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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? High Life, by Claire Denis with Pattinson and Binoche.
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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? Ad Astra kinda
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Interstellar very much plays with this also
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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? Sunshine (2007) at times.
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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? It totally lacks horror/tension and is a tonal outlier to the other suggestions (but that maybe makes it even more eligible): Silent Running.
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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? A Ghost Story isn't a horror movie but could be perceived as such, but def will scratch that "vastness of time and space" itch, particularly the former
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Did anybody say Solaris yet?
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Suggestions for film to watch with moderately conservative family members? Watched Chunking Express the other day with one, they enjoyed it although mainly because they used to live in HK I think. Another likes Downton but not the crown (too mean about the royal family). Current frontrunner is Grosse Pointe Blank e: they also like scandi crime dramas and Grisham novels distortion park fucked around with this message at 16:30 on Nov 26, 2023 |
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distortion park posted:Suggestions for film to watch with moderately conservative family members? Watched Chunking Express the other day with one, they enjoyed it although mainly because they used to live in HK I think. Another likes Downton but not the crown (too mean about the royal family). Current frontrunner is Grosse Pointe Blank Maybe some of those good old British colonialism movies could work, like Zulu or The Ghost and the Darkness.
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distortion park posted:Suggestions for film to watch with moderately conservative family members? Watched Chunking Express the other day with one, they enjoyed it although mainly because they used to live in HK I think. Another likes Downton but not the crown (too mean about the royal family). Current frontrunner is Grosse Pointe Blank As always, Paddington. Otherwise Master and Commander.
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distortion park posted:Suggestions for film to watch with moderately conservative family members? Watched Chunking Express the other day with one, they enjoyed it although mainly because they used to live in HK I think. Another likes Downton but not the crown (too mean about the royal family). Current frontrunner is Grosse Pointe Blank Hell or High Water. It's written by the guy who made Yellowstone, I sold it to my dad that way.
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If they liked Downton Abbey you should try its ancestor Gosford Park. Easiest to try American traditionals like Yankee Doodle Dandy and Patton if they haven't already seen them, but I like that idea of veering British, and I recommend the Life and Death of Colonel Blimp for it. If they're Christian the Gospel According to St. Matthew If they're Christian and open to arthouse type movies, then Ordet, possibly Diary of a Country Priest.
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Some great recommendations thanks!
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I watched Kill the Irishman (2011) and No Sudden Move (2021) this weekend and I'm looking for more crime stuff with stacked casts like those two.
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Devil In A Blue Dress is another noir with a scene-stealing performance from Cheadle and a great cast.
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Nowhere near as good as Repossessed
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That one was better than 2001: A Space Travesty but not as good as Fatal Instinct in the low-rent parody movies Comedy Central showed way too often in the early 2000s Power Rankings
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morestuff posted:Devil In A Blue Dress is another noir with a scene-stealing performance from Cheadle and a great cast. 
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If you're a fan of Devil in a Blue Dress (great flick), then I guess you're already well feasted on LA Confidential and Mulholland Falls?
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ynohtna posted:If you're a fan of Devil in a Blue Dress (great flick), then I guess you're already well feasted on LA Confidential and Mulholland Falls?
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Glengarry Glen Ross, arguably. Maybe not quite what you have in mind, but it centers on a crime and a mystery, and there is no greater cast or ensemble performance I know of.
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Turns out I hadn't seen Mulholland Falls before, really enjoyed it though. Glengarry Glen Ross I've definitely seen but not for decades so I'll put that on the list, nice one.
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead has a really stacked cast and some crime hijinx told in a non-linear way. I'd call it a solid B over all, but if that's what you're looking for it's got Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Marisa Tomei, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney, Rosemary Harris, Michael Shannon and Amy Ryan.
