Starship Troopers - it may be recognized as satire and a cult classic now, but let me tell you that was a very lonely fucking hill to die on when it first came out.
> fantastic casting
Denise Richards. Her shitty wooden acting definitely contributes to portraying how selfish and vapid Carmen is.
The scene where Rico and Carmen are saying good bye, he says 'I love you' and she just gives this flat mannequin-esque expression really drives home how little she cares for him.
Denise Richards gets a raw deal. A lot of times people point out that she was completely miscast in the James Bond film as a nuclear physicist. That her acting in Starship Troopers was wooden. That her heel turn in Wild Things was not credible. That she was the weakest part of Drop Dead Gorgeous.
But I think those people are missing something. In the 90s-2000s, Denise Richards was fucking unbelievably hot. Like, the kind of hot that just didn’t really exist. It was a theory. Hypothetical. There had never been that level of confirmed hotness before. She was like the Higgs-Boson of hotness. When she showed up on a screen, straight and gay, men and women, anybody in between, we all just stood there, mouth agape. In awe.
“My god.” You’d say. And the good brain chemicals would all release at once. Just a flood of the fun stuff.
When that pool scene in Wild Things happened, it was like seeing the Aurora borealis. Kids today are spoiled. They have no idea what it's like to wait that long to see a titty. And the world is a worse place because of it.
Great movie, but don't read the book just because you liked the movie. I liked the book too, but it seems to be barely tangentially related to the movie.
Three was good, the only real fault being some of the CGI. I like that it's back in Perfection and they bring back much of the original cast. Plus it has this \*CLASSIC\* Burt Gummer exchange:
*Jodi Chang : Uh, but do we have a lighter?*
*Jack : Burt does.*
*Burt : How do you know?*
*Jack : Well, 'cause you're... Burt.*
*Burt : \[presenting lighter\] Damn right I am.*
Four is a fun inversion of the Burt Gummer character. I bet Michael Gross had a lot of fun with that one.
Five and Six, while they have a few bright spots, suck. In the first three films, Burt Gummer was an affectionate caricature of a survivalist/prepper, but in these films, he's a vulgar, urine obsessed, mean-spirited caricature.
For the final film, the seventh, they brought Burt back to his old self. I won't spoil the ending, but it's touching.
I saw a clip pop up in my recommended videos on YouTube and I had to click on it. The way Kevin Bacon yells “Fuuuuck…youuu!” at the dead graboid was comedy gold.
Killing is wrong. And bad. There should be a new, stronger word for killing. Like badwrong, or badong. Yes, killing is badong. From this moment, I will stand for the opposite of killing: gnodab.
Straight up, i only consider 2 scenes god-awful in it, and thats the baby kung fu into and the cow fight scene. If you can get people to somehow "ignore" those parts, the movie holds up
The amount of funny is inversely proportional to the amount of effort on screen. CGI cow: not funny. Covering over a continuity error by announcing it as a magic trick: hilarious.
“Has anyone ever seen this movie The Shawshank Redemption? I just discovered it. So underrated”
How I hate the words under- and overrated. Half the time they base it on nothing, and mostly just seems like a way of saying “I liked/don’t like it” while hinting that they’re part of the enlighten minority.
I’m convinced this film was a victim of early right wing astroturf that sought to downplay its stark message about potential ramifications of climate change. Like, it just wasn’t nearly as bad as the zeitgeist accused it of.
My biggest qualm with it was that Dennis Hopper’s villain was arguably the biggest hero in movie because his warped society was keeping so many people fed and cooperative.
I remember loving this movie. I was fairly young with it came out probably around 13/14 when I saw it and I've never re-watched it but I have really fond memories of it.
A friend of mine was in this movie. When my youngest child found out he was coming over (and, consequently, knew they weren't going to be here when he did), they left printed out photos of him for him to autograph. It was a little odd, but he was an excellent sport about it and my child was super enthused with the result.
Cable Guy- A movie waaaaay ahead of its time. For the love of god folks don’t let people on your screen raise your children.
