Eight year old me would say Star Wars, but as I grew older it eventually became Empire and now it’s Star Wars.

But many popular opinions put the first or second movie of a trilogy as the best entry. Spider-Man 2 and The Dark Knight are the most iconic, and for the latter the trilogy was named after it.

Lord of the Rings is a tough one. My personal favourite is the first one, the third one won all the awards though. But the whole trilogy feels like a single really long entry, and popular cultural references are scattered across the whole trilogy.

Maybe the Star Wars prequel trilogy for some? Define the most memed, if that counts for anything.

What do you think? Do you have a trilogy where your favourite entry is the final one? Or you see it as the one with the most cultural impact or accolades?

An afterthought is I felt as a kid that The Omen rounded out nicely in the end, but the original is the most iconic.

I Especially like simple monsters like Tremors. It’s fun, upbeat, yet the monsters were scary. Wondering if there are any good monster movies (not the super scary kind). Growing up there was Them and The Crawling Eye. Of course there’s Godzilla and King Kong. And who doesn’t love Skyline.

I’m hoping to find or re-discover something less-like Z and more like a monster is discovered, then it rampages and is conquered-type movie.

Any thoughts?

As an American. Almost every movie I've seen with a foreign power being the "bad guys" is either Russia/North Korea/ or Middle Eastern. Its just Hollywood taking modern day fear and turning it into propaganda for entertainment value. Which is fine because that's all war movies are most the time.

However I am curious if its common in other countries to have big movies where the U.S. is the bad guys and that countrys' hero's save the day from the evil U.S. soldiers.

It's not something we'd ever see on streaming sites or anything so I'm just curious.

Genuine question.

Example, in the movie Misery when he sneaks out of his room and is looking thru the house, the women returns suddenly and he has to rush to get back. Anyone know of a scene where someone has to sneak into a room, house, office, etc and someone DOESNT unexpectedly arrive forcing them to rush or hide? I can’t think of a single example, it’s incredibly overplayed and predictable.

There's a 2001 movie called Joy Ride that stars Paul Walker and Steve Zahn. I'm pretty sure I never watched this again after I first saw it in the mid 2000s. I vaguely remember having a fun time with it, and I just had decent fun watching it tonight (a few spurts of not paying much attention) on Hulu

But lol you really gotta let go with the suspension of disbelief. Back in a world where GPS for cars and smartphones didn't exist, this random redneck truck driver had like James Bond, Ethan Hunt levels of surveillance and tracking skills. Actually not even the same, it was just impossibly inexplicable. After like the third successful stalking on the road over days, he somehow finds out who LeeLee Sobieski's (who Paul and Steve had literally just picked up) random friend is. A girl who went off to some undisclosed location after a minute of screen time early in the movie. Somehow, somewhere, kidnaps her. He then kidnaps LeeLee as well and the movie ends with him getting ahead on the road to set up an elaborate trap/fake death

Actually, now that I think about it, it would've been hilarious if when he revealed himself to be still alive at the very end, he says 'I have a particular set of skills'

It was still a decently fun time, Paul and Steve have good chemistry. But man rewatching it now, older...loool so stupid at the same time

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Apparently julia roberts was such a terror on set that the crew called her “Tinkerhell”, and Spielberg swore to never work with her again.

One of the lost boys actors did an AMA where he talked about an instance with Roberts where she barged onto set (interrupting a scene being filmed) to scream at Spielberg about her costume, demanding that it be changed (it was originally a green dress closer to the Disney animated version), in front of all the kids no less. He said she deserved the “Tinkerhell” nickname.

I just saw this movie and holy shit. What a brutal fucking ending. Bradley Cooper is a damn amazing actor, that's for sure. I'm surprised he wasn't nominated for this. His reaction in the very last shot was just haunting.

That ending made perfect sense though. His character deserved it, given how he kept going further and further off the deep end, all for the sake of the grift, to the point where he killed two people. I should've seen it coming; the fact that he went from a wealthy mentalist to the type of person he pitied and looked down upon the most. That was a real gut punch, especially considering how that geek was treated in the beginning, which Stan witnessed up close. It brought it all full-circle.

