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Is Snowpiercer (2013) worth watching?
What do you think, is Snowpiercer (2013) worth watching? A lot of people said it's a good movie. Did you watch it? Can you explain what's happening in the movie, because the trailer doesn't say a lot about it. What is your opinion? What similar movies should I watch after watching it? Thank you for your answers! via /r/movies https://ift.tt/3bsmgh7
Willem Dafoe cursing Robert Pattinson with Poseidon's wrath is the best scene I've seen in ages
The whole scene is so surreal, I don't know what to make of it. The way the camera slowly moves into dramatic Bela Lugosi angles really makes it for me.https://youtu.be/WBZwUdJFnhwOne of the best horror movies I've ever seen. via /r/movies https://ift.tt/3w4aZNm
This Halloween, please remember to take a moment to be thankful that we have never been subjected to a remake of The Nightmare Before Christmas starring Johnny Depp as a quirky, off-beat, more fuckable Jack Skellington
Since remakes of this kind were, for a good few years, the substantial bulk of Johnny Depp's acting portfolio, with the assistance of Nightmare Before Christmas producer Tim Burton, it's actually pretty surprising that this hasn't happened yet.I know that the Hot Topic-ification of the movie has ruined it for some people, but having just rewatched it for the spooky season I must reiterate that it is a great movie. Some of Danny Elfman's finest musical work. It has just enough bizarrely-out-of-place anti-aircraft fire to not feel too much like a kid's movie. via /r/movies https://ift.tt/3bsSnNN
Napoleon Dynamite has such a lovely ending.
First we get Music for a found Harmonium then we get to see Napoleon play Deb in tetherball and the movie just elevates itself to a different level.Perfect usage of The Promise by When In Rome. When Napoleon gets it going and wraps the ball all the way up it's just fantastic. I remember my dad have a big grin on his face.The movie is memorable and filled with hilarious quotes. Such a random movie that came out at exactly the right time. Kids my age at the time we're absolutely obsessed with it and I don't blame them. It's a wonderful movie overall. via /r/movies https://ift.tt/3GC7mDs
Do people exagerate how much they dislike movies?
In these last years or so, we constantly see people saying X movie was the "worst movie X person has seen", or that it's the worst movie ever, or using many radically charged similar sentences like that they walked away from the theater because they disliked a movie, which is something I never saw any person doing in real life even if they disliked the movie they were watching. There's been also an increase at trying to be as subjective as possible, with even movies that are well received being criticized as being the worst thing ever.And like, sure there's some Hollywood movies that are mediocre, but like, there's so many bad movies that are much worse than the Hollywood ones, that we don't even get to know because they're straight to DVD or TV flair, with horrible filmmaking qualities to them like bad audio, acting, production value, etc. via /r/movies https://ift.tt/2ZG4N2h
Essential Horror Movies as Ranked by r/Movies
I asked r/movies what the essential horror movies were. Hundreds of redditors weighed in. The results actually gave a killer list:Alien, 1979, Ridley Scott, 48 mentionsHalloween, 1978, John Carpenter, 45 mentionsThe Exorcist, 1973, William Friedkin, 40 mentionsThe Thing, 1982, John Carpenter, 36 mentionsThe Shining, 1980, Stanley Kubrick, 34 mentionsScream, 1996, Wes Craven, 32 mentionsA Nightmare on Elm Street, 1984, Wes Craven, 23 MentionsPsycho, 1960, Alfred Hitchcock, 20 mentionsThe Texas Chainsaw Massacre, 1974, Tobe Hooper, 19 mentionsHereditary, 2018, Ari Aster, 17 mentionsThe 70s reign as king of horror in this list. Alfred Hitchcock makes a showing, but Psycho was his only film with significant votes. John Carpenter and Wes Craven make the list twice, deservedly.Just missing the top ten were Jaws (15), Rosemary's Baby (15), The Conjuring (14), The Descent (14), and Evil Dead (13)*. I think Rosemary's Baby and Evil Dead are both genre defining flicks and they deserve a mention for sure. The Conjuring and The Descent join Hereditary and the Ari Astor movies as the best of modern horror.I think the most controversial result is that Freddy whooped Jason's ass. 23 to 10.There are so many interesting takeaways from the scoring, here is the full list:https://ift.tt/3BwdwB6 note, the scoring on the Evil Dead films is particularly iffy, due to basically no one being super specific on which version of a film that they mentioned. via /r/movies https://ift.tt/3btbyXS
