I knew I was gonna like that movie when the guy tries to stab someone and ends up cutting his hand.
Everyone thinks they would be a super-badass in a life or death situation, but more likely you'll end up spraining your ankle slipping around in your own blood
Blue Ruin whips ass — if you haven’t seen Green Room, you should do that one too. I Don’t Feel At Home in This World Anymore would round things out pretty well
I think it's "Curse of the Golden Flower" but there are a few movies that are based around the Emperor and basically why he doesn't let anyone near him. Basically his family all tried to kill him.
"The Fall," 2006. Lee Pace. Dreamlike, astounding production design and costumes, filmed in remote lands over 4 years. Fantasies of a small girl and a paralyzed Hollywood stuntman in a 1920s Los Angeles hospital. Gorgeous and emotional.
Quite possibly one of the most visually stunning movies of recent times. Lee Pace gives a sublime performance. I constantly urge friends , strangers etc to watch this masterpiece.
Went?… it’s happening.😬
Ok, so the meteorite happened to be Musk’s car hurtling towards us, but I have no doubt the wealthiest will be building an escape pod.
Event Horizon. Sci-fi horror with a hefty dose of existential dread and heavy focus on human hubris.
Probably not life changing tbh but honestly I just love talking about how much I like it so eh, there it is. I put it up near Alien as far as sci-fi horror goes.
I watched it a few years back with a friend who'd never seen it and it held up very well. The effects I think were largely practical and just make up and so it still looks great too
I also found it life changing but I didn't think most people would find it as such...maybe I just don't give it enough credit lol. The venting into space and having to blow all the air out of his lungs.... I was holding my breath for most of that scene.
I saw it when I was like 14 and I still wonder what kind of person I’d be if I ever saw the full extended cut. (The film was cut down from 130 minutes down to 96 because it was too gruesome for test audiences. Some short clips of it is still present in the film when the crew finds the ship’s log.)
My friend decided to introduce me to delicatessen when I was 16 and tripping on acid so it’s burned into my brain forever. She showed me delicatessen, and naked lunch. Tripping……. Needless to say I’ll never forget either movie. And looking back- she was a pretty cool 16 yr old for liking those.
NO NO NO NO NO. Glengarry Glen Ross, as well as having the most stupid name of any movie, is like watching paint dry. There's no tension because nothing bloody happens, and there's only one character you feel any empathy for. The rest of them are just NPCs.
I like that the heaviness is balanced with some campiness and throwbacks to older films like Seven and Carrie. It has REALLY stuck with me since watching it!
Whenever I just want a Saturday Afternoon Movie Matinee vibe, I always reach for this. That or any Indiana Jones. They never fail to deliver satisfaction and contentment. It’s not earth shattering nor life changing but they make me smile
Yellowjackets is a show that is essential for elder millennial and horror people. It's mostly for the girlies but I know dudes that love it. Go peep the soundtrack and tell me it doesn't bring you back to high school.
100% agree. The first week I watched it over and over again. In total likely 200 times. We had to cancel Netflix last year and they won't release a physical copy and it kills me. I miss it so much.
It’s just “Hereditary.” It requires no breakdown, and there is no “the” breakdown. A hundred dingdongs will have uploaded their half-baked analyses about it.
Edge of tomorrow is such a cool movie, I'd also recommend looking into the novel and manga rendition of the story since they deviates from the one in the movie with a more bitter sweet ending
Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (director: Jacques Demy, 1964). First film with Catherine Deneuve. Entirely set to music, all dialogue is sung. Has a beautiful jazzy quality. Despite the upbeat music, it’s a movie about lost opportunities and chances not taken. The last scene will make you cry.
The sequence where he approaches the castle and the scenes doing business with Orlok in the new Nosferatu are the closest thing I’ve ever seen onscreen to the inexplicable, indescribable, pure atmospheric horror of actual nightmares. Which I loved as someone who has struggled to sum up that feeling
Took my family to see this at the American Film Institute and we were all stunned (I had seen it just on tv before and even then the visual weight of it was amazing). So unnerving and beautiful.
