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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- Season Eleven has now drawn to a close and it’s time to take a fond look back at all of the movies we watched in 2023. Please enjoy the year in review, the new hall of fame inductees and the two shorts that we watch on the old leather couch: Sofia Coppola’s Lick the Star and Jacques Tati’s L’Ecole Des Facteurs (School for Postmen).
In Seen It, we discuss bands of boys, hotels for puppets and, for our final Seen It of the year, a Hitchcock masterpiece.
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One of my favorite things during this time of the year is the end-of-the-year Megasode.
Thank you again, Tona, Craig, Matt and The Cats, for another great year of entertaining movie reviews and unboxing episodes. See you in 2023!
Wes Craven's New Nightmare is one of the most interesting takes on a horror film I've seen. It does fall apart in the third act, but it deserves a few slow claps for the creativity and innovative idea!
fan of this show for almost a decade now! my suggestion for the non-human category is "yawning": i feel like many characters and actors have yawned this year, and it fits with the theme of feeling underwhelmed by so many of the movies this year (although it is always enjoyable watching you two suffer through them)
I just watched all the Nightmare on Elm Street movies for a podcast. I had previously had a dim view of slasher movies, but Wes Craven's New Nightmare turned me around on the whole genre! I would highly recommend adding it to the list of potential future episodes.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: Stu for Hall of Fame 2022!
Sofia Coppola's The Virgin Suicides is my favorite film, so seeing Lick the Star is like an early short film version is kind of neat. She's such a creative writer and director.
I just went to your website to double check this, I am amazed that neither Music nor Singing are already hall of fame members. I would like to nominate either of those two for induction. While such an induction may seem strange on its surface, music has been tied to film since before the Jazz Singer, where the first lines ever spoken on film were to introduce a musical number. Even during the silent era, every theater still had a piano player to provide the score to the footage being shown. When sound became commonplace, musicals quickly became the bread and butter of Hollywood for decades, and that's still true today in both western animated films and Bollywood productions. Finally, film scores (or even the noticeable absence of scores) are just as important for a film as cinematography, writing, or acting for setting the mood of the scene. If you don't believe me, watch the scene of E.T. boarding his spaceship with the score removed.
In short, I say induct Music/Singing into the basement hall of fame. Dancing has been in for years and I say it's high time we give them something to move too!
EDIT: Welp, this is embarrassing. I noticed on the website that there wasn't a nonhuman category listed for last year so I just went to last year's final episode and it turns out it was in fact singing. I'm still gonna leave my comment up because I like the way it reads, and I do still think that Music/Film Scores should still be a viable candidate for induction
Happy New years, guys!
I would like to nominate "shadows" they are very important to filmmaking, especially certain genres.
Happy Holidays, boyz. 2023, place to be!
Thank you just for being there throughout the year Craig and Matt. I appreciate you
Another great megasode although I was hoping for a "ladri di biciclette" shout out. Have a wonderful break, can't wait for season 12!
Happy New Year guys! Thanks for helping me get through another year.
Whilst it lacks a full-year theming, it does seem only fitting for a lifetime achievement induction in the non-human category ro be offered to an action which has spanned the entire history of this show, defining cinematic moments of importance, of tension, of joy, if peril, and of extreme emotion, which have all been capitalized upon from the Old Leather Couch.
I therefore nominate for formal induction into the Welcome To The Basement Hall Of Fame, in the non-human category, the act of Bell Ringing. For we all must have a way proclaim to the world just how much we want our opera house.
I appreciate you, thank you for making content.
Happy new year ❤️
Great selection this past year! I'm glad you finally got to mention The Manchurian Candidate (the original) in Seen It. My own nominee for the non-human Hall of Fame is the Colossus computer. Antecedent to SkyNet in the Terminator movies, the ultimate tribute to the morality tale that is Frankenstein, Colossus is chilling in its genius, its power, and its steel-trap logic, and its final speech is simply damning.
Nearly 10 years ago in your 'My Own Private Idaho' episode, Matt mentioned having a fifty movie master list. Have you guys completed that list, or is it still a work in progress?
