so, recently, i've been on a movie streak, watching a lot of the more popular and higher rated movies that I had not yet watched, and I have opinions about a lot of them, so, I make this thread both for me to rant about movies, for you to rant about movies, and as a way for all of us to find movie recommendations since all the movie websites that currently exist are really fucking bad ngl
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Cidade De Deus
This is the movie I watched most recently, in fact, I watched it only a few hours before writting this.
Cidade De Deus (City of god in english) is a brazillian film about a city called, conveniently, city of god, and how a group of characters grow up in that city, most notably, how the street gangs form and operate
CIdade De Deus in my opinion is an absolutely marvelous movie, in some aspects it reminds me of the famous tarantino film, Pulp Fiction, while that movie is absolutely beloved, I personally did not enjoy it that much, and Cidade De Deus, takes a similar concept, but, changing a lot of things I did not like, and overall making it a better movie
While pulp fiction mainly succeeds in showcasing very advanced cinematography and really smart script-writting, Cidade De Deus takes those concepts and refine them further, adding an amazing overarching plot, while still keeping the same level of cinematography
While this is a violent movie about street gangs in a very poor town in brazil, the actual plot and scenes focus more on telling you about the intricacy of the characters, their reasons of joining, how being a part of these organizations affects their personality and life, how they plan to live out their future, and what actually happens, which is personally a lot more enjoyable than your typical action film
I cant really talk much more without joining spoiler territory but, yeah, this movie is really good, really loved it, I really recommend giving it a watch
This is the movie I watched most recently, in fact, I watched it only a few hours before writting this.
Cidade De Deus (City of god in english) is a brazillian film about a city called, conveniently, city of god, and how a group of characters grow up in that city, most notably, how the street gangs form and operate
CIdade De Deus in my opinion is an absolutely marvelous movie, in some aspects it reminds me of the famous tarantino film, Pulp Fiction, while that movie is absolutely beloved, I personally did not enjoy it that much, and Cidade De Deus, takes a similar concept, but, changing a lot of things I did not like, and overall making it a better movie
While pulp fiction mainly succeeds in showcasing very advanced cinematography and really smart script-writting, Cidade De Deus takes those concepts and refine them further, adding an amazing overarching plot, while still keeping the same level of cinematography
While this is a violent movie about street gangs in a very poor town in brazil, the actual plot and scenes focus more on telling you about the intricacy of the characters, their reasons of joining, how being a part of these organizations affects their personality and life, how they plan to live out their future, and what actually happens, which is personally a lot more enjoyable than your typical action film
I cant really talk much more without joining spoiler territory but, yeah, this movie is really good, really loved it, I really recommend giving it a watch
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Did you forget this thread exists? I didn't!
Finally watched Whiplash, it was pretty good (but not as good as lalaland from the same director), I especially enjoyed some filmmaking touches, like using warm orange colors to mark the scene as a passionate one, in the case of this movie it's a music passion, and colder blue colors to mark the scene as a normal, day-to-day one. The plot does suffer from useless family and love drama, which could've been contained to a single band affairs, but it does its job and gets the point across.
The antagonist was cool, you knew from the get-go he has his antics for a reason, even if you disagree with his teaching methods. The ending was the pinnacle of the whole movie, I suggest you watch it on youtube if you don't have time to sit through almost two hours of cinema.
Finally watched Whiplash, it was pretty good (but not as good as lalaland from the same director), I especially enjoyed some filmmaking touches, like using warm orange colors to mark the scene as a passionate one, in the case of this movie it's a music passion, and colder blue colors to mark the scene as a normal, day-to-day one. The plot does suffer from useless family and love drama, which could've been contained to a single band affairs, but it does its job and gets the point across.
The antagonist was cool, you knew from the get-go he has his antics for a reason, even if you disagree with his teaching methods. The ending was the pinnacle of the whole movie, I suggest you watch it on youtube if you don't have time to sit through almost two hours of cinema.
HOW DID THIS THREAD GO UNDER THE RADAR
I watched Django it was good
I watched Django it was good
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whiplash is my favourite movie of all time, may watch lalaland, heard of it but never watched, I really like how whiplash creates tension, it's a really emotional movie that gives a lot to think about, I really liked thatKobold84 wrote:
Did you forget this thread exists? I didn't!
Finally watched Whiplash, it was pretty good (but not as good as lalaland from the same director), I especially enjoyed some filmmaking touches, like using warm orange colors to mark the scene as a passionate one, in the case of this movie it's a music passion, and colder blue colors to mark the scene as a normal, day-to-day one. The plot does suffer from useless family and love drama, which could've been contained to a single band affairs, but it does its job and gets the point across.
