Buffalo 66, Bringing Out the Dead, Rear Window…
Hot Fuzz
Every watch you notice new little details. This film is the (modenr) textbook example of Checkov’s gun.
“You wanna be a big cop in a small town? Fuck off up the model village.”
Good choice, I have not seen that 10+ times yet, so on the list it goes!
I have not seen that 10+ times yet
I did watch Shaun of the Dead some 3 times or so. Please let that have some credit.
idiocracy
I do know about its existence, but the description doesn’t sound like I’d like it. In the queue, lemme try.
It’s good, but hits a little close to home these days.
I watched idiocracy at home a year or 2 after it came out, and I hated it because i felt like it beat you over the head with the message, like yeah I get it, I don’t need to watch an hour more of this!
…then I rewatched it after our handling of covid and January 6 insurrection… Thought to myself “yep… Thats how the future plays out…”
If you watched it now for the first time? In 2025? Fucking hell. I hate this timeline.
One can only hope we end up with a president like Camacho. Dudes an idiot, but at least he put in the effort to help his constituents by finding the smartest dude he could and have him solve their problems.
Sounds like it aged like wine.
It came out when I was busy getting started in life after school. So a lot of what came out in that period didn’t feel “genuine” at the time.
It’s stoner comedy and political analysys
- Terry Gilliam’s Brazil
- Akira
- What are you doing, step-bro?
Brazil is wild, always weird how little screen time De Niro gets, but how much presence he has in the movie!
I guess I 2nd that 3rd point.
I’m committed to a Tuttle costume before I die. But I’ve yet to find an occasion where I think a single person would recognize me.
I’ve passed through Everything Everywhere All At Once approximately eighty times now, because on every single viewing, I’m discovering one or two tiny fragments of interrelationship that I’ve never seen before.
It’s a marvelous, marvelous movie.
I’m one of the few that hated that movie. Started strong, got weird in a fun funny way, got weirder to the point where I’m in just to see where it’s going, then idk it just lost me and I was out
I think it speaks to me cause I have unmedicated ADHD.
The YouTube videos and analysis is also so fascinating. Everyone finds something different!
Life of Brian.
I’ve watched that probably a dozen times just for my favorite part… “Alright, I AM the messiah…”
The thing is, a lot of the humor in that movie is like not that funny when you first see it, but then a couple days later out of nowhere you suddenly think: “He has a wife, you know…” And you’re like: why did I think that? Oh yeah it’s from the Life of Brian! That was hilarious!
“Blessed be the Cheesemakers…?”
“All I said was: that halibut was good enough for Jehovah!”
“Worse? How could I be making it any worse?”
“you are ALL INDIVIDUALS!!!”
“He’s not the messiah! He’s a very naughty boy!”
fml I’m dead…
The thing is, a lot of the humor in that movie is like not that funny when you first see it, but then a couple days later out of nowhere…
You know I felt the same way about The Big Lebowski. First time I watched it? Meh. But I kept remembering the quotes (granted the internet helped with that). So I watch it again and it’s suddenly a totally new experience, like I’m finally on the inside understanding all the inside jokes.
When I was a teen I loved all their stuff, including the shows… but I get what you mean. Numerous times I’ve tried introducing it to friends only to be met with blank stares because they didn’t quite understand the comedy of it. Sucks to be them.
Mine is, “but you are the Messiah my lord and I should know I’ve followed a few”.
12 Monkeys
In The Mouth of Madness
The Thing
The Big Lebowski. Every time.
He just picks things up through the movie and uses them later. One of the best examples starts in the opening scene of the movie where he’s buying milk and paying with a check, as he’s writing it out there’s a t.v. behind the cashier playing GWB Sr saying “This aggression against Kuwait will not stand”, then way later in the movie someone is shouting at him and he uses the line “this aggression will not stand” and you know he’s picked it up from that earlier scene and used it again. The movie is full of this kind of callback and interaction.
The conversation with him and Maude Lebowski is also a great example of this:
Maude Lebowski: Do you like sex, Mr. Lebowski?
The Dude: 'Scuse me?
Maude Lebowski: Sex. The physical act of love. Coitus. Do you like it?
The Dude: I was talking about my rug.
Maude Lebowski: You’re not interested in sex?
The Dude: You mean coitus?
Gets me every time
Also the self-correction of from “beaver” to “vagina.”
The elder President Bush was HW.
