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Post by Martin Stett on May 13, 2024 1:00:21 GMT
Here's the form!I'll post the deadline in a moment. Generally I allow one month, so see you then!
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Post by stephen on May 13, 2024 1:03:41 GMT
Done. But seriously, don't vote if you've not seen Gettysburg.
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Post by JangoB on May 13, 2024 2:21:36 GMT
Sent! FYC: Wino Forever
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Post by TheAlwaysClassy on May 13, 2024 4:44:09 GMT
Voted
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Post by taranofprydain on May 13, 2024 19:18:39 GMT
Sent
FYC: Rosie Perez.
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Post by Martin Stett on May 28, 2024 2:04:13 GMT
GettysburgFirst point of order: We nominated the wrong Jeff, damn it. Second point of order: I paused the end credits just now because I did a double take upon seeing Patrick Stewart listed, but it was actually Patrick Stuart. And then I was about to start again when I saw George Lazenby listed a bit below and choked on my cheerios. Okay, this is a good movie. It is, however, based on a M-A-S-T-E-R-P-I-E-C-E of a novel, and I couldn't help comparing it unfavorably. It is all perfectly acceptable, I have few issues outside of the obvious fake beards and fight scenes that are too vaguely staged to have any impact. But the movie dispenses with the inner monologues of its (massive) cast of characters, and although the film still works, it cannot work as well as the book because of this. We do not know the thoughts and dreams of all these men unless they monologue these thoughts to others - which does happen a few times! But Maxwell thinks that he can replace an inner monologue with an actor's face or a well-timed cut... and I don't think the editor or a quarter of the cast are good enough for that. Jeb Stuart getting chewed out by Lee has no power because Sheen doesn't communicate how utterly pissed off he is; likewise, Trimble venting about Ewell fucking everything up lacks power because Sheen doesn't have the capacity to show how he is assessing Trimble's analysis. (I don't mean to diss Sheen - I think he does an adequate job and even the best actors would find it near impossible to communicate so much by doing nothing) What we get is a narratively solid picture that is as good of an adaptation of The Killer Angels as we are going to get. I like the film. I like the absolutely amazing, brilliant, out of this world book more. That is no slight on the movie.
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Post by stephen on May 29, 2024 0:09:02 GMT
GettysburgFirst point of order: We nominated the wrong Jeff, damn it. Goddamn right. I think I've said this elsewhere, but I feel like Maxwell stepped up his directorial flourishes with Gods and Generals, but aside from a truly mesmerizing leading performance from Stephen Lang as Stonewall Jackson, a truly all-timer of a score and a pair of original songs (one of which, Mary Fahl's "Going Home", puts even Annie Lennox's "Into the West" that year to shame), it just doesn't come close to matching what he did with a shoestring budget and the constraints of an assumed TV-movie style that Gettysburg had. I think Gettysburg is a miraculous movie because it should not have worked as well as it did, even with the limitations.
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Post by Martin Stett on Jun 3, 2024 0:32:22 GMT
Three Colors: Blue (Rewatch)
Zbigniew Preisner's score is great (even if it isn't even his best score of this year), but there's nothing else going on here. Binoche mopes around for 90 minutes, the end. This is exactly as I remember it: 90 minutes of time passing to great music.
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Post by Martin Stett on Jun 10, 2024 23:00:59 GMT
Addams Family Values
I wasn't big on the first movie, but this one works beautifully. Looney Tunes insanity that never lets up in its sheer mean-spirited sadistic laughs. I doubt I'll give it any wins at the awards, but I'm glad I checked it out.
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Post by Martin Stett on Jun 12, 2024 12:42:44 GMT
We're in the last few days, so if you want to vote, this is a reminder. One of the categories currently has a four-way tie(!), and if that sticks I'm gonna implement tiebreaker rules for this installment instead of waiting for later.
