Tough task to only pick 5 movies
inception
the dark knight
gladiator
seven
first blood
WB looking at $100m loss from Justice League.
I just remembered how much I love Falling Down.
Anyway, then I spotted where I can buy a whimsical Whammy Burger t-shirt onlineâŚ
âŚand I thought âI really should get me some of these funny movie-related t-shirtsâ. Wouldnât something like this just brighten everyoneâs day:
So many great moments in that movie.
Iâm the bad guy?
You are in a movie and on your phone texting⌠WTF
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Wasnât his sheer boredom & pure disdain for the film fare on offer clear enough in his post?
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Just fkg leave, even if you hate the movie and everything it stands for shining your phone in a dark cinema is nothing but disdain for your fellow movie goers.
fk spend your time arguing with a hoyts/village min wagers about a refund if you want.
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I donât quite understand the hype for Inception. Reckon it was a concept way, way, way, overdone. Descended into silliness - in many ways chasing the Matrix - and continued into, The Dark Knight Rises. Donât get me wrong, I love his movies, but there seemed a lack of critical reflection in the making and end product.
Movies around that time: Dark Knight (Nolan again) and No Country for Old Men (equally brilliant in their respective genres) really captured something - which in the end Iâd summarise as nihilistic psychology, where everything is defined, and all actions justified by a - nominal - belief in ânothingâ. Of course, the ânothingâ - which somehow incorporates chance, fate, synchronicity, circumstance, etc, - must be believed in, to justify the actions of either movieâs sociopaths. The thing ânihilisimâ provides both the Joker, and Anton Chigurh, is a philosophical position, and thus a justification to act and do anything they want - to kill - without compunction.
Thatâs the basis of an interpretation, anyhow. Iâll leave it at that. Think Iâve gone overboard.
(Edit: Please, please, please, do not remake, Memento. Following, was just as good IMO.)
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Most rewatchable
Magnolia
Inception
The Thin Red Line
Last of the Mohicans
Heat
The Game
Ferris Bueller
Whiplash
Die Hard
Back to the Future
Goodfellas
The Shawshank Redemption
Groundhog Day
The Karate Kid
Out of Sight
The Breakfast Club
The Goonies
Jaws
Clue
The Godfather
How Tom Cruise didnât win an Oscar for Magnolia is one of lifeâs great mysteries.
Itâs rare that an actor completely inhabits a character like he did in that movie.
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âI´m quietly judging youâ yeah brilliant performance by TomâŚamazing cast
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Heat, absolutley.
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PTA is a master.
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âSynecdoche New Yorkâ, hasnât had a mention yet. Amazing piece of work.
Edit: Sorry⌠I was sure it was PTA, confusing it with Magnolia, PSHoffman is so many of them. The Master was brilliant, as well.
The other PTA, and one that flies under the radar a bit, is Punch Drunk Love.
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Synecdoche is a great film. Phillip Seymour Hoffman would have to be top 5 actors of the last 20 years.
PTAâs new film is coming out soon and is probably a departure from what he usually does.
Spike Jonze is somebody I would like to see make more films.
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Side note: Michelle Williams, is one of the best actresses of the last 25 + years.
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Sheâs very underrated thatâs for sure. Has certainly had some great roles.
And to think she came from Dawsonâs Creek.
When Phillip Seymour Hoffman said heâd âshartedâ, that was the pinnacle of his career.
âRain drops!â
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