Pirates of the Caribbean had enough hype that I went to the midnight showing, got the most applause and laughs I’ve ever experienced at the theatre, and it still stood up upon rewatch.
I had the pleasure of watching this in the theater with a cadre of goths that had a little too much rum and tequila with lunch. The movie itself is entirely too much fun on its own, but accidentally attending with a crew of drunken pirates made for a 11/10 experience.
Despite being nearly 30 years old, the sfx STILL hold up because it wasn’t nigh on 100% green screen. They actually made props and stuff. Then you look at the Star Wars prequels and it’s just green screened to hell.
I miss when movies were spectacular events. Not this slop they put out today. Yes, I am an old codger. Get off my lawn!
I hated it for the same reason I hated Interstellar... 'the power of love will save the universe' nonsense ending.
So much build up and world building, and brutally cliche cop out endings... but i guess that's why most people LOVED them, because you know PARENT-CHILD LOVE SAVES THE UNIVERSE.
As for Weapons, when I finished it I thought, "okay movie". Then the more I thought about it and the symbolism started clicking, the more amazed I was. I need to rewatch it with everything in mind.
I liked the movie a lot more than i thought. Especially like you said, when i thought about it.
The only thing that absolutely puzzles me is that scene when that one guy saw this big CG gun above the house.
The way I saw it, Brolin's subconscious was telling him that the kids had been transformed into objects at that time. The gun imagery, in-universe, comes from Brolin's character's toxic masculinity. Out-of-universe it reinforces the school shooting allegory.
This movie is too funny and too quotable. It almost ruins it when you've heard all the joke for the thousandth time from the least funny people you know.
One second, I have to get these darn kids off of my lawn...
Anyway, yes, The Matrix absolutely lived up to the advertising hype. All we knew was that it was a cyberpunk-flavored martial arts film, and that's all. The "big reveal" was left out of everything which was all the more satisfying when watching for the first time.
I watched the first Alien film with my parents. They hyped up the scariness beforehand and it definitely delivered, I don't think I've ever been so tense during a film. The whole opening leading into the discovery of the alien is so atmospheric.
I'll throw out Master & Commander: At World's End. It's a fantastic naval drama and the actors all have great chemistry, with excellent action sequences throughout
I need to rewatch Wicker Man, I remember liking it as well.
On Midsommar: I loved the atmosphere, the whole getting sucked into a cult thing. To me, that was the point. But I don't actually need a point to like a movie. It just needs to click with me. Could be just atmosphere or even setting or the acting. Everybody seems to hate Exorcist 2, for instance, I really enjoy that one for the whole backstory, setting and, again, the atmosphere.
Its reviews sucks for some reason, but it's absolutely one my favorite movies as of late. Robin Williams and Edward Norton are fantastic. Went in expecting nothing came away with many quotes and laughs.
"She's been down on everything but the Titanic!"
"Are you okay?"
"I don't know. I'm kinda fucked up in general so it's hard to gauge"
it's a niche kind of comedy that won't connect with a general audience.
when it came out i loved it buy everyone I knew I showed it to HATED it. and thought it was stupid af, and generally black/dark comedy turns off general audiences.
I was pleasantly surprised by that one too. I like how they managed to make a sequel without trying too hard to recreate the past; The first movie is referenced in a nostalgic way, and Maverick serves as a continuation rather than just recycling the original movie.
And as someone with a far-above-average enthusiasm for the F14 (not because of Top Gun, just for the record), it was pretty cool seeing the protagonist trying to remember a start procedure he'd gone through a million times, but not for at least 30 years.
I think the only one I really don't like is The Predator cause fuck that movie. I like Predator 2 and Predators, and I really enjoyed the new ones from Dan Trachtenberg.
Possibly an unpopular choice, but the remake of Ocean's 11.
The sequels all got progressively more terrible. But that first one is still super fun to watch. It did a great job of creating a modern rat-pack out of current star power and playing them off each other's cool factor.
The editing of the film was also great.
It's one of those films that's not meant to be high art. But just a fun watch.
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Zombiepirate@lemmy.world · 67 pts · 144d
Mad Max: Fury Road is a perfect film, and I'll die on this hill.
whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 13 pts · 143d
10's had some great action movies, Fury Road, Dredd, John Wick, Baby Driver, The Raid 2, Winter Soldier, Batman
Zahille7@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 143d
Ugh Dredd fucks, so hard. I'd love some kind of follow-up, but I do appreciate what we got.
reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net · 10 pts · 144d
It’s so gorgeous
Zahille7@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 144d
So is Furiosa. I'm so sad I didn't see it in theaters
flabbergast@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 143d
Sorry, but fucking shite. One of the most annoying films I ever tried to watch.
Zombiepirate@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 143d
No need to apologize, people are wrong about lots of stuff.
reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net · 48 pts · 144d
Pirates of the Caribbean had enough hype that I went to the midnight showing, got the most applause and laughs I’ve ever experienced at the theatre, and it still stood up upon rewatch.
