Equipose, we know you're a movie snob, get over yourself

[Drunky_Smurf]

@A Monkey With a Gun

No, I will take that challenge. I’ll make it so short you can post it on Twitter.

He was “the man with no name”, and always will be. The American ideal of masculinity. He was, and is, flawed. In Gran Torino, that man has a name. It’s Walt Kowinsky.

Wait. Clint Eastwood was in 10,000 BC? Now I actually want to see it.

[VinylTurnip]

@woodstockbirdybird

These are the exact words I’ve used to describe the film. The rabid love I’ve seen shown for it is somewhat baffling.

I quit around halfway in, which is rare. Saw what they were aiming for and how some would find it appealing, but it just didn’t work for me at all.

Since we’re sharing, one of my favorite films of all time is Nobody Gives a Fuck by Ingmar Ber<belch>

[Syme]

@Equipoise

I didn’t see it. I don’t like everything. I only write about those movies I do like. See, one thing is, I don’t go see movies I don’t think I’ll like. Why waste the time and money? I see things that I think will be interesting. Usually they are. If they aren’t, as well, the next will be better. And it usually is. Second, if I don’t like something, I tend to forget about it immediately. I don’t think about it, I don’t write about it. I don’t waste my time when there are so many good movies.

You want a recent movie I hated? Elles. It’s a Polish film starring Juliette Binoche. It’s about a journalist who decides to write an article about student prostitutes and gets all stupidly psychological about it. IMO it was boring and dumb. A good concept ruined by the lead character and the idiotic things she does. Not the actress, I love Binoche, just the character. I hated it. Absolutely frickin’ hated it. Thanks for making me think about a movie I forgot about the second I left the theater.

I was very, VERY disappointed in the recent films Mirror Mirror, Snow White and the Huntsman, and Prometheus for very different reasons. There were things I liked about them but I expected greatness and none delivered. But, I forgot about them the second I left the theater. Who cares what I think?

I’d come up with more but I have to go to work. I’ll see if I can’t try to satisfy some arbitrary notion of how to counteract charges of snobism.

Syme, I love Hollywood films if they’re done right. Loved The Hunger Games and The Avengers.

Monkey, we don’t eat bread, so no toaster.

Must go, ta ta. Tally ho and all that.

Of course Hollywood movies are not by definition bad. There are some good and some bad. I think people mean blockbusters when they say Hollywood

None of the movies you mentioned I think are any good, translation: I don’t intend to see.

I was going to watch Prometheus but after reading the review in The New Yorker and also in the Times and watching the trailer, nahh !
Don’t get me wrong I am fan of Mr Ridley Scott specially his early movies such as, well you know, "The Duelists’ and “Alien”. Of course Blade Runner, the one with the latest ending is my favourite version.

[suranyi]

I wish I could go to as many movies as Equipoise. But nowadays I’m lucky if I go to one or two a year.

[Equipoise]

Ah, it’s become a bash Attack The Block thread then. I don’t care. I love it for specific reasons: the story, the acting, the dialogue, the characters (after the first half, anyway, since they most certainly are assholes at the beginning), the unusual and interesting aliens, the humor, the accents, the slang, the subtle comments on class, race, redemption and forgiveness, the MUSIC, oh god, the music, the opening titles, the closing titles, everything in-between, the fact that I met, talked to and got hugs from the director Joe Cornish and lead actor John Boyega (Moses, Moses, Moses) after a screening, but most of all, because it makes me happy. I’m always grinning like a fool when it’s over. It just makes me happy and that’s all that matters to me. That’s why I like it. If others don’t that’s ok. It doesn’t affect my enjoyment of the movie.

Not every movie is for everybody. Hell, I’m sitting here waiting for a revival showing of Citizen Kane to start. I haven’t seen it in the theater for over 20 years, sine the 50th Anniversary run. I’m excited. There are people who don’t like it either. I was one of them, until I saw it on the big screen, then I finally got why it was so revered and acclaimed and loved.

Big gorilla wolf motherfuckin’ rosebuds to you all.

[Syme]

I don’t have the time nor the inclination to watch every movie ever made or read every book ever written. At the moment I am in a phase of watching European police series, TV series that is such as Wallander both the Swedish series and the one the BBC shot with Kenneth Branagh in the lead.
I am also watching in measured doses the first and second seasons of The Killing and the third season of Spiral a French police series, which is the one I like best

Citizen Kane would have been great to watch when it opened. But a work of genius is always worth a watch.

[outlierrn]

Interesting definition of ‘bash’.

[Eyebrows_0f_Doom]

@Equipoise

Ah, it’s become a bash Attack The Block thread then. I don’t care.

Suuuure you don’t. That’s why you had to go on a long rant explaining every little thing you love about it in detail. That’s why people can find you annoying.

[Equipoise]

You call that a rant? Jesus fuck, I can’t even write why I like a movie without people being assholes to me about it. And I’m annoying. Ok. I wish you people would put me on ignore, so if I open my mouth to say anything at all about a movie from now on you won’t get so annoyed.

[QUOTE=Syme]
By the way, quantity is not the same as quality. Watching every movie in town doesn’t mean you are a movie expert or that your are opinions are more worthwhile than the rest of us, it simply means an obsession with dark places and plenty of time in your hands and your mouth according to her.
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I absolutely agree. In spite of what a couple of people have said, I’m not an expert. lissener has more knowledge about film in his pinkie fingernail that I have in my whole body. I have never ever tried to be Roger Ebert or any kind of a critic. Thanks MikeG, but I’m not a critic, I’ve never claimed to be a critic, I’d never want to be a critic. I don’t have or want a blog and the reason I keep track of the movies I see on Twitter is because a few other people are interested but mainly so I can keep track myself of what I’ve seen.

I do try to go for both quality and quantity. You may not be interested, but here are the movies I saw in 2011 from my Twitter feed, in reverse order. I guess I did like most of them, but I always try to find good things about a movie. I don’t go see movies I think I won’t like, but if I do go see a movie, I do want to enjoy it on some level. In spoiler tags so it doesn’t seem soooo pretentious and snobby and elitist and annoying and obnoxious or whatever the fuck. People who think I write a LOT about movies will at least see that I hardly wrote anything about many of my favorites from last year.

[spoiler]1) Casino Jack at Music Box. Felt like going home and taking shower from all the scumbaggery. Spacey deserves his Globe nomination. 10 Jan

2. The Social Network at Brew & View. Love this movie, my 3rd viewing. Won’t mind if it wins Best Picture. Was part of great double feature 10 Jan

3. Real Genius at B&V Dbl feat with TSN! A favorite film, yet another in a long series of diversions in an attempt to avoid responsibility. 10 Jan

4. Casino Jack again. Husband hadn’t seen it. It’s very funny/entertaining, too bad it’s playing art houses only. Should play multiplexes. 11 Jan

5. My Dog Tulip at Siskel. Funny, at times raunchy, moving, animated film. Hearing a choir sing “You stiff my ass, I’ll sniff yours” is gold 12 Jan

6. My Uncle at Music Box. Jacques Tati’s Mon Oncle in English. I hate dubbing, it put me in a pissy mood and made me hate the movie too. 11 Jan

7. Blue Valentine at River East 21. Great performances talk is not hype. Sometimes sweet, sometimes sad, not tragic like I assumed though. 12 Jan

8. The Illusionist at Music Box. Not the timeless classic that Triplets of Belleville is, god I love that, but still interesting, enjoyable. 19 Jan

9. Barney’s Version at RE21, free via Cinema Chicago. Fantastic!! So glad Paul G won Globe, should get Oscar nom. Will pay to see again. 19 Jan

10. I Love You Phillip Morris at Pipers Alley. 2nd time. I LOVE THIS! A fav from '10. Would make great dbl feat with Catch Me If You Can. 19 Jan

11. Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer at Siskel. Good doc, too bad he let his dick overrule his brain. Coulda been President. 20 Jan

12. Marwencol at Siskel. Fascinating, moving documentary. What an interesting world created out of tragedy. All bigots should rot in hell. 20 Jan

13. Great Directors at Siskel. Interesting conversations with Bertolucci, Lynch, Loach, Sayles and more. Met the director, Angela Ismailos 23 Jan

14. The Way Back at RE21. Incredible story, true or not. Too short, editing often too abrupt. Good performances and cinematography though. 23 Jan

15. Another Year at Landmark. Beautiful film, I loved Gerri and Tom! Manville was amazing, but why does no one talk about Imelda Staunton!?! 24 Jan

16. Winston Churchill: Walking with Destiny at Siskel. Interesting and informative doc. Didn’t know much about him before, in awe now. 27 Jan

17. Every Man For Himself at Siskel. I feel I should like Jean-Luc Godard, but I don’t get him. I’m ashamed. Loved Isabelle Huppert though 27 Jan

18. No Strings Attached at RE21. Timing. I got to the theater too late for Company Men. Much better than expected. Actually sweet and funny 28 Jan

19. Repulsion at Siskel. Devastating film about psychosis caused by sexual abuse (not repression!). Glad to finally see it but it’s intense. 28 Jan

20. Shoah at the Gene Siskel Film Center. Yes, the entire 9 1/2 hours. It was intense, I shed a lot of tears, but it deserves to be seen. 30 Jan

21. A Useful Life at Siskel. From Uruguay, a wonderful love letter to Siskel/Music Box-like cinemas. Follows film buff employee of 25 years. 1 Feb

22. The Company Men at RE21. Good, as I knew it would be, excellent acting/writing. Almost made me feel sorry for middle management types. 1 Feb

23. Biutiful at RE21. Finally! Pissed I had to wait, but worth waiting for. Powerful, sad. Bardem should win BA! Happy for his nom though 5 Feb