What is the Best Film You Watched Last Week? (10/24/21-10/31/21)
The way this works is that you post a review of the best film you watched this week. It can be any new or old release that you want to talk about.{REMINDER: The Threads Are Posted On Sunday Mornings. If Not Pinned, They Will Still Be Available in the Sub.}Here are some rules:1. Check to see if your favorite film of last week has been posted already.2. Please post your favorite film of last week.3. Explain why you enjoyed your film.4. ALWAYS use SPOILER TAGS: [Instructions]5. Best Submissions can display their [Letterboxd Accts] the following week.Last Week's Best Submissions:FilmUser/[LB/YT*]FilmUser/[LB/Web*]"Dune”[The Panthers’ Movie Den*]"Cargo 200”[Th0ma5_F0wl3r*]"Ron’s Gone Wrong"AMCorBust“The Royal Tenenbaums”[AlexMarks182]“The Last Duel”KimchiDad“Audition”[Britonator]“Titane”[rome92]"What’s Eating Gilbert Grape”FamousSurprise2583“The Night House”[aaaaaash]“Malcolm X”jbartlettcoys"Demon Slayer: Mugen Train”[HardcoreHenkie]“Histoire(s) du cinéma”[Zootdingo]“Raw"[0phicleide]"Cinema Paradiso”meanbutgooddentist“Rigor Mortis”[JSkyTip]"Phantasm”neonraisin“I Saw the Devil"thefragile-“Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles”[AyubNor]“Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl"Yankii_Souru“Dr. Strangelove”Earlvx129 via /r/movies https://ift.tt/3bt5T3S
George Romero's lost 3.5 hr B&W cut of Martin has been found
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La LA Land is a beautiful movie with a heartfelt ending.
At the end of La La Land when Ryan Gosling sees Emma Stone and plays the melody from their first meeting, that whole scene was beautiful. I've never seen regret shot so beautifully before. That's the definition of "show don't tell" and it worked perfectly.I know it was a little corny, but I felt that was the whole idea of the movie. It was an ode to old Hollywood, the good parts anyway. I thought it wrapped up nicely with those characters. She got what she wanted, maybe not with who she wanted, and he got that "torture" back in his music.What did you think of the movie? via /r/movies https://ift.tt/3Bwvvrl
Why you should watch The Elephant Man
The Elephant Man covers the Last years of John Merrick (John Hurt), a real 19th century man who had a still unknown condition that caused his body and face to be horribly deformed for his entire life, and the Surgeon who tries to help him (Anthony Hopkins).It's got some big names, David Lynch directs, Mel Brooks produced it (It's not a comedy, which is why he wasn't credited) Anthony Hopkins, and Kenny Baker (The guy inside R2 D2).But that's not why I think you should watch this. I think you should watch this because film does something that pictures and Wikipedia articles can't: It can Humanize a person. It takes the random disfigured guy you stumbled upon and turns him into someone you feel sympathy for.I don't know. I knew while reading and researching him I knew he was mentally perfectly fine, but the Movie really opens your eyes. The one person who looks the least like a human is possibly the most human of us all. He can barely talk. He can't sleep like normal people. He's not even 25, but he's gone through more pain than most of us will ever see.I sometimes cry at the end of movies. But this is the first movie I can remember that's hit me just as hard as the first time. Because what this movie sums up in a tagline, it can also prove to you:"I am not an Animal! I am a Human Being! I am a Man!" via /r/movies https://ift.tt/3ms2OaI
Official Discussion Megathread (Last Night in Soho / The French Dispatch / Antlers / Army of Thieves)
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Blair Witch Project
As it's Halloween tomorrow...(SPOILERS FOR BLAIR WITCH PROJECT)How many of you remember being told The Blair Witch Project was real? And reading about it online? I was one of those people, and I believed it for a bit, but understood it to be fake somewhat quickly and ended up going to see the movie knowing it was fake.But one of the girls who went with us thought it was real. She went in 100% believing what she was going to see what actual found footage.As the movie progressed she got more and more upset, to the point of getting really angry, yelling at us, "how the fuck is something like this even legal!?" She went berserk at the final scene.When we were outside the theater and told her it was indeed fake, she needed to decompress for a few minutes (after punching a few of us).Do any of you have a Blair Witch Project story to share? via /r/movies https://ift.tt/3Bw3Y9x
"Kill Bill" was supposed to give Uma Thurman her comeback. Instead, it kept her from advancing to the next stage.
