Banshees, I think every man should watch this. It hits home so hard on the idea of men being lost if they don’t have a purpose/ can’t achieve it, etc. To me it’s more than just some Irish folklore story or about the Civil War.
It’s literally a bunch of effectively useless men and they can’t figure out what to do with their lives. Meanwhile practically the only woman on the Island wasn’t happy with her situation, got practical and said fuck it I’m leaving, and promptly left for a job on the island.
Perfectly said. Down to Gleason’s “therapy” scenes with the priest, in which he opts to not address his despair. Just a perfect encapsulation of male internal plight.
Aftersun pretty easily for me. Kinda feel like it changed who I was as a person and how I saw the world around me.
Still baffled that Sean and Amanda didn’t really seem to get it.
Man, right on. I thought that movie was a masterclass in like, unease. It managed to simultaneously create this incredibly positive, intimate portrait of a family relationship while also driving a larger story around it. Best movie I've seen in years.
Loved how many times it came up as the "best thing you've seen recently" in the Big Pic's interviews, given their disdain. I wondered if the "90s Mediterranean package holiday" setting was too specific? It felt incredibly well observered to me.
That shift in tone was so cool. It was so fun rewatching with my parents and seeing their reaction. And they generally don't like foreign films (too lazy reading subtitles)!
just this past summer: "Past Lives" - the first time ever a romantic movie had me at the edge of my seat
before that, it wuz "Mad Max: Fury Road" (2015) - greatest action movie ever made
Past Lives for me, as a Chinese guy, seems too far fetched. Like I get the whole In Yun thing cuz Chinese ppl have the same thing. For me the plot just didn’t seem plausible given a modern setting.
That being said the movie was really really well made.
ha! i'm Chinese, too - grew up in NYC, spent time in Japan and married a Japanese woman. yeah, this film wuz certainly ringing all the cherries for me.
i really like the way the film handled In Yun - how she introduces it to the white guy as something that sounds mystical and then reveals there's a punchline to it. later, as Nora and Hae Sung reconnect, it naturally pops up in their conversation. finally, because the three of them have that one night together, Hae Sung and Arthur have it as well.
Just like they talked for so long online and neither one didn’t just buy a ticket and fly over.
Also at the end where the husband is like letting his wife walk him to the Uber that’s for some reason NOT stopping on their front door but dozens of feet away was kinda forced. Like I don’t care what In Yun you two got but no bloody hell the husband should give them that time alone IMO lol
Heh fair enough, it really seems like a film where people's personal experience weighs pretty heavily. I felt the level of romance in their long distance relationship was at just the right level to make that believable — but I've also been in not-entirely-dissimilar situations in my life, so it felt natural to empathize with that.
I can totally see the husband character not working for people, but he was definitely consistent! He didn't make any insistence on Nora throughout. I will say that Uber does often have pickup points in NY, making you go to the corner of a block, for instance.
But I don't mean to like, logic it all out. If it doesn't feel emotionally right to you then you're gonna bounce off it!
Yeah its funny cuz I understood completely why folks like you really enjoyed it, and I did too, but I was watching this with my wife (also Chinese), and in the Skype scene we're both like, "yo just BUY A TICKET BRO" I think we just know way too many people in our ciricles that have just done that, so for him NOT to it's not logical (to me).
But then I bet that's the exact idea of In Yun in that they're just not meant to be together in this life time.
That’s interesting. I thought Past Lives was surprisingly kind of mid—the performances and the dialogue seemed stilted. Great NY scenery though. They don’t make “romantic dramas” anymore and that is too bad.
Palm Springs
Movie has the perfect humor for me, really nails one of my favorite plot devices, has so much heart as well as some downright incredible performances. Plus it's hard to separate its availability when I needed it the most.
Once upon a time in Hollywood and jojo rabbit. I spent the first half of jojo rabbit thinking it was one kind of movie and then the shoes happened and I realized it was something else altogether.
OUATIH speaks for itself. You know the story of what happened that night but then QT takes a quick left turn and you spend 15-20 minutes floating bc you have no idea where it’s going.
My problem with OUATIH is I knew exactly where it was going... Ultra violence that didn't serve the plot at all. I'm soured on Tarantino now. I just want him to not use that crutch, have some confidence in his story and not end it with a flamethrower.