Might be a bit morbid, then again so am I, but my suggestion for non-human inductee would be... blood. It impacts so many films, not just horrors either, but in movies like Day of the Dead, Canninbal Holocaust, Sweeney Todd, and of course The Shining, it becomes a character of its own.
Looking forward to spending more time watching films with you both :) And I hope 2023 is the year Irene Handl finally makes it into the basement hall of fame :)
What a unlikely yet wonderfully specific hope. I kinda want to work to make it happen.
It won't, but it would be cool.
17th like in the first 16 minutes. Nice. New personal best.
On the best show ever. Nice.
Seen it? One of my favorite comedy troops is the 90s/2020s Canadian comedy quintet The Kids in the Hall. I feel like their movie Brain Candy is in need of some reevaluation. I saw it when it came out and didn't care for it. I saw it again last year and found it hilarious, so Kids in the Hall's Brain Candy, seen it?
Triangle of Sadness - seen it?
I thought the use of sound design was so effective, particularly at supporting the central theme of grotesqueness. I can never look at pretzel sticks the same again!
Thanks for another thrill-packed episode! FYI: Not only did Frank Sinatra suppress the release of Manchurian for 20 years, he did the same with his other assassination-themed film "Suddenly!" Hope your holidays are happy and that the New Year brings us another great batch of films and commentaries!
I remember watching the trailer to this show a decade ago and now we’re here, my goodness I’ve been watching for a decade and I’ll keep
Watching for hopefully decades more
'Party at Beckett's' is a great movie title. I'd totally watch that. Also, Lécher l'étoile.
How about inducting 'lighting' this year? There have been a number of black and white films watched this year. Or better yet, induct 'music' or 'vinyl'. this show wouldn't be the same without the love of vinyl records ❤️
Bicycles do tend to continue forward if the pedals are moving, as it creates a gyroscopic effect and the momentum of the bike is unhindered! Still must have taken a few attempts to get the right shot.
Wracking my brain to think of a non human hall of fame nominee. The first thing that came to mind was chaos, like the over the top madness in Jingle All the Way. But honestly I don't think that's a very good one. Better than chaos I would have to say Robots, or robits. Similar to the monsters inducted into the hall of fame, robots can account for many characters that have been in the show, I especially love the trope in certain movies of a mecha or robot monster in Godzilla Films.
Happy new year! Thank you for another entertaining season -- even when some of the movies themselves turn out to be disappointing.
I'm glad The Hound of the Baskervilles was one of your picks, I love Basil Rathbone in the role. I also continue to be impressed by how much Charlize Theron sells the action in Atomic Blonde. She sells the fights far better than most of the traditional action movie actors. The biggest surprise for me: Tumbling Tubleweeds was actually pretty entertaining.
I agree with you that it's hard to find fault with North by Northwest, but not impossible. I have two issues: casting an actress to play Cary Grant's mother who was only two years older than him, and no spotting the child extra covering his ears even BEFORE Eva Marie Saint pulls out a gun at Mount Rushmore.
Best wishes for a fantastic 2023!
Edmond O'Brien was also in The Bigamist.
Remain in Light!
TAKE A LOOK AT THESE HANDS
Another great season. Happy New Year!
Happy New Years!
The review just reminds me that this was a another great year in the Basement, even if it hasn't been great in many other ways. Thanks for everything!
How did they do the bicycle rolling? As long as there's enough momentum, bikes naturally want to keep rolling straight due to their geometry. Send them down a hill and they'll keep going.
Tough question for the non-human inductee. I think I will toss my hat in for Soundtracks. Hearing Bernard Hermann's name come up (and seeing the Twilight Zone marathon last night) seems to make it the perfect choice for me.
You watched an entire short film about bicycles without mentioning ladri thereof? And, in the process, used the word "faster" normally in a sentence, with unremarkable levels of force and excitement? Truly, this is a time of change.
Dammit, Michael. Now we have to refilm the whole thing.
I didn't "get" The Virgin Suicides either. But I've always had a hard time relating to teenage drama, even when I was a teenager.
Phones should be in the hall of fame for Brezhnev’s sake!
