For me it’s Interstellar, it never fails to make me ugly cry at least twice during each viewing
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For action movie fans, I’ll always recommend The Raid: Redemption. It’s a good gateway to martial arts movies, which can lead to a whole slew of other more esoteric recommendations
yea it’s amazing. Seconding that. Curious what those other recommendations would be? because aside from some old Jackie Chan flicks and a couple others, I’m a rookie in the martial arts flicks biz
I’d consider myself a rookie as well. Other than the classic Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan stuff, there’s Oldboy, Ip Man, chocolate.
Checking what else those performers have been in can be a good way to branch out to other titles.
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Mostly because I like to recommend things that are likely new to whoever I’m recommending to, and my experience has been that this isn’t a very widely appreciated or even known flick. And I also happen to love it personally, so it just became my go-to recommendation.
I do preface the recommendation with a “After watching it yearly for over a decade, I still don’t really really get it”. Its great.
Fucked up movie
Cube (1997) It’s a great little film and a bit of a mindfuck.
Here is my top 3 list:
- Lord of the Rings
- Back to the Future
- Terminator 2
T2 hits even better after watching T1
5th Element
This is one of my favorites. Also Shawshank Redemption and The Birdcage. Although I learned recently that a lot of humor in The Birdcage goes over the heads of younger people.
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Perfect.
My fav movie! The perfect blend of sci-fi, action, comedy, and fashion model catwalk.
Multipass!
Dead Man directed by Jim Jarmusch.
I am by no means a Johnny Depp fan but he provides a top tier performance alongside Gary Farmer.
An acid western buddy movie about death, dying, and belief. Beautiful film with a beautiful score.
Just watched this for the first time a month or two ago on the Criterion Collection Blu Ray. Amazing film. Killer soundtrack by Neil Young that is clearly just him riffing while watching the movie.
If anyone has access to them, I highly recommend the Criterion extra features. Very cool long form interview with Gary Farmer, and the audio bit where Jarmusch answers letters written in by fans (including one from Bill Hader asking him if he can be in one of his films) is just a joy to listen to. I could listen to that man speak about filmmaking for hours and not get bored.
Ghostbusters. Perfect in every respect, and endlessly quotable.
Ratatouille.
I don’t think there’s a movie that loves food more, or pays more respect to food. It’s an actual masterpiece, from every strand of hair rendered on Remy’s body, to each note played in the score. I will never get tired of watching this movie.
I like it too, but goddamn do I hate movies that boil down an entire culture to a single city. There’s no greater French Culture than Paris! or There’s nothing more British than London! or New York is all that exists for the arts!
I like the part about rats that cook. I find the love story somewhat creepy.
The Fountain. I was just in the right place in the right time in my life when I first saw it, left an unforgottable memory.
First rule is, I can’t talk about it. Second rule is, I can’t talk about it.
I have lost count of how many times I watched that movie. So many great details.
And I think most people take away the wrong message. It is critic and not encouragement.
It’s a philosophical movie about breaking yourself apart and rebuilding yourself consciously.
Not hard to understand why so many people don’t get that part of it. It’s a deeply introspective movie, not just about sweaty guys fighting each other.
There’s also sweaty boobs
A high school friend of mine said it romanticized mental health disorders, which I can’t really disagree with.
Seems like a general theme around Palahniuk’s stories… I feel like his type of shock went out of style in the 00s. Probably for the best.
Ah, the Care Bears movie. Yeah I was deeply ashamed too, but you love what you love.
The Blues Brothers. For years people had been telling me how good it was but I hadn’t got around to watching it. Now I get it.
One of my top 3 movies!
“we’re on a mission from God”
The Big Lebowski
Is gonna be the best movie you’ve ever seen once you see it twice
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Ya don’t mess with tha Jesus
Shut the fuck up, Donny.
Damn, now I have to watch it again haha
Really? I tried watching it but I couldn’t get through it.
It has a really messy plot with fast paced dialogue and subtle details that you can miss, I also remember my first time seeing it and being like “wtf is going on?”
As I said, the second time I saw it years later, I already knew the general direction of the movie so I could focus on the single characters and let me tell you: there’s a reason why there are a bunch of people quoting it all the time, every line of the script is like a meme, everything is so iconic
there’s a reason why there are a bunch of people quoting it all the time, every line of the script is like a meme, everything is so iconic
You just described the writing in everything the Coen Brothers have ever made.
Never seen it, I actually started watching it this week, so far so good!
The dude is like my spirit animal.
Baby Driver was the first movie I saw 3 times at the theater. Gets me hooked beginning to end.
Interstellar or Pacific Rim
Interstellar for the story
Pacific Rim for the action and pacing.