24. Sanctum at RE21. 2D, refuse to pay for 3D. Paid for Barney’s Version anyway. Better than expected. Went because I have a thing for caves 5 Feb

25. Eyes Without A Face at Siskel. Creepy and shocking. I own old VHS with crappy subtitles, and have never seen it in the theater before. 5 Feb

26. The Leopard at Siskel. '63 Visconti w Burt Lancaster. Gorgeous scenery/costumes/cinematog. Incomprehensible politics. Atrocious dubbing. 5 Feb

27. From Prada to Nada at City North 14. $6 Tuesdays, I do love a bargain. Hispanic Sense & Sensibility, fun, very enjoyable, warm and funny 9 Feb

28. The Mechanic at CN14. Profoundly stupid, but oogling Statham & Foster is worth $6 to me. Been crushing on Statham since Lock Stock 9 Feb

29. Play Misty For Me at the Siskel. 1971 Clint Eastwood film. Very dated. Terrible clothes, hair, music. Great scenery, some scary moments. 12 Feb

30. Orgasm, Inc. at Siskel. Fun/good doc about the medicalization of female sexuality. Pharma created “Female Sexual Dysfunction” to make $ 12 Feb

31. Written On The Wind (1956 Douglas Sirk) at The Portage. Such melodrama, and boy Dorothy Malone’s character was a cunt! Great to see BIG! 17 Feb

32. Rose Lowder’s Bouquets at Siskel, w/ Lowder from France there in person. I’m not a fan of experimental films, but I tried to appreciate 17 Feb

33. The Woodmans at Siskel. Doc about talented artistic family. Brilliant and tragic photographer Francesca Woodman’s work was new to me. 17 Feb

34. Cedar Rapids at River East 21. Very funny, raunchy. Helms/Reilley great, but real treat is Anne Heich. Likeable & beautiful. I know! 19 Feb

35. Unknown at RE21. Original take on tired conspiracy tropes, I liked it. Saw it bc I liked director’s Orphan. Hope this does well for him. 19 Feb

36. I Am #4 @ RE21. Bright side, lots of people got paychecks/resume entries, pumped money into the local economy, better than a root canal. 19 Feb

37. The Grapes Of Wrath at Siskel. Had only seen bits and pieces before. How great to see it on the big screen! Can see why it’s a classic. 22 Feb

38. Kaboom at Music Box. Lots of fun, goofy, sexy, silly, and full of next generation of stars, loved them all, especially Dekker & Temple. 22 Feb

39 1/2) Crazy Ray (1925 silent short) @ Portage-Night watchman at Eiffel Tower wakes to find that all of Paris is frozen in time. Cool SiFi! 23 Feb

39. I Married A Witch (1942 Rene Clair, w Veronica Lake) Witty and surprisingly nasty in parts, Jen’s dad is such a dick. Edith Head rules! 23 Feb

40. The Dilemma @ Logan ($4 theater) Shut up, a Chicago movie, some filmed in my 'hood, had to see it at some point. Cityscapes worth $4. 25 Feb

41. True Grit @ Logan. 4th time. So good, love it. I love the book and the '69 movie too. Funny that '69 film is way more faithful to book 25 Feb

42. Certiafiably Jonathan @ Siskel. Delightful MockDoc following wonderful comedian/artist Jonathan Winters’ quest to get art shown at MOMA 25 Feb

43. And Everything Is Going Fine @ Siskel. Steven Soderbergh’s bio of Spalding Gray using SG’s own monologues to tell story. Wonderful, sad 25 Feb

44. I Love You Phillip Morris @ Brew & View, 3rd time. Oh I love this movie, Carrey/McGregor are so great, and what an amazing true story! 25 Feb

45. Psycho @ Siskel. 1960 Hitchcock w Andrew Garfield. No wait, Anthony Perkins. God they look/act alike! Great to see BIG, Spellbound. 25 Feb

46. Poetry @ Music Box. Melancholy Korean film about a woman in early stages of Alzheimers faced with a dilemma and using poetry to help. 28 Feb

47. happythankyoumoreplease @ RE21, free via CinChi. Assumed I’d hate it, composing snarky Tweet, but ended up liking it/caring about all 2 Mar

48. On The Bowery @ Siskel (1958). Quasi-doc about life on the streets of NYC. Very influential and I can see why. Very sad and powerful. 3 Mar

49. The Perfect Team @ Siskel. Interesting Making-Of doc about how Lionel Rogosin made On The Bowery. 3 Mar

50. Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune @ Siskel. Never been into folk music so didn’t know much about him. What a talented, interesting man! 3 Mar

51. Bibliotheque Pascal (Hungary-EUFF @ Siskel) - Sex slavery victim spins wild yarn to social worker to regain custody of daughter. 4 Mar

52. Korkoro (France-EUFF @Siskel) 1st of 4 today, great start. Will be one of my favorites of the fest and year. Tears, smiles, music, wow 5 Mar

53. Disco and Atomic War (Estonia-EUFF) Entertaining doc. Estonians discover Finnish TV. Who knew Dallas and Emanuelle helped win Cold War? 5 Mar

54. Habermann (CZRep-EUFF) Well-made/acted WWII film with unusual POV-minority Germans citizens in occupied CZ, some sympathetic, some not. 5 Mar

55. The King Of Escape (France-EUFF) Not sure about this one. Quirky on-the-lam movie w 40ish gay guy and 16-yr old girl. Lots of sex anyway 6 Mar

56. The Portugese Nun (Portugal-EUFF) Stylized acting drove me crazy, but I loved the ending, Lisbon setting and, oh god, the Fado music! 6 Mar

57. Rehearsal For A Sicilian Tragedy (Italy-EUFF) John Turturro explores his Sicilian roots in prep for a film about a puppeteer, very good 6 Mar

58. Jane Eyre (UK-EUFF) Gorgeous adaptation, very faithful, no “updates” to appeal to the younger set, but I hope it does. Met Mia & Cary! 6 Mar

59. Battleship Potemkin @ Music Box (1925-Eisenstein) First time, couldn’t miss on BIG screen, influential, but also good movie, exciting! 7 Mar

60. Win Win @ RE21 (free via Cinema Chicago) New from dir of Station Agent & Visitor. I liked it, more family drama than wrestling movie. 8 Mar

61. The Army Of Crime (France-EUFF) Fr resistance fighters led by Armenian poet Missak Manouchian, amazing story, well-told and intense. 9 Mar

62. Amer (Belgium-EUFF) Throwback to '70’s Italian horror films, visually stunning, weird as hell, too tired to appreciate fully, too bad 9 Mar

63. Behind Blue Skies (Sweden-EUFF) Very good coming-of-age tale of a decent boy who gets involved with the wrong people. I liked it a lot. 11 Mar

64. Hello, How Are You? (Romania-EUFF) Often funny but bittersweet, a couple who’ve drifted apart “meet” anew in an Internet chat room. 11 Mar

65. Change Nothing (Portugal-EUFF) Oh if Costa could have documented HR making her brilliant album Many Worlds Are Born Tonight. Mesmerizing 11 Mar

66. Illegal (Belgium-EUFF) Sad, America isn’t the only country that treats illegal immigrants like shit. Powerful and moving. Anne Coesens! 12 Mar

67. Cracks (Ireland-EUFF) Gorgeous, well done! Jordan Scott one to watch. Lord of the Flies boys pussies compared to British schoolgirls. 13 Mar

68. Aurora (Romania-EUFF) A few loooong days in the mind-numbingly, excruciatingly boring and mundane life of a future spree-killer. Weird. 13 Mar

69. Cold Weather @ Music Box. Mystery’s a red herring, it’s the relationships, esp bro/sis that make the movie. Great locations & music! 14 Mar

70. Two In The Wave (France-EUFF) Exhilarating doc focusing on Francois Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard and the history of that era. Loved it! 16 Mar

71. To Die Like A Man (Portugal-EUFF) Dying transsexual diva takes care of everyone but herself. Sad, moving. Baby Dee scene was haunting. 16 Mar

72. Purple Sea (Italy-EUFF) Angela must pretend to be “Angelo” to marry her childhood sweetheart in 19th century Sicily. Beautiful and sad. 18 Mar

73. Farewell (Lithuania-EUFF) Loved. Dying sailor Audrius revisits family/friends/lovers for final gbyes. Crushing now on Dainius Kazlauskas 18 Mar

74. Rango @ River East 21 I knew I’d love it, and I did. Fun and sly, missed lots of jokes from laughing too hard. Have to see it again. 18 Mar

75. The Last Circus (Spain-EUFF) Never in my life have I seen a movie start with such compelling promise and go oh so horribly wrong. 18 Mar

76. Gold Dust (Greece-EUFF) Famdram set in modern Athens. Funny when I see Exit Through Gift Shop graffiti is art. Here it’s depressing. 18 Mar

77. Letters To Father Jacob (Finland-EUFF) Woman pardoned leaves prison to help blind/old Fr Jacob read/respond to prayer requests. Good. 19 Mar

78. The Temptation of St. Tony (Estonia-EUFF) No idea what it was about. Ounpuu must be the David Lynch of Estonia (meant that in good way) 20 Mar

79. Queen To Play (France-EUFF) Delightful, Maid gets obsessed with Chess. I know nothing about chess & enjoyed it. God, Corsican scenery!!! 20 Mar

80. Protektor (CZRep-EUFF) Late 30’s/early 40’s Prague, rising starlet’s career is derailed b/c she’s Jewish. Jana Plodkova, so beautiful. 20 Mar

81 1/2) Night Falls On The Menagerie (Fr short-EUFF) Zoo scenes/sounds after the gates are locked for the night. Who are the real animals? 20 Mar

