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Villeneuve

2015

The Social Network



omg, I forgot Ex Machina.

I should be locked in a compound by a sneaky AI chick!

By countries:

USA
Denmark
Lebanon
South Korea
Indonesia
Italy

Seen these one pointers:

Revenge (2017)
The Purge: Election Year (2016)
21 Jump Street (2012)
Iron Man 2 (2010)
Tucker and Dale vs Evil (2010)
Nude Nuns With Big Guns (2010)

The only one I considered for my ballot was Tucker and Dale and I'm a little surprised it was a one pointer.

1. Gotta give it to Neuvy. That's what I call Denis Villeneuve. He asked me to stop.
2. 2015, which I think is a very strong year for movies in general.
3. We all know it's going to be The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure, but I think Moonlight has a good chance.

Villeneuve, 2014, Whiplash

100. The Rider 2017 Chloé Zhao
099. The Place Beyond the Pines 2012 Derek Cianfrance

Probably by next Monday.

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Also, I got 23 upvotes when I signed in today. I must be really popular around here :heart:

Not if you believe hard enough.

Cake was my 1 Pointer and I believe it's a solid movie that deserved to make the countdown.

Cake (2014)

Jennifer wants her cake but will she eat it too? Or does she prefer a vodka cocktail with a pill chaser?

All it took for me to like Jennifer Aniston was to scrub the glamor off her pretty face, throw on a half dozen gnarly scars and plop her down in a drama like Cake!

Sure, I liked Jennifer on Friends, who didn't? But somehow I always thought of her as a light comedic actress suited for roles like Office Space. As soon as Cake started I could see more than just those applique scars on her face. I seen a brilliant actress who just needed to find the right role in the right movie to shine. Cake is that movie.

Jennifer plays Claire, a sarcastic but likable wreck of a woman. Her car was smashed and so was her body, but the worst damage was from a personal lost. She's in chronic pain both physically and mentally. She's enrolled in a chronic pain group where she becomes fascinated with a woman who committed suicide. The film follows her as she comes to grips with her own desperate problems.

Cake feels like a look into the world of a real person, with real problems. It's simple, yet effective. We can't help but like her, but she doesn't seem to deserve any sympathy. Cake is a fine example of indie film making, it's never over the top and stays true to itself.

Jennifer Aniston deserved an Academy nomination for her performance. Sadly she didn't get one.

Hey, I really enjoyed the movie but I couldn't fit it on the list.

In all seriousness, I dunno what your current rep total is, but it's probably going to, like, triple during the next couple of months.

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Bliss (2019) is my favorite of the one-pointers I have seen.

Bliss is an audiovisual feast that's sure to please fans of Panos Cosmatos. The film follows Dezzy, a struggling artist played by Dora Madison, as she descends into a world of drugs and violence in her pursuit of artistic inspiration.

The film is unapologetically vulgar, with its shocking visuals and unsettling scenes of drug abuse and violence. Dezzy's descent into a world of chaos is reminiscent of the work of Panos Cosmatos, with its dark and surreal atmosphere. Very much like in the case of Cosmatos' films, what makes Bliss stand out is the sheer intensity of its visuals.

The cinematography and lighting are used to great effect to create a feeling of transcendence. The music adds to the feeling of unease and creates an eerie atmosphere. Bliss is an orgone-oozing and almost metaphysical film - the best vulgar shit one can think up.

I didn't vote for it.

Anton Chekov's The Duel was my one-pointer. I'll admit to some bias up front, as the writer/producer was someone I spent a couple years with in a Derekh Torah class (for those not in the know, this is a class for studying the history and practice of Judaism), and who, in spite(?) of being by far the wealthiest person I've ever met, is lovely and down-to-earth. Also, a big fan of Chekov, hence this movie, which was in the theaters for about 5 seconds when it was released.

It is genuinely quite good, though perhaps better if you are already a fan of Chekov and if you don't mind a langorous pace, with a top-notch cast of mostly Irish/English (lot of recognizable faces).

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Anton Chekov's The Duel always shows up in the one-pointers but it doesn't end until the three-pointers.

My one-pointer:

Ága (2018)

A touching and sad story about one of the last families trying to follow the traditions of a becoming extinct northern ethnicity (Yakuts in the far north-east).

EU co-production led by the Bulgarian director and screenwriter Milko Lazarov.
Very strong story, not much talking, superb beautiful cinematography.

