The Princess Bride, with In Bruges being a fairly close second. But I think The Princess Bride stays permanently at number 1 for me.
“Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.”
And a hearty “fuck yea” for In Bruges, too
My ex used to fall asleep to this movie. I’ve seen up to the sword fight scene more time than I can count. Still love it.
Me too, thanks.
Favorite is difficult and changes over time. But it’s gonna be one of these:
- The Big Lebowski
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- Clerks
- Tron
- Airplane!
- Die Hard
- Escape From New York
Now I think The Pianist is the best movie of all time, which is a different thing, but that newer movie 1917 sure competes.
Were you born between '78 and '83?
Nope, quite a few years after, actually.
Have no idea why 1917 was less commented than Dunkirk. The former is a masterpiece and the latter is just bad
That music drop.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail, followed by Life of Brian.
It’s still Office Space.
Damn it feels good to be a gangster
I’ve been wanting to rewatch. Nice.
The prince of egypt. I’m not even religious, but the musics, the story and the visuals stayed in my heart. I will also say:
-Léon / the professionnal
-Interstellar (i am basic)
-Nausicaä and the valley of wind
-Inside out, wall-E and Up
and a ton of others…
Matrix
Thoughts on the sequils?
There are sequels?
Yeah, but better, because it’s spelled wrong.
Better to watch the original 4 times in a row.
I need to watch the new one a couple more times before I can solidify an opinion on it, but I celebrate all the rest of them on an equal footing. My basic thought, is that the original was amazing, but it was also meant to sell the movie as a new concept. The other two are meant to be watched at a different level, which a lot of moviegoers don’t want to, but could only be made because of the success of the first one. That includes the animatrix. There are just too many wide open questions that the first one brushes off as movie logic unless you watch the other two, like how could the Oracle be a good guy, or tell the future, when she’s obviously a computer program, and how is one guy with completely unexplained to superpowers supposed to bring down the whole system.
5th element
Awww, yeah. I saw this in the theater on acid. Was amazing.
The Lord of the Rings
Princess Bride.
Inconceivable!
Interstellar. I so sincerely regret not seeing it on the big screen.
I can’t shake off the Nolan when I see Nolan films. I see the same tired tropes of affluent people grandstanding each other against the stakes of the world, to the absolute non-consent of anyone in it. Ample nepotism in the sense that the “greatness” is inherited, and then tacking on over-the-top artistic prose with the intent of swaying the audience into believing that these are respectable people. All his characters scream of narcissism.
And as always: Eat a dick, Murphy. You’re an adult now, you know exactly why your dad had to leave, and you still choose to hate him? Jesus, kid.
It was a very intense experience in the cinema. Some sequences -docking, waves, tesseract…- were absolutely spectacular
docking
Can’t believe they showed one guy fucking another guys foreskin, that seemed really out of place
TIL I wish I could unlearn
The scene where he read the poem was really memorable for me. I found out afterwards it’s a well-known poem irl, but I’ll probably always associate it with that movie. Rage, rage, against the dying of the light.
yea ! for some reason I initially thought it was composed for the movie as well. Maybe because it was so fitting
I’m not sure if you live in the US, but they’re releasing it for theaters on December 6th. I missed out on it the first time too, so I’m making sure I’m there.
Same here, didn’t see it on the big screen because I kept hearing negative things about the film but man… it’s the best sci-fi movie I’ve ever seen!
Once I ignored the ridiculous conclusion that “love is the key” I also liked this film.
One is not enough, and a lot of great movies where already named, still, some great movies are missing:
- Heat (Michael Mann) Every single time I see it, it is brilliant and I discover something new
- Jin Roh (The original animation movie), awesome atmosphere and only after the 2nd viewing one can really appreciate it
- Near Dark (1987) Why the hell did nobody ever produce something like this ever again?
- Miami Vice (Michael Mann), ‘Style over substance’, in a great way, although I have the shaky camera
- Seven Samurai
- Casablanca
- Strange Days
- Point Break
- XXX (Nobody understood that it was a parody back in the days :-P)
- What we do in the shadows
- Brazil
- Rocky
- Eternal Sunshine …
- The city of lost children
- Leon the professional
- Dolls
- The Killer (The original of course)
- The last unicorn
- Dark City
- The thing
- The Lost Boys
- Spirited Away
- Donnie Darko
- Rashomon
- Brother (2000)
- Parasite
- Hatsukoi (First Love)
… from the top of my mind. :-P
Aliens
I just quote it constantly so it has to be … or Dune part 2, probably needs a bit more time to breath before I can call it my favorite though.
Game over man! Game over!
Awesone movie. Aliens, terminator 2 and the abyss are just a goldmine of things that became culture backbone.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Came here to find this. Every time it’s moving.
I’ve got a three-way tie and I’ve never been able to promote any one:
The NeverEnding Story
Wall•E
WatchmenI consider Watchmen one of the most perfect movies ever made.
People often hate on the watchmen, i love it. The worst part about it that it has a graphic novel that is way better.
I read the comics I don’t really see them as better. It’s a different experience.
Which cut?
Ultimate or Director’s. I don’t mind the extra Black Ship comics scenes but I also recognize they really don’t add much of value. But I enjoy them.
I pulled up the ultimate cut a while back because I wanted to watch the movie, but I didn’t look at the timestamp before I started. I really like it, as a more thought-provoking, and loyal adaptation of the comic, but it seemed like it was running a bit long until I realized it was getting light outside again.
Heh. Well, yeah you have to be in the mood to watch a very long film but I think it’s worth the experience. It’s not a movie you just sort of watch while folding laundry; it’s immersive and it is legendary and deserves your undivided attention.
One of my favorites that I don’t often see mentioned is Upgrade. It’s very nearly perfect as a near-future cyberpunk dystopia.
It sounds a lot like Limitless
Not at all actually. Limitless is a liberal wet dream and upgrade is a hardcore dig at unregulated tech
that’s exactly what I feared, and actually refreshing to hear - I’ll check it out!
