For me it’s Interstellar, it never fails to make me ugly cry at least twice during each viewing
Probably Cloud Atlas
It was a commercial failure so it’s usually one that people haven’t already seen.
Talented cast and directors passionate about the project.
It’s extremely divisive, most people either love it or think it was a waste of time.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Apocalypse Now. Damn, what a movie.
What the hell is a Redux, anyway?
Apocalypse Now is a great 2 for 1 movie deal
So is Full Metal Jacket. It’s a shame Vincent D’Onofrio is only in the first one.
Django Unchained is my favourite! 🙌
Here is my top 3 list:
- Lord of the Rings
- Back to the Future
- Terminator 2
T2 hits even better after watching T1
Not a recommendation per se, but if you like to ugly cry watch “Dear Evan Hanson”
Not a recommendation per se, but if you like to ugly cry watch “Dear Evan Hanson”
Evan Hansen is just shy of a rapist. He lied to a family about their dead son/brother and then leveraged that lie to sleep with the sister.
I haven’t seen the movie, but the musical struck me wrong. It was entertaining, and the set design was remarkable, but I couldn’t shake the ick factor.
If someone said they enjoy something, why did you reply about how you think it’s bad? It’s a story that means a lot to them. I know this is the Internet where the other users don’t have feelings, but come on.
If someone said they enjoy something, why did you reply about how you think it’s bad? It’s a story that means a lot to them.
That’s a good question. It’s not like I was trying to be cruel or anything, but I can see where what I said could come off that way.
That said, I don’t think there’s anything inherently wrong about disagreeing with someone. The “ick factor” as I called it is genuinely something that I think doesn’t get discussed sufficiently. The musical was WILDLY popular, and I can absolutely understand. It won the Tony for best musical. The portrayal of insecurity and depression is certainly moving, if basic.
But I also think the show could’ve been better. Evan should’ve come clean before fucking the girl he’d been lying to the whole show. And I find it baffling that anyone would think otherwise.
I know this is the Internet where the other users don’t have feelings, but come on.
Again, I wasn’t trying to hurt anyone’s feelings. I don’t think I said anything that wasn’t warranted. This is a public forum, if someone doesn’t want to participate in public discussion the onus is on them, not those who respond without malice. If you make statements you open yourself to disagreement, which is a healthy part of communication. Life isn’t everyone agreeing about everything all the time, or it would be boring.
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.
Adding another. Children of Men. Brilliantly made, disturbing premise, very plausible sci-fi. Quite violent, though.
Their long-take ambush scene is genius
Mon Oncle. Making fun of modern impracticalities always makes me laugh.
Ok I literally saw this tonight, but I think it’s going to be one of my all time favorites:
Hundreds of Beavers
Muppet Treasure Island.
I don’t “love” to recommend anything to anyone, but I’s say, 2001 is by far my most favorite movie. It’s in perfect balance between science, fiction, and philosophy and was waaay ahead of it’s time. And even nowadays it looks spectacularly good and has a timeless storyline.
I don’t usually recommend movies in situations where the solution space isn’t already limited significantly by the context, but 2001 is the one I thought of first upon reading the title, so I suppose there’s at least two of us!
Into the Spiderverse is a perfect movie.
Hot Fuzz is so funny every time.
The LOTR trilogy is my favorite but the two above are my recommendations.
My favorite movie is probably Brazil (1985). It’s a dystopian movie, but the population is suppressed by absurd amounts a bureaucracy (also the state surveiling and killing it’s people). You need to fill out a form to fill out a form, and every screen is tiny, but magnified by a lens to be small instead.
But what I really love about it is the the “terrorist” Archibald Tuttle (who, very much, is not the protagonist); a repair man, who risks execution by the state, zip lining around the city fixing things like the protagonist’s air condition.
I think we should all strive to be more like Tuttle in our daily lives.
I love Terry Gilliam’s movies. I always try to recommend Zero Theorem to people who haven’t watched it
Thanks for the recommendation, stranger. I’m gonna watch that!
I’m always telling people to REALLY watch Napoleon Dynamite. I think it got quoted and proto-memed to death when it came out, leading to most people having an unfair idea in their head of what the movie is.
The soundtrack is phenomenal. The acting is (mostly) way better than you may have thought it was. Jon Gries (Uncle Rico) was nominated for an Independent Spirit award and he absolutely deserved that nomination. The cinematography is excellent, especially knowing how much it cost to make + how much experience the crew had. Though it’s not explicitly said, I think it’s ultimately a story about neurodivergent people finding friendship, solidarity, and happiness in a world not made for them.
Also, the scene where Uncle Rico throws a steak at Napoleon is still funny.
I still cry laughing when I see or think about the grapefruit peg the windshield and Uncle Rico’s scream.