81. Nenette (France-EUFF) Crushingly sad doc about orangutangs in captivity, focusing on 40-yr old Nenette, who looks bored out of her mind. 20 Mar

82. The First Beautiful Thing (Italy-EUFF) Wonderful! Uptight asshole doesn’t deserve his amazing mother, she’s a joy to watch/spend time w 20 Mar

83. Zaches (Bulgaria-EUFF) Love Love LOVED it! Fairy tale for adults, a rare breed. Sumptuous, gorgeous, funny, thought-provoking, a treat! 20 Mar

84. Tambien la Iluvia (Even The Rain) @ Logan. V powerful. Crew filming movie about Columbus find themselves in middle of water rights war. 21 Mar

85. Special Treatment (Luxembourg-EUFF) Isabelle Huppert as a high-priced prostitute who wants to get out of business. Good, unpredictable. 21 Mar

86. Le Quattro Volte (Italy-EUFF) Very odd film, no dialogue, life in an Italian village in 4 segments, beautiful scenery. I liked it. 21 Mar

87. Badlands @ Siskel. I’d seen it several times, but never on the BIG screen. What a great film. My God I love Terrence Malick! 23 Mar

88. Paul @ City North 14. So fun! Crushing on @simonpegg and @nickjfrost A blast to play Spot The Reference, esp loved Groundhog Day ref. 23 Mar

89. Applause (Denmark-EUFF) Oblivious actress doesn’t deserve kind long-suffering ex-husband/great kids. Why no Paprika Steen Oscar nom? 23 Mar

90. Rabbit à la Berlin (Poland-EUFF) Movella about rabbits that lived between two Berlin Walls, told as a fable. Funny yet sobering. 23 Mar

91. The Invisible Frame (Germany-EUFF) Movella,Tilda Swinton biking where the Berlin Wall used to be. Sequel to 1988’s Cycling The Frame. 23 Mar

92. My Brothers (Ireland-EUFF) Lovely, funny, sad film. 3 brothers take a road trip to replace a broken watch beloved by their dying father. 25 Mar

93. The Border (Slovakia-EUFF) Absurd '46 political decision-idyllic rural village split down middle between two nations. Interesting/moving 25 Mar

94. The Strange Case of Angelica (Portugal-EUFF) An interesting story that I unfortunately zoned out on. Damn. Not getting enough sleep. 26 Mar

95. Dust (Luxembourg-EUFF) Quiet Post-Apocalyptic world w no bodies/abandoned cars/roaming cannibals. STUNNING scenery! Siblings +1=Dilemma 26 Mar

96. La Pivellina (Austria-EUFF) An absolute delight, one of my favorites! Circus performers find/care for abandoned 2yr old adorable charmer 27 Mar

97. The Sleeping Beauty (France-EUFF) My first Catherine Breillat, must see more. Loved it, she hit my soft spot for fairy tales for adults. 27 Mar

98. Bride Flight (Netherlands-EUFF) Enjoyable soap opera “the lives of three women and one man are fatefully intertwined over five decades” 27 Mar

99. 9:06 (Slovenia-EUFF) Wish it’d been #96. Hypnotic story of a troubled detective who becomes obsessed with a suicide he’s investigating. 27 Mar

100. Lila Lila (Germany-EUFF) Would the shallow bitch have liked him if he were just a waiter? Who gives a fuck? Brühl’s a cutie though. 27 Mar

101. Foxes (Slovakia-EUFF) Hate hate HATED every single one of the characters and wanted them all to die a slow death by diseased leeches. 27 Mar

102. The Happiest Girl In The World (Romania-EUFF) The title’s ironic because she’s a sulky, sullen dim teenager you just want to slap. 27 Mar

103. Nothing Personal (Ireland-EUFF) Rude bitch gets taken in by Stephen Rea. I liked it, especially for Rea and the stunning scenery. 29 Mar

104. With Heart and Soul (Greece-EUFF) Two brothers on opposite sides of the Greek Civil War. I thought it was powerful. Loved the music too 29 Mar

105. The Woman With The Five Elephants (Germany-EUFF) Good doc about a v interesting woman, but I zoned. Not the movie’s fault, too tired. 29 Mar

106. Vespa (Hungary-EUFF) Good coming-of-age film about a kid who wins a scooter but has a hell of a time claiming the prize. Fun music! 29 Mar

107. Student Services (France-EUFF) Good movie/acting about a Uni student who turns to prostitution to pay bills. Should be legalized IMO. 30 Mar

108. Happy Family (Italy-EUFF) OH! I loved this movie so much I want to hug everyone who had anything to do with it! Gaffers! Grips! HUG! 30 Mar

109. Of Gods And Men @ Evanston Century. I’m an atheist and still thought this film about stubborn monks was very moving. No Oscar nom, why? 31 Mar

110. The Trip (UK-EUFF) Coogan/Brydon, Kings of quips/impressions, take road trip to Lake District. Highly enjoyable! They sing Kate Bush!! 31 Mar

111. Source Code @ RE21 12am show. @ManMadeMoon has made another great movie! Maybe more will now seek out his amazing Moon. 1 Apr

112. Open Water @ Siskel. Missed this when it played so glad to see it on BIG screen, part of Siskel’s Mask of Sanity series. Very tense! 1 Apr

113. Surrogate Valentine @ Siskel Enjoyable/funny. Goh Nakamura plays “himself” to teach a dippy affected actor guitar & “rock” lifestyle. 1 Apr

114. In Search Of Mozart @ Siskel. God I love Mozart, glorious music! Beethoven tomorrow. Dir Phil Grabsky there previewing next one-Haydn. 2 Apr

115. In Search Of Beethoven @ Siskel. Very informative/interesting. Never knew much about him, mainly knew music from A Clockwork Orange. 3 Apr

116. Undertow @ Music Box. Unusual ghost story.Gay fisherman with beloved wife/child keeps up relationship with dead lover. Sad & beautiful. 4 Apr

117. Winter In Wartime @ Music Box. Boy gets involved in WWII resistance helping wounded Brit soldier. Movie & Martijn Lakemeier, so good! 4 Apr

118. Sucker Punch @ City North 14. I had to decide for myself. Fun enough, great art direction & music. Any movie that uses Bjork ok by me. 6 Apr

119. Insidious @ CN14. Cracking good scary fun, had a blast. Lots of jumpy moments and no gore. Rose B should play Jennifer Connelly’s sis. 6 Apr

120. Cat Run @ CN14. Damn, what a good time! Saw it for Paz Vega, so beautiful, but was floored by what a complete badass Janet McTeer is. 6 Apr

121. Bill Cunningham New York @ Siskel. Doc about humble NY Times “On The Street” fashion photog. Don’t care about fashion but loved this. 6 Apr

122. Beijing Taxi @ Siskel. Doc focuses on 3 taxi drivers during leadup to 2008 Olympics, navigating btwn old & new Beijing. V interesting. 6 Apr

123. My Dog Tulip @ Siskel. My 2nd time, but husband hadn’t seen it. Angelic choir singing “You sniff my ass, I’ll sniff yours” still gold! 7 Apr

124. The Birds @ Siskel ('63 Hitchcock). Seen many times-never on BIG screen, still scary but also more moving. Afraid of Twitter bird now. 8 Apr

125. Source Code @ River East 21. Actually went to theater to see Trust, but it was sold out! S’ok, SC definitely holds up 2nd viewing. 9 Apr

126. Hanna @ RE21. Wow! Ronan’s awesome as a lean, mean killing machine with an identity crisis. Need movie w Hanna & Hit Girl. 9 Apr

127. Battle LA @ RE21. Only for Aaron Eckhart. I’d say he owes me one but there was the great Rabbit Hole so he gets a bye. BLA > Skyline. 9 Apr

128. Limitless @ RE21. VERY good, fun & original. Bradley Cooper’s best role-he’s fantastic. Opening credits now among favorites. 10 Apr

129. The Lincoln Lawyer @ RE21. Almost completely caught up with plex films now. I quite liked this, Matthew McConaughey is terrific. 10 Apr

130. The Adjustment Bureau @ RE21. Finally! I’d been wanting to see this for ages, finally timing works out. I liked it, as I knew I would. 10 Apr

131. Super @ Music Box. So Sick, So Twisted. I loved it! @EllenPage as Boltie: AWE! I’m very glad I didn’t read Ebert’s shameful spoiler. 11 Apr

132. Trust @ RE21. Powerful. Teenager falls victim to online predator. It took a POV I didn’t expect, made me admire the movie even more. 13 Apr

133. Henry’s Crime @ Siskel. Advance showing. Enjoyable low-key quirky heist film w Keanu & Vera. Preposterous, but aren’t most heist films? 13 Apr

134. Saigon Electric @ Siskel. Step Up-type dance movie set in Vietnam. Very good-I liked the characters. It had heart and was realistic. 14 Apr

135. The Virgin Spring @ Siskel (1960 Ingmar Bergman) 1st time seeing it. So brilliant, disturbing, haunting. My first IB on BIG screen. 15 Apr

136. The Conspirator @ RE21. Fascinating story. Why are ppl who wrap themselves in flag & constitution always first to shit on them? 16 Apr

137. Potiche @ RE21. Fun film w Catherine Deneuve as a trophy wife who has more to offer than anyone, even herself, thinks. 16 Apr

138. Super @ Music Box. Had to see again. Still delightfully demented, but much more poignant this time. Boltie still awesome as hell! 18 Apr

139. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives @ Music Box. 2nd time, saw it last Oct at Chicago Int’l Film Festival. Still wonderful! 18 Apr

