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I'll no doubt get flamed/rinsed/ridiculed etc but:
Black Rain
Big Trouble in Little China
Howl's Moving Castle
Spirited Away
Monsters Inc
Empire Records
The Dark Knight
I don't think I've seen Pulp Fiction mentioned?!
I'm wondering if a lot of people have watched anything on their list recently. I made that mistake. Hence Mall Rats and Dogma being absent from mine.
Papillon (1973 version ofc).
Marathon Man.
Very old and slightly left field...
The postman always rings twice (1946)
Also
1984 (1984)
1984... Superb but I can't watch it these days, too bleak and a little to close to home...
ll no doubt get flamed/rinsed/ridiculed etc but:
Black Rain
Big Trouble in Little China
I watched Big Trouble in Little China last week on Freevee. It's still good. Even the wife enjoyed it and she's never seen it before so no chance of nostalgia contamination.
Weird Science on the other hand, has not aged well.
Just seen this on page one: "Where the Crawdads Sing" gotta laugh if someone thinks that soppy bollox is essential viewing!
In case they haven't been mentioned - Miami Blues and Near Dark.
I'd rather watch that 'soppy bollox' than any number of franchise movies that are made just to part the credulous and their money. I can think of dozens of crap from things like Star Wars, the Marvel universe...where you could maybe assemble a half hour of decent movie from all the parts combined
I’d rather watch that ‘soppy bollox’ than any number of franchise movies
Well, I'd rather watch a decent film than any of what you mention! I'm pretty sure I didn't compare it to any franchise movie, just how it fits with the thread's theme... 😀
Can't believe we've gotten to page four with no mention of one of the most quotable films ever made - Anchorman.
Well, I’d rather watch a decent film than any of what you mention!
I haven't mentioned any films.
CountZero
Nobody’s mentioned 2001 – A Space Odyssey. I went to the cinema and saw it on its first release. Pretty mind-blowing to a 15yo.
It's an outstanding example of the art of filmmaking, but to me the most mind blowing part of 2001 is that it makes 2 and half hours seem like several years. My god it's a tough watch.
Because no-one else has said it
The Lives of Others
and in support of recent films:
1917
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Blackkklansman
Everything by the Coen bros, particularly Inside Llweyn Davis. And perhaps also Eden, though that may just be a film I enjoyed. Here's da funk
Off the boathouse all you STWers that have not seen Ronin.
Team America: World Police
Off the boathouse all you STWers that have not seen Ronin.
Could you describe it to me please so I can find it? What colour is the boathouse?
Thanks
Some great films mentioned and I'll add;
Blue is the Warmest Colour
All Tarantino films, IMO he is a genius.
L'appartement with Monica Belluci.
Unsurprisingly this is very subjective - to me many of the films could constitute a list of "tedious bollocks nobody should waste any time on".
Because it'd be unsporting of me not to offer a choice for ridicule I commend to you "The Station Agent". It's great.
wes anderson films, especially rushmore.
taxi driver doesn’t seem to have been mentioned.
All ->>
Wes Anderson films
, especially rushmore.
Unsurprisingly this is very subjective – to me many of the films could constitute a list of “tedious bollocks nobody should waste any time on”.
Mmm. I hope someone's keeping track of who should be ridiculing who.
My brain's not really switched on right now but I shall submit Die Hard. It's getting to the right time of year anyway.
The Man who Would Be King
Agree with many of the above but I'll add
Just about any Hitchcock film
Life is beautiful
Schindler's List
Apocalypse Now
The Green Book
eddiebaby
Free Member
Office Space.
Definitely. Essential watching. If my son hasn't watched it he would have had no idea what I meant when I said I was going to go full on Office Space on the HP printer he had lent me a couple of months back. Lol
I hate that printer.
But...
I love that film. 😁
Mmm. I hope someone’s keeping track of who should be ridiculing who.
My brain’s not really switched on right now but I shall submit Die Hard. It’s getting to the right time of year anyway.
I am. There are a few names on ze list already.😉
A Matter of Life and Death (and The Red Shoes too)
House of Flying Daggers
Pain & Glory
Volver
(also Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown and Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!) I’m a fan of Pedros.
In the Mood for Love
Arrival
+1 for Clueless and The Sure Thing
Sharknado.
But only the first one, the later ones were just silly
Sharknado
The thread was not
"Movies that must be ridiculed for ever more" 🤪
Although you are right the sequels were a new level of silly
no country for old men
the gods must be crazy (1 & 2)
the chaser
hot tub time machine 😉
EDIT How could I forget "Twintown" ... not seen it? it is usually on YT
the gods must be crazy
That crops up on on Talking Pictures sometimes.
Not watched it all and not seen the second one at all but I was curious enough to look for info on Wiki.
Pretty interesting. I think the main actor (can't remember his name) only passed away in 2003 aged 58. Edit: His name is N!xau.
I'll have to watch it properly one day and the sequel.👍
The first one is my wife’s all time favourite.
Back to the Future - To this day I’m still on the edge of my seat hoping Doc Brown can reconnect that cable.
First Blood - None of the sequels. They should’ve stuck to the ending from the book. Some fantastic stunt work too.
Am I the only person who doesn’t find Monty Python funny?
Convoy.
It's got everything;
Love story
Politics/unions
Humour
Brilliant theme tune
Freaking awesome American trucks with massive shiny exhausts.
CB talk
"Breaker one-nine, this here's the Rubber Duck"
Came here to say Back to the Future but @funkmasterp just pipped me to it
Do you realise that if Back to the Future was made today Marty McFly would be travelling back to 1993?
