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Post by franklin on Aug 15, 2020 21:50:15 GMT
Best film of last year (2019)??
Mind you, I don't want you to write rankings or top 10s, just the best film of 2019, and that's it.
Vote in the poll and then say in the comments section ONLY what you consider to be the best film of last year.
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Post by stephen on Aug 15, 2020 21:51:08 GMT
The one that won.
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Post by TerryMontana on Aug 15, 2020 21:53:01 GMT
This poll once again....
For me The Irishman and Parasite.
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Post by JangoB on Aug 15, 2020 22:03:13 GMT
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, which is the best one of the decade too.
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Post by pacinoyes on Aug 15, 2020 22:25:15 GMT
Well I'd argue Brad Pitt's character behaves and makes choices in a way that contradicts his character and undercuts OUATIH - to me at least .......and the ending of Parasite actually contradicts the way any father would react relative to his dying child in front of his eyes ......but everyone is different ..........people let stuff slide in screenplays all the time .....ymmv ......but The Irishman behave exactly true to character to me. Of the many things there are to love about that movie, that's the first thing I think of, so........your #1:  |
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Post by mikediastavrone96 on Aug 15, 2020 23:04:06 GMT
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Aug 16, 2020 2:28:36 GMT
1. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
2. Parasite
3. Marriage Story
4. Her Smell
5. Queen of Hearts
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Post by themoviesinner on Aug 16, 2020 5:40:21 GMT
So Long, My Son and Truth And Justice were the two best.
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Post by futuretrunks on Aug 16, 2020 19:59:31 GMT
Little Women
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Post by cheesecake on Aug 16, 2020 21:50:58 GMT
Parasite.
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Post by finniussnrub on Aug 17, 2020 0:13:11 GMT
Well I'd argue Brad Pitt's character behaves and makes choices in a way that contradicts his character and undercuts OUATIH - to me at least .......and the ending of Parasite actually contradicts the way any father would react relative to his dying child in front of his eyes ......but everyone is different ..........people let stuff slide in screenplays all the time .....ymmv ......but The Irishman behave exactly true to character to me. Of the many things there are to love about that movie, that's the first thing I think of, so........your #1: Hmmm...for the first point in Parasite I don't think it is out of character for the father, as it built up his bitterness from seeing the rich father's indifference against his family's poor state, this with the man's concern for the smell over his daughter being the apex of it, so the snapping doesn't at all seem out of character. Furthermore there are suggestions throughout that the poor father is a bit mentally off, from the way he reacts to the pesticides, to his "joke" violent reaction to his wife's insults of him and of course the stabbing.
That is unlikely something one would attack the Irishman on since it's based on a true story, although it's quite a bit of bunk on that front technically, but nonetheless if the events happened, who's gonna say they're out of character? Based on that arbitray basis though, the film could've spent more time explaining why Jesse Plemon's character goes from a loyal surrogate son, to a guy setting up his "dad" for death...I mean that seems pretty out of character since the film didn't bother to go into the real life details on the guy.
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Post by pacinoyes on Aug 17, 2020 0:25:03 GMT
Well I'd argue Brad Pitt's character behaves and makes choices in a way that contradicts his character and undercuts OUATIH - to me at least .......and the ending of Parasite actually contradicts the way any father would react relative to his dying child in front of his eyes ......but everyone is different ..........people let stuff slide in screenplays all the time .....ymmv ......but The Irishman behave exactly true to character to me. Of the many things there are to love about that movie, that's the first thing I think of, so........your #1: Hmmm...for the first point in Parasite I don't think it is out of character for the father, as it built up his bitterness from seeing the rich father's indifference against his family's poor state, this with the man's concern for the smell over his daughter being the apex of it, so the snapping doesn't at all seem out of character. Furthermore there are suggestions throughout that the poor father is a bit mentally off, from the way he reacts to the pesticides, to his "joke" violent reaction to his wife's insults of him and of course the stabbing.
That is unlikely something one would attack the Irishman on since it's based on a true story, although it's quite a bit of bunk on that front technically, but nonetheless if the events happened, who's gonna say they're out of character? Based on that arbitray basis though, the film could've spent more time explaining why Jesse Plemon's character goes from a loyal surrogate son, to a guy setting up his "dad" for death...I mean that seems pretty out of character since the film didn't bother to go into the real life details on the guy.
