The Shawshank Redemption is to prison as Pretty Woman is to prostitution.
Tell me why I’m wrong, and if not, repudiate this maudlin, caricatured, two-dimensional, simplistic, cliched, sappy, melodramatic, piece of cinematic legend.
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Tell me why I’m wrong, and if not, repudiate this maudlin, caricatured, two-dimensional, simplistic, cliched, sappy, melodramatic, piece of cinematic legend.
cross-posted from: hexbear.net/post/2434741...
I can see why some people didn’t get into The Green Knight but I love it. I also love The Canterbury Tales and of course A Knight’s Tale....
cross-posted from: hexbear.net/post/2127047...
They just feel right. Imagine fighting for the communist revolution wearing a cool long black coat and cool undersized sunglasses, listening to chuds crying that you store their manly aestheticerino....
I am interested in developing a consistent rating method for movies (and tv series)....
So I was surprised to find it screening in a big name movie theatre near me in Canada. Didn’t really know much about it, was just surprised to find a Chinese language movie in a non-Chinese theatre in Canada and was pretty curious so I went in and watched it. (I wanted to watch a movie anyway, decided to watch that instead of...
Finally watched Tenet. After all the hype and discussion on Reddit when it was released, I was expecting some sort of neigh-on impenetrable profound piece of cinema, but it’s just Primer with action sequences.
What’s your favorite most stunning movies in fucking high quality to watch? 300, Avatar, LotR, Interstellar, …?
Mine is Heavy Trip. It’s about a metal band from Finland on a journey to greatness.
When Moss goes back to the drug-deal-gone-bad to give the guy some water, he is discovered by more mafia-type Mexicans who begin chasing him....
I’m not sure if there is a bigger platform here on Lemmy discussing new releases, but Barbie was awesome. I had a smile on my face pretty much the entire time. The kens were hilarious. I thought it was a bit heavy handed at times but as a male, I’m sure it’s just a bit of ignorance on my part....
I tried watching it right now and turned it off about half way through. The deep and meaningful, touching story is gone, only to be replaced by annoying, contrived characters, and unbelievable situations. I don’t understand how this movie is getting such good reviews. I genuinely loved the original, but was mostly just annoyed...
Looking for examples of well shot, but horrible movies....
Not bad, creepy and weird, i suggest you watch the whole thing before you recommend it to your Ireland obsessed folks
Spoilers are allowed....
No spoilers for Resurrections please, I’ve only watched the first 3 movies in the last couple of days. Yes, I know that I’m 20 years late to the party....
In a rare public show of affection, Adam Sandler celebrated 20 years of marriage with Jackie Sandler by sharing earlier this week a heartfelt tribute online....
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/198289...
CG looks a little ropey but the powers will look cool
Ok, I just watched this movie without really knowing anything about it or even anything about Transformers beforehand, and I am left both angry and confused about their setting decisions....
Gotta be "Withnail and I" for me.
Wes Anderson has a new movie coming out soon. It looks pretty good (unless you don't like Wes Anderson movies). https://lemmy.sdf.org/pictrs/image/64966092-a509-441a-8c59-4c3c7be609f0.png
Lately I’ve using letterboxd and it becomes my favorite.