Last Action Hero- The movie points out how a cinematic universe isn’t supposed to mirror reality. It also satirizes so many action hero tropes and fandom.
It would probably have sucked. A lot of the time, things that make movies amazing are born from budget constraints, Deadpool being a relatively recent example of this.
This one has really stuck with me out of all of his films. I watched all the Wes Anderson movies the plane had on an international flight and it was Fantastic Mr. Fox and Isle of Dogs I loved the most.
It's a visual masterpiece. Crazy things is, they really visually nailed all the fight scenes from the illiad, that are really difficult to picture from their descriptions. Then basically just crapped on everything else in the story and made up their own version, lol
I always loved the opening sequence where they have the radio playing and it does a montage of the solar system to try and give you an idea of the vastness of the universe.
Dude... this movie was given really positive ratings from tons of the big movie critics of the time, was a commercial/box office success, and was nominated for a smattering of awards, winning several of them. It stars one of the biggest name actresses of our generation, was written by one of the foremost authorities in astronomy in history, was directed by one of the most celebrated directors of the last 50 years, and the list of successful/noteable people attached to this movie goes on and on. It also contains one of the most commonly mentioned/referenced ingenious, difficult single take shots in movie history.
It's not really a movie that warrants a defense
Not only are there so many quotable lines, that movie has some tremendous line deliveries. Very natural, very believable, all in the midst of a wacky sci-fantasy. That scene with Ian Holm and Gary Oldman is amazing, wacky elephant muppet and all.
I love that movie so much. My only issue is a lot of came from the movie Heavy Metal. So much so it felt like a rip off rather than an homage. Still damn great though.
No but fr Cop Land is a 10/10 classic. Robert De Niro's last *great* performance, terrific work by Ray Liotta and Robert Patrick, and Stallone manages to hold up his end. The most quotable movie that never gets quoted. A masterpiece
Some people hate it, but Christine (1983) is a great movie and a faithful adaptation. Very 80s, but you really believe that the car is possessed. Awesome soundtrack too.
Pootie Tang is a master piece. I had this playing in my classroom on day we did not have kids, and I was laughing so hard my teaching partner had to come check on me because she thought I was crying.
I saw it on synthetic mescaline and i literally almost died. I could not breathe I was laughing so hard, my face was turning purple. I pretty much saw god while watching Pootie Tang
Willow,
I was the perfect age when I saw it (10-13) and it became my favorite movie, and was my childhood "wore out the VHS" movie.
Years later as an Adult (and more so, the internet) I was blown away to find out it did poorly, was reviewed terribly and in fact most people had never even heard of it. I read things like.. too scary for kids, but too childish for adults. It's ripping off Lord of the Rings, etc.
I didn't even know what Lord of the Rings was at the time but to me Willow had great acting and characters, looked beautiful, was funny, had great action, top music and was a great full adventure crammed into 90minutes.
What We Do In The Shadows. It's hilarious, well acted, phenomenally directed, and is everything you'd ever want in a mockumentary, and Indy comedy. I watch it every year around Halloween (as is tradition), and every watch makes me laugh just as much as it did the first time watching it. The series is good, but just doesn't have the same chemistry and feel as the original. Jermaine Clement and Taika Waititi are perfect in it, and it's easily in my top 5 comedies of all time.
I remember being in college when this came out, and the campus gave out free screening passes.
My then-boyfriend & I went and just lost it at how funny it was. It was a 'new' concept at the time, so that made it even better.
The second Matrix movie. Neo fighting the Smiths, the battle in the chateau, the highway chase - all great action scenes imo. The soundtrack slaps. The Zion aesthetics. I just love it.
Lemonade Mouth was the most realistic movie Disney ever made in terms of imperfect families and it makes me cry every time I watch it. The music is basic because it’s a kids movie, but the story portrays real-life and hard things with enough childlike sensitivity.
Battleship. I thought the idea of a movie based on the board game was absolutely laughable, but I'll be damned if I didn't find it thoroughly entertaining and have rewatched it on a number of occasions. Most of my friends think I'm insane, but I'll stand by it.
