Bluesky comment
I’m not going to pretend these are bad films (I don’t even mind the Woody film) but this doesn’t exactly scream “voracious cinephile with a near-encyclopedic knowledge of genre and world cinema” so much as “dad who watches a lot of TNT.”
- Black Hawk Down (2001)
- Toy Story 3 (2010)
- Lost in Translation (2003)
- Dunkirk (2017)
- There Will Be Blood (2007)
- Zodiac (2007)
- Unstoppable (2010)
- Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
- Shaun of the Dead (2004)
- Midnight in Paris (2011)
- Battle Royale (2000)
- Big Bad Wolves (2013)
- Jackass: The Movie (2002)
- School of Rock (2003)
- The Passion of the Christ (2004)
- The Devil’s Rejects (2005)
- Chocolate (2008)
- Moneyball (2011)
- Cabin Fever (2002)
- West Side Story (2021)
a lot of those i can respect, but Black Hawk Down is legitimately a fucked up ass movie with the most disrespectful, racist, and demonic messaging.
i saw it when i was in high school and loved mil slop, so it washed over me like a foamy tide of hamburgers + french fries. i watched it again about a month ago. it has some incredible big names in it, but the story and its telling are vicious and cruel marketed as cool and awesome. it’s probably the most glaring example of how diseased american media is when it comes to portraying empire.
we all rip on the “shoot dark-skinned civilians and feel bad about it” genre, but Black Hawk Down was literally “shoot dark-skinned civilians and feel awesome about it because you shot so many”.
i guess i shouldn’t be surprised that it’s the guy who makes movies where 14% of the dialogue is the N-word, but damn Black Hawk Down is not what i would have expected at #1 on anybody but like David Duke Jr. and J.D. Vance’s list.
i guess i shouldn’t be surprised that it’s the guy who makes movies where 14% of the dialogue is the N-word
Also - he married an Israeli and they have a house in Tel Aviv and they have three kids.
That’s why I separate the art from the artist… through piracy.
we should consider an update to that turn of phrase, I suggest “separate the head from the artist”
If I had to guess, BHD coming out in January 2002, just four months after 9/11, was extra popular because it was a grotesque revisit revenge plot with a Muslim enemy
It’s also disappointing because this is the dude who basically made a fanfic about offing Hitler in the most gruesome, cathartic way possible.
Not to mention the actual events are the origin story of a new caliber because of the made up stories of “we had to shoot them multiple times to drop em’”!
Not the first time some racist shit head who either can’t shoot or doesn’t understand adrenaline has lead to a new special boy caliber.
.458 SOCOM if you’re curious. It’s basically a short .45-70 govt. The type of round you use to drop a charging grizzly bear…
- Jackass: The Movie (2002)
Heh.
In fairness, his own filmmaking style doesn’t exactly exude “subtle” either.
It’s not even the best Jackass movie
Mad Max: Fury Road slaps at least
The fact that this list is entirely composed of Anglophone films is a bit embarassing for him tbh. Imagine having a favorite films of the 21st century without a single film not in English! And working in cinema? Embarassing.
EDIT: I’m wrong, I stopped reading after the top 10 lol, still shockingly Anglophone focused. Not one of these movies would even be in my top 100 of the 21st century.
Hate to be the Um, Aksually guy but um, Battle Royale is a Japanese movie and Chocolate is Thai.
They’re also some of the handful of good movies on this list so please don’t let me stop you from shitting on Mr. Foot Fetish’s tastes over here (Black Hawk Down no. 1? Seriously?!?)
Thanks for the correction o7
The fact Parasite isn’t on the list is embarrassing. Dude rates Jackass above Parasite? He’s a dingus.
I just gotta believe he cooked this up to piss people off or maybe the cocaine has finally assumed full control of his faculties
‘There Will Be Blood’ would stand a good chance at being #1 or #2 if it didn’t have a big, giant flaw in it … and the flaw is Paul Dano. Obviously, it’s supposed to be a two-hander, but it’s also drastically obvious that it’s not a two-hander. [Dano] is weak sauce, man. He is the weak sister. Austin Butler would have been wonderful in that role. He’s just such a weak, weak, uninteresting guy. The weakest fcking actor in SAG [laughs].”
What the fuck lol. I thought Dano did an excellent job with that role. This has got to be some sort of personal grudge, right?
This has got to be some sort of personal grudge, right?
I assumed so.
Tarantino is just mad that paul dano got that role in 12 years a slave that he wanted
Wtf? His performance was, at least in my opinion, the best of the movie besides DDL’s. Also, why Austin Butler? What suggests he would be good as Eli?
I’m with you, I thought Dano was excellent, especially playing opposite DDL in that movie.
I have no idea who Austin Butler is tbh. Looks at his IMDB and I’ve seen some things he’s been in, but I guess he’s just never stood out to me. He was in Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, so maybe he was just the first youngish male actor that popped into Quentin’s head at that moment?
Weird ass quote from a weird ass man.
School Of Rock really tells me this is either fake or a joke or something. It’s not even the best Jack Black comedy, or best Linklater film, or best comedy about Rock (like Spinal Tap), or best Jack Black comedy film about Rock (Tenacious D).
Edit: I guess Spinal Tap isn’t 21st century, but all the other points still hold.
I will say Chocolate fucking rocks
Pretty mediocre list tbh
Most of these movies are good, maybe even great, but nowhere near the top 20 of all time. The exception is Black Hawk Down, which is just our modern day analogue to Birth of a Nation
