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Some of it is a bit silly (white woman's Instagram) but I appreciate how much he puts on the table, the stakes for him personally feel very high. The 'welcome to the internet" song is one of the best things ever written about the internet and the "that funny feeling" song is just one of the best songs of the year period. It's very odd, and good. It also came out at the exact right moment, when most people were coming out of pandemic insanity but were still close enough to it to understand the emotions he's talking about. I think it is one of the very few works of art that capture something real about the lockdown and don't feel superficial or ephemeral. I liked it
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The Argonaut wrote:Ok, I've seen enough that I can feel good about this list. It is ranked

Top Movies of 2021

1. The Green Knight
2. Drive My Car
3. Parallel Mothers
4. Petite Maman
5. The Lost Daughter
6. No Time to Die
7. Spencer
8. Bergman Island
9. Nine Days
10. Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
11. The Tragedy of Macbeth
12. Licorice Pizza
13. Zola
14. Lamb
15. Pig
16. Red Rocket
17. Last Night in Soho
18. The Card Counter
19. The Worst Person in the World
20. Bo Burnham: Inside

Big ups to Ryusuke Hamaguchi for getting two movies onto my list (drive my car & wheel of fortune...). And a sincere apology to Ridley Scott for not including either of his two entries, even though I did like both!
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A modified version of Jorge's list of awards

Best Performance by a Lead Actor:
Kristen Stewart, Spencer
Penelope Cruz, Parallel Mothers

Best Performance by a Supporting Actor:
Jamie Dornan, Belfast
Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter

Best Cinematography:
The Tragedy of Macbeth

Best Adapted Screenplay:
The Lost Daughter

Best Original Screenplay:
Bergman Island

Best Original Song:
"That Funny Feeling" from Bo Burnham: Inside

Best Action Sequence:
Daniel Craig teaming up with Ana de Armas in No Time to Die

Best Sex Scene:
Adam Driver and Lady Gaga just really humping hard in House of Gucci
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The Argonaut wrote:
The Argonaut wrote:Ok, I've seen enough that I can feel good about this list. It is ranked

Top Movies of 2021

1. The Green Knight
2. Drive My Car
3. Parallel Mothers
4. Petite Maman
5. The Lost Daughter
6. No Time to Die
7. Spencer
8. Bergman Island
9. Nine Days
10. Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
11. The Tragedy of Macbeth
12. Licorice Pizza
13. Zola
14. Lamb
15. Pig
16. Red Rocket
17. Last Night in Soho
18. The Card Counter
19. The Worst Person in the World
20. Bo Burnham: Inside

Big ups to Ryusuke Hamaguchi for getting two movies onto my list (drive my car & wheel of fortune...). And a sincere apology to Ridley Scott for not including either of his two entries, even though I did like both!
No Swan Song means invalid list.

Also no West Side Story... :shake:
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West Side Story sucks
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The Argonaut wrote: the "that funny feeling" song is just one of the best songs of the year period.
Listen to more music
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Best Lead Performance:
Nicolas Cage, Pig
Kristen Stewart, Spencer

Best Performance in a Comedy or Musical:
Adam Driver, Annette

Best Supporting Actor:
Ben Affleck, The Last Duel

Best Cinematography:
The Green Knight

Best Score:
Spencer

Best Scene:
The Restaurant Scene, Pig

Best Picture:
The Green Knight

Lifetime Achievement Award:
Baby Annette
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Artist of the year
Nic Cage

Badass of the year
Ridley Scott

Sad scene of the year
Bond´s finale

Cool movie of the year
Zola

Movie you need to see in the theatre of the year
Malignant

Most violent scene of the year
Myers getting out of the house in Halloween Kills

Best duo on screen
Licorice Pizza

Sex Scene of the year
Susanna Son and Simon Rex in Red Rocket

DP of the year
Annika Summerson
Ari Wegner

Score of the year
John Carpenter

Star of the year
Zendaya

Breakout of the year
Jenna Ortega

Documentary of the year
Roadrunner

Director of the year
Ridley Scott
Sam Levinson
Janicza Bravo

Actor of the year
Nic Cage

Actress of the year
Riley Keough

Movie of the year
Red Rocket
Malignant
Licorice Pizza
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Jorge wrote:
The Argonaut wrote: the "that funny feeling" song is just one of the best songs of the year period.
Listen to more music
lol good point
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Argo is right about "That Funny Feeling." I thought Inside was a little overhyped as a piece of pandemic art, some of its jokes were kind of obvious and dull, but that song is something else. And I know I'm correct because Phoebe Bridgers thinks the same thing.
VinylGuy wrote:its really tiresome to see these ¨good guys¨ talking about any political stuff in tv while also being kinda funny and hip and cool....its just...please enough of this shit.
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There's still plenty of movies I need to see from 2021

Licorice Pizza
Red Rocket
The Worst Person in the World
Drive My Car
Nightmare Alley
...
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Phoebe Bridgers is also the biggest Bright Eyes fan on the planet
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Why do you dislike that song?
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There's this incredible Brazilian stop motion film called Bob Cuspe that I really wish got more hype. I'm sure it'll pop up on MUBI in like six months and gain its dues
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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The Argonaut wrote:Why do you dislike that song?
I think it's nice
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Farmer John wrote:There's still plenty of movies I need to see from 2021

Licorice Pizza
Red Rocket
The Worst Person in the World
Drive My Car
Nightmare Alley
...
Yeah I watch a fair number of movies but I'm nowhere near done with my 2021 viewing. Probably because I'm loathe to go to a theater, even prior to Covid.
VinylGuy wrote:its really tiresome to see these ¨good guys¨ talking about any political stuff in tv while also being kinda funny and hip and cool....its just...please enough of this shit.
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my partner and I rewatched My Girl the other night and honestly, it cemented my love for it; an excellent movie in every way
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Mickey wrote:Argo is right about "That Funny Feeling." I thought Inside was a little overhyped as a piece of pandemic art, some of its jokes were kind of obvious and dull, but that song is something else. And I know I'm correct because Phoebe Bridgers thinks the same thing.
I havent seen the movie nor i listened to the original, but i love Phoebe´s take.
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The Argonaut wrote:West Side Story sucks
Oh honey...
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