Comments on: Cahiers Du Cinema’s Best Films Of 2017 Includes ‘Twin Peaks,’ ‘Get Out,’ ‘Split,’ More

By: Blue

Blue — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 14:46:00 +0000

Exactly. For some reasons unbeknownst to me – hatred towards Shyamalan? – the film was treated as a minor, okayish film. Maybe not the cultured highbrow critics’s cup of tea, but with themes as dark and fascinating as any art house film they love to praise.

By: Blue

Blue — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 14:38:00 +0000

Funny, I find that it’s Get Out that doesn’t belong in that list, not Split. But then I’m not obsessed with the “social relevance” of Get Out as Americans seem to be; as a film I found it enjoyable as an old episode of Twilight Zone, and with much less impact than some epis from Black Mirror.

Now, I found Split fascinating in its study of trauma and how human beings deal differently with it. And if anyone is looking for social relevance, there’s plenty to see in Split, with the dark and painful theme of the suffering of children at the hands of those who should care and protect them. Plus, James McAvoy’s performance in Split is magnificent; millions times better than the serviceable one Daniel Kaluuya gives in Get Out.

Stay crazy, Cahiers? No, more like thanks French critics for seeing the real impact of Split in 2017, something that American and British tried to diminish because they wouldn’t allow competition with their beloved Get Out.

By: Blue

Blue — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 10:01:00 +0000

Funny, I very much prefer seeing Split on that list than the extremely overrated Get Out. I’m happy the French got it right, because since the emergence of Get Out, American and British critics seems eager to destroy Split and diminish its impact. Why, can’t we have two great Blumhouse films? Can’t we have a deep, brilliant film that deals with survival, guilt, the abandonment and suffering of children at the hands of those who should protect them, and other very interesting psychological aspects, because Split is not considered politically correct enough for Americans? Plus, in the process, James McAvoy’s STUNNING acting as Kevin Wendell Crumb is being discarded because Daniel Kaluuya is in the “right” film?

Stay crazy, U.S.A.

By: Alt-arts LLC

Alt-arts LLC — Thu, 07 Dec 2017 12:28:00 +0000

Why “Neluvov” by A.Zvyagintsev isn’t in the list?

By: TrevorTillman

TrevorTillman — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 21:50:00 +0000

Split is a major work for Shyamalan and reveals more substance on repeat viewings. I find it heartbreaking, particularly in how it examines trauma. As timely as anything else this year.

By: Jimmy Siu Yan Ngai

Jimmy Siu Yan Ngai — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 17:08:00 +0000

In reply to WockerDaw. Billy Lynn is hugely underrated.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 06:12:00 +0000

In reply to Новица Чворовић. It's an 18 hour film. But, boring argument as the man said

By: WockerDaw

WockerDaw — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 23:41:00 +0000

Thank fuck I’m not the only one who loved billy lynn.

By: Новица Чворовић

Новица Чворовић — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 23:03:00 +0000

twin peaks the return is a tv show, and this is the worst list i have seen so far.