For years, I wondered what happened to Uma Thurman's career after KILL BILL. I remember how hyped Kill Bill: Vol.1 and the strong reception it got. When Uma Thurman was cast, people were skeptical but when the movie came out, the public was wowed. It was uncanny.So I was shocked by how little that movie did for her career. She did a few forgettable movies like PRIME and the horrendous MY SUPER EX-GIRLFRIEND and BE COOL (only worth watching for The Rock playing a gay role).Now she's pretty much a character actress. Now I know what happened. The stunt she was forced to do went wrong and she nearly died from it. That and Harvey Weinstein kind of ruined her second comeback. She could have had a Nicole Kidman type revival but instead she was placed in semi-obscurity. Nobody in KILL BILL got any benefit from it, even the girl who played Gogo Yubari. via /r/movies https://ift.tt/3EwUlJr
What are some film trilogies that were left incomplete?
Okay, so recently I watched The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo for the seventh time. It's direction, atmosphere, score and performances (Especially Rooney Mara) are phenomenal. However, it always leaves me craving more of the adventures of Mara's Lisbeth Salander.So, I wondered what other movies suffered the same faith as TGWTDT ?? via /r/movies https://ift.tt/2ZuByiJ
What movie scene holds a permanent space in your brain?
There are a lot of movie scenes that can leave a lasting impression.For me it’s the scene in Interstellar on the planet with the giant waves. The dread and adrenaline when they realize it’s not just mountains in the distance has stuck with me ever since the first time I watched it. Just the thought of the scene fills me with anxiety.A close second would be the ending of It Follows. I have had many discussions with myself about how to best distance from the entity. But knowing that you will never really feel safe or far enough removed is a scary thought.What scenes have stuck with you? via /r/movies https://ift.tt/3msX8NC
Most versatile director?
I'm trying to think of which director has had the most varied career, where they've had success with many different types of movies.For example, there's George Miller who's made kids films like Babe & Happy Feet but has also made the intense Mad Max films. Also there's Steven Soderbergh who's done slick capers, harrowing crime dramas and Magic Mike lol.Compare these guys to someone like David Fincher who I love but he's overwhelmingly stuck to dark crime dramas.Any thoughts on who else fits the description? via /r/movies https://ift.tt/3pVxS4H
Just finished watching 'Requiem For a Dream'(2000). Jennifer Connelly stole the show in my opinion
Don't get me wrong, Burstyn and Leto are absolutely phenomenal, but it's Connelly's acting that made my gut spasm. How the mischievous tingle in her eyes just dies and is replaced by emptiness, how her cravings completely hijack and get the better of her, how she absolutely hates and detests the sexual stuff but continues to put up with it because of the shot. I was stunned by her performance (she's so gorgeous as well!)The ending shot, where she's completely destroyed from within, but still manages to crack her lips into a smile looking at the packet of scag in her hands has to be one of the most haunting portraits I've ever seen in a film via /r/movies https://ift.tt/3vY2TWE
The Faculty was a Well Executed Fun Horror/Suspense Movie for the Late 90's
Took a trip down memory lane and watched The Faculty the other night and I gotta say, it's still a solid horror/suspense movie. Sure, it borrows from things like 'Invasion of the body snatchers' but is self aware enough to make it known in the movie.The whole premise of this chaos going down, people getting infected and not knowing who it is the first time you watch it while trying to make educated guesses and conclusions with the mystery element of who is the main villain was super interesting.The cast was superb as well with Elijah Wood, Salma Hayek, Robert Patrick, Famke Janssen, Jordana Brewster, Usher and John Stewart to name a handful.If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend as an old school throwback for this time of the year since Halloween is in a couple of days. via /r/movies https://ift.tt/3bmZWph
Are there any movies where the hero actually takes the villains offer and joins them?
