Looking for some inspiration
Everything Everywhere All at Once - it’s hard to describe without spoilers, so if you haven’t seen just go watch it
Rewatched it recently & cried through the entire last third. So good
Might give it another go, but the first 30 minutes or so did not interest me at all tbh. Like I get what it is parodying, and I appreciate it in a creative sense, but it’s just a bit much for my taste.
Came to say the same thing, it’s probably one of the best movies from recent times. Great writing, original story, great acting, comedy, Kung Fu, sci-fi, it’s got it all.
And incredible direction. It’s the first time in decades, since perhaps The Matrix, that I saw this many new direction ideas in a single flick.
I don’t think I saw anyone mention it: Sorry to Bother You. Great movie about class struggle and fighting the corpo bullshit.
Great movie. Went in blind and enjoyed it.
Another good movie kinda like Sorry to Bother You was The American Society of Magical Negroes. It’s a comedy about the title troupe.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_Society_of_Magical_Negroes
Sinners, Everything Everywhere All At Once, and Lord of the Rings trilogy (saw it in theaters last year, it counts). I also really enjoyed Megalopolis but understand it’s not a perfect film, kinda gonzo.
If you like Cthulhu type stuff then Nic Cage starred in an adaptation of Lovecraft’s “Colors out of space” that my wife and I both really enjoyed.
A lot of people missed the 2008 adaptation of Speedracer done by the Wachowski sisters (same people who did the Matrix) which is a real shame because it’s one of the all time best movies in existence so obviously recommend that.
If you’ve never seen Iron Sky it’s a fun smaller budget film. Velocipastor is too (really recommend this one drunk with friends though). Oh, and Yoga Hosers too. Those three are so dumb but fun.
And finally, a few movies I’ve not seen yet but everyone I trust with film opinions have raved about: Hundreds of Beavers, Asteroid City, The Shadow Strays
Everything everywhere all at once
I remain baffled that someone read the script and apparently said, a kung fu comedy sci fi thriller family drama with infinite timelines and jump cuts across dimensions occurring up to multiple times per second? Yeah, sounds good, this will definitely work, let’s fund this.
I don’t know how the Daniels did it, but whew, I’m glad they did.
I loved Arrival picked it at random one day. Blew my mind really unique film, incredible
The short story is heartbreaking, Ted Chiang
Same! Just watched it maybe 4 weeks back and then Project Hail Mary. Great movies in their own way.
I’m going to be the lesser cinema snob here, but Hot Fuzz lives rent free in my mind.
Definitely the highlight of the corneto trilogy, and a great time. There’s no single minute without a good joke.
Godzilla Minus One
Damn, that was my answer too.
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999). The on-set feel of Italy adds so much to the movie, and Matt Damon’s performance is spectacular. You never know what might be going on in his head as he gets himself deeper and deeper into trouble. Incredible how much the movie does with only a few major characters.
Upgrade (2018) is one that I liked quite a bit. One of the rare movies whose ending I actually liked quite a bit.
I don’t remember when I saw it but “amanece, que no es poco”. I don’t know if you’ll find it dubbed or with subtitles.
Bugonia - a dark comedy about a CEO who is kidnapped by conspiracy theorists who think she’s an alien. I was iffy on it for the first half, but the latter half really paid off.
Sinners - such great music, and some great themes. Also kind of a dark comedy/horror. I found part of the ending so cathartic.
I Want You Back - maybe my favorite romcom
Ready or Not - another dark comedy/horror, a newly wed unwittingly plays a deadly game with her new in-laws.
8-bit Christmas - as you might imagine, this one is a Christmas movie
Inglourious Basterds - I rewatched this one recently, it’s maybe my favorite Tarantino flick
I really enjoyed The Father, though it was extremely sad.
The Act of Killing. Mind. Blown.
The Act of Killing
That was one of the toughest movies to watch. It’s been more than a decade, and I still can’t bring myself to watch the follow-up.
Oh, i did not know he had create another one about the genocide. I don’t how I feel about that, haha. I need to be in a really good place mentally before I can watch it.
The documentary might be even more relevant than it has been for a long time, as we are seeing history repeat itself currently.
Civil War. Kirsten Dunst is fantastic in it and Jesse Plemons has an unforgettable minor part. It’s pretty bleak and could probably retitled “USA28” by now. But it"s my favourite film of the 2020s so far.
‘The Substance’ was a recent-ish one that’s among maybe two new films that I properly liked from the past five or ten years (I’m picky). It’s like something that Cronenberg might’ve cooked up back in the nineties. Best to go into it blind.
Takeshi Kitano’s ‘Ryuzo and the seven henchmen’ and ‘Broken Rage’ show his trademark humor combined with the yakuza themes, even as he gets up in years.
‘Chungking Express’ is a great older film.
The Secret World of Arrietty. An adaptation of The Borrowers, it has great determined teenage girl energy and gorgeous artwork that they really made the most of.
Princess Mononoke is one of my favorite films, so I’ve been slowly going through the Studio Ghibli catalog.
I think Spirited Away is my fave Ghibli… Hard to say though.
Ghibli movies are the only foreign stuff that I will watch dubbed as they always get a stacked voice cast.
The English dub of Tororro is fantastic with Dakota and Elle Fanning back when they are actually children.
Porco Rosso is my favourite so I recommend that next if you havent seen it :)
I did! Fio is great.
“I’d rather be a pig than a Nazi”
