i don't watch many movies. stop getting mad at stuff online and tell me what to watch
Arrival (2016) - not perfect by any means, but the best science fiction movie in... quite some time.
Jumanji (2017) - dumb family comedy, pretty well written
Hot Fuzz (2007) - watch it with as little foreknowledge going in as possible
It definitely had its problems
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most glaring is the total reversal of how China and the United States would actually handle first contact. Ooh, the spooky CCP can't conceive of anything beyond bad military strategy!! as if the US godamn military is gonna get a proper linguist to work for them and not some Pete Buttigieg type who's 'fluent' second and combat-ready first.
Apparently, in the first draft, the aliens just give humanity the blueprint for a generation ship . Making the 'gift' be the whole language gives the story a better thematic follow-through. If I remember correctly, there's even a bit where the main character points out how silly linguistic determinism is - which sure, it's kinda undermined by the ending. But at least the film explores the concepts it brings up - that's more than most 'scifi' movies can manage.
The Mad Max movies are all good, but you should watch them in release order because Fury Road is so good it makes it hard to watch the older ones.
Err, idk if I'd say they're all good. The first one's kind of a rough watch. Not to say it's bad, but more that it might be one you need to power through a bit.
the first one is great. the stuff they managed with that budget is astounding.
I think you could skip the first one. The other three range from quite good to excellent.
Everything Everywhere All At Once is one of the best films I've ever seen
Learn nothing about it just watch it. Consider getting lightly stoned first if you partake :stalin-smokin:
eh, it drags at times, and some of the jokes didn't land for me, but a very interesting movie on a conceptual level and some very nice messages.
I want to back this. It’s possibly my favorite movie of all time, and the less you know going in the better.
definitely my favorite movie of this year, and one of the best cinema experiences i've maybe ever had. just really run the gamut of emotions and themes and im kinda burnt out on 'multiverse' stuff mostly from capeshit but i think it was really well done.
I couldn't get past the first 20 minutes. The main overcontrolling Asian mum character is too familiar to me
The main overcontrolling Asian mum character is too familiar to me
that should make the movie better for you overall imo. it definitely starts off a little slow but if you get through the start it really picks up! definitely consider giving it another shot
Eh I had it hyped up for me by multiple people and it flopped compared to the hype. It’s the matrix for zoomers with some tacked on mushy emotional stuff about family and depression. Imo of course.
The only thing they have in common is that they're both good films with good special effects. The maximalist filmmaking to portray all the different life paths was very well done, especially the way it was slightly disorienting. And the pacing and exposition was way tighter than most films (especially The Matrix, which I watched recently and it really drags in parts.) The stakes are high throughout and despite that it retains a sense of fun.
The use of the multiverse to tell an immigrant story was really powerful, way beyond just being "some mushy stuff about family and depression" — the specific family and the specific rift matters, and not appreciating makes it harder to appreciate a lot of the more subtle decisions that went into the film, like Evelyn's use of English vs Mandarin and how much of an accent she retains.
If it's a runtime/attention thing for you, there was a nice period in the 80s to late 90s where movies hovered around 100 minutes instead of the 150 to 180 minutes we get. So here are some shorter ones that I personally like:
- They Live (97 minutes)
- Robocop (102 minutes)
- Hot Fuzz (121 minutes)
- Ocean's Eleven (2001) (116 minutes)
- Modern Times (87 minutes) - this is a silent Chaplin flick, I like em
- Grand Budapest Hotel (100 minutes)
- Young Frankenstein (106 minutes)
- The Art of The Steal (90 minutes)
- Planes, Trains and Autombiles (93 minutes)
Suggestions: 10. Blazing Saddles (93 minutes)
blazing saddles is 93 minutes, and it's one of the best comedies of all time. it's aged really well overall, with a few minor exceptions, and mel brooks made it with gene wilder the same year as young frankenstein
Love your list. I love all of these movies yet when I made my list none of these came to mind. Weird!
Ex Machina, Heat, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Donnie Darko, King of Comedy, Sicario, Network, The Prestige, Memento, Sorry to Bother You, The Ritual, Pig, Cam, Swallow, It Comes at Night, The Invitation, Uncut Gems, Avengement, Taxi Driver, No Country for Old Men, Usual Suspects, Pulp Fiction*, Hateful Eight*, Terminator 1 & 2, Shrek 1 & 2 & 4, Green Room, Blue Ruin, Primer, Edge of Tomorrow, I Robot, District 9, Quien Te Cantara, Feebles**, Django Unchained, Parasite, The Matrix & maybe the sequels if you're into it, War of the Worlds, Stone Cold,
*Tarantino
**Feebles
There have been a few good movies on the cytube over the past year so if anyone has a list of what's been played on there that'd be cool
Everyone I know who watched Resurrections liked it, the problem is that i only know two other people who actually watched it lmao.
But i like all the sequels even if they aren't as good as the first one. The first is still a legendary film.