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Ooh, that's a fuckin cast and a half. Sold
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Pilchenstein posted:Turns out I hadn't seen Mulholland Falls before, really enjoyed it though. Oh, cool. I'm glad you enjoyed it! For a film that's a touch less "crime-y" but dovetails so very nicely with No Sudden Move, check out Blue Collar (1978). Xiahou Dun posted:Before the Devil Knows You're Dead A fine recommendation! I need to revisit this myself. ynohtna fucked around with this message at 20:41 on Dec 5, 2023 |
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I recently watched Rebel Without a Cause and the Wild One and while the angst and broodiness was great what I really enjoyed was the depiction of car/motorcycle culture from that era. Are there any other movies from that era or set in that era that are focused on car/motorcycle culture? I'm kinda looking specifically for the feel of old school American speedways, more americana and less motorsport movies like Le Mans or Grand Prix.
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The Bike Riders which should be coming out this year. Oh now it's 24
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Kvlt! posted:I recently watched Rebel Without a Cause and the Wild One and while the angst and broodiness was great what I really enjoyed was the depiction of car/motorcycle culture from that era. Are there any other movies from that era or set in that era that are focused on car/motorcycle culture? It's more of a teen comedy but American Graffiti is a fun ride all these years later
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Kvlt! posted:I recently watched Rebel Without a Cause and the Wild One and while the angst and broodiness was great what I really enjoyed was the depiction of car/motorcycle culture from that era. Are there any other movies from that era or set in that era that are focused on car/motorcycle culture? These are all a bit later but Pit Stop from 1969 is a fun, sharp B-movie about drag racers that's more about it as a compulsion than a sport. I'd also suggest Two-Lane Blacktop from 71, about drag racing as a sort of drifter lifestyle, and maybe The Loveless from 81, which is about a 50s greaser motorcycle gang inflaming the emotions of a repressed Southern town, although it's very much a dark and moody hangout film.
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Thanks everyone tons of great stuff to check out!!
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Can't believe nobody recommended The Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow, which is just a Scooby-Doo episode with drag racers. Shameful.
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My mom was given a DVD player by a friend and mentioned she might try getting into DVDs, so I want to get her a couple DVDs. I got her What We Do In The Shadows (the movie) which I think she'll really like, but I want one more. Here's my list of specifications A movie, not a TV show. to the best of my knowledge she never had much interest in serialized stories, and if I got her like a big Columbo box set I think that would be too big and she'd end up never starting it. Not too long or sad or gory. I thought about The Nice Guys but I think that would be too violent. Nothing that's just straight up for old ladies. I think she'd be bored by something like Mama Mia Ideally something from this millennium Nothing subtitled She was never really into movies before so I can't think of any she's specifically mentioned she really liked. But she did really like Star Trek The Next Generation, for the ethical situations, not so much for the sci-fi. And Monty Python, and Mystery! on PBS. Something pleasant. But not saccharine. A movie that's a good time but not in a dumb way Gripweed fucked around with this message at 22:25 on Dec 19, 2023 |
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My mom loved Gattaca. Maybe Big Fish? The King's Speech? The Artist?
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I'll throw out some that came to mind: -Coco -Frost/Nixon -Licorice Pizza -The Perks of Being a Wallflower -The Squid and the Whale -This Is 40 -What Women Want Not sure if these are in the wheelhouse though.
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regulargonzalez posted:My mom loved Gattaca. Maybe Big Fish? The King's Speech? The Artist? Gattaca is definitely a possibility. She'd like that it has Gore Vidal in it. I feel like Big Fish a men's movie, a movie for dads not moms. I think my "no movies explicitly for old ladies" rules out The King's Speech. And The Artist is a silent film, so that's a solid no there. Zogo posted:I'll throw out some that came to mind: Frost/Nixon maybe. None of those other ones. I don't think she'd be interested in a straight up romcom. And definitely not a children's cartoon. Gripweed fucked around with this message at 00:03 on Dec 20, 2023 |
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Would you say the sweet spot for her is something like "movies made for adults but that don't take themselves too seriously, and have some thematic depth but aren't too heady"? If so, some more recent stuff in that category would be The Green Knight, Sorry to Bother You, Banshees of Inisherin, In Bruges, Swiss Army Man, Knives Out, Colossal, Her, Wes Anderson stuff, Four Lions, La La Land...
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feedmyleg posted:Would you say the sweet spot for her is something like "movies made for adults but that don't take themselves too seriously, and have some thematic depth but aren't too heady"? That's it, that's the one. Thank you.
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