The MoFo Top 100 of the 2010s Countdown

Be sure, there are supporters too. It is a very beautiful film!

Wow. This looks like quite an undertaking. How do you do it?

It could still have more story to it.

The Witch was the first of my votes to appear. In fact it was my no. 10. Amazing film. Atmosphere was beautifully created in it's controll of horror and dread with setting. Spectacular film and Eggers along with Ari Aster are making some truly great psychological horror films along the lines of a Rosemary's Baby or Suspira that give credence to what is one of my least favorite genres.

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To throw in my 2 cents about the end of It Follows I don't hate that climactic scene specifically, it does feel like something dumb teens come up with. What is a minor annoyance with me however

Well, that's how I feel about most shows. They are almost all way too long, they meander and wander into characters and events that I do not care about to fill their allotted episodes, and I find the whole undertaking pretty grueling. I made it through one season of The Sopranos, five episodes of Breaking Bad, and of course, the entire 70 grueling hours of Game Of Thrones, which I can never get back.
But I don't exactly understand what you're saying since the length of an individual episode shouldn't really matter in my mind as most people are going to binge them anyway and actually have them be much longer and, if anything, less focused since they have to fill out the number of episodes no matter what.
Still, it is no matter, you do not like the MCU much and that is fine, I'm just a little puzzled how one can complain about the amount of content and consistency of style and then watch a multi-season show which will be dramatically longer and also the same style.

Well, I don't tend to watch shows like Game of Thrones. I tend to like my shows more episodic or if they are long-arc stories, then in 6-8 episode series.

But even when you do sit and watch several episodes of a show, they are paced differently, because each episode is designed to be consumed as a 45 minute chunk.

I would actually very much compare the MCU to a long-running TV series that I've bailed on. For example, I watched the first season of Downton Abbey and enjoyed it. But when it came time to check out the second season I was like, "Actually . . . no thanks."

I wouldn't say I dislike the MCU. My rating for every Marvel film I've seen would range from to . But I do find them to have the same "vibe", and as the novelty of it wears off, I find them less and less compelling. It's like someone bringing me a cupcake every 30 minutes. By the 8th cupcake it's like "Look, I enjoyed the first few cupcakes. But this is so many cupcakes. No more cupcakes for now, okay? I will eat another cupcake tomorrow."

And I've found that really spacing out my viewing of the films helps. I enjoyed Spiderman: Homecoming a few months back. I also enjoyed watching Spider-Man 2.

Again, I hit Civil War at a point where I was trying to keep up with the series, but falling behind and feeling cranky about all of the plot developments and overlaps. My approach to the films now ("I'll get to them when I get to them") works out much better.

92. Anomalisa - Saw this for the first time this year while hosting a Hall of Fame - My review for it is here. I thought Anomalisa was great, and another confirmation that Charlie Kaufman could go down as one of the greatest screenwriters and filmmakers of all time if he keeps this up to the end. It's beautifully animated with stop-motion figures, which lends it an air of otherworldliness and allows Kaufman to project nearly every character in the film as 'the same as everyone else'. It's a bittersweet, thoughtful tale, and very emotionally involving. The film went on to win the Hall of Fame, beating the likes of Das Boot and Goldfinger - so for those who haven't seen it yet, that's high praise indeed. I'd never heard of it before Torgo nominated it.

91. The VVitch - Here's a movie I really enjoyed the first time I watched it, but needs another viewing. I'm finding that I don't do that as much as I used to - watch films I think were superb numerous times. The last time I did that was a few years ago with A Man For All Seasons. Anyway, The VVitch is a very well made film, with paranoia and dread which just builds and builds from one moment to the next. It's the kind of film that feels authentic, and one that has been made with care and an eye for good-looking cinematography. One of those films that picks at your imagination and plays with your mind as the characters in it have their minds played with. A patient, eerie walk through a horror story from yesteryear with an emphasis on genuine details in it's production design. Only seen it once, and need to remedy that.

Neither film made my list.

Seen - 8/10

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Guesses:
90. Sorry to Bother You (for the pen)
89. The Master (1+1 = 3)

So, one reason why I'm asking about Syncechdoche, NY, is because I'm wondering if there's a contingent of people who think of themselves of Kaufmann fans, but are primarily thinking of the Malkovich to Eternal Sunshine run (I actually prefer the post Sunshine run, where Kaufmann is directing, but they do have a different sensibility).

It's due for a rewatch, but somehow going in, knowing that they had a shitty plan for that scene (one benefit for hearing reviews first, I guess), somehow made it seem like it wasn't as big of a deal for me (and I knew it was coming). I think by the time I finally saw it, I had heard that there were some scenes where the logic of the appearance of the entity doesn't really make sense, so I guess I went in with that knowledge baked in. Expectations and all.

I haven't seen either Anomolisa or The Witch, and based on what I've read about them, it's unlikely that either movie would have made my list.

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On a completely unrelated note, anyone see Babylon yet?

At least Babylon HAD an active story! And the drugs, sex and rock and roll had a more horrifying aspect to it which was only one part of the story.

I was just being glib. Saw Babylon today and mostly enjoyed it.

90. Captain Phillips
89. That 1984 remake that never happened

The film is an exploration of the emptiness of this kind of American dream, and a man who personifies it. His bad and ridiculous behaviour is a part of illustrating the story of his life and ultimate downfall (?).



It's at no point a film lacking in story. Dwelling in these very particular moments of his life is how it tells it.

I think Synecdoche is a masterpiece, and it’s my favorite Kaufman film. It might just be my favorite film of the 2000s, or close to it, but his last two just haven’t resonated with me like his others. But both really need a rewatch.

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Ultimately, I think your correct, and my nit picking over that dumb scene shouldn't be that relevant.



Which is why I'm slowly course correcting on the idea that it's more the tone that is bothering me. There is something about that scene that feels so slapdash, where the rest of the film is so considered. It drives me crazy. It feels like its from a different movie. It's a sacrilege considering how good everything else is. How everything else feels so much a part of the same experience.



So while it doesn't undermine that actual point of the whole movie, it still is kicking me out of its headspace and making me no longer identify it. And as a result, the characters feel more artificial. More a construct of the story that is trying to be told. Which is a great great sin.