For me it is absolutely the Indiana Jones trilogy. Yes. All 3 Indiana Jones movies. Those 3 movies are just so packed with that old fashioned adventuring charm rarely seen in movies nowadays....
For me it is absolutely the Indiana Jones trilogy. Yes. All 3 Indiana Jones movies. Those 3 movies are just so packed with that old fashioned adventuring charm rarely seen in movies nowadays. There should be more movies like those 3.
Also, The Iron Giant is the greatest animated movie ever. Fight me.
I have watched both Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and Monty Python's Life of Brian more times than I care to admit, and somehow they just never get old. For something a little more serious, the...
I have watched both Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and Monty Python's Life of Brian more times than I care to admit, and somehow they just never get old. For something a little more serious, the original Bladerunner. I just can't get enough of that aesthetic, and I notice new little details every time. I also have watched a few Das Boot a few times through, and that's saying a lot given it's 4h 53m long. It's probably one of the best submarine films ever and it really does nail the feeling of being stuck in a cramped metal tube for weeks or months on end.
Definitely, the depressing noir really draws me in. I prefer the original's aesthetics, but the CGI eye candy of 2049 continues to blow me away, and I've watched it 5 times now. I'm not a movie...
For something a little more serious, the original Bladerunner. I just can't get enough of that aesthetic, and I notice new little details every time
Definitely, the depressing noir really draws me in. I prefer the original's aesthetics, but the CGI eye candy of 2049 continues to blow me away, and I've watched it 5 times now. I'm not a movie critic by any stretch, but I continue to rewatch both for more details that I've missed, which I've never done for any movie before.
Waking Life I wont really be able to describe the film objectively anymore because I've seen it so many times that it's come to mean something else to me. But that's almost be design. It's a...
Waking Life
I wont really be able to describe the film objectively anymore because I've seen it so many times that it's come to mean something else to me. But that's almost be design.
It's a surreal walk through some dream sequence with dialog to match. The topics feel loosely connected but nothing concrete in the way of plot linking them. It's one of those "artsy fartsy" ""experiences"" so if that's not your jam then you'll know. But I must have seen it over a dozen times by now and each time I do, I still keep coming away feeling something new.
It's helped sculpt how I see the world but I can't even say for sure what shape it was before this film, or what shape it is now. I just now that this did some sculpting.
I have to be in the mood to rewatch it, but in my day to day life, i actually think about the film quite a bit. If I think of something similar to something covered in the film, or if i think of something that's similar to something i was thinking at the time (odd, i know) then i end up back at Waking Life in some form or another.
Fun fact: It's actually the first place I saw Alex Jones, so when I saw him in the headlines I just thought it was just some actor trolling fans on twitter bc they weren't used to being famous. Apparently I lived under a rock.
I loved Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog! I had no idea what it was going into it, but saw that both NPH and Nathan Fillion were in it figured it was worth a shot, and it was even better than I had...
I loved Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog! I had no idea what it was going into it, but saw that both NPH and Nathan Fillion were in it figured it was worth a shot, and it was even better than I had expected.
The Prestige. "Every great magic trick consists of three parts or acts. The first part is called 'The Pledge'. The magician shows you something ordinary: a deck of cards, a bird or a man. He shows...
The Prestige.
"Every great magic trick consists of three parts or acts. The first part is called 'The Pledge'. The magician shows you something ordinary: a deck of cards, a bird or a man. He shows you this object. Perhaps he asks you to inspect it to see if it is indeed real, unaltered, normal. But of course... it probably isn't. The second act is called 'The Turn'. The magician takes the ordinary something and makes it do something extraordinary. Now you're looking for the secret... but you won't find it, because of course you're not really looking. You don't really want to know. You want to be fooled. But you wouldn't clap yet. Because making something disappear isn't enough; you have to bring it back. That's why every magic trick has a third act, the hardest part, the part we call 'The Prestige'. "
Damn I am always in the awe of this dialogue. The same scenes make me excited over and over again.
Fateful Findings. If you're a fan of stuff like The Room, you probably have either seen it or heard about it. Neil Breen is just a total mess and the movie is so disjointed and a ton of fun to put...
Fateful Findings.
If you're a fan of stuff like The Room, you probably have either seen it or heard about it. Neil Breen is just a total mess and the movie is so disjointed and a ton of fun to put on with a friend or two and make fun of for a couple hours.
Memento I love the way the story reveals itself in reverse. As someone who has struggled with bipolar disorder, the main character's confusion and paranoia during his fugue states resonates with...
Memento
I love the way the story reveals itself in reverse. As someone who has struggled with bipolar disorder, the main character's confusion and paranoia during his fugue states resonates with me. I still have the original DVD with the "psych profile notes" inside the case.
I even have a related tattoo on my wrist: "Memento Quis Sis," which is Latin for "remember who you are." It serves as a sort of inside joke.