I rewatched all of them in 2018 and I didn't like it. I don't remember it being absolutely horrendous like how I imagine boss baby is but it definitely did not resonate with me nearly as much as the other three. Not sure if I could put it into words especially after not seeing it for a few years, it just stood out as not very good.
only listing non-english films here, because why not
shin godzilla - what if the government tried to stop godzilla but was very bad at it. very bureaucratic, but a good time nonetheless
city of god - one of the best crime movies ever. manages to avoid glorifying the violence while still being super stylish. somewhat tarantino-esque, but not really.
pan's labyrinth - antifa masterpiece. sort of a fairy tale about the francoist spain that has some really cool monsters in it.
bicycle thieves - a classic from post-war italy. the bike a man's livelihood depends on gets it stolen and tries to get it back.
hero - chinese action movie that's breathtaking visually. just a completely gorgeous film.
moolaade - about a village that practices female genital mutilation, and the women trying to stop the practice.
parasite - you probably already know parasite, but if you don't you need to watch it right now without learning anything else
rrr - the coolest action movie i've seen in a while. i love the anti-british spirit of the whole thing as well.
portrait of a lady on fire - made me cry like a little baby. french period drama that makes some really cool artistic choices
some of these are kind of art films, (though all are really good) and they all require subtitles, but i enlarged the ones that you can just watch as pure entertainment.
edit: they're all entertaining, but the ones i singled out have violence and intrigue and tension and don't necessarily require thinking to enjoy, whereas the others might have 10 minutes of government bureaucrats discussing the logistics of evacuating different areas as part of the godzilla response, or other stuff some people might find boring
The Third Man, Seven Samurai, Stray Dog, Rashomon, Yojimbo, Sanjuro, High and Low, Throne of Blood, Ikiru, Ran, Vertigo, Rear Window, North By Northwest, Psycho, Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons, Chimes At Midnight, Touch Of Evil, The Bicycle Thief, Casablanca, M, Double Indemnity, Sunset Boulevard, Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, The Maltese Falcon, High Noon, Late Spring, Early Summer, Tokyo Story, Good Morning, Floating Weeds, An Autumn Afternoon, Pather Panchali, Aparajito, The World Of Apu, Night Of The Hunter, The Seventh Seal, Wild Strawberries, 8 1/2, La Strada, La Dolce Vita, Amarcord, The Friends Of Eddie Coyle, Repo Man, Pig
These are a few very good movies.
Turbo hardcore basic hours, but the first six star wars movies and Rogue One are pretty good, the Indiania Jones movies are pretty good(obviously some stereotypes), the Sam Raimi Spider-Man trilogy is pretty good, although the third one is a dip in quality(I still love it but that's cause the end message really resonates with me personally). Anything by Wes Anderson is fun, same goes for the Cohen brothers(some brainworms in Hail Caesar but whatever), Hitchcock films or Akira Kurosawa films are always good. Ghostbusters sucks politically but is a good comedy. Terminator is good horror. Dead Poets Society is kinda dated but I like it. Studio Ghibli films are fun if you're fine with something childish and whimsical. Paprika and Perfect Blue are some more mature anime films with really stunning animation. Groundhog day is worth a watch. Jim Henson films(not the muppet ones) are always interesting to watch, although made with children in mind.
wrt anime takes - ghibli has a lot of great childish and whimsical films, but maybe don't look to all of their stuff for that. they did make grave of the fireflies as a double feature with totoro. and if you're watching satoshi kon you should check out millennium actress, which is imo his best movie.
This MFer really out here recommending Temple of Doom but calling out Spider-man 3 for a dip in quality
Yeah that's a good point. I do honestly like spider-man 3, but it's a very slim chance it lands with most people. I haven't watched any Indiana Jones movies in a while, so I forgot to mention it.
If you like any Korean content like Squid Game, Oldboy, or Parasite, also check out these:
The Handmaiden
Memories of Murder
Hopefully people give it a chance! It's a great (fourth or fifth) date movie :)
I'm trying to avoid any movies already listed. A lot of good stuff in this thread.
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, Adaptation (2002), Memories of Murder, Okja, Snowpiercer, Logan Lucky, Ocean's 11, The Bourne Identiy (and Supremacy, and Ultimatum), Hell or High Water, the square, Alien, Aliens, Drunken Master I and II, Riff Raff, the Wind that shakes the barley, I Daniel Blake, Sorry we missed you, Sorry to bother you, the northman, your name, collateral, hustle, rocky, the godfather, the witch, the lighthouse.
Some Koreeda films: Shoplifters, Our Little Sister, Still Walking, Maborosi, Like Father Like Son, Before the storm, Nobody Knows. I've been obsessed with this director recently, his movies are beautiful and touching, but as a warning they are very much slow paced family dramas, the goal is more to explore aspects of being human and how we relate to eachother and plot is secondary. Of these Shoplifters is probably the most watchable, the others are very rewarding but the different story structure can make it tough to get into as well.
Umm there's very many more. You know this is just an endorsement for movies. They rock.
