. For documentary, I was really hoping Summer of Soul would win, but wow this gives it a run for its money. And international feature I think it has the best chance despite Drive My Car being lauded enough that it received best picture and director nods as well. I haven't seen it yet so can't judge.

It's a unique movie that doesn't fit perfectly into any of the 3 categories it was nominated for, but it's a movie well worth watching.

Looking back on my wishlist from December, I've watched out more than I anticipated:
- West Side Story
- Eternals
- Dune
- Licorice Pizza
- Don't Look Up
- The Green Knight
- The French Dispatch
- Drive My Car
- Spider-Man: No Way Home

but now I've added Belfast, The Worst Person in the World, The Tragedy of Macbeth, and Luca (that one should at least by easy to access).

I guess I've seen quite a few more films in the 2 months since I last posted my ranking, so here goes an update:

1. Bo Burnham: Inside [obviously not up for any Oscars, but if it counts as a film, it was my film of the year]
2. Flee
3. Judas and the Black Messiah
4. Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
5. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
6. Spider-Man: No Way Home
7. West Side Story [I was SO surprised how impressed I was by this remake]
8. The Power of the Dog
9. Eternals [I seemed to have enjoyed this much more than the average critic and even more than the average Marvel junkie lol]
10. Encanto
11. No Time to Die
12. Passing
13. Tick, tick... BOOM!
14. In the Heights
15. Black Widow
16. Don't Look Up

All movies I genuinely enjoyed, unlike last year when I watched less films and there were more "meh"s.

Also I didn't really rate/rank the Beatles doc, but if I were to count the doc as a whole, it'd be somewhere ~13-15th place, or if just counting the 3rd episode or just the Rooftop Concert, then it'd jump to ~3rd-5th place.

Re: 2021 Films

Hayden — Mon, 21 Feb 2022 16:50:40 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 02/21/2022 21:50

AgainstMeAgainstYou wrote:

I'd have to double check, but I believe that outside of the short film and documentary categories, Parallel Mothers, West Side Story, and Luca are the only films nominated for Oscars that I haven't seen.

Think I have 8-9 or so I haven't seen, but the only one I'm interested in is Licorice Pizza. Wasn't super hot on this year's overall selection. Parallel Mothers and Luca are fantastic— hoping Luca wins the animated category over Encanto... pretty sure it won't happen because of this massive rush Encanto's having, but.

Some solid recent 2021 watches on my end—

Feathers
The Cloud In Her Room
Unclenching The Fists
Murina
and Compartment No. 6 gets a light thumb's up. Going to have to mull it over a bit. Can say I enjoyed the movie more than the book though.

Del Toro's Nightmare Alley was good too, but should have been way tighter. After the first 45 minutes he just straight-up didn't pace it right. Made a 2.5 film feel around 4. Still, there's a great film in there... somewhere.

Re: 2021 Films

CA Dreamin — Sun, 20 Feb 2022 22:50:52 GMT

Author: CA Dreamin

Posted: 02/21/2022 03:50

^^ I'll vouch for Parallel Mothers. Great movie.

Re: 2021 Films

AgainstMeAgainstYou — Sun, 20 Feb 2022 22:27:23 GMT

Author: AgainstMeAgainstYou

Posted: 02/21/2022 03:27

I'd have to double check, but I believe that outside of the short film and documentary categories, Parallel Mothers, West Side Story, and Luca are the only films nominated for Oscars that I haven't seen.

Re: 2021 Films

Patman360 — Fri, 18 Feb 2022 20:32:09 GMT

Author: Patman360

Posted: 02/19/2022 01:32

Finally saw Belfast earlier, loved it and it hit me hard, admittedly that’s probably been shaped by my own family and my relationship with them, combined with being Irish and having grown up in the tail end of the Troubles, but I thought it was wonderful and captured something special about growing up in a pretty dark part of Irish history, I’ll be bringing it to my dad’s attention when I see him tomorrow.

Other than that, catching up for awards season, we’ve watched The Power of the Dog, Tick, Tick, Boom and Don’t Look Up recently, TV shows and sport are usually our first go to’s in our house…

As well as the new Kevin James hit Home Team and Eternals!

Plenty to get to on our list (French Dispatch, King Richard, Dune and Drive My Car are at the top for now, plus will watch West Side Story and Spider-Man once they drop online).

Covid and work have derailed my cinema going of late when I used be in their 2-3 times a week in past years, think all I’ve seen there since Covid hit were Shang Chi, Fast & Furious and Tenet (was watching Dark Waters in the cinema as the lockdowns were announced though all that time ago).

Re: 2021 Films

BozoTyrannus — Tue, 8 Feb 2022 21:33:44 GMT

Author: BozoTyrannus

Posted: 02/09/2022 02:33

BozoTyrannus wrote:

Somehow for 2021 films I have somehow only managed to see 3 films

3. Dune
2. West Side Story
1. Belfast

100% representation at the Oscars. Huzzah?

Re: 2021 Films

Hayden — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 10:12:47 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 01/23/2022 15:12

LedZep wrote:

Mass

My very short review—

Quote:

Excellent film.

Four of the best performances of the year, if not the four best.

Terrible PR for my name.

🙁

Re: 2021 Films

LedZep — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 05:45:03 GMT

Author: LedZep

Posted: 01/23/2022 10:45

Mass vs Dune is a duel for my number 1 currently. Two completely different movies, both incredible. Also Mass has like 4 best performances of the year, it's one of those movies which seem more real than real life lol. Didn't feel anyone was acting at all. Incredibly strong script, and even though it's largely set in one room, it still manages to sneak in some beautiful shots in the beginning and in the end. Immaculate camera work as well, builds the tension along with the dialogue. The lack of any music or outside sound works wonders, and the end is all the more cathartic because of that. If I'm being honest, it's a better made movie than Dune, the only issue is replayability and the heavy themes it tackles.