The antagonist was cool, you knew from the get-go he has his antics for a reason, even if you disagree with his teaching methods. The ending was the pinnacle of the whole movie, I suggest you watch it on youtube if you don't have time to sit through almost two hours of cinema.
I have not watched django-Remi wrote:
HOW DID THIS THREAD GO UNDER THE RADAR
I watched Django it was good
honestly I made this thread because I was struggling finding movies, because as I said, movie websites kinda suck, so I hoped for people to post stuff and get recommendations that way, however, the thread flopped, so I decided fuck this shit and started watching dubbed animes I had yet to watch instead
really, movie websites really suck
anyways, since I haven't watched movies since I made this thread, going to talk about a movie I watched not so long before that
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Inception, by christopher nolan
I did not like inception
The plot, without going into spoiler territory, it's about this technology that allows people to create and enter dreams, if you're in a dream, the only way to wake up is to die, there can be multiple layers, and it's overall a very complex process to pull off
the dream concept is sick, I love that, my favourite work of fiction of all time, the manga shimeji simulation, kinda operates on a similar basis, you could pull out a very similar story with the idea of inception
however, I just dont like the way that inception uses this concept, the plot of the business problem is cool, but, I feel that the actual concept of being in a dream, exploring someone mental space, and seeing the consequences of that, ifeels kinda unexplored, as it is instead, in what my opinion is, a very normal action movie
I just dont like action movie in general, and I did not know inception was like that, my problem with action in general is that I dont really feel anything during the shooting scenes or whatever, I know the protagonistt has plot armour until the last section of the movie, so everything until that I know that it's probably pointless as the protagonist is always going to win
that for me removes any tension or anything, in the time where there could be a shooting scene there could be more cool plot
I don't think inception is a bad movie or anything, but I feel I got baited hard with it
Right, at times it was really mentally draining from all this tension.Patatitta wrote:
whiplash is my favourite movie of all time, may watch lalaland, heard of it but never watched, I really like how whiplash creates tension, it's a really emotional movie that gives a lot to think about, I really liked thatKobold84 wrote:
Did you forget this thread exists? I didn't!
Finally watched Whiplash, it was pretty good (but not as good as lalaland from the same director), I especially enjoyed some filmmaking touches, like using warm orange colors to mark the scene as a passionate one, in the case of this movie it's a music passion, and colder blue colors to mark the scene as a normal, day-to-day one. The plot does suffer from useless family and love drama, which could've been contained to a single band affairs, but it does its job and gets the point across.
The antagonist was cool, you knew from the get-go he has his antics for a reason, even if you disagree with his teaching methods. The ending was the pinnacle of the whole movie, I suggest you watch it on youtube if you don't have time to sit through almost two hours of cinema.
La la land is very different from Whiplash, but you will probably like it too.
watch unstoppable (2010) best movie ever but it has a bit of train gore from what i remember
Just watched "Yes Man"
It was pretty good, I liked it. Doesn't stand out, but isn't bad either.
It was pretty good, I liked it. Doesn't stand out, but isn't bad either.
Yes it is, not very memorable, but still funny.-Remi wrote:
Just watched "Yes Man"
It was pretty good, I liked it. Doesn't stand out, but isn't bad either.
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recently watched taxi driver, hadn't really seen any martin scorsese before that, and I saw people talk really good about that movie, but honestly, was just a fine movie, didn't really blow my mind. I feel the structure and little charcter arc that the character wents through has been done a lot since that movie and it really isn't that special anymore IMO
Anyone watched 'The Godfather'? Considering watching it.
No but I've watched Mafia which is a great parody of itKitte wrote:
Anyone watched 'The Godfather'? Considering watching it.
Completely spoils the movie though so watch The Godfather beforehand if you care
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godfather is on my plan to watch list, it's not a style of movie I partucllary enjoy vut i've heard so many good things about it I feel I must at least give it a try
It's good.Kitte wrote:
Anyone watched 'The Godfather'? Considering watching it.
Played the PS2 game a long time ago.Kitte wrote:
Anyone watched 'The Godfather'? Considering watching it.
Either way.
I watched Rejected (2000), a nice short film.