140. Cave Of Forgotten Dreams (3D) @ RE21. Free via CinChi, nice bc I refuse to pay for 3D. 3D’s not necessary to marvel at cave paintings. 19 Apr

141. The Elephant In The Living Room @ Siskel. Heartrending doc about exotic/wild animals kept as “pets” by selfish/stupid/oblivious people. 20 Apr

142. POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold @ Century Evanston. Highly entertaining. I admire sponsors for being good sports. 22 Apr

143. Even The Rain @ Logan. 2nd time. DAMN, what a good movie! I wish more would see it. Like 3 good movies in one, seamlessly edited. 23 Apr

144. Cedar Rapids @ Logan. 2nd time, hey it was starting and why not? It’s good, raunchy, sweet, fun. Should’ve done better in 1st run. 23 Apr

145. The Vanishing of the Bees @ Siskel. Frightening and fascinating doc about disappearing honeybees nicely narrated by @EllenPage 24 Apr

146. Putty Hill @ Siskel. Went in knowing nothing-thought it was doc until 1/2way through. Not yet sure if I liked but’ll keep tabs on Dir. 24 Apr

147. In A Better World @ Pipers Alley. Oscar winner for Foreign Language and now I know why, powerful film about bullying w no easy answers. 24 Apr

148. The Bang Bang Club @ Music Box. Why is this being so abused/ignored, it was very good IMO, so timely w sad war photog deaths. RIP TH. 25 Apr

149. Diary of a Country Priest @ Music Box (1951 Robert Bresson). Sad, stark story of a somber, seriously ill priest rejected & bullied. 25 Apr

150. African Cats @ CN14. Intense/sad. I fear it will contribute to black market in cute cubs that grow up to be unwanted lions/cheetahs. 26 Apr
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151. Into Eternity @ Siskel. Eerie doc abt Onkalo, Finland’s nuclear waste storage cave, 3mi deep,120 years to build &'ll last 100,000yrs! 27 Apr

152. Incendies @ Century Evanston. Oscar nom finally opens here. Went in knowing zip…holy shit! Dark, convoluted, fucked up, great, wow. 29 Apr

153. Uncle Kent @ Siskel. A weekend in the life of a likeable guy. Enjoyable, sexy, realistic, I liked it, and no one mumbled at all. 29 Apr

154. Dum Maaro Dum @ Pipers Alley. Grittier than usual Bollywood film. Lots of drugs, corruption & killin’ going on. And singing/dancing. 30 Apr

155. Dylan Dog: Dead of Night @ 600. Rolled my eyes more than once, but liked concept, thought it was fun and would like to see sequels. 1 May

156. Stake Land @ Music Box. Serious, scary, well-made/acted apocolyptic vampire story. Much more tenderness than I expected. Good job. 2 May

157. Queen of the Sun @ Music Box. Also Bees-in-danger film, takes more New Age approach than Vanishing, less informative/alarmist, pretty. 2 May

158. The Leopard @ Siskel ('63 Visconti) 2nd time,saw in Feb, diff restoration. Thankful for subtitles, didn’t have to look at their mouths. 3 May

159. American: The Bill Hicks Story @ Siskel. Imaginative and melancholy doc about outspoken comic. Like Hedberg, didn’t know him til gone. 4 May

160. How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr Foster? @ The Wit. Doc ab architect Norman (Gherkin, Millau Viaduct). Good but shoulda been in HD 6 May

161. Blue Velvet @ Siskel. Great to see again on the BIG screen. Funnier, more tragic than ever. Didn’t get it first time I saw it. Do now. 6 May

162. I Travel Because I Have To, I Come Back Because I Love You @ Siskel. Title better than movie IMO. Boring snob travels & pines for ex. 6 May

163. Thor @ City North 14, #in2dthankyouverymuch Big piles of lots of fun! Expectations were high, but surpassed. Flaws? What flaws? 10 May

164. Fast Five @ CN14. Totally preposterous (duh), but enjoyable enough. Liked 1, didn’t see 2/3/4. Rio deJ & Gal Gadot worth $6 & my time. 11 May

165. The Beaver @ RE21. To hell with naysayers/snarkers, this is interesting, sad, funny, deep, dark, a lot more complex than you’d think 11 May

166. Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold @ RE21. Fun typing out whole title. Had to see again. Admire sponsors even more! 11 May

167. Beginners @ RE21 (free v CinemaChicago) LOVED IT! Beautiful, delicate, melancholy, full of so much love. Will be a year-end favorite. 13 May

168. Thor 3D @ RE21. Paid for 2D, sue me (have my own 3D clip-ons). Suspicions confirmed: fantastic movie, worth repeats & 3D adds nothing 13 May

169. Meek’s Cutoff @ Music Box. Very good but sad true story. Seeing what these pioneers went through was wrenching. Ended perfectly. 16 May

170. Queen To Play @ Music Box. 2nd time, saw at EUFF in March. A delight. Love Sandrine/Kline/Corsica. Cluelss about chess but no matter. 16 May

171. Bridesmaids @ City North 14. Gross-out/humiliation humor not really my thing, but the cop romance was nice & Wiig is so beautiful. 17 May

172. Thor 2D @ CN14. 3rd time, but 1st time for my husband (he was away on business last wk). Still good, had a blast enjoying it w him. 17 May

173. Water For Elephants @ Davis. Very well done, love movies set in that time period, great art direction, affecting. Glad I saw it. 18 May

174 1/2) A Dog’s Life @ Siskel (1918 Charlie Chaplin Silent Short) I wanted to list it. Very funny/irreverent, lots of "Awwww"s within. 19 May

174. The Kid @ Siskel (1921 Charlie Chaplin Silent) My first Chaplin feature, now I understand why he’s an icon. Jackie Coogan is adorable! 19 May

175. Arthur (2011) @ Brew & View. Oh to hell w Rotten Tomatoes score. Thought it was funny and sweet. Brand/Mirren/Gerwig all wonderful. 19 May

176. Cost of a Soul @ RE21. Gritty and interestng low-budget crime drama. Great acting! Pulp Fiction-type briefcase was unnecessary though. 23 May

177. Everything Must Go @ RE21. More serious than the trailer lets on Will Farrell movie about alchoholism and how it ruins lives. V good. 23 May

178. The Circus @ Siskel (1928 Charlie Chaplin-Silent) They say this is neglected. WHY? It’s delightful, never heard such audience laughter! 24 May

179. The White Dove @ Siskel (1960 Frantisek Vlacil) Czech director’s 1st film, STUNNING! Had never heard of him, will never forget him, wow 24 May

180. Rio @ Davis. Finally got around to seeing it (in 2D) and quite enjoyed it. I have a thing for Rio dJ and scenery was breathtaking! 25 May

181. Little Man, What Now? @ Portage (1934 Frank Borzage) Strange schitzophrenic film about a financially struggling couple. Weird/good. 25 May

182. The Great Dictator @ Siskel. (1940 Charlie Chaplin) Yeah, I can see why it’s so popular and a classic. Great speech at the end. 26 May

183. The Valley of the Bees @ Siskel. (1967 Frantisek Vlacil) Czech film set in medieval times. 2 knights, one a fanatic & one not, pitted. 26 May

184. City Lights @ Siskel. (1931 Charlie Chaplin Silent) Delightful and sweet. So nice seeing these for first time on BIG screen w audience. 28 May

185. Saint Misbehavin’: The Wavy Gravy Movie @ Siskel. Knew little about him before, now think he’s the most wonderful man in the world! 28 May

186. Hesher @ The Logan. A modern Brimstone & Treacle. Creepy asshole sociopath enters grieving family’s life, brings light. I liked it. 28 May

187. Midnight In Paris @ RE21. Smiles throughout, loved the story: American schlub gets transported to dazzling Paris in the 1920’s. 28 May

188. 13 Assassins @ Music Box. I love Samurai films and this is a great one. Pity the poor townspeople who have to clean up after battles! 30 May

189. Sirius @ Siskel. (1974 Franticek Vlacil) In WWII, a boy refuses to let his dog be confiscated to be re-trained as an attack dog. Sad. 31 May

190. Modern Times @ Siskel (1936 Charlie Chaplin Silent/Talkie) Some gags ocasionally tedious but mostly great. Paulette Goddard is so cute! 1 Jun

191. The People vs. George Lucas @ Siskel. Fun! Saw Star Wars 100+ times 1st release but was never one of “those” fans. Han shot 1st tho. 1 Jun

192. The Shadow of the Fern @ Siskel (1985 Frantisek Vlacil) 2 dimwits murder game warden & go on the lam in a forest, w no survival skills. 2 Jun

193. The Soft Skin @ Siskel (1964 Francois Truffaut) Famous writer has affair with young stewardess and things get complicated. Interesting 2 Jun

194. 13 Assassins @ Music Box. Saw it last week but had to see again. Took husband & 2 friends. Husband loved it. Friends think we’re weird. 7 Jun

195. Super 8 @ IMAX (free via @hollywoodchi ) Oh yes, hell yes! Old school thrills, chills, laughs, entertainment. High fives all around! 7 Jun

196. X-Men: First Class @ RE21. As good as everyone said, enjoyed it quite a lot. Knew I would, with that cast and Matthew Vaughn (4 for 4!) 9 Jun

197. Super 8 @ RE21 (free via AICN). I know, it’s a dick move to accept passes twice, but damn, who could resist? Not us. Very fine film. 9 Jun

198. Monsieur Verdoux @ Siskel (1947 Charlie Chaplin). CC as a Lonely Hearts serial killer w/ multiple identities. A tremendous film! 11 Jun

199. The Tree of Life @ RE21. A beautifully-acted film. Unusual narrative style curtailed emotion. Some of it lost on this atheist skeptic. 11 Jun

