This is a thread for those of us who have been watching cinema seriously for over 5 years and have seen over 1000 films. Don't be offended; some of us have simply moved past imdb-core, capeshit, and the same old indie flicks. Do not derail the thread with trolling or off-topic discussion.
Without further adieu, I wish a warm welcome to my fellow cinephiles. Here are some discussion points to get our thread started:
>What have you been watching recently?
>What is your opinion on the current state of American and world cinema?
I watched Alien today and I must say, I was blown away. A revolutionary sci-fi and a well-deserved award winner.
I've been watching since the 1990s and have around 1k movies under my belt! All it has done is made me bitter. Everything seems more amateurish now. Time is a good filter of course and there was lots of shit I waded through in each decade to find gems. I'm just more harsh towards the shit and social propaganda now. Hollywood needs an enema.
The last film I saw that made me sit up and pay attention was "Elle" in original language without subtitles. I don't even speak french and even without knowing the language I was still on the edge of my seat. It was shot well enough that everything going on could be inferred even without sound.
Ryan Hill
>In 5 years >You watched over 1000 films >But Alien just today
Logan Perez
thoughts on this kino?
Ryan Scott
Not him, but there are over 1000 films better than Alien, easily.
Jason Flores
Name 1
Jeremiah Cox
I love MF Doom
Carter Murphy
what are some essential /advanced/ movies? is there a chart?
Nathaniel Clark
>It was shot well enough that everything going on could be inferred even without sound.
That's the sign of a perfect film according to Steven Soderbergh
Kayden Wilson
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Adrian Ward
Spooks Run Wild.
Jaxon Cruz
Which he stole from Hitchcock.
Soderbergh is a sad character, endlessly pretending to be clever to impress teenage boys. Made two or three good movies, though, and I suppose that's as much as we can ask.
Michael Wilson
>1 hour long """"film""""
Colton Carter
I let out a big laugh at this.
Jordan Richardson
no you didn't.
Levi Brooks
>korean """cinema""" >advanced
lmfao
Sebastian Barnes
Is 'Children of Men' kino?
Benjamin Hill
Sorry, I left my capeshit chart at home.
Nathaniel Smith
It is a film, and a better one than Alien, but if you insist on a longer running time, give me a minimum duration and I'll give you another film better than Alien.
Liam Anderson
90 hours
Andrew Ramirez
No, seriously.
Jacob Adams
20 hours
Andrew Martinez
>tfw copy pasted this on Cred Forums >replaced movies with anime and capeshit with shonenshit,imbd-core with MAL-core and the same old indie flicks with the same old moe >Cred Forums triggers and a bunch of underaged faggots get assblasted >some Cred Forumsutist reports it and it gets deleted even if technically was on topic it was anime discussion >mfw they allow sadpanda threads but not this kind of discussion
Kevin Evans
Fuck off you headset monkey.
Michael Johnson
jackie chan
Liam Butler
This is not discussion, it's just ironic shitposting leaking out from letterboxd general
Obviously don't do it chronologically. Find a movie you've seen and enjoyed and watch more from the same director. Read through the summaries, watch trailers and stuff, and watch those.
Cinema is a nice hobby. I average around 300 new movies each year.
Liam Baker
>Cinema is a nice hobby. I found it rather dull. Sitting inactively (physically) in front of a monitor. Really, the film that killed my interest to cinema was Tsai's Goodbye, Dragon Inn. People staring monitor doing nothing. Just seemed absurd.
John Anderson
You can say anything is absurd, dude. Reading, painting, hiking.
Brayden Myers
the knick is very well shot for a tv show. just dont give him any challenging projects and he is good
thanks for that mate. different keyboard layout to what I'm used to
Connor Thompson
Start reading books, far superior medium. There are some good films, but very few can be said to have the emotional impact a good book can have.
Xavier Baker
>There are some good films Nice condescending 'opinion' from an embryo/10
Isaac Thomas
I'm active reader, always were. Good book is definitely better than good film IME
Grayson Lopez
Movies trump books
A picture is worth a thousand words and a movie is worth a thousand pictures
Zachary Bell
so all we need is a book with >1000000 words? easy
Isaiah Rodriguez
>muh hobby is more intellectual that your hobby. stop enjoying what i don't like. just hang yourselves
Josiah Kelly
Are there any actual good films out there that have an overall positive tone and that kids can watch too?
Jason Nelson
I didn't say any of that.
Austin Jenkins
>watching cinema seriously
Jace Hughes
What is essential silent cinema? And if I've seen those, what should I watch next?
(Also, after seeing The Passion of Joan of Arc what should I watch next by Dreyer?)
Aiden Myers
unless it's a trilogy like three colours, then it needs to be >3000000
Dylan Anderson
What you should do is not ask serious questions on a spam bait thread
Michael Harris
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Ayden Scott
Who the fuck cares about what >le 'kids can watch too'?
Benjamin Cooper
You can't "watch cinema seriously". Watching cinema is a plebian activity by definition. The only way to truly appreciate the cinematic medium is to make films yourself. Until then you'll be an eternal pleb.