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wasnt able to watch it today because i was at a party but ill see it tommorow no matter what179bpm wrote:
ill try to catch the fnaf movie on release day
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I knew nothing about fnaf, however, i've watched the fnaf movie, I did not enjoy it, I could text-wall as I do anyways but I know peole are going to watch it here and I dont want to spoil anything, IMO, it's one of the most boring and uninteresting movies i've seen
some friends of mine are going to see the movie soon, glad i didnt say i would goPatatitta wrote:
I knew nothing about fnaf, however, i've watched the fnaf movie, I did not enjoy it, I could text-wall as I do anyways but I know peole are going to watch it here and I dont want to spoil anything, IMO, it's one of the most boring and uninteresting movies i've seen
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I mean, I would personally never turn down a movie night with friends even if the movie sucks, but we're different people so lolReyalp51 wrote:
some friends of mine are going to see the movie soon, glad i didnt say i would goPatatitta wrote:
I knew nothing about fnaf, however, i've watched the fnaf movie, I did not enjoy it, I could text-wall as I do anyways but I know peole are going to watch it here and I dont want to spoil anything, IMO, it's one of the most boring and uninteresting movies i've seen
Patatitta wrote:
I mean, I would personally never turn down a movie night with friends even if the movie sucks, but we're different people so lolReyalp51 wrote:
some friends of mine are going to see the movie soon, glad i didnt say i would goPatatitta wrote:
I knew nothing about fnaf, however, i've watched the fnaf movie, I did not enjoy it, I could text-wall as I do anyways but I know peole are going to watch it here and I dont want to spoil anything, IMO, it's one of the most boring and uninteresting movies i've seen
im sitting in the car after watching the movie179bpm wrote:
wasnt able to watch it today because i was at a party but ill see it tommorow no matter what179bpm wrote:
ill try to catch the fnaf movie on release day
i actually thought it was pretty good, although it was one of my first horror movies so maybe that influenced my opinion on it
ill give a more in depth review tommorow, but it was a 8/10 for me honestly
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okay I will give my opinion now then, didn't want to spoil anyone179bpm wrote:
im sitting in the car after watching the movie179bpm wrote:
wasnt able to watch it today because i was at a party but ill see it tommorow no matter what179bpm wrote:
ill try to catch the fnaf movie on release day
i actually thought it was pretty good, although it was one of my first horror movies so maybe that influenced my opinion on it
ill give a more in depth review tommorow, but it was a 8/10 for me honestly
also, since in the GD thread for the amazing digital circus I accidently caused a bit of disscusion, and the fnaf movie kinda targets the same audience, I feel like I have to say this. This is MY opinion, i'm not trying to perosnally convince you that this movie is bad, i'm not trying to change anyone opinions here
my fnaf movie opinion
first of all, I wil clarify, I haven't really ever seen the fnaf lore, I did play like the first two nights of the first game in a sleepover I had a lot back.
I was surprised how actually not scary the movie turned out to be, I personally HATE horror, i'm the most coward person alive, it's one of the reasons I didn't get into fnaf, I know that the horror are cheap jumpscares, but god I shat myself (metaphorically, I didn't actually shit myself). However, the movie just turned out to not be horror, at all, the only jumpscares and stuff aren't even directed at us, but at the guys that the movie treats as bad, and that's like the only horror element
I personally was fine with that, as I didn't like horror, however, what I did just not like about the movie is that it actually felt like really, really, really boring, Like. Like nothing really happens in the first hour, and they dont really seem to set up any plot points that will personally make me very interested, for example, in the movie stalker (you can actually find it on youtube), even if that's the slowest shit ever created by any human being, the fact that the movie was that slow and the topic of the conversations we saw at the start of the movie did make you interested in order to keep watching
but in fnaf, more stuff does happen, but it's just not very interesting stuff, like the start of the movie with all the family drama of the protagonist, I just didn't know the person and they did seem to be a bit of an asshole, so I didn't care much about if they lost custody of the sister or not
but then, after they try to wreck the place to get the guy fired, that plot point is just dropped?, the movie finally turns the attention into the animatronics, but that shift in the movie just doesn't feel natural, I feel you just spent 40 minutes explaining things that aren't even the point of the movie
they talk about how the kids dissapeared in the 80's and they actually are inside and their animatronics and it's the dad of this second protagonist I haven't mentioned yet (because they really are that unimportant for most of the movie), and then it turns out there is another animatronic that's actually their dad and idk that just feels forced. They spend 40 mitues on the family issues of the protagonist, dont do anything with that, then rush to explain the animatronic thing, and then you resolve that plot-line before you can do anything about it, because the animatronics doesn't do shit this movie
it's just a boring movie, like nothing actually interesting happens, it's not scary, it's not particullary fun either, idk what to say really
I was surprised how actually not scary the movie turned out to be, I personally HATE horror, i'm the most coward person alive, it's one of the reasons I didn't get into fnaf, I know that the horror are cheap jumpscares, but god I shat myself (metaphorically, I didn't actually shit myself). However, the movie just turned out to not be horror, at all, the only jumpscares and stuff aren't even directed at us, but at the guys that the movie treats as bad, and that's like the only horror element