Zahille7@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 144d
Those first three are damn awesome imo.
NaibofTabr@infosec.pub · 7 pts · 143d
Pirates of the Caribbean 3
dubble_deee@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 143d
Holy shit it's Ask a Ninja, I still have that theme stuck in my head after all these decades
dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 142d
I had the pleasure of watching this in the theater with a cadre of goths that had a little too much rum and tequila with lunch. The movie itself is entirely too much fun on its own, but accidentally attending with a crew of drunken pirates made for a 11/10 experience.
reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 142d
That sounds like the perfect crowd to watch it with, fate smiled upon you
la508@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 142d
Applause...?
llii@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 142d
Apparently they do this in the US.
reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 142d
Yeah at the first couple midnight showings newly released movies often get applause! Happens a lot less outside of midnight releases.
DarthPub@retrofed.com · 47 pts · 144d
W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 26 pts · 143d
DarthPub@retrofed.com · 14 pts · 143d
Krudler@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 143d
osanna@lemmy.vg · 2 pts · 143d
Despite being nearly 30 years old, the sfx STILL hold up because it wasn’t nigh on 100% green screen. They actually made props and stuff. Then you look at the Star Wars prequels and it’s just green screened to hell.
I miss when movies were spectacular events. Not this slop they put out today. Yes, I am an old codger. Get off my lawn!
BentiGorlich@gehirneimer.de · 38 pts · 143d
I recently rewatched Arrival and it absolutely deserves to be on my favourite list
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 141d
I hated it for the same reason I hated Interstellar... 'the power of love will save the universe' nonsense ending.
So much build up and world building, and brutally cliche cop out endings... but i guess that's why most people LOVED them, because you know PARENT-CHILD LOVE SAVES THE UNIVERSE.
scytale@piefed.zip · 30 pts · 144d
The latest Dune movies. Weapons IMO was as good as it was hyped up.
cyan_mess@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 14 pts · 143d
Username checks out.
As for Weapons, when I finished it I thought, "okay movie". Then the more I thought about it and the symbolism started clicking, the more amazed I was. I need to rewatch it with everything in mind.
FatVegan@leminal.space · 2 pts · 142d
I liked the movie a lot more than i thought. Especially like you said, when i thought about it. The only thing that absolutely puzzles me is that scene when that one guy saw this big CG gun above the house.
cyan_mess@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 141d
The way I saw it, Brolin's subconscious was telling him that the kids had been transformed into objects at that time. The gun imagery, in-universe, comes from Brolin's character's toxic masculinity. Out-of-universe it reinforces the school shooting allegory.
Cybersec@piefed.social · 30 pts · 143d
Monty Python and the Holy Grail really is hilarious and unique.
hactar42@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 143d
Yeah but the ending was a real cop out
Rolive@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 142d
Who are you who is so wise in the ways of science?
Twinklebreeze@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 143d
This movie is too funny and too quotable. It almost ruins it when you've heard all the joke for the thousandth time from the least funny people you know.
Hupf@feddit.org · 3 pts · 142d
Now go away or I shall
tauntquote you a second timeDrusas@fedia.io · 20 pts · 143d
The Dark Knight The Lord of the Rings trilogy The Matrix
Why yes, you probably can guess my approximate age.
TheImpressiveX@piefed.social · 4 pts · 143d
Millenial?
Drusas@fedia.io · 1 pts · 143d
Yep. Older Millennial.
dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 142d
One second, I have to get these darn kids off of my lawn...
Anyway, yes, The Matrix absolutely lived up to the advertising hype. All we knew was that it was a cyberpunk-flavored martial arts film, and that's all. The "big reveal" was left out of everything which was all the more satisfying when watching for the first time.
cyan_mess@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 17 pts · 143d
Superman (2025). The only movie in recent years that has made me feel genuine hope towards humanity and the world.
winkledinkle@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 143d
First time in a long time where I thought Superman was cool.
reddig33@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 143d
Ilandar@lemmy.today · 15 pts · 143d
I watched the first Alien film with my parents. They hyped up the scariness beforehand and it definitely delivered, I don't think I've ever been so tense during a film. The whole opening leading into the discovery of the alien is so atmospheric.
WalleyeWarrior@midwest.social · 13 pts · 143d
I'll throw out Master & Commander: At World's End. It's a fantastic naval drama and the actors all have great chemistry, with excellent action sequences throughout
IntrovertTurtle@lemmy.zip · 13 pts · 143d
District 9
Wreck it Ralph
Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy
Star Wars: Rogue One
TMNT: Mutant Mayhem
Nacktmull@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 143d
AKIRA
flabbergast@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 143d
I'm not sure about any hype, but I'd add Memento (2000) to this thread.
flabbergast@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 143d
Controversial probably, but in my book absolutely: The Blair Witch Project
flabbergast@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 143d
Oh, and also Midsommar (2019)
Yaky@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 143d
I did not get why people liked Midsommar.
