Recommend (or don't) a movie thread v2

[Strange Brew]

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

Yeah... I have heard this one suggested a lot of times as well so there's a good chance you're right. I have thought I should watch this for years but I know what it's about and I have to convince myself to just do it at some point.

I'm not discounting it, but a performance of that type is just not what I'm trying to locate here in terms of a movie I want to watch. There are far more of the "all time memorable great performance in a non-dominant role" throughout movie history, there are far fewer "Hi I'm the director I'm going to point a camera at you for the better part of 2 hours and the success or failure of this film as a piece of art will more or less depend entirely on what you do with this character" movies where someone knocks it out of the park.

EDIT: Your avatar just gave me a good idea to illustrate this: I think Ian McShane as Al Swearengen is arguably the best character ever put to screen on TV, but Deadwood is quintessentially a show driven by an ensemble cast - I'm looking more for a "Bryan Cranston as Walter White" type of performance, except in the film context.

Robert Redford in that movie where it's just him on a boat kind of fits the bill. I loved it.

Tom Hanks in Castaway I suppose too but I didn't much care for it.

[PepsiFree]

Timothée Chalamet in Wonka

[Itse]

Originally Posted by Locke

I re-watched 'Rampage' today and...it is what it is, but I feel like an opportunity was missed.

Sure, giant ape, wolf and crocodile are neat and all, but they totally should have added some cooler animals like...what would a giant, genetically engineered angry sloth be like? Or a Capybara? Maybe a Koala?

Or hell...a giant Golden Retriever! Imagine the cinematic fun you could have with that!!

Well, it's an IP and those are the three animals in that game

[woob]

Welp. In the annual tradition of checking out new to us Christmas movies, we checked out A Merry Little Ex-Mas last night with Alicia Silverstone, Oliver Hudson, and Jameela Jamil. And, also in annual tradiition of encountering more bombs than good movies, it was so bad. In fairness, it had a few good laughs, but overall it was cringe and awful.

The tradition shall continue!

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Itse

Well, it's an IP and those are the three animals in that game

Horse Hockey!! Change it up! Be original!!

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by woob

Welp. In the annual tradition of checking out new to us Christmas movies, we checked out A Merry Little Ex-Mas last night with Alicia Silverstone, Oliver Hudson, and Jameela Jamil. And, also in annual tradiition of encountering more bombs than good movies, it was so bad. In fairness, it had a few good laughs, but overall it was cringe and awful.

The tradition shall continue!

Probably 90% of what my partner and I watch during December is Christmas movies. And my goodness, so many of them are so, so bad.

Glad to know this was a bad one (just to avoid building up any hope for otherwise, as we’ll still watch it lol).

[Cheese]

Watched "Dead of Winter" with Emma Thompson. Decent movie with a good ending. 7/10

[DownInFlames]

If I Had Legs I'd Kick You is an insanely tense ride through motherhood. Its a great movie but you'll breath a sigh of relief at the end.

[Coys1882]

Lots of talk about Gary Oldman and his acting but he wrote and directed a film called Nil by Mouth that has a great performance by Ray Winstone. The film is dark, sad and unsettling but very good none the less.

[Mitch]

Just finished Bugonia, great movie if you like dark comedy.

[Strange Brew]

Originally Posted by Mitch

Just finished Bugonia, great movie if you like dark comedy.

Loved it.

[Mitch]

Originally Posted by Strange Brew

Loved it.

After sleeping on it, I think it displaces Poor Things as my favorite movie from Yorgos Lanthimos.

[ResAlien]

If any of you dingleberries like films you can get a year subscription to the Criterion channel for $75 USD. BLACKFRIDAY25 is the code, it's really the only discount they do throughout the year.

[SutterBrother]

1) There Will be Blood
2) Cool Hand Luke
3) Patton

There are others certainly but those 3 aren’t leading anyone wrong IMO.

[fotze2]

I might have to give this one a go, starring Calgary puck legend/poster LA Flames Fan. That handsome devil.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26760944/

[GordonBlue]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

Probably 90% of what my partner and I watch during December is Christmas movies. And my goodness, so many of them are so, so bad.

Glad to know this was a bad one (just to avoid building up any hope for otherwise, as we’ll still watch it lol).

the new ones seem to really suck, but if you want a really good christmas romance movie watch "A Castle for Christmas" with Brooke Shields and Cary Elwes from a couple of years ago. actually filmed in Scotland, too.

Another one to watch is from last year - "Hot Frosty" with Lacey Chabert and Schitt's Creek actor Dustin Milligan. Just stupid and funny is a really good way.

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by GordonBlue

the new ones seem to really suck, but if you want a really good christmas romance movie watch "A Castle for Christmas" with Brooke Shields and Cary Elwes from a couple of years ago. actually filmed in Scotland, too.

Another one to watch is from last year - "Hot Frosty" with Lacey Chabert and Schitt's Creek actor Dustin Milligan. Just stupid and funny is a really good way.

Of course I’ve seen and enjoyed them both! Hot Frosty was right on the edge for me, though it played into the ridiculousness of it just enough that it held together.

I cannot recommend Merry Gentlemen, however, to anyone who struggle to sit through a terrible Christmas movie. One of the absolute worst.

[blankall]

Originally Posted by woob

Welp. In the annual tradition of checking out new to us Christmas movies, we checked out A Merry Little Ex-Mas last night with Alicia Silverstone, Oliver Hudson, and Jameela Jamil. And, also in annual tradiition of encountering more bombs than good movies, it was so bad. In fairness, it had a few good laughs, but overall it was cringe and awful.

The tradition shall continue!

Just looked up Alicia Silverstone's recent work, and it is wild.

Christmas movies:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Merry_Little_Ex-Mas

Softcore porn:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Thing_(film)

Voicework for kids movies:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gracie..._to_the_Rescue

Dutch language films:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krazy_House_(film)

Pakistani comedies:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustache_(film)

Giant shark attack movies:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Requin

It seems like actors who wouldn't have done direct to video type stuff have no reservations about doing direct to streaming work.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by fotze2

I might have to give this one a go, starring Calgary puck legend/poster LA Flames Fan. That handsome devil.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26760944/

LaFlamesFan aside, those Christmas movies make me want to scoop my eyes out with a melon-baller.

[Coach]

Originally Posted by blankall

Just looked up Alicia Silverstone's recent work, and it is wild.

Christmas movies:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Merry_Little_Ex-Mas

Softcore porn:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Thing_(film)

Voicework for kids movies:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gracie..._to_the_Rescue

Dutch language films:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krazy_House_(film)

Pakistani comedies:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustache_(film)

Giant shark attack movies:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Requin

It seems like actors who wouldn't have done direct to video type stuff have no reservations about doing direct to streaming work.

The profitability of their roles has diminished significantly in recent years. Until streaming, Silverstone probably could have lived very well just off the residuals of Clueless itself, much less any other movie she was in. But, even though streamers still pay large sums to have popular titles, the money the owners owe to residuals for performers/writers are minuscule by comparison.

She probably earned more from one year of residuals of Clueless from 1 single network purchasing it than she has received in total from streamers since Clueless hit that market.