Remember the Titans. Yeah, I know it's not historically accurate, some of the dialogue is stiff and cheesy, and it's emotionally manipulative. But every time I'm flipping the channels and run...
Remember the Titans. Yeah, I know it's not historically accurate, some of the dialogue is stiff and cheesy, and it's emotionally manipulative. But every time I'm flipping the channels and run across it, I'm stuck until the end. Every. Single. Time.
Marvel movies. Although the are objectively not great movies, I'm a sucker for superheroes, and sometimes i just want to watch and overpowered hero and an even more overpowered villain level a city.
Marvel movies.
Although the are objectively not great movies, I'm a sucker for superheroes, and sometimes i just want to watch and overpowered hero and an even more overpowered villain level a city.
Whatever is on TV at the point I am channel surfing. I still have cable and a cablebox with DVR. I just can't get the same satisfaction out of streaming services. I just don't go out of my way to...
Whatever is on TV at the point I am channel surfing. I still have cable and a cablebox with DVR. I just can't get the same satisfaction out of streaming services.
I just don't go out of my way to re-watch films (like I don't for TV shows - see other thread).
I never really go into collecting VHS/DVD media. My son is crazy on that. Thankfully, he's 28 so he pays for them himself :)
Every so often I'll see something on Netflix/Amazon/Hulu and watch it. But usually by the time I've found something on one, I'm out of time to watch much of it. And when I have time again, I'm over that movie.
Honestly? My favorites are the Super Mario Brothers movie, and the Batman movies before they got "gritty." Then there are the movies that you see on tv when you're visiting family and flipping...
Honestly? My favorites are the Super Mario Brothers movie, and the Batman movies before they got "gritty."
Then there are the movies that you see on tv when you're visiting family and flipping through the channels, where if you see them you'll stop and watch it again for the twentieth time, like Knight's Tale or Ten Things I Hate About You.
I always come back to Gladiator, but really only to shout 'ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED' when it is both applicable and not applicable to the situation. It holds a soft spot as being both 'just plain...
I always come back to Gladiator, but really only to shout 'ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED' when it is both applicable and not applicable to the situation. It holds a soft spot as being both 'just plain fun' and 'the first R-rated movie ticket my parents bought for me and a friend to watch unsupervised while under 17 and while we were really hoping there would be boobs there were no boobs but it was still good time' movie.
Interstellar - I just love the soundtrack, the grand scale of the story and it's basis in today's reality Forrest Gump - The movie does so much at the same time. It's a war movie, a love story, a...
Interstellar - I just love the soundtrack, the grand scale of the story and it's basis in today's reality
Forrest Gump - The movie does so much at the same time. It's a war movie, a love story, a comedy, etc...
The Big Lebowski.
My favorite movie. I've watched it countless times.
I don’t think a day goes by that I don’t reference it in some way.
Man that thing has so many levels, sooooo much going on.
A lot of ins, a lot of outs, a lot of what-have-you's.
For me it is absolutely the Indiana Jones trilogy. Yes. All 3 Indiana Jones movies. Those 3 movies are just so packed with that old fashioned adventuring charm rarely seen in movies nowadays. There should be more movies like those 3.
Also, The Iron Giant is the greatest animated movie ever. Fight me.
I see what you did there.
It's such a sweet sadness I feel when I watch the suicide scene in Royal Tenenbaums. It's weird but it makes me feel... good in some way.
Multi pass!
I have watched both Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and Monty Python's Life of Brian more times than I care to admit, and somehow they just never get old. For something a little more serious, the original Bladerunner. I just can't get enough of that aesthetic, and I notice new little details every time. I also have watched a few Das Boot a few times through, and that's saying a lot given it's 4h 53m long. It's probably one of the best submarine films ever and it really does nail the feeling of being stuck in a cramped metal tube for weeks or months on end.
Definitely, the depressing noir really draws me in. I prefer the original's aesthetics, but the CGI eye candy of 2049 continues to blow me away, and I've watched it 5 times now. I'm not a movie critic by any stretch, but I continue to rewatch both for more details that I've missed, which I've never done for any movie before.
Waking Life
I wont really be able to describe the film objectively anymore because I've seen it so many times that it's come to mean something else to me. But that's almost be design.
It's a surreal walk through some dream sequence with dialog to match. The topics feel loosely connected but nothing concrete in the way of plot linking them. It's one of those "artsy fartsy" ""experiences"" so if that's not your jam then you'll know. But I must have seen it over a dozen times by now and each time I do, I still keep coming away feeling something new.
It's helped sculpt how I see the world but I can't even say for sure what shape it was before this film, or what shape it is now. I just now that this did some sculpting.
I have to be in the mood to rewatch it, but in my day to day life, i actually think about the film quite a bit. If I think of something similar to something covered in the film, or if i think of something that's similar to something i was thinking at the time (odd, i know) then i end up back at Waking Life in some form or another.
