18th Mofo Hall of Fame

Guys im totally kidding, honest. And like i said before it didnt occur to me until it was too late. I made a few posts talking about my mistake at length.

Split is a fine film.

And no i didnt help make the film but thanks! A little before my time.

I guess the "issue" here is that people are different.

People have opinions (not just about the movies but everything) that I just fail to comprehend; not just disagree with but completely fail to see how someone can see things like that. Fortunately with age I've come to accept this and no longer feel the need to "correct" these people.

At some later date when more people have watched Brimstone I'll probably reply to some of the criticism and try to explain why I either don't see the "issue" or in some cases consider the "issue" important piece of the film. Based on the reviews this far I seem to be watching a slightly different movie from others. I don't mind the hate but I don't always understand it (I suppose @Joel feels the same).

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bubba ho-tep is a great film.

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I havent

I want to get a lot of these movies watched this long weekend..sooo..I guess my next step is to ask as gently as possible..are any of them on youtube by chance? Before I hit up the library?

Nah, man, it is all fine. Like I said, it was a personal film, and had I not zonked out at the wheel when I nominated it, and realized it was for a regular HoF, I would've saved it for a more experimental trash HoF. I'm actually a little bummed I didn't think of that first. I totally wasted it. Ah well.

I am looking forward to seeing some of these films on here, though. Some of them seen, some not. They all generally look at least semi interesting, which is very rare in my limited experience with HoF's.

Rewatched The Florida Project. Review tomorrow.

Felt about the same about it though I did notice more, which I will get over in my review.

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I hadn't seen this before so I was interested in what I'd think of it. The animation in this was very good and I felt it still holds up even though the film is over 80 years old. However I felt that the characters were quite flat and the plot was pretty basic, although I did find the dwarfs to be quite amusing. Overall this one I respected more for its significance, rather than one I actually liked.

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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

I fit this one in again. I'd seen it as a kid, and read the story book. I think I even had the audio cassette version. The only thing I'm going to say is that the animation is beautiful.

I'm not a parent, and I'm not a kid so...animation usually doesn't score very high with me, for reasons I am still not quite sure about. Nothing wrong with this film. It's important for history and the achievements of mankind, but it did little for my mood, and stimulated me only in the realm of the gorgeous drawings. Animation must be such a tough racket.

Wait a minute. Maybe that's why I dislike it so much. It seems so difficult to keep drawing variations of the same image in motion. My God, what a chore!

I was able to find Split, Abandon Ship, Perfect Blue, Bubba Ho-Tep and Road to Perdition on YouTube. Can help with links for ones you've not seen if you need them.

That would be great, thanks, @Yam12!

Abandon Ship!


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It's pretty hard NOT to discuss this film without going into the spoiler arena. So, if you haven't watched this yet, don't read this yet.


Setting ordinary folks into an extraordinary situation can make for a great examination of the human psyche and what we are capable of, in the worst of times. And with this film, afterward. Which, for me, in regards to the afterwards, had an even more rebounding gravitas than the sad, and at moments, noble release of the "deadwood" to the sea to save the remaining survivors.

I would not make claims to the "What would I do?" or, for that matter, would I have the tenacity to see it through. But, as a movie watcher, I must say, I found that scene quite exceptional and intense as people could be seen in the distance as they continued without them. Beginning with Kelly, who takes it upon himself to set the example. Following with a full variety of terror to acceptance.
Quite the memorable bit of the film.

A secondary "message" of humanity is the. . . not sure if I have the right to label it simply as cowardly acts of self preservation, but I cannot find any other "label" for it. And that is the near end, when the survivors, having made it through the night storm and surprised to be alive are ready to revere Power's character for having the courage to do what had to be done. And then, when the freighter appeared, they quickly turned on him as a pariah.
A far too common thing when it comes to letting someone else do the dirty work and then leave them to burn for it.
I was seeing it earlier as several of them insisted that they assisted "under gun point," so that they could claim innocence later.
Perhaps I'm being a bit too cynical in their regards, or maybe, just honest about how quickly a lot of folks turn on those willing to take responsibility for the hard choices.

Some wonderful pondering thoughts came from Edith who found it a cruel, whimsical notion that, in an emergency, lumbering apes equal the removal of a genius, a playwright and an opera singer. . .
I also loved how she had a greater nobility than many of the more righteous of those adrift.

A great bit of cinema, CR. Bravo sir.

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I voted Mad Love as my #1 in that HOF, just so you know someone loved it...

Haven't watched Mr Freedom yet but it sounds interesting.

IMO Akira is batsh1t crazy but in a good way, mostly. I'm not really sure what the filmmakers were aiming for, maybe an anti-laboratory-experiments vibe. I feel like it got too out of hand, but that's the thing with anime... oftentimes it's like, "Go big or go home," which obviously involves a lot of over-exaggeration. So that can pretty much be chalked up to just the genre itself (anti-war, post-apocalyptic, etc).

Pâfekuto burû (Perfect Blue) (Satoshi Kon, 1997)
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Date Watched: 2/7/19
Cinema or Home: Home
Reason For Watching: 18th MoFo Hall of Fame, nominated by Nathaniel
Rewatch: Yes

This was, if I recall correctly, my third time watching this film. I first watched this movie in 2015 (when I was on a mission to watch every film on the MoFo Top 100 Animated Films list) and again in 2017 (when it was nominated for an animated films tournament). With each viewing I've been very much impressed by how well crafted it is. I think a lot of people wrongly dismiss animation as being a medium for children's entertainment. I was once one of those people, but watching the work of Satoshi Kon was instrumental in changing my perspective.

Perfect Blue tells a very taut, disorienting tale of obsession, paranoia, and delusion. The characters felt very real and at times I forgot I was watching an animated film because I was so lost in the story. The film also does really well to set its mood and uses color very effectively contrast the two worlds Mima inhabited - as a pop idol and as an actress. It also uses that contrast to contribute to the unnerving feeling as she really lost touch with reality.

I am not without my complaints about this film, but they are pretty minimal. My only major gripe was how irritating I found Mima to be, particularly in the earlier scenes - her childlike naivete and shrill voice are really grating. I also find myself unable to really feel any emotion for her - perhaps a result of my annoyance with her - and for that reason even on this third watch I just can't seem to cross that line from really liking it to actually loving it. Even so, I think it holds its own among the other psychological horrors I've seen and will surely secure a place on my ballot for the Horror countdown.

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The Florida Project

Overall, I really enjoyed this movie. There were some flaws but it kept me engaged the whole time. The film suffered a bit from lack of a firm structure and pacing, but I think that also fits into the movie's evasive main conflict. I really enjoyed this conflict, because it is not explicit at all... thinking about the movie, there is no stated goal of any of the characters. But instead, the movie gives us goals for them, which they work towards, some of them failing, some of them succeeding. To me, this is a fascinating take on the situation these characters are in... the sense of hope or hopelessness - or, in a more classical term, fate - that they are experiencing. \

Glad you liked it @ahwell

And @MovieMeditation wish you liked it more but nice write up!

Thank you. And yeah, me too.

Do you have a write-up somewhere or can you give some quick thoughts on what you really love about it and why?

Here's a link to what I last had to say about it. But I'll have another review with another watch:

http://www.movieforums.com/reviews/1...a-project.html

Thanks!

I can see our views on it are very different and interestingly so. I will look forward to your new write-up too.