200-A) Shoulder Arms @ Siskel. (1918 Charlie Chaplin silent short) Charlie in the trenches of WWI, so many great sight gags, lots of laughs 12 Jun

200-B) The Pilgrim @ Siskel (1922 Charlie Chaplin silent short) CC as a jailbird impersonating a small-town preacher. Fun. 12 Jun

201. Film Socialisme @ Siskel. Oh my god that was excruciating. I should have known better. I am nowhere near intelligent enough for Godard. 12 Jun

202. Beautiful Boy @ RE21. Bello/Sheen as couple who must cope and question why when their son goes on school killing spree. Heartbreaking. 12 Jun

203. Marketa Lazarova @ Siskel (1967 Frantacek Vlacil) 3-hr experimental Czech film about medieval pagans/fanatics. Not in the mood. 13 Jun

204. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Extended) @ RE21. My ?th time. No words exist to convey how much I love this film. 14 Jun

205. Starship Troopers @musicboxtheatre w @scott_tobias & @kphipps3000 Q&A. Seen before but not in theater. Fun to see w people who GET IT. 16 Jun

206. My Perestroika @ Music Box. V good doc about last gen of kids under Soviet rule, coming of age during changes, and their lives today. 20 Jun

207. Viva Riva @ Music Box (free screening). Crime drama. Horrible, nasty people acting horrible & killing over fuel. Violence & sex galore. 20 Jun

208. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Extended) @ CN14. Oh how glorious. Oh how breathtaking. Oh how magnificent! So perfect. 21 Jun

209. Limelight @ Siskel (1952 Charlie Chaplin) Melancholy film abt a sad old clown & the suicidal young woman whose life he saves. Great. 22 Jun

210. Poison @ Siskel. 1991 Todd Haynes debut feature. 3 movies in one “Hero”/“Horror”/“Homo” All strange & interesting. Oh Todd come back! 22 Jun

211. Bad Teacher @ Icon (free via AICN). C’mon, was FREE and Jake still has my undying love for Zero Effect. Liked Jason, some funny bits. 24 Jun

212. A Woman Of Paris @ Siskel (1923 Silent) Chaplin wrote/directed this daring European feature. Pretty amazing! Adolphe Menjou rules. 26 Jun

213. Attack The Block @ 600. Fantastic! Fun/scary/realistic. Hype not hype, it’ll be a beloved cult classic among the cool kids-a touchstone 28 Jun

214. The Troll Hunter @ Music Box. Wonderful! Played straight yet lots of fun. All these great films coming out of Scandinavia-love it! 28 Jun

215. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Extended) @ CN14. Feel sorry for horses/Oliphants/Beacon Keepers & battle clean up crew. 29 Jun

216. A King in New York @ Siskel (1957 Charlie Chaplin). Last starring role & last in the Chaplin retro. It’s been great discovering an icon 30 Jun

217. Pianomania @ Siskel. Enthralling, at times amusing & endlessly fascinating doc about a master piano tuner at work. A musical swoon! 30 Jun

218. Dark of the Moon 3D (paid for Super 8, sue me). What th’hell, had to see Chi destruction since I saw some of it filmed. Oddly boring. 1 Jul

219. Onibaba @filmcenter (1964 Kaneto Shindo) Starving women rob & kill samurai to live, are cursed. Intense and freaky. Sex&horror combo. 2 Jul

220. Live Today, Die Tomorrow! @filmcenter (1970 Kaneto Shindo) Modern day story of a nice but flaky kid who becomes a serial killer. Good. 2 Jul

221. Walkover @filmcenter (1965 Jerzy Skolimowski) Jerzy directs himself as an aging drifter who tries one last shot at boxing. Interesting. 4 Jul

222. Knife in the Water @filmcenter (1962 Roman Polanski) Jerzy-written. Rich couple picks up hitcher & takes him sailing. Machoness ensues. 4 Jul

223. The Makioka Sisters @filmcenter (1983 Kon Ichikawa) Glorious restoration of a high-quality famdram set in pre-WWII Japan. Loved it. 6 Jul

224. 30 Minutes Or Less @ Icon (free via AICN). Dark/funny, irreverent/entertaining. Eisenberg & Ansari there for Q&A. ImageShack - Best place for all of your image hosting and image sharing needs 7 Jul

225. Hands Up! @ Siskel. (1967/1985 Jerzy Skolimowski) Surreal bizarre experimental diatribe about censorship. Went way over my head. 8 Jul

226. The Ditch @ Siskel (1954 Kaneto Shindo) Among the most heartwrenching/sad films I’ve ever seen. Stunned/sobbing unabashedly by the end. 10 Jul

227. Love Exposure @ Siskel (2008 Shion Sono) 4hrs long! WILDLY inventive, perverse, fun, moving, fascinating, darkly hilarious, amazing!! 10 Jul

228. Another Earth @ RE21 (free via AICN). Profound, moving, fascinating film. Thoughtful and thought-provoking. Will pay to see again. 11 Jul

229. Sarah’s Key @ RE21 (free via CinemaChicago) Beautiful and moving film that should be seen by all who love grown-up films & Historicals. 12 Jul

230. Attack The Block @ Landmark (free via GoFoBo) I love this movie so much, I swear I’ll pay to see it 10 times when it opens. Believe! 17 Jul

231. Children of Hiroshima @ Siskel (1952 Kaneto Shindo) Teacher (Nobuko Otowa) returns to Hiroshima 7 yrs after A-bomb. Sad & somber. 17 Jul

232. Nostalgia For The Light @ Siskel. (Patricio Guzman retro) Fascinating/enlightening doc as astronomers & archeologists look to the past. 17 Jul

233. Identification Marks: None @ Siskel (1965 Jerzy Skolimowski) as a military-bound slacker. Funfact: “911” called police in '65 Poland! 17 Jul

234. Public Speaking @ Siskel. Martin Scorsese directed a fun, affectionate portrait of the very entertaining and opinionated Fran Lebowitz. 17 Jul

235. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Pt 2 @ RE21 (2D). Love books/like movies (favorite: Azkaban). I want to see extended version NOW! 17 Jul

236. Mother @ Siskel (1963 Kaneto Shindo) Shindo fav Nobuko Otowa as woman caring for her dying son. Shindo and Otowa are forgotten icons! 17 Jul

237. Attack The Block @ RE21 (free via AICN) An INSTANT CLASSIC. My 3rd time & it holds up in every way: funny,scary,exciting!! Believe! 17 Jul

238. Project Nim @ Music Box. Painful doc about the Chimp raised as a human and taught sign language. Chimps freak me out, but it was sad. 19 Jul Chicago Q&A w #AttackTheBlock Dir Joe Cornish & star John Boyega was great fun! cc @AuntieNubbins @AttackTheBlock Chicago Q&amp;A w #AttackTheBlock Dir Joe Cornish &amp; star John Boyega was great fun! cc @AuntieNubbins @AttackTheBlock 17 Jul

239. The Naked Island @ Siskel (1960 Kaneto Shindo) No dialogue, beautiful scenery, great acting, HARD working characters, unusual, great 20 Jul

240. ???

241. Tree Without Leaves @ Siskel (1986 Kaneto Shindo) Elderly writer remembers in flashbacks his doting mother & family. Quiet, interesting 25 Jul

242. The Life Of Chikuzan @ Siskel (1977 Kaneto Shindo) Biopic of blind Samisan player Chikuzan Takahashi. Wouldn’t recommend, unfortunately 27 Jul

243. Madrid @ Siskel. Delightful Patricio Guzman doc about, well, Madrid. Lovely atmosphere, except for pesky street construction. (41 min) 27 Jul

244. Robinson Crusoe Island @ Siskel. Guzman doc about the actual island-it really exists & is beautiful! No subtitles, sad. (45 min) 27 Jul

245. Another Earth @ RE21. Happy to pay, made up for free screening. Thought-provoking, so good, Brit Marling & Mike Cahill major talents. 31 Jul Wow, town in Crusoe doc (from 1999) was destroyed by Tsunami last year! Wish I’d known that before seeing it. bit.ly/97DDcw 27 Jul

246. Attack The Block @ RE21. My 4th time, but husband’s 1st. He LOVED it! Knew he would. Yay, he can get my references now. #attacktheblock 31 Jul

247. Cowboys & Aliens @ RE21. Faverau & that cast? Had to see it. Enjoyable enough, but Attack The Block is the better movie. (paid for ATB) 1 Aug

248. Captain America @ RE21. Enjoyable enough, but I liked Thor more. 1 Aug

249. Kuroneko @ Siskel (1968 Kaneto Shindo) Grim & atmospheric ghost tale. 2 women gang-raped & murdered by Samurai get revenge. Creepy. 2 Aug

250. Friends With Benefits @ CN14. I understand the aliens in ATB better than the ones in this. Points given for snarkyfun $cientology joke. 3 Aug

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[spoiler]251) Crazy Stupid Love @ CN14. C’mon, it was $6 Tuesday & movie I WANTED to see sold out. More aliens, but they needed glowing teeth. 3 Aug

252. Lucky Dragon No. 5 @ Siskel (1959 Kaneto Shindo) Fact-based story of Japanese fishing boat crew contaminated by Bikini H-bomb fallout. 3 Aug

253. Attack The Block @ RE21. My 5th time and it’s still exciting, funny, awesome, not tired of any part of it. Still noticing new things. 5 Aug And so ends the Kaneto Shindo retrospective. It’s been a pleasure discovering this filmmaker & his constant leading lady, Nobuko Otowa. 3 Aug

254. Rise of the Planet of the Apes @ RE21. Outstanding origin movie. Very well done, all around. Can’t wait to see Attack The Block again! 5 Aug