Green Book and Baby Driver.

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I think Villeneuve will probably dominate this list I would agree. I think Chazelle will bag 3. Same with Scorsese.

2016 is the year that seems most dominant to me and I think it's a popular one.

As for number 1? I'll go Social Network

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Also, here's my ballot breakdown:

2010: 3
2011: 4
2012: 2
2013: 4
2014: 2
2015: 0
2016: 3
2017: 3
2018: 2
2019: 2

I too hope Derek Cianfrance gets more love, from everyone else.

Hope your right, The Place Beyond the Pines is actually in my top 30, one of my last cuts. I saw this utube video where an actual bank robber rates heists in movies and PBTP was one of the more realistic ones and The Dark Knight the most ridiculous. :D

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Ballot breakdown

2010: 1
2011: 3
2012: 2
2013: 2
2014: 2
2015: 3
2016: 4
2017: 1
2018: 2
2019: 5

Looking at my list I'm confident that about 8 films will make it but would like to be pleasantly surprised if possible :D

Denis Villeneuve

2016

Mad Max: Fury Road

My year breakdown...

2010: 4
2011: 3
2012: 1
2013: 3
2014: 3
2015: 2
2016: 4
2017: 2
2018: 2
2019: 1

Twenty-one different directors (four with a pair each).

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Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows was my #25. I guess it's sort of a guilty pleasure although I never feel that guilty about movies I enjoy. It's one that's just pure, almost unquantifiable enjoyment and probably should have been higher than #25 but I knew no-one else would vote for it and here is it's small moment. :D

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As for the predictions...

Dennis Villeneuve
2010
Parasite

Snow angel has been ringtone for the past seven years, for the three different mobile phones that I have owned in that time.

Good film and surprised its only a one pointer.

Like who? Especially mainstream. Villeneuve has 6 and a lot of directors work every 2-3 years.

Also its 2010-2019 not 2020.

I looked like crazy for an alternative but I think Villenueve is correct, with Scorsese possibly tying. Seems like there will be a handful with 3.

2011

Parasite wins but Mad Max gives it a run

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Some Prominent Directors and Their Eligible Films

Steven Spielberg: The Adventures of Tintin, War Horse, Lincoln, Bridge of Spies, The BFG, The Post and Ready Player One
Denis Villenueve: Incendies, Prisoners, Enemy, Sicario, Arrival, and Blade Runner 2049
Martin Scorsese: Hugo, The Wolf of Wall Street, Silence, and The Irishman
Alejandro González Iñárritu: Biutiful, Birdman, and The Revenant
Alfonso Cuarón: Gravity and Roma
Guillermo del Toro: Pacific Rim, Crimson Peak, and The Shape of Water
David Fincher: The Social Network, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and Gone Girl
Quentin Tarantino: Django Unchained, The Hateful Eight, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Wes Anderson: Moonrise Kingdom, The Grand Budapest Hotel, and The Isle of Dogs
Christopher Nolan: Inception, The Dark Knight Rises, Interstellar, and Dunkirk
Paul Thomas Anderson: The Master, Inherent Vice, and Phantom Thread
David O. Russell: The Fighter, Silver Linings Playbook, American Hustle, and Joy
Alexander Payne: The Descendants, Nebraska, and Downsizing
Noah Baumbach: Greenberg, Frances Ha, While We're Young, Mistress America,The Meyerowitz Stories, and Marriage Story
Richard Linklater: Bernie, Before Midnight, Boyhood, Everybody Wants Some!, Last Flag Flying and Where'd You Go, Bernadette?
Bong Joon Ho: Snowpiercer, Okja, and Parasite
Darren Aronofsky: Black Swan, Noah, and Mother!
Ang Lee: Life of Pi, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, and Gemini Man
Tim Burton: Alice in Wonderland, Dark Shadows, Frankenweenie, Big Eyes, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, and Dumbo
The Russo Brothers: Captain America: Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War, The Avengers: Infinity War, and The Avengers: Endgame
Jon Favreau: Iron Man 2, Cowboys & Aliens, Chef, The Jungle Book, and The Lion King
Joel & Ethan Coen: True Grit, Inside Llewyn Davis, Hail, Caesar!, and The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Terrence Malick: The Tree of Life, To the Wonder, Knight of Cups, Song to Song, and A Hidden Life
Taika Waititi: Boy, What We Do in the Shadows, The Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Thor: Ragnarok, and Jojo Rabbit

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Here are some more questions:

1) What films do you think will be at #100 and #99?

