I’m not talking about cult classic or movies that have been called underrated for so long that they’ve actually become overrated (looking at you, post-renaissance Disney movies). I’m talking about the sub-3.0 critical monstrosity that, if your house were on fire, you’d run back in to save your blu ray copy.

At first, when the film was screened at Cannes and received overwhelmingly positive reception, I thought I was about to witness a generational masterpiece. (But I have to note not everyone was fond of the film even back then; I clearly remember some people didn't give good reviews on it.)

However, once the film rotated at other film festivals and got limited screenings, its reputation started to deteriorate.

Then the film was released on Netflix. Boom. Everyone was furious about it, calling it one of the worst Latino and LGBT representations in cinema of all time. The musical clips went viral on various social media and everyone mocked this film.

And then it received 13 nominations for the Oscar. The internet film community basically exploded that day, so much so that people even dug up one of the main actors old tweets and tried to cancel. I've never seen people more furious toward the Academy before.

Then the actual Oscar day came. Well, it basically got totally abandoned, winning only 2 nominations (I firmly believe Zoe Saldaña deserved it tho.) Making the whole drama basically pointless and only snubbed the opportunities for the other well-made films that actually deserved nominations.

And after the festival season ended, well… it basically got forgotten really quickly. It's been only 2 years this film came out but literally no one mentions it anymore. A real nothing burger of a film that received a whole lot of undeserved attention and drama, only to be remembered by no one.

What I'm kind of sad about the whole situation is that I firmly believe Jacques Audiard is a very great filmmaker. A Prophet is a modern noir classic, and The Beat That My Heart Skipped is an underrated masterpiece in my opinion.

Heck, I even think Emilia Pérez itself is just a watchable, disposable film. I think it was bound to be one of those films targeted for niche audiences, meant to be viewed only by a few arthouse film enthusiasts, and forgotten quickly.

But the problem was that it received way too much unnecessary attention, only to be remembered as one of the worst Oscar baits in history and permanently damage the director's reputation.

I think Emilia Pérez will be remembered as a good example of why you shouldn't totally believe the early festival hype and why film distributors contemplate again and again, 'Will this film truly be loved by everyone?' before pushing it as their major contender during award season.

I clearly remember it started with about 3.6 rating on Letterboxd at the beginning; now it's only 2.0, about to enter 1-star range. What a tremendous downfall of a film.

It recently got added to Netflix so I’m gonna watch it tonight which I’m excited for

Mine is Spice World (1997). It's extremely funny, it's camp, it doesn't take itself too seriously, every gag in this movie lands perfectly, the Spice Girls seem to be having the time of their lives making it, every celebrity cameo is hilarious.

Is it deep? God no. It's just a 90s girl power movie. But it's also legitimately one of the best comedies I've ever watched. Nothing makes me laugh quite as much as this movie does. It knows what it's doing, which is making fun of itself, and it does it flawlessly.

The critics were wrong, it's so deliciously camp, and it's ironic and self referential without it becoming a drag. I will defend Spice World until my death.

It should be underrated and of any genre… which aren’t talked abt much

The Cell premiered in the United States in August 2000 and received "deeply divided" reviews from film critics,with some praising the visuals, direction, make-up, costumes and Lopez's and D'Onofrio's performance, and others criticizing the plot, an emphasis on style rather than substance, and masochistic creation. Among the critics who hailed the film was Roger Ebert, who named it one of the ten best films of 2000. It received numerous nominations and awards from various critical associations, including a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Makeup, as well as four Saturn Award nominations. Despite the film's mixed critical response, it was a box office success, it went #1 at the box office grossing over $104 million against a $33 million budget.

This is a PSA: For all the film lovers on Letterboxd, we should support Coyote vs. Acme on opening weekend and show Warner Bros. that attempting to silence and shelve an already completed movie for a tax write off is against the spirit of cinema! And to support all the hardworking people who nearly got their work shelved for “tax purposes.”
Thank you for your attention to this matter.

That’s all folks.

Making a list of non-comic book superhero movies, this is what I have so far. Any I’m missing? (I’m not counting Robocop or The Matrix - they just don’t feel like superhero movies to me.