255. The Robber @ Music Box. Fact-based story of a marathon runner/bank robber. Interesting, but such a baffling character. Good acting 9 Aug

256. The Future @ Music Box. I hated July’s self-absorbed, selfish character. WARNING to cat lovers: bad things happen to cat in trailer. 9 Aug

257. The Guard @ CenEv. I LOVED THIS! Rude, profane, offensive, smart, HILARIOUS. Gleeson/Cheadle chemistry off the charts. New Irish Coens! 9 Aug

258. X-Men: First Class @ Logan. Nice to see again before it leaves theatres. Very good movie, loved to see how it all started. Rappaport! 11 Aug

259. Super 8 @ Logan. Nice to see again too. This is so sweet. Alien monster least interesting part. The kids make this special. Courtney! 11 Aug

260. Road To Nowhere @ Siskel. New Monte Hellman, such a mind fuck! In a very good way. Would like to see again. Film within film, layered. 11 Aug

261. Went The Day Well? @ Siskel (1942 A Cavalcanti) Suspenseful/shocking-Germans take over sm Brit village pre-invasion. Town fights back! 11 Aug

262. The Devil’s Double @ RE21. EXCELLLENT!! Harrowing, shocking-Cooper great. Man forced to be insane Uday Hussein’s double. Tamahori! 14 Aug

263. Attack The Block @ RE21 My 6th:still exhilarating! Shoutout to Editor Jonathan Amos&Sound crew, GREAT job! #AttackTheBlock @ATBMovie 14 Aug

264. The Guard @ RE 21. I had to see it again, such fun! Will be on year-end favorites list. So many great quotes, so many great moments. 14 Aug

265. The Whistleblower @ CenEv. Harrowing! Based on true story. UN Peacekeeper discovers sex slave coverup among her peers. R Weisz great 17 Aug

266. Beginners @ Logan. Last night playing so I had to see it again. Love pours from every atom of the film, even in sad parts. So pure,gold 18 Aug

267. Fright Night (2011, 2D) @ Davis. I went in thinking it was 1985 version because that’s what was mistakenly listed, but that’s ok. Fun! 21 Aug

268. The Help @ RE21. Worthwhile. Went for the actors. Davis, Spencer, Spacek, Stone, Howard, Janney & especially Chastain, all v good. 21 Aug

269. Attack The Block @ RE21, midnight. 7th time! So in love. Duh. Shown on a 3D screen, was WAY too dark, argh. @ATBMovie #attacktheblock 21 Aug

270. Contagion @ RE21 (free via Kix) Very good, low-key, fairly realistic model of what might happen. Not Hollywoodized. Story tells story. 23 Aug

271. Martha Marcy May Marlene @ RE21 (free via AICN). Quiet, hypnotic disturbing movie about a woman trying to recover from being in a cult. 25 Aug

Sean Durkin & star Elizabeth Olsen were there for a Q&A: ImageShack - Best place for all of your image hosting and image sharing needs Talents to watch. #marthamarcymaymarlene 25 Aug

272. Catching Hell @ Music Box (free via CinChi) Alex Gibney slumming. Doc: Cubs & RedSox fans asshole bullies, all 'cause ball strayed. 26 Aug Director

273. A Better Life @ Logan. So good. Should have played multiplex, not arthouse/discount only. Demian Bichir deserves Oscar nom, won’t get. 31 Aug Q&A with Gibney (talking) & bunch of sports guys. ImageShack - Best place for all of your image hosting and image sharing needs Much eye-rolling was done at how serious little ball taken! 26 Aug

274. Midnight In Paris @ Logan. Such a delight to see again. Even funnier, sweeter 2nd time. Oh god, Paris! Have girl crush on Marion C. 31 Aug

275. Senna @ EvCen. Had never heard of him & have less than zero interest in car racing, but it was pretty interesting and well-made. 1 Sep

276. Earthwork @ Siskel. John Hawkes as Stan Herd, real-life KS artist whose large-scale outdoor works are best seen from the air. Great! 1 Sep

John Hawkes=amazing! Saw him as frightened janitor (Contagion) creepy cult leader (MMMM) & kind, obsessed artist (Earthwork) in one month! 1 Sep

277. Higher Ground @ CenEv. Extraordinary dir debut/performance by Vera Farmiga. This atheist was very moved. It’s often funny too. Bravo!! 2 Sep

Was surprised to see John Hawkes in this too, as Vera’s father. That’s 4 in the past few weeks. No complaints. Such a great character actor!

278. Rear Window @ Siskel. Love! Had seen many times but not on BIG screen. Restored print beautiful. Grace Kelly a vision. Thelma Ritter! 2 Sep

279. Warrior @ Icon (free via @hollywoodchi) Yup. Men beating the crap out of each other. Nolte/Edgerton great. Hardy slapworthy til end. 7 Sep

Oh how embarrassing! 2 weeks later and I just realized in my X-Men Tweet I typed “Rappaport” instead of “Fassbender.” I wish I could edit. 5 Sep

Watched Down To The Bone (not counted, don’t count movies watched at home) & I’ve finally seen why this was considered Vera Farmiga breakout 5 Sep

I hate watching movies at home though. Too easy to get up, check IMDB, do something else. I’d much rather be in a movie theater.

280. 50/50 @ RE21 (free via AICN). Loved it. Funny/emotional, not sappy/grim. @hitRECordJoe gives wonderful performance, everyone does. 8 Sep

Random trivia: Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet, Bullitt, Barbarella, The Lion in Winter & Night of the Living Dead all released in Oct. 1968.

281. Mozart’s Sister @ Music Box. 3rd time, saw @ '10 ChiIFF twice. (met Dir & younger daughter). Love. Transcendent when Nannerl sings. 13 Sep

282. Peter Gabriel: New Blood Live 3D @ RE21. PG fan since '73, but this was horrible. Crappy 3D & orchestra sucked life out of some songs. 14 Sep

283. Moneyball @ Icon (free v AICN). Not into sports, love sports films. Good one here. Intelligent, interesting. Pitt/Hill great chemistry. 14 Sep

284. Straw Dogs @ RE21 (free via GoFoBo). Tense, shocking, EXCELLENT acting/directing. This @RodLurie fella is pretty good at this I’d say! 14 Sep @jonahhill there for Q&A. Funny, nice and thanked me when I gave him a HR CD (I had to, it’s in my DNA) ImageShack - Best place for all of your image hosting and image sharing needs 14 Sep

(note to self for future reference: Mozart’s Sister/Peter Gabriel seen Mon 9/12. Moneyball seen Tues. 9/13. Got behind & dates wrong.)

285. Rhymes With You Go @ RE21. Had to sign away my life and First Born prior to seeing it that I wouldn’t talk about it. But…LOVED!!! 15 Sep They showed 8-minute preview of Girl With Dragon Tattoo. Looks great, can’t wait, but oh my they’ll be laughing in Sweden at accents. 14 Sep

286. Contagion @ RE21. 2nd time, husband hadn’t seen it. Felt good to pay to make up for free screening. Can we get BSA nom for J Ehle? 20 Sep

287. One Day @ RE21. That director? That cast? Had to see it. For myself. Oh. Well, husband liked it. 20 Sep

288. Drive @ CN14. DAMN what a great movie! Gosling & Brooks blew me away. Hypnotic, then shocking, wow. Now I don’t have to avoid spoilers. 20 Sep

289. Love Crime @ Music Box. X-TREME office politics! V good French film. Kept thinking WTF?..WTF?..WTF?..then AH! I see the fuck what! 27 Sep

290. Detective Dee and The Mystery of The Phantom Flame @ CenEv. Gorgeous, fun, V convoluted. Great seeing a Tsui Hark film in the theater! 30 Sep

291. Weekend @ Music Box. Loved! Couple makes the most of their brief time together. A gay Before Sunrise. Realistic conversation/sex. 3 Oct

292. Killer Elite @ CN14. Oh shut up. It’s Jason Fucking Statham, and it was only $6. Been a fan since Lock Stock. He deserves better. 4 Oct

293. These Amazing Shadows @ Siskel. Entertaining, enlightening & clip-packed doc about the National Film Registry and film preservation. 5 Oct

294. ??? (I hate when I forget to log films.

295. The Ides of March @ CenEv. Really great acting/filmmaking. Story didn’t interest me though. 7 Oct

296. Margaret @ RE21. Seriously at a loss, I don’t know what I think. Fascinating, maddening, too short, too long, cold, emotional…?!? 8 Oct

297. Tucker & Dale vs. Evil @ Music Box. Lots of fun! Amiable hillbillies attacked by preppy college kids who’ve seen too many horror films. 10 Oct

298. Klute @ Siskel (1971 Alan J. Pakula). Damn, Jane Fonda is great in this. She’s mesmerizing. It’s of its time, but a fascinating time. 11 Oct

299. Wait Until Dark @ Siskel. Hadn’t seen this 1967 Audrey Hepburn film in the theater and it’s more tense. Fun seeing young Alan Arkin. 14 Oct

300. The Interrupters @ Siskel. Powerful doc ab (mostly) former gang members who use their experience to try and curb neighborhood violence. 14 Oct

301. The Woman @ G14. Wow, what an interesting & effective horror film, disturbing, moving, well-made. Accusations of “misogyny” are hooey. 16 Oct

302. Footloose @ CN14. Story more dramatic & emotional than I expected (I barely remember the original). Lots of fun Craig Brewer touches. 16 Oct

303. The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 @ Music Box. Fascinating doc w rare footage of important era figures. Stokely Carmichael mesmerizing 17 Oct

304. The Phantom Of The Opera @ Portage (1925 Lon Chaney) w live organ music/costume contest. My first time, so melodramatic! LC brilliant. 20 Oct

