I watched a total of three movies last year and two of them sucked. I don’t think I’ve seen a movie so far this year, and I’m looking for suggestions. What’s a movie that you really love?

  • magnetosphere@fedia.io
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    29 days ago

    If I’m in the mood for something slow and meticulously well crafted, 2001: A Space Odyssey. Even though it was released in 1968(!), the special effects hold up better than they do in many films made decades later.

    If I want well-written action with excellent character development, then it’s Heat (1995) hands down. If something in that film doesn’t strike an emotional chord with you, even a little, then there’s a good chance you’re a sociopath.

  • disregardable@lemmy.zip
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    29 days ago

    My favorite is As Good As It Gets (1997 rom com), but with the blatant homophobia and unlikable main character it’s not for everybody.

    For general watching, I’d recommend:

    Get Out (horror mystery with good metaphors)

    Knives Out (silly whodunnit comedy)

    Eyes Wide Shut (classic psychological horror with, uh, an unforgettable premise)

    Midsommar (breakup film with swedish cult horror vibes, women-coded)

    Parasite (on the off chance you haven’t seen it, I would vote it best film of the 2010s)

  • cloudwolf@lemmy.world
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    29 days ago

    The Lord of the Rings trilogy
    Knives Out trilogy
    Short Term 12
    Hamilton
    In The Heights
    The Grand Budapest Hotel
    Scott Pilgrim vs the World
    The Secret in Their Eyes
    The Lives of Others
    The Counterfeiters
    The Wave
    The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
    Whiplash
    The Town
    Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
    In Bruges
    The King’s Speech
    Inglorious Basterds
    The Imitation Game
    Her
    Nowhere Boy
    The Spectacular Now

    • tuckerm@feddit.onlineEnglish
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      29 days ago

      The Grand Budapest Hotel

      Thank you for reminding me of that one. It’s one of those movies that I mentally put on my “to watch” list when it came out, and I just realized that somehow I never got around to it.

      edit: Oh dang, I never watched Her either. That is like, the most relevant movie of all time right now, lol. Need to get on that.

  • YappyMonotheist@lemmy.world
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    29 days ago

    Rocky (1976) and When Harry Met Sally (1989) are my favourite movies, and I prefer the former only a little bit more than the latter. I’m a sentimental man. 🤷

    I would say the #3 spot belongs to either Arrival (2016), The Sixth Sense (1999), Se7en (1996), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), or The Secret in Their Eyes (“El Secreto de Sus Ojos”, 2009). #4 is both Kung Fu Panda 1 and 2, and #5 is probably too large to enumerate here, lol.

  • shyguyblue@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    29 days ago

    The Fifth Element

    Don’t even need to watch it ever again, it just plays on a loop in my mind.

  • Mr Fish@lemmy.world
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    29 days ago

    My favorites are the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Went to see them re-released in theaters earlier this year for the 25th anniversary.

    • toomanypancakes@crazypeople.onlineOPEnglish
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      29 days ago

      There was a terrible fucking movie called Warriors of Virtue with people in horrifying kangaroo suits, some Russian Christianity propaganda film (same friend was responsible for both), and I had fun watching Death Becomes Her.

      • iatenine@piefed.socialEnglish
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        28 days ago

        Warriors of Virtue sounds amazing (like in a so good it’s bad way)

        Tough to generate suggestions based on one liked movie but I think (at least the first) Beetlejuice is a dark comedy that shares a lot of DNA with Death Becomes Her

        Alternatively, The Devil Wears Prada is an extremely popular movie that also has frenemy female leads but maybe I Love Boosters is an even better match if you’re willing to either wait for streaming or see it in theaters

  • ∟⊔⊤∦∣≶@lemmy.nz
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    29 days ago

    My tastes are almost exclusively sci fi, horror, and cosmic horror, but I’ll give excellent and obscure recommendations for each, not necessarily my favs because you might have seen them already.

    Aniara

    The Void

    green room

    All of these are very good and hold up to a second watch.

    • its_prolly_fine@sh.itjust.works
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      29 days ago

      It works as a comedic dialog on the values of our society shifting away from science. It’s also incredibly ironic due to the number of people that point to it as if it has any basis in facts. I could barely watch it because there is nothing in that movie that makes sense, yet is referenced as if it does.

      • FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world
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        29 days ago

        I could barely watch it because there is nothing in that movie that makes sense, yet is referenced as if it does.

        Well… the nebulous idea of society decaying on its current trajectory is true, i think we’ll all agree (good thing we have time to course correct). As with most movies, the nebulous idea/the combined set of ideas presented is/are the most important consideration to viewers in general.

        If we’re getting down to technical specifics, there are some things that don’t make sense, I’ll concede:

        • If they don’t use water for stuff, there are innumerable things that shouldn’t work and everyone should have disease or st the very least be dying from some sort of malnutrition.
        • How has society not collapsed if people are that stupid? Who sustains the vast agricultural systems and the water infrastructure that now supplies soda to everyone?
        • The soda corporation is taking over america. For such devious plans, someone running the corporation must be smart. Why don’t they just fix everything? Or does President Terry Crews just execute anyone who proposes good ideas?
        • All the judges being intellectually disabled doesn’t actually make sense, assuming they still maintain testing/career performance standards. Also makes it seem like all the intellectually disabled citizens gravitate towards that job. Also, isn’t everyone intellectually disabled in the movie? So when they say “all the judges are r-words” they’re actually saying they’re straight-up insane.
        • this one is probably just a middle finger to modern day judges though. Lol.
        • What about the rest of the world? (Outside of the scope of the movie tbf, but come on… the whole world is that stupid? Or just America? I know which one is my headcanon)

        I love the powertrip element of the movie, great to watch when you fedl bad about yourself. “Yeah I just need to freeze myself and wake up in the future so i can be the smartest person on Earth.” But then i guess the moral is that you just need to apply yourself - protagonist, being perfectly average, was letting himself down by getting comfortable in that mediocrity.