The villain/antagonist says something along the lines of “join me and you could have all the power” “I can give you anything you want” “together, we can rule the world” or something of that varietyAnd instead of taking the protagonist or hero approach and valiantly fighting for what is right, the hero actually agrees and takes their offer and joins them. via /r/movies https://ift.tt/3CI3SwZ
I think it's already been said before, but "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" is a masterpiece.
It's become one of those movies that, if it's on TV, that's what I'm watching. Today I caught it at the beginning and decided to watch it with subtitles, which I've been doing lately and it changed so many scenes for the better! Scenes that had a lesser meaning to me I finally understood and had it totally wrong. There is not a wasted scene in that movie and the plot line about Hollom and his curse was so much deeper than I'd realized. What a fantastic piece of art. Unarguably one of both Russell Crowe's and Paul Bettany's greatest roles with a flawless supporting cast, especially the kid that played Blakeney. Bravo! via /r/movies https://ift.tt/3msGOMJ
Boss Level (2021) is an exciting, fun and surprisingly emotional movie that deserves more praise (Mild spoilers in description)
This movie seemed to come out with little to no fanfare. I've seen it twice now and loved it both times. Free Guy seemed to be loved on Reddit but I honestly thought it was poor, this was just like a jacked up Free Guy to me. The car chases are incredibly well filmed and whilst the CGI is shaky at times (probably due to low budget), the action is always entertaining at the least. Frank Grillo is really natural in the heaver, emotional scenes in the movie too, haven't seen him in much drama but would love to see him in more after seeing this. Mel Gibson hams it up a bit in the villain role but it's still a pretty fun villain, although a bit generic. Overall, I'm rambling but I genuinely think this movie is underappreciated and great. Plus, that scene where the henchman gets a sword straight through the dome and stumbles around asking if anyone smells muffins is hilarious. via /r/movies https://ift.tt/3pPwaBL
What movie’s final battle is inferior to a battle that happened earlier in the film
I was watching Road House the other day and while I was watching the final battle I thought “ damn that fight where he ripped the guy’s throat out seems much more fitting for a final battle than this actual final battle.” Why couldn’t they just have swapped them. I would rather have seen Patrick Swayze’s character take out all the insignificant people and Wesley then later go on to kill the guy who was basically his rival for the movie at the end. Has anyone else felt like this,where a battle in the middle of a movie or prior to the final battle would be better suited as the final battle itself and they should be swapped and if so with what movie.sorry if I worded this weirdly it’s somewhat hard to explain. via /r/movies https://ift.tt/3ExzR3r
Just Re-Watched “The Nice Guys”
Such a great movie, I don’t think it got the full attention it deserved. The chemistry between Crowe and Gossling is electric. Shane Black’s background in the buddy cop genre obviously gives him an edge here, but it shows that his approach to the genre has matured. It’s one of those things where I would love to see the characters again in a sequel, but if they leave it as is it’ll remain a true gem. Either way, I hope to see more noir inspired films like this that have authentic settings and enjoyable characters down the road. via /r/movies https://ift.tt/3pOYEMf
In The Princess Bride, Vizzini was too smart for this own good. He was actually correct in deducing that he could drink from neither cup.
This is a revelation that seemed a little more obvious in the book. In the movie, it makes him look like he's being wishy washy and stalling, but he does in fact end up being right. And then when TDPR drinks, you can see Vizzini wait for him so that he knows it's okay to drink from his own cup. He did everything right except for accounting for the one thing he couldn't know, that TDPR was immune to the poison. via /r/movies https://ift.tt/3EuGkMy
