Jump to content
🔒 The Earwolf Forums are closed Read more... ×

SiSquires-Kasten

Members
  • Content count

    58
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Everything posted by SiSquires-Kasten

  1. SiSquires-Kasten

    Hoop Dreams

    I think there should 1000% be more documentaries/non-narrative films in the Canon, and Kartemquin is amazing. I think The Interrupters might be a more interesting pick, just because its not for-sure Canon-material and it would be a chance to expose a great doc to more people.
  2. SiSquires-Kasten

    Homework: Labyrinth (1986)

    I'm also a pretty firm No. Love David Bowie, love Henson, love "Magic Dance" but this movie's a mess.
  3. SiSquires-Kasten

    Clint Eastwood's filmography

    Million Dollar Baby is fine. Hilary Swank is one of those actresses that I feel never quite got the roles that she deserved. I wonder how Boys Don't Cry holds up
  4. SiSquires-Kasten

    Clint Eastwood's filmography

    Interesting that all three of those picks are from the 90s and afterwards. While I agree with Unforgiven,and would suggest Mystic River also, I think that his earlier Westerns are often ignored and Pale Rider, High Plains Drifter, and The Outlaw Josey Wales are deserving of consideration.
  5. SiSquires-Kasten

    A Serious Man vs. Inside Llewyn Davis

    I'm really afraid A Serious Man would lose, but I would love love love for it to be up for discussion.
  6. SiSquires-Kasten

    Good Will Hunting

    The best performance of Robin Williams' career? I think that he's good in the movie (definitely the best part) but his performances in Fisher King and World's Greatest Dad are miles better in my opinion. Not to mention Aladdin.
  7. SiSquires-Kasten

    The iron giant should be in the canon

    I don't think it's fair, but I think Iron Giant would romp.
  8. SiSquires-Kasten

    Suggestion: The Matrix

    It deserves to be discussed, 1000%, even though I will personally be going into the episode with a "American Beauty"/"Forrest Gump"-style "How was this movie so popular when it came out?" angle.
  9. SiSquires-Kasten

    Blood Simple vs No Country for Old Men

    What are those 5? Mine would probably be: A Serious Man O Brother WHere Art Thou? The Hudsucker Proxy Fargo Inside Llewyn Davis ...but I admit that my fondness for Hudsucker is probably irrational
  10. SiSquires-Kasten

    Overlooked great movies

    Meek's Cutoff is my favorite modern Western not named There Will Be Blood, but doesn't often get mentioned alongside True Grit, No Country, Assassination of Jesse James, 3:10 to Yuma, Django Unchained and the other acclaimed Westerns of the last couple years.
  11. SiSquires-Kasten

    Recommendations for critics of color?

    The internet is stuffed, it seems, with lists of "female film critics you should be reading" but after a cursory googling its kinda hard to find reviews by writers of color who publish on a regular basis. Who should I be reading? (Kam Williams is phenomenal, and Aisha Harris, Wesley Morris, Elvis Mitchell are great but don't publish weekly columns/reviews.)
  12. SiSquires-Kasten

    Original movie versus a parody

    Superfly v. Black Dynamite Walk the Line v. Walk Hard Dawn of the Dead v. Shaun of the Dead Meatballs v. Wet Hot American Summer
  13. SiSquires-Kasten

    Mean Girls.

    ...damn, I googled and 2004 was a pretty important year for mainstream comedies. (Shaun of the Dead, Napoleon Dynamite, Team America: World Police, 1st Harold & Kumar in addition to Mean Girls & Anchorman)
  14. SiSquires-Kasten

    Mean Girls.

    How about Mean Girls v. Anchorman? Both 2004 comedies that hold up and are ADORED by millennials, with the glitzy "guys v. girls" dynamic to keep it interesting. Adam McKay v. Tina Fey? All goddamn day!
  15. SiSquires-Kasten

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    I think Eternal Sunshine v. Being John Malkovich would be the way to go. I also wonder how it would stack up against Her, or Lost in Translation.
  16. SiSquires-Kasten

    50s Westerns!

    Since we're doing time period stuff, I'll make my loyalties known again. Johnny Guitar, Shane, and High Noon would be my suggestions but I'll be happy with most of it.
  17. Seconded! Tbh the primary reason I voted against Se7en was because I want Zodiac in the Canon and couldn't justify both of those movies being in...
  18. SiSquires-Kasten

    THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES

    If we're gonna have an Assassination episode, I think Meek's Cutoff would be the perfect vs.
  19. SiSquires-Kasten

    Homework: Blood vs Boogie

    I like There Will Be Blood more -- for a while it was my favorite movie of all time -- but I think I will be voting for Boogie Nights because of how it uses so many young actors so beautifully who would go on to define mainstream cinema in the 2000s. It's a one-stop shop to get PSH, John C. Reilly, Julianne Moore, Don Cheadle, William H. Macy, Luis Guzman etc. into the canon. And yes, Daniel Day-Lewis gives one of the all-time great performances, but there are 11 or 12 perfect characters in Boogie Nights, which keeps the movie's length from being punishing -- whenever you would get bored, Alfred Molina or Thomas Jane or Philip Baker Hall stop in to ratchet back up the amazingness. TWBB is really, oppressively male, which is the point, but Boogie Nights is a story that could have easily been solely about masculinity and instead gives Rollergirl and Julianne Moore real interiority. We need stories which deconstruct masculinity (and, again, TWBB is one of the best) but it doesn't have to be every fucking film.
  20. SiSquires-Kasten

    Episode 84: RE-ANIMATOR

    I voted no, partially because I'm frustrated (along with Amy) that it would get in before any Cronenberg movie, and partially because I found Devin's argument for "fun" movies really short-sighted. It seems as if only horror, thriller, and sci-fi movies are "allowed" to be both campy and Canon-worthy -- I would like to see a lot more "fun" movies, but maybe next time fun movies like Mommie Dearest, Funny Girl, Pink Flamingos should be allowed to get in based on the same argument.
  21. SiSquires-Kasten

    Your Indulgence Picks

    Still unsure of the rules for "indulgence," but The Hudsucker Proxy and Casino were the first two movies that came to mind. Buck and the Preacher is also great fun and underrated. Punch-Drunk Love? ... I guess all these movies are "minor" works by people I love who have too many classics to justify putting them in otherwise.
  22. SiSquires-Kasten

    Network

    Network v. Dog Day would be WAY TOO CRUEL. That said, both deserve a space in the canon.
  23. SiSquires-Kasten

    Robert Altman

    The Long Goodbye!
  24. SiSquires-Kasten

    Pixar showdown Wall-e vs. Up

    I think Wall-E would take this one in a landslide. The opening to Up is one of the great sequences of ANY film, but the rest of the movie isn't head and shoulders above other Pixar work, whereas Wall-E is entirely singular in the canon in addition to being really fucking good. Perhaps Toy Story v. Wall-E would be a better argument? I think the two are much closer in terms of quality, with Toy Story getting a slight edge for its place in animation history.
  25. SiSquires-Kasten

    THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES

    Ugh. I really hate this movie. It's supremely well-acted but I found it overlong, obvious, and fantastically boring, and in contrast to There Will Be Blood and No Country (as well as to other recent Westerns like True Grit, Meek's Cutoff, Slow West, Brokeback, and the Tarantinos) I don't think it does anything novel or profound with the genre. 2007 was such a good year for film (in addition to TWWB and NCFOM, there's Zodiac, I'm Not There, Persepolis, Superbad, Juno, Knocked Up, Hot Fuzz, King of Kong, etc.) and I would hate to see Assassination get one of those rare post-2000 slots before a movie I genuinely like is up for debate.
×