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Figured I would share since I noticed it went up (haven't actually combed over it yet)

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Once again, listing all films I have given a 3.5 or higher on Letterboxd. 2001, the year which contains two movies in my all time top three. There are a few movies in the suggested picks that I really want to see but, as is common, are not easily accessible. I adore every Tsai Ming-liang film I have...

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Albums: 1. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake 2. James Blake - James Blake 3. St. Vincent - Strange Mercy 4. The Beach Boys - The Smile Sessions 5. Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver 6. Destroyer - Kaputt 7. Tom Waits - Bad as Me 8. Oneohtrix Point Never - Replica 9. Danny Brown - XXX 10. Tune-Yards - W H O K...

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I updated my list with Songs From the Second Floor, George Washington, You Can Count on Me, and Love & Basketball. Don't think I'll have time to catch any of the others.

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A few alternatives based on certain criteria One per decade: The Passion of Joan of Arc The Rules of the Game Citizen Kane Seven Samurai Persona House (1977) Come and See A Brighter Summer Day Mulholland Drive Parasite One per country: The Rules of the Game (France) The Exterminating Angel (Mexico) ...

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The Rules of the Game
Seven Samurai
Persona
House (1977)
Come and See
A Brighter Summer Day
Mulholland Drive
Spirited Away
Moonlight
Parasite

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Alright, well, it's been a few days since I've attempted to reach out regarding my issues, so I figure that I will just post an explanation and results and note that I can always change them in the future. So, anyways, I noticed while I was putting together lists that several accounts (Cicice, Pepp...

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Hopefully I'll watch a few of the recommended films, but I wanted to get my initial list down (because I'm forgetful). This is a ranking of everything I give at least 3.5/5 stars: 1. Yi Yi 2. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 3. In the Mood for Love 4. The Gleaners and I 5. Werckmeister Harmonies 6. Da...

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Here's my ever-evolving Letterboxd list: https://letterboxd.com/foolfantastic/list/2022-ranked/ Current top 10: 1. Aftersun 2. The Banshees of Inisherin 3. Everything Everywhere All At Once 4. Decision to Leave 5. RRR 6. Tar 7. The Fabelmans 8. Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio 9. Puss in Boots: The La...

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prosecutorgodot wrote: ↑Mon Feb 27, 2023 4:57 am It should be noted that "50/50" was originally released in 2020 (IIRC on the Wicked City EP), and it is specifically the Remix/Dance Mix that is released in 2022.

I see it as being originally released in November 2021.

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There's a distinct lack of some genres here (mainly Metal, Jazz and Modern Classical). It's might be interesting to see why these genres keep being treated like second-class genres by a lot of critics; it clearly influences people's opinions. For Modern Classical, it's because most critics are popu...

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Again, that comment makes no sense to me. Dragon New Warm Mountain is practically the opposite of an avant garde work. It's a tour through several styles of familiar folk music. I can get not liking Big Thief, but every time you bring them up, you talk with abstract buzzwords that seem completely un...

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I’m just grateful you’re counting the album as a 2022 release otherwise we’d have the definition of Brooklyn hipster indie chic snobbery scenesters representing 2022. Why would the BCNR album not count as 2022? How in the world are Big Thief 'snobbery scenesters'? You've rambled incoherently about ...

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Our last 4 AOTYs are all very good, but I'm hoping we can swap out the winners in 2013, 2014, 2017, and 2018 as we redo the 2010s polls this year. It's not impossible that this happen but for each year I don't see an obvious album that could beat them, especially given the forum's tastes. For insta...

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Thank you for taking over!

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Albums: 1. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy 2. LCD Soundsystem - This is Happening 3. The National - High Violet 4. Sleigh Bells - Treats 5. Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz 6. Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid 7. Beach House - Teen Dream 8. Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma 9. Foals - Total Lif...

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Again, I don't really agree with it being better. When I see the RYM list, my immediate thought is that it is largely made by straight white guys, probably in their 20s and 30s, who spend a lot of time online. Which, yes, most of us share similar tastes because those demographics largely line up wit...

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I wasn't saying Goodreads or IMDb were better in that regard - only that they are largely better in capturing popular opinion. It's impossible to tell who RYM actually represents. Sure, there are some great albums I think people only learned about due to the high ratings there, but there are just as...