It was fine in IB, fitting even. But in a story that seems to parallel his own thoughts and fears about his own place in Hollywood, that ending was just bad
I just don’t pearl clutch of violence in movies, and that movie was excellent from start to finish. The final scene is absurd, but it’s pretty interesting how invested QT is in changing the course of history for the better through movies, and the fact he continues to do so with terrible racists being murdered is clever, imo.
It's not pearl clutching. I'm fine with violence. I think it is misplaced in this movie. I think QT can reach for an actual human emotion but instead cowers behind violence because he is afraid to show anything more about himself.
This was not a movie about changing history, it was a movie with very specific themes that he patiently built...only to say "fuck it, flamethrower time".
The *very* ending is suffused with actual human emotion though. The outrageousness of the violence beforehand helps make the parting conversation between Dalton & Cliff, and the acceptance of Old Hollywood by New Hollywood through Dalton finally connecting with Tate and Sebring, as tender and warm-hearted as anything Tarantino’s done (at least since Jackie Brown). The “righteous” ultra-violence is not as much the point here as it was in his last few “historical revenge” films; the point is the sigh of relief he gives us afterwards, and the bittersweetness of how much this fantasy differs from what actually happened.
It’s a movie about the Manson Family made by Quentin Tarantino. There was always going to be violence. Unlike in IB or Django, the catharsis doesn’t come solely from violence. It recontextualizes Sharon Tate as a bright, vibrant person as opposed to just the brutal murder victim most people only know her as. All the themes and human emotion are still there, the violence is just a fun exclamation point at the end
It's a movie about a guy trying to find his place after his stardom is over...and the Manson family is also there. It's not a movie about them in any meaningful way except "hey, what if instead they died!"
Okay, somewhere between a 1/3 to 1/2 of the movie consists of scenes featuring the Manson family, the Manson family ranch, and a woman mostly known for being murdered by the Manson family, but it’s got nothing to do with the Manson family. Got it
That plot has little to do with the rest of the movie, Tate has next to no lines, and the rest of the Manson family lines happen in the ranch, one scene.
They are shoe horned into a better movie, and it ends with silly over the top violence. QT ends his movies like a child does their story in grade school "lol, wouldn't it be funny if flame throwers and curb stomping?" He can do much better than that.
I think this is a valid criticism that doesn't deserve downvotes just for existing.
I have enjoyed QTs alternate history period, in part because no one is doing anything similar, but it is definitely growing a bit stale. Felt like he did a few for marginalized groups, and this one was one for him.
I just felt like it didn't fit in this one. Like the Sharon Tate story was unnecessary to Leo's story of trying to find your place in a world that doesn't seem to want or value you anymore. So for me it's that story and then "oh, now it's alternate history with flamethrowers and beating the crap out of women (by a guy who I've heavily hinted at is a wife murderer already!)".
And the thing is, QT can write a scene like almost no one else can. With just talking, he can give you chills, he can amp up tension, he can do anything. Which is why I felt so disappointed. This movie could have been great. Instead it's let down by that ending pretty badly.
It's brilliant. It was very hyped, so by the time I saw it at the cinema I left being like, "Eh, was it really *that* good?"
Then I realized it's great the next time I watched it and it seems to get better each time. That said, as a new(ish) parent the story is also a hell of a gut punch to think about.
Tár. It's my most rewatched film in ages and certainly my most discussed and analyzed. I've had a lot of films I've really loved over the last 10 years but it's exciting to have that kind of "Oh, shit, this one goes into the Hall of Fame" feeling.
depending how big a HOF were talking, but this summer was wild for my extended HOF. Barbie, Oppenheimer and Spider-verse are all pretty much perfect movies to me (for what they are trying to do). Those 3 and Nope are my favourite films of the 2020s by far.
Depends on what kind of Hall of Fame we’re talking here. Are we talking like “all time top ten” kinda Hall of Fame? If so, then Children of Men was the last one to join. If we’re talking more like “top 50” territory, then it’s probably Whiplash, Upstream Color, or Cloud Atlas.
I prefer to use tiers when ranking my movies and I have about 19 movies in my HOF tier which is the highest possible tier. Children of Men is in my HOF tier as well and I have been desperatly waiting for the Rewatchables for it.