Maybe on Parasite - though that could easily be solved by having the daughter die and then him snapping - there's a lot in Parasite that is "iffy" at a screenplay level that we let slide to allow it to make social commentary points (I like it too, love it actually - but some of that screenplay is a stretch, to me anyway). Jesse Plemons doesn't actually know he is setting up his "dad" for death - there's never any indication that is happening actually in the script or that he is cognizant of it.......in effect he's a Frank himself - just doing what is asked of him without knowing what is happening precisely overall. |
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Post by finniussnrub on Aug 17, 2020 0:42:47 GMT
Hmmm...for the first point in Parasite I don't think it is out of character for the father, as it built up his bitterness from seeing the rich father's indifference against his family's poor state, this with the man's concern for the smell over his daughter being the apex of it, so the snapping doesn't at all seem out of character. Furthermore there are suggestions throughout that the poor father is a bit mentally off, from the way he reacts to the pesticides, to his "joke" violent reaction to his wife's insults of him and of course the stabbing.
That is unlikely something one would attack the Irishman on since it's based on a true story, although it's quite a bit of bunk on that front technically, but nonetheless if the events happened, who's gonna say they're out of character? Based on that arbitray basis though, the film could've spent more time explaining why Jesse Plemon's character goes from a loyal surrogate son, to a guy setting up his "dad" for death...I mean that seems pretty out of character since the film didn't bother to go into the real life details on the guy.
Maybe on Parasite - though that could easily be solved by having the daughter die and then him snapping - there's a lot in Parasite that is "iffy" at a screenplay level that we let slide to allow it to make social commentary points (I like it it too, love it actually but some of that screenplay is a stretch, to me anyway). Jesse Plemons doesn't actually know he is setting up his "dad" for death - there's never any indication that is happening actually in the script or that he is cognizant of it.......in effect he's a Frank himself - just doing what is asked of him without knowing what is happening precisely overall. Regarding the second point he has to be setting up his "dad' or else they theoretically would've had to kill him too, since one could readily assume a "son" would be pretty upset and willing to turn in evidence if he was tricked into getting his "dad" killed. In real life all signs point to the guy being completely complicit and it is the only way it makes sense for the film either...though again we don't really get the "why" in the actual film. |
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Post by pacinoyes on Aug 17, 2020 0:52:06 GMT
Maybe on Parasite - though that could easily be solved by having the daughter die and then him snapping - there's a lot in Parasite that is "iffy" at a screenplay level that we let slide to allow it to make social commentary points (I like it it too, love it actually but some of that screenplay is a stretch, to me anyway). Jesse Plemons doesn't actually know he is setting up his "dad" for death - there's never any indication that is happening actually in the script or that he is cognizant of it.......in effect he's a Frank himself - just doing what is asked of him without knowing what is happening precisely overall. In real life all signs point to the guy being completely complicit and it is the only way it makes sense for the film either...though again we don't really get the "why" in the actual film. That assumes that he even knows what happened too - what happened there - it's entirely possible Chuckie just knows he went missing after that meeting and maybe wants to you know, live.......he could never know he tricked his dad or was conned at all - he may have assumed dad got killed because of something he said in that meeting etc. Screenplays are funny like this though - I posted once on here about one of my favorite films - "Blow Out" which has an inconceivable script lapse (why does Travolta allow Nancy Allen to even meet up with Lithgow anyway - why take that risk?) that I can't defend at all..........so I just ignore it ............ but if it was in a film I didn't love I'd be complaining about it like all the time.  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2020 3:12:25 GMT
To my shock, OUATIH
Forest of Love and Ad Astra come in next for me.
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Post by DanQuixote on Aug 17, 2020 7:32:45 GMT
The Irishman
Parasite
The Souvenir
Little Women
Uncut Gems
Pain and Glory
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Atlantics
Bacurau
A Hidden Life
Alt. Dark Waters
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Post by jakesully on Aug 20, 2020 1:46:37 GMT
Went with The Irishman (keep in mind, I still have been holding off seeing Parasite because I'm such a lazy d bag) Really need to see what all the hype is about. 1917 was great as well but in terms of story telling & scope, I went with the film featuring Pesci/De Niro & Pacino. Scorsese still has it!
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