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I'll take the one sentence joke reviews over this format (this one's For Pump Up the Volume) where it's a giant list of sentence fragments, most of which are completely forgettable if you didn't literally just watch the movie. Whenever I see one of those that poo poo makes my blood curdle.
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There are a disgusting amount of people on Letterboxd trying to become Movie Dril and spoilers it aint fuckin happening
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Nov 18, 2018 03:15
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Power of Pecota posted:I'll take the one sentence joke reviews over this format (this one's For Pump Up the Volume) where it's a giant list of sentence fragments, most of which are completely forgettable if you didn't literally just watch the movie. Whenever I see one of those that poo poo makes my blood curdle. Yeah, man. Those are relentlessly lovely, too. People really are always aiming for some kind of schtick that will get them famous, huh?
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Nov 18, 2018 05:27
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Almost Blue posted:Honestly, they're pretty easy to ignore after a certain point. The ones that get me are the ones that look like they're multiple paragraphs so you think "Oh, they actually thought about some stuff" but it turns out to just be a list of things that happen in the movie. This is my biggest pet peeve, along with super long reviews that probably have good content in them but no capitalization. You can get away with that poo poo for one, maybe two paragraphs, but not an essay.
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Nov 18, 2018 15:39
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weekly font posted:There are a disgusting amount of people on Letterboxd trying to become Movie Dril and spoilers it aint fuckin happening Calling Nicholson movie dril from now on
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Nov 18, 2018 23:23
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Letterboxd's Twitter account today confirmed they have no plans to complete their film sorting options by adding a 'Popularity ascending' option.
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Nov 19, 2018 02:47
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Yeesh, no idea what I'm doing, but I might as well share it with all of you: https://letterboxd.com/resurgam40/ No idea if I even can choose my favorite movies (seems too broad), but I will probably write some reviews as they occur to me and I keep adding films.
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Nov 19, 2018 16:06
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I get the complaints about the lists, but I will say Letterboxd has been one of the best discovery tools I've ever found online. It's not hard to just pull back the layer of noise and find some actually great, niche, well-curated lists of films on particular subjects. I've been slowly researching films about hackers and the internet for about a year now and there were several great lists with different hooks that turned up a ton of obscure films I would likely never have heard of (or would have taken much longer to find) without. Typically I just start with a film that fits my criteria, see what lists its included in, and usually only have to dig a couple pages in before I find a solid one. I don't think I ever just go to the general Lists tab on the site.
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Nov 19, 2018 16:27
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Dear God, I just learned that Letterboxd also lists a few YouTube videos, and now I'm taking a trip down memory lane. When was the last time you thought about Charlie the Unicorn?
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Nov 20, 2018 23:30
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Darthemed posted:Letterboxd's Twitter account today confirmed they have no plans to complete their film sorting options by adding a 'Popularity ascending' option. Out of curiosity I found the end of the list: https://letterboxd.com/films/popular/size/small/page/5601/
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Nov 21, 2018 00:13
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Ingmar terdman posted:Out of curiosity I found the end of the list: https://letterboxd.com/films/popular/size/small/page/5601/ Here's where I find out that the Evil Dead remake is pt4 in China.
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Nov 21, 2018 00:26
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Shout out to the Vegan Alert lady. I can see the usefulness of warning people about real/simulated animal abuse in movies but love that half of her entries are things likequote:-In the beginning, a teenage boy is wearing a leather watch. I'm sure it has to be sincere, but it makes me laugh every time I see one.
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Nov 22, 2018 01:34
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If you opt to not watch a movie solely because a character wears a leather watch, I hope I never meet you.
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Nov 22, 2018 01:44
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Well, yeah, but if a dog, or even a cat at this point, is brutally killed or abused in a movie, my wife will get terrifically upset, so some kind of soft-hearted warning would be nice.
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Nov 23, 2018 03:55
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quote:Vegan alert: Milk spilled all over the floor.
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Nov 23, 2018 05:04
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For Black Friday, Letterboxd is currently offering their Pro upgrade for $12 for a year. I think it's normally $20.
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Nov 25, 2018 01:58
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Power of Pecota posted:I'll take the one sentence joke reviews over this format (this one's For Pump Up the Volume) where it's a giant list of sentence fragments, most of which are completely forgettable if you didn't literally just watch the movie. Whenever I see one of those that poo poo makes my blood curdle. Last week I found some college kid writing sub-tier Garden State/Salinger prose throughout his reviews. Like, all his reviews had a thread throughout them, about how some girl broke his heart and he couldn't stop thinking about her and every loving movie related to a memory with her. It was just the absolute shittiest try-hard "serious college kid" writing I've seen in a while. Wish I could find the user now to show you guys. The worst possible use of the site.
