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by CosmicMonkey
Thu May 12, 2016 11:53 pm
Forum: Filmmakers
Topic: What proportion of your ranked movies are by women?
Replies: 145
Views: 145914

Re: What proportion of your ranked movies are by women?

6.25% exactly. I didn't plan for that but the even fraction is very satisfying. I'm expecting the proportion to drop since I'm currently on a binge of B&W Hollywood films.

Two tier 10 films directed by women: The Matrix and Shrek.
by CosmicMonkey
Tue May 10, 2016 5:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What do you consider to be the top ~10 best books ever written?
Replies: 19
Views: 12499

Re: What do you consider to be the top ~10 best books ever written?

I don't feel like I've read enough literature (especially classical literature) to be able to answer that question, but this might be a good place to start browsing: m I've noticed that a lot of the highest ranked novels aren't exactly accessible to average adult Anglophone. Joyce, Proust, Faulkner,...
by CosmicMonkey
Fri May 06, 2016 3:51 am
Forum: Filmmakers
Topic: WTF?
Replies: 2
Views: 2329

Re: WTF?

Is there no longer a/the Producer? I know executive producers are mostly people with names who can go to cocktail parties or elsewhere and scrounge a film's financing. But what are all the other types of producers? And in the unlikely event that this movie is nominated, much less wins, an Oscar, wh...
by CosmicMonkey
Thu May 05, 2016 12:43 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: new here and seeking recommendations
Replies: 7
Views: 2089

Re: new here and seeking recommendations

Philosophy: Network (1976) also by Sidney Lumet but the real star is the screenplay by Paddy Chayefskys with towering monologues and a commentary on the media that has only ripened with age. I'd like to double-down on the recommendation for Network. It's a rare example of a film that's only become ...
by CosmicMonkey
Tue May 03, 2016 4:04 am
Forum: Report a Bug
Topic: something wrong with the home page
Replies: 7
Views: 2646

Re: something wrong with the home page

For the record, I use Firefox and did not encounter any problems with any of the above URLs.
by CosmicMonkey
Sun May 01, 2016 5:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Letterboxd
Replies: 28
Views: 20466

Re: Letterboxd

I've been using letterboxd for 6 months now and I thought I'd share my opinions. Letterboxd: + Better UI, layout, graphic design + Better Social Features (Not of much importance to me, since I only know one of other person who has an account, but if you hang out with a lot of film buffs, might be go...
by CosmicMonkey
Fri Apr 29, 2016 11:27 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The movie with the highest number of rankings you've never seen
Replies: 36
Views: 11531

Re: The movie with the highest number of rankings you've never seen

Don't you ever have the desire to to watch a shitty film? Yes, sometimes. If I watch nothing but great films for a while I feel like I can lose perspective and start to hate films over very minor details, while losing sight of it's total achievement and overall artistry. Halfway through a Kurosawa ...
by CosmicMonkey
Fri Apr 29, 2016 8:42 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The movie with the highest number of rankings you've never seen
Replies: 36
Views: 11531

Re: The movie with the highest number of rankings you've never seen

Of the first page of most-ranked movies (so, the top 60), I've seen three quarters of them, so there are 15 I haven't seen. Here they are, with their position on the list indicated: 4. Forrest Gump 5. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 7. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King...
by CosmicMonkey
Sun Apr 24, 2016 12:35 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What is your guilty pleasure?
Replies: 29
Views: 15794

Re: What is your guilty pleasure?

Hackers. Absolutely one of the funnest popcorn flicks I have ever seen, and it honestly gets better the more outdated it gets.
by CosmicMonkey
Mon Apr 18, 2016 7:23 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Guess the movie from the image
Replies: 13372
Views: 4403458

Re: Guess the movie from the image

Rumplesink wrote:Duck Soup


:idea: Ding! There we go!

The screen in question is from this scene near the end:
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