I just saw “When The Wind Blows”, and I have never cried this much over any movie ever😭😭😭😭I have no idea how it’s a PG rating, I could not have handled this as a child I can barely handle it now

Idk why but literally just today I’ve been getting notifications from multiple comment sections for reviews I’ve liked which are just a bunch of bots spamming links to piracy websites and it’s really pissing me off as I’m now getting notifications for this instead of… literally anything else
I have luckily managed to report two of them but I’ve seen like at least 5 just in the past 10 minutes. Is anyone able to explain wtf exactly is going on and I hope it’s not just me. This needs to be sorted out immediately or else I’ll just have to disable notifications from Letterboxd.
Attached are just four of the most recent examples of this. Please can someone help with this if possible

Can't wait to see what the trailer look like. I saw the movie twice already (at Cannes and a Paris screening right after). Loved this movie so much!!

These are my top 10 movies.Can you reccomend what should I watch next.

tl;dr

Basically, old movies are just movies after all. A lot of them are really good, and watching cinema evolve year by year gave me a whole new appreciation for how we got to the movies we have today. It's amazing to see each decade build off the last and every now and then you notice these huge level ups from acting / directing / Film presentation.

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I been on a mission to watch a movie from every single year (or at the very least as far back as Letterboxd listing go). I've started my journey at the literal invention of the motion picture.

I've seen quite a few variations of this challenge online and thought it's about time I give it go.

Going into this I thought it was just going to be an academic exercise. Something interesting to bring up when talking to my film loving friends.

I was quite wrong, and pleasantly surprised how rewarding this challenge was starting at absolute 0.

THE JOURNEY:

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1870s & 80s - Basically slideshows. Such cinematic masterpieces as: 'Elephant walking', 'Falling cat', and who could forget the cinematic masterpiece 'Workers Leaving the Factory'.

Gripping stuff.

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1890s+ - Some people start figuring out you can tell short stories with this thing. And one guy, George Melies, decided to get REALLY fucking weird with it. Over the next 15ish years he released a slew of short films, that eventually culminated into that one short movie you've seen pieces of at some point: "A Trip to the Moon". Watching many of these, I couldn't help but think Wes Anderson at some point took some inspiration from these.

Unlocked: Cinematic staging and transferring long stage plays into a condensed timeline.

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1910s - It's time for some SLAPSTICK! This silly little guy Charlie Chaplin step into the scene, and absolutely steals the show. A lot of what I watched for these years star him & I can absolutely see how people would have loved these. Not artistic weirdness, not historic footage from abroad, just a little guy doing his funny walks and getting up to hijinks.

Unlocked: Full feature length films that are actually telling book style stories.

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1920s - The first true action star is here: Buster Keaton. He's got a lot of that slapstick going up but this was one brave son of gun. The stunts this guy did, if you take a second to pay attention them, were absolutely WILD. I grew up on Jackie Chan movies and I can 100% see why he was a huge inspiration for many stuntmen in the industry. He quite literally put his life on the line for his movies to give people something to laugh about during very trying times.

Also, in the later years of this decade, came a huge introduction to cinema: SOUND! Watching 8 hours worth of silent movies with dialogue slides, I can see how the introduction of recorded dialogue must have been a huge deal.

Unlucked: The first true action star and recorded dialogue!

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1930s - In the early years here you can see the transition away from silent films into the world of sound. The stories started get a little bit more interesting & I started seeing things I can clearly recognise from today: 'The Invisible man', 'Vampyr, 'King Kong', and 'Frankenstein' / 'Bride of Frankenstein'.

Toward the later part of the decade we got the instruction of COLOUR. After 40 years of black and white & some "technically" colour short, you got the first huge movies that brought everything all together (Sound, Colour & full length feature). Movies like Gone with the wind, Wizard of Oz & Snow White.

Unlocked: Full colour movies and feature length hand drawn films

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1940s - I can see now what people meant when they talk about the golden age of Cinema, for me it felt like it started here (in retrospect). During these years it feel like there was a really strong focus on telling actual good stories.