I personally was fine with that, as I didn't like horror, however, what I did just not like about the movie is that it actually felt like really, really, really boring, Like. Like nothing really happens in the first hour, and they dont really seem to set up any plot points that will personally make me very interested, for example, in the movie stalker (you can actually find it on youtube), even if that's the slowest shit ever created by any human being, the fact that the movie was that slow and the topic of the conversations we saw at the start of the movie did make you interested in order to keep watching
but in fnaf, more stuff does happen, but it's just not very interesting stuff, like the start of the movie with all the family drama of the protagonist, I just didn't know the person and they did seem to be a bit of an asshole, so I didn't care much about if they lost custody of the sister or not
but then, after they try to wreck the place to get the guy fired, that plot point is just dropped?, the movie finally turns the attention into the animatronics, but that shift in the movie just doesn't feel natural, I feel you just spent 40 minutes explaining things that aren't even the point of the movie
they talk about how the kids dissapeared in the 80's and they actually are inside and their animatronics and it's the dad of this second protagonist I haven't mentioned yet (because they really are that unimportant for most of the movie), and then it turns out there is another animatronic that's actually their dad and idk that just feels forced. They spend 40 mitues on the family issues of the protagonist, dont do anything with that, then rush to explain the animatronic thing, and then you resolve that plot-line before you can do anything about it, because the animatronics doesn't do shit this movie
it's just a boring movie, like nothing actually interesting happens, it's not scary, it's not particullary fun either, idk what to say really
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fourth bump on this thread and first one by me lmao
For the longest time I really haven't been intersted in older movies, I felt that older movies a lot of the time feel less special, since the medium evolves, and a lot of ideas that old movies bring to the table, have been expanded and done better in the current day and age. All of that without even mentioning that culture is drastically different now and some cultural references or messages are kinda lost or not really effective/emotional
and while I mostly agree with myself of the past on there, however, since I started watching movies more seriously this year, I have slowly moved away from just moving from more recent, blockbuster hollywood films. And overall watching more movies from other countries, budgets and storical period as I really wasn't too happy with the movies that hollywood was mainly pushing as of recent (There is nothing wrong with enjoying them tho, that is just my personal opinion, I really only consumed hollywood until like 2 months ago as I said here)
since then, i've watched a lot of movies that really are outside of that sphere and I mostly enjoyed it. I've watched movies like city of god, stalker, RRR, etc. And now, i've just recently watched this movie called "Seven Samurai"
And I have to admit, this 3:30, 1954, japanese black and white film about samurais kinda does slap, and not because it brings anything new to the table, but because the things that they do, even if not that original currently. It does very well
This is just a movie about samurais helping poor farmers from bandits, and it really pulls that off great. It's an enjoyable watch from start to end, and something I could see myself recommending to people. It's not my favourite by a long shot, but I do think old movies can just be as enjoyable as new movies by itself. So while I don't think my favourite movie of all time is going to be a film made in the 50's, they're still really great to watch. I already have a couple more films like this I want to watch so I will probably do that sooner rather than leter
For the longest time I really haven't been intersted in older movies, I felt that older movies a lot of the time feel less special, since the medium evolves, and a lot of ideas that old movies bring to the table, have been expanded and done better in the current day and age. All of that without even mentioning that culture is drastically different now and some cultural references or messages are kinda lost or not really effective/emotional
and while I mostly agree with myself of the past on there, however, since I started watching movies more seriously this year, I have slowly moved away from just moving from more recent, blockbuster hollywood films. And overall watching more movies from other countries, budgets and storical period as I really wasn't too happy with the movies that hollywood was mainly pushing as of recent (There is nothing wrong with enjoying them tho, that is just my personal opinion, I really only consumed hollywood until like 2 months ago as I said here)
since then, i've watched a lot of movies that really are outside of that sphere and I mostly enjoyed it. I've watched movies like city of god, stalker, RRR, etc. And now, i've just recently watched this movie called "Seven Samurai"
And I have to admit, this 3:30, 1954, japanese black and white film about samurais kinda does slap, and not because it brings anything new to the table, but because the things that they do, even if not that original currently. It does very well
This is just a movie about samurais helping poor farmers from bandits, and it really pulls that off great. It's an enjoyable watch from start to end, and something I could see myself recommending to people. It's not my favourite by a long shot, but I do think old movies can just be as enjoyable as new movies by itself. So while I don't think my favourite movie of all time is going to be a film made in the 50's, they're still really great to watch. I already have a couple more films like this I want to watch so I will probably do that sooner rather than leter
