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What are your thoughts on New French Extremity? Do you think it's a genuinely interesting movement in cinema, or is it just about trying to shock the audience? Which films did you enjoy the most, and which ones do you think are overrated? I'd love to hear your opinions.

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For me it’s American Beauty. It's the type of film I'd write and direct. The message, subtext etc never ceases to amaze me. I relate to it so much. Every time I watch it I have a different experience, a nuanced experience. It's not one of those films that blow your mind, the deeper meaning may also go over your head but here's the kicker. In 1999, Hollywood released three unique films. All different in genre and story but metaphysically it's the exact same concept. The Matrix, Fight Club and American Beauty. All three films feature a protagonist who is fighting against the system, fighting for freedom which leads to some form of enlightenment or transcendence by unlocking the full power of their subconscious mind.

Soy fanático de esas películas tipo Valerie And Her Week Of Wonders agradecería recomendaciónes nicho ya que eh visto una gran parte de este genero de películas

Trying to split two questions in borgli's 2012 essay. Is his read of Manhattan convincing? and would that read even back up his point?

For the second one i'm not sure it does, but open to other reads.

Let’s say I grant that the movie makes Isaac's relationship look romantic. ok? that still doesn't settle if a real relationship is a good idea. a movie picks whose eyes you see through. it gets the skyline, the music, the clever lines. real people don't get that edit.

The essay goes from "friends were worried" to "the movie changed how I saw it." That's the step I'm trying to follow.

I don't need Manhattan to be some neat critical film for this, it could be 100% sincere and i'd still have the same question. Am I missing a step here?

Eure Meinung zu dem Film i SAW the Devil?

Not sure how many Horror fans are here and am wondering how many fans of this series are here. Always been one of my very favorite Horror series if not my outright favorite, mainly purely based off of the first two although I also think the third and fourth ones were pretty good as well (and also quite impressive despite their small budgets). The first two always see regular rotation from me every October as part of my Halloween playlist and the season never feels complete without them. The Tall Man is definitely among the more unique of the Horror icons and he was played to perfection by the late, great Angus Scrimm throughout all five. The series is such a great blend of surrealism and mind-bending Horror with some fun Action elements sprinkled throughout. And who doesn't love the iconic flying death spheres.

May as well rank them while I'm at it. For other fans, how would you rank them? Mine goes:

• Phantasm II
• Phantasm
• Phantasm IV: Oblivion
• Phantasm III: Lord Of The Dead
• Phantasm V: Ravager

2 has always very easily been my favorite of the series. It's literally not only my favorite Horror film, but one of my favorite movies in general. With the bigger budget you can tell so much more was able to be accomplished. It's like a vintage Survival Horror video game from the 90s as a movie. I have a lot of love and respect for the original as well, but it's always hard not to look at 2 as being the definitive entry.

The first two are classics, 3 and 4 are very good, but the fifth was sadly clearly held back by the very low budget. You can tell they tried their best but the budget and means just weren't there to do it justice. Still, I'm glad we finally got a fifth and final movie, and in light of Reggie Bannister's recent passing, it definitely hits much harder. Still so sad by his passing :(

What’s your opinion on The Great flood movie in Netflix ?

For me, it’s Requiem for a Dream. I watched it once and that was enough for me. The way it shows addiction and how it slowly destroys people was just so depressing. I kept thinking about it even after the movie ended. Maybe it also hit me harder because I watched it when I was a teenager. It’s a great movie, but I have absolutely no desire to put myself through that again lol.

What’s that one movie for you?

You know those movies where you keep watching because you think it's going to get better, then the ending comes and you're just sitting there wondering why you didn't turn it off earlier? 😂

What's that one movie you wish you could get those two hours of your life back from?

Weller and Davis later starred together again in The New Age. Always thought they made a great onscreen duo.

Et qu'avez-vous regardé de bien ces derniers jours ?

hi so i’m 22 & struggle with mental health a lot , with that being said i do love to consume media that’s probably not the best for my mental health lol (mostly a lot of drama movies or tv shows or reality) so im looking for good recommendations on more positive shows or films just something that doesn’t center around despair sadness etc ! sorry if this comes across weird lol!!

I have baseball to keep up with at night but while I'm doing meal prepping, cleaning, some light work... I want to get in the spooky mood. I have just about every streaming service but I've been really appreciating Tubi lately, I need suggestions for all but Tubi is just swell.
Gimme spooks and campy horror, ones I don't have to solve and might chuckle at! Simple monster flicks like Placid would be fine, but halloween themes are ideal 🤘🏼🎃

ETA: slashers are a waste of time.

I just watched collateral (2004) a few days ago. Looking for thrillers that are the same and have eyecatching camera work like collateral.

Yesterday I rewatched Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds from 2005 with Tom Cruise. The kids in the movie were so annoying and I found myself asking, is this REALLY how children behave? I thought, NO! I experienced something like this in another rewatch, also from Steven Spielberg: Jurassic Park. To me it just feels unrealistic to have such annoying children around that behave in a way I cannot believe to be real behaviour. I also was a child once, I saw how other children acted around me. The children in his movies are like fantasy children, but in a realistic setting.

Am I wrong or is Steven Spielberg just incredibly out of touch with children? Maybe he had an especially terrible time as a child (or as an adult with his children)? What do you think?

Watched it after watching tony. And it was wild not expecting that it was cinematic, engaging, narration was good. What are your thoughts about it?

Imagine if Digger played out conventionally, where the plot twist was revealed in the end, there was no actor-play subplot. Basically like a regular movie. In the end, it reveals that the story was a play the entire time we were watching it, and it still ended with the audience clapping and everything, and them walking out into the dystopian future they actual live in.

I think for some people, they feel as if Digger was being too deconstructive on its writing, and it didn't really expand on anything that would justify revealing what would be a plot twist, half way into the movie. The curtis actor storyline went nowhere, especially with her daughter, it didn't add anything thematically or emotionally to the movie.

It got too deconstructive with its writing, and it didn't justify for it being structured like that. I'd give it props for trying something different. But it didn't really add anything.

Having the play plot twist revealed so early, really made me not care about anything that was happening through the rest of the movie

If the movie just stayed conventional and simple, have the plot twist at the end, I feel like it would've been better. Some casually movie snobs might hate it, but they hate everything. But I think the general audience would appreciate it more, the way I see it