The original post: /r/movies by /u/KUNG_FU_BOO on 2024-06-02 15:33:31.

The original post: /r/movies by /u/jinxykatte on 2024-06-02 14:55:19.

They talk about this from time to time on the rewatchables podcast.

So who has the best run of movies? I was leaning towards Schwarzenegger but while I don't dislike any of his movies especially his 80s early 90s run. There is always one in there that dips quality enough to break the streak.

Now obviously some of this is subjective so if you happen to think Red Heat is the best Arnold movie. Go ahead an list it.

Im currently trying to find my picks for this but there is always a dip. Like Tom Hanks is a good one but You've got mail is only ok and Saving Private Ryan is directly before it.

So anyone wanna chime in?

The original post: /r/movies by /u/CassidyBrash on 2024-06-02 00:48:45.

Trainspotting is the famous example where they reshot a bunch of it because they were worried Americans would struggle with the Scottish accents. But I couldn't find anything on if they actually tested this with test audiences or if it was just a concern of theirs.

Are there any instances where you couldn't understand a film because of the accents of the actors?

The original post: /r/movies by /u/ArgoverseComics on 2024-06-01 20:17:16.

For instance, I’ve seen a lot of people trying to take The Wizard of Oz and try and really emphasise it from the Wicked Witch of the West’s perspective to the point where you’d think Dorothy had personally lifted her house and thrown it onto the Witch of the East to steal her shoes. But the actual story is a tornado did it, Dorothy didn’t steal the shoes and who in their right mind would hand a pair of magical slippers to a demented witch who goes by the name “the Wicked Witch of the West”?

I know the story has political allegory behind it, but some people have definitely taken the whole analysis to a silly degree. Whether you personally agree with inherent evil or not, it’s pretty clear that, for the film, the Witch is inherently evil and a corrupting force. Watching people put on their philosophical thinking cap to explore her morality is so silly.

What other films do people go to silly degrees to over analyse?

The original post: /r/movies by /u/chasejones10 on 2024-06-01 23:15:25.

I have seen ‘Cannibal Holocaust’ - I actually enjoyed it, but didn’t think it was as crazy as people made it to be

I recently watched ‘Eden Lake’- at first I was wondering why so many people found it hard to watch, but the second half was truly gut wrenching.

I know ‘A Serbian Film’ will pop up here - I haven’t seen it yet, but it’s on the list.

‘Martyrs’ and ‘Come and See’ are also brought up a lot…. Is there anything else I should add to my list of ‘Extreme Movies’?

The original post: /r/movies by /u/VestronVideo on 2024-06-01 23:00:18.

Okay, so the trailer premiered back in September of 2023 and it had already shown at Fantastic Fest and a few other festivals. But for some reason there is absolutely no marketing right now for this movie! What is going on? Here is my old post about it that i started last year. What is going on!?

https://old.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/17vwwap/do_you_think_the_new_toxic_avenger_will_get_a/

The original post: /r/movies by /u/Lovehale on 2024-06-01 23:00:10.

Horrors of communism

Need movies showing the horrors of communism. The authoritarianism, the silencing, the famines, the massacres etc.

Don't get all defensive, if you're not gonna provide any movies about the horrors of communism just don't reply, I know this is reddit.

Mr. Jones was fantastic. I have heard good things about Land and Freedom and the Killing Fields. The book thief seems great but I'm leaning more toward the on-brand Soviet/Cambodian/Venezuelan/etc communism that's so popular today not the German socialism. Any good suggestions?

The original post: /r/movies by /u/Meat_your_maker on 2024-06-01 22:55:03.

I’ve seen The Big Lebowski a few times, and one of the lines in the beginning “obviously you’re not a golfer” struck me recently because my girlfriend watches Columbo, and that line shows up, in S3 E4. Given the age of Jeffrey Lebowski, the Coen brothers, and the movie itself, it seems that this is a Columbo reference. To add another piece of evidence to this theory, Columbo’s response to this line is, “Uh, no, sir! I do bowl a little…”

What are other examples of this… a reference that isn’t explicitly confirmed, but couldn’t be anything but the more you look at it. (Also, as I’m writing this, my gf pointed out that Columbo is in a genre called ‘hard boiled detective’, and that The Big Lebowski is a parody of the genre)

The original post: /r/movies by /u/Ev3nt1ne on 2024-06-01 22:51:45.

I want to skip over any film/direction-related comment, as I have zero knowledge in those fields, but WHY do they keep "wasting films" like this?

The technological/scientific coherency is non-existent and there are several points in the film where you ask yourself "why this and not that?", soon followed by "why do they keep not having scripts reviewed by knowledgeable people? Anyone with a STEM degree would have spotted this".

Furthermore, the film is USELESS: there is no new, innovative, or interesting idea, it's just another film on "AI" going rogue (or what a boomer with zero knowledge believes AI is). I also felt no emotions going through the film, so they failed on that part too.

We do not need this, we do not need useless quantity, we need quality. How do screenwriters get away with this? I bet that if you take a random subreddit, people there would write a better script than this. I mean, I bet chatGPT could do a better job.