here's a bump because i really wanted to talk about this movie
as a person who has watched horror movies before, none of the shit i've seen compares to elephant 2003. this film simply had me saying, "what the fuck" the entire time. plus, there's a few shots where blood is shown in this film, but it's usually a quick splatter and stuff, no actual gore. but anyways, elephant 2003 is this film where these 2 kids, alex and eric, shoot down their school. for the most part, it's a pretty boring film, for the first part, it just sorta shows the average day at school for the kids, nothing much. it doesn't really have anything that'll keep you hooked to your seat until the scene where alex and eric are sort of skimming through their map of the school and are planning their attack. then the two boys walk into the school and start blasting people. what's horrifying about this is that, there is barely any music, just the footsteps and breathing of alex and eric and the screaming of the victims. oh yeah and there's also the loud as fuck gunshots. it really makes you feel like as if you were there, at the school, killing people. i guess i might mention this part too that for some reason made me chuckle. once alex eventually takes a break from all the killing, he goes down and sits at one of the cafeteria tables, where eric slowly comes out of nowhere. the two talk about what they've done so far, and then halfway through eric's sentence, alex just fucking shoots him. it made me laugh considering how much of a terrible person eric is and how unexpected it was. (dont get me wrong, alex is a terrible person too). now, enough about the shooters, i should probably talk about the other people in the shooting. when it cuts from perspective to perspective, it sort of gives you an idea about what they were thinking at the time. there's this couple that is absolutely horrified and are trying to survive inside the school, but then there's this badass black kid who calmly walks through the school as if he was one of the shooters. then there's this blonde kid that had actually walked past the shooters at the start and tried to tell people not to go to the school. nobody listened to him though. this whole perspective from perspective thing was cool af and i think more films should do it. but anyways, after the movie finished, it just sort of made me sit there and think to myself, "what the fuck did i just watch?". i felt extremely guilty and felt as if i was the one who shot those kids. on the other hand, i also really like how the film it doesnt just focus on alex and eric the entire time, but rather focuses on everyone present at the shooting. honestly, this film genuinely had my brain on some sort of rollercoaster where it couldn't tell if it had liked the film or had felt disturbed. i have made up my mind now and have decided that i both liked this film and also felt disturbed by it.
(eric on left, alex on right)
school shooting scene (also includes some of the scenes i talked about)
as a person who has watched horror movies before, none of the shit i've seen compares to elephant 2003. this film simply had me saying, "what the fuck" the entire time. plus, there's a few shots where blood is shown in this film, but it's usually a quick splatter and stuff, no actual gore. but anyways, elephant 2003 is this film where these 2 kids, alex and eric, shoot down their school. for the most part, it's a pretty boring film, for the first part, it just sorta shows the average day at school for the kids, nothing much. it doesn't really have anything that'll keep you hooked to your seat until the scene where alex and eric are sort of skimming through their map of the school and are planning their attack. then the two boys walk into the school and start blasting people. what's horrifying about this is that, there is barely any music, just the footsteps and breathing of alex and eric and the screaming of the victims. oh yeah and there's also the loud as fuck gunshots. it really makes you feel like as if you were there, at the school, killing people. i guess i might mention this part too that for some reason made me chuckle. once alex eventually takes a break from all the killing, he goes down and sits at one of the cafeteria tables, where eric slowly comes out of nowhere. the two talk about what they've done so far, and then halfway through eric's sentence, alex just fucking shoots him. it made me laugh considering how much of a terrible person eric is and how unexpected it was. (dont get me wrong, alex is a terrible person too). now, enough about the shooters, i should probably talk about the other people in the shooting. when it cuts from perspective to perspective, it sort of gives you an idea about what they were thinking at the time. there's this couple that is absolutely horrified and are trying to survive inside the school, but then there's this badass black kid who calmly walks through the school as if he was one of the shooters. then there's this blonde kid that had actually walked past the shooters at the start and tried to tell people not to go to the school. nobody listened to him though. this whole perspective from perspective thing was cool af and i think more films should do it. but anyways, after the movie finished, it just sort of made me sit there and think to myself, "what the fuck did i just watch?". i felt extremely guilty and felt as if i was the one who shot those kids. on the other hand, i also really like how the film it doesnt just focus on alex and eric the entire time, but rather focuses on everyone present at the shooting. honestly, this film genuinely had my brain on some sort of rollercoaster where it couldn't tell if it had liked the film or had felt disturbed. i have made up my mind now and have decided that i both liked this film and also felt disturbed by it.
(eric on left, alex on right)
school shooting scene (also includes some of the scenes i talked about)
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this thread has to have one the highest bump to post ratio in OT