Jake Gittes

But Bound, The Duellists and Sugarland Express are all good-to-fantastic?

Definitely no love for the third act's turn into a slasher movie, but the first hour I did like. And the score, of course. Needs a revisit, I only saw it once when it came out.

yeah but see Tele made that good grilled cheese sandwich himself dammit. If you personally ended world hunger you'd probably get more recognition.

So what are you doing in this thread then?

I only really like three Boyle movies (Shallow Grave, Trainspotting, 127 Hours) but he wouldn't be a boring choice that's for sure.

A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one

... CBS?

I would've said that too once. Good thing my age then hit double digits and I learned to look things up on the internet.

Lady Bird was quite good. Can't say I'm too crazy about it. Predictable in some parts (the overweight friend subplot especially), the ending is way too heavy-handed with the whole "My name is Christine" + the letters resolution, and it works a little too hard to not leave anything bad or ambiguous hanging in the air. But Ronan makes the role her own (not an easy task, even from the trailer I was worrying that it'd be too much of a Gerwig impression), Chalamet is unexpectedly hilarious, and Metcalf is the MVP, so good I wish the movie gave her even more to do while ditching practically anyone from the crowd of remaining supporting characters. Gonna be fuming next Sunday when she and Dafoe miss out on the supporting Oscars that so clearly belong to them.

But a good movie should hold up in any format

I'd actually say that's in the running for the weakest movie year since the '80s, though there are still some gems to be found.

Gonna be my #1 in all likelihood if we do a 2013 revisit.

Someone who breaks out just as she did in Winter's Bone. It's not like we can see who these people are in advance.

More accurately in this case, it was IMDB

I haven't seen a single best picture winner in between Ordinary People and Silence of the Lambs.

Ayyyyy. What's remarkable for me is I've actually only seen front-to-back once, in the theater (actually exactly 8 years ago) and so many images and entire scenes are so fresh in my mind I may as well have watched it yesterday. Still think it's the best thing he did this century. A less pleasant memory: I was lurking on the IMDb boards back then and recall a bunch of people arguing VERY aggressively that

I just remember BH6 as the one with the hot aunt.

Lawrence of Arabia, ROTK, Sunrise, Casablanca, The Apartment gotta be my top 5 favorite winners. Of those unseen The Best Years of Our Lives is the one I'm most looking forward to by a huge margin.

I don't even get why is there a need for the next Captain America or the next anyone. There's enough freshly introduced characters to make a strong new line-up while letting the earlier ones ride off into the sunset whenever they feel like it.

I believe this is my cue to give another emphatic recommendation of Only Angels Have Wings. Very happy that you experienced Zodiac's ownage too

There's something left to open up about?

These two are the most similar of those you listed. High energy and deliciously overwrought style on both, it's Scorsese just letting loose and not giving a fuck. After them I'd prioritize Alice, the biopics are the least essential imo.

Iron Man 1 and 3, Avengers 1, Guardians 1 and 2, Dr. Strange, Homecoming, and the second act of Ragnarok is where I had more fun than at the others. My only real Marvel hot take is that I'm really not a Russo bros fan.

Bringing Out the Dead you'll have a blast.