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Romantic Comedy (yes, that's the name and it gave the name to a whole genre) Moonstruck Serendipity Stranger Than Fiction Punch Drunk Love Moonrise Kingdom Chung King Express In the Mood For Love Licorice Pizza Defending Your Life A Life Less Ordinary Benny and Joon Kinda going outside the normal bounds of what we think of, but some of these relationships depicted are pretty great and drive the films. Some are cautionary tales
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Eyes Wide Shut Make Way for Tomorrow Onomarchus fucked around with this message at 00:03 on Oct 24, 2023 |
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Black Lighter posted:Memories of Murder From a whiles back but I hadn't seen this and it was great, thanks for the rec.
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Any good movies in the genre of incredibly isolated/alienated/enduring great hardship character studies that have a positive ending? I find a lot of what my brother and I affectionaly call the "literally me" genre (Taxi Driver, Drive, Bringing out the Dead, Joker, May, Excision, etc) often leads to the character either dying or some sort of tragic/hopeless end. Are there any movies where they take a similar premise but the main character actually manages to change things for the better, overcome their hardship, or any other sort of positive/happy outcome? A Prayer Before Dawn and Buffalo 66 are the only two that really come to mind, but "positive ending" is definitely a stretch for those two. Pretty wide open request so even if a rec only kinda fits, feel free to toss it out
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Punch Drunk Love, The Batman, The Master arguably, You Were Never Really There
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Kvlt! posted:Any good movies in the genre of incredibly isolated/alienated/enduring great hardship character studies that have a positive ending? Tremble All You Want. Also, all anime is about that. Mob Psycho 100, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Bocchi the Rock!, Chainsaw Man, etc.
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Thanks for the suggestions everyone! Ive only ever seen DBZ and Elfen Lied for anime, what one of those is most friendly to people new to anime?
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Bongo Bill posted:I'm looking for movies set in or around World War 2 in Asia. Not documentaries (unless you've got a really good one to suggest.) China or India in particular would be great. Kokoda (Papua)
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Kvlt! posted:Thanks for the suggestions everyone! Chainsaw Man or Mob Psycho 100. Watch their openings on YouTube and go with the one you think is coolest
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Don't watch that poo poo. Start with Mobile Suit Gundam
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Gaius Marius posted:Don't watch that poo poo. Start with Mobile Suit Gundam This is honestly not a bad suggestion either, as it also fits the brief. But Chainsaw Man is still very good and Mob Psycho 100 is excellent.
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Frankly Mob Psycho 100 is a good answer to any request in this thread. That show covers the breadth of human experience.
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Better response. Tatami Galaxy
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Kvlt! would love Chainsaw Man with all his heart. As to your other question Kvlt : check out 1917.
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Kvlt! posted:Any good movies in the genre of incredibly isolated/alienated/enduring great hardship character studies that have a positive ending? Maybe the Martian?
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Kvlt! posted:Any good movies in the genre of incredibly isolated/alienated/enduring great hardship character studies that have a positive ending? Matchstick Men.
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Kvlt! posted:Any good movies in the genre of incredibly isolated/alienated/enduring great hardship character studies that have a positive ending? Aloners! (2021) (emphasis mine) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bp7NwAkN84 KVeezy3 fucked around with this message at 00:22 on Nov 2, 2023 |
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Were the Japanese horror films of early 00's and 90's a fluke? I've been checking recommendations on the Internet every couple of months, but nothing seems to scratch the itch of the kind of film Ringu, The Grudge were. I've seen Pulse/Kairo, Noroi: The Curse, and Suicide Club that kinda fit the bill I've yet to see Audition which I should probably fix post-haste but from what I see about excerpts it doesn't hit that foreboding supernatural thing I'm looking for. I'm about to watch Cure (1997), which I *believe* I have missed. Marebito I've skipped because the premise doesn't seem to fit the bill. I believe I watched the Korean adaptation of the Ring, too. I know the nations are culturally different and one should not compare them and their horror output, but I believe I've watched some Korean horror films in the past beyond The Ring adaptation that that fit the bill? Upon researching, I found the Closet and The Wailing that might fit the bill. I know older acclaimed Japanese horror films exist but they kinda feel kitschy to me, or the era just doesn't vibe with me. There doesn't seem to be any production in the 2010's or 2020's that come anywhere even close to the "modern" classics, though?
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Dessel posted:Were the Japanese horror films of early 00's and 90's a fluke? I've been checking recommendations on the Internet every couple of months, but nothing seems to scratch the itch of the kind of film Ringu, The Grudge were. I've seen Pulse/Kairo, Noroi: The Curse, and Suicide Club that kinda fit the bill I think what was actually a fluke was having so many recent Asian movies available in America. Like, it was nuts how many Japanese movies got DVD releases in America shortly after coming out. They're still making horror movies over there, but they have to have some kind of new hook to get any buzz at all overseas. As for more movies like that, you should try watching more stuff by the directors of those movies. If you like Pulse and Cure, try more obscure Kiyoshi Kurosawa movies, like Before We Vanish. If you liked Noroi, absolutely check out Koji Shiraishi's other found footage movies like Occult, Cult, and Record of a Sweet Murder.
