Last Movie You Saw, Name & Review Movie • Page 159

Cronenberg makes my skin crawl, but...he's trying to. Videodrome and Dead Ringers are both excellent movies I'll never need to see again.

 

Videodrome only gets better for me with age.

 

James Woods should be thrown into a river

 

Not fun fact: he’s an executive producer on Oppenheimer

 

I liked Videodrome.

 

Possessor is excellent, and Infinity Pool is very good. Fascinating films.

 

Scanners was my entry point and it led to him being my favorite director for a long time. Maybe he still is. I haven't really thought about it lately.

 

looking for more movie recommendations, if anyone would be so kind. I still have quite a few on my list to see but for one reason or another I’m not too keen on watching them atm.

 

What kind of recs are you looking for? Daddy Longlegs is my favorite flick I've watched in a while.

 

hmm…I guess anything from avant-garde kinda stuff to hidden gems to canon and everything in between

 

The Holdovers - 8/10

It really scratched the cozy itch.

 

Taking a brief glance at my Letterboxd - I like NOPE more each time I watch it. Prisoners is great if you're in the mood for something dark. Beau is Afraid is my favorite film of the year. I'm always gonna recommend Jacob's Ladder. Would also recommend American Movie or Be Kind Rewind if you're looking for something a little more upbeat. I've posted about most of these in here, I'm sure

 

thank you

 

second on american movie!! just perfect

 

Prisoners is dark, but fuck, I love that movie so much. Gyllenhaal absolutely crushes his role.

 

top five for me for sure

 

Good time to catch up on Yorgos Lanthimos if you haven't already

 

He's an awful piece of shit, but before he really went around the bend, he was an excellent actor. Salvador is fantastic.

 

The Fellowship of the Ring - 9/10
A truly great fantasy film with some of the best directing I've ever seen. It's shocking how well this has aged, even with some of the dated shots or CG. It still just looks so good. Perfect casting. It's honestly way less intimidating than I remember, too - the length is rarely felt and mostly earned.

Hobbits are literally useless. Boromir was such a a real one.

 

Don't the hobbits get rid of the ring?

 

I just saw this movie and it is really special. It is a great study of a person who is at the height of selfishness.

 

Maybe eventually. This is just a reaction to the first film. I also doubt they could have done so without Boromir and others dying in combat while they watched on lol.

 

damn spoiled on lotr 20 years later

 

I feel a little bad if that is a spoiler but I feel like that is up there with Darth Vader being Luke's father and Bruce Willis being dead in The Sixth Sense in terms of cultural knowledge.

 

Not a spoiler, I've seen the films but it's been 10-15 years