This is trash. We probably need ecology in Netflix films and series too. Stop producing trash. Save the film environment!

The original post: /r/movies by /u/DomElBurro on 2024-06-01 22:48:35.

I’m not the most observant movie fan but here’s two big differences that I noticed. I saw Furiosa Thursday so had to watch Fury Road on Friday.

1. Scrotus was either absent from Mad Max Fury Road, or was a small dwarf. Either way, very different from Furiosa

2. the war rig was entirely different in both movies. It was way better in Furiosa in my opinion.

Both fantastic films. Any others I’m missing?

The original post: /r/movies by /u/ColdPressedSteak on 2024-06-01 22:43:51.

Just watched this pretty randomly last night off an Amazon Prime rec. It's not some great movie but I had a lot of fun watching it and there's a lot of similarities to Wick. Bit of a standard trope of the not to be fucked with former assassin (who left the life for his wife) protecting a child. But the plot does do a few interesting things and the action imo is pretty great and well choregraphed. With again, similarities to Wick with some cool hand to hand gun play

The relationship he has with the girl is a bit different than the standard trope as well. And what I enjoyed most, they don't at all water down who he was/is. Bit of a spoiler but eh not really, he's just straight up ruthless with anyone who gets in his way, lying to baddies about sparing them before coldly executing them once he gets what he wants

So yeah, if you like stylized action and want to enjoy a couple hours kind of with your brain turned off (there's some good emotional points they reach though), highly recommend

The original post: /r/movies by /u/Chinese_gurl11 on 2024-06-01 22:33:02.

I’ve watched the Korean movie Forgotten on Netflix last night. That movie have so many unpredictable twists/reveals which I liked a lot. (I only guessed one reveal near the end). If you want to watch it, just go in blind and you will enjoy it more.

Is there any more movies that have a lot of twists? Please don’t spoil the twists to others!

The original post: /r/movies by /u/maruhadapurpurine on 2024-06-01 22:31:34.

I finally got around to watching those monsterverse movies this week and boy... how did they manage to peak right at the start?

The 2014 movie is so vastly above the sequels in tone and quality that it's hard to believe they belong in the same continuity. Godzilla 2014 is as grounded as a story about a giant lizard monster fighting other giant monsters can be. The human element is much simpler and easier to empathize with. The effects feel years ahead of what came after too. The destruction caused by the monsters fighting feel appropriately bleak while also being super awesome to watch.

I don't think any moment in the sequels ever got me nearly as hyped as when Godzilla shoots his atomic breath down the MUTO's throat. Hell even his first full appearance at Hawaii got me more hyped than anything in the sequels to be honest.

Yeah, I will be the first to agree that for a Godzilla movie there isn't nearly enough Godzilla in it, but maybe they were on to something by keeping his presence so brief until later. The sequels have monsters galore and they're no better for it.

The whole time watching King of the Monsters I was only ever mildly amused by all of it. Gidorah just looked goofy as fuck most of the time because it clashes so much with the semi realism that Godzilla was designed with. The human plot is absolutely awful and should have been cut down by a lot.

Godzilla vs Kong is alright... Sure the fight scenes are cool, but once again the human characters detract way more than add anything to it, especially the podcast guy and the kids. Why are they even here? The stranger things girl's story was over already, why is she back?

And the sci-fi shit was already too much last movie, in this one they just jump the shark completely. It's like they couldn't figure out how to keep the story going so the movies just got progressively dumber with each entry, like a kid mashing toys together. Don't get me wrong, I can enjoy a movie like that, but when you compare it with the 2014 movie it is just so disappointing to see such a major departure in direction. It's like they lost the plot.

Kong Skull Island was fun though. Nice twist to have Samual L Jackson as the villain. I would rank this one just below Godzilla 2014. Even if the tone between them is still completely different at least Skull Island managed to keep itself together by succeeding in the same areas that Godzilla did. Straightforward, centered plot, the human characters contribute to the story instead of detracting from it, great action scenes.

The only one left is Godzilla x Kong and I'm already not expecting anything aside some dumb but fun fight scenes, and just hoping the human characters are cut down to a minimum.

On a side note I also watched Shin Godzilla and will watch Godzilla Minus One as well. The take is so different you can't even really compare them. Shin Godzilla is much more of a political commentary on the japanese government than anything else. I guess that keeps the line much closer to the OG Godzilla movie.

The original post: /r/movies by /u/james2183 on 2024-06-01 22:24:53.

These always seem to be the hardest things for films to get right. Whether it's the reporter being too theatrical, the photos used for mug shots etc. looking too polished or they just don't have the 'look' of being filmed in a TV studio/on location, very few films seem to get them right.

I was flicking through the channels this evening and stumbled across Heat just as it was getting to the iconic shootout. I noticed straight after Neil and Chris escape they cut to the news report on the TV in the bar and it struck me how it actually felt like a real news report.

What other films spring to mind that get them right or totally wrong?

