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    That's the point though, this is a film in the genre of comedy. I'd never watch three minutes of conspiracy theory anything if it didn't have any irony to it.

     

    That's true. Maybe I should have been more precise: I'd argue that in this case, Linklater tells basically the same joke 3 times in a row. That's simply not very clever comedy.

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    Favorite: All About Eve.This is a film I've seen about 2 years ago, and rewatched it for the particular episode. I've revisited since then at least 10 times, it's become what Devin would call "my background movie". I even love listening to the dialogue, when I go skating or drive the car to work. It always gives me a big smile. However, the probably best-crafted film in the Canon at this point would be Sunrise, in my opinion.

     

    Least Favorite: Grand Budapest Hotel. I know, it's a beloved film by many in here, and I guess I should give it another shot. But I was so severely underwhelmed by this flick when I watched it in the cinema, it nearly hurt phisically: The predictability, the cartoonish characters, the "look at me, I'm directing!"-filmmaking, and the boarderline racist depiction of Eastern Europe didn't help. Once you get over the pretty charming performance by Ralph Fiennes, you'll detect that the narrow-minded, child-like ignorant perspective of this film comes with some big issues.

     

    Favorites that didn't make it: The Fly, and I wanna give a shout-out to First Blood.

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    Oh boy, I've just watched this film for the first time... There are some really, really well-staged scenes in here. Definitively quite inspiring. But, after watching a couple of his films, I still have some issues with his dialogue... whish, there was less of it. I always kind of feel that these are not the character's words, but some essays Linklater wrote in High School that he made actors to recite.... Also: Conspiracy theories. There's only so many I can handle in 90 minutes without being drunk and/or high.

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    I'm an Atheist. While I appreaciate the filmmaking, both Scorsese's and Gibson's take on the subject are relatively hard to swallow to me. In my opinion, to not kill and torture people should be a point of human common sense, not religious morals. I appreciated the discussion, but I don't think I can really judge fairly between these two films. Therefore, I bstain.

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    That might depend on whether the question is "Which is a better movie" or "Which is part of the Canon". The Passion has a Tomatometer rating of 49% vs Last Temptation's 82%. But the former was a surprise success (an entire movie in a dead language! before Game of Thrones helped make that sort of thing cool!) while the latter did poorly and is little remembered, except when someone wants to mention that it's better than The Passion. I expect distaste for Mel Gibson will also play a role.

     

    So, can we vote "neither"?

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    I vote a soft yes. I've always been a bit critical of Lars von Trier, mainly because of the reasons I've posted in the Homework threat, back at Wolfpop. I'm still unsure of the merits of this film, but hey, I guess it's been influential enough to legitimate an inclusion in the Canon. Also, you guys made me think that I totally wanna listen to more discussions about this flick. I think this one and Melancholia are the two best films of his late period. By the way: If Antichrist gets included, can we kick out Cannibal Holocaust instead? Also, polls suck, because I really enjoy reading some of the answers in here, which might get lost if people just can click on a button. and I like the thought that it takes some more effort to build an opinion about a film, than just polling yes or no.

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