Re: 2021 Films

Hayden — Sat, 22 Jan 2022 17:27:51 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 01/22/2022 22:27

I've actually had a really great streak of 2021 film watches. The Worst Person in the World, Memoria, and The Tragedy of Macbeth are all excellent. Wish I could have seen them all on a bigger screen. Easy recs. I think Worst Person could even end up being a BEA fav.

Also, Pleasure and Red Rocket make for a wild porn-themed double feature. Happened to watch them back-to-back last weekend by absolute coincidence. Red Rocket is my favourite from Baker so far.

Hoping to get around to watching A Hero tomorrow.

Re: 2021 Films

BozoTyrannus — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 19:04:13 GMT

Author: BozoTyrannus

Posted: 01/19/2022 00:04

Somehow for 2021 films (outside those eligible for the Oscars last year, which admittedly in my head I consider 2020 films) I have somehow only managed to see 3 films

3. Dune
2. West Side Story
1. Belfast

🙄

Re: 2021 Films

AgainstMeAgainstYou — Sun, 9 Jan 2022 06:39:26 GMT

Author: AgainstMeAgainstYou

Posted: 01/09/2022 11:39

Forgot to post this on the 1st. I ended 2021 with 87 of the year's films watched. My final top ten submitted for FilmSpeak ended up being:

10: Licorice Pizza
9: Petite Maman
8: Raya and the Last Dragon
7: Titane
6: King Richard
5: Drive My Car
4: Malcolm & Marie
3: No Time to Die
2: The Souvenir Part II
1: Dune

FilmSpeak's final top ten (14 contributors):

10: Spencer
9: Licorice Pizza
8: The Suicide Squad
7: Belfast
6: Bo Burnham: Inside
5: Titane
4: No Time to Die
3: The Green Knight
2: Spider-Man: No Way Home
1: Dune

I feel it's noteworthy that, out of 14 top ten lists submitted, no two people had the same film at #1. The Suicide Squad was the only film to get enough points to make our top 10 without being #1 on any list. Contrast that to last year where Soul, the overall #1, topped three lists.

Re: 2021 Films

Hayden — Fri, 24 Dec 2021 15:49:37 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 12/24/2021 20:49

AgainstMeAgainstYou wrote:

C'mon C'mon was one of the films I saw yesterday and it was beautiful. Really heartfelt, really sincere, Joaquin was great but that kid is something of a revelation.

So is Jude Hill, for that matter. Belfast was great.

Went on b/w binge, watched both. Dug C'mon C'mon, wasn't hot on Belfast. Wish the project had been in different hands. Really liked that dance scene at the end though. (Also watched Hong Sang-soo's Introduction, but that wasn't much of a film at all to be honest).

Belgian Oscar-shortlisted film Playground also really impressed me. Like Dardenne's Son of Saul. Glad it's getting a bit of hype.

Re: 2021 Films

AgainstMeAgainstYou — Wed, 15 Dec 2021 13:47:25 GMT

Author: AgainstMeAgainstYou

Posted: 12/15/2021 18:47

With some inserts, my top 10 has changed slightly. About to see Just saw Drive My Car at TIFF, so it might did sneak in.

EDIT: So did The Souvenir Part II. What in the hell is happening this year? Just for context, Malcolm & Marie is in my top 30 films ever made. You do the math on what ranks above it.

10: Nine Days
9: Oscar Peterson: Black + White
8: Licorice Pizza
7: King Richard
6: Titane
5: Drive My Car
4: Malcolm & Marie
3: No Time to Die
2: The Souvenir Part II
1: Dune

On a semi-related note, since I'm seeing Part II tomorrow, I finally got to The Souvenir, and that automatically joined my top 5 for 2019. I've heard universally from EVERYONE I know who has seen it that Part II is even better, so that should almost certainly make it into this top 10 as well.

Re: 2021 Films

Hayden — Wed, 15 Dec 2021 12:10:14 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 12/15/2021 17:10

I think The French Dispatch is going to be my first 5/5 on first watch since Son of Saul. Loved it. Just... perfect.

Wish I could have seen it in cinemas. It needs a big screen. The detail is insane.

Re: 2021 Films

PurpleHazel — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 22:17:33 GMT

Author: PurpleHazel

Posted: 12/13/2021 03:17

EyeKanFly wrote:

Ben Sharrock is the director, there's a Hong Kong produced film that came out this year which is also called Limbo, so presumably Hayden is just clarifying.

Joking. Though I did have a split second of dissonance because Sonny Sharrock's in Summer of Soul.

Re: 2021 Films

EyeKanFly — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 16:56:30 GMT

Author: EyeKanFly

Posted: 12/12/2021 21:56

PurpleHazel wrote:

Sonny or Linda?

Ben Sharrock is the director, there's a Hong Kong produced film that came out this year which is also called Limbo, so presumably Hayden is just clarifying.

Well I watched my 10th movie of the year this weekend, so here goes my list:

1. Bo Burnham: Inside
2. Judas and the Black Messiah
3. Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
4. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
5. The Power of the Dog
6. No Time to Die
7. Passing
8. Tick, tick... BOOM!
9. In the Heights
10. Black Widow

Haven't watched yet but have plans to watch:
- West Side Story
- Eternals

Don't have plans but would like to see if I'm able:
- Dune
- Licorice Pizza
- Don't Look Up
- The Green Knight
- The French Dispatch
- Drive My Car
- Spider-Man: No Way Home

Re: 2021 Films

PurpleHazel — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 15:15:06 GMT

Author: PurpleHazel

Posted: 12/11/2021 20:15

Hayden wrote:

4. Limbo (Sharrock)

Sonny or Linda?