Posts by Kate Torres

Nicholas Sullivan49 said:That guy from Fahrenheit 451... some number...😁

Truffaut 😉

I get what you're saying about subjectivity, but we have to face facts: some movies are masterpieces regardless of what any critic says. We shouldn't just be surprised by them; we should respect them for what they are. On the flip side, some movies are just straight-up garbage, period.

David Price5 said:...just thinking about how many movies I still haven't watched..

Life is long enough.😉

People fought against sound films when they first arrived. It was the same story with Blockbuster; everyone trashed them when they first hit the scene. Now that DVDs are out, people are getting all nostalgic for tapes. It’ll be the exact same thing when Blu-ray shows up at our doorstep. It's just a cycle. 😬

End of discussion. Moderators, please lock this thread. ☕

I’m honestly done with movies that go overboard with the CGI. If the special effects don't actually serve the story, the whole thing is just garbage. I wouldn't sit through a movie just to see flashy visuals. What's even the point 😕

In *The Incredibles* and *Spider-Man*, they used them the right way 🙏, but in *Curse* of the Golden Flower, they weren't used at all 🤮

slyeagle13 said:True, but you've also got plenty of people with degrees who totally suck...
I still stand by the idea that a degree isn't everything...

Obviously it isn't. Talent is what actually matters, period—it's just a damn shame that in America, it's so hard to get anywhere without that piece of paper.🙂

slyeagle13 said:Come on, don't be silly...
You can find plenty of actors and directors without a degree. Let me correct that... GOOD ones!
Don't make me start listing them...

Exactly. Eric Jackson68 was just pointing out that most of them aren't actually any good.

p.s. Wong Kar-Wai doesn't have a degree ☕ so go ahead, name them. I'm dying to see who else is on that list. 🙂

Amanda Lopez50 said:...it's all just a joke 🙂

I wasn't actually asking which list was more "just." My point was simply that only their own list matters. To me, looking at them is just a way to pass the time. You check it out, find it interesting for a couple of days, and then you completely forget about it.

p.s. waiting on that DM 🙂

Amanda Lopez50 said:...and you're judging solely based on The man without a past? Take a look at Squid Union, La Vie de Boheme, or I Hired a Contract Killer if you haven't already—maybe his specific sense of humor will click better with you 🙂 though, maybe not...

A list as a list... but seriously, so much Godard and yet neither Weekend, nor La Chinoise ( 😍 ), which is a total injustice 😉

So what kind of list would actually be fair?

brightcobra91 said:🙂 I’ll say it again: everyone gets what they deserve. 😁

The key phrase was in my opinion 😉

brightcobra91 said:it's junk👎 😢

Most of the movies on this list are actually solid. I just can't stand how many Fellini and Godard films are included; those guys are incredibly overrated.

Jerry Martin19 said:Aki Kaurismäki is just plain pretentious... 🙂

p.s. Nice touch bringing up Amenábar

p.s.2 Everyone keeps throwing Antonioni's name around, but they completely ignored Blow-Up...

It's "Blowup" in English, 😉but as the OP here pointed out, when people use the term foreign films they mean anything produced outside of English-speaking countries—which basically means they've wiped all British Films off the map entirely. 🤮

Daniel Young said:The criteria for foreign films should be based on the Golden Globes, not the Oscars. It means movies filmed in a language other than English. That doesn't account for every single omission (I'd throw in Amenábar and maybe some Tarkovsky), but it does cover von Trier's louder stuff, along with some Polanski and Forman. 😉

City of God and Dogs are on the list, and I bet they'll have an even harder time finding a Kaurismäki with subtitles. 😈

And I totally forgot that von Trier's films are actually in English 😵

Jerry Martin19 said:if you actually take a second look, this list is totally hollow🙂

at least one by Roman Polanski, plus Forman (if we aren't strictly counting American films)...

Well, I was just going off my first impression😉

Even Roman Polanski isn't on the list with The Tenant
I'd also throw in Sautet's A Heart in Winter.
No sign of von Trier either 😲
And there aren't any American films 🤣

David Price5 said:It definitely gives off those 90s vibes...

Which ones from the 90s would you throw in?

😍 Another poll like this just popped up.
I’ve watched about a Quarter of the films on this list, and at first glance, it seems decent enough—though there's way too much Jean-Luc Godard for my taste.