over 6 years

Hello Sandbox!

Posting here isn't something that I often do, but I have noticed people here are a lil more artistically inclined than the other lobbies, and are also more engaging and fun to talk to so I've decided to make this thread here.


At any rate, this is a long-term project created by someone who obsessed with film! It's Basil's Film Journal

Basically I'm going to list the films that I want to watch and organize them, and might post a hot take or two about movies I have recently seen. I hope to have written my first script by the end of college!


This is my letterboxd account: https://letterboxd.com/herbalhammer/

This is my IMDb account (not as rapidly updated and score inaccuracies): http://www.imdb.com/user/ur46340233/?ref_=nb_usr_prof_0

Movies I consider perfect: Pulp Fiction (1994) , Children of Men (2006), Before Sunset (2003), The Godfather (1972), Apocalypse Now (1979), Sunset Boulevard (1950), Magnolia (1999), Do the Right Thing (1989), Spirited Away (1999), Birdman (2014), Paths of Glory (1957), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966), Oldboy (2003), Drive (2011), Stalker (1979), Taxi Driver (1976), The Lion King (1994), The Social Network (2010), The Big Lebowski (1998), Se7en (1995), A Separation (2011), The Dark Knight (2008), Schindler's List (1993), Goodfellas (1990), The Departed (2006), Whiplash (2014), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), Pan's Labyrinth (2006), Amelie (2001)

My to-watch list: https://letterboxd.com/herbalhammer/watchlist/


Feel free to participate as I go along! Share any accounts you might have, give me recommendations, comment on my thoughts, whatever you do as long as you don't spoil anything for anyone. I absolutely love talking movies so don't shy away

2017 movie of the year?
11
other
8
get out
4
baby driver
3
disaster artist
2
star wars
2
logan
1
lady bird
1
3 billboards
almost 6 years
Literally all those movies are a beauty
a logan was EASILY the best superhero movie of 2017
almost 6 years
Where's The Room as movies you consider perfect?
almost 6 years
deuce bigalow, american gigolo
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aside from 2 movies on there
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what an awful fking list lol
deletedalmost 6 years
black panther was pretty good
almost 6 years
hello i would like to talk about movies, what should i watch
almost 6 years
I would embed screencaps of everything I didn’t put here but I don’t remember how those worked
almost 6 years
I still have opinions, on movies
almost 6 years
what a way for a GOOD THREAD to die
about 6 years

space says

i just wanna say that ladybird is overrated and a massive disappointment

i say this as someone who loves and supports greta gerwig but wow what a weird psuedojuno


what did you find disappointing exactly ?
about 6 years
oh
about 6 years
that's a hefty commitment i won't make. technically i never left though since i come on once every few weeks/months and scream NO at people.
about 6 years
space is back? :)
about 6 years
i just wanna say that ladybird is overrated and a massive disappointment

i say this as someone who loves and supports greta gerwig but wow what a weird psuedojuno
about 6 years
Best score:

Phantom Thread
Good Time
Star Wars
Shape of Water
Call Me By Your Name

Best Animated Feature Film

Coco
Coco
Coco
Coco
Coco


I’m kinda ambivalent about the rest until I start making predictions
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Best Actor in a Supporting Role:

Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards)
Willem Dafoe (The Florida Project)
Michael Stuhlbarg (CMBYN or Shape of Water)
Richard Jenkins (Shape of Water)
Barry Keoghan (Killing of a Sacred Deer)

Honorable mentions: John Cho, Christopher Plummer, Jon Hamm/Jamie Foxx, Benny Safdie, Patrick Stewart, Armie Hammer, Woody Harrelson, Gil Birmingham, Jason Mitchell (yes a lot of them)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role:

Allison Janney (I, Tonya)
Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread)
Bria Vinaite (The Florida Project)
Laurie Metcalf (Lady Bird)
Emma Thompson (The Meyerowitz Stories)

Honorable mentions: Octavia Spencer, Holly Hunter, Mary J Blige

Best Cinematography:

Blade Runner 2049
The Shape of Water
Dunkirk
Call Me By Your Name
Columbus

Honorable mentions: Phantom Thread, A Ghost Story, Three Billboards, Wind River

Best Editing:

The Meyerowitz Stories
A Ghost Story
The Florida Project
Dunkirk
Baby Driver

Honorable mentions: Shape of Water, Three Billboards, Lady Bird, Logan, Brigsby Bear, Blade Runner 2049

Best Adapted Screenplay:

Call Me By Your Name
Logan
The Disaster Artist
It
Molly’s Game

Best Original Screenplay:

Lady Bird
Three Billboards
Phantom Thread
Get Out
The Florida Project
about 6 years
and Margot Robbie as a nominee
about 6 years
whoops I forgot Christopher Nolan as an honorable mention
about 6 years
Best Director:

Guillermo Del Toro
Paul Thomas Anderson
Luca Guadagnino
Greta Gerwig
Jordan Peele

Honorable mentions: Martin McDonaugh, Edgar Wright, Denis Villeneuve, David Lowery

Best Actor in a Leading Role:

Robert Pattinson (Good Time)
Timothy Chalamet (CMBYN)
Daniel Day Lewis (Phantom Thread)
Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour)
Hugh Jackman (Logan)

Honorable mentions: Daniel Kaluuya, Adam Sandler, James Franco

Best Actress in a Leading Role:

Haley Lu Richardson (Columbus)
Frances McDormand (Three Billboards)
Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird)
Sally Hawkins (Shape of Water)

Honorable Mentions: Vicky Krieps, Brooklyn Prince, Jessica Chastain
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Best Picture:

Call Me By Your Name
Lady Bird
Get Out
I, Tonya
Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri
The Florida Project
The Shape of Water
Phantom Thread
Good Time

Honorable mentions: Columbus, A Ghost Story, Wind River, Dunkirk, Logan, Coco, Mudbound, The Meyerowitz Stories, Baby Driver, Blade Runner 2049

but yea take The Post and Darkest Hour FAR AWAY FROM THAT LIST.
about 6 years
this thread is DEAD but I wanna do my own version of the Academy Awards for fun, even though this year’s are actually some of the best (it’s been a fantastic year for film overall), I still think there have been some snubs
over 6 years
hi it’s my favorite movie of the year :)
over 6 years
hi basil i love you
i lack patience to look through 568 movies lol. have u seen 3 billboards yet?
over 6 years
paul thomas anderson is the greatest director of the 21st century, as proven by phantom thread.