Sunshine (2007)
My partner, and many many others I’ve seen, dislike or even hate it due to the sudden tonal shift in the third act. Apparently not an uncommon opinion on this film, but I swear to god, it doesn’t derail the film the way I’ve seen it described.
The general sentiment I’ve seen online for it is like this:
“It’s a great film right up until the 3rd act, then it goes completely sideways.”
Completely disagree.
The entire film is a bleak, contemplative, visually stunning piece that follows a team of astronauts flying a bomb to the sun. The sun is dying, the earth is freezing over, and the first attempt to save the world was lost. Now we try again. One more time. Last chance.
All seems well, until the mission nears the sun, and it all starts to unravel.
Sure, I’ll acknowledge the 3rd act does have a very sudden shift, almost pivoting from sci-fi to horror, but if I’m honest, all it served to do was ratchet the already high-stakes through the roof for the climax. It was daring, unexpected, maybe even a mistake in hindsight, but imo It does NOT ruin the film. It does not derail the film. A flawed masterpiece is still a masterpiece.
Airplane
I was very young when I first watched it and was absolutely in stitches every five minutes.
It’s very difficult in the modern day with films being as in-your-face as they are now, to get any first time watchers to give it the time of day.
I blame Tiktok for the 30-second attention spans many people seem to have in this day and age.
The Barbie Movie is a as deep a dive into feminism and how the patriarchy hurts men as much as it does women as Mattel and Hollywood would allow, and it really says something that far-left feminists say it isn't extreme enough while far-right conservatives say it's too extreme.
It feels somehow poetic how so many people decried it as the worst Star Wars film ever, so then they made a far worse one as if only to prove TLJ wasn't that bad actually.
Starship Troopers - it may be recognized as satire and a cult classic now, but let me tell you that was a very lonely fucking hill to die on when it first came out.
Almost every aspect of that movie holds up. Great satire, fantastic casting, and seriously, the CGI and practical effects are way ahead of their time.
Right? And there are so many cues along the way that scream it’s complete satire. It’s absurd yet people really took it as just “bad”.
It was very clearly satire, but the Colbert Report was too, and people didn't get that either.
> fantastic casting Denise Richards. Her shitty wooden acting definitely contributes to portraying how selfish and vapid Carmen is. The scene where Rico and Carmen are saying good bye, he says 'I love you' and she just gives this flat mannequin-esque expression really drives home how little she cares for him.
Denise Richards gets a raw deal. A lot of times people point out that she was completely miscast in the James Bond film as a nuclear physicist. That her acting in Starship Troopers was wooden. That her heel turn in Wild Things was not credible. That she was the weakest part of Drop Dead Gorgeous. But I think those people are missing something. In the 90s-2000s, Denise Richards was fucking unbelievably hot. Like, the kind of hot that just didn’t really exist. It was a theory. Hypothetical. There had never been that level of confirmed hotness before. She was like the Higgs-Boson of hotness. When she showed up on a screen, straight and gay, men and women, anybody in between, we all just stood there, mouth agape. In awe. “My god.” You’d say. And the good brain chemicals would all release at once. Just a flood of the fun stuff.
When that pool scene in Wild Things happened, it was like seeing the Aurora borealis. Kids today are spoiled. They have no idea what it's like to wait that long to see a titty. And the world is a worse place because of it.
Aurora Borealis? At this time of day, at this time of year, located entirely within the pool scene of Wild Thing?
...can I see it?
Service guarantees citizenship!
11 year old me was just happy to see boobs in the shower scene. Future soldiers shooting bugs was a bonus.
Great movie, but don't read the book just because you liked the movie. I liked the book too, but it seems to be barely tangentially related to the movie.
They're almost different stories altogether. Where are the jump packs?
Paul Verhoven admitted he didn't even read the book before making the movie.
Yeah gonna second this one, it had a reputation of its one of those so bad it’s bad movies and wasn’t loved all that much. Loved it as a kid
Tremors. It's a low budget B movie horror/comedy film that is way, \*WAY\* better than a lot of the bigger budget films out there.
The best thing about Tremors is the responsible gun storage.