They can be used to dial so many things - Omsk Information!
Gotta love Steve Buscemi.
The intro reminds of a conversation I had with a Glaswegian barman recently -
Barman: I had to eject Penelope Cruz' husband from the premises last night.
me: Really, Javier Bardem?
Barman: No I havnae, but he's on his last warning.
Happy New Year everyone!
Bicycles naturally can "ride" themselves, I recommend Veritasium's video on it but there are plenty of other examples and explanations.
French person here. "Lèche les etoiles" is how we would say it in Canada. The E sounds like an E in TEST.
20:10 Gravitas
Much respect for inducting Nakajima-sama into the HOF 🙂👍 A great performer of amazing fortitude to act in those hot, heavy, claustrophobic suits for so many years! 😳
You gotta hand it to Sophia, she knows what she's about
As a few people have already stated, that's how the bikes roll. Due to the gyroscopic effect.
9:58 Did Vincent Price call Christopher Lee a bitch in the end there?
"Changed his name to Dis Gracey" got me good.
The bike isn't a special effect - that's just how bikes work!
For the non human hall of fame, I nominate "how did they do this back then?".
From the flying in Alice in wonderland to the bike in this episode, effects that leave you scratching your head to how they managed to pull that off and why does it look better than alot of modem day effects?
Along the Sofia Coppola short vein, not sure if she'll get more into writing again and directing but Andrea Bang's (Kim's Convenience) shorts PlayDate, Closet People, Lucy Dies, Karaoke Mamas, etc are great if viewers are interested in finding them. Not sure if they would work with real-time watching and satire for the couch so I don't suppose you'd watch them on the show but offscreen.
It's time we put "Stu" in the hall of fame. Not a man, but a character concept voice for Matt to break out.
"Talking, just as cool". 💯
Scene It? Glass Onion. Stunning to watch, and I’m glad a major filmmaker isn’t pussyfooting around the pandemic. Still prefer the first Knives Out film, though. (I imagine you will get this a lot!)
Nice Tati's!
The next time you guys talk about animated films, you should check out "It's Such A Beautiful Day". It's one of my favorite films of all time and it's woefully under-known.
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Hey!!! I had that same US Flag pen when I was in school!! ...except I wasn't planning on poisoning anybody.
Goodness, I cannot remember the name of the movie, but it centers on the adventures of one of the nine sister goddesses in Greek Mythology, presiding over song and poetry and the arts and sciences...and do you believe me now, Sonny? Gene Kelly was in it. It had the most beautiful woman in it. She on skates.
Is this where we Seen It? If so have you seen the Weird AL movie it was great Daniel Radcliffe performance.
For a non-human nominee, i'll nominate the bat from, "The Lost Highway" 🦇 (unless it's already been inducted).
Seen it? New Jack City, Wesley Snipes is pretty awesome
- Danny Bell
Lécher les étoiles!
Maybe Fran's letters could be inducted?
PAUL FREES my guy made it!! 🤩
Non Human Category nomination: Anthropomorphising- Giving human characteristics to a God, animal, or object. Examples: Fritz the Cat, Rock and Rule, the bicycle who wanted to get drunk on wine in the French short, Secret of Nimh... many examples.
Nominee... One Potato?
No? Okay, I'll nominate Macguffins. (That seems clever, right?)
I take it Coppola is a fan of The Last Picture Show, as is evident in the pool party scene…thus the Bog man.
I agree that the budget really showed at the end of "Wes Craven's New Nightmare"; but it truly might be Wes Craven's masterpiece. It is basically the horror equivalent of Fellini's "8 1/2" and way better than what Lana Wachowski was trying to do with "Matrix Resurrections". Check it out if you haven't seen it.
Have you guys ever seen The Mouse that Roared.
don't know it it qualifies as a non human but what about the thumb kiss as a member of the hall of fame?
Seen it! Avatar the Way of the Water. Definitely worth the wait in my book. Never bet against James Cameron!
Seen it: X or Pearl?
Gonna keep asking; Mobile Suit Gundam: The movie, Scene it?