The original post: /r/movies by /u/Sp00kbee on 2024-06-01 19:56:19.

Calling all fans... If you love monster movies, Kaiju, or a really good disaster movie. Get some popcorn ready. Godzilla Minus One is out on Netflix and it is fantastic.

Scanning through Netflix this morning, I almost couldn't believe that this movie was available. I had missed the very limited (in my area) theatrical release and was so pleasantly surprised to see it.

This movie was made on a $15 million dollar budget, putting all kinds of shame in the Hollywood game. It looks fantastic, the story is great, and the action is awesome. I couldn't recommended it enough. My only regret is not being able to see it in the theater. It had to be spectacular.

So, with a fresh dose of monster adrenaline mainlined directly into my veins, I wanted to know...

What are some of your favorite monster or disaster movies? Or what are some of your favorite monsters? What are some of your favorite scenes?

Give me your best destruction recommendations

The original post: /r/movies by /u/dvsinla on 2024-06-01 18:44:47.

i loved it... the look and fx have such a unique look to it it totally holds up... (plus on a big screen is really impressive) and so many of the ideas and story points are ahead of it's time it's crazy. PLUS i cant believe they did all that in 90 minutes.

i think when it came out it didn't click hard with audiences because people didn't use computers as part of their daily lives and couldn't fully relate to some things like AI or the concept of programs being represented by people (hello matrix)... it's also got the old disney corniness in it mixed in.

same theater is showing tron legacy soon... looking forward to seeing that again now that i have a refresher.

The original post: /r/movies by /u/VolkPlsWin on 2024-06-01 18:09:32.

Watched Edge of tomorrow the other night one of my favourite films and it's a great film but not necessarily an oscar worthy interstellar inception kind of film.

So was wondering what's other people's similar films that are one of their favourites but either less popular or just not as highly ranked as others.

Also would take any suggestions. Cancelled netflix cause it's a scam so looking for direction suggestions

The original post: /r/movies by /u/Another_comeback on 2024-06-01 17:38:26.

The original post: /r/movies by /u/JannTosh50 on 2024-06-01 16:42:38.

The original post: /r/movies by /u/Stonewalled89 on 2024-06-01 15:20:11.

The original post: /r/movies by /u/SelmonTheDriver on 2024-06-01 15:12:09.

The original post: /r/movies by /u/Mst3Kgf on 2024-06-01 12:12:52.

It's interesting that while the creators said they were trying to go for a John Hughes film in the 90s (and that certainly is evident in the central story of Ethan Embry pursuing Jennifer Love Hewitt), this film ends up being far more like "American Graffiti", "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" and "Dazed and Confused"; an ensemble film with a mix of characters who weave in and out of each others' subplot (and like "Graffiti" and "Dazed", taking place in 24 hours), complete with a killer soundtrack and a sprawling cast of familiar faces, some before they were well known. Rewatching it, it's impressive to see how many names are there, even for one scene. Selma Blair gets ineffectively hit on by the main jock (aside; major props for Peter Facinelli in making Mike Dexter the ultimate high school asshole). Sarah Rue calls everyone "sheep." Jason Segal (!) is doing something with that watermelon. And so on, as there's always something going on in the background of this and some minor character to provide a laugh. (My personal favorite; Chris "Shermanator" Owens as "Klepto Kid" stealing everything he sees.) For a film that didn't do much business when it came out, it's great to see how well it holds up as a ensemble showcase and a time capsule of its era (nothing like having a pay phone being a key plot point to date a film).

Added note; I love how aside from the six main characters (Embry, Hewitt, Facinelli, Charlie Korsmo, Lauren Ambrose and Seth Green), nearly all of the characters are given no names. Even in the credits, they're referred to as "Klepto Kid", "Girl Whose Party It Is", "Yearbook Girl" and so on. Because they're not the main characters, they're just the colorful background.

The original post: /r/movies by /u/123unrelated321 on 2024-06-01 11:46:50.

I absolutely love both Cast Away and The Martian and am keen to see more movies like it. A survival situation where the protagonist has to survive long enough for rescue, or just survive in a new world. I'll take any suggestions and sift out whether it sounds good or not afterwards. Fire away and thanks!

The original post: /r/movies by /u/theoddlittleredditor on 2024-06-01 08:25:16.

Ima be honest, I only vaguely understood what was happening, but I felt haunted by the end. I felt like I watched someone throw their whole life away and slowly come to terms with that reality.

This was such an odd, sad film, and I'm wondering what you guys think of it. This is my second David Lynch movie, and I'm amazed at how he can capture the surreal feeling of a dream. There's almost like an uncanny valley feeling with the storylines themselves, and you're left wondering what is real and what is not.

I would probably give this movie a 7/10. Was very difficult to follow and didn't make much sense, but I loved the dream-like quality and haunting soundtrack. My god, the music! From the main theme to the singing at the Club Silencio. This will be in my dreams tonight, lol.

The original post: /r/movies by /u/MarvelsGrantMan136 on 2024-05-31 21:31:33.