Watching Movies Alone with crumbsroom

Appreciate it!

I'm Canadian but I've never heard of this being a thing, but I'm also pretty antisocial. I guess I'm being a bit of a prude here, but there's no way I can see it not being awkward as hell.

I think there are really only two specific films I would have definitely liked to see on the top 100. Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Passion of Joan of Arc.

It would have also been nice to get an Altman on there.

Now that I think about it, the biggest issue I think I had was I believe the complete overlooking of documentaries. That was pretty unfortunate.

Generally, I don't much expect most of my own top 100 to ever make such a list like this, which requires some kind of consensus. As has been broached a few times by those who know me, a lot of my biggest film passions are questionable and not usually all that palatable for most. I'm clearly not going to expect something like the grindhouse film Headless Eyes or the documentary Derby, about small town roller derbyiers, to make the cut.

As far as I'm concerned, the movie world would definitely be a better place if more people started wandering a much further away from what is considered acceptable or appropriate filmmaking, I know it is not likely to ever happen, but I can dream of one day seeing all the worn out standards of what makes something great, finally put to rest.

I still want to know what Colorado senator and former governor John Hickenlooper has to do with watching porn with your parents.

Not a huge fan of Texas Chainsaw Massacre, but it’s ok. I definitely see it’s influence.
I agree about Altman and lack of documentaries. I’ve been semi championing them the last year.
Definitely an under appreciated genre.
I’m not sure I understand “worn out standards” of what makes a film great, as what one finds great is highly subjective anyways, and each person approaches a film for different reasons.
If everyone had the same thoughts on what they felt made a film great or terrible, man would that be a boring conversation

Couldn't agree more, Sex.
I don't know why I even allowed myself to drop in on that disappointing and frankly embarrassing thread, but I did, and somehow I got, subtly, kinda called out for being the bad guy, or at least that's the way it seemed.
Really disappointing.

This is also a good point.
I remember when I thought RT was pretty gross a lot of the time too and how, by the end every woman had left the forum.

It was one of those strange revelations, like learning that some people stand to wipe while others sit, with further variation of from the front or back, all with none of us knowing the other exists.

It came up during a sociology course I took up and I don't remember why, but virtually every single guy volunteered that it wasn't unusual for them to watch porn with their friends.

It's become a recurring joke between me and my best friend (who was also in the class and baffled by the reveal) where we say "are we even friends if we don't watch porn together?"

Ask around if they've done it. Especially in college years. The results will unnerve you.

You’re going to have disagreements with many here, and some may be pretty “gross”, but try not to hold it against everyone here. There’s plenty of decent people that just want to talk about movies.

I hear ya. A similar thing happened in the thread about Hollywood films being too socialist.

But I'm recovering memories of folks like Replican, Euda, Hazelrabbit and MacDaddyReturns (someone that was fixated on me) and I'm wondering how the heck any of us stayed on RT.

Wuzzup, Slent?!

I don't even know what thread you're all talking about, so I suppose I'm doing things the right way?

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I'm good! Glad that Thief convinced me to join you all here.

From my personal experiences, it seems to be pretty common. In university, the men in the residence would gather around in the common rooms to watch pornography. Since common rooms were basically where I slept (I couldn't stand my roommate, and so basically spent the year floating from coach to coach in the common rooms of multiple residences) I'd be stuck laying there under my bedsheets as they all applauded around me as soon as some kind of ****ing began. Not that I could say anything about it, because I wasn't even supposed to be there to begin with. Good manners is my motto, after all.



Now, if you know anything about me at all, and my feelings about male comradery, or just pornography in general, this was kind of a perfectly articulated personal hell. It seems I shouldn't have conspired to get my roommates phone cut off, after all. Probably wasn't worth it, even though it seemed hilarious when I was full of amphetamines and cheap beer.

Just the basic crutches of film criticism. Story structure, character development, editing, camera work, blocking, script and dialogue. Any basic metric that are easy to turn to in explaining the greatness of a film. Not that these things can't make a film great. They are the building blocks of cinematic language, and every movie on my top 25 list excells at least a few of them. But I can't help but feel a need to champion those films that are less articulate in this particular dialect. Essentially, a broader embrace of what people generally call 'outsider art'. I try to hold both approaches in equal regard (even though you will generally find me champion more outsider stuff, simply because not enough people are)

Holy ****, West Side Story?!!!

I really don't, Wylde, I know there's mostly good folk and the discussion here is good.
I'm happy to be here.
I was just really taken aback and really disappointed about that one and one or two others. But that's everywhere. I guess I was just hoping not to run into it.

Me too.

What do you mean by outsider art? Those things you described are important to analyzing a film, as you’ve pointed, so of course they’ll be the metrics used more often, but maybe I’m missing something on the outside art you’re championing here. If I can understand what you mean, I can probably view films differently then I have before.
I agree with you that there are films that are less articulate in those metrics that should still be held in high esteem regardless.

I’m glad. Like I said previously, the more new members who actually enjoy films the better, and I’ve had mostly enjoyable interactions with you guys so far.
There’s a few to avoid here but they tend to a lunch themselves easily. For example, there’s is one guy who’s initials are M.M and likes pink films. Avoid that guy. 👀