305. The Mill and the Cross @ Music Box. Live-action recreation of the painting’s tableau. Or something like that. Hauer, York, Rampling! 25 Oct

306. The Lion King @ CN14. 3D is beautiful (paid for Moneyball). My first time (I did see stage play). Not into songs, otherwise pretty good 26 Oct

307. Real Steel @ CN14. Very entertaining. Futuristic touches while being set in normal world interesting and believeable. 26 Oct

308. World On A Wire @ Siskel (1973 Ranier Werner Fassbinder) My 1st RWF, freaking FANTASTIC! Must’ve inspired Matrix, Twin Peaks others. 27 Oct

309. The Skin I Live In @ CenEv. Chose the creepy Banderas instead of the pussy. Sick & twisted Almodóvar, the best kind (love 'em all). 28 Oct

310. Serge Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life @ Music Box. Liked it a lot, though jumpy & too short. Too much life to fit into 1 movie. Loved music. 31 Oct

311. Who Can Kill A Child? @ Siskel. (1976 Spanish horror film) Adults kill kids all the time, so they’re just getting back. Creeepy. 31 Oct

312. Jamie And Jessie Are Not Together @ Siskel. Cute unrequited love story/musical. J&J are hip, insufferable & would never talk to me. 2 Nov

313. A Labor Of Love @ Siskel. Fun rare 1976 doc, the making of a porn film. It’s a LOT harder than it looks & so many things go wrong. 2 Nov

314. Le Havre @ Music Box. Delightful Kaurismaki, story of a man and an immigrant boy he helps. Could have been filmed & set in '50’s. 8 Nov

315. Urbanized @ Siskel. Fascinating doc about urban spaces & design. As a city lover I was in heaven. Crushing on Bagota’s mayor in film. 8 Nov

316. Helvetica @ Siskel. Who’da thought a doc about a font could be so entertaining? It is, and now I’ll pay more attn to everyday fonts. 8 Nov

317. The Rum Diary @ CenEv. Ah, to hell w Rotten Tomatoes score. I enjoyed story, Depp, Eckhart, Jenkins and that scenery. Amber Heard too. 11 Nov

318. Rosemary’s Baby @ Siskel. Hadn’t seen in decades, sense of anxiety stll intact. Extremely well-made/acted. Mia Farrow is amazing! 11 Nov

319. Who Killed The Electric Car? @ Siskel. 1st time. Haven’t owned a car for 20 yrs but it still pissed me off. EV1 was a cool-looking car. 16 Nov

320. Revenge of the Electric Car @ Siskel. Nice seeing the 2 films together. Much more optimistic. Can’t stop progress, thank goodness. 16 Nov

321. Like Crazy @ CenEv. LOVE the actors, but hated the characters. Brought problems on themselves, no sympathy, didn’t care. Stupid people. 17 Nov

322. Red Desert @ Siskel (1964 Michaelangelo Antonioni). Striking portrait of a woman w Post Traumatic Stress Disorder following accident. 17 Nov

323. Raiders Of The Lost Ark @ Music Box. Beautiful restoration print. How exciting to see again on BIG screen w appreciative crowd! #thrill 21 Nov

324. In Time @ RG7-13. Entertaining enough, great concept, great director & I like JT as an actor, but too much action & not enough brains. 22 Nov

325. Weekend @ Siskel (1967 Jean-Luc Godard) I don’t get Godard but I keep trying. Bless him, he out-Weirds Lynch by a mile (love Lynch btw) 24 Nov

326. 3 @ Siskel. I usually scorn adultery in movies but this Tom Tykwer film is so unique & interesting & the ending so perfect-loved it. 24 Nov

327. Arthur Christmas @ RE21. Hats off to @PeteLordAardman & everyone involved with this very funny and delightful movie. Adored Arthur! 24 Nov

328. Happy Feet 2 @ RE21. Only thing that worked, timing-wise between 1-3. I couldn’t stand the music, but otherwise it had its moments. 24 Nov

329. Hugo 2D @ RE21. I saw adv screening weeks ago but husband hadn’t seen it, delighted to show it to him. It works beautifully in 2D. 24 Nov

330. Being Elmo @ Siskel. Not into Muppets, but I like the mechanics, and this is a wonderful documentary of Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash. 27 Nov

331. El Bulli @ Siskel. Boring doc about a foofy restaurant & the 1/2 yr they spend inventing WAY overpriced but artistic food to serve. 27 Nov

332. War Horse @ RE21 free via Kix). Holiday joy, watching horse(s) be tortured/abused/hurt/killed for much of running time. Fake? Sure, but 28 Nov

333. Immortals @ OO1-6. Yeah 3D. Tarsem gets a lifetime pass from me for brilliant The Fall. Sure was good looking. Had a pretty good time. 29 Nov

334. Tower Heist @ OO7-13. Enjoyable enough for cheap. Liked actors. 29 Nov

335. My Week With Marilyn @ CenEv. Fantastic film! Pictures didn’t sell me Michelle as Marilyn, but seeing her in action did. Oscar nom! 2 Dec

336. Tyrannosaur @ Music Box. Good film about broken people finding each
     other. Coleman, oh yes. Mullan, oh hell yes. Marsan terrifying. 6 Dec

337. Passione @ Siskel. Exhilirating celebration of the music (& dance, art, archetecture, but mainly music) of Naples, hosted by J Turturro 6 Dec

338. Elite Squad: The Enemy Within @ Siskel. HOLY FUCK, so good! Fascinating & violent, running narration takes you inside Rio corruption. 6 Dec

339. The Descendents @ CenEv. Loved it. So unique, so moving. Great acting by all. Lovely scenery too. Shitty trailer kept me away too long. 8 Dec

340. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close @ ICON (free via Kix). Terrible interchangeable title & annoying kid (good actor). Still liked it. 9 Dec

341. Shame @ Landmark. “Sex addict” gets the headlines, but it’s just a symptom of a deeply damaged man (& sister). His pain runs deep. Sad. 17 hours ago

342. Melancholia @ Landmark. Astonishingly beautiful-looking, the saddest wedding weekend ever. Dunst & Gainsbourg & ending all perfect. 17 hours ago

343. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo @ RE21. Knew I’d love it. I did. Mara=Lisbeth! Bring on Girl Who Played With Fire! My favorite of books

344. Puss In Boots @ OO7-13. Delightful, glad I saw it before it left. Lots of great sight gags. Zoned here and there, have to see again.

345. J Edgar @ OO7-13. Surprisingly didn’t like it at all. Great director, writer, actor, but it didn’t work for me. Maybe I was too tired.

346. Garbo The Spy @ Facets. 2nd time. Not a great documentary but A-FUCKING-MAZING story! Who is going to make the feature film?? WHEN?

Joan Pujol Garcia was the greatest spy in British Intelligence history, hell, maybe ANY history, yet he’s totally unknown. He’s awesome!

His story is improbable, hilarious, fascinating, and 100% true. HE GOT THE NAZIS TO FUND BRITISH INTELLIGENCE! 1 amazing fact among MANY.

When someone (else) makes the kickass feature, Brits will wake up & say “Hey, he was OUR spy, why didn’t WE make that film??”

347. The Guard @ Siskel. My 3rd time. Love this so much. Fun to see again on day Brendan Gleeson gets well-deserved Golden Globe BA nom.

348. Silent Souls @ Siskel. Hypnotic Russian film. Tired, I zoned a couple of times (not movie’s fault). Wish I could see again.

349. The Magic Fute @ RE21. Jesus I hate opera singing, but my beloved Mozart, Julie Taymor’s puppets, costumes, staging all spectacular.

350. Le Havre @ Siskel. My 2nd time. Didn’t hold up quite as well for me, but still fun to see modern story done as a 50’s style movie.

351. Antonio Gaudi @ Siskel. My 2nd time. I could stare at that brilliant wonderfully demented man’s architectural details for hours.

352. Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness @ Siskel. Entertaining/informative doc ab the influential writer who created Fiddler’s Tevye.

353. Weekend @ Siskel. My 2nd time. I’m bonkers ab this movie, it’s so realistic and sweet. 2nd time more moving/invested bc you love them.

354. The Artist @ RE21. Finally! And yes, it’s everything wonderful that everyone who says it’s wonderful says it is. Bring on Oscar noms!

Not Jewish but saw doc about Jewish writer. Not gay but saw gay love story. Not elderly but saw silent b&w film. Love having eclectic taste!

355. The Adventures of Tintin @ RE21. 2D. Enjoyable. Great action set pieces. Got used to the uncanny valley animation fairly quickly.

356. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo @ RE21. 2nd time. Swedish better in some ways, this better in some ways. Rooney Mara, so brilliant!

357. We Bought A Zoo @ RE21. Meant to see My Week With Marilyn again, but timing off. Enjoyable, didn’t realize it was true story til end.

358. The Darkest Hour @ RE21. Oh hush, husband & I both quite enjoyed it. Exciting & interesting. Want to see sequel. So there!

359. Young Adult @ RE21. Very funny, very dark-hearted, a perfect Christmas film. Theron & @pattonoswalt brave & great.

360. Miss Minoes @ Music Box. Delightful 2001 fairy tale of a cat that turns into a woman (a beautiful Carice van Houten) to solve crimes.

Miss Minoes from The Netherlands but dubbed into English. Since it’s a children’s film I give it a pass. I just stared into Carice’s eyes.

361. A Dangerous Method @ CenEv. Always thought I liked Jung more, but movie made me hate him & like Freud. Viggo effect at work?

362. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy @ CenEv. Terrific film! Made me want to read the book then see the movie again. OLDMAN! FTW!

