best of Maddox's Best Of 2017 | Finished

[rihannafan]

On 12/27/2017 at 8:47 AM, jose168 said:

Ugh i dont watch enough tv to geddit

[jose168]

Just now, rihannafan said:

im too easily distracted. If i habitually watched tv id never be productive. atrl is bad enough  

[rihannafan]

Just now, jose168 said:

im too easily distracted. If i habitually watched tv id never be productive. atrl is bad enough  

replace atrl by hbo shows tbh, much better use of your time  

[madonnas]

I DONT GET THAT MONDO GROSSO SONG

there I said it!!!

I like the song with two parts on it more on the album.  

[Playa Playa]

Wow you dropped so many gems! Let me get into your Top 3 

 

Here for you picking Every Night as your fave PG song. It's so overlooked

[Tom Vercetti]

Neat song set~

[Leptine]

On 14/12/2017 at 0:51 AM, Playa Playa said:

Liar sounds like a complete mess too

Not really, it was a good drama-thriller to me, nothing groundbreaking or 'Big Little Lies' kind of quality, but it was very enjoyable imo.

 

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'Mr.Mercedes' was disappointing also for me, a good-interesting pilot, but the rest of the episodes too much boring, I didn't manage to finish it.

[jose168]

tonite, midnight and lmk in our top 10  

 

special shout outs for Liability and Every Night too

[Navyofbadgals]

the #1 is so intriguing to me good pick! never heard of it before

[Maddox]

Comedy: #12-10

 

 

12. Girls - HBO:

 

This final season did a great job wrapping its storylines while still offering some memorable stand outs, paticularly "American bitch" which dealt with sexual harassement and the abuse of power, "What Will We Do This Time About Adam?" and "Goodbye Tour"

 

I personally like "Goodbye Tour" bc they could've chosen to end the season with the cheesy "we'll always be girfriends!11!!" reunion, instead they went on a sour note bc sometimes friends fall out, relatonships change and people move on. It's a hard truth yet the show portrayed it with a beautiful sequence that almost rivals S1's classic "All Adventurous Women Do"

 

Another thing about this show, is how it showcased Shoshanna's evolution over the years, from the fast talking nonsensical girl into a mature woman who don't take **** even from her close~ friends. Zosia Mamet did a great job at depicting her character's growth and indifference toward the toxic nature of the other girls and i wish we could've seen more of her. 

 

Anyway, i'll have fond memories of this season, despite how problematic Lena may be.

 

 

11. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel - Amazon:

 

I've been anticipating this show since Amazon shared its pilot back in march and let's just say it exceeded my expectations!

 

I honestly just want to talk about how amazing Rachel Brosnahan is. I was not familiar with her work before but WOW she was so outstanding here i almost want to revisit freaking House Of Cards She truly oozes positivity and charm throughout the season, she commands your attention when she's on screen everyone else looks amateurish next to her. Also her stand ups are solid too! Anyway i just want to be her friend

Special shoutout to Tony Shalhoub and Alex Borstein who were brilliant; as well as their beautiful costumes and the wonderful soundtrack.

 

The only setback here is Joel, i like Michael Zegen; he was good on France Ha and Brooklyn, but i don't believe one bit that Midge and him are in love. ASP desperatly wants to convince you that they had something special together yet it doesn't translate well in the show... also almost everyone (besides Miriam and Susie) are not fully developed characters, they just do the same thing every episode.

 

But these are minor weaknesses. If you're a fan of Gilmore Girls and Mad Men or you need to stan for a new icon go watch this NOW!!!

 

 

10. Vice Principals - HBO:

 

Walton ****ing Goggins  

 

I feel like it's established that antihero based shows are becoming a fad(?) Yet this show makes a compelling case that you could still produce a complex evil character you could still root for.

 

Lee Russell is a selfish, manipulative and a deeply insecure hunty, yet it's so fun watching him trying to stand up for himself and maintain his perfect image while hurting the people around him and fall apart afterwards. This entire series wouldn't work without Goggins' award worthy performance. The rest was good too; we get to know the identity of Gamby's shooter, finally seeing him develop a relationship with Snodgrass and deal with the crazy Jen.

 

Can't wait for McBride and Jody Hill's upcoming projects!

[Maddox]

On 29/12/2017 at 0:42 AM, rihannafan said:

 camille only 64?

nnn  I probably would've placed it higher if i didn't overplay it to death. Same with Biolay's song

 

On 29/12/2017 at 0:53 AM, madonnas said:

I DONT GET THAT MONDO GROSSO SONG

there I said it!!!

I like the song with two parts on it more on the album.  

