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UnrealDelusion: 10. Gran Torino
Most of Clint eastwood movies are very enjoyable to watch!

I recently saw "2 girls one jar", does it count as a movie or as a short?
Post edited September 17, 2019 by Dark_art_
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (Netflix, long format series):

Literally every single frame of this masterpiece is a work of art. The disciples of the masters Jim Henson and Frank Oz are now the masters...as it should be. One of the rare experiences that is absolutely flawless and deserves a 10/10 perfect score.

A show for the ages!
Post edited September 17, 2019 by spitfire1966
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Maxvorstadt: Huh? There are people who still watch movies?
I think they're talking about in-game cinematics.
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Maxvorstadt: Huh? There are people who still watch movies?
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bler144: I think they're talking about in-game cinematics.
Ah, yeah, that makes sense!
Natural Born Killers
Glory

If you count weird Youtube videos... Jedi Party and Nuka Break.
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spitfire1966: The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (Netflix, long format series):

Literally every single frame of this masterpiece is a work of art. The disciples of the masters Jim Henson and Frank Oz are now the masters...as it should be. One of the rare experiences that is absolutely flawless and deserves a 10/10 perfect score.

A show for the ages!
I saw the original movie a hundred years ago, the only movie with puppet critters to ever top it was the never ending story.... one time i saw the Skesis puppets turn up on Farscape, that was weird!

Anyway, i started watching the new series on Netflix recently.... i think its more aimed at the younger generations, and that's why i wasn't really able to get into it....

But if my daughter was watching it, that might be different? There is something about watching a movie in the presence of children that somehow magically opens up your old mind to what is being watched.
very usefull artichel
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spitfire1966: The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (Netflix, long format series):

Literally every single frame of this masterpiece is a work of art. The disciples of the masters Jim Henson and Frank Oz are now the masters...as it should be. One of the rare experiences that is absolutely flawless and deserves a 10/10 perfect score.

A show for the ages!
Yes, I totally agree! I love the old movie and I enjoyed this series thoroughly, such a beautiful work. After the last episode I just had to watch the movie again. I can't wait for season 2 and I may start watching the series again soon. :)
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timppu: […] Joker trailer convinced me though that maybe I should go to see that movie in a theater. Maybe I will like it. Then again, it amuses me how they keep reinventing the origins of different characters in movies; remember how Joker's origin was depicted in the 1989 Batman movie? He was the crook who killed Batman's parents, and he became what he is due to falling down into some big pan of toxic waste LOL.
Ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight?

My friend and I went and saw it, a day before it was released nationwide, in a rural cinema a hundred km from home, just to be able to spoil the movie (for anyone within earshot that night).

Recent movies (in reverse chronological order):
Real Steel,
Oblivion,
Transcendence,
Tron: Legacy,
and many more.
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scientiae: My friend and I went and saw it, a day before it was released nationwide, in a rural cinema a hundred km from home, just to be able to spoil the movie (for anyone within earshot that night).
Are you talking about Joker or the 1989 Batman movie?

Either way, that is cruel. I prefer fake spoiling, like when I went to watch Die Hard 2 with my friend and we came out of the cinema, I proclaimed loudly outside the cinema "You know, I was quite surprised when McClane's wife died at the end, right?" so that the people queuing for the next viewing would hear me.

They couldn't possibly be mad at me as she didn't die after all! If anything, they should have been relieved.
Post edited October 04, 2019 by timppu
The Boy and the Beast by Mamoru Hosoda. A beautiful, emotionally charged journey of a movie. You have to like anime though. I won't spoil the ending, but it brought tears to my eyes.
Post edited October 04, 2019 by oldgamebuff42
Just saw the original Ghostbusters. Such a timeless classic.
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scientiae: My friend and I went and saw it, a day before it was released nationwide, in a rural cinema a hundred km from home, just to be able to spoil the movie (for anyone within earshot that night).
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timppu: Are you talking about Joker or the 1989 Batman movie?

Either way, that is cruel. I prefer fake spoiling, like when I went to watch Die Hard 2 with my friend and we came out of the cinema, I proclaimed loudly outside the cinema "You know, I was quite surprised when McClane's wife died at the end, right?" so that the people queuing for the next viewing would hear me.

They couldn't possibly be mad at me as she didn't die after all! If anything, they should have been relieved.
I have done some fake spoiling, too. I must confess that we were totally evil. I should like to report that I felt extreme contrition after the fact, but certainly I did not.

In my defence, I don't believe I have ever spoilt another film, deliberately or not; so I can at least conclude that the process was cathartic on some level and obviated any further social licence for malfeasance. (The first line of my reply is the crucial line of dialogue from the particular movie, whichever it may be, so I leave those interested to research this, should they feel so inclined. Or just watch both films. :)

Speaking of which, there is quite a murmur for accolades for Mr Phoenix in this retcon of the Caped Crusader villain on the half-centenary celebration. We just watched Verdict, and I have to say that one definite casualty in the rush to denigrate all white males are opportunistic also-rans that would never have been successful without a biased system to preference them, and that is Paul Newman. Together with Charlotte Rampling, they make this a true classic. Back before the power of courtroom drama was a guaranteed noisemaker, when it was as much of a gamble as bring a suit, this film helped to create the whole genre.

I challenge anyone to find a finer performance reflecting the nadir of the lawyer portrayed by Mr Newman. His wordless emotion says more in a few seconds than all the screwed up over-wrought attempts so common nowadays. Truly, when his character realizes the forces allied against him in this forlorn endeavour he has vaingloriously chosen, even George Clooney in Michael Clayton is a distant second.

Who said every gamer has to only like science fiction or space opera?

On that note, I would like to make two further comments: firstly there is no way a film like Oblivion would have been possible without PKD. Talk about a clone war, that is just a modern retcon of his androids.

Secondly, having said this, we also recently watched the auteur Mr Nolfi's opus magnum, The Adjustment Bureau. If you look closely, you'll find the answer to the eternal problem of a socialist state: compulsion either encourages lethal fatalism or quashes surprising ingenuity. It's as if he's saying that Kant's imperative is the perfect heuristic when measuring the fairness of any decision by the group against an individual member. Taking a(nother) PKD short story, he has built an effective statement to the constructionist dialectical so enmeshed in political discourse. Or you could just enjoy it as a thriller. :)

edit: correct courtroom historiographic comparison
Post edited October 05, 2019 by scientiae
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kalirion: Saga of Tanya the Evil anime movie was pretty fun, though obviously you should watch the original anime series first.
I am waiting for more free time, so that I can watch it in full.

The Godfather 2 – it is such a good movie. Sure, it is longer than Avenger’s Endgame, but goddamn it is such a good drama. That has two different stories going on, with the original Godfather and his raise of power and what happen after the first movie.
John Wick 3 Parabellum – just a plain fun movie to watch. Compare to John Wick: Chapter 2 it was a better movie. Can not wait for the fourth one to come out.
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UnrealDelusion: 02. Robocop (Original since the reboot is terrible)
The first two movies are so good. Shame that the third movie had essenially killed the series for over 20 years because of how bad it was. The reboot just really shows that Hollywood is running out of ideas and are looking to remake good movies. I really did not look forward to the reboot when I heard about it.