What the fuck does this even meanA ghetto action flick yet amazingly prescient about London’s long hot summer and perfect antidote to what Morrissey called “the Royal Dredding”.
London's long hot summer = the riotsdomino harvey wrote:What the fuck does this even meanA ghetto action flick yet amazingly prescient about London’s long hot summer and perfect antidote to what Morrissey called “the Royal Dredding”.
I honestly don't see how any human being could think this, even if they hated Midnight in Paris. (And I consider myself a DGG apologist!)Your Highness, The Sitter > Midnight in Paris
The whole form of that list is really destructive and designed to prevent the possibility of any real discussion about anything. Like... looking at his list, you would think it impossible to enjoy both War Horse and Hugo or whatever. And that's ignoring the comparisons that make no sense in the first place (what on earth does Uncle Boonmee have to do with Paul?)The Narrator Returns wrote:At first I actually agreed with some of his choices. And then I got to Jack and Jill > The Descendants.
This guy really wants attention.
Hell, I think it's still my favorite film of the year (albeit I haven't really liked anything yet). Rampart is its only competition for me thus far.MichaelB wrote:Apparently Attack the Block only just missed a spot on Sight & Sound's Top Ten - Armond and I were by no means the only people to vote for it.
Which is rather amusing given Nothing's ranting and raving about the film earlier this year. Now that even his beloved Armond has "jumped on the bandwagon", as he put it, I wonder if he ever got round to seeing it?
Just before he calls out Weerasethakul's "Asian obscurantism."swo17 wrote:Also, way to call out Farhadi's "Iranian didacticism."
You must be joking. I'd have thought the fact that two of his first three picks are - shocker - Spielberg movies, and particularly mediocre ones at that, quickly tells you all you need to know.The Narrator Returns wrote:At first I actually agreed with some of his choices.
Spielberg was also a college dropout: he finally got his degree in 2002, 35 years later. (B.A. in Film Production and Electronic Arts with an option in Film/Video Production, for the record).hollyharry wrote:"College dropout Woody Allen..."
Hilarious. Nobody tell Armond that Fitzgerald dropped out of Princeton and Hemingway didn't even go to college.
This cheered me up so much! Really got a laugh out of me!! \:D/.... But I'm still for setting an example....Mr Sausage wrote:Just before he calls out Weerasethakul's "Asian obscurantism."swo17 wrote:Also, way to call out Farhadi's "Iranian didacticism."
Armond White: catching didactic Iranians and inscrutable Asians since 2011.
I prefer White's post to this one.Volta wrote:Now, I've been familiar with Armond for a while now.... but this may well be the shittiest "list" I've ever seen! (I was not expecting a Melancholia bash AND a Tree Of Life bash in the SAME article!!) Honestly, I don't think Armond's a troll - he's just someone with an incredibly shitty taste in cinema. He's no different from any other detractors of Melancholia or Tree Of Life - Those people just aren't meant to be watching movie. I value human life, and all.... but I wouldn't be against ridding the world of people like Armond. I know I'm not saying anything that any of you don't already know, but I just have to vent. (Rex Reed should be publicly castrated [drawn and quartered??] to set an example. 8-[) It's funny that nothing Armond's done has pissed me off more than this, but......!!! (I can't even conclude with anything reasonable, so I'll just end with that transcription of a frustrated guttural sound.)
By the way, I offer the possibility not to like either of those movies; but if there's one thing you can't call von Trier and Malick, it's "pretentious" or "disingenuous."
Yes, I have to agree - it's one thing being provocative (and I'm not at all sure that I wouldn't agree with one or two of his choices: I haven't seen The Artist yet, but people who really love silent cinema seem to find it insufferable), and quite another to talk about killing and/or castrating people merely for having the temerity to hold different opinions.Duncan Hopper wrote:I prefer White's post to this one.