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Nov 25, 2018 02:35
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I just ran into that same guy's one for The General and blaaaaaagghghhhghg
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Power of Pecota posted:I just ran into that same guy's one for The General and blaaaaaagghghhhghg
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Conrad_Birdie posted:Last week I found some college kid writing sub-tier Garden State/Salinger prose throughout his reviews. Like, all his reviews had a thread throughout them, about how some girl broke his heart and he couldn't stop thinking about her and every loving movie related to a memory with her. It was just the absolute shittiest try-hard "serious college kid" writing I've seen in a while. Wish I could find the user now to show you guys. The worst possible use of the site. You know what movies he reviewed?
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Nov 26, 2018 02:33
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I finally got Letterboxd pro. Anybody know if there's a way to make it so on the stats page for highest rated it doesn't list people who I've only seen one movie by? Or at least combine the most watched with highest rated? Basically I have like 15 directors who I only watched one movie by and gave it 5 stars this year so they're all listed under the highest rated tab.
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Nov 26, 2018 04:47
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Power of Pecota posted:I just ran into that same guy's one for The General and blaaaaaagghghhhghg That dude is the worst. He also keeps posting his stupid reviews that are just a vague list of things that happen in the movie.
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Nov 26, 2018 16:33
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Shelled out $12 for Pro and enjoying seeing my stats. I liked that it tells me how many films from my Watchlist I actually watched this year (60) and how many I added (over 400). One thing I'd love for them to add though is an ability to see what those 60 movies I watched were. Obviously I can go back and look at my diary but I usually don't remember what was on my Watchlist and what wasn't. Also, this gives me a challenge for next year: Watch more films off my list than I add.
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Nov 26, 2018 21:58
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Pro was worth it just for this lmao
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Nov 27, 2018 23:23
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 I watched a lot of Bond and Hammer Horror this year so mine looks like this. EDIT: Gah, he's part of the "See More" section but I also saw six movies with Jean-Pierre Léaud. Raxivace fucked around with this message at 23:41 on Nov 27, 2018 |
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Nov 27, 2018 23:35
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Did you have a big Waters discovery year, or is he just in regular rotation?
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Nov 28, 2018 00:40
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 None but the biggest stars for me this year.
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Teenage Fansub posted:Did you have a big Waters discovery year, or is he just in regular rotation? filmstruck had a few for awhile, and then his pre-Mondo Trasho shorts were on exhibit in Baltimore this fall. I think all of that put me into a phase and I listened to some of his commentary tracks, which are often as funny and captivating as the films. Totally admit that my lineup looks like a 15 year old w film school ambitions
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Darthemed posted:
I was wondering about how you'd watched 20 John Ratzenberger movies and then I looked him up and saw he's done voices in almost every single Pixar film.
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Yeah. I was about to be impressed by all the Ernest they'd have to have been watching. Mine's boring. A pile of very average movies put Idris Elba on top :/ edit: Bill and Ted watching Star Trek in Bogus Journey got Shatner in my top 10. That's fun. Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 06:02 on Nov 28, 2018 |
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Nov 28, 2018 05:59
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Friends Are Evil posted:You know what movies he reviewed? I think I recall Beautiful Boy was one of the more recent ones (he had definitely reviewed multiple Timothee movies, lol) Also: Somehow I ended up following you on Letterboxd before I realized you were a goon (saw some of your reviews posted in the Horror thread last month). Always enjoy your thoughts!!!
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Nov 28, 2018 17:28
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Yeah, watching anything even tangentially related to Marvel absolutely fucks up your top 10. It did for mine. Ving Rhames is near the top of mine somehow? I think my top directors probably says more about my habits this year. 
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Friends Are Evil posted:Yeah, watching anything even tangentially related to Marvel absolutely fucks up your top 10. It did for mine. Ving Rhames is near the top of mine somehow? Only thing I can think of is that you watched all the Mission Impossible films recently.
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Basebf555 posted:Only thing I can think of is that you watched all the Mission Impossible films recently. Actually, just the first one and Fallout!
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Nov 28, 2018 20:29
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Yeah my director's list paints a little different of a picture too now that I'm looking at it. The most surprising thing to me is that I somehow saw three Wellman movies this year.
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Nov 28, 2018 20:32
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Are these top actor/director lists part of the end of year thing they do or is it a premium feature?
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Lester Shy posted:Are these top actor/director lists part of the end of year thing they do or is it a premium feature? It's the Stats page you only get if you're a Pro subscriber
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So after years of laziness and gradually adding everything I rated on criticker I finally completed my account! I’m over at https://letterboxd.com/escobarbarian/ I was wondering, if I go back and log the dates I watched movies, or add my reviews from criticker, does that bump them back up to the top? I don’t wanna be spamming the hell out of anyone’s feeds.
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