Recommend (or don't) a movie thread v2

[Nadal Fan]

40 years ago, was maybe the best year ever for movies.....

Terminator, Ghostbusters, 1984, Dune, Star Trek 3, Beverly Hills Cop, Repo Man, Gremlins, Muppets Take Manhattan , Footloose, Friday the 13th part 4, Body Double, Purple Rain, 16 Candles, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Amadeus, Karate Kid, Night of the Comet, Romancing the Stone, Never Ending Story...

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by Nadal Fan

40 years ago, was maybe the best year ever for movies.....

Terminator, Ghostbusters, 1984, Dune, Star Trek 3, Beverly Hills Cop, Repo Man, Gremlins, Muppets Take Manhattan , Footloose, Friday the 13th part 4, Body Double, Purple Rain, 16 Candles, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Amadeus, Karate Kid, Night of the Comet, Romancing the Stone, Never Ending Story...

Were you just filling in the list with bad movies that also happened to come out? ST3, Temple of Doom, Friday the 13th part 4 aren’t really the cream of the crop here.

[nik-]

84 Dune is garbage.

[Nadal Fan]

Originally Posted by Wormius

Were you just filling in the list with bad movies that also happened to come out? ST3, Temple of Doom, Friday the 13th part 4 aren’t really the cream of the crop here.

Friday the 13th part 4 is great, one of the best slashers and one of the best Friday the 13th films.

[sketchyt]

Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan

LOL, he was a main character in Contact.

People forget he started as a dramatic actor (i.e. Amistad, A Time to Kill, etc...) before entering rom-com mode.
By the time Interstellar arrived, he was fresh off True Detective (amazing), Mud (underrated), Wolf of Wall Street (cameo), and Dallas Buyers Club. Interstellar was peak-McConaissance

[Yeah_Baby]

Originally Posted by nik-

84 Dune is garbage.

Spoiler!

[Coach]

Originally Posted by Dunnyberg

On the topic of Nolan/Villeneuve, I dont really like either, but Inception is actually pretty sharp, even though I disagree with the main point of the movie. Leo's character might be the greatest use of self-insertion ever put to film. I suspect the wife is a self insertion too (of Nolan's wife and creative partner, who produced the film).

But the main point of the movie is subversion, in this case convincing (incepting) Westerners to give up their nations and children's birthright. Very clever meta technique.

...wut?

[kermitology]

Originally Posted by Locke

I just watched 'American Fiction' and it was, no word of a lie, fantastic.

Wright's performance...I dont know what to say, I think it just really spoke to me.

For starters, I love his voice, secondly...there is something about a character who is frustrated with life, cynical and sarcastic that just speaks to me. He was stellar!

I really liked that movie. Highly recommend.

Also it makes fun of dumb-ass Corporate White people which seemingly never gets old.

The layers of satire in that movie were just exceptional. I was laughing so much, and even with like 10 minutes left in the movie there was still more satire being revealed. Truly a fantastic film.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by nik-

84 Dune is garbage.

That is a film that borders on 'so bad its hilarious.'

Originally Posted by kermitology

The layers of satire in that movie were just exceptional. I was laughing so much, and even with like 10 minutes left in the movie there was still more satire being revealed. Truly a fantastic film.

Oh it was so good. I'm really disappointed that they didnt market the hell out of it. I cant remember the last film that made me laugh like that.

So good! Even just thinking back to Jeffrey Wright's facial expressions when the White people were being White people absolutely slays me.

You can see the look in his eyes that 'these must be the dumbest people on Earth' but he just keeps going.

Its brilliant.

[Cappy]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

#### you write some tripe

The guy uses Yandex. I mean, the term "Russian troll" is thrown around a lot these days, but...

[Wormius]

I swear Dune pt 1 was streaming on Crave or Disney and now I can’t find it. Bastards!

[Yamer]

All this talk about Interstellar encouraged me to finally watch it.

Holy crap, that's like...a near perfect movie. Can't believe I slept on it for a decade. Thanks for the recommendation(s).

[scotty2hotty]

Originally Posted by Yamer

All this talk about Interstellar encouraged me to finally watch it.

Holy crap, that's like...a near perfect movie. Can't believe I slept on it for a decade. Thanks for the recommendation(s).

Maybe I need to watch it again. I just remember seeing it the first time and feeling ... I don't know ... 'whelmed'?

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by scotty2hotty

Maybe I need to watch it again. I just remember seeing it the first time and feeling ... I don't know ... 'whelmed'?

I similarly thought it didn’t really live up to it’s pre-release hype.

[btimbit]

Originally Posted by scotty2hotty

Maybe I need to watch it again. I just remember seeing it the first time and feeling ... I don't know ... 'whelmed'?

Yeah I might need to see it again too. I thought it was fine but far from great. Maybe I wasn't in the right mood or just missed something. IMO it's not even the best space movie of that year (or.... close to that year?) I can re-watch The Martian once a season

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

I knew nothing of the story before watching Dune.

Sit back with you favourite snacks and enjoy it.

It is a well done movie, I could put together what was happening from the movie, and #### I’m not that bright

Yeah I just really have to find a night to chill, sit down, and get into it. I'm sure I'll love it when I do actually give it a real go

[Bigtime]

Originally Posted by scotty2hotty

Maybe I need to watch it again. I just remember seeing it the first time and feeling ... I don't know ... 'whelmed'?

Go watch that Tik Tok video of the drone screwing in a light bulb as "No time for caution" plays. A masterpiece.

[btimbit]

Originally Posted by Bigtime

Go watch that Tik Tok video of the drone screwing in a light bulb as "No time for caution" plays. A masterpiece.

The music was fantastic, I'll definitely say that much. I mean, Zimmer, no surprise there, but hot damn

[timun]

Originally Posted by nik-

84 Dune is garbage.

Virginia Madsen though...

Spoiler!

[Cortez]

Originally Posted by scotty2hotty

Maybe I need to watch it again. I just remember seeing it the first time and feeling ... I don't know ... 'whelmed'?

It definitely needs multiple viewings. You catch something new each time and just understand the timelines and such better.

It wasn't until my 3rd or 4th watch that I really started to feel it's my favorite movie of all time. Everything about it is great. Including the score- which might be the ultimate focus and listen soundtrack out there.

The docking scene with Hans Zimmer's - "No Time for Caution". oh man it's a thing of beauty

Edit: Bigtime: Screw Tik Tok, just watch the real scene

[fotze2]

Originally Posted by Cortez

It definitely needs multiple viewings. You catch something new each time and just understand the timelines and such better.

It wasn't until my 3rd or 4th watch that I really started to feel it's my favorite movie of all time. Everything about it is great. Including the score- which might be the ultimate focus and listen soundtrack out there.

The docking scene with Hans Zimmer's - "No Time for Caution". oh man it's a thing of beauty

Edit: Bigtime: Screw Tik Tok, just watch the real scene

I don't know. I think its different for everyone. Definitely a mood movie. I just happened to be in the right one and I could have totally been in the wrong one for it. I almost compare it in my own head more to About a Boy or Cast Away (which I think kinda sucked) than 2001. I ugly cried at Interstellar. More about regret and family and squandered life.