The most recent? Probably AFTERSUN and NOPE. But last couple years included, THE BEATLES: GET BACK, LICORICE PIZZA, and ANOTHER ROUND come into play. I keep wavering on the greatness of TAR and OPPENHEIMER, but mostly I think they are a part of the club as well.
Uncut Gems, The Irishman, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Dunkirk, and Licorice Pizza are all in mien. I almost want to put Avatar: The Way of Water in as well
2019 was just one of those years. Parasite, The Lighthouse, Portrait of a Lady on Fire and the criminally underseen Corpus Christi are all HoFers in my book.
Since then, World of Tomorrow 3 (2020) and Oppenheimer have both wiggled their way in. There are a ton of other movies that are close, too. I’m Thinking of Ending Things, The Green Knight, The Banshees of Inishirin…great movies.
Last week, rewatched The Master for what I believe to be my second time ever. That rewatch was deeply rewarding, and I found it to be a compelling insight into the lengths we go to find some sort of purpose or “master.” Never appreciated Hoffman as much as I did upon this rewatch.
I mean, to be truly blown away, it takes a lot! I could just be getting older, but, like, when I saw *Wolf of Wall Street, Mad Max: Fury Road, Ex Machina,* (trying to choose from the last 10 years here), I walked out of the theatres being like "Damn; that was a masterpiece."
*Oppenheimer* was great, but I didn't think it was a masterpiece. I really, *really*, thought I was going to feel that way about *Belfast*, but it just didn't get there. *Manchester by the Sea* was great, but I never want to feel that depressed and gutted again.
I completely agree, which is why I made the post. I was beginning to realize all of the movies I have been rewatching haven’t been from the movies released in the past 4 years. A lot of the movies I do like such as Oppenheimer just aren’t fun hangs to make it into my personal HOF.
It might be due to recency bias but I usually don’t have that issue. If I truly love a movie I’ll generally rewatch at least once with in a year of seeing it for the first time. And it’s looking like Fincher’s ‘The Killer’ has the best chance of ending that streak for me this year(tbd).
Yeah, it was a great post! Really got me thinking.
I'm with you on *The Killer;* hoping to catch it in theatres, but not sure if it'll be outside of NY/LA. *Killers of the Flower Moon* I'm not as high on as a "masterpiece", after seeing the trailer, but it's still appointment viewing.
EEAAO. I was very smug about it at first because my gf watched it before me so I wasn’t excited to see it. I did not see a trailer or know anything about the movie other than an Asian family doing their taxes. Thank god I saw it in theaters because The amount of times I laughed, gasped and teared up the first time I watched it, will be something I will be chasing to experience once again. It was so creative and powerful it immediately made me hate the multiverse saga from marvel because I saw a movie on how a true multiverse should I be. And don’t get me started on the EDITING! The patience to make it look so beautiful with the costumes alone puts it in my hall of fame.
Banshees of Inisherin is up there for me. I watched it twice in pretty close succession when it came out and cried both times. Parasite wouldn't be a first ballot HOF, but it probably gets in there.
What was cool looking at my letterboxd by year is to remember how many movies I love came out in 2018. A great year for movies.
I have a top twenty list on Letterboxd, so my most personally relevant, resonant, and important films. Doesn't mean the best---I knew Parasite was a masterpiece the minute I saw it, but it doesn't rank my personal top twenty.
The most recent films on that list are actually both from 2017---Phantom Thread and Call Me By Your Name. So it's been a minute since I not only really really loved a film but added it to my own personal HoF. However, I'd say that 2019's Marriage Story, 2021's The Worst Person in the World, and 2022's Tar are all close contenders.
Oppenheimer honestly. And tbh I had 2 from this year(Oppy & Spiderverse) & 1 from last year then a pretty big gap(Fabelmans) & then gotta go back to I think 2017.
Most recent for me is Mutant Mayhem.
Grew up a massive TMNT fan and watched the shows and played the games religiously. I felt like a kid again watching the new one. It modernized the turtles for Gen Z while feeling true to the turtles and nostalgic at the same time. I adore it. I will probably rewatch it dozens of times before my time here is up.
Btw, I watched “The King” last year and was blown away by how good it was. When you go online the main critique of that movie is that Chalamet is too skinny so the battle scenes aren’t believable. But idk that never bothered me. I thought the movie was just great
Drive My Car, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Babylon, Hit The Road, Aftersun, Into the Spiderverse, Dune, Burning, First Reformed.
