Which movies have aged like fine wine? (either in their message or cinematography)

callouscomic, 2 months ago

Idiocracy

kindenough, 2 months ago

Welcome to Costco, I love you.

Roldyclark, 2 months ago

All my friends are obsessed with Costco and I refuse to join because of this movie. They’ve all never seen it and don’t get why I say this every time they mention it.

toddestan, 2 months ago

I suppose the real question then is… do you go to Starbucks?

DestroyerOfWorlds, 2 months ago

IDK why but, I feel like Idiocracy and Wall-E take place in the same universe

callouscomic, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago)

I personally feel Wall-E is unrealistic, because clearly at some point they decided to have robots do everything, and the people simply get to lounge around, get fat, and have all their worries cared for. This represents a society where technology made work unnecessary for humans, and generally most humans reap some benefits of it.

This would never never happen. No. The robots will take the jobs, the rich will get richer. We will be left on earth to die horribly.

Cosmicomical, 2 months ago

Ah yes this is not depicted but it happened in the past, the society you see on screen descends from the billionaires that survived

VanHalbgott, 2 months ago

https://lemmus.org/pictrs/image/55144aa8-abd3-4f8d-b089-7f0c0da4eb60.webp

littlenewt, 2 months ago

I recently watched Scarface for the first time, and if I didn’t know it was a movie made in the 80s, I wouldn’t have guessed… IMO it still looks quite good even in today’s standards.

orcrist, 2 months ago

Shawshank Redemption The Great Escape The Good the Bad and the Ugly Clerks

Cyclist, 2 months ago

Slap Shot. Crumbling hockey team, crumbling lives, a crumbling town, a crumbling American steel town, in the crumbling American Dream.

Ellecram, 2 months ago

Road to Perdition has some of the best cinematography I have ever witnessed.

Roldyclark, 2 months ago

Just watched Mulholland Dr. Years ahead of MeToo.

aphlamingphoenix, 2 months ago

The scene where she auditions for the studio execs, delivering the performance of a lifetime is so enrapturing and creepy. A perfect movie, maybe Lynch’s best.

Roldyclark, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago)

Definitely. Silencio!

Boozilla, 2 months ago

Scrolling through this thread reminds me if the good ol’ days of the r-word site, before Spez smegged it all up. Nice post, Fat Tony.

The_Tired_Horizon, 2 months ago

Meadows’ Dead Man’s Shoes still gives me the same effect it gave me when it came out. Practically went straight to DVD at the time, cant find it on streaming.

I’d add True Romance, Night of the Living Dead, Barbarian, Conan (last two are nothing alike, LOL!)… it doesnt have to be big budget to be timeless…

Speaking of time… Time Bandits. Fuckng amazing movie!

Discoslugs, 2 months ago

Rosemary’s baby 1968

Turns out, its about spousal abuse.

Still Hits soooo hard.

The_Tired_Horizon, 2 months ago

One of my fave movies!! Was listening to a noise rock band called Today is the Day at about 4 am one morning as I suffer with insomnia and “WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO HIS EYES!!?” comes through the headphones.

noisefree, 2 months ago

Dark City

Discoslugs, 2 months ago

Dude just watched this! It slappeddd

mortrek, 2 months ago

I don’t want to give anything away for people, so I’ll just say that I never really appreciated the climax/ending part. It was pretty good up until that. I actually couldn’t help but start laughing the first time I saw it, which I doubt was the intended reaction. Basically the movie turns into schlock.

dustyData, 2 months ago

This movie needed an hour or so of extra plot to make a better ending. It’s like they ran out of film and had to wrap up faster than anticipated. It’s still an amazing and captivating film.

pdxfed, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago)

I watched the kill bills last week again after not having watched them since they originally came out. It still feels fresh, both in dialogue and action, score cinematography great. Incredible that some lost the brilliance in Tarantino’s penchant for a bit too much blood in a few scenes. It would be like not appreciating the Sistine chapel because there are nude angels depicted.

VindictiveJudge, 2 months ago

It would be like not appreciating the Sistine chapel because there are nude angels depicted.

That happened as it was being painted. The guy was then incorporated in the work as a nude demon who’s genitals were censored by a snake biting them off. He complained about his depiction to the Pope, who politely and snarkily told him to fuck off.

Messer Biagio, you know that I have from God power in heaven and on earth; but my authority does not extend into hell, and you must have patience if I cannot free you from there.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biagio_da_Cesena

stoly, 2 months ago

The Sixth Sense is a fantastic movie. None of the stuff Shamalan came up with after are really worth it, but this first movie is wonderful.

boaratio, 2 months ago

I kind of love the TV Series he made, Wayward Pines.

AlbinoPython, 2 months ago

I like that one, you find out that the dude in that hair piece the whole time, that’s Bruce Willis the whole movie.

Cosmicomical, 2 months ago

Whoa man, spoilers!

delicious_justice, 2 months ago

Gold Diggers of 1933 - pre-Hayes Code and funny! It’s fast talking and much of it came across as modern to me.

gum_dragon, 2 months ago

The Wicker Man (1974) is better every year and every viewing. That island gave him every chance to mind his own business.

delicious_justice, 2 months ago

I absolutely love the 70s Wicker Man!! It’s weird in the best possible way with Christopher Lee jamming it up to 11.

The_Tired_Horizon, 2 months ago

Whole Britt Ekland thing though… was kind of pervy. Films possibly dont do that as much now as people go to P***hub.

merari42, 2 months ago

It also helps that the 2006 remake is hilariously bad in contrast.The only thing it gave us, is some quality time with Nicolas Cage and the bees.