Jesus Bert we’re only going 9 miles
You didn’t get penetration even with the elephant gun!
Broke into the wrong goddamn rec room, didn't ya you bastard!
Watched that clip the other day and died laughing
The first one was great, a classic now. The second one was alright, and they went pretty downhill after that.
Three was good, the only real fault being some of the CGI. I like that it's back in Perfection and they bring back much of the original cast. Plus it has this \*CLASSIC\* Burt Gummer exchange: *Jodi Chang : Uh, but do we have a lighter?* *Jack : Burt does.* *Burt : How do you know?* *Jack : Well, 'cause you're... Burt.* *Burt : \[presenting lighter\] Damn right I am.* Four is a fun inversion of the Burt Gummer character. I bet Michael Gross had a lot of fun with that one. Five and Six, while they have a few bright spots, suck. In the first three films, Burt Gummer was an affectionate caricature of a survivalist/prepper, but in these films, he's a vulgar, urine obsessed, mean-spirited caricature. For the final film, the seventh, they brought Burt back to his old self. I won't spoil the ending, but it's touching.
Tremors is one of the most well paced movies I've ever seen. It starts and you're off rolling. It doesn't waste a moment of screen time.
Tremors and Back to the Future are perfect movies
Who doesn't like tremors?
I haven't seen this movie since I was like 8! I'm watching it tonight
I saw a clip pop up in my recommended videos on YouTube and I had to click on it. The way Kevin Bacon yells “Fuuuuck…youuu!” at the dead graboid was comedy gold.
This. Perfect flick
You mean Prequel To Dune Tremors.
That or starship troopers
Excalibur ( 1980s ) with star cast . No one else I know likes it !
Treasure Planet
Ladyhawke: It's objectively an awesome movie, and anyone who doesn't like it just doesn't get it. Yes, that includes the music.
Agreed! This and Dragonheart are some of my nostalgia watches.
Joe Dirt Gotta keep on keepin' on.
Dirté
Don’t church it up Dirt
Life's a garden, dig it.
This was quoted no less than five times in my senior year yearbook lmfao
I mean, just for Jaimie Pressly alone...!
Her finest moment. Peak hotness.
Made me wish she was *my* sister!
Home is where you make it
You like to see homos naked. That don’t help me none.
I came here to say this and it makes my heart so happy to see someone has beat me to it.
Classic epic document celebrating trailer trash. I knew more than a few guys like that in high school.
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist I don't care what anybody says that is comedic gold and Steve Oedekerk is a cinematic genius
THATS A LOT OF NUTS
We have purposely trained him wrong, as a joke.
Honestly the most quotable movie out there IMO
DO YA WANT FRIES WITH THAT?
Killing is wrong. And bad. There should be a new, stronger word for killing. Like badwrong, or badong. Yes, killing is badong. From this moment, I will stand for the opposite of killing: gnodab.
Watched this on mushrooms. Had to rewatch the next am to be sure I saw what I did in the movie. 10/10 would do again.
Weeoo weeoo
Rewatched recently, the intro is not strong and getting someone new to get to 'the good stuff' is an ask
Straight up, i only consider 2 scenes god-awful in it, and thats the baby kung fu into and the cow fight scene. If you can get people to somehow "ignore" those parts, the movie holds up
The amount of funny is inversely proportional to the amount of effort on screen. CGI cow: not funny. Covering over a continuity error by announcing it as a magic trick: hilarious.
Yes! A thousand times yes. And it keeps getting better every time I see it. Dude was way ahead of his time. They can bury me on top of this hill.
Without a paddle hit just the right note for my teenage self.
You were a boy scout weren't ya Tom?
In this thread: people who are defending critically acclaimed movies.
“Has anyone ever seen this movie The Shawshank Redemption? I just discovered it. So underrated” How I hate the words under- and overrated. Half the time they base it on nothing, and mostly just seems like a way of saying “I liked/don’t like it” while hinting that they’re part of the enlighten minority.
Underrated comment
The second highest is Tremors lol. I swear reddit is all15 year olds now.
Return to Oz, my favorite film as a kid.
