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BurtReynolds · **Posted:** Sat December 03, 2022 8:44 pm

I'm not having this conversation.

lennytheweedwhacker · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 3:21 pm **Posts:** 42181

Too late.

BurtReynolds · **Posted:** Sat December 03, 2022 8:47 pm

i said good day to you, sir!

lennytheweedwhacker · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 3:21 pm **Posts:** 42181

BurtReynolds wrote:

i said good day to you, sir!

You did not.

Jorge · **Posted:** Tue December 06, 2022 3:27 am

Ti West is getting dunked on pretty hard by Film Twitter for his Sight & Sound top 10 list

Of course these are all great films but the list feels a little... anonymous? No real personality here, like he Googled "top 10 important movies." And this particular group of films doesn't really convey the type of filmmaker he is.

This is all to say I don't think the pile-on is warranted but I also sort of get it. What do you guys think

VinylGuy · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 5:10 pm **Posts:** 36214

thats a great list

VinylGuy · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 5:10 pm **Posts:** 36214

good for him that he doesnt need to add some weird auteur film to feel cool.

Great fucking list indeed.

Ello Sailor · **Joined:** Sun March 12, 2017 3:06 pm **Posts:** 11850

Oh wow, he is not the main character.

tragabigzanda · **Posted:** Tue December 06, 2022 3:35 am

VinylGuy wrote:

good for him that he doesnt need to add some weird auteur film to feel cool.

Great fucking list indeed.

Same

tragabigzanda · **Posted:** Tue December 06, 2022 3:35 am

Though personally I think Apocalypse and Easy Rider are both overrated

Jorge · **Posted:** Tue December 06, 2022 3:37 am

S. S. Rajamouli, the guy who made RRR, submitted a list that was much weirder, full of objectively worse movies, but also felt more personal:

The Argonaut · **Posted:** Tue December 06, 2022 4:03 am

I really really enjoyed both RRR and Pearl, but both those lists are terrible, I'm sorry

Jorge · **Posted:** Tue December 06, 2022 4:04 am

Give us your list then

BurtReynolds · **Posted:** Tue December 06, 2022 4:18 am

Apocalypse Now is the only one of those that would make my list.

epilogue · **Posted:** Tue December 06, 2022 5:49 pm

It's already subjective but then when there's no criteria things can and should be all over the place. I don't have a problem with either of those lists. And I can't pretend to know what criteria each of those people used to make their list.

epilogue · **Posted:** Tue December 06, 2022 5:54 pm

Listened to The Big Picture podcast from The Ringer today. Their episode is their own Top 5 of 2022 but the spent the first chunk of the episode talking about the Sight & Sound list and discussing the expectations/politics/etc around it. Good listen.

The Argonaut · **Posted:** Tue December 06, 2022 6:27 pm

I don't love the Matrix reference in the new John Wick trailer. In fact, I hate it!

lennytheweedwhacker · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 3:21 pm **Posts:** 42181

I know it has a huge following, but I wasn’t in love with the first John Wick. How do the sequels compare?

VinylGuy · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 5:10 pm **Posts:** 36214

they are worse.

The first one had some great action scenes and the whole dog thing was cute. Then it became just thing never ending stuff of the same.

lennytheweedwhacker · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 3:21 pm **Posts:** 42181

VinylGuy wrote:

they are worse.

The first one had some great action scenes and the whole dog thing was cute. Then it became just thing never ending stuff of the same.

Thanks. I figured I wouldn’t feel a strong pull to watch them regardless.

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