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Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 day ago
Replies: 32
Last Movie That Was Seen By Everyone Here?
Posted By jal90
Re: Last Movie That Was Seen By Everyone Here?

I haven't seen Forrest Gump or Transformers.
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 2 days ago
Replies: 34
Your least favorite Hitchcock movie?
Posted By jal90
Juno and the paycock. It's a bore, it is...

Juno and the paycock. It's a bore, it is dramatically incomprehensible and a comedic failure, and as a stiff theater play adaptation it is a complete waste of Hitchcock's talents as a director.
...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 4 days ago
Replies: 26
Rank The Akira Kurosawa Films
Posted By jal90
1. Dersu Uzala 2. High and low 3. Red Beard ...

1. Dersu Uzala
2. High and low
3. Red Beard
4. Yojimbo
5. Throne of blood
6. Seven samurai
7. Ran
8. Sanjuro
9. The men who tread on the tiger' tail
10. Ikiru
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 10
Do you keep a movie list...a list or file of movies you have seen?
Posted By jal90
I do like logging and having everything...

I do like logging and having everything registered on the internet, but that is some very interesting reasoning and it looks quite useful.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 weeks ago
Replies: 320
Minio's Ramblings on Cinema
Posted By jal90
Not at all surprised after reading that text that...

Not at all surprised after reading that text that I looked for Mizoguchi's relationship with Kinuyo Tanaka and found that he apparently opposed her application to the Director's Guild of Japan....
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 2 weeks ago
Replies: 8
Favourite William A. Wellman films?
Posted By jal90
The Ox-Bow incident would be my first choice,...

The Ox-Bow incident would be my first choice, then Yellow sky, another breathtaking western, and two pre-codes from 1931 I'm very very fond of, Night nurse and Safe in Hell. From that same year, The...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 weeks ago
Replies: 17
What's the oldest film you have seen?
Posted By jal90
For short film, it would be complicated to...

For short film, it would be complicated to consider because I have watched stuff like The passage of Venus, some Muybridge works, etc., that are in very broad terms cinema, but the first that can be...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 weeks ago
Replies: 320
Minio's Ramblings on Cinema
Posted By jal90
Wasn't thinking that way but yes. Mostly, that a...

Wasn't thinking that way but yes. Mostly, that a critic's job is not to establish a solid canon because they are watching stuff all the time with varied expectations. As Wyldesyde told, Ebert made...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 weeks ago
Replies: 320
Minio's Ramblings on Cinema
Posted By jal90
Every critic is at very least a bit influenced by...

Every critic is at very least a bit influenced by the trends of their time and is also probably overworking recent theatrical releases, which leaves significantly less energy to vindicate the...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 weeks ago
Replies: 82
What makes a "Good" film, in your opinion?
Posted By jal90
I think my post is clear enough in that respect,...

I think my post is clear enough in that respect, but read it again because I said the contrary: precisely because taste in cinema is ever expanding the idea of barriers that are too strong to...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 weeks ago
Replies: 82
What makes a "Good" film, in your opinion?
Posted By jal90
Re: What makes a "Good" film, in your opinion?

Not that I do not understand the idea that Asian cinema -as a problematic whole- has barriers in style, intonation and whatever that may seem difficult. However, the conclusion that these barriers...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 weeks ago
Replies: 11
Do You Consider a Country's Size and Film Quality?
Posted By jal90
I don't think they correlate. Also consider...

I don't think they correlate. Also consider always the arthouse/festival filter (which by the way tends to favor the European gaze a lot in detriment of other industries/latitudes). I like many...
Forum: The Television & Music Forum 3 weeks ago
Replies: 143
Is Taylor Swift talented??
Posted By jal90
That's not exactly what I meant with "songwriting...

That's not exactly what I meant with "songwriting as a brand". How good it is, that is arguable; however, what she has sold successfully is that it is her and her very own, something not so common in...
Forum: The Television & Music Forum 3 weeks ago
Replies: 143
Is Taylor Swift talented??
Posted By jal90
I think either way it comes down to talent at...

I think either way it comes down to talent at least to a degree, but it's true she had an easier start. However she has been actually doing a lot to sell her songwriting as a brand, her albums as...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 3 weeks ago
Replies: 86
Best Female Villains
Posted By jal90
Does she count as the villain if she is the...

Does she count as the villain if she is the protagonist?

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Forum: The Television & Music Forum 3 weeks ago
Replies: 143
Is Taylor Swift talented??
Posted By jal90
Re: Is Taylor Swift talented??

Well, of course aliens would say that, they do not even understand the human concept of music!
Forum: The Television & Music Forum 3 weeks ago
Replies: 143
Is Taylor Swift talented??
Posted By jal90
I think one can safely say that, yes. Either...

I think one can safely say that, yes. Either that, or that she knows her craft. She can play various instruments, has a lot of experience with songwriting and composition, and can modulate her voice...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 3 weeks ago
Replies: 82
What makes a "Good" film, in your opinion?
Posted By jal90
It's the answer to two consecutive questions, to...

It's the answer to two consecutive questions, to me:

Does it reach what it wants to be?

Is what it wants to be worth to me?
Forum: General Movie Discussion 4 weeks ago
Replies: 9
When was the film industry fully mature?
Posted By jal90
In the United States, you could trace maybe back...

In the United States, you could trace maybe back to the 1920s. Even the earlier decade at some point could be considered in that it already leaves some traces of the dominance it will later have, the...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 4 weeks ago
Replies: 9
Agnès Varda, the overlooked genius
Posted By jal90
I am not particularly big on Varda, though I have...

I am not particularly big on Varda, though I have seen few. Cleo from 5 to 7 is an excellent idea for a film but I do not think it is a film that lives up to the full potential this idea has, still...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 4 weeks ago
Replies: 320
Minio's Ramblings on Cinema
Posted By jal90
Re: Minio's Ramblings on Cinema

Minio, the way you worded it, it looked misogynistic; not because you are, but because it is an argument often used by misogynists (they, unlike you, play it one-sided).

But that's it I think and...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 08-15-24
Replies: 394
Opinions on BFI 2022 Sight and Sound Poll
Posted By jal90
You truly are Robert the List but not Robert the...

You truly are Robert the List but not Robert the Least, am I right comrade.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 08-15-24
Replies: 394
Opinions on BFI 2022 Sight and Sound Poll
Posted By jal90
Well, you can imagine I'm not very sold by your...

Well, you can imagine I'm not very sold by your standards of a proper movie and actual meanings, or else I would despise the type of movie Do the right thing is, and I don't. Thanks for the...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 08-15-24
Replies: 394
Opinions on BFI 2022 Sight and Sound Poll
Posted By jal90
I think in the case of Boyz n the Hood, apart...

I think in the case of Boyz n the Hood, apart from coming a little later, it may be plain and simply because John Singleton didn't have a successful followup career. Because the movie was, I think,...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 08-15-24
Replies: 394
Opinions on BFI 2022 Sight and Sound Poll
Posted By jal90
I may have some issues with the list but honestly...

I may have some issues with the list but honestly I don't expect to agree with it 100%. I always thought there was a bit of auteur tokenism in there because Vertigo or Tokyo story being invariably...

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