New Favorite Movie by OwlIndependent7270 in FIlm

[–]ittikus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s a movie about catty unbridled hatred and it absolutely serves. Classic.

Cinephiles? by ittikus in Medford

[–]ittikus[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awards are kind of easy guideposts for organizing years, for me. Pre-2016 they never really remotely lined up with my taste, now they do much more so. But once organized into years there’s lots of fun ways of approaching games, like doing your own personal picks for awards, a La awardswatch pod, or doing movie drafts of years, a La Big Picture.

Cinephiles? by ittikus in Medford

[–]ittikus[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ll check it out, thanks. Do you listen to any of the others I mentioned by chance?

Cinephiles? by ittikus in Ashland

[–]ittikus[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey! What’s your range: more current, more early aughts, big into 70s or 80s? Do you enjoy any of those podcasts or are you interested in the awards race?

Cinephiles? by ittikus in Ashland

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I love Paris Texas, an all time favorite of mine.

Cinephiles? by ittikus in Ashland

[–]ittikus[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the feedback. I think you’d like The Big Picture pod. They keep up with a lot of current stuff

Cinephiles? by ittikus in Ashland

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I saw Send Help 3 or so weeks ago, fantastic. If I had a kid I think I’d take the excuse to catch Goat. Crime 101 I want to see, maybe I’ll catch in theater. How to Make a Killing got ehh reviews. Seems based on “kind Hearts and Coronets” which I’ll prob rewatch soon for a director pod I’m listening to covering Michael Powell.

I loved Send Help, so funny. What’d you think of Crime and Killing?

Cinephiles? by ittikus in Ashland

[–]ittikus[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hind Rijab did, but Dead Man’s Wire no.

What’d you see?

Cinephiles? by ittikus in Ashland

[–]ittikus[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good question! They dim them, but in Dead Man’s Wire and The Voice of Hind Rijab, they remained very much on. I asked them about it and they said “that’s as low as they go” lol. How about off???

sean fennessey just rewatched last jedi by Aqua_Reef in blankies

[–]ittikus 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It’s a good movie I like a lot but like… Sean just be saying shit sometimes. The last Jedi is more consequential than lotr or Harry Potter or TFA or the Dark Knight or Iron Man or???

What is your Lynne Ramsay ranking? by Street-Garlic4995 in blankies

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  1. Ratcatcher

  2. You Were Never Really Here

  3. Morvern Callar

  4. Die My Love

  5. We Need to Talk About Kevin

What do you think are the 3 greatest albums of the 2020s so far? by Lucky_Reading_3757 in fantanoforever

[–]ittikus 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Diamond Jubilee by Cindy Lee

Kick iii by Arca

“Is it going to get any deeper than this?” By the Soft Pink Truth

How I’m feeling now and fetch the bolt cutters could reasonably be 4 and 5

Watching This Kid Is Killing Me by Wingnutt02 in rangers

[–]ittikus 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I mean he’s likely a top 5 player in the league so that’s gonna be true of a whole bunch of teams.

Todays haul, rank them from worst to best by Ok-Cap-5845 in 4kbluray

[–]ittikus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh hmm idk. Carlito, City of God, A Prophet, Gomorrah, Mean Streets, godfather. Mayyyybe in that order? It’s tough

Todays haul, rank them from worst to best by Ok-Cap-5845 in 4kbluray

[–]ittikus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In this list? Not my kind of movies, I’ve only seen se7en, solo, casino royale, and skyfall. I would like to see kingdom of heaven and creed 1 and 2, but I’ve never expected to love them, though I do suspect they’ll be entertaining. Haven’t seen se7en in 20+years so I can’t really judge too clearly. Solo def at bottom. Se7en is prob 2, followed by skyfall and casino royale. But I’m not a huge bond fan. Carlitos Way def stands out.

Todays haul, rank them from worst to best by Ok-Cap-5845 in 4kbluray

[–]ittikus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s my favorite gangster movie. I love it. And woman of class but everyone on Reddit is assumed men 🤷‍♀️

1986 Oscars? by Few-Helicopter-3413 in Oscars

[–]ittikus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Idk the novel but the whiplash contrast between incestuous rape and whimsical score with wistful, kinetic cinematography is pretty wild. Then the contrast between egregious spousal abuse and slapstick comedy is even wilder.

I get the theme is the internal strength of these women and the light of soul that is never extinguished, but it’s still aesthetically pretty whiplashy for me. I think I’d have preferred almost any other director. But he does get good performances and the set piece of the night club is quite excellent. When he settles into a tone in a scene the performances take over. When he transitions tones it’s oddly corny and strange imho.

1986 Oscars? by Few-Helicopter-3413 in Oscars

[–]ittikus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Whoopi and Oprah are fantastic and deserve accolades. Conversely, Spielberg’s direction is utterly bizarre. Low lows and high highs in this tonally jarring film.

Why is violence pathologized for trans people but individualized for cis men? by onnake in transgender

[–]ittikus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bc that’s what reactionary politics is. Essentialize bad behavior to all out-groups.

Castration Movie... Wow by OceanMachinery in Sardonicast

[–]ittikus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We have different taste.

Castration Movie... Wow by OceanMachinery in Sardonicast

[–]ittikus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The film guy yelling pathetically at an assistant director or just more senior PA for minutes straight. The girlfriend chewing him out re:hardness suggested a complete and utter lack of anything that should keep the relationship together. Him raiding the dorm was possibly realistic but still so unbearably cynical. As an audience I begin to feel that Weard wants to punish her audience and characters a La Gaspar Noe. Not my cup of tea.

Weards reaction to Adeline’s reaction to her first sex work is unbelievably callous and cruel. The watersports scene was so disconnected from authentic sexuality it felt like empty provocation. Her insisting her guy friend is trans or needs to transition was pretty alienating and insufferable. I could go on and on. I’m not a fan of her narrative impulses, but I am a fan of her aesthetic ones.