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<blockquote data-quote="Bruce_ma gooshvili" data-source="post: 1071879" data-attributes="member: 74121"><p>As a rule I will make myself watch any movie that scores 6.8 or more in IMDB's top 1000 users list (accessible on the website version). Even romcoms. It is a way to separate the wheat from the chaff, although even with that rule modern films with big studio support have inflated scores.</p><p></p><p>It's been barren times lately though, with a lot of mediocrity. Three random highlights from what I've seen in the past few months:</p><p></p><p>Whiplash (helps if you haven't seen JK Simmons before in Oz, which I had, but still, 8/10)</p><p></p><p>The Wife (Glenn Close, similar in ways to Whiplash about what can lead to 'greatness', and in it having a pair of very strong performances, 7/10)</p><p></p><p>Footsteps in the Fog (a not terribly well acclaimed old film, with a married couple in the leading roles, which adds to the enjoyment. I thought it was great, 8/10)</p><p></p><p>And to be a poser I've been a big fan of Hirokazu Koreeda's down to earth family tales. Consistently very thought provoking simple stories. My favourite is Like Father, Like Son, 9/10</p><p></p><p>And to my surprise, looking at scores it would seem Hitchcock is my favourite director of all time. What a body of work, even some of his lesser known ones are crackers (as long as you don't go too late into his career).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bruce_ma gooshvili, post: 1071879, member: 74121"] As a rule I will make myself watch any movie that scores 6.8 or more in IMDB's top 1000 users list (accessible on the website version). Even romcoms. It is a way to separate the wheat from the chaff, although even with that rule modern films with big studio support have inflated scores. It's been barren times lately though, with a lot of mediocrity. Three random highlights from what I've seen in the past few months: Whiplash (helps if you haven't seen JK Simmons before in Oz, which I had, but still, 8/10) The Wife (Glenn Close, similar in ways to Whiplash about what can lead to 'greatness', and in it having a pair of very strong performances, 7/10) Footsteps in the Fog (a not terribly well acclaimed old film, with a married couple in the leading roles, which adds to the enjoyment. I thought it was great, 8/10) And to be a poser I've been a big fan of Hirokazu Koreeda's down to earth family tales. Consistently very thought provoking simple stories. My favourite is Like Father, Like Son, 9/10 And to my surprise, looking at scores it would seem Hitchcock is my favourite director of all time. What a body of work, even some of his lesser known ones are crackers (as long as you don't go too late into his career). [/QUOTE]
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