Recommend (or don't) a movie thread v2

[jjgallow]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRivMCVxKl0

You're welcome

[flames_fan_down_under]

Watched an incredible movie called "A Hero" on Amazon Prime. The film really draws on some interesting themes about the fuzziness of "the truth", especially in Iranian culture, how messy it can be, and whose version of the truth we are meant to believe, and of course all the lives caught within these stories.

I must also add a disclaimer to this recommendation: The director Asghar Farhadi, one of Iran's most, if not the most, successful filmmakers, essentially stole the idea for this movie from one of his film students. Even the story of Farhadi himself is one of half truths, and the various lives caught within his messy "truth".

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2...di-steal-ideas

Quite the read if you have some time.

[Hemi-Cuda]

Originally Posted by KTrain

I don't know what Gerard Butler did to derail his career but he appeared to be a rising star after the success of 300 but didn't really go anywhere. Still gets lots of work but mostly B rated action movies.

Sometimes he picks things that work out well. He was quite good in Greenland, probably one of the most underrated disaster movies out there. And he was fantastic in Law Abiding Citizen, that's probably the best movie he's done aside from 300 IMO

[soreshins]

I liked him in Den of Thieves

[afc wimbledon]

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

Sometimes he picks things that work out well. He was quite good in Greenland, probably one of the most underrated disaster movies out there. And he was fantastic in Law Abiding Citizen, that's probably the best movie he's done aside from 300 IMO

No love for 'Rock'nRolla' ?

[Hemi-Cuda]

Originally Posted by afc wimbledon

No love for 'Rock'nRolla' ?

I'll get around to watching that eventually, it's been sitting on my Plex server for a few years

[Nadal Fan]

I was able to finally watch Back to the Future and cross it off my list of shame of movies I've never seen.......it was as close to a perfect movie as you can make. Much like Casablanca, this movie is so engrained in our pop culture milieu that I knew alot of scenes and plot points going in, but it didn't ruin my enjoyment of it. Amazing cast, strong script and perfect pacing of the movie 5/5.

[Coach]

Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan

It's one of those movies that, even if you didn't enjoy the plot/character/themes, it's still an incredibly FUN movie. Who doesn't laugh at hot dog fingers or raccaccoony? Nobody I would want to be friends with, that's who.

Yeah even people I've talked to who didn't seem to get it had to admit to laughing during a

Spoiler!

slow motion bum drop on a butt-plug

.

[Coach]

Originally Posted by Nadal Fan

I was able to finally watch Back to the Future and cross it off my list of shame of movies I've never seen.......it was as close to a perfect movie as you can make. Much like Casablanca, this movie is so engrained in our pop culture milieu that I knew alot of scenes and plot points going in, but it didn't ruin my enjoyment of it. Amazing cast, strong script and perfect pacing of the movie 5/5.

Something I love about Back to the Future is the making of a classic sci-fi with really very little special effects. It didn't need to break barriers with any of that stuff. It's just, as you said, a great movie with a great script.

[GordonBlue]

Originally Posted by Nadal Fan

I was able to finally watch Back to the Future and cross it off my list of shame of movies I've never seen.......it was as close to a perfect movie as you can make. Much like Casablanca, this movie is so engrained in our pop culture milieu that I knew alot of scenes and plot points going in, but it didn't ruin my enjoyment of it. Amazing cast, strong script and perfect pacing of the movie 5/5.

now you have to watch the episode about Back to the Future on "The movies that made us", on Netflix.
it's a great watch.

[undercoverbrother]

Watched The House of Gucci this past weekend.

Jared Leto was exceptional.

I enjoyed the movie over all

[Engine09]

I didn't love "The Whale", it was very good but 20 mins in I noticed the dialogue was a bit too dramatic, then I realized it was all going to take place in his apartment. Yeah, this was based on a play. Bit tough to watch Fraser's fat scenes at times but I guess that's the reality. The daughter was a bit overboard, I think I saw that mentioned here already, have to agree.

[GordonBlue]

Originally Posted by Engine09

I didn't love "The Whale", it was very good but 20 mins in I noticed the dialogue was a bit too dramatic, then I realized it was all going to take place in his apartment. Yeah, this was based on a play. Bit tough to watch Fraser's fat scenes at times but I guess that's the reality. The daughter was a bit overboard, I think I saw that mentioned here already, have to agree.

I think part of the hype over the movie is simply because of Brendan Fraser.

He's getting a huge push from the love people have for him.

[OutOfTheCube]

What is with the love for Brendan Fraser anyway? Like I have nothing against him, but I feel like it was 'The Mummy' and then I didn't hear his name again for 20 years.

[PsYcNeT]

Originally Posted by OutOfTheCube

What is with the love for Brendan Fraser anyway? Like I have nothing against him, but I feel like it was 'The Mummy' and then I didn't hear his name again for 20 years.

Comeback story; was black-balled in Hollywood after coming out about being sexually assaulted by the HFPA president.

[bigtmac19]

Originally Posted by nfotiu

We saw A Man Called Otto tonight, and give it a pretty solid thumbs up.

Highly recommend you watch the original Swedish movie of this story, A Man Called Ove. An excellent movie. I admit to not having seen this Tom Hanks version but I find often the North American remakes of stories like this are a bit disappointing.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by bigtmac19

Highly recommend you watch the original Swedish movie of this story, A Man Called Ove. An excellent movie. I admit to not having seen this Tom Hanks version but I find often the North American remakes of stories like this are a bit disappointing.

Or you can read the book! I'm gonna be the book person this one...

[Cali Panthers Fan]

Originally Posted by PsYcNeT

Comeback story; was black-balled in Hollywood after coming out about being sexually assaulted by the HFPA president.

Really? I had no idea. I just thought he wasn't considered a bankable actor anymore.

Do you have a link to a story?

[GordonBlue]

Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan

Really? I had no idea. I just thought he wasn't considered a bankable actor anymore.

Do you have a link to a story?

tons and tons of stories. here's one from Variety.

https://variety.com/2018/film/news/b...im-1202707850/

The actor said that the incident made him reclusive and he retreated from public life. He questioned if the HFPA blacklisted him as a result, since he was rarely invited back to the Golden Globes, which the HFPA runs, after 2003. He believes it’s partly why his career derailed, and said “The phone does stop ringing in your career, and you start asking yourself why. There’s many reasons, but was this one of them? I think it was.”

[Coach]

The Madoff series on Netflix was good. Also scary. Basically the entire global economy is built on the same Ponzi scheme he was running.