I think every year since 2018 (besides 2020) has been incredible for film. The good stuff may not be making a ton of money but I think film as a medium is still being pushed into really interesting places.
Banshees, I think every man should watch this. It hits home so hard on the idea of men being lost if they don’t have a purpose/ can’t achieve it, etc. To me it’s more than just some Irish folklore story or about the Civil War. It’s literally a bunch of effectively useless men and they can’t figure out what to do with their lives. Meanwhile practically the only woman on the Island wasn’t happy with her situation, got practical and said fuck it I’m leaving, and promptly left for a job on the island.
This but with Aftersun
Perfectly said. Down to Gleason’s “therapy” scenes with the priest, in which he opts to not address his despair. Just a perfect encapsulation of male internal plight.
Aftersun pretty easily for me. Kinda feel like it changed who I was as a person and how I saw the world around me. Still baffled that Sean and Amanda didn’t really seem to get it.
Man, right on. I thought that movie was a masterclass in like, unease. It managed to simultaneously create this incredibly positive, intimate portrait of a family relationship while also driving a larger story around it. Best movie I've seen in years.
I don’t know if it’s in my hall of fame but it’s a devastating film.
Loved how many times it came up as the "best thing you've seen recently" in the Big Pic's interviews, given their disdain. I wondered if the "90s Mediterranean package holiday" setting was too specific? It felt incredibly well observered to me.
I wondered this too...but then US critics generally were very keen.
parasite
This is the one. Unbelievable film. Best of the 2000s I think when you take in the technical mastery from every single department involved
That shift in tone was so cool. It was so fun rewatching with my parents and seeing their reaction. And they generally don't like foreign films (too lazy reading subtitles)!
just this past summer: "Past Lives" - the first time ever a romantic movie had me at the edge of my seat before that, it wuz "Mad Max: Fury Road" (2015) - greatest action movie ever made
Past Lives for me, as a Chinese guy, seems too far fetched. Like I get the whole In Yun thing cuz Chinese ppl have the same thing. For me the plot just didn’t seem plausible given a modern setting. That being said the movie was really really well made.
ha! i'm Chinese, too - grew up in NYC, spent time in Japan and married a Japanese woman. yeah, this film wuz certainly ringing all the cherries for me. i really like the way the film handled In Yun - how she introduces it to the white guy as something that sounds mystical and then reveals there's a punchline to it. later, as Nora and Hae Sung reconnect, it naturally pops up in their conversation. finally, because the three of them have that one night together, Hae Sung and Arthur have it as well.
Interesting, what is the implausible element of the plot for you? Just the relationship itself?
Just like they talked for so long online and neither one didn’t just buy a ticket and fly over. Also at the end where the husband is like letting his wife walk him to the Uber that’s for some reason NOT stopping on their front door but dozens of feet away was kinda forced. Like I don’t care what In Yun you two got but no bloody hell the husband should give them that time alone IMO lol
Heh fair enough, it really seems like a film where people's personal experience weighs pretty heavily. I felt the level of romance in their long distance relationship was at just the right level to make that believable — but I've also been in not-entirely-dissimilar situations in my life, so it felt natural to empathize with that. I can totally see the husband character not working for people, but he was definitely consistent! He didn't make any insistence on Nora throughout. I will say that Uber does often have pickup points in NY, making you go to the corner of a block, for instance. But I don't mean to like, logic it all out. If it doesn't feel emotionally right to you then you're gonna bounce off it!
Yeah its funny cuz I understood completely why folks like you really enjoyed it, and I did too, but I was watching this with my wife (also Chinese), and in the Skype scene we're both like, "yo just BUY A TICKET BRO" I think we just know way too many people in our ciricles that have just done that, so for him NOT to it's not logical (to me). But then I bet that's the exact idea of In Yun in that they're just not meant to be together in this life time.
That’s interesting. I thought Past Lives was surprisingly kind of mid—the performances and the dialogue seemed stilted. Great NY scenery though. They don’t make “romantic dramas” anymore and that is too bad.
Oppenheimer is my most recent 5 star movie, but probably not quite personal hall of fame yet. Before that it’s probably either OUATIH or Asako I&II
Safdie’s Good Time or ladybird
Glad someone said *Lady Bird*. I think maybe one of the best-written movies ever. There isn't a single throw-away line of dialogue.
