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Re: Top 10 of the genre: War Movies
Posted: Wed December 17, 2014 4:52 pm
by LoathedVermin72
durdencommatyler wrote:LoathedVermin72 wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:LoathedVermin72 wrote:You guys, The Thin Red Line is very obviously the best thing Malick has ever made or ever will make. And by a huge margin.
I would've thought TTRL had too much straight narrative for your tastes.
I think it's the perfect middle ground for Malick. More ethereal and fluid than
Badlands, but not as a meandering, repetitive, and generally bullshitty as
To the Wonder. I think Malick needs a little narrative grounding so he doesn't get lost in himself.
Ranking Malick:
1. Badlands (A+)
2. Tree of Life (A-)
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3. Days of Heaven (B-)
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4. To the Wonder (C-)
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5. The Thin Red Line (Fart Noise, except the Ben Chaplin reads a letter scene and parts of Penn climbing that hill)
1. The Thin Red Line (A)
2. Badlands (B)
3. The Tree of Life (B-)
4. The New World (B-)
5. Days of Heaven (B-)
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6. To the Wonder (FFFFFFFFUUUUUCCCKKKKKKK YYYYYOOUUUUU)
Re: Top 10 of the genre: War Movies
Posted: Wed December 17, 2014 4:52 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
durdencommatyler wrote:LoathedVermin72 wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:LoathedVermin72 wrote:You guys, The Thin Red Line is very obviously the best thing Malick has ever made or ever will make. And by a huge margin.
I would've thought TTRL had too much straight narrative for your tastes.
I think it's the perfect middle ground for Malick. More ethereal and fluid than
Badlands, but not as a meandering, repetitive, and generally bullshitty as
To the Wonder. I think Malick needs a little narrative grounding so he doesn't get lost in himself.
Ranking Malick:
1. Badlands (A+)
2. Tree of Life (A-)
.
3. Days of Heaven (B-)
.
.
.
4. To the Wonder (C-)
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
5. The Thin Red Line (Fart Noise, except the Ben Chaplin reads a letter scene and parts of Penn climbing that hill)
Ugh, Tree of Life
Re: Top 10 of the genre: War Movies
Posted: Wed December 17, 2014 4:55 pm
by Iprefertheiroldstuff
I thought Tree of Life would be too polarizing a film to ever be given a B-.
Re: Top 10 of the genre: War Movies
Posted: Wed December 17, 2014 5:12 pm
by darth_vedder
durdencommatyler wrote:Chuck Norris IS a war movie.
Your damn right he is.
Re: Top 10 of the genre: War Movies
Posted: Wed December 17, 2014 5:33 pm
by LoathedVermin72
Iprefertheiroldstuff wrote:I thought Tree of Life would be too polarizing a film to ever be given a B-.
I like it, but it has problematic elements that prevent me from loving it.
Re: Top 10 of the genre: War Movies
Posted: Wed December 17, 2014 5:36 pm
by epilogue
LoathedVermin72 wrote:Iprefertheiroldstuff wrote:I thought Tree of Life would be too polarizing a film to ever be given a B-.
I like it, but it
has problematic elements that prevent me from loving it.
read: Jessica Chastain is in it.
Re: Top 10 of the genre: War Movies
Posted: Wed December 17, 2014 6:00 pm
by LoathedVermin72
durdencommatyler wrote:LoathedVermin72 wrote:Iprefertheiroldstuff wrote:I thought Tree of Life would be too polarizing a film to ever be given a B-.
I like it, but it
has problematic elements that prevent me from loving it.
read: Jessica Chastain is in it.
Haha, that's part of it. But only a small part.
Re: Top 10 of the genre: War Movies
Posted: Wed December 17, 2014 11:56 pm
by spike
E.H. Ruddock wrote:My thread. Strangelove is not, Inglorious Bastards is.
this
Re: Top 10 of the genre: War Movies
Posted: Thu December 18, 2014 12:23 am
by tommymtcom
What about War of the worlds, is that a war movie?
Re: Top 10 of the genre: War Movies
Posted: Thu December 18, 2014 12:43 am
by E.H. Ruddock
tommymtcom wrote:What about War of the worlds, is that a war movie?
No