Probably my favorite 50s sci-fi classics, followed by Them. I've seen it probably 60-70 times and I still jump every time Kenneth Tobey open that door and the creature is right there.
I went to see it in the theater with a friend. There were only 6 ppl in the audience at the beginning (including us). 4 left! I couldn’t understand. I thought it was brilliant and very funny.
For me, it operates on a level different from all other horror. Like, slasher movies, you feel some primal fear of the Dangerous Hunter. Psychological thrillers, you have adrenaline spiking as you see what's next.
Midsommar, all you do is witness its existence. And kinda want to throw up.
This is what I love about it too. It's a horror movie with a cult, but the horror is in the fact that the cult supports the main character more than anyone else in her life. It's a brilliant look at the allure of these kinds of groups for people who are desperate and how they mask their worst sides.
The Da Vinci Code is cheap Hollywood entertainment, although well-made.
Dead Ringers haunted me for weeks after I saw it.
The Matrix 1 was something we’d never seen before (difficult to imagine nowadays).
I watched this and thought it was just okay, but I was totally aware that I wasn’t really understanding it. I was very tired at the time. Then months later my daughter explained to me all the things that *completely* got past me and now I’m excited to re-watch.
Yes, that’s pretty much what was explained to me, and I expect to feel that way. But also it seems to be really a brilliantly crafted approach to telling the story, and I’m eager to see that when I watch again, fully awake this time.
If you're not trans, it's no wonder you feel this way. As a trans person, for me, it captures the very feeling of forced compliance in life, and how everything about pretending to be someone else to remain 'normal' feels entirely like a slow death. It absolutely made me cry, even if it was "artsy"
Him walking back out to the floor of his job sounding like kermit the frog, apologizing for his outburst & telling his coworkers he’s on a new medication.
Maybe it was meant to be comedic 🤷
But yeah it kind of prevented the film from really sticking its landing.
The chest buster scene is an example of greatness on Ridley Scotts’ part. Only he and John Hurt knew what was going to happen because only they had the pages for the script.
I can say with absolute conviction that I never expected to see CONQUEST anywhere on any list save maybe "movies that were edited when studios bent the knee." I've always been a huge fan.
Oh wow just looked it up; I did not know the 2011 movie was considered a prequel to the 1982 fabulous masterpiece with Kurt Russell. Will have to see it now
I don't disagree that's life changing...or that it might serve as fair warning now that we have a president who aspires to tyranny. About a week after I watched it in the theater, I was thinking about it while driving and had to pull over and cry for about half an hour.
Fortunately, the book Forrest Gump is waaaay better than the movie, and while not having thought of it that way, maybe Gump is a shitty version of Being There. Gump, in the book, is 6' 6", 250 lbs plays football!
I loved the movie and find something new in each watch! It was so great. But I struggled hard with the book, and then struggled even more with the second. I haven’t tried the third yet.
Ah I'm sorry it didn't work for you! I actually read the book before the movie came out and it's one of my favorite reads. I agree about the next two novels though...
It’s possible I only struggled with the first because the movie was seen first! Is it worth finishing the trilogy though? Or is it a real punish to get through the third and better off leaving it?
Hmm I liked the series as a whole but I think my love for the first book influenced that. I also just like weird, atmospheric stories like that. You won't get "answers" it's more of the ride. So if you didn't like it from the start idk if it'll get better for you
Yeah I liked the atmosphere of the first book a lot, it was more the prose that got to me in the first book, but I did enjoy some of it despite the struggle. I think my dislike of the second book is tainting my recollection of the first book to be honest haha
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Everyone thinks they would be a super-badass in a life or death situation, but more likely you'll end up spraining your ankle slipping around in your own blood
…sorry I got excited.
