Worst movie in ten years

drummerboy said:

 Of the genre? What genre? Blair Witch basically invented a genre.

 Horror? Definitely not. The colossal mistake that "found footage" is? Agreed.

Inversely, have there been any really good movies in the last ten years?

I can only think of Django Unchained, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Master, and Roma.

dave said:

Inversely, have there been any really good movies in the last ten years?

I can only think of Django Unchained, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Master, and Roma.

 I feel like the majority of movies are "bad" by most standards. I would have appreciated a "Best Movie(s) in Ten Years" thread more.

Is it too late to change the title and steer the conversation in a more positive direction?

dave said:

Inversely, have there been any really good movies in the last ten years?

I can only think of Django Unchained, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Master, and Roma.

 Roma? - the most  overrated movie since Boyhood.

CashooCasinos said:

dave said:

Inversely, have there been any really good movies in the last ten years?

I can only think of Django Unchained, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Master, and Roma.

 I feel like the majority of movies are "bad" by most standards. I would have appreciated a "Best Movie(s) in Ten Years" thread more.

Is it too late to change the title and steer the conversation in a more positive direction?

 Dude - start a thread.

dave said:

Inversely, have there been any really good movies in the last ten years?

I can only think of Django Unchained, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Master, and Roma.

I can think of two just by one director: Logan Lucky and Contagion.

Three by just one actress: Winter’s Bone, Silver Linings Playbook, American Hustle.

And I probably catch only a half-dozen or so movies a year.

For some reason I thought American Hustle came out before 2009, but it's 2013.  Definitely agree.  Haven't seen some of the others, so they're going on the to-see list.

Another for the "best list" that probably didn't get a wide release in the US, but which I found quite good:  Kaili Blues

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/kaili_blues

Logan Lucky was pretty good. A rare movie where I had no clue what it would be about and it was great.

And for what it's worth - the notion that we're bereft of good movies - in any time period - is just a little silly and a lot cynical.

STANV said:

Of course this is an easy category.

How about the worst Movie that won the Oscar for Best Movie?

I guess I would vote for The Shape of Water

 How about Worst Actress to win or be nominated for best actress?  Sandra Bullock in both categories.  The Blind Side and Gravity.  

Roma was a pointless, self-indulgent, fake Fellini film. 

annielou said:

Roma was a pointless, self-indulgent, fake Fellini film. 

 Obviously directors borrow / steal / are influenced by other directors.  Cuarón takes the large tableau scenes from Fellini perhaps, but they may as well come from Kurosawa.   The surreal elements are Felliniesque, but certainly the story, the sociopolitical context, the use of the family to express a wider societal story is Cuarón's authorship.  The cinematography is spectacular.  Seems popular with most reviewers, too.  Many great movies are 'pointless' if your definition of the artform is circumscribed by a closed set of expectations.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/20/movies/roma-review.html

Pointless in the sense that a sociopolitical portrait is painted by a member of the elite class. No thanks.

annielou said:

Pointless in the sense that a sociopolitical portrait is painted by a member of the elite class. No thanks.

 How can a Film Maker of any note not be a member of the elite class?

STANV said:

 How can a Film Maker of any note not be a member of the elite class?

 This is a very strange response

dave said:

annielou said:

Roma was a pointless, self-indulgent, fake Fellini film. 

 Obviously directors borrow / steal / are influenced by other directors.  Cuarón takes the large tableau scenes from Fellini perhaps, but they may as well come from Kurosawa.   The surreal elements are Felliniesque, but certainly the story, the sociopolitical context, the use of the family to express a wider societal story is Cuarón's authorship.  The cinematography is spectacular.  Seems popular with most reviewers, too.  Many great movies are 'pointless' if your definition of the artform is circumscribed by a closed set of expectations.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/20/movies/roma-review.html

Just like Boyhood.

I think occasionally movies come out where, for whatever reason, critics glom onto as a masterwork. Boyhood was one. Roma was another. It's some sort of masturbatory exercise, I think.

These films will not stand the test of time as great cinema.

What’s more mastubatory? Simply enjoying a film, like I did Boyhood, or whipping one’s own opinion into a judgment that applies universally?

DaveSchmidt said:

What’s more mastubatory? Simply enjoying a film, like I did Boyhood, or whipping one’s own opinion into a judgment that applies universally?

Enjoying a film is one thing, (and I don't begrudge that ) - listening to the onslaught of critics declaring it's some sort of pinnacle of film-making is another.

Anyway, history will be the judge.

Let's touch base in 15 years or so.

Linklater has seven works in the Criterion portfolio, including Boyhood.

annielou said:

Pointless in the sense that a sociopolitical portrait is painted by a member of the elite class. No thanks.

 Then try Kaili Blues, filmed on a Canon DSLR with close to no budget by Bi Gan.  China's Party Bureau of Movie Censureship has given its approval, too, so there will be no uncomfortable bourgeois moments for you to agonize through. 

drummerboy said:

Anyway, history will be the judge.

Let's touch base in 15 years or so.

After your metaphor, let’s not touch anything.

dave said:

Linklater has seven works in the Criterion portfolio, including Boyhood.

 Hey, everyone makes mistakes.

Don't be so hard on yourself.   

lol

touche

drummerboy said:

 Dude - start a thread.

 Good idea dude. I'll wait until this one gets pushed to page 2. Don't want to seem redundant. =p

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drummerboy said:

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 Yeah, that one was pretty bad, too.

STANV said:

Here's Wikipedia's list based on reviews

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_considered_the_worst#2010s

Relieved to say that I have seen none of these films.

drummerboy said:

Logan Lucky was pretty good. A rare movie where I had no clue what it would be about and it was great.

And for what it's worth - the notion that we're bereft of good movies - in any time period - is just a little silly and a lot cynical.

I watched Lucky Logan on a plane and had very low expectations.  It was way better than I expected including a nice job by Daniel Craig.

yahooyahoo said:

STANV said:

Here's Wikipedia's list based on reviews

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_considered_the_worst#2010s

Relieved to say that I have seen none of these films.

Yeah, me neither.

It's quite easy to avoid terrible films, I've found. If I get stuck watching one, I blame myself for not doing my due diligence.