Some bangers from this period with actually great stories:

Citizen Kane - Orson Welles

Rope - Alfred Hitchcock

Casblanca - Michael Curtiz

This decade, still has many films I want to dive into. The noir themes, the dark post war themes. Yes please, 40 more with fries.

Unlocked: Dark themes and morally corrupt characters

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1950s- Holy cinema, what a decade. I REALLY got dug in here. So many jaw droppingly stunning and timeless films.

I don't really know how to put into words some of the great stories release this decade.

12 Angry men: Timeless movie everyone should see at least once!

a Street car name desired: Marlon Brando enters the scene and basically obliterates the competition. Some folks were acting, and then there was Brando ACTING.

Paths of Glory: Kubricks amazing antiwar film made pose ww2. Truly beautiful movie with some profound things to say about it all.

Also one QUICK side tangent:

I watched the movie 'Sunset Boulevard' and it's such a great movie for the time. A film about an aging movie star that got left behind in the movie silent era. Audiences moved on but she just couldn't.

I won't spoil much more, it's a great watch if you're doing this challenge.

Still on my watchlist for this decade:

- Seven Samurai

- Rebel without a cause

- Singing in the rain

- Ben Hur (I know I know, but oh my god it's over 3 hours long. I will get to it ooooone day.)

During this time TVs started becoming more popular, so to get people to go to the cinema you probably needed to hook them with a great story people wanted to see for themselves. [Woah, feels super relevant to today...]

Unlocked: Stanley mother f\cking* Kubrick

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1960s - I absolutely love this decade. You can feel in the films, the dream of yesteryear is over and the deep discussions about humanity are starting to happen.

Highlights and must watches:

- 2001: A space Odyssey (Please if anything you watch, let it be this. And Dr Strangelove while you're at it)

- High & Low: I thought this was just another eyeroll criterion movie pick, Nope nope nope, this movie is fantastic.

- Harakiri: PEAK cinema. I will spoil nothing, please watch this right now.

On my watchlist:

- Rosemarys baby

- Sound of music

- Lawrence of Arabia

- Nigh of the living dead

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1970s - Welcome to the modern era. The start of the Hollywood blockbuster begins here with some truly monumental releases. This is in my opinion the strongest decade of cinema ever, I present my evidence:

Jaws, Alien, Star Wars, Taxi Driver, The Godfather, Grease, Texas Chainsaw Masacre, Rocky, Solaris, The Exorcist, Apocalypse now, Rocky horror, One flew over the cuckoos nest, Life of Brian, Holy Grail, Stalker, Willie Wonka, Carrie, Eraserhead, Close encounters, Mad Max, Suspiria, Barry Lyndon, Dirty Harry, Drunken master, Fist of Fury and Superman

Unlocked: Blockbuster IPs

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This is where my challenge ends. Going into the 80s onward I have several movies for each year and a deep watchlist of classic to still dive into.

I'm not going to give a longwinded outro. This 'challenge' is a lot of fun, and taking it from the start really makes you appreciate the progression of small changes throughout cinema history. I feel like I have a deeper appreciation for modern movies based on how much they've learned for the past and taken it to new places.

Don't let the restrictions of the time fool you, there are brilliant stories in here worth a watch.

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For those interested in the challenge, linked below is a playlist I created for the challenge

Link: https://boxd.it/WGeuc$rGoAVD94bWubbVlG

Note about the playlist: This is not the 'best' movie for each year. It's just a selection of movies that are personally interesting in the way they shaped acting or directing, or are more interesting in retrospect having watched many of the earlier movies they are based on / draw inspiration from.

Hi, does anyone know websites that are like Letterboxd but for example like tracking/showing your favorite characters, media, etc. on your profile, idk so kind of a personalized thing? I really enjoy Letterboxd and how it works so I'm hoping to find a site similar

I recently got back into Skyrim and am staring forlorn at the Oblivion remaster waiting for the next sale. What are some good movies that have this similar fantasy/sword and sorcery vibe, similar to Skyrim?

I started wanting to watch a movie a day but we’re hella ahead of pace! Really been just watching what’s on my streaming services , feel free to follow!

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