Watch FLOW instead!
It will give you the sense of how big our home, the universe is.
It'll put a lot of human activity into perspective, giving a high level view from a perch that is overwhelmingly free of human greed and anger.
Ok, so the meteorite happened to be Musk’s car hurtling towards us, but I have no doubt the wealthiest will be building an escape pod.
Probably not life changing tbh but honestly I just love talking about how much I like it so eh, there it is. I put it up near Alien as far as sci-fi horror goes.
I first watched this movie when I was like 14 and ate mushrooms for the first time.
Life-changing is putting it in mildly in my case.
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I really can't recommend it. It's horrible and unforgettable. If you like animals or people you shouldn't watch it.
But you did ask.
Also look for Jean-Pierre Jeunet's DELICATESSEN (1991); THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN (1995); and AMÉLIE (2001).
For horror, take a look at AUDITION (1999). You may not thank me.
How quickly he threatened her when he realised his "good guy" persona was rumbled
Older: Delicatessen (funny horror), the Thing, They Live, Bubbah Ho-Tep, 12 Monkeys, Brazil, Audition
Goes to show that you need no big budget or famous cast or crazy CGI to create a compelling movie. It's all about the story.
Honorable mention: The Martian. Great book and great movie adaption.
I'd recommend going into it completely blind for maximum effect.
https://youtu.be/F73eXXiMwB4?si=YmqOlbdpK15xI3KD
Just finished it and I thoroughly enjoyed the fresh style of beatings on a favorite old horse.
I avoided it for a long time thinking "there's no way it could live up to the hype" as i have been burned b4 but....
OMD SO FN AMAZING ❤️❤️❤️
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5xPvFjPhkQ
(I’m kidding… sort of. It will change your life but probably not for the better.)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1675434/
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possessor
Definitely a reboot done right, imo.
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https://tubitv.com/movies/100001605/the-thing-from-another-world
In Them I always loved the sound the giant ants made. It was quite a choice by the sound effects dept !
For example, using a fin sticking up from an ice rink to create a perfectly believable illusion of a flying saucer.
From a book by Dalton Trumbo
I heard it’s good, though, if you can stomach it.
I've been a horror fan since i was a kid (Silver Bullet was super formative), even gone to conventions.
So Midsommar is 'mid' on the 'omg horrific' scale for me, but high on the 'this is WILD' scale lol
Midsommar, all you do is witness its existence. And kinda want to throw up.
Dead Ringers
Brazil
The Da Vinci Code
Dead Ringers haunted me for weeks after I saw it.
The Matrix 1 was something we’d never seen before (difficult to imagine nowadays).
The Signal (2007) - 3 dif directors helm each act of the movie creating tonal shifts. Also the lead actor is who I picture when I picture you.
Surveillance (2008) - starring Bill Pullman, directed by Jennifer Lynch and produced by her father David Lynch.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111149/
The acting was less than stellar as well.
It does work as a cool homage to Snick though.
It’s a really cool film though aesthetically and it really captured the 90s and made me feel very much transported to that time and place.
Justice Smith just took me out of the film, especially at the end.
Which is strange since I really liked him in Generation & Paper Towns. 🤷
Maybe it was meant to be comedic 🤷
But yeah it kind of prevented the film from really sticking its landing.
Memento
Brazil
City of God
Vampire's Kiss (1989)
Face/Off (1997)
Alien Resurrection (1997)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1334260/?ref_=nm_flmg_job_1_cdt_t_28
The original not the remake
The 1951 version was called "The Thing from Another World".
Serial Mom
Skinamarink
The Hitchhikers Guide To the Galaxy
Then you should read this as well 😢
The Babadook
Picnic at Hanging Rock
& New Zealand’s The Lovely Bones
10 Cloverfield Lane
The Skeleton Key
Arrival
Nocebo
Speak No Evil, but the original
I buttonhook people about this damn movie