2) What genre do you think will be represented the most?

3) What foreign country do you think will be represented the most?

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#100 Okja
#99 Avengers: Infinity War

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100. frances ha
99. the king’s speech

1 The Rider and Lean on Pete
2 Drama
3 South Korea

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1. Thor Ragnorok and Three Billboard Outside Ebbing Missouri.
2. Black Comedy
3. South Korea

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Hm, Holden's list really helps with the top director guess. I think it could be one of the following: Villenueve, PTA, Nolan, or Bong Joon Ho. Maybe Scorsese. Yeah my prediction is a five way tie with three movies each.


I think one of the early years will get the most votes.


And Mad Max: Fury Road takes #1.

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Is anyone else gonna try to watch at least one of the revelations a day to maintain a 50% minimum?

year breakdown, poor 2013

Not me, I tried having a 2010s watch thread and failed miserably at watching anything in prep for the countdown. I think I only watched 3 movies:cool:

The Mill and the Cross was my 1-pointer. It's a beautiful, meditative film which takes us into the world of the painting The Procession to Calary from the 1500s, bringing the painting to life and introducing us to several of the figures in the painting. I felt like it deserved a tiny bit of recognition. If interested, the full movie is available on youtube.

And it's really depressing that Mark won't be with us for this countdown, telling us he's already seen all the one pointers and quickly watching the couple that he might not have seen. His input and his presence will be deeply missed.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...C3%84._007.jpg

Of the 1 pointers my favorite is Bliss, followed by Revenge, which was probably very predictable.

You need more dedication. There's a lot you can accomplish from watching just one movie, such as getting better writing examples of even life examples, and in my case helping with my lists. If I hadn't gotten around to the 2010's movies, I never would've checked out Get Out, Us and 12 Years a Slave, which inspired me to check out Spike Lee movies, notably Malcolm X. Now I'm watching one Spike Lee movie a day, and I guess I'll continue that even into the 2010's thread when I've already seen one or both of any daily reveals.

That's cool that you're watching all of Spike Lee's movies, have you watched any other director's filmography?

As we wait for the event to start, I am continuing to watch films from the era that I didn't have time to get to before the deadline. Just watched The Place Beyond the Pines this afternoon, as I continue my quarantine.


Liked it a whole lot, but most likely wouldn't have made my ballot.

I don't think I'm gonna watch ALL of them, just enough until I feel like I'm properly educated. In fact, Spike Lee's somebody I should've gotten around to years ago. Of course, a couple years ago I tried out Do the Right Thing and couldn't get invested in it. That's part of the reason I'm going on this binge, to get a good grip on him before checking out his supposed masterpiece. But I went through all the Tarantinos and saved Django Unchained for last, but I don't think that's much of an achievement. But I've seen most Coppola and James Cameron films and I think I'll get through the rest sometime.



Though on the subject of completionism, I've heard all the Bob Dylan, Nick Cave, Scorpions and Alice Cooper albums.

OK I see. Yeah it can be tiresome to watch every single movie a director ever made especially if they made 100s of them. You should have a good grip on Spike Lee's style of directing AND writing too... as he does write alot of his own movies.

Are you watching them in chronological order? I would recommend that, as that way you can chart how his style, commentary and subject matter changes over time.

Nope not much of an achievement:p But I admire that you're checking out Lee's and/also other director's work. I think checking all of Tarantino's films is like analyzing all the frozen pizza at the grocery store.

Coppola in my opinion is very worthy of a serious look at his filmography and I say that as someone who respects his work but I'm not necessarily his biggest fan.

Coppola's my favorite so far. If you know your Coppola history, you can pick up on a lot of subtle (or not so subtle) storytelling elements in his recent art movie Tetro. As for an order, I'm mostly just going through his worst and his best from the 80's-90's before checking out Do the Right Thing, then I'll go for the modern stuff.

I may watch some of the movies that come up on the countdown itself if I haven't seen them and if they catch my interest, but I got a little burnt out from the pace I was keeping the last few months. I'm taking a break from movie watching for now.


1) No idea whatsoever.

2) Drama

3) South Korea

Get used to that. At least for the duration of the countdown.

I already have some other films I'll be watching throughout the duration of the countdown, but I might get to a few of them.

Oh, it's only going to happen throughout the countdown? That means that hosting this made everyone here like me a lot more, but once it ends, they'll all go back to hating me.

