i really do need someone to explain this to me bc i went into the movie with very high expectations and came out sadly disappointed. don’t get me wrong, i think it’s a great movie. i just don’t understand why it’s so utterly groundbreaking? the pacing’s great, i witnessed and appreciated the downfall of the innocent brother, acting was beautiful, nice plot. but there comes a territory after “great” where i just bump into a brick wall. it’s not a me thing — i can analyze well, paid full attention to everything, i am no stranger to old movies nor a hater of slow movies. i let it marinate in my mind, felt like it’s still a good movie but not peak. i guess i just don’t understand what exactly brings this movie from “great” to “breathtaking”. i didn’t feel my ground break, but i felt my eyebrow raise sometimes? don’t know if that counts.

i only come here because the reviews have, in fact, failed me, and i see little to no genuine explanations of what makes this movie so good. all i see are “it’s a masterpiece, amazing, peak cinema” okay but why. how. i really want to love this movie, i feel like there’s a huge inside joke that i’m not a part of when i see the ratings. can anyone break it down for me, what makes the godfather the best out of them all? thanks a lot, i would like to hear from fans of the movie themselves so i can understand what’s going on. i have yet to watch part II but i see wipeout reviews for that too, and feel it would be injustice to move on without an explanation to this first. thank you! ᡣ𐭩

I saw this and thought it was HILARIOUS, so I thought I would share! I love John Cena, his sense of humor, his performance in this comedy is very entertaining to watch. I was shocked to see Andrew Santino in this, somehow missed that, he’s always funny though. I knew Zac Efron was in it, always good to see him in something! Jermaine Fowler is fantastic, always a good laugh! Overall, 9/10 would recommend!

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Idk if it’s just me but I still go the movies because I still love them but I don’t feel the sparkles like i’ve always felt. I always remember going to the theater and see ppl at the front, theatre rooms packed, always anticipating all the new trailers in the previews, waiting for the dvds to come out. When I was younger there were always ppl in the theaters but now i barley see anyone. Honestly it’s walkways just me and my dad when we go. what happened to the bustling ppl rushing to get to their seats so they’re not late, smelling the popcorn from a mile away. it’s not the same anymore and it makes me depressed. it can’t just be me who feels like the nostalgia and sparkles of theaters are gone.

Does anyone feel that? You’re watching a movie or show and a character dies and everything goes slow motion and the dramatic music swells and it’s just like it, the standard way of doing the dramatic death feels tedious and uncomfortable and annoying to watch.

I would much prefer really quick abrupt deaths that make you go. “Wait did just happen?” And you have to process it with the other characters. I feel those are way more impactful.

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Chris Craighead, the now ex SAS guy that saved quite numerous lives during the attack in 2019 is having trouble publishing his book atm I read through legal reasons.

He has a pic with Jason Statham from a while back on the gram, and maybe was to stir interest.

I miss Statham in more rewarding roles, because he for whatever reason was really good

Would love to see a moderate budget film of this with him and a director with balls, the Beekeeper was good I thought.

Hello everyone.

I really like action scenes / movies set in the snowy mountains. Examples would be The beginning of The Bourne Legacy, Spectre, Inception ending. I was wondering if there are other movies with similar settings or scenes. I would greatly appreciate the feedback. Im mostly looking for actions/crime scenes or movies. Not looking for drama movies.

Thank you all.

I have always wanted to see The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water in 3D! I recently got red and blue 3D glasses which I really enjoyed watching 3D anaglyph videos and movie clips with, but I really wanted to see The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water in 3D, but I could not find any red and blue 3D anaglyph videos on YouTube or anywhere online. Can anyone help me find one or can anyone send me a 3D anaglyph clip or more? I really wanted to see all the time traveling scenes in the movie in 3D! Any help is appreciated!

She was the main characters wife, but thats it. Shes not even a plot device or anything, she made one scene stranger imo. She said her kid was in the pond when the shark was attacking there. We already knew this.

Also the scene where the 2 guys try to catch the shark but it rips apart the dock seems useless to me.

First of all this is my first post ever!!! Going with the title, what is Lost in Translation so important for? I may be exageratting but it seems to me that this movie is about nothing at all, more than the drama of "they will end up together or not?".

I remember watching it with my mom and we were both saying "It is like they made a fil about nothing itself".

