Summary of 2021 viewing

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Summary of 2021 viewing

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Below is a summary of my year's viewing for 2021. A summary of the previous year's viewing can be found by following this link: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=8785 .

The second year of the pandemic was marked by a discovery of some unexpectedly great Soviet cinema and the discovery that Pasolini's Greek tragedy films seem more interesting and better to this viewer than their reputation would suggest (possibly partly because they are served very well by having been digitally restored). The most unenjoyable film experience of the year was undoubtedly viewing Knives Out (2019), a sense of which I tried to capture in my mini-review.
  • 2021 SUMMARY

    New films watched during 2021: 282 films. Average percentile: 49.

    Masterpieces (scores between 91 and 100) watched in 2021: 0.

    Percentile between 90 and 99 watched in 2021: 11 films. They were: Can't Get You Out of My Head (2021), Quei loro incontri (2006), The River (1951), Gamlet (1964), I am Twenty (1965), Sátántangó (1994), Aeschylus’ Oresteia (Tony Harrison adaptation) (1983), Edipo re (1967), July Rain (1967), Pirosmani (1969), Quatre nuits d'un rêveur (1971).

    Percentile between 80 and 89 in 2021: 35 films.

    Lowest scoring films watched in 2021: A score of 20: The Devil and Father Amorth (2018), Knives Out (2019), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986). A score of 15: Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019), Stowaway (2021).

    First and last films watched in 2021: first was The Golem (1920); last was Don't Look Up (2021). Somehow this seems to capture a sense of a century of cinema and its relationship to society and politics.

    Seen at the theatre in 2021: 0 films (the last time I went to the cinema to see a new film was on 24 September 2019, to see Ad Astra, although I did see Badlands again at a theatre in Hangzhou a bit later that year).

    2021 films watched: 41 films. Highest score was for Can't Get You Out of My Head, with a score of 88, followed by Pretend It's a City and Don't Look Up with a score of 72. The lowest score for a 2021 movie was received by Stowaway (15), not because it is so bad, exactly, but because it's conception of ethics seems totally wrongheaded.

    Re-watched in 2021: 71 films. Among them: Scenes from a Marriage (1973), leading to a decrease from 100 to 99, and Mirror (1975), increased to 99.

    Some very slight shifts in the relationship between scores and percentiles at end of 2021:
    • 93 to 100: 99th percentile
      91 to 92: 98th percentile
      90: 97th percentile
      88: 96th percentile
      86: 95th percentile
      84: 94th percentile
      82: 92nd percentile
      80: 90th percentile
      78: 88th percentile
      76: 86th percentile
      74: 83rd percentile
      72: 80th percentile
      70: 76th percentile
      65: 70th percentile
      60: 61st percentile
      55: 51st percentile
      50: 41st percentile
      45: 32nd percentile
      40: 24th percentile
      35: 18th percentile
      30: 12th percentile
      25: 6th percentile
      20: 2nd percentile
      0 to 15: 0th percentile
    Kumpels at end of 2021: 1. lumpnboy; 2. jgreenwood; 3. dardan; 4. lisa-; 5. iconogassed; 6. cherrorist; 7. P u l p; 8. iqcumber; 9. theficionado; 10. sellis; 11. oskarhu; 12. Anomaly; 13. karamazov.; 14. Yiannos; 15. Timon88; 16. Nathan S; 17. Mentaculus; 18. Barthalen; 19. AFlickering; 20. ambient_gf; 21. Moribunny; 22. loc42; 23. Hawkins; 24. k177105; 25. JPFerguson.

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Re: Summary of 2021 viewing

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I am Twenty (1965)

yaass. also enjoyed this.

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i don't think i'll beat last year with Habit / that greek film with dog in the title.. nevertheless there's been some cracking rewatches, especially the mike leigh films that've been on tv recently. (i always forget about how much they feel like they were made for me until i see them again)

Bleak Moments (1971) - mike leigh - dec 16th - maybe the real grim thing is how everything looks exactly the same where i live. signage, houses, ivy, all look exactly the same 50 years later. truly harrowing

Az én XX. századom (1989) = dec 9th = gorgeous music. dreamy intoxicated film.

The End of the F***ing World (2017) = tv show = weird depressed young offbeat thing. english characters in this pseudo american foresty retro world.

A Summer's Tale (1996) = rrohmer = reminds me of the iranian guy. humanist and considered and warm approach to his humans

The Lobster (2015) - lanth is delightful and wry

Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatiana (1994) - Aki is 1 of ~5 things i want/need from cinema

Kanchana Sita- February 1st, 2021 - see deep_green's review

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Re: Summary of 2021 viewing

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I rated many TV series and specials in 2021 I had watched many years earlier. Interestingly, let's look at the properties released in 2021 that I rated, along with the associated quips;

Dug Days- 33/100 (Bad)
Dave Chappelle: The Closer- 25/100 (Garbage)
Bo Burnham: Inside- 17/100 (Utter Shit)
Save Ralph- 10/100 (Utter Shit)
Oprah with Meghan and Harry: A CBS Primetime Special- 0/100 (Apotheosis)
Allen v. Farrow- 0/100 (Apotheosis)

Interestingly, 2017-2021 is so putrid that there are only two things I rated above 70 (the minimum for calling a property "good");

Ricky Gervais: Humanity (2018)- 77/100 (Excellent)
Tiger King (2020)- 70/100 (Good)

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