Something abt Hikari's soft vocals and that groovy beat made me instantly like it! Also the music video is amazing  

 

On 29/12/2017 at 0:59 AM, Playa Playa said:

Wow you dropped so many gems! Let me get into your Top 3 

 

Here for you picking Every Night as your fave PG song. It's so overlooked

That 1-2-3 punch along with Choir and Die 4 You gets me in my feels 

 

On 28/12/2017 at 11:58 PM, montrealxo said:

taste 

 

Caramelo Duro, Liability and Deadly Valentine 

 

16 hours ago, jose168 said:

tonite, midnight and lmk in our top 10  

 

special shout outs for Liability and Every Night too

Flawless gems  glad y'all enjoyed the set!

 

On 29/12/2017 at 1:53 AM, Tom Vercetti said:

Neat song set~

Thanks  

 

4 hours ago, Navyofbadgals said:

the #1 is so intriguing to me good pick! never heard of it before

Oh thanks  It's really euphoric, you never get sick of it!

[montrealxo]

Vice Principals is so funny. Finally someone else who knows 

[Maddox]

21 hours ago, Leptine said:

Not really, it was a good drama-thriller to me, nothing groundbreaking or 'Big Little Lies' kind of quality, but it was very enjoyable imo.

I feel like they don't know whether they want be perceived as serious drama or a cheap thriller relying on twists.

 

It's like as if BLL was centered on whether Celeste or Perry were lying abt the abuse, while giving false hints that Celeste might be lying. That would be made in poor taste. That's the issue to me with Liar.

[Wicked]

Vice Principals is too low, and shouldn't be in a set with that pos Lena.

[Playa Playa]

Rachel Brosnahan really did that. You might want to watch Manhattan instead (I haven't watched it but I've heard great things).

 

Didn't really like Joel but he kinda redeemed himself in the finale. Seeing his reaction was priceless 

 

Vice Principals & Walton  

[Leptine]

4 hours ago, Maddox said:

I feel like they don't know whether they want be perceived as serious drama or a cheap thriller relying on twists.

 

It's like as if BLL was centered on whether Celeste or Perry were lying abt the abuse, while giving false hints that Celeste might be lying. That would be made in poor taste. That's the issue to me with Liar.

I understand you point of view, I think that it was a way to get more attention and curiosity from the audience that wanted to know who was the actual liar and it actually worked (It was the highest ratings tv show on British television this year), to me it was very enjoyable as tv show and I like the 2 main actors, I read there will be a second season, I really can't imagine a second season from this kind of story with the same characters

[Pink Matter]

Not really a TV buff so I can't really comment on your TV list   but I peaked through some of your songs and I found some great gems in there (Colour of Water, tonite, LMK, Midnight, Deadly Valentine in your top 10 ). Plus quite a few others in your top 70  

No albums?

[Navyofbadgals]

Vice Principals looks interesting, gonna peep that one out soon 

[Maddox]

Top 10 Movies:

 

H.M:

16. Get Out - Jordan Peele

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15. The Big Sick - Michael Showalter

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14. The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) - Noah Baumbach

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13. Princess Cyd - Stephen Cone

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12. I Don't Feel At Home In This World Anymore - Macon Blair

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11. The Florida Project - Sean Baker

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[Maddox]

Top 10 Movies:

 

10. You Were Never Really Here - Lynne Ramsay

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9. Happy End - Michael Haneke

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8. Lady Macbeth - William Oldroyd / A Quiet Passion - Terence Davies

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7. On The Beach At Night Alone - Hong Sang-soo

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6. Good Time - Ben and Josh Safdie

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5. Personal Shopper - Olivier Assayas

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4. Mudbound - Dee Rees

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3. Lady Bird - Greta Gerwig

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2. Faces Places - Agnès Varda, JR

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And my N°1 movie is.....

 

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1. Brad's Status - Mike White

 

 

 

This might be a pretty basic choice for a number one especially since this year offered many quality movies, yet this one looks like an inoffensive little indie flick. It still feels more relevant because it deals with themes of privilege, entitlement, and bitterness and that's why it stayed with me.

 

Also one of the reasons why i loved this movie is because of Mike White, one of the most talented people out there. He brought us many gems notably the creepy stalker movie "Chuck & Buck", the quirky dramedy "Year Of The Dog", "The Wire" of this decade "Enlightened" (don't @ me) and recently "Beatriz At Dinner".  

 

The movie has a simple premise. When taking his son to visit colleges, a middle class father working for a non profit reflects on his life choices when he checks out on his friends from college who became rich and successful unlike him. 

 

The biggest strength of Brad's Status is its script, its brutaly honest and precise. You delve directly inside Ben Stiller's mind (who gave a wonderful performance as a whiny old man) technically the movie employs White's signature monologues but they are never grating. You see how Brad gradually contemplates on his "failures": he wonders whether he lacked ambition, or his wife (played by Jenna Fisher) didn't push him enough to the best of his abilities. White here goes through a structured mix of ideas and feelings to make you understand Brad's anguish but he doesn't make his protagonist sympathetic enough (like with Dern's Enlightened) which is showcased on the very end when he gets confronted by a Harvard student who calls him out on his "first world problems" and his lack of perception.

