BOT: The Revisiting! The Top 25 of 2012 -- DEADLINE HAS PASSED

[Jake Gittes]

3 minutes ago, rukaio101 said:

I think it's better to risk having a few arguably inaccurate entries, in exchange for a simple, easy method of deciding whether a film counts or not. This whole 'US Screening date' only makes it unnecessarily complicated and difficult to figure out whether certain foreign movies or movies with limited screenings/festival screenings are eligible or whatever.

 

Plus for the purposes of this countdown I just don't see how the US release date is an essential qualifier once we start going back decades. A lot of us weren't even alive back then. It makes sense to consider The Raid a 2012 movie because we couldn't have seen it before 2012, but if something let's say premiered in Cannes in 1987 (as Wings of Desire did) I think the weight needs to shift towards that original premiere date, not whenever American distributors finally showed it in the States. It's even more clear in case of something like Only Yesterday that according to IMDb wasn't distributed in the US at all until 2016. 

[CoolioD1]

2 hours ago, Kalo said:

So I've only seen 11 movies from 1987.

 

This is my current top 10 

1. The Princess Bride
2. Maurice
3. Raising Arizona 
4. The Brave Little Toaster 
5. The Chipmunk Adventure 
6. Dirty Dancing 
7. Throw Mama from the Train 
8. Planes, Trains and Automobiles 
9. Baby Boom
10. Spaceballs 

Here is my list of films to see:

Full Metal Jacket 
RoboCop 
Predator
The Untouchables 
The lost Boys
Empire of the Son
Running Man
Three men and a baby
Can't Buy me Love
Law of Desire

Summer School

Some Kind of Wonderful (saw it a long time ago) 

 

What out of these or other 1987 movies should I prioritize the most?  

 

 

BROADCAST NEEEEWS

[Kalo]

2 hours ago, Tele Came Back said:

THREE MEN AND A BABY and SUMMER SCHOOL are very entertaining. I'd recommend them.

 

I like entertaining light fare, especially if I have to mix it up with more surious art house stuff.  

[Plain Old Tele]

2 hours ago, rukaio101 said:

I think it's better to risk having a few arguably inaccurate entries, in exchange for a simple, easy method of deciding whether a film counts or not. This whole 'US Screening date' only makes it unnecessarily complicated and difficult to figure out whether certain foreign movies or movies with limited screenings/festival screenings are eligible or whatever.

 

1 hour ago, Jake Gittes said:

 

Plus for the purposes of this countdown I just don't see how the US release date is an essential qualifier once we start going back decades. A lot of us weren't even alive back then. It makes sense to consider The Raid a 2012 movie because we couldn't have seen it before 2012, but if something let's say premiered in Cannes in 1987 (as Wings of Desire did) I think the weight needs to shift towards that original premiere date, not whenever American distributors finally showed it in the States. It's even more clear in case of something like Only Yesterday that according to IMDb wasn't distributed in the US at all until 2016. 

 

I'm wavering. Maybe something like a cut-off from 2000-onwards, in terms of our lists.

[Amadeus]

1. The Master A+ (Sustained beauty and originality; produced with precision, executed in a unique way)
    
2. Prometheus A (Original idea/-s, executed with great skill and ambition)
3. Holy Motors A
4. Place Beyond the Pines A
    
5. Brave A- (Very good! Conventionally precise and flawless OR unusual story executed in a solid but also original way)
6. Sinister A-
7. Eat Sleep Die A-
8. Life of Pi A-
9. Django A-
10. Call Girl A-
11. Mud A-
     
12. Skyfall B+ (Good/Flawed but original)
13. Perks of Being a Flower B+
14. Flight B+
15. Silver Linings B+
16. Lincoln B+
17. Magic Mike B+
18. Cabin in the Woods B+
19. Argo B+
20. Amour B+

[4815162342]

Spoiler

 

1. Zero Dark Thirty

2. Killer Joe

3. Lincoln

4. The Grey

5. Killing Them Softly

6. Argo

7. Django Unchained

8. Moonrise Kingdom

9. The Raid: Redemption

10. Safety Not Guaranteed

11. 21 Jump Street

12. Looper

13. Life of Pi

14. Silver Linings Playbook

15. Headhunters

16. A Royal Affair

17. Flight

18. Ted

19. Beasts of the Southern Wild

20. Arbitrage

21. Anna Karenina

22. John Carter

23. Seven Psychopaths

24. Take This Waltz

25. Coriolanus

 

 

[Avatree]

stanning for bernie tiede

 

 

 

 

the best film of this year. one of my fave movies ever.

[Plain Old Tele]

22 minutes ago, Amadeus said:

1. The Master A+ (Sustained beauty and originality; produced with precision, executed in a unique way)
    
2. Prometheus A (Original idea/-s, executed with great skill and ambition)
3. Holy Motors A
4. Place Beyond the Pines A
    
5. Brave A- (Very good! Conventionally precise and flawless OR unusual story executed in a solid but also original way)
6. Sinister A-
7. Eat Sleep Die A-
8. Life of Pi A-
9. Django A-
10. Call Girl A-
11. Mud A-
     
12. Skyfall B+ (Good/Flawed but original)
13. Perks of Being a Flower B+
14. Flight B+
15. Silver Linings B+
16. Lincoln B+
17. Magic Mike B+
18. Cabin in the Woods B+
19. Argo B+
20. Amour B+

 

Thanks! Please PM the list to me and grim22 to make sure we count it.  

[WrathOfHan]

Oh fuck, I forgot about Ted. 

[aabattery]

When I see how few lists Boy is on:

 

[Plain Old Tele]

1 minute ago, WrathOfHan said:

Oh fuck, I forgot about Ted. 

 

You have time to edit your PM.

 

(But I wouldn't mind if you didn't.)

 

[4815162342]

7 minutes ago, aabattery said:

When I see how few lists Boy is on:

 

 

[WrathOfHan]

10 minutes ago, Tele Came Back said:

 

You have time to edit your PM.

 

 

  Hide contents

(But I wouldn't mind if you didn't.)

 

 

BUT I COULD IF I WANTED TOOOOOOOOOO

[Plain Old Tele]

5 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

BUT I COULD IF I WANTED TOOOOOOOOOO

 

This is real deep beef
From way back in the past
Deeper than I'll put a foot up
In the crack of your ass

[Arlborn]

4 hours ago, aabattery said:

When I see how few lists Boy is on:

 

I just saw the deadline has been extended. I might edit my list by watching it in the next couple of days. Let's see though.

[aabattery]

6 minutes ago, Arlborn said:

I just saw the deadline has been extended. I might edit my list by watching it in the next couple of days. Let's see though.

 

[TalismanRing]

Ah, more time to watch a couple more things. 

 

I watched Kon Tiki tonight - really good. 

 

I tried again to watch Zero Dark Thirty - I just can not do it.  I lasted 15 minutes.  Nope.

[Plain Old Tele]

Hmmmm, might have to adjust my list.

[Kalo]

 

Thanks for the extension, gonna have to edit my list now Just watched Looper and 21 Jump Street. Loopers make my top 20 for sure, 21 Jump Street is definitely making my top.... 2! 

[narniadis]

On 4/27/2017 at 5:43 PM, Manchester by the Tree said:

stanning for bernie tiede

 

 

 

 

the best film of this year. one of my fave movies ever.

 

Such a great film.....