For me it’s Interstellar, it never fails to make me ugly cry at least twice during each viewing
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.
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
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)?
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.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.
Secondhand lions, the pursuit of happiness, and the good neighbor (2016)
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.
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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.
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.
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.
Repo: The Genetic Opera.
It’s definitely not for everyone, but it hits all the right buttons in my moody theatre kid heart, and “I Didn’t Know I’d Love You So Much” will always get the tears going for me.
And even if someone bounces off it, I’ve gotten a terrifying number of them hooked on Zydrate Anatomy. Might be the only song they remember from the whole thing, but it stays stuck.
Zydrate comes in a little glass vial
I don’t have a single favorite, but generally it’s going to go something like:
Triangle.
The Void.
The Endless.
Moon.
Upgrade.
Delicatessen
Moon! Definitely one I recommend.
God yes I love The Void. It really hits those Lovecraftian themes extremely well imo. The practical effects are fantastic as well.
Upgrade was fantastic! So glad I caught that under the radar. Such a great action sci-fi with a dystopian flavour. “Black Mirror” meets “John Wick”. And what an ending.
It it, IMO, the best cyberpunk movie that’s hit theaters. So under rated.
I just recently saw Triangle. Definitely an under-appreciated movie. That one shot after she chases the girl to the top of the ship is S tier horror. Great ending too.
I watched it last night after Helix’s comment piqued my curiosity. I’d previously never heard of it before, and it’s one of those movies where it’s even better on the second viewing. Enjoyed the mystery and the eeriness! Was not expecting that ending at all
Have you seen Vivarium or Color Out of Space?
I haven’t seen Vivarium, although it looked like it would be good. My wife loved it.
I enjoyed The Color Out of Space for what it was; Dagon was another pretty solid Lovecraft adaptation. Oh, and for older horror, there’s The Re-Animator, and From Beyond. I think a lot of Lovecraft doesn’t translate to film very well; cosmic horror as a fiction genre just isn’t quite the same as cosmic horror in film. Adaptations of books and stories to screen always have to make compromises that can cost some of the punch, and showing something–like the screaming bear in Annihilation–can give you more punch than trying to set the same scene up in a book. Neither is ‘better’ than the other, they’re just different art forms.
If you’re into these movies, I’d recommend Necronomicon, a 1994 anthology Lovecraft horror film. It’s been out of print, but that link will take you to the full movie hosted on archive.org
It’s weird and interesting
I’ll check it out!
The Matrix (1999). The one existential movie for all. Then, it’s probably “Serenity” (2005). Then, probably Galaxy Quest (1999).
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly… by like a lot.
I watched the Dollars Trilogy in order and I love all those movies. A Fistful of Dollars feels very low budget at certain points, including one of the worst day for night edits I’ve ever seen, but overall it’s a damn good 9/10 Yojimbo ripoff.
For a Few Dollars More is straigt up one of the best movies I have ever seen, an easy 10/10. It’s a full blown high budget movie that just shocked me when I saw it for the first time, I was amazed how good it was, and it confused me too since EVERYONE said that The Good, The Bad and The Ugly is the best of the bunch, like how could something be better than this???
Well, how is it…? When I first saw The Good, The Bad and The Ugly I almost went catatonic. If For a Few Dollars More is 10/10 then this movie is 11/10, or 12/10 or even 13/10. EVERYTHING about this movie is amazing, if the previous one was made with an A24 budget then this one was made with the same production level as fucking Oppenheimer. Everything is bigger, the scale of the movie is breathtaking, the Morricone music is the best of all time, the characters are amazing, the action is amazing, the climax of the movie is the best ever put on screen, I just fucking love this movie so SO fucking much.
So yeah… watch The Good, The Bad and The Ugly if you haven’t.
(Shout out to Duck, You Sucker. A movie that also blew my socks off, made by the same director.)
They are all great movies! Do you also think highly about What about Once Upon a Time in the West?
Absolutely! Both Once Upon a Time in the West and Once Upon a Time in America are pure masterpieces too!
The Dollars Trilogy is a great recommendation, and I think your analysis is spot on! The cinematography in the second and third installments is incredible.
I like to follow up with Tarantino’s Hateful Eight (my personal favorite film to recommend, especially as a Christmas movie in place of Die Hard) to see how hugely influential the Trilogy was.
If you haven’t seen it, check out Kurosawa’s Yojimbo.
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.
Ace ventura 2.
Hardly needs recommending but i would be lying if i said it wasnt my favorite.A Knights Tale would be a close second.
As they pop in my head:
Everything everywhere all at once.
Her
Groundhog Day
I saw the devil
Patch Adams
Memento
Prisoners
Fight club
Good will hunting
I remember watching Her right after going through a big break up. That one really hit hard. Great movie, though.
I really enjoyed Tetris (2023). The story was super riveting and I also really liked the soundtrack (mostly just “modernized” Tetris music).
Baby Driver was the first movie I saw 3 times at the theater. Gets me hooked beginning to end.
5th Element
Multipass!
My fav movie! The perfect blend of sci-fi, action, comedy, and fashion model catwalk.
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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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.
