La huitieme jour. It is a French movie about Down Syndrome and life. It gives you such a different perspective on it all. Also it ends remarkably sad but beautiful. Very French.
Payback with Mel Gibson (pre-rant) was one of my favorite movies. Lots of dark humor, a solid revenge story, and quippy dialog
Matrix Reloaded. People generally dislike it. I find it deepens the Matrix universe in many ways
The metaphysics in the whole series is honestly mind blowing. I even found the 4th movie to be oddly disturbing because it made it click in my mind that choosing a different reality than you were born into is akin to suicide. That blue pill kills your old self. It didn’t quite click for me in the first movie because I feel they were doing a lot of world building and it was easy to miss it in the fast pace.
The 4th movie they kinda lingered on that concept and it just screamed “this is talking about suicide” to me. And then I got kinda anxious. Because the blue pill seemed like the obvious choice until then. I know Cypher kinda makes a point about preferring the matrix, but it felt more like preference than suicide.
But he did say “if you told us the truth we’d have told you to shove that blue pill up your ass!”
ahhh… never saw it that way. Food for thought. I remember reading Lana (?) saying it was a trans allegory, and it made so much sense to me.
I didn’t like the 4th at all but I fully expect to read more into it a decade from now or so
Mother!
I found it really enjoyable trying to trace all of the symbolism and allegory. For whatever reason, audiences didn’t like it so much.
An American Pickle! The one with Seth Rogan playing two roles. Everyone I’ve talked to who’s seen it thought it was awful but I really enjoyed the premise and the ideas that it presented. What if i had to show the present day world to a long gone relative at the same age?
Pontypool, great concept and execution for a low budget horror, Canadian zombies with a twist
The Man from Earth low budget sci-fi about a guy who’s been alive for thousands of years, mostly just character development and story telling through actually story telling.
Deep Blue Sea 3, 1 was great b movie shark horror, 2 was garbage, but 3 knew it was on the back foot and just goes all in, not a great movie but after 2 definitely underrated.
The Man from Earth low budget sci-fi about a guy who’s been alive for thousands of years, mostly just character development and story telling through actually story telling.
Seconded. It’s also an indie film that they want people to see, so it’s probably somewhere for free. The sequel was a torrent on their site iirc.
The Man From Earth is at least on YouTube as a 720p movie. For free. Recommended. (The sequel wasn’t as good but I enjoyed it somewhat as well.)
genuinely shocked the movie i was gunna comment already here at the top. i am so tired of zombies, and pontypool is the movie i point to whenever i tell people they don’t always all have to be the same
ITT: Popular well-regarded movies.
Walk Hard - The Dewey Cox Story
Great biopic parody that just keeps on giving. For me, Tim Meadows will always remain Sam, saying “not once.” It helps that his other roles are also goofy, like the ARGUS dude in Peacemaker.
I liked him in every role he played. He’s so funny, even if he seems to play the same character over and over
This movie was such a perfect parody that it killed the music biopic genre for a while.
“Wrong kid died.”
Predestination. Ethan hawk mind fuck.
Probably bc the Heinlein story it’s based on is crazy
Joe Versus the Volcano
I know he can get the job, but can he do the job.
While I’ve always liked the first two Terminator movies due to their Tech Noir aesthetics, I find that this one adds some important background to the world building in general. The story is for the most part interesting, and Christian Bale plays the role well.
Terminator III and any movies after Salvation can fuck right off, tho.
Sneakers message still resonates strongly today
Better Off Dead outside the band of most 80s teenager comedy movies
Paycheck I thought it was a fun sci-fi that most people missed
The Great Escape not underrated back in the day, but not very well known now
Seconding Paycheck. One of the few Affleck movies I like.
I’ll third it. The premise alone is awesome; they invent a time machine, but you don’t travel in time, it’s more like a telescope that lets you observe the future.
Based on a story by Phillip K. Dick. But sadly, having read the story first, the movie became a huge disappointment (for me).
Sneakers is a lot of fun, but there’s one scene that just irks me. In the beginning of the film, the main character is picking up a check from a bank teller after their “white hat” elite team stole (then returned) untold millions from the same bank. The teller cuts him a check and asks what he does. He gives a short explanation and he says “it’s a living”. She looks at the check and back at him saying “not a very good one”. It’s clear that she’s a low level employee and there were 4 or 5 people on the crew, and she’d have no idea how much work went into the job. Even at minimum wage, it would have been a pretty nice paycheck and she would have had no idea whether it was a good amount, nor whether it was just one guy getting paid the amount on the check. The comment makes no sense.
Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (2010)
A horror movie all about a big misunderstanding leading to absolute chaos.
And it’s got Alan Tudyk in it. You just know you’re gonna have a good time when he’s involved.
It’s quite highly rated.
alan tudyk has been so abused, and wasted by many passed around networks hes a good actor just to promote another actor or movie or genre. resident alien was cancelled recently too.
I showed it to my mother, and learned we had a family member that died in a chipper shredder accident. That was awkward. She wasn’t a fan.
This is a movie that forces you to examine your biases.
Mom And Dad Save The World (1992)
Stars Terri Garr and Jeffrey Jones as the Nelsons, an ordinary set of suburban boomer parents who routinely go on vacations/car trips. On such a trip, they are abducted station wagon and all by Emporer Todd (played by Jon Lovitz) of planet Spengo, a desert planet inhabited by a species of dog headed if male, fish headed if female creatures, and humanoid idiots. Ridiculousness ensues.
It bombed at the box office and is poorly reviewed but I had fun with it.
Jeffrey Jones’ making the news afterwards probably kept this one from becoming a cult classic.
Pick me up
Diabolical, isn’t it?
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Ford
That movie is a legitimate work of art in which every performance is understated and every frame could be hung on the wall of any gallery. But because it’s quite long, and because nothing gets blown up, no one really paid any attention to it.
I genuinely only know about three people IRL who have seen it, and I’m one of them.
I happened to catch it on tv late one night, it was really good.
