>Western film culture has always had a decidedly liberal, humanist slant but this wasn’t usually a problem until 2017 when that slant deranged critical thinking. In the US, wide praise for the utterly mediocre Wonder Woman seemed based entirely on the inference of media folk who, embarrassingly partisan reasons, were desperate to claim victory for any female figure. This pathetic delusion came from an obvious, topical, political basis, but It had a terrible cultural effect: The unrivalled best film of the year A Quiet Passion, Terence Davies’ biography of poet Emily Dickinson, had depth, beauty and intelligence but was ignored in favour of a third-rate comic book movie that primarily appealed to superficial, juvenile empowerment fantasies that many wanted to see take effect in the real world. Escapism was never so tragic.
>Movies are no longer a populist art form. But has Art failed in this political climate? That seemed to be the point of Ruben Ostlund’s Cannes winner The Square, its title being a fittingly fungible metaphor for the morphing of cinema’s screen shape into ever diminishing formats (TVs, computer monitors, tablets, cell phones and – funniest of all – watches). As a result, the five best films I saw in 2017 –Davies’ A Quiet Passion, Duscatel-Martineau’s Paris 05:59: Theo & Hugo, Jerome Reybaud’s 4 Days in France, Alain Guiraudie’s Staying Vertical, Claude Barris’ My Life as a Zucchini – nearly all failed to achieve the cultural stature and impact they deserve.
what about "call me by your name"? he didnt like that movie? has a gay romance n shit
Josiah Gonzalez
He is right
Robert Moore
he says that movie is a farce, Theo and Hugo is better.
Connor Parker
This is now essential 2017 viewing. Plebs get out
Jaxson King
>Rester Vertical not a bad list at all
Luis Jenkins
this guy is a pretentious cunt but i love how he ass blasts literally everyone. i disagree that a quiet passion is the unrivaled film of the year but i agree that its way better as a piece for women than wonder woman is.
Asher Perry
even though you got quads and speak the truth, saying that an emily dickinson biopic is a more poignant "womyn" film than wonder woman (a highly marketed capeshit moichandising bananza) is kinda captain obvious level, almost a plebeian assertion that goes without saying
Oliver Morales
wtf, guys, say what you want about his taste, but he's right about the west. dare I say, /ourguy/
Nolan Smith
Based Almond, BTFO plebbit in 2018. He just can't stop killing plebs. /ourcritic/ confirmed.
Awaiting the salty "he is le contrarian" brainlets who like Nolan and Villenushit flicklets. Armond knows film. You are a first year wannabe cinebuff.
Hunter Cruz
Fucking hack. A quiet passion was a 6/10 forgettable movie. Bring Ebert back. Say no to fake poseur big words type of film criticism
Jose Morris
>Western film culture has always had a decidedly liberal, humanist slant but this wasn’t usually a problem until 2017 when that slant deranged critical thinking. In the US, wide praise for the utterly mediocre Wonder Woman seemed based entirely on the inference of media folk who, embarrassingly partisan reasons, were desperate to claim victory for any female figur
He's not wrong
Xavier Hernandez
>flicklets adding this to my shitposting vocab
Dominic Green
>Paris 05:59 Theo and Hugo” is a French gay film that opens with an 18-minute orgy scene. The setting is a Paris sex club. The camera starts out surveying the bar area, where naked men sit chatting over drinks, then follows one middle-aged guy downstairs to an area where perhaps two dozen men are going at it. >It should be noted that this scene is hardcore, meaning it contains erect penises and sex acts that are shown explicitly.
Now THIS is what I call kino
BASED Armond.
Evan Young
I think the only gay movie he likes last year is Theo Hugo and BPM. Maybe God's Own Country, I don't recall. He hates beach rats and cmbyn.
Leo Green
The fact this review was printed by the film critic for the National Review is absolutely hilarious. I love Armond.
Lincoln Wood
>b-b-but hes just a le c-contrarian >my life as a courgette
Gabriel Smith
Based Armando
Brody Bennett
>Bring Ebert back dear god, reddit, could you be subtle at least?