That said, this movie was good but not great. The second act was too bloated, and could've been at least 15 minutes shorter. There should've been less scenes with Cate Blanchett's character, as Stan's relationship with her just wasn't very deep or interesting. Plus it essentially led to nothing given how she steals all his money and betrays him in the end. It should've focused more on Rooney Mara's character and their relationship. Not to mention the judge's wife's murder-suicide?!? WTF? So random.

In the end, I still recommend this movie, despite it's 2.5-hour runtime. If for nothing else than that brutal and rather demeaning ending.

Literally so many parallels. I saw another post because I searched if anyone else thought this, but watching meet the parents right now clearly shows big similarities. Meeting an awkward family, things don’t go great on first impressions, both main characters smoke, both dads don’t like that, both dads are hiding secrets, both houses have a secret room and both Greg and Chris are interrogated on the first night, as well as meeting a larger awkward group the next morning. I’m sure there are many other parallels but the tone difference between horror and comedy is crazy.

Saltburn seems like a spin-off of Parasite. Some of the artistic and haunting elements present in Parasite were replaced with trendy and violent images in Saltburn. I love both movies but it is frustrating that including attractive American actors, sex, drugs, alcohol, parties, and extravagance made the concept more exciting, but less complicated and twisted. It is hard for me to not compare the two, I loved the understated themes in Parasite and think it was a better made film while Saltburn has insane music and visual elements that really elevate it. I think ethnicity has something to do with it but that exacerbates the issue, Parasite should be celebrated beyond Saltburn as it came first.

AFAIK the only ones in my repertoire which offer any kind of meaningful critique about modern democracy are Starship Troopers and its third sequel. Can't think of any that would be rebellious enough to challenge our philosophy of things. Sure there are many flicks that latently explore social injustice and relative poverty or replace it with absurdist extremes. But this is precisely about ones that really strip our ethics down and ask hard questions. Also aliens, that is always a plus.

Everything we see in movies as westerners is repetitive, aggressive, mindless promotion of democracy. This is different from other cultures. Some revel in their ideas of leader worship and ruthless violence. But on the same hand, there's no comprehension in movies of democratic propaganda. Or democratic terrorism. These things simply "do not compute". So there is the irony.

I only want to know of movies that specifically, directly and earnestly critique democracy from its own democracy from the top down. No Hunter Johnson no Bukowski no fingering around like Natural Born Killers. I want movies that intelligently critique modern democracy.

I love watching "bad movies". Not B movies, but the Bee Movie. Get it? Movies that have big budgets and famous actors, but are so poorly produced and written that they are well acted trash.

I really like when these trash movies have iconic lines that just go hard for no reason. What are some of your favorites?

For example - Mortal Kombat "For me, it was a tuesday." Will always be incredibly baller for no reason.

Spielberg was seen as Kubrick's natural successor, but I just don't think his projects were consistent enough to be put in contention. There's a lot of droopy baggage in his filmography. Plus, he's arguably the generation after Kubrick, before this one.

Arguably, Christopher Nolan in terms of scope of vision and genre. He's known for a mix of science fiction and historical epics. Like, Kubrick. Although, their tone is very different. Nolan is less acerbic.

In terms of having a dark comical slant. You could point to this year The Substance by Coralie Fargeat. It will be interesting to see what she does next. I can imagine she will have a lot of freedom to do something just as bonkers and disturbing. Or, maybe she will surprise us and do something different like Kubrick.

Who do you think could be in contention for this generation's Stanley Kubrick?

Now keeping in mind that Skyfall is a fantastic movie in its own right, and that the idea of casting Sean Connery was tossed about. Would this have enhanced the ending? Or detracted from the already amazing set piece of the final confrontation of the movie.

There were already an enormous amount of throwbacks in this movie. I personally feel Sean Connery appearing in the finale would have been icing on the cake and would have enhanced the ending quite well.