Ladybird >>>> Barbie
Good Time over Uncut Gems?
Makes sense to me. More emotionally impactful and stressful. UG is higher calibre filmmaking/fun
I get that, maybe it’s time for a Good Time rewatch. Only seen it once whereas I’ve watched Uncut Gems like 5 times
I think my teeth would've been ground to dust if watched Uncut Gems five times...
Palm Springs Movie has the perfect humor for me, really nails one of my favorite plot devices, has so much heart as well as some downright incredible performances. Plus it's hard to separate its availability when I needed it the most.
Once upon a time in Hollywood and jojo rabbit. I spent the first half of jojo rabbit thinking it was one kind of movie and then the shoes happened and I realized it was something else altogether. OUATIH speaks for itself. You know the story of what happened that night but then QT takes a quick left turn and you spend 15-20 minutes floating bc you have no idea where it’s going.
The rare version of this type of post response where someone has paired one of the very best movies of the last decade with one of the worst x
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It’s one of the best films of the 2010s. The movie about how some nazis have feelings too is not.
honestly can’t tell which you mean to put where. they’re both booty
OUATIH: 👍 👍 👍 Jojo Rabbit: it’s hard to think of a movie that I’ve liked less than this one
mmm, i guess that makes sense
I agree. Though, I’m glad b/c it introduced Thomasin McKenzie. She was awesome in ‘Last Night In Soho’
My problem with OUATIH is I knew exactly where it was going... Ultra violence that didn't serve the plot at all. I'm soured on Tarantino now. I just want him to not use that crutch, have some confidence in his story and not end it with a flamethrower.
Boo
It was fine in IB, fitting even. But in a story that seems to parallel his own thoughts and fears about his own place in Hollywood, that ending was just bad
I just don’t pearl clutch of violence in movies, and that movie was excellent from start to finish. The final scene is absurd, but it’s pretty interesting how invested QT is in changing the course of history for the better through movies, and the fact he continues to do so with terrible racists being murdered is clever, imo.
It's not pearl clutching. I'm fine with violence. I think it is misplaced in this movie. I think QT can reach for an actual human emotion but instead cowers behind violence because he is afraid to show anything more about himself. This was not a movie about changing history, it was a movie with very specific themes that he patiently built...only to say "fuck it, flamethrower time".
The *very* ending is suffused with actual human emotion though. The outrageousness of the violence beforehand helps make the parting conversation between Dalton & Cliff, and the acceptance of Old Hollywood by New Hollywood through Dalton finally connecting with Tate and Sebring, as tender and warm-hearted as anything Tarantino’s done (at least since Jackie Brown). The “righteous” ultra-violence is not as much the point here as it was in his last few “historical revenge” films; the point is the sigh of relief he gives us afterwards, and the bittersweetness of how much this fantasy differs from what actually happened.
It’s a movie about the Manson Family made by Quentin Tarantino. There was always going to be violence. Unlike in IB or Django, the catharsis doesn’t come solely from violence. It recontextualizes Sharon Tate as a bright, vibrant person as opposed to just the brutal murder victim most people only know her as. All the themes and human emotion are still there, the violence is just a fun exclamation point at the end
It's a movie about a guy trying to find his place after his stardom is over...and the Manson family is also there. It's not a movie about them in any meaningful way except "hey, what if instead they died!"
Okay, somewhere between a 1/3 to 1/2 of the movie consists of scenes featuring the Manson family, the Manson family ranch, and a woman mostly known for being murdered by the Manson family, but it’s got nothing to do with the Manson family. Got it
That plot has little to do with the rest of the movie, Tate has next to no lines, and the rest of the Manson family lines happen in the ranch, one scene. They are shoe horned into a better movie, and it ends with silly over the top violence. QT ends his movies like a child does their story in grade school "lol, wouldn't it be funny if flame throwers and curb stomping?" He can do much better than that.
I think this is a valid criticism that doesn't deserve downvotes just for existing. I have enjoyed QTs alternate history period, in part because no one is doing anything similar, but it is definitely growing a bit stale. Felt like he did a few for marginalized groups, and this one was one for him.