Paul Thomas Anderson is one of my favorite directors and Boogie Nights one of my favorite films . I was rewatching it for the 100th time and realized that this is probably Wahlbergs best performance in his entire career. The fireworks scene is some of the best acting I've ever seen and he hardly says anything during it, for the most part it's his facial expressions that really sell that Dirk has hit rock bottom and him realizing what's wrong with his life, all in one scene. Along side the great Alfred Molina who really justs elevates the whole scene. What's yalls thoughts on Wahlberg, is there any other performance that you like from him.

I’m going to be cutting down on cost and getting rid of some services, at the moment I have Max, Peacock, Hulu, Disney+, AMC+ and History Vault. Thinking about only keeping Max, Hulu and AMC+, all three services offer so much. My question is, do you guys have multiple streaming services or just subscribe to one of the major ones and if so, how do you go about watching things that aren’t on that particular service?

It shows how harmful someone else’s dream can be especially when they try to live through their children.

In the beginning we have a father who has a wife who wants to have kids. His pro wrestling career went well but he wanted to glory so bad. Unfortunately in life what we want more than often are things we can’t handle.

The movie proceeds with one of his sons aspiring to be the best wrestler and does pretty good at it. The father is the real moving piece behind it and is supporting and guiding his son.

He also has 3 other sons who all have their own life’s and doing things with it. But as the movie progress you can see the father’s admiration with getting the heavy weight belt so much that he pushes his other sons to be apart of it.

Luckily for them they are gifted with athletic genes so the ride to get there isn’t that hard.

However wrestling takes a big toll on the body, and to do it over and over again is very hurtful so the other way to persevere the damage is steroids.

In the end, this Dad loses his son to abuse from steroids, tells another to win the championship in honor of the son that died.

He winds up winning and getting in a motorcycle accident after losing his leg.

Guess what happens after, the youngest goes out and tries to wrestle. Gets a surgery and goes in a coma. Changes everything in the movie

Life is okay when you are able to stay in a lane that God has made for you. People will have expectations and have things to say and have problems and conversations but based on how you respond is the most important thing

This movie provides the greatest perspective on how life truly is

I am in high school and interested in finding small filming jobs around my area but don’t know where to look. I don’t live in any place very “movie heavy” like LA or Atlanta, but I still want to try and find something.

I just want some experience in a film crew, even if thats working to clean up the set afterwards or something small. My question is if there is some website or app where job listings specifically for film production are put out and where I can apply.

Idk if this belongs here but I would appreciate the help. Thanks!!

I only remember this scene from some years ago: Its a young couple, theres an abandoned house where they plant some sunflower seeds, but the soil isnt good for that so they think the sunflowers wont grow. Later In the movie, for some reason they both attempt to commit suicide, she is In a bathtub watching tv and starts to slowly push the television into the tub, while he is going to hang himself and as soon as he steps away from the chair a window opens and he sees a beautiful sunflower field, making he change his mind, and she sees the same sunflower field on the television, and gives up aswell. Thats all I can remember, can someone tell me the name of the movie?

Although there is a probability he didn't find the right person to cast as his lead, similar to how he almost shelved Inglorious Basterds for the role of Hans Landa, I think his 10 movie rule is hindering with his thought process, he doesn't have the same freedom in making creative choices which he did during reservoir dogs, pulp fiction or even Inglorious Basterds for that matter. He wants to give all the fans like me and the audiences and the entire Hollywood a perfect send off and this might be hindering with his creative freedom. What do you guys think about this?

It showed up on Netflix and I gave it a shot. Pretty good action movie. Directed by Luc Besson. Never heard anything about it.

• It has some overlap with "Le Femme Nikita" but more of a complex plot. Think chess instead of checkers

• Some severe John Wick "Gun Fu" action. The restaurant scene was a lot of fun. One of those scenes you immediately rewind to watch again.

• Hellen Mirren plays a Leader in the KGB, baby.

• Cillian Murphy is kind of charming in this one.

• Brilliant use of time to describe the plot.

As a small dive into "Historic Los Angeles" films, I recently watched LA Confidential and The Nice Guys. Both star Russel Crowe doing less-than-savory work with the public. I couldn't help but run with a thought: After Bud White gets shot in LA Confidential, he changes his name and starts running P.I. gigs because he still wants to help the commonfolk; ends up as Jackson Healey.

Are there any other cinematic duos or trios that have the same kind of feel; The sense of a character's timeline split between stories?

