Aliens.
Alien is good too but Aliens is damn near perfect for me.
Idk what the heck James Cameroon is doing now but, Avatar just didn’t land in the same way to me.
I have pretty thoroughly stopped caring about movies.
The only movie in the last 15 years I’ve wanted to sit down and just watch. By myself, not as a thing to do with friends or family, not as something to have sound in the house while I do something else, to sit down with a bowl of popcorn and a beer and WATCH, was Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. So we’ll go with that I guess.
Well that changes weekly, but if I had to pick just one to be stranded on a desert island with it would be the original Robocop(1987) - just so much nostalgia personally but a really great satire ahead of it’s time.
Although next week, I might could say the hilarious meta mindfuck Adaptation. Peak Nic Cage, Spike Jonez and Charlie Kaufman - a really fun and wild ride and I love how self indulgent it is.
so one thing I never got when. I was watching robocop was the danger of having mega corporations owning public services. I never gave it a second thought, and liked robocop cause hey robot cop action 😃
now we are living in a reality where billionaires and mega corporations own public services. it’s scary
Robo Cop, Total Recall and Starship Troopers are sometimes seen as an unofficial trilogy of bad capitalism. They have the same director and some overlapping themes.
Murphy!
Back to the future part 1
That’s heavy
“There’s that word again, ‘heavy.’ Why are things so heavy in the future? Is there a problem with the Earth’s gravitational pull?”
Shawshank Redemption
Blues Brothers. It’s damn near perfect.
And I still hate Illinois Nazis.
My dad had The Blues Brothers on VHS. I used to watch it ALL the time. I’ve seen it upwards of 100 times. It is still one of my favorite movies of all time. When I was a kid 95% of it went over my head, but as an adult, it’s just so good.
Ahhh!!! I can’t choose one. It would be a toss up between these:
The Birdcage, Death to Smoochy, Soapdish, Drop Dead Gorgeous, or Clue
+1 for drop dead gorgeous, my favorite comedy along with muppets from space.
Just so many great lines, great characters, awesome cast. Between its age and non-mainstream release, it is one of those gems that easily gets overlooked.
I was just mentioning Britanny Murphy’s performance to my husband the other day, she was such an island of (hilarious) sincerity in a perfect river of satire.
Also I think I say “it’d be real easy” like … once a week?
“Drive me home?”
“Don’t let her fool you, she lives two trailers down!”
“So? It’d be real easy!”
I didn’t realize until years later that Amy Adams was the cheerleader.
Death to Smoochy is so underappreciated. Fantastic movie.
Death to Smoochy
I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone else reference this film, ever. I watched it far too young, my parents got it in a pile of cheap DVD’s thinking it was a typical Robin Williams kid friendly comedy, and it scarred me… 😂
One of my favorite dark comedies. Ridiculous yet hilarious. RIP Robin Williams.
Clerks, because when I was 22 years before I ever saw that movie I to ran my convince store just like that. Also totally relate to the crap customers you deal with in that setting.
Did you see Clerks 3? It is no way up to the original, but it was enjoyable for me. It seemed more like a therapy sess/love letter from the cast. Depending on your age, it might be a nice ending.
I loved Clerks 3. I feel like people who set higher expectations for it (and for Reboot) did themselves a disservice.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
“Do you think Death could possibly be a boat?”
No, no, no…Death is…not. Death isn’t. You take my meaning. Death is the ultimate negative. Not being. You can’t not-be on a boat.
(Apropos user name!)
I’ve frequently not been on boats!
Pulp Fiction. Also, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. And Snatch. Also… aw man, there’s so many…
Velocipastor.
It is a goddamn masterpiece and the perfect movie for all occasions.
I never heard of the movie and the plot summary is almost exactly what i expected somehow
I highly recommend giving it a watch!
Airplane!
Withnail and I. Ludicrously quotable.
‘I have been called a ponce…’
The Big Lebowski
Fury Road.
My previous best film was Mad Max 2.
So you like Fury Road over Mad Max 2? I’m the opposite.
