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FYI: There’s a series too - can highly recommend
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
- Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society
I have never watched it and probably never will- I’m sure it’s a great movie but the twist is one of the most spoiled in internet history :(
It’s a very solid movie, and worth watching, even knowing the twist
It was spoiled at the time. I think I was six months late in seeing it and knew the twist. Not 100%, but enough that it completely ruined it.
I recognized the twist at a certain conversation early in the movie. It’s not really hidden, or at least not well.
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“I wouldn’t write myself as some kind of prophet into my own story! That’s like Shamylan levels of douchiness!”
–“Chuck”, Supernatural TV show
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I figured out the twist within like the first 5 minutes of my first watch (nobody spoiled it for me, but I knew that there would be a twist and was looking for one) and it made the movie pretty boring imo
Just watched this tonight for my 12 year old son, coincidentally. He loved the twist!
I was fortunate enough to see this one in theaters. Had no clues. Great reveal. It would really ruin it to know the twist going in.
I had it spoiled for me about 30 min before I went to the theater to see it by a coworker. I never forgave him.
That sucks. It’s still a good movie, but that was before everyone expected a twist out of m night shyamalan
What’s great, though, is that knowing the twist doesn’t ruin it. It’s worth a rewatch anyway.
Primer because you don’t know what’s happening at the start, and then you start to piece it together, but you really have to watch it a few times because the details you pick up provide context for what’s happening allowing you to piece more of the puzzle together.
I really want to watch this but it’s not available on any streaming service in Australia. It’s been years too.
I might have to just buy it
it’s definitely worth it
https://rentry.co/megathread-movies-and-tv#streaming
Just make sure you have an adblocker so you don’t get computer aids
Cheers, I’ll take a look
BladeRunner: 2049 gets better and better with every viewing. Even more so if you’ve read Pale Fire, which is referenced a few times in the movie. A masterpiece in every way.
Tenet. If you don’t know why, you haven’t seen it
I’ve seen it and I don’t know what you mean. It was alright, idea was cool, but it didn’t seem that deep.
It wasn’t. It’s full of plot holes.
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I want to watch it just because even without knowing a single thing about it I absolutely love this parody video and would like to get a more sophisticated appreciation for the comedy there.
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Predestination. I did understand the first time but there are so many little details that I had to watch a second time, now knowing the plot, to absorb everything.
Ps: Please, don’t ask what it is about. if someone explains you will lose a very cool crazy movie. just go warch it.
I’m watching it right now. 20 minutes in.
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The columnist is talking about aging out of the orphanage and some guy is offering him a job as an astronaut.
I took your advice and know literally nothing about it other than it came out in 2014, and falls under the “Action, Drama, Sci-Fi” genres. Still, I wanna write this down now so I don’t end up saying “I called it” after the fact and have no credibility, and if I call it wrong, we can all have a good laugh:
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I have the weirdest feeling that time travel is going to be involved at some point. And also something is just screaming “All You Zombies” adaptation at me.
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Might just be because he’s trans.
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And telling a bartender his story. And there’s some secret organization that’s been teased… And the surgery in the beginning.
Okay I paused the movie because it was starting to bother me how much there was in common, looked up the story, and wow. I haven’t read it in a decade or more; I didn’t remember the character was given a title, but it’s right there in the first sentence. Glad I’m not just crazy.
It was the weirdest feeling, to feel so strongly that there was a connection but not sure enough to trust the feeling. Like a compulsion, or an intrusive thought. Just a weirdly intense sensation.
One of my all time favorite short stories, I didn’t know they made an adaptation. I am so excited now.
loved the live feed lol Never heard of a short story but hope you liked the movie, I sure did.
I found this pdf of it just now. I’d say worth the read just to see the differences between the source material and the movie. It’s short, should only take 10 minutes.
I did like the movie! There were some things I was really pleased with how they handled, some things not as much, some things were even done better than the original. Truth be told, I’m not a fan of the author’s wannabe Hemingway All-Dialogue-Little-Description style in the bar scene and flashbacks, so it’s really cool to see the characters actually act and react and show emotion in the movie.
Thanks for introducing it the way you did, otherwise it wouldn’t have caught my attention.
not so much for understanding but, fight club is a different movie the second time around.
Just watched again last night.
Such a good movie.
Marathon Man.
It’s all in the details. The cab driver in the very first scene picks up a different character later in the movie.
Also, the torture scene gets worse every time.
Is it safe?
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Shutter island watches completely differently on the second watch, same with Primer, The usual suspects, and Moon (2009).
Oh yes, Moon is fantastic ! very thick and tense atmosphere.
Would serial Experiments Lain count? Anime series that seems to change after each rewatch.
2001: A Space Odyssey
It’s my favorite because of the cinematography and atmosphere. It’s my favorite because of the themes and philosophy. It’s my favorite because space and psychedelia are cool.
It’s just an all around great movie if you can appreciate the slow pacing and intentionally jarring or tense aspects that drag on. 30 minutes of monkeys fucking around for seemingly no reason (at least, at first). Discordant wailing that lasts so long it nearly leaves your ears ringing. Space shots with no sound at all, or just the hissing of the space suit, which linger on the slow drift of a character moving from one location to the next. A character begging for his life as another dismantles his brain bit-by-bit.
To me, this movie always flys by, and it always feels like i was there in it, fully immersed. To my friends, it lasts a week and has one cool part that took an eon to get to.
Also it begs for multiple watchings to develop a theory of what the fuck is happening at the end and what the obelisk is and where it comes from.
It also raises philosophical questions that are interesting to come up with and grapple with in new ways with each viewing. Is HAL alive? Whats the next leap in evolution? can uncomfortable art be good? Who owns the moon? How did consciousness evolve? What’s happening to Dave?
Mind boggeling that it was made in the 60’s. Incredibly prescient.
it truly is, especially visually. The vfx are incredible for any time. And I’m not ever talking about the ending, which is mostly just film-editing; I’m talking about the space scenes that actually feel like space, or the scene where frank makes a complete loop running through the ship, or the zero g scene when the space age is first introduced. That’s all astounding, and it boggles the mind to think how they achieved that with practical fx
And this was made around the time of the original Star Trek and before Star Wars.
Its prescience is a whole other layer on top of that. It was obviously influenced by the space race and how that captured the public imagination: what will we find on the moon? Will we have a moon colony? Will we have commuter class space travel? What’s next, travelling to another planet? Will computers be sentient?
And lo and behold, they were only about 25 years off with some guesses. And it’s looking more and more likely that the rest are coming down the pipe.
Did you watch second part, 2010: The Year We Make Contact? Really like quality of effects.
I did not, but you’re also the first person I’ve met who liked it. Does it add much to the original?
It explains why HAL got mad. To be honest I never watch original in full. Started watching and got bored. But watched 2010 in one go. I don’t know why. It was inspiration to watch it after I saw this film mentioned in one YT video.
I liked that it touch topic of war between US and USSR. And I really enjoyed quality of Practical Effects.
Satohi Kon’s “Paprika” is still my favourite movie, and there is a lot to discover and reflect on, on second and third and umpteenth watches.
Legendary film. Stunning animation, excellent scifi and a mind-bender.