No. But the unseen ones that peak my interest I will keep in mind to watch some other time.

I don't think they'll ever stop hating you. They just like to go click-click during countdowns :shrug: :D

They probably imagine themselves punching me in the face when they click the upvote button.

Or punching Raul, but they take it out with the host.

Imagine how many upvotes Raul would get if he hosted then...

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Raul will be doing the most punching of all. Not only that, every time he sees a movie that shouldn't be on the list he will go to the director's house and roundhouse kick them.

1. Have no idea

2. Drama or thrillers

3. South Korea?

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So Paul Blart 2 still has a chance.

Who in the heck would hate you? They are out of their mind.

I know you are joking.

:heart:

2010 : I
2011 : II
2012 : III
2013 : II
2014 : III
2015 : I
2016 : II
2017 : IIII
2018 : II
2019 : III

My Confidence :

1 - 100% sure
2 - 100%
3 - 95% sure
4 - 95%
5 - 100%
6 - 100%
7 - 97%
8 - 95%
9 - 65%
10 - 85%
11 - 60%
12 - 50%
13 - 100%
14 - 15%
15 - 40%
16 - 43%
17 - 75%
18 - 45%
19 - 80%
20 - 50%
21 - 40%
22 - 23%
23 - 5%
24 - 24%
25 - 1%

As previous countdowns have illustrated to me, my confidence is wildly misplaced and I'm about to learn how diverse and varied film tastes are - in other words, not everyone likes what I like.

Welcome to my world.

Hong Sang Soo is the first name that comes to mind. He directed 15 feature films from 2010- 2019.

I don't think the list is limited to 'mainstream' films only - whatever that means.

Hirokazu Koreeda is mainstream I think(?). He directed 8

Ki Duk Kim directed 11 feature films from the 2020s.....and he's dead.

Probably loads more.

Maybe not mainstream and many here won't know them, and I didn't name any of their movies in my list despite being a huge fan of one of the directors because it won't amount to anything, but Vikramaditya Motwane (my favourite) and Anurag Kashyap directed 4 and 10+ movies respectively in that decade.


In fact Anurag Kashyap's double feature Gangs of Wasseypur Part 1 and 2 impressed a certain Martin Scorsese.

I would highly recommend their movies to everyone.

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I think I have a good chance of getting 24 out of 25 this time round.
I usually get around 15-20 of my entries show up.

2010: 1
2011: 1
2012: 2
2013: 2
2014: 3
2015: 5
2016: 2
2017: 4
2018: 2
2019: 3

1: Bloody well better had do
2: Bloody well better had do
3: 100%
4: Bloody well better had do
5: 100%
6: 100%
7: 100%
8: 100%
9: 100%
10: 100%
11: 100%
12: 100%
13: Hopefully
14: Hopefully
15: Hopefully
16: Maybe
17: Maybe
18: Probably
19: Probably
20: Probably
21: Maybe
22: 100%
23: 100%
24: Maybe
25: Probably not

Did anybody else submit their ballot and then remember at least one film that would have made their Top-10 that they somehow overlooked? :(

I did! I totally forgot about The Strange Color of your Body's Tears. I don't note the year the movie was made in my list of movies I've seen, was the issue.

1. Prisoners and Inherent Vice. Two movies from directors likely to appear many times on the list that have more mixed reactions.
2. Drama
3. South Korea is a good answer. I'll copy it.

My top 8 all feel like, "okay chance to make it, but not guaranteed," so I'd place them all at 75%.
My #23 is 100% sure to make the list.
Everything else is, "I don't know. 50/50?"
Which means more like 10-20% of them will.

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So... is this starting today? :shifty:

I forgot Mad Max and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, both which would have been top 10s.


Not like they'll need any help though

No. As soon as the countdown was announced, I starting compiling a private list on Letterboxd of all of the 2010s movies I could think of that I liked. I kept adding new ones to it as I thought of them and as I watched ones I hadn't seen before and then went through and made cuts before I voted.

I think I'll do this for all future countdowns.

Uh oh, Thief caught Raulitis.

I thought you weren't a fan of Fury Road back on the RT forums, but I guess I confused you with someone else.

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I already know which films from my ballot will be making the countdown, so I can't do the confidence level with honesty. I will say though that one of the films in the top 10 surprised me greatly. Not necessarily because I don't think it deserves its high ranking (it didn't make my ballot, but I'm a big fan of it), but I didn't expect for it to be that popular around here.