Not sure if this counts, but for the non-human category, I vote to play clips of every dumb character moment from this year's movies, and after each one, you insert that line from the "King Arthur" review: "It's important to his character. It's not important to us."
Watched a double feature recently. Seen it "See how they run" and " Amsterdam". Liked both but Amsterdam could have had at least 30 minutes cut and see how they run seemed to not give enough hints at who was the killer.
I think because it had Sam Rockwell and Saoirse Ronan in it my expectations were sky high, making it a very disappointing film. I'd go so far as to say most disappointing all year
@@basquat76 I was MORE disappointed by Amsterdam... But I was very disappointed by both. Amsterdam is a waste of film. I'm also a huge Sam Rockwell fan and the saddest part of See How They Run is that he isn't even a standout in it. His character is "understated" to the point of being boring. 😢
@@TroubleToby3040 I haven't seen Amsterdam so i can't say. But i really don't like David O Russel's films, so i'd be surprised if i liked it but it would never disappoint, just surprise me.
Non-Human, Hall of Fame inductee : the MacGuffin
Great Megasode.
I imagine you've checked Google Translate already.
"Lèche l'étoile."
SEEN IT?
Weird (the Al Yankovic story)
Glass Onion
Seen it? This place rules
2022 non human HOF entry? That's easy...soundtracks.
Seen it? Two Female Spies In Flowered Panties. A grindhouse classic by Jess Franco.
Have You Seen It: The Changeling.1980 starring George C. Scott. Just when I thought Exorcist 3 was impressive this one blew me away with a surprise bonus involving flame and a staircase that I've never seen done in any other scary movie.
kcil eht rats . . . . that's it !
that was the most passive british way of an old man missing the bus.
theres a dvd right between lesbian and the other one that i thought said the day the clown cried
You guys watched The Black Hole and can't come up with a non-human hall of famer?!? Of course I'm talking about the romance in that movie.
"Isn't that a man?"
The look of utter confusion on Matt's face. As though everything he knew and understood about life had suddenly been proven false.
I nominate VINCENT and BOB for the non human inductee
Maybe something along the lines of laughter for non-human inductee.
not a winker ; )
Nonhuman category suggestion flirting?
non human inductee - flying. Also, isn't North By Northwest the film where the kid puts his hands over his ears before the gunshot? There's a fault for you.
Seen it - The Menu. I found it compelling at first but after the first big dramatic moment I felt like all tension was lost and I found it quite boring. People seem to talk about how funny it is but none of the comedy hit the mark for me.
Seen it? Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022).
I enjoyed the star studded cast and the return of Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig), but I felt the story dropped the ball during the last 30 minutes, and overall I feel it’s a weaker film then it’s predecessor.
Much weaker. And I'd say it dropped the ball at the halfway mark. As soon as they had the "big reveal " (GASP! That girl that I knew nothing about is actually her own twin sister! So? 🤨) it headed down-hill hard. It was okay... Just.
The star??😬
Here is another trop for HOF. Women when they discover a dead body. Started in the 1940s and 50s. Used extensively for the last 60 years on every crime drama. Surprised it's still used as most people have seen dead bodies in movies and televisions for decades, the thrill is gone with this trop.
For the non-human nominee, how about “Good Intentions”? You’ve watched a lot of great movies over the years, but also a bunch of stinkers. But even the worst films like Stop or my Mom Will Shoot, In the Name of the King, Jingle All the Way and so many more have buried in them somewhere the grain of a good idea, a wasted good performance, a single good scene, or at the very, _very_ least, a Good Intention. Maybe now is the time to celebrate this one saving grace that we can reasonably assume all these films and their ilk have, because Lord knows they don’t have anything else going for them 😅
I loathe Zuni aestheticssssss.
You should watch a play that's filmed like "Steambath" next season. You can discuss your thoughts on how film changes your prospective of the play performance. Also see "Virgin Suicides" I remember watching in as High Schooler and it felt the isolation and lost.
Hall Of Fame Suggestion is Practical Effects (classic non-CGI movie magic). Also like @Nevet1212 Robot suggestion.
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