{"id":288626,"date":"2011-12-23T19:33:15","date_gmt":"2011-12-23T19:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wdev.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent-dev\/2011\/12\/23\/three-percent-25-movies-theyre-like-books-for-smart-people\/"},"modified":"2018-04-16T14:45:07","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T14:45:07","slug":"three-percent-25-movies-theyre-like-books-for-smart-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/2011\/12\/23\/three-percent-25-movies-theyre-like-books-for-smart-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Percent #25: Movies. They&#39;re Like Books for Smart People!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this week&#8217;s podcast, we finish indulging our year-end listing proclivities by running down the best movies of 2011. Chad is absent (poor guy&#8217;s never seen a movie), but, not to worry, your comfortingly consistent host Tom Roberge is joined by Nathan Furl (of Open Letter) to set the record straight about whether you should make a silent film these days, if Nicolas Cage movies are totes the best, why no one bothered to mention <em>Tree of Life<\/em> over the course of the hour, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Tom and I (Nate) each picked our top five, and, as you can see, it turned out to be quite the diverse list of movies. The rundown, with handy previous, is below.<\/p>\n<p><b>Tom&#8217;s Picks<\/b><\/p>\n<p>-Best Popcorn Movie: <em>Drive Angry<\/em>, directed by Patrick Lussier<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"380\" height=\"214\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O2-hiHUh4UQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>-Best Adaptation: <em>Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy<\/em>, directed by Tomas Alfredson<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"380\" height=\"214\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Aco15ScXCwA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>-Best Movie That I Feel Foolish for Not Having Seen Earlier: <em>Night Watch<\/em>, directed by Timur Bekmambetov (Russia, 2004)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"380\" height=\"214\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yMHQsjgQDrA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>-Best Foreign Film: <em>Animal Kingdom<\/em>, directed by David Mich\u00f4d (Australia)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"380\" height=\"214\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R5BsYRmMfus\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>-Best Foreign\/Action Film: <em>13 Assassins<\/em>, directed by Takashi Miike (Japan)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"380\" height=\"214\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NgPC74-Tde8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><b>Nate&#8217;s Picks<\/b><\/p>\n<p>-Best Popcorn Flick That&#8217;s Surprisingly Impressive and Recommendable: <em>Rise of the Planet of the Apes<\/em>, directed by Rupert Wyatt<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"380\" height=\"214\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EbCoDf44oCE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>-Best Movie That I&#8217;m Cocksure Is One of the Best of the Year (but we&#8217;re doing this podcast before the movie has played anywhere near me, so, honestly, I haven&#8217;t seen it): <em>The Artist<\/em>, directed by Michel Hazanavicius (France)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"380\" height=\"214\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OK7pfLlsUQM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>-Best Documentary Film, a.k.a., the Best Movie Made by Errol Morris This Year: <em>Tabloid<\/em>, Directed by Errol Morris<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"380\" height=\"214\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TWeQce0cZsE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>-Second Best Movie of 2011 (or, maybe, the first): <em>Drive<\/em>, directed by Nicolas Winding Refn<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"380\" height=\"214\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CWX34ShfcsE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>-First Best Movie of 2011 (or, maybe, the second): <em>Melancholia<\/em>, directed by Lars von Trier<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"380\" height=\"214\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wzD0U841LRM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Oh, and this week&#8217;s intro\/outro song is &#8220;A Real Hero (feat. Electric Youth)&#8221; by College, off the <em>Drive<\/em> soundtrack.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"380\" height=\"214\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-DSVDcw6iW8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you enjoy this podcast, please pass this along to your podcast-listening friends and rate us on iTunes. And if you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, feel free to email me at chad.post[at]rochester.edu.<\/p>\n<p>As always you can subscribe to the podcast in iTunes by clicking <a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/three-percent-podcast\/id434696686\">here<\/a>. To subscribe with other podcast downloading software, such as Google&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/listen.googlelabs.com\/\">Listen<\/a>, copy the following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/index.php?s=broadcast_3p\">link<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this week&#8217;s podcast, we finish indulging our year-end listing proclivities by running down the best movies of 2011. 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