I'm looking for some really good recommendations on romantic comedies that take place in New York City. Ideally, I’d love them to capture the same warm, charming, and cozy vibe as 'You've Got Mail' (1998). If possible, I'd like the movies to be from the late 1980s through the early 2000s, to keep that nostalgic feel. Any suggestions?

What are some War Movies about the Scramble of Africa or the Wind of Change, Zulu, Four Feathers, Battle of Algiers etc: for example, movies about the Rhodesian Bush War, Angola and Mozambican wars of independence, Souty African Borded War, the Italo-Ethiopian war etc. The Haitan Revolution and American invasion of Haiti also count. What are some war movies that focus primarily on the Scramble for Africa/Wind of Change, particularly from the Africab perspective but could also be from the European perspective

Oct 1 - The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 8/10

Oct 2 - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 6/10

Oct 3 -  Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III 6/10

Oct 4 - The First Purge 6/10

Oct 5 - Leatherface 6/10

Oct 6 - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning 6/10

Oct 7 - Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation 3/10

Oct 8 - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) 7/10

Oct 9 - Texas Chainsaw (3D) 6/10

Oct 10 - Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022) 6/10

Oct 11 - Alien³ 7/10

Oct 12 - Alien Resurrection 6/10

Oct 13 - Prometheus 7/10

Oct 14 - The Purge 7/10

Oct 15 - Alien: Covenant 7/10

Oct 16 - Speak No Evil 7/10

Oct 17 - Alien: Romulus 8/10

Oct 18 - The Predator (2018) 8/10 (Yes this one I enjoyed as a film but it sucked as a predator film.)

Oct 19 - A Nightmare on Elm Street 8/10

Oct 20 - A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge 7/10

Oct 21 - A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors 7/10

Oct 22 - A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master 6/10

Oct 23 - A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child 6/10

Oct 24 - Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare 4/10

Oct 25 - New Nightmare 7/10

Oct 26 - A Nightmare on Elm Street 7/10

Oct 27 - Friday the 13th 7/10

Oct 28 - Friday the 13th Part 2 7/10

Oct 29 - Friday the 13th: Part 3 7/10

Oct 30 - Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter 6/10

Oct 31 - Halloween 8/10

Somehow I guess I watched more than 31? So here are the rest:

Freddy vs. Jason - 6/10

Friday the 13th: A New Beginning 5/10

My wife is having a weak moment and asked if I wanted to watch a scary movie. Challenge accepted. :/

Here are some criteria that might help:

• nothing involving religion or satanism
• no excess gore
• could prob handle a little more than Poltergeist
• Get Out was good
• I watched Midsommar on a plane and that type is a no-go
• looking to get scared not grossed out or psychologically rocked
• I think she could prob handle something like the Saw series

Anything come to mind?

For example, almost the entirety of the movie Cure is so unsettling but you can't really put your finger on why, it just has a paranoid feeling and you're constantly looking in all corners of the screen to see what might be hiding.

Other examples would be films like The Shining, I'm Thinking of Ending Things, or most of David Lynch's work but in particular the diner scene in Mulholland Drive, or the ghost reveal scene in Pulse (by the same director as Cure.)

What are some other examples of unnerving scenes that get under your skin?

Edit: don't know how I wrote an entire post on the topic and failed to mention Haneke, and specifically Cache. Talk about nothing happening, terrifyingly.

This rant will contain spoilers for a more than forty year old movie. You have found the thread made by the one person in the world who is gonna write this serious essay on a silly children's movie no one has seen.Oh yeah.

The Garbage Pail Kids Movie is regarded as one of the worst movies ever made, due to the gross monster Kids, bad special effects, and ridiculous dialogue. It's not available to stream anywhere, and that's unlikely to change anytime soon because there's a reboot on the way. But having finally watched it for free on a site, I just want to say the thing I found most horrible about this children's movie.

