Looking for some ideas of things to watch I like: animated, SF and comedy movies :)
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Big ole list I’ve been curating off and on. The pad will only last 60 days so move it over to somewhere you won’t lose it
I really oughta watch Rozencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead again. Such a fun show.
Phenomenal acting and Stoppard’s script is phenomenal. Definitely gotta be familiar with Hamlet, though!
Thanks for reminding me Real Genius exists.
Enter the Void is the most breathless barrage on the senses I have ever wittnessed. The intro could give you epilepsy. The whole film is shot from the ego perspective of the protagonist that gets shot dead 15 minutes into the film. I have never seen anything remotely similar.
That movie is such a fucking trip. I love it.
Gaspar Noe is my fave. Climax is incredible as well.
Sounds like The Holy Mountain type vibes.
John Dies at the End.
It’s sci fi/comedy. Best watched whilst high, but good regardless.
The Voices with Ryan Reynolds.
It’s a comedy drama following a schizophrenic trying to live a normal life.
It hits pretty hard at times.
The Game, with Michael Douglas.
My favorite SF comedy is Dark Star.
Sci-Fi
The Dead Zone (not that lesser known, but old enough that maybe it’s getting that way)
Animation
Comedy
One, Two, Three (might be better known than I think, since it’s a Billy Wilder movie)
I’m not usually into anime, but Perfect Blue captivated me from the start. Its whole vibe was so engrossing.
I’ll check out some other Satoshi Kon titles. PB is all I’ve seen so far. Any specific recommendations?
Paprika was a real trip.
Dead Man
One of my favorite movies of all time.
That was one of the first Netflix films I got in the mail. Ghost Dog made me want to watch Jarmusch’s other stuff.
Down By Law is also a great one by Jarmusch, starring John Lurie (Fishing with John/Painting with John), Roberto Beningi (Life is Beautiful/The Tiger and the Snow) and Tom Waits (Tom Waits).
It was Beningi’s first English film and he barely spoke english. His mistakes lead to some beautiful poetry from his character.
It is a sad and beautiful world.
His later work hasn’t been as great as his early work, imo, but The Dead Don’t Die was pretty funny.
Blackbeard’s Ghost. Watchable on Disney+ right now. Family friendly, great performances and some epic physical comedy from Peter Ustinov (voice of Prince John in Disney’s Robin Hood).
Not in your genres listed, but Falling Down is a dark comedy / tragedy that is a fun but somewhat depressing watch.
It’s about a man who snaps in a traffic jam and he goes a Lil bit crazy.
It’s also conveniently about a poor poor middle class white man and how having a bad day leads to him killing people. A entitled jerk who thinks the world owes him and is ready to ignore his wife’s restraining order. What a stand-up guy. /s
Honestly, despite this movie not being absolutely terrible, kind of fuck this movie because it glorifies the fucking society we live in now.
It was meant to be a warning, not a User’s Guide!
I disagree completely. Check out my other comment.
Well yeah, at the end on the dock he sincerely asks the cop “I’m the bad guy?”
He is the fantasy being played out. And it gets him nothing. His adventure is absurd and pointless.
God Bless America is a much more self-aware take on that… for better and for worse.
It also illustrates what I call “the woods.” Some works have a filter where half of the audience bails. The namesake is The Hobbit, where the characters go into the woods, and if you are not enthralled by Tolkein’s writing style, you are not making it out of the woods. There’s a point real early on, in this movie, where you are either laughing your ass off or hammering the nope button. Neither group will regret the decision.
I never made it out of the woods with God Bless America, myself. Which always disappointed me because I’ve been a long time Bobcat Goldwaith fan otherwise.
I maintain that it’s an allegory for fascism. Defens is the man who has done everything “right” and his life is hell. It must be someone’s fault and it certainly couldn’t have been his. The whole film is him railing against whoever he can cast as the other, the villain. “Oh, I’m the bad guy?”
In my opinion not enough people know Hard Candy from 2005
This and “Funny Games” are my most underrated favorites
Forgot about this one. Really great!!!
Man, that kind of suspense film just isn’t up my alley personally, but the description of the film sounds awesome as hell. It would probably make me too uncomfortable to watch, but hot damn it sounds good.
It’s always a blast to show it to people who have no idea what it’s about. All of my friends loved it lol
Kicking and screaming (noah baumbach) not the will ferrel one. Great comedy.
Paprika is an animated scifi.
Arrival and children of men are my 2 favorite movies, bkth scifi, not unknown tho.
The lobster/ anything by yorgos lanthimos.
Yesss! Didn’t know there was a “Paprika” movie! I loved the book.
Jizzmaster you have to watch that movie, it’s one of the trippiest movie i’ve ever seen. And it’s particularly charming with subs instead of the dubbed version.
I’m all in
Check out perfect blue by the same guy. Very different (psychological horror/thriller) but also trippy and amazing.
The Lobster was, and still is, my benchmark for whether or not I can stand to watch a movie.
Nothing has been as awful as that movie.
Children of Men is so fucking good except for the creepy CGI baby.
EDIT: Slavoj Zizek talks about one of his favorite films, Children of Men. Great breakdown of what makes it so good.
Ayyy Ive seen the zizek video too! He isnt the best analyst of movies, case in point v for vendetta but this was good.
Yeah, his movie analyses are usually done through the lens of psychoanalysis akin to Freud/Jung. Which is great if that’s your thing, but isn’t great if it’s not haha.
I actually just read how to read lacan a few weeks ago who’s a major influence in his work. Infact I’d go so far as to say zizek gave lacan the relevance he never had by reworking many of his ideas.
I swear I’ve never seen a movie like that before or since. I love Alfonso Cuarons style but even he can’t recreate smth this revolutionarily good.
science fiction :)
Predestination
For sci fi, Run Lola Run is a fun 90s era take on how small changes in starting conditions results in big changes for different timelines.
For comedy, I’ll always recommend Grandma’s Boy. It’s a stoner comedy that