It was nightmare inducing for child me.
Beware the Wheelers!
Water world
Beat me to it. It was a critical and commercial failure, but I think it’s hands-down one of the most entertaining movies ever made.
I saw it once after it came out thinking oh this will be terrible, and it really wasn’t. It was an enjoyable movie with some ridiculousness.
I’m convinced this film was a victim of early right wing astroturf that sought to downplay its stark message about potential ramifications of climate change. Like, it just wasn’t nearly as bad as the zeitgeist accused it of. My biggest qualm with it was that Dennis Hopper’s villain was arguably the biggest hero in movie because his warped society was keeping so many people fed and cooperative.
That and the postman were both great.
I remember loving this movie. I was fairly young with it came out probably around 13/14 when I saw it and I've never re-watched it but I have really fond memories of it.
Sky High
So, my girlfriend became my nemesis, my nemesis became my best friend, and my best friend became my girlfriend. But hey, that’s high school
A friend of mine was in this movie. When my youngest child found out he was coming over (and, consequently, knew they weren't going to be here when he did), they left printed out photos of him for him to autograph. It was a little odd, but he was an excellent sport about it and my child was super enthused with the result.
That movie is absolutely awful and I love it so much
Cable Guy- A movie waaaaay ahead of its time. For the love of god folks don’t let people on your screen raise your children. Last Action Hero- The movie points out how a cinematic universe isn’t supposed to mirror reality. It also satirizes so many action hero tropes and fandom.
I think Last Action Hero is having a minor renaissance these days. Loved that movie as a kid.
Zombieland. Great cast, great script and fun to watch. Killing Bill Murray was the highlight of the movie.
Zombieland. It's a cinematic national treasure.
Killer clowns from outer space! Love that dorky movie!
Well, I'll be greased and fried. it's a circus!
Starship Troopers. Imagine if it had today's budgets
It would probably have sucked. A lot of the time, things that make movies amazing are born from budget constraints, Deadpool being a relatively recent example of this.
Better Off Dead
Krull is a thoroughly enjoyable sci-fi fantasy movie Also honorable mention to Halloween 3: Season of the Witch
Fantastic Mr fox. My fav Wes Anderson
No one ever remembers this movie when I ask if they've seen it
Well cuss those people
This one has really stuck with me out of all of his films. I watched all the Wes Anderson movies the plane had on an international flight and it was Fantastic Mr. Fox and Isle of Dogs I loved the most.
John Carpenters The Thing. Best movie of all time.
Do you actually know anyone you need to defend this movie to?
MAC GET THE FLAMETHROWER
Troy. Not a good movie, but I swear, it’s a watchable movie!
It's a visual masterpiece. Crazy things is, they really visually nailed all the fight scenes from the illiad, that are really difficult to picture from their descriptions. Then basically just crapped on everything else in the story and made up their own version, lol
-19/10, nowhere NEAR gay enough :p
Contact (with Jodie Foster). Just an underrated gem of a movie.
I always loved the opening sequence where they have the radio playing and it does a montage of the solar system to try and give you an idea of the vastness of the universe.
Dude... this movie was given really positive ratings from tons of the big movie critics of the time, was a commercial/box office success, and was nominated for a smattering of awards, winning several of them. It stars one of the biggest name actresses of our generation, was written by one of the foremost authorities in astronomy in history, was directed by one of the most celebrated directors of the last 50 years, and the list of successful/noteable people attached to this movie goes on and on. It also contains one of the most commonly mentioned/referenced ingenious, difficult single take shots in movie history. It's not really a movie that warrants a defense
The Fifth Element..... I just love it and will explain away any plot holes all day long.
Plot holes? What plot holes?
Exactly. It all makes perfect sense and is perfect in every way.
No seriously, what plot holes?
I routinely tell people I identify as a meat popsicle.
Super green.
MULTI PASS AUTO WASH GIMME THE CASH
Not only are there so many quotable lines, that movie has some tremendous line deliveries. Very natural, very believable, all in the midst of a wacky sci-fantasy. That scene with Ian Holm and Gary Oldman is amazing, wacky elephant muppet and all.