363. Sherlock Holmes 2 @ CN14. 2 out of 3 ain’t bad. Love the actors, director, set decoration. Didn’t care about anything else

364. Moneyball @ B&V. 2nd time. Held up beautifully. Funny & smart. Not into baseball/sports but love sports movies. Great one here!

365. A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas @ B&V. In 2D. Adore 1st. 2nd & 3rd uneven but many great moments. Esp loved NPH and Rave Baby.

366. Puss In Boots @ B&V. 2nd time. Lots of fun LOL moments. Lots of great sight gags for cat lovers. Egg guy creepy.

[/spoiler]

So I’m going to grab tim-n-va, gaffa, MikeG and anyone else who want to go and take them to see the truly wonderful Moonrise Kingdom. Maybe I should not mention the name of it so much. God forbid anyone get so annoyed by my adoration of the movie to the point where they obnoxiously say “If she mentions Moonrise Kingdom one more time I’ll poop in her toaster.”

[MsWhatsit]

So, sucking cock in the back of the theater does or does not make you a movie snob?

Need answer fast.

[Inner_Stickler]

@Eyebrows_0f_Doom

Suuuure you don’t. That’s why you had to go on a long rant explaining every little thing you love about it in detail. That’s why people can find you annoying.

Have you tried getting the fuck over it?

[Syme]

@MsWhatsit

So, sucking cock in the back of the theater does or does not make you a movie snob?

Need answer fast.

only if you are watching an arty foreign movie

[Syme]

Well, after going with a fine tooth comb through the list of her favourite movies so kindly provided. I have come to the following conclusions :

a) I can’t see any rhyme or reason in her selection. It seems to me every movie she sees becomes automatically a favourite, well, almost every movie.

b) She is right when she says she is no movie critic, her one liner ‘reviews’ are proof of it. However most of her one liners although banal and superficial are sometimes no too off the mark. I said ‘sometimes’

c) For a movie enthusiast of her age is amazing to read that only last year she saw for the first time The Virgin Spring or Battleship Potemkin.

Well, I wished I were living in New York City and so be able to go and see those movies listed in every issue of The New Yorker. I’d love to watch every movie Fritz Lang directed. But, I am digressing.

My opinion of Ms Movies aka Equipoise is that she is definitely a movie enthusiast but lacking in critical discernment, she can’t really tell treasure from trash. She is not an intellectual and doesn’t claim to be one. She is happy watching movies and while watching a movie she also makes her companion happy, which if I were her companion would more than compensate watching a crappy movie with her.

[Sleeps_With_Butterflies]

@Syme

a) I can’t see any rhyme or reason in her selection. It seems to me every movie she sees becomes automatically a favourite, well, almost every movie.

b) She is right when she says she is no movie critic, her one liner ‘reviews’ are proof of it. However most of her one liners although banal and superficial are sometimes no too off the mark. I said ‘sometimes’

My opinion of Ms Movies aka Equipoise is that she is definitely a movie enthusiast but lacking in critical discernment, she can’t really tell treasure from trash. She is not an intellectual and doesn’t claim to be one. She is happy watching movies and while watching a movie she also makes her companion happy, which if I were her companion would more than compensate watching a crappy movie with her.

Talk about being full of yourself. You’ve given us a good example of what it looks like.

Didn’t she already say that she doesn’t bother to write about the movies she doesn’t like? So it seems you are pulling out of your ass the idea that every movie she sees is something she likes. She just doesn’t post about the ones she doesn’t like. How hard is that to see?

Wow, you also point out that you think she’s right that she’s not a movie critic. Bravo for you for taking the tough stand! Honestly, I’m glad she’s not a movie critic because personally I think that professional critics are as useless as broke dicks. They get paid to give their opinion on a movie. Whoopdee do. I have this ability to watch a movie and see for myself if I like it. I’m funny like that.

Unless you’re someone who thinks they have to like the right movies and needs to be someone who can brag that they can tell “treasure from trash” and stupidity like that, most people just like to see what entertains them. This incessant need that some people on this board have for shitting all over things just because they don’t like them is baffling to me. There seems to be a belief here that if YOU (the general you) don’t like something it is unadulterated garbage and people who like it are stupid. For me it smacks of junior high mentality of needing to have what you like be popular and everything else sucks. Nothing wrong with posting “I hated _________ movie and here is why I think it sucked” but too often too many people here have to take on the idea that they are somehow enlightened and the people who like THAT STUFF are just ignorant/unsophisticated/tasteless/etc. I think that Doctor Who, Star Trek, Monty Python and most Joss Whedon is awful awful awful but what do I care that people like it? I certainly don’t think they’re stupid for liking it or that they have shit taste, it’s just different from mine.

How completely arrogant you are for assuming she lacks critical discernment. She isn’t deciding for everyone what is good and what isn’t, only for herself. It seems it is you who seems to point a finger at what other people enjoy. It’s not your job to discern for her what is right or wrong when it comes to something as subjective as taste in movies. Kee-rist, get over yourself and I say this as someone who has had some issues with Equipose’s tone in the past.

[outlierrn]

@Equipoise

You call that a rant? Jesus fuck, I can’t even write why I like a movie without people being assholes to me about it.

You call that being an asshole? Jesus fuck.

[Alka_Seltzer]

@Syme

[COLOR=“black”]Well, after going with a fine tooth comb through the list of her favourite movies so kindly provided. I have come to the following conclusions :

:rolleyes:

Can this nonsense thread just end please? Some people really need to get over themselves.

@Equipoise

…the characters (after the first half, anyway, since they most certainly are assholes at the beginning)…

That was what put me off, and I turned it off after 10 minutes. I might give it another try sometime.

[Alessan]

@Alka_Seltzer

That was what put me off, and I turned it off after 10 minutes. I might give it another try sometime.

Same thing. I realized I was rooting for the aliens to eat them, and was constantly disappointed that they failed; I gave up when one of the thugs called the poor woman they had mugged a “snitch” for calling the police. I know the film was trying to portray them as lovable ragamuffins, and I just wasn’t buying.

[Syme]

@Sleeps_With_Butterflies

Talk about being full of yourself. You’ve given us a good example of what it looks like.

Didn’t she already say that she doesn’t bother to write about the movies she doesn’t like? So it seems you are pulling out of your ass the idea that every movie she sees is something she likes. She just doesn’t post about the ones she doesn’t like. How hard is that to see?

Wow, you also point out that you think she’s right that she’s not a movie critic. Bravo for you for taking the tough stand! Honestly, I’m glad she’s not a movie critic because personally I think that professional critics are as useless as broke dicks. They get paid to give their opinion on a movie. Whoopdee do. I have this ability to watch a movie and see for myself if I like it. I’m funny like that.

Unless you’re someone who thinks they have to like the right movies and needs to be someone who can brag that they can tell “treasure from trash” and stupidity like that, most people just like to see what entertains them. This incessant need that some people on this board have for shitting all over things just because they don’t like them is baffling to me. There seems to be a belief here that if YOU (the general you) don’t like something it is unadulterated garbage and people who like it are stupid. For me it smacks of junior high mentality of needing to have what you like be popular and everything else sucks. Nothing wrong with posting “I hated _________ movie and here is why I think it sucked” but too often too many people here have to take on the idea that they are somehow enlightened and the people who like THAT STUFF are just ignorant/unsophisticated/tasteless/etc. I think that Doctor Who, Star Trek, Monty Python and most Joss Whedon is awful awful awful but what do I care that people like it? I certainly don’t think they’re stupid for liking it or that they have shit taste, it’s just different from mine.

How completely arrogant you are for assuming she lacks critical discernment. She isn’t deciding for everyone what is good and what isn’t, only for herself. It seems it is you who seems to point a finger at what other people enjoy. It’s not your job to discern for her what is right or wrong when it comes to something as subjective as taste in movies. Kee-rist, get over yourself and I say this as someone who has had some issues with Equipose’s tone in the past.

I don’t know where to start since you are all over the place.
If that long list of her is just her last year’s favourite movies only, then it means that there are many more she simply likes and, adding them to that list doesn’t leave much room for movies she doesn’t like. I qualified my assessment by saying she seems to like ‘almost’ every movie she sees. To me this shows her lack of critical judgement, unless you happen by design or accident to watch mostly movies you like.

Although I don’t agree with every opinion of a movie by a professional reviewer at The New Yorker or The New York Times of The Guardian, Sight and Sound etc. I usually agree with their opinions, sometimes though with reservations. I find what they write it is a good starting point. I also watch the trailers because what seems good on paper sometimes is not so in reality. There are some actors, or should I say the characters they play which I simply find loathsome when watching them in the trailer.
I find the critics at The New Yorker the best, they are articulate, they give good reasons for their judgements, they sometimes ‘see’ things about the movie we don’t or most of us don’t ‘get’ and most of the time their opinions are in agreement with mine, therefore they are a reliable guide to me about what see or not see. As I said above, not always I agree with them.

I must add that even when a movie hasn’t received the best of reviews, I watch it if t sounds interesting. As I said somewhere else I don’t have the time nor the inclination to see every existing movie. There is more to my life than movies. Besides there are movies that physically I cannot possibly see, for instance some movies shown in some cinemas in New York since I am in Sydney.

It seems to me, you are one of those who believe that ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder’. That’s OK with me. I am not one of those who think that “beauty is simply in the eye of the beholder” well maybe it is, in a simplistic way. But art is not necessarily beauty, if you think that cinema is not an art, just entertainment then no more needs to be said about art. Go and continue to enjoy whatever you enjoy.

Don’t get me wrong, I like Ms Equipoise, I like her zest, her enthusiasm for movies, even her profanity. This is why I have commented on her.
I think my comments about Ms Equipoise touched a sensitive nerve in you.