For me it’s Interstellar, it never fails to make me ugly cry at least twice during each viewing
I really enjoyed Tetris (2023). The story was super riveting and I also really liked the soundtrack (mostly just “modernized” Tetris music).
isn’t the modernized music just modernized Russian folk music?
Adding another. Children of Men. Brilliantly made, disturbing premise, very plausible sci-fi. Quite violent, though.
Their long-take ambush scene is genius
Wow. That was intense
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I love most of Wes Anderson’s body of work, but my absolute favourite of his is The Life Aquatic
“I wonder if he remembers me…”
Life Aquatic is great, but I have a soft spot for Royal Tennenbaums myself
Really? I love of Wes Anderson movies, but The Life Aquatic was the only one I couldn’t finish.
That’s too bad. I found it to be just a really beautiful movie top to bottom with a great story and clever humour.
Mon Oncle. Making fun of modern impracticalities always makes me laugh.
Added to the watch list aka the list of shame ;)
Apocalypse Now. Damn, what a movie.
What the hell is a Redux, anyway?
Apocalypse Now is a great 2 for 1 movie deal
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So is Full Metal Jacket. It’s a shame Vincent D’Onofrio is only in the first one.
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This and samsara are great, definitely not for everyone though
Not my favorite, but my favorite to recommend to people: Special Bulletin. And Without Warning is a close second.
John Carpenter’s 1982 masterpiece The Thing. The themes of paranoia and isolation are so perfectly explored; it launched the career of Keith David, who is just a treasure; the performances are all immaculate; and those effects. My god, the effects.
Love that one too. What do you (or anybody with a theory or the answer) think is the meaning of the ending?
I think it’s intentionally ambiguous. For me, the point is the paranoia and distrust. I might be wrong, of course, but my interpretation is that we are supposed to leave the experience with questions.
My god, the effects.
My god, the soundtrack. He’s a fantastic musician. I really liked his Lost Themes, especially Wraith:
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Absolutely amazing movie, the effects were so ahead of their time!
Right? I can’t watch it with people anymore, because I keep pausing to explain how certain effects were achieved. It’s a monumental achievement.
Brilliant film, I love John Carpenter. My favourite is They Live.
Do you have any bubblegum?
That’s a great one as well. That alleyway fight scene is so fucking cool. Carpenter is easily one of the most creative, most fun artists of his generation.
Damn, that movie really messed me up as a kid, watching it alone.
I can imagine; I wouldn’t recommend it for kids. Way too much gore and tension.
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Tron , maybe Total Recall
The Matrix while not being quite The Matrix. Incidentally, both filmed in the same studios at similar times and allegedly shared some sets.
The Matrix was flashier, but I thought Dark City asked a more interesting question which is what makes us ourselves. Is it our environment, our memories, or is it something more.
Director’s cut, theatrical cut spoils the end
definitely
Snatch. Such an absolutely quotable movie with interesting characters, and the great mix of storylines that Guy Ritchie films are know for. The dialogue is just phenomenal!
Y’like dags?
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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
Grave of the Fireflies.
If I can’t be happy, no one will.
Seen it once, and never again. I will never recommend this movie to anyone.
I’ve seen it once, and I seem to be practically psychologically unable to cry, so rather than crying I walked around feeling like I was carrying a hundred pound millstone around my neck for about 4 days.
It’s a beautiful movie with every last single one of the studio Ghibli traits that you have come to know and love.
But it’s not a cartoon for little kids. I highly recommend that you watch it at least once if you haven’t, just don’t let your kids watch it until they are adults.
I haven’t been able to find where to watch it, and can’t seem to find a DVD copy on Amazon last I checked a few months back… Anyone know where one could watch this (preferably “remastered” for HD or whatever, assuming it ever got that treatment)?
There is a small chance that it is on Disney Plus, but I don’t have a Disney Plus subscription anymore so I can’t verify, I just know that they purchased studio Ghibli.
It’s one of the few so-called Ghibli flims I still haven’t seen. Max has all of them, I think, but I don’t think it has Grave of the Fireflies (last I checked). I don’t know if that one is technically Ghiblli? I think it came out before Ghlbil technically existed, which is why I think it’s often not included in these distribution deals.
I don’t wanna be one of those but there were plenty of releases on torrent and usenet (for FHD).
So if you are willing to go that route, there are releases.Yeah I know… I was looking for a blu ray copy
with all the shit I read about it I’ve grown wary. Not sure I could handle it. I cry just watching my kitten be cute