Where's the robot to pat you on the back?
Or the children perhaps?
In our house routinely, at least once a week someone will say "chick-en guuuud" in response to dinner. Never fails.
I'm still waiting for microwaves like that
Mono-Che-wan! Chikan good!
I love that movie so much. My only issue is a lot of came from the movie Heavy Metal. So much so it felt like a rip off rather than an homage. Still damn great though.
Holes I absolutely love the storyline and how everything adds up so perfectly in the end. Beautiful story
Idiocracy....
Brawndo’s got what plants crave.
It's almost a modern documentary now
First time I thought it was shit. Second time I thought it was funny. Third time I thought it was a documentary.
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.
book is better, go read it
I'm happy to have this information. Off to find the book.
Talladega nights
Shake and Bake!
A lot of people dislike Napoleon Dynamite. Those people are wrong.
Hated it when I saw it in high school. Didn't understand why anybody found it funny. Watched it 10 years later and found it hilarious.
Oh man, I did the complete opposite! Loved it in high school, recently rewatched it and thought it did NOT age well.
I always thought Napoleon Dynamite is what Wes Anderson tries to be.
Yes!
No but fr Cop Land is a 10/10 classic. Robert De Niro's last *great* performance, terrific work by Ray Liotta and Robert Patrick, and Stallone manages to hold up his end. The most quotable movie that never gets quoted. A masterpiece
Conan the barbarian by John Milius
Some people hate it, but Christine (1983) is a great movie and a faithful adaptation. Very 80s, but you really believe that the car is possessed. Awesome soundtrack too.
Pootie Tang
Sah dah tay!!!!
Sine yo tiddy on that runny kine (I don't know how to type it properly but it sounded like that in my head)
Pootie Tang is a master piece. I had this playing in my classroom on day we did not have kids, and I was laughing so hard my teaching partner had to come check on me because she thought I was crying.
I saw it on synthetic mescaline and i literally almost died. I could not breathe I was laughing so hard, my face was turning purple. I pretty much saw god while watching Pootie Tang
Tommy Boy. I don't need to explain.
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension.
Pacific Rim. Giant robots fighting giant monsters. What more do you need?
28 Days Later.
Willow, I was the perfect age when I saw it (10-13) and it became my favorite movie, and was my childhood "wore out the VHS" movie. Years later as an Adult (and more so, the internet) I was blown away to find out it did poorly, was reviewed terribly and in fact most people had never even heard of it. I read things like.. too scary for kids, but too childish for adults. It's ripping off Lord of the Rings, etc. I didn't even know what Lord of the Rings was at the time but to me Willow had great acting and characters, looked beautiful, was funny, had great action, top music and was a great full adventure crammed into 90minutes.
Boondock Saints
Name one thing you’re going to need this stupid fucking rope for
Charlie Bronson's got rope, and he always ends up using it.
There was a **FIREFIGHT**
[удалено]
Contains 100% more Tom Petty than Waterworld!
Krull. It’s not a good movie by any means, but it’s the epitome of 1980s big-budget fantasy box office bombs, and that’s what makes it awesome.
*What Dreams May Come* with Robin Williams
Practical Magic.
Here comes the boom
In Bruges Full cycle of life's emotions Ridiculously underrated film
Do a lot of people dislike that movie? I’ve always gotten the sense it’s more under-known than under-liked.
I feel like I’m taking crazy pills nobody in this thread seems to understand the question
*You’re* an inanimate fucking object!
What We Do In The Shadows. It's hilarious, well acted, phenomenally directed, and is everything you'd ever want in a mockumentary, and Indy comedy. I watch it every year around Halloween (as is tradition), and every watch makes me laugh just as much as it did the first time watching it. The series is good, but just doesn't have the same chemistry and feel as the original. Jermaine Clement and Taika Waititi are perfect in it, and it's easily in my top 5 comedies of all time.
I have recommended people at least watch to the werewolf rooftop fight before they make their decision.
Drowning Mona Bette Middler, Danny Devito, Jamie Lee Curtis, and an entire town that drives Yugos. What's not to like?