I'm talking about an argument or conversation where they both have a point to make, can get intense, but remain friends afterwards. You know, like adults? I've always enjoyed the talk between Morgan Freeman and Robert Gulliaume in Lean on Me. They are principal and superintendent arguing over how to handle school reform. I love this scene because they make their points, avoid trope-ish platitudes (you've got to listen to the leeds), and it feels like a real conversation that they've had before. It's able to establish the hierarchy of the system without undermining either character, and they walk off as friends in a clever way. I miss back and forths like this. Whats your favorite?

my hometown video rental store closed down out of the blue in dec 2019

i live in a small town, walmarts dvd/bu-ray section is one shelf and a $7.50 bargin bin (a few years back the was a $5 and $3 bin but they've been long gone) but at least its better than c.d.s which are a quarter of a shelf.

and of course the dollar general store and dollar tree sell a few dvds.

and thats it for where i live.

obviously dvds can be bought online but i miss perusing through the aisles and looking at all the new releases.

this post brought to you by this tweet that says Target will stop selling physical media online and in stores by 2025

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I have run into a few movies over the years that I really wasn't enjoying, but pushed through for whatever reason, and then found myself really liking it once it made sense. Most recently this happened to me with I'm Thinking of Ending Things. I really didn't get it, but I stuck it out. By the end of it I really enjoyed it. I have promised myself a rewatch of it now that I understand it better because I know I'll get more out of it on a second rewatch.

Anyone else have movies like that?

Recently rewatched this and i thoroughly enjoyed it.

The dialogue feels genuine while still being lighthearted and comedic, all the characters (except maybe Ewen Bremners character) are well fleshed out and have completed arcs, and the action scenes are well paced ( >!except maybe the final plane crash, that felt forced!< ). There are a few moments shared between kate hudson and matthew McConaugheys characters that feel genuinely joyful and you can see the chemistry between them.

But what really stood out to me was how they filmed all the underwater scenes practically. Thats actually matthew and kate underwater in the ocean in scubadiving gear. And it looks absolutely amazing.

Solid 8/10 feel good movie for me.

So imagine my suprise when i see it has an 11% on rotten tomatoes.

What gives? Do i just have bad taste in movies?

Watched it last night, not great… kinda the exact name film as any superhero film where they fight evil versions of themselves. (Vemon)

• little girl in coma, is she still in a coma?
• everyone goes on how Michael doesn’t kill.. he killed loads of Mercs.
• Doesn’t really fix the blood problem.

Not great, I would have loved it when I was an edgy teen.

Just feel everyone is so sarcastic and mean spirited now, if a content creator decides to mock it everyone will. Don’t get why this was the film everyone decided to shit on when the Mask 2 exists.

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I'm talking spine tingling, turn your blood to ice type screams, regardless of context. This sub is making me hit a word count so my pick is the soldier in 28 days later who has his eyes gouged out by Jim. It's one of those moments that made me want to crawl out of my skin the first time I heard it. What's yours?

I'm not sure if this is the place to put this as I don't really go on Reddit much with the exception of seeing one piece stuff. I also just woke up from this dream like 20 minutes ago as of rn. But jotted down the information i could remember about the dream and sent them to someone they had no idea what I was talking about. Here's what I wrote down

It's hard to explain it's about a guy who goes to an island I think in New Zealand pretty isolated there's only one big house not necessarily big but a house on the island and a family lives there the mom and the dad and then three daughters I think and as the movie progresses or storyline they explore what little the can of the Island and the house it's hard to explain because I've had this dream before but it was different because before it was a old movie and this was kind of like a remake I guess in the original one the guy and the mom and the girl that is the love interest are outside and get attacked by stray dogs and have to run away in the new one I'm not 100% sure what happened they had to run or we're just running through different locations from the first one but eventually something bad happens I don't know if it's a ghost and invasion something and it culminates into the Attic but when in the sequel because I know I'd experienced it at least twice maybe three or four times before I being the guy but also an audience member it's hard to explain turn to look at the one girl and we're both like we've done this before right like we've seen this before we know what's going to happen right and we kind of just go through it we're really sketched out and weird the entire time and I don't remember exactly how the movie ends but I do remember something creepy happening before the end of the movie and then after it ended it was like a credit sequence where it's the two kids from the original movie and the two from the other running parallel with a cliff between them and they're just running and together and playing on two sides of the cliff but they never meet and parts of what happened during both stories happen on each side of the cliff to the people on their respective side

Obviously there's the weird dream aspect stuff where in the dream I see through the eyes of someone in the film and afterwards as someone viewing the film. I know those details don't help but I might rewrite in a more concise fashion if it would help. Thank you to any one in advance if you are able to assist.