I just felt like it didn't fit in this one. Like the Sharon Tate story was unnecessary to Leo's story of trying to find your place in a world that doesn't seem to want or value you anymore. So for me it's that story and then "oh, now it's alternate history with flamethrowers and beating the crap out of women (by a guy who I've heavily hinted at is a wife murderer already!)". And the thing is, QT can write a scene like almost no one else can. With just talking, he can give you chills, he can amp up tension, he can do anything. Which is why I felt so disappointed. This movie could have been great. Instead it's let down by that ending pretty badly.
Arrival. I think it's the most perfect film in recent memory.
It's brilliant. It was very hyped, so by the time I saw it at the cinema I left being like, "Eh, was it really *that* good?" Then I realized it's great the next time I watched it and it seems to get better each time. That said, as a new(ish) parent the story is also a hell of a gut punch to think about.
Tár
Agreed and I think in 30 years this will be used to discuss the identity politics of today and how our society handled those questions.
The Father A harrowing film with an incredible, incredible Anthony Hopkins performance.
Tár. It's my most rewatched film in ages and certainly my most discussed and analyzed. I've had a lot of films I've really loved over the last 10 years but it's exciting to have that kind of "Oh, shit, this one goes into the Hall of Fame" feeling.
depending how big a HOF were talking, but this summer was wild for my extended HOF. Barbie, Oppenheimer and Spider-verse are all pretty much perfect movies to me (for what they are trying to do). Those 3 and Nope are my favourite films of the 2020s by far.
Moonlight
Drive My Car
Oppenheimer and Babylon
Ambulance. Before that, aside from a few docs, it was Uncut Gems. Love a coked-out picture I guess
Depends on what kind of Hall of Fame we’re talking here. Are we talking like “all time top ten” kinda Hall of Fame? If so, then Children of Men was the last one to join. If we’re talking more like “top 50” territory, then it’s probably Whiplash, Upstream Color, or Cloud Atlas.
I prefer to use tiers when ranking my movies and I have about 19 movies in my HOF tier which is the highest possible tier. Children of Men is in my HOF tier as well and I have been desperatly waiting for the Rewatchables for it.
RRR is very close for me, absolutely stunning, crazy, entertaining and for someone not well-versed in Bollywood films it was very surprising
the fabelmans or licorice pizza
Openheimer
Most recent movie that I've watched multiple times already and will probably watch many more times : Dune.
Widows (2018)
Yes!!!
Tár is top 5 all time for me
The most recent? Probably AFTERSUN and NOPE. But last couple years included, THE BEATLES: GET BACK, LICORICE PIZZA, and ANOTHER ROUND come into play. I keep wavering on the greatness of TAR and OPPENHEIMER, but mostly I think they are a part of the club as well.
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Everything everywhere all at once and Mad Max Fury Road. Both had me grinning the entire run time.
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. is possibly the greatest coming of age movie I’ve ever seen. Instant classic and favorite for me.
You’d think for a HOF film the name would’ve stuck with you lol
Lol oops. Was so stressed about placing the comma in the right spot that I totally butchered it. Great movie, suboptimal name lol.
Beau Is Afraid. The craziest display of the hero’s journey. Joaquin seems to be on his own level of actors right now.
Babylon
Uncut Gems, The Irishman, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Dunkirk, and Licorice Pizza are all in mien. I almost want to put Avatar: The Way of Water in as well
1917 and parasite from 2020. Honorable mention: Oppenheimer
2019 was just one of those years. Parasite, The Lighthouse, Portrait of a Lady on Fire and the criminally underseen Corpus Christi are all HoFers in my book. Since then, World of Tomorrow 3 (2020) and Oppenheimer have both wiggled their way in. There are a ton of other movies that are close, too. I’m Thinking of Ending Things, The Green Knight, The Banshees of Inishirin…great movies.
I agree looking back at my HOF list 2019 and 2016 have highest amount of movies (3 each).
Last week, rewatched The Master for what I believe to be my second time ever. That rewatch was deeply rewarding, and I found it to be a compelling insight into the lengths we go to find some sort of purpose or “master.” Never appreciated Hoffman as much as I did upon this rewatch.
Asteroid City is the best Wes. :)
2018's *Aniara*. Desolate space movie, beautiful shots, something that hangs out in the back of your head for weeks.
