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20? Power to you thor, thats a lot of films you have seen, id struggle to name my 20 top films since 2000. 
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How is your salary?
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Well, it's basically my job, so I need to watch a lot!
That's a cool job, Thor! (And a good list. I wanted to like your #6 as the sheer visual style of it is dazzling, but it left a bad taste in my mouth.  Nice to see Knight of Cups on your list. I saw it in 2016 as well, but I placed it on my 2015 list even though it didn't premiere in the U.S. until last March. A few of your other titles I'm unfamiliar with and need to research what they're about - it's possible that some of them still await U.S. distribution.)
I, on the other hand, generally need to wait until I can see most of a given film year's offerings on DVD - so it will probably be not until June or so when I have a workable top 20 list. I have already seen a good handful of '16 movies, though. My best of the year is shaping up like this:
1. Silence - This Martin Scorsese masterwork is most assuredly going to stay as my #1 of the year. I can't imagine any other film knocking it off its perch.
Hail, Caesar!
La La Land
Patriots Day
Love & Friendship
Manchester by the Sea
Kudos also to Hell or High Water and A Hologram for the King, although at this point I don't see either quite making my best of the year list.
Most promising 2016 films to possibly make that list?
Paterson
The Salesman
Fences
The Light Between Oceans
The Founder
Lion
Aquarius
and a trio of documentaries: Voyage of Time, Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened, and Kedi.
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Jan 16, 2017 - 10:38 AM
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Mark, I'm really looking forward to SILENCE. Scorsese is on/off to me, but this looks like an 'on' project.
Saw MANCHESTER BY THE SEA recently. Great film, but it's a 2017 film, so I had to transfer it over to this year's list. Have to wait untill December to include it.
I don't understand what the big deal about HELL OR HIGH WATER is, and my colleagues were massively disappointed by HAIL, CAESAR, THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS and LALALAND. Another massively overrated movie I saw a few days ago was MOONLIGHT. But again, that's a 2017 film over here. Also, THE SALESMAN was VERY disappointing, and that's coming from someone who's liked pretty much all of Farhadi's movies so far.
Would like to see PATRIOT'S DAY and LOVE & FRIENDSHIP. PATERSON and AQUARIUS too, which I missed at Cannes last year.
Obviously looking forward to VOYAGE OF TIME tremdenously, but it will be a while before it premieres over here.
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THE SALESMAN was VERY disappointing, and that's coming from someone who's liked pretty much all of Farhadi's movies so far.
Oof, that's too bad, especially coming off his excellent A Separation and The Past films. I'll still be going to it (it opens here in Seattle on the 27th), but with lowered expectations.
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Jan 18, 2017 - 12:51 PM
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Blah, blah, blah!
2016 sucked!
I don't know about most independant or foreign movies -- because they never make it to my local theaters! Of what did last year, well, I haven't gone to the movies less than in the last twelve months.
You do come off as a walking stereotype of the 'grouchy, bitter old man', Rory, sorry to say. I'm sure I'm not the only one who have this impression. Almost every single post you make on this forum is akin to "this sucks!", "everything these days is bad" or "I hate everyone and everything!". I've been contemplating creating a thread in your honour, asking you to list things you DO like. I think I've seen you post something positive only once or twice for as long as you've been here.
In any case, I'm aware that indie or foreign films aren't shown in mainstream multiplexes in the US. But surely, you must have film clubs, cinemateques etc. that show these things? Or if not, there are any number of online viewing platforms, like mubi.com. I just don't buy the excuse "they only show Hollywood blockbusters in my local cinema, so I refuse/am unable to view all these other new films that are praised".
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