Same idea of folk/cult horror, old The Wicker Man (1973) was more coherent, and had a point.
flabbergast@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 143d
I need to rewatch Wicker Man, I remember liking it as well.
On Midsommar: I loved the atmosphere, the whole getting sucked into a cult thing. To me, that was the point. But I don't actually need a point to like a movie. It just needs to click with me. Could be just atmosphere or even setting or the acting. Everybody seems to hate Exorcist 2, for instance, I really enjoy that one for the whole backstory, setting and, again, the atmosphere.
Zombiepirate@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 143d
I just watched it again recently. It's a sublime piece of filmmaking.
W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 pts · 143d
12 Angry Men
Ryanmiller70@lemmy.zip · 10 pts · 143d
I watched Pink Floyd's The Wall for the first time last month and that surpassed the hype for me.
noxypaws@pawb.social · 9 pts · 144d
Wolfwalkers.
Absolutely incredible film. Every single aspect of it.
I cry every damn time at the "how to be a wolf" part.
gothic_lemons@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 142d
Easy its Death to Smoochy.
Its reviews sucks for some reason, but it's absolutely one my favorite movies as of late. Robin Williams and Edward Norton are fantastic. Went in expecting nothing came away with many quotes and laughs.
"She's been down on everything but the Titanic!"
"Are you okay?" "I don't know. I'm kinda fucked up in general so it's hard to gauge"
BodePlotHole@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 142d
Perfection. Wish I could upvote more than once.
Weirdfish@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 142d
Somehow missed it when it came out, and just never watched. Thanks for the suggestion, I really need a laugh today.
gothic_lemons@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 142d
You are in for a treat my friend! I hope you enjoy it. It starts a little slow but give it time. Also recommend subtitles to catch all the jokes.
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 141d
it's a niche kind of comedy that won't connect with a general audience.
when it came out i loved it buy everyone I knew I showed it to HATED it. and thought it was stupid af, and generally black/dark comedy turns off general audiences.
gothic_lemons@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 141d
Well with respect to those who don't enjoy it, they dumb lol
Okokimup@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 143d
Endgame. Its why every Marvel movie since has been slightly-to-entirely disappointing.
FatVegan@leminal.space · 1 pts · 142d
Is endgame supposed to be the best Marvel movie?
HubertManne@piefed.social · 1 pts · 141d
yeah endgame was kinda the definite fall to me. I could barely watch it. pretty much the first ones were the best to me.
Omgboom@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 143d
Kingdom of heaven director's cut
orlyowl@piefed.ca · 5 pts · 143d
V for Vendetta , but if you live in the US some aspects are currently uncomfortably believable.
Not as old as most movies people are mentioning, but also Sinners - it surpassed the hype IMO.
IWW4@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 143d
merdaverse@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 143d
Inception, The Matrix, Interstellar, Joker, Watchmen
B0NK3RS@lazysoci.al · 4 pts · 143d
I remember Top Gun: Maverick being everywhere and that turned out to be very good.
neidu3@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 142d
I was pleasantly surprised by that one too. I like how they managed to make a sequel without trying too hard to recreate the past; The first movie is referenced in a nostalgic way, and Maverick serves as a continuation rather than just recycling the original movie.
And as someone with a far-above-average enthusiasm for the F14 (not because of Top Gun, just for the record), it was pretty cool seeing the protagonist trying to remember a start procedure he'd gone through a million times, but not for at least 30 years.
Zahille7@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 144d
Most Predator movies, I'd say.
David_Eight@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 143d
Its more ever other Predator movie really lol.
Zahille7@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 143d
That's fair lol.
I think the only one I really don't like is The Predator cause fuck that movie. I like Predator 2 and Predators, and I really enjoyed the new ones from Dan Trachtenberg.
eletes@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 143d
Heat
Terminator 2
Arrival
Aliens
Both Blade Ruuners
Major_Tsiom@fedia.io · -2 pts · 143d
I don’t like Terminator 2. It’s cornier than fuck. The rest are solid!👍
usernamefactory@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 143d
Feature, not bug.
Major_Tsiom@fedia.io · 1 pts · 142d
The first one is much better regardless. No cornball ending and no kid.
HubertManne@piefed.social · 2 pts · 141d
lotr
djdarren@piefed.social · 2 pts · 142d
Weekend at Bernie's
BodePlotHole@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 142d
13 Assassins...
Adderbox76@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 141d
Possibly an unpopular choice, but the remake of Ocean's 11.
The sequels all got progressively more terrible. But that first one is still super fun to watch. It did a great job of creating a modern rat-pack out of current star power and playing them off each other's cool factor.
The editing of the film was also great.
It's one of those films that's not meant to be high art. But just a fun watch.
Steve@communick.news · -21 pts · 143d
Let me know you're a movie snob, without telling me you're a movie snob.