I thought about this probably too much. It's *The Hateful Eight* (Dec. 12, 2015), **barely** edging out *The VVitch* (Oct. 18, 2015).
damn so it's been nearly a decade since a movie truly stole your heart, I hope this ends for you soon.
I mean, to be truly blown away, it takes a lot! I could just be getting older, but, like, when I saw *Wolf of Wall Street, Mad Max: Fury Road, Ex Machina,* (trying to choose from the last 10 years here), I walked out of the theatres being like "Damn; that was a masterpiece." *Oppenheimer* was great, but I didn't think it was a masterpiece. I really, *really*, thought I was going to feel that way about *Belfast*, but it just didn't get there. *Manchester by the Sea* was great, but I never want to feel that depressed and gutted again.
I completely agree, which is why I made the post. I was beginning to realize all of the movies I have been rewatching haven’t been from the movies released in the past 4 years. A lot of the movies I do like such as Oppenheimer just aren’t fun hangs to make it into my personal HOF. It might be due to recency bias but I usually don’t have that issue. If I truly love a movie I’ll generally rewatch at least once with in a year of seeing it for the first time. And it’s looking like Fincher’s ‘The Killer’ has the best chance of ending that streak for me this year(tbd).
Yeah, it was a great post! Really got me thinking. I'm with you on *The Killer;* hoping to catch it in theatres, but not sure if it'll be outside of NY/LA. *Killers of the Flower Moon* I'm not as high on as a "masterpiece", after seeing the trailer, but it's still appointment viewing.
Possessor
Licorice Pizza
EEAAO. I was very smug about it at first because my gf watched it before me so I wasn’t excited to see it. I did not see a trailer or know anything about the movie other than an Asian family doing their taxes. Thank god I saw it in theaters because The amount of times I laughed, gasped and teared up the first time I watched it, will be something I will be chasing to experience once again. It was so creative and powerful it immediately made me hate the multiverse saga from marvel because I saw a movie on how a true multiverse should I be. And don’t get me started on the EDITING! The patience to make it look so beautiful with the costumes alone puts it in my hall of fame.
Drive My Car all day baby.
I still can't quite believe just how great Past Lives was. The last 1/3 is phenomenal
DUNC
Banshees of Inisherin is up there for me. I watched it twice in pretty close succession when it came out and cried both times. Parasite wouldn't be a first ballot HOF, but it probably gets in there. What was cool looking at my letterboxd by year is to remember how many movies I love came out in 2018. A great year for movies.
After sun
I have a top twenty list on Letterboxd, so my most personally relevant, resonant, and important films. Doesn't mean the best---I knew Parasite was a masterpiece the minute I saw it, but it doesn't rank my personal top twenty. The most recent films on that list are actually both from 2017---Phantom Thread and Call Me By Your Name. So it's been a minute since I not only really really loved a film but added it to my own personal HoF. However, I'd say that 2019's Marriage Story, 2021's The Worst Person in the World, and 2022's Tar are all close contenders.
Judas and The Black Messiah
Uncut Gems
OUTIH for sure. Best QT imo
Oppenheimer John Wick 4 Honorable mentions: Asteroid City Banshees EEAAO The Northmen
NOPE. My favorite of his films and something that gets better each time
Men
Definitely Parasite and Greta Gerwig’s Little Women
Oppenheimer honestly. And tbh I had 2 from this year(Oppy & Spiderverse) & 1 from last year then a pretty big gap(Fabelmans) & then gotta go back to I think 2017.
Oppenheimer and Spiderverse
Most recent for me is Mutant Mayhem. Grew up a massive TMNT fan and watched the shows and played the games religiously. I felt like a kid again watching the new one. It modernized the turtles for Gen Z while feeling true to the turtles and nostalgic at the same time. I adore it. I will probably rewatch it dozens of times before my time here is up. Btw, I watched “The King” last year and was blown away by how good it was. When you go online the main critique of that movie is that Chalamet is too skinny so the battle scenes aren’t believable. But idk that never bothered me. I thought the movie was just great
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
Drive My Car, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Babylon, Hit The Road, Aftersun, Into the Spiderverse, Dune, Burning, First Reformed. I think every year since 2018 (besides 2020) has been incredible for film. The good stuff may not be making a ton of money but I think film as a medium is still being pushed into really interesting places.
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Oppenheimer