Well, I survived another year! The 2020 Spirit Awards ballot is due today at 5pm and I just submitted my own personal ballot this morning. Per my count, I watched 32 movies this go-round for the period of February 26th - April 8th. It was actually one of the easiest years to do this since they gave us more time than usual, of which I greatly appreciate. I think we normally only get about 5 weeks to watch the films and it usually forces me to do several marathon watching binges which I really don't prefer.
I'll post my 2020 film picks fairly soon but I have a few more movies to get through first that are not on the Spirit Awards list. Overall, the gist of the 2020 Spirit Awards film selection is that 95% of the films were good to great, and that's kind of phenomenal, to be frank. I usually sit through at least 3-4 that I perceive as real clunkers that make me moan in agony for one reason or another. This year, the only movie that I would say that I really despised was the much applauded "Dick Johnson is Dead", and it was ironically the first film I watched, starting everything on a bad tone which thankfully didn't persist. Perhaps it's a matter of opinion but I just don't understand why anyone would find that film either interesting or entertaining, and how you can overlook the exploited opportunistic aspect of the film is mind boggling to me, hence my low opinion of it. It was this years' "For Sama" for me, a film from last years' list that really sent me over the edge that everyone else seemed to really like.
For more info on the films I watch(ed), please check out my page on Letterboxd.com where all the gory details exist.
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