That is, the movie has a good message about opposing bigotry and not judging people by how they look...but they completely botch it by making the Garbage Kids monsters worthy of hate & disgust. ​Throughout the movie, we are told that the poor Garbage Kids have to stay hidden in a little shop, because normal humans will attack them for being different. Normal humans are called "Normies" by the monsters & the movie constantly lectures that Normies are cruel & judgmental to anything ugly or gross. Only the main human boy (who is bullied) and the wise man who keeps the monster kids hidden in the shop are portrayed as tolerant and good at the start of the film.

The boy gets the idea to teach the world that the monsters are good, by having them put on a fashion show to the public. They invite several beautiful women to pose as models in the beautiful ​clothes that the monsters make - though it should be noted the models don't know anything about who made the clothes, this will come up again later. The boy helps the monsters get out of the shop so they can have fun in the Normie world. They are told to be careful, because normal humans are mean, something like that.

Only...

This is the part of the movie where the people making it decided to be goofy and show off all the gross things the Garbage Pail Kids can do. There is a Missie, a girl monster with a constantly runny nose who can sneeze a flood of snot, Windy Winston, a boy monster ho wears a Hawaiian shirt and often farts great visible cloud of gas violently; Valerie Vomit, a girl who throws up on command; Foul Phil, a whining hungry baby with who constantly asks characters if they are his "mommy" or "daddy"; Nat Nerd, an obese-acne riddled boy who dresses up like a superhero and wets his pants frequently; and on and on. All of these are exaggerated with ridiculous special effects. Apparently, because this is a kid's movie, the people making it thought it would be funny to spend forty minutes in the middle of the movie having these little monsters run around sneezing special effects snot showers, farting clouds of gas, and peeing on normies.

Now, there ARE bullies and an evil police force that attack the monsters for being ugly - I'm not defending them. They are the villains and get what they deserve. They are not justified.

But there are several scenes where the Garbage Kids harass normal humans for no reason, and we are supposed to laugh and be on the Kids side. It's all played for laughs - nearly an hour in the second act of gag after gag. In one scene, The Garbage ​Kids walk into a movie theater crowded with normal humans. The humans don't attack or harass the Kids, they just keep watching the film. ​The Garbage Kids start being obnoxious. One of them steal an old woman's hot dog when she isn't noticing. Another steals a young woman's hot dog, and she notices, and her boyfriend is about to punch the thief, when he's ganged up on by another Garbage Pail Kid. Then Missy (the girl monster) comes into the theater with popcorn and sneezes a shower of snot all over the women and men in the room, causing all the normal humans to flee in disgust and horror. The main boy of the movie doesn't ever rebuke the monster kids for this, he says he's glad they had fun & hopes to let them out again.

Then the bully boy, the villain of the film with the help of a traitor steal the dresses that the Garbage Pail Kids made for the upcoming fashion show. Not because he wants to wear the dresses himself, but so he and his partner can get credit for making these dresses when the beautiful human models wear them at the fashion show.

In the third act of the movie, the Garbage Pail Kids crash the fashion show, take out the bully, and...attack the women models. Yep, you read that right. In an attempt to show maybe that looks don't make you good or bad, the director decided to have his "hero" ugly monster kids chase beautiful normal human models around for the climax. But these models aren't the villains! They were contacted by the main boy, the hero, to wear the dresses foe the fashion show, and that's what they are doing! Yet now our hero leads the monster kids in a "payback" attack on the very models he invited! We're supposed to think it's justified due to the villain stealing credit and hosting the show once the models arrived. ​

I walked away thinking that the Garbage Pail Kids monsters are a bunch of obnoxious thugs completely deserving of the fear and contempt most normal humans have of them.

Hi, I'm the new mod of the resurrected . In our sub, you'll be able to post evocative images which should elicit a poetic, joyful, horrific, disquieting, etc, feelings. Then other users will be happy to give you movie recommendations based on the image's feel. See you there!

Focus Features and Wikipedia claim it is releasing on December 25, 2024. Universal's Facebook page claims it releases on New Year's Day. Which is accurate for the US release? I'm assuming Focus since it releases under the Focus banner here. I'm worried it somehow got swapped without me noticing. I don't think it's a statement on the film's quality either way.