I’m trying to get a gauge of what people here are interested in.
My favorite genre is Denis Villenueve.
I like a variety of genres, I guess two of my easy favourites are Jurassic Park and The Lion King. I’m interested in good stories, with a preference for action and/or animation/ and/or special FX.
My least preferred genres are rom coms as they tend to be cheesy and lack both action and vfx. Also not a fan of gore horror.
If the plot and characters are lame I’ll still watch it for the visuals or for the action. But nothing beats a good story.
I’ve been building my all time favorite 100 list but my number 1 has been constantly Casino Royale. The list: https://boxd.it/jQWau
I usually don’t have a specific genre of choice but I love to dig into micro genres for a stretch. Lately my favorite micro genre is “people in a room talking”. The obvious ones here are 12 Angry Men, Rear Window and My Dinner with Andre. Long Days Journey into Night, Buried, Locke, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolfe, Rope , Tape. “Before” series works well here too. A really good one I saw recently was Big Kahuna.
This also pairs well with tiny budget Sci-Fi. Like Man from Earth, Coherence, Another Earth, Moon, Vast of Night.
If you like people in a room talking, have you seen Coffee and Cigarettes?
Yes! I loved it
Awesome!
If you like tiny budged wild and short sci-fi, may i suggest blood machines? https://youtu.be/jLHhr8Xc4AM?si=S7M28c6pfUqRb2WW
Ah cool haven’t seen this one, thanks!
If you haven’t seen it yet, try Death and the Maiden (1994)
Added to the watchlist!
My favorite movie is the Matrix (the first one). Gutted by what they did in the sequels.
Favorite genre is definitely Fantasy, love the world building in these movies.
Hope you’ve seen the Animatrix, those shorts are worth it. Especially the first 6 of the 9.
Big fan of long-form science fiction. Bladerunner 2049 is fantastic, as is Stalker by Tarkovsky.
Tarkovsky in particular has brilliant works.
Sci Fi top 6 ‐ focusing a bit on the soft sci-fi
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2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) dir: Stanley Kubrick
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Arrival (2016) dir: Denis Villeneuve
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Her (2013) dir: Spike Jonze
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BladeRunner (1982) dir: Ridley Scott
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Children of Men (2006) dir: Alfonso Cuarón
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GATTACA (1997) dir: Andrew Niccol
I can recognize 2001 as being incredible and inspiring for its time, but it doesn’t hold up very well. By modern standards, it is painfully boring and tedious.
Disagree, I think 2001 is perfect. Yes it’s slow, but that’s intentional, it’s part of the feeling of the film.
Modern standards don’t really apply, because I don’t think anyone nowadays is trying to do what Kubrick was, nor (obviously) was he trying to live up to any standards of future movie making.
Each to their own of course, but wanted to put a friendly counterpoint :-)
2001 is timeless.
Political intrigue, technological advancement, piercing the unknown, all drawn on the backdrop of an innocuous, normal exploration mission.
Until things go awry.
As directly inspired by 2001, I’d count a bunch of modern classics: Children of Men (2006), Sunshine (2007), Passengers (2016), the Expanse (TV series), and more.
What Kubrick did write the story with Arthur C. Clarke, slow the pace to reflect the long-haul nature of the mission — let alone the slow pace of human development — and focus on the sheer scale of progress needed to achieve such exploration. He also ensured that the conflict was truly tangible and high-stakes. Simple and human in its genesis, but devastating in its execution. Then, confronting ET intelligence as truly “other.”
Perfect.
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Actually, I’m wondering now what you thought of the 2002 Solaris remake. I’ve not seen the Tarkovsky version, and I’m assuming you have. Of his other films, I’ve heard of Stalker. Recommend any others specifically?
Haven’t seen either of Solaris, but the big deal here is that the US version loses a lot of Tarkovsky’s specific, drawn out and contemplative styling in favor of a more active and dynamic version for the US.
Andrei Rublev and Mirror are standouts, to my knowledge, and are generally seen as better than Solaris but not quite as great as Stalker.
Depending on the day, my favorite movie is either The Big Lebowski, Hot Fuzz, or Knives Out.
Ghostbusters.
My favorite movie is Kingpin
I just re-watched that movie and was kinda worried that it wouldn’t hold up. I haven’t seen that movie in like 20 years. It was way better than i remember.
My favourite film has gotta be 1986 “Aliens”
Some tension, some horror, some action.
And Ripley was both pretty and a good asskicker of xenos.
Fave Movie: The Darjeeling Limited
I just like it, that’s all.
I like that real dark and twisted shit. Examples like swallow, run, the lodge etc I always need good psychological horror films I’ve never seen before
Strictly Ballroom. Baz’s first film
Favourite film: The Magic Sword (1962). It’s on YouTube and it’s very good.
Genre: dark comedies Movie: Death to Smoochy
Seen the following?
Very Bad Things (1999)
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
the Nice Guys (2016)
Miller’s Crossing (1990) — I love this film.
Grosse Pointe Blank (1994)
Happiness (1998)
Haven’t seen a few of those. Thanks for the suggestion. Will add them to my to my list. :)
Horror, suspense and thriller. Documentaries too.