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Post by taranofprydain on Jun 14, 2024 17:55:18 GMT
Is 1992 going to be right after this reveal ceremony, or is it going to be 2023? (I'm rooting for 1992)
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Post by Martin Stett on Jun 14, 2024 18:26:54 GMT
Is 1992 going to be right after this reveal ceremony, or is it going to be 2023? (I'm rooting for 1992) I was planning on doing 2023 - it has been half a year, and most folks have seen what they plan on seeing. (I am still way behind and have found only one or two movies that I really like - Franklin Ritch's The Artifice Girl and Junta Yamaguchi's River - but that is just my bad luck, I guess.)
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Post by stephen on Jun 15, 2024 0:38:43 GMT
Is 1992 going to be right after this reveal ceremony, or is it going to be 2023? (I'm rooting for 1992) I was planning on doing 2023 - it has been half a year, and most folks have seen what they plan on seeing. (I am still way behind and have found only one or two movies that I really like - Franklin Ritch's The Artifice Girl and Junta Yamaguchi's River - but that is just my bad luck, I guess.) I would say hold off only because The Boy and the Heron isn't yet accessible, and it would be interesting to see how things settle with a bit more distance.
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Post by Martin Stett on Jun 15, 2024 1:14:54 GMT
I was planning on doing 2023 - it has been half a year, and most folks have seen what they plan on seeing. (I am still way behind and have found only one or two movies that I really like - Franklin Ritch's The Artifice Girl and Junta Yamaguchi's River - but that is just my bad luck, I guess.) I would say hold off only because The Boy and the Heron isn't yet accessible, and it would be interesting to see how things settle with a bit more distance. Okay, I'll do that then. Let's make it "the first AMARAs to start after June."
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Post by tylosaur on Jun 15, 2024 1:26:06 GMT
I was planning on doing 2023 - it has been half a year, and most folks have seen what they plan on seeing. (I am still way behind and have found only one or two movies that I really like - Franklin Ritch's The Artifice Girl and Junta Yamaguchi's River - but that is just my bad luck, I guess.) I would say hold off only because The Boy and the Heron isn't yet accessible, and it would be interesting to see how things settle with a bit more distance. June 24th is The Boy and the Heron digital release rental date so people who haven't seen it yet can get on it fairly soon. Robot Dreams is the only film left that I think is still movie theater only and won't be available digitally till late-July at the earliest.
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Post by stephen on Jun 15, 2024 1:27:54 GMT
I would say hold off only because The Boy and the Heron isn't yet accessible, and it would be interesting to see how things settle with a bit more distance. June 24th is The Boy and the Heron digital release rental date so people who haven't seen it yet can get on it fairly soon. Robot Dreams is the only film left that I think is still movie theater only and won't be available digitally till late-July at the earliest. While this is true, there's still things like The Taste of Things and La Chimera that haven't yet gotten a proper release. I also feel like we really could do with some distance from 2023. Let the consensus settle a bit.
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Post by finniussnrub on Jun 15, 2024 2:12:01 GMT
June 24th is The Boy and the Heron digital release rental date so people who haven't seen it yet can get on it fairly soon. Robot Dreams is the only film left that I think is still movie theater only and won't be available digitally till late-July at the earliest. While this is true, there's still things like The Taste of Things and La Chimera that haven't yet gotten a proper release.Both currently are available on Apple at least.
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Post by finniussnrub on Jun 15, 2024 2:13:42 GMT
I say it's time for 2023, the consensus will always consensus, tis the nature of consensus.
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Post by Martin Stett on Jun 15, 2024 9:47:49 GMT
Last day! I'll do the presentation tomorrow
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Post by Martin Stett on Jun 16, 2024 1:08:23 GMT
So I got Green Snake in before the deadline. It is not getting a choreography vote from me (the only category it qualified for), but it is criminal that this didn't get a few other nods. (The visual effects are the most egregious snub.) I really connected with the folkloric strangeness of it all - this felt like it came from a different world and tradition from anything else I've seen, it felt like visiting a strange new land. And the narrative is solid and heartbreaking, using this magical backdrop for real human emotions and struggles. I really, really dig it.
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