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I really don't get people's fascination with RYM ratings here. Nothing about it feels like a meaningful reflection of anything. It's a user-based website that cultivated a very specific demographic early on. I'm assuming OK Computer is the most rated album there and it only has about 80,000 votes; t...

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I'm curious - is this something that could be a collaborative effort? Like, would we be able to make a Google sheet where people could fill in the relevant scores as reviews come in? I don't know what this looks like behind the scenes, but if no one wants to take on the entire process, maybe making ...

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We have 27 lists (for both songs and albums). Usually we can hit 50 or so, so it'd be awesome if anyone who was on the fence about making a list wanted to be included! Also, I know there was some complaints about how late the results of our poll were, but if anyone needs an extension, we can of cou...

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If someone is able to host they should probably do so at the beginning of next month!

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The Plains album is I Walked With You A Ways, not Always

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One of my goals this year is to write about all the films I see, so here are a few reviews for the recent releases (...all of these are 2022 but whatever) Tar (4.5 stars): https://letterboxd.com/foolfantastic/film/tar-2022/ Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (4.5 stars - the big surprise of the year): htt...

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Implementing negative lists would probably hurt more than help, because many such lists are often made to be contrary, and those which are actually seeking out the truly terrible would likely have no impact, as those albums likely aren't featured here. Also, I think the impact of sites like Acclaime...

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Since the voting topic has not gone up yet, would I be able to sneak in Hikaru Utada's Bad Mode?

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I should bump this every now and then

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It's really wild seeing Hikaru Utada so high here; "Simple and Clean" being rediscovered and cracking the AM top 1000 when?

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https://consequence.net/2022/12/angelo- ... ead-at-85/

Angelo Badalamenti, known for scoring most of David Lynch's work from Blue Velvet on, has passed away.

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SZA's S.O.S. is opening with a 90+ rating on Metacritic, so this year's victim of publications releasing too early.

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Cadavaca wrote: ↑Thu Dec 08, 2022 4:33 pm I'm surprised to be showing up as Dogville's biggest fan! I thought it was powerful, but I wouldn't say I liked it, and I don't think of it very often.

Do you just not like most of the movies here, or is this a case where you respect Dogville for its power?

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I wanted to collect everyone's top rankings, because I think it paints an interesting picture about where our individual tastes lie. This was based on the percentage and not the raw ranking, so people who ranked less films sometimes got cut off in weird places (like my #3 vote for Spirited Away beat...

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Auntie Diaries, like many other Kendrick songs, clearly has Kendrick putting on a character, this time his past self. It's a rather visceral take, but I think it's misguided to reduce it to transphobic. Maybe messier and harder to crack than he intended, but I think the only thing he gets outright w...

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The Place Where He Inserted the Blade will probably win our poll and miss the critics' top 100. Has there ever been a split like that? The rest of the Internet loves BC,NR too so it's not an AMF special, but rather an interesting divide between music nerds and critics this year. I really would not ...

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Here is where #251-297 landed 297. Soul (2020) 296. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) 295. Minari (2020) 294. Licorice Pizza (2021) 293. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings (2001) 292. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) 291. The Act of Killing (2012) Jagal 290. The Lord of the Ring...

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I offered to do this while momentarily forgetting I was also running the artist poll this year - doing both was kind of exhausting, so I'm sorry this one took nearly a month to roll out. I'll share the bottom 47 once I get home, hopefully, and maybe I can do some modifications to see alternative sce...

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https://i1.lensdump.com/i/RC74CP.jpeg 5. Pulp Fiction (1994) Directed by Quentin Tarantino Score: 494.6 (Votes: 19) 2016 Rank: 2 (Change: -3) Individual Votes: Listyguy: 1/90 (1.11%) Gillingham: 8/253 (3.16%) stone37: 9/234 (3.85%) The_Claw: 14/295 (4.75%) bonnielaurel: 14/294 (4.76%) Michel: 21/28...