 

"Brad's Status" is a touching lesson on modesty and how we act upon the feeling of lack of fulfillement. It's human to compare ourselves to other people, but we should always remind ourselves of the good things in our life.

 

 

[Maddox]

#12-10 Dramas coming later tonight (hopefully)

[feelslikeadream]

WTF my fave actor Joaquin Phoenix had a new movie this year and I didn't even know???

 

[Maddox]

Drama #12-10:

 

12. American Gods - Starz:

 

After his Hannibal project, Fuller comes back with an adaptation of Gaiman's novel "American Gods" centered around an ex-convict called Shadow Moon, who meets a creepy con man named Mr. Wednesday and quickly gets caught up in a war between the Old Gods and the New Gods.

 

I loved this series a lot. It has all the ingredients. It's crazy, messy, sexy and has an outstanding cast: Ian McShane who was born to play Mr Wednesday, Crispin Glover who was really terrifying as Mr World, Yetide Badaki as  Bilquis the goddess of love devouring her lovers inside her vadge, Gillian Anderson (my favorite) as Media turning as Marilyn, Lucille Ball and David Bowie, Orlando Jones as Mr. Nancy who delivered a brilliant monologue in episode 2, the lovely Kristin Chenoweth and Omid Abtahi as Salim the gay muslim taxi driver (props to the show for not appeasing the masses and avoid treating his practice as a hindrance tsk tsk Ansari and Nanjiani) Shadow Moon and Mad Sweeney were okay; they didn't bother me much, unlike Emily Browning who had too much time dedicated to her character... 

 

The structure of the show is a bit messy, so unless you haven't read the book you'll have a hard time following this, there were some complaints about the “Coming to America” vignettes, i thought they were fine. Overall the entire show comes together during the finale which was the best of the series so far. Shame that Fuller left during the making of S2 but i'll still be tuning next year to see if it'll get better.

 

11. Legion - FX:

 

I'm not really into comics, i only wanted to watch this because Noah Hawley was involved. So i peeped the pilot, it was really ****ed up, like there was a random musical sequence, some loud noises, weird editing but i very much enjoyed it. Dan Stevens really surprised me here, he was always the cute Matthew Crawley from Downton to me. Here he plays David Haller, a patient diagnosed with schizophrenia and later discovers he got some superpowers. The season kinda stalled after the pilot when trying to deal with David's memory but then things kicked into full gear by chapter 5. Plaza is absolutely mindblowing as Lenny, one of the most terrifying villains of the year. it's sad how she didn't get any award love this year. The rest of the cast was good too. Perched for S2 even if i'm a bit disappointed Taghmaoui is no longer involved :/

 

 

10. Big Little Lies - HBO:

 

I feel like i have nothing to add about this show but anyway. Great performances, awesome work from Jean-Marc Vallée. It was fun, intriguing, poignant with a relevant message. I don't what they intend to do with the second season but i'll be watching it...

[Maddox]

On 30/12/2017 at 8:51 PM, montrealxo said:

Vice Principals is so funny. Finally someone else who knows 

Ayee taste  

 

On 30/12/2017 at 11:32 PM, Wicked said:

Vice Principals is too low, and shouldn't be in a set with that pos Lena.

Welp  Sorry!

 

On 30/12/2017 at 11:45 PM, Playa Playa said:

Rachel Brosnahan really did that. You might want to watch Manhattan instead (I haven't watched it but I've heard great things).

 

Didn't really like Joel but he kinda redeemed himself in the finale. Seeing his reaction was priceless 

 

Vice Principals & Walton  

We really don't need Joel after the finale... If ASP is smart she'd give her a new love interest (or not). Just get rid of Joel altogether

 

On 01/01/2018 at 5:05 PM, Pink Matter said:

Not really a TV buff so I can't really comment on your TV list   but I peaked through some of your songs and I found some great gems in there (Colour of Water, tonite, LMK, Midnight, Deadly Valentine in your top 10 ). Plus quite a few others in your top 70  

No albums?

Oh thanks  

 

Planning to do albums next year hopefully, i don't think i've covered much records this year (many of the tracks on my list were released during the summer )

 

On 01/01/2018 at 6:24 PM, Navyofbadgals said:

Vice Principals looks interesting, gonna peep that one out soon

 

It's really easy to binge. 2 seasons, 9 episodes each!

 

5 hours ago, feelslikeadream said:

WTF my fave actor Joaquin Phoenix had a new movie this year and I didn't even know???

 

Yup! And he was really good in it.

[Wicked]

Curious to see what Dramas are left at this point. I don't have too much to say about BLL either, except a second season is a mistake.