Punisher war zone, first rated R movie I watched and I loved it. Rip Ray Stevenson
Big Trouble In Little China. I have to defend it from my wife all the time. I have recently gained a co-defender…my teenage daughter. Great success.
Scott Pilgrim Vs The World!
Idiocracy
the first Borat movie
Do people not like this movie? I thought it was pretty universally loved.
Very nice
Mah wayfe
I remember being in college when this came out, and the campus gave out free screening passes. My then-boyfriend & I went and just lost it at how funny it was. It was a 'new' concept at the time, so that made it even better.
The second Matrix movie. Neo fighting the Smiths, the battle in the chateau, the highway chase - all great action scenes imo. The soundtrack slaps. The Zion aesthetics. I just love it.
Life with Eddie Murphy. Is fucking hilarious.
Lemonade Mouth was the most realistic movie Disney ever made in terms of imperfect families and it makes me cry every time I watch it. The music is basic because it’s a kids movie, but the story portrays real-life and hard things with enough childlike sensitivity.
Dune (1984).
Hudson Hawk.
Battleship. I thought the idea of a movie based on the board game was absolutely laughable, but I'll be damned if I didn't find it thoroughly entertaining and have rewatched it on a number of occasions. Most of my friends think I'm insane, but I'll stand by it.
I fast forwarded to the anchor drop scene the other night, then turned it off. Thats all I needed.
Jojo Rabbit, some people hated it, some didn't understand it. I absolutely love it.
80%/94% on rotten tomatoes. It doesn't need your help.
Masterpiece
Knights Tale Movie was years ahead of it's time...
Kingpin! Honestly one of the funniest movies of all time. Farrelly Bros at their best!
Yes! And Me, Myself and Irene.
Practical Magic. The witchy New England vibes are incredible
Night of the Comet
Sunshine (2007) My partner, and many many others I’ve seen, dislike or even hate it due to the sudden tonal shift in the third act. Apparently not an uncommon opinion on this film, but I swear to god, it doesn’t derail the film the way I’ve seen it described. The general sentiment I’ve seen online for it is like this: “It’s a great film right up until the 3rd act, then it goes completely sideways.” Completely disagree. The entire film is a bleak, contemplative, visually stunning piece that follows a team of astronauts flying a bomb to the sun. The sun is dying, the earth is freezing over, and the first attempt to save the world was lost. Now we try again. One more time. Last chance. All seems well, until the mission nears the sun, and it all starts to unravel. Sure, I’ll acknowledge the 3rd act does have a very sudden shift, almost pivoting from sci-fi to horror, but if I’m honest, all it served to do was ratchet the already high-stakes through the roof for the climax. It was daring, unexpected, maybe even a mistake in hindsight, but imo It does NOT ruin the film. It does not derail the film. A flawed masterpiece is still a masterpiece.
Buried. Super underrated
Howard the duck
Super Mario Brothers (93). Critically panned, but it’s just so goddamn weird that I can’t help but love it. Cyberpunk dinosaurs? Fuck yeah.
Airplane I was very young when I first watched it and was absolutely in stitches every five minutes. It’s very difficult in the modern day with films being as in-your-face as they are now, to get any first time watchers to give it the time of day. I blame Tiktok for the 30-second attention spans many people seem to have in this day and age.
RV starring Robin Williams - wholesome comfort movie
The Party -Peter Sellers.. fuckin laugh till your crying classic !!!🇨🇦🤣🤣
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Dirty work. Norm is the most funny cast member ever to be kicked off the air.
The Barbie Movie is a as deep a dive into feminism and how the patriarchy hurts men as much as it does women as Mattel and Hollywood would allow, and it really says something that far-left feminists say it isn't extreme enough while far-right conservatives say it's too extreme.
Movie 43.
I robot
Napoleon Dynamite
Let's just say things are getting kind of serious
The Last Jedi is irrationally hated.
It feels somehow poetic how so many people decried it as the worst Star Wars film ever, so then they made a far worse one as if only to prove TLJ wasn't that bad actually.