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https://i3.lensdump.com/i/RC7lF2.jpeg 10. Taxi Driver (1976) Directed by Martin Scorsese Score: 370.37 (Votes: 17) 2016 Rank: 7 (Change: -3) Individual Votes: Michel: 5/289 (1.73%) Listyguy: 2/90 (2.22%) bonnielaurel: 15/294 (5.1%) The_Claw: 25/295 (8.47%) BleuPanda: 30/293 (10.24%) acroamor: 33/29...

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https://i1.lensdump.com/i/RC7MJT.jpeg 15. Sunset Blvd. (1950) Directed by Billy Wilder Score: 326.67 (Votes: 16) 2016 Rank: 20 (Change: 5) Individual Votes: The_Claw: 15/295 (5.08%) BleuPanda: 16/293 (5.46%) Humphreys: 15/216 (6.94%) stone37: 29/234 (12.39%) acroamor: 39/297 (13.13%) bonnielaurel: ...

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https://i1.lensdump.com/i/RC7FI0.jpeg 20. Wings of Desire (1987) Der Himmel über Berlin Directed by Wim Wenders Score: 279.52 (Votes: 14) 2016 Rank: 45 (Change: 25) Individual Votes: Humphreys: 1/216 (0.46%) BleuPanda: 11/293 (3.75%) Petri: 17/290 (5.86%) Michel: 25/289 (8.65%) Greg: 28/289 (9.69%)...

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https://i3.lensdump.com/i/RC7yxa.jpeg 25. Seven Samurai (1954) 七人の侍 Directed by Akira Kurosawa Score: 246.84 (Votes: 15) 2016 Rank: 10 (Change: -15) Individual Votes: The_Claw: 3/295 (1.02%) BleuPanda: 8/293 (2.73%) whuntva: 13/258 (5.04%) Gillingham: 14/253 (5.53%) ManPerson: 21/85 (24.71%) Humphr...

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https://i1.lensdump.com/i/RCOj8K.jpeg 30. Wild Strawberries (1957) Smultronstället Directed by Ingmar Bergman Score: 221.2 (Votes: 14) 2016 Rank: 146 (Change: 116) Individual Votes: Humphreys: 6/216 (2.78%) Gillingham: 23/253 (9.09%) Petri: 39/290 (13.45%) Le Jeune Rylan: 27/136 (19.85%) BleuPanda:...

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https://i.lensdump.com/i/Rkr6UC.jpeg 35. 12 Angry Men (1957) Directed by Sidney Lumet Score: 209.24 (Votes: 18) 2016 Rank: 27 (Change: -8) Individual Votes: Cadavaca: 3/182 (1.65%) Miguel: 22/182 (12.09%) Gillingham: 32/253 (12.65%) whuntva: 34/258 (13.18%) ManPerson: 15/85 (17.65%) Arsalan: 15/83 ...

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https://i1.lensdump.com/i/RCOJQz.jpeg 40. The Night of the Hunter (1955) Directed by Charles Laughton Score: 190.75 (Votes: 16) 2016 Rank: 80 (Change: 40) Individual Votes: Michel: 6/289 (2.08%) acroamor: 12/297 (4.04%) The_Claw: 33/295 (11.19%) Humphreys: 32/216 (14.81%) whuntva: 70/258 (27.13%) M...

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https://i1.lensdump.com/i/RC7kCQ.jpeg 45. Rear Window (1954) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock Score: 176.91 (Votes: 18) 2016 Rank: 53 (Change: 8) Individual Votes: bonnielaurel: 16/294 (5.44%) Miguel: 12/182 (6.59%) Cadavaca: 17/182 (9.34%) The_Claw: 28/295 (9.49%) nquoid: 28/120 (23.33%) ManPerson: 20...

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https://i.lensdump.com/i/RC79fH.jpeg 50. Breaking the Waves (1996) Directed by Lars von Trier Score: 164.46 (Votes: 12) 2016 Rank: 68 (Change: 18) Individual Votes: Michel: 4/289 (1.38%) Petri: 6/290 (2.07%) acroamor: 27/297 (9.09%) Humphreys: 24/216 (11.11%) Greg: 33/289 (11.42%) --- bonnielaurel:...

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For those who have ranked him and his music highly... will his music be featured on your all time lists going forward? Oh boy, a time where this actually effects an artist I have strong opinions toward and actually need to respond. What I imagine happening is the same thing that i have noticed happ...

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