Crap, I just realized I forgot about The Lobster. I'm kicking myself right now.

Happened to me with the Comedy Countdown. I don't think it has happened with this one yet.

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We will have to wait a few days for my first formal complaint. Probably a Wes Anderson and an obscure foreign language film.....

Yeah, I don't know what happened, mine was literally my No.1 of its year and even though I went through bunches of lists and such, somehow I just missed it.

That can't be right, can it?
I just looked it over and it seems like there are multiple films at least ONE out of 98 people would have put on their list.

Error's the f*cking worst.
I mean, he can't even spell.

:tucci:

That's a good idea. I really did a lot of work to make sure I didn't miss anything and then missed one that might have been the first or second film off my tongue on any given day.

Damn. I realized I forgot about The Handmaiden. That’s a huge omission. 😑

Punching Raul is slated to be the first MoFo Studios film release. Sadly, we have too many people vying for the lead, or for that matter, the role of whichever character actually gets to punch Raul, so there have been delays in pre-production.

No I've always been a fan, and spent most of my time on RT defending it against a couple of posters who claimed it was nothing but one big chase scene with no story. Which is and always has been a dreadful argument which speaks more to the general illiteracy so many people seem to have towards films that explain themselves though visuals and cinematic technique.

I didn't forget a single movie:cool: When the countdown was announced I started making a text file on my computer that had all the 2010s movies I could think of.

I aready had a list of everything I had received from Netflix's DVD service and include those 2010s too.

Then I went to IMDB's advance search and did a search for 'feature films' from 1-1 2010 to 12-31-2019 and poured through page after page after page...noting any titles I had seen. That gave me a master list which I backed up on another harddrive.

Oh and I didn't wait until the last minute to do all that either:D

One-pointers summary:

Mine:
Ága (2018) (see here)

Others Seen:

• Danny Collins (2015)
  - I saw it back then and I've had big expectations...well it is not that bad but far from consideration even for my top 50 of the decade.
• Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)
  - the first one from 2009 was OK. This one is only a commerce.

I got confused with Death at a Funeral (2010). Actually, I've seen the British one from 2007 - world cup cast and awfully mediocre screenplay .

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2010 - 4
2011 - 2
2012 - 1
2013 - 2
2014 - 4
2015 - 5
2016 - 2
2017 - 4
2018 - 0
2019 - 1

My breakdown by year!


I've seen six of the one-pointers.

Yeah, but my username means I'm honest with my bad spelling.

That reminds me of all the shallow "no story" criticisms which I eventually grew tired of defending Gravity from.

As for Fury Road, I didn't vote for it since I haven't seen it since 2015 or 2016 (I also don't remember it that well), but I think the "no story" criticism is one of the most dismissible criticisms around since it's literally never valid and pretty much always reeks of naivety from whoever's using it.

I'm hoping neither of those movies make it, though I'm sure they will:indifferent:

1. I have no idea

2. Drama

3. USA :D:D

Here's a quick summary of why I decided to get this movie on the countdown.

Upside Down (2012)



Dystopian movies can be so bleak, but that's a story for another time.

I have always used movies to escape reality and, given the right set of conditions, I will gladly surrender all logic and rationality to suspend my sense of belief. Upside Down is a movie that provided a few key pieces of storytelling that left a mark on my life, as I was dealing with a deep and complex depression at the time. I highly recommend not studying contemporary French philosophy...just don't do it.

Kirsten Dunst is a favorite of mine for her ability to ratchet up the ditsy side of a character without inflicting us to a cringe performance, and she lays into that talent heavily for her character. As for Jim Sturgess, I was quite fond of his character's happy go lucky naivety. But I was especially captured by Timothy Spall's character being a foil who's motives are hard to pin down at first.

Of course, the special effects are what stand out and they help to create an interesting world of capitalist aggression run amok. Yet we are not made to sit and wallow in the depths of its uncontrollable oppression. This movie places a flight of fancy around every corner; Almost to the point of being comically and sickeningly sweet. And honestly, I just really needed that shot of saccharine to kick me out of my funk.

My list for the 2010s countdown leans heavily into sci-fi, and I felt like Upside Down was daring in the world it created. It is a far cry from perfect, but I think its unique take is worthy of being put on this list. For this is a Mofo Top 100 list, and we do things a little different here. ;)