Fun fact: It's actually the first place I saw Alex Jones, so when I saw him in the headlines I just thought it was just some actor trolling fans on twitter bc they weren't used to being famous. Apparently I lived under a rock.
Such a strange yet impactful movie. Some of the quotes really stuck with me for a long time.
I need to re-watch this soon, thanks for reminding me.
The Princess Bride. Possibly the most rewatchable movie ever made. It's just perfect.
I've seen the AKIRA movie a few too many times, both before and after reading the manga twice.
Akira is up there for me. GITS, Bladerunner and Matrix alongside it. I watch all 3 pretty often.
Casablanca. Every moment of that movie is perfectly composed.
Not sure if this counts, but Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog.
I loved Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog! I had no idea what it was going into it, but saw that both NPH and Nathan Fillion were in it figured it was worth a shot, and it was even better than I had expected.
The Batman series by Christopher Nolan and Harry Potter are always nice to rewatch! Several of the Ghibli movies also never seem to grow old.
The Prestige.
"Every great magic trick consists of three parts or acts. The first part is called 'The Pledge'. The magician shows you something ordinary: a deck of cards, a bird or a man. He shows you this object. Perhaps he asks you to inspect it to see if it is indeed real, unaltered, normal. But of course... it probably isn't. The second act is called 'The Turn'. The magician takes the ordinary something and makes it do something extraordinary. Now you're looking for the secret... but you won't find it, because of course you're not really looking. You don't really want to know. You want to be fooled. But you wouldn't clap yet. Because making something disappear isn't enough; you have to bring it back. That's why every magic trick has a third act, the hardest part, the part we call 'The Prestige'. "
Damn I am always in the awe of this dialogue. The same scenes make me excited over and over again.
Fateful Findings.
If you're a fan of stuff like The Room, you probably have either seen it or heard about it. Neil Breen is just a total mess and the movie is so disjointed and a ton of fun to put on with a friend or two and make fun of for a couple hours.
Superbad is the movie I put on when I'm not sure what else to watch.
I know the plot isn't complex and they aren't very high brow but I love all the Fast and Furious films.
Memento
I love the way the story reveals itself in reverse. As someone who has struggled with bipolar disorder, the main character's confusion and paranoia during his fugue states resonates with me. I still have the original DVD with the "psych profile notes" inside the case.
I even have a related tattoo on my wrist: "Memento Quis Sis," which is Latin for "remember who you are." It serves as a sort of inside joke.
Hackers.
Its completely unrealistic but I just love the awesome 90's cyberpunk tropes and aesthetics.
Remember the Titans. Yeah, I know it's not historically accurate, some of the dialogue is stiff and cheesy, and it's emotionally manipulative. But every time I'm flipping the channels and run across it, I'm stuck until the end. Every. Single. Time.
Marvel movies.
Although the are objectively not great movies, I'm a sucker for superheroes, and sometimes i just want to watch and overpowered hero and an even more overpowered villain level a city.
Tyler Perry's Madea movies are great any time.
Whatever is on TV at the point I am channel surfing. I still have cable and a cablebox with DVR. I just can't get the same satisfaction out of streaming services.
I just don't go out of my way to re-watch films (like I don't for TV shows - see other thread).
I never really go into collecting VHS/DVD media. My son is crazy on that. Thankfully, he's 28 so he pays for them himself :)
Every so often I'll see something on Netflix/Amazon/Hulu and watch it. But usually by the time I've found something on one, I'm out of time to watch much of it. And when I have time again, I'm over that movie.
Honestly? My favorites are the Super Mario Brothers movie, and the Batman movies before they got "gritty."
Then there are the movies that you see on tv when you're visiting family and flipping through the channels, where if you see them you'll stop and watch it again for the twentieth time, like Knight's Tale or Ten Things I Hate About You.
I watch a lot of Adam Sandler's older stuff. I watch some 90's movies as well, such as home alone and and good burger
Equilibrium
What We Do In The Shadows
Tarantino films
And of course, Reign of Fire
The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou
Reminds me of a time I don't mind revisting every now and then.
I love any of John Hughes's movies
Scott Pilgrim vs The World
I find that it's just really well made and clicks with me.
Also Edgar Wright is a bloody genius.
The rules say i'm not supposed to talk about it actually.
I always come back to Gladiator, but really only to shout 'ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED' when it is both applicable and not applicable to the situation. It holds a soft spot as being both 'just plain fun' and 'the first R-rated movie ticket my parents bought for me and a friend to watch unsupervised while under 17 and while we were really hoping there would be boobs there were no boobs but it was still good time' movie.
Interstellar - I just love the soundtrack, the grand scale of the story and it's basis in today's reality
Forrest Gump - The movie does so much at the same time. It's a war movie, a love story, a comedy, etc...