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Kvlt! posted:Any good movies in the genre of incredibly isolated/alienated/enduring great hardship character studies that have a positive ending? Umberto D
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Any good comedy movies? Preferably streaming on Amazon prime? I struggle to find any good new comedies that I like. If possible absurd or a bit weird.
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Looking at Justwatch for Prime over the past few years, it's slim pickings. If you haven't seen the Dungeons & Dragons movie definitely check that out, it's much better than you might imagine. I haven't seen it, but I know some folks really liked Brian and Charles which seems extremely weird.
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feedmyleg posted:Looking at Justwatch for Prime over the past few years, it's slim pickings. If you haven't seen the Dungeons & Dragons movie definitely check that out, it's much better than you might imagine. I haven't seen it, but I know some folks really liked Brian and Charles which seems extremely weird. Brian and Charles was endearing.
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mrfart posted:Any good comedy movies? just scrolling through it, Clue, Elvira: Mistress of the Dark, A Fish Called Wanda, Mars Attacks, Comedy of Terrors, Transylvania 6-5000
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I am in the mood for new action movies specifically like fighting action movies. I feel like it's been a while since we had an action star like JCVD or Bruce Lee or Jason Statham. What are the best fighting action movies of 2023?
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therattle posted:Brian and Charles was endearing. Might give that one a try. Thanks.
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mrfart posted:Might give that one a try. Thanks. Cool. Let me know what you think
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Shard posted:I am in the mood for new action movies specifically like fighting action movies. I feel like it's been a while since we had an action star like JCVD or Bruce Lee or Jason Statham. Keanu is a true action star, so I'll go with John Wick 4 for 2023. But feel free to come to the action thread where there's tons of recommendations and one true star of the last decade and a half (Scott Adkins of avengement , undisputed 2/3, accident man, debt collector, and ninja shadow of a tear)
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Shard posted:I am in the mood for new action movies specifically like fighting action movies. I feel like it's been a while since we had an action star like JCVD or Bruce Lee or Jason Statham. Jackie Chan is still kicking - Ride On and a voice role in TMNT : Mutant Mayhem, slim picking this year
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Shard posted:I am in the mood for new action movies specifically like fighting action movies. I feel like it's been a while since we had an action star like JCVD or Bruce Lee or Jason Statham.
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mrfart posted:Any good comedy movies? Weird, huh? How about the Al Yankovic Story if you're in the mood for some musical biopic parody? I haven't watched it yet myself, but I've repeatedly heard good things about the recent Beavis & Butthead flick.
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mrfart posted:Any good comedy movies? I must have missed "new" the first time through, but if you're flexible on that there's Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. Been a while myself though, so it's probably a so bad it's maybe funny.
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I've watched two consecutive movies featuring poets and men with stutters, without knowing that these would be in the movies Can anyone recommend more? I kind of want to keep this inadvertent theme going (mishima, mirror are the two I watched). Preferably non English language
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A Fish Called Wanda has a stutterer and a sort of self-styled poet
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mrfart posted:Any good comedy movies? Bottoms! at once a parody of teen movies and a pretty earnest one, it's about a pair of lesbian friends who start a fight club at their high school to pick up chicks. Marshawn Lynch is, for some reason, very funny in this. Laughed pretty hard at this one.
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mrfart posted:Might give that one a try. Thanks. Not sure where it is screening but we watched Theater Camp! last night and enjoyed it.
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Dr. Yinz Ljubljana posted:Bottoms! at once a parody of teen movies and a pretty earnest one, it's about a pair of lesbian friends who start a fight club at their high school to pick up chicks. Marshawn Lynch is, for some reason, very funny in this. Laughed pretty hard at this one. He was by far the best and funniest guest star on Murderville, the Will Arnett improv sitcom on Netflix. Guy's got more charisma than a 1997 George Clooney.
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I watched Aniara recently and haven't stopped thinking about it. Any other movies where the horror/tension comes from the sheer vastness and isolation of time and space?
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Grey Elephants posted:I watched Aniara recently and haven't stopped thinking about it. Any other movies where the horror/tension comes from the sheer vastness and isolation of time and space? Hadn't heard about that one. Solaris vaguely fits, but I think the earthbound movie Snowpiercer might come as close or closer. EDIT: also Moon Doubt EDIT: similar posters too, for Moon. Huh. Onomarchus fucked around with this message at 06:37 on Nov 23, 2023 |
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Grey Elephants posted:I watched Aniara recently and haven't stopped thinking about it. Any other movies where the horror/tension comes from the sheer vastness and isolation of time and space? Gravity fits the bill here
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