I’m a fan of Fifth Element. Super enjoyable and there is a lot going on. It took a few watches before I realized the protagonist and the antagonist never actually meet in the movie.
Other than what everyone else has said (great taste in film, lemmings) I’ll throw out…
In the Mouth of Madness. People tend to rank The Thing as his best movie, but the other two parts of the “Apocalypse Trilogy” are also excellent. Prince of Darkness has plenty to reccomend it, but I actually have watched IMM at least 10 times. The practical effects hold up well, and I feel like I catch new little details or acting quirks on each watch. Sam Neill and Julie Carmen are both really on their game and amazingly bring a lot of both subtlety and camp to the roles. The soundtrack is really banging too, if you’re a fan of Carpenter’s synth-rock.
And for something completely different, but still an “at least 10 views” favorite: Rian Johnson’s Brick. You’ll probably need at least 2 viewings just to catch all the dialogue, which is very fast and uses a weird made up slang. The main victim makes a phone call in the first act that basically reveals everything if you understand what she’s saying, but it takes the whole movie for that to happen. It’s just a fun, good mystery story too. Great sense of style, great (slightly off kilter) acting choices all around. Its one of those movies that’s a little like poetry or a great album, just fun to watch and enjoy for itself.
Brick is wonderful, such a brilliant movie.
There’s a new film on Netflix called Brick and I was so disappointed that it’s not the same one!
I also recommended In the Mouth of Madness for the same reasons!
Prince of Darkness needs a high budget modern remake. Such killer ideas held back by budgetary constraints and practical effects limitations. It doesn’t have quite as many new details to notice on repeat watches though.
God I love Brick. Watched it countless times growing up and don’t see it talked about enough online.
If you liked Brick, you might also like Assassination of a High School President by Brett Simon: Similar noir type tone with little details that reveal the underlying mystery. You’ll probably figure it out before the end (it’s a little cliche) but it’s still a decent watch.
The Netflix TV show Dark. Holy hell. I missed SO much the first time. If you haven’t seen this show do yourself a favor and watch it, the amount of detail is crazy, and the casting is top notch. Watch it in German with English subtitles though, the English dubbing is really, really horrendous.
I watched a bit of Dark when it came out, will look into its status as I’m not inclined to watch (NF) shows that slowly die. Not sure if that’s what happened here.
What is interesting tho, is that I have Paper Moon (1973) scheduled to watch tomorrow night. Never seen it before.
Hah, I randomdly picked this screen name, never seen paper moon either! Just looked it up, seems Interesting, added it to the queue.
Dark had a planned ending, it was 3 seasons and then done.
Nah, Dark has a proper, satisfying ending, they didn’t just abandon it. Definitely worth watching.
I don’t think I did 10 times, but Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy sure offered something new every time I watched it.
God that movie was subtle.
Looks good! On my list. You ever watched Das Leben der Anderen?
I have not and I think that is called “The Lives of Others” in the states.
Is it similar to Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy?
I’m not sure as I haven’t watched TTSS yet. It’s on my list now but sounds like it is in the same ballpark.
The Lives of Others indeed, it’s a movie about divided Germany with a dark atmosphere, which does deserve multiple viewings. Great stuff.
Nice I will check it out.
They are both terrific movies bit quite different I’d say. TTSS is much more about the intrigue/double-crossing/spy stuff, whereas The Lives of Others is more of a character study.
As an aside, the BBC series of TTSS with Alec Guiness is still the best and any fan of the movie/book who hasn’t seen it should remedy that ASAP.
Clue
Yesss I have found my people
The Matrix.
This was the first DVD I ever purchased, and it was glorious being able to pause the movie & go frame by frame.
Princess bride
The whole movie is quotable from start to finish.
Primer
Meticulous, yes. Methodical. Educated. They were these things. Nothing extreme. Like anyone, they varied. There were days of mistakes and laziness and infighting. And there were days, good days, when by anyone’s judgment, they would have to be considered clever. No one would say that what they were doing was complicated. It wouldn’t even be considered new. Except maybe in the geological sense. They took from their surroundings what was needed, and made of it something more.
Except maybe in the geological sense.
I’m still not 100% certain what this is implying.
Geologic time periods tend to be very, very long. So if something is new in the geologic sense, it could still be thousands, or hundreds of thousands, of years old.
Right, that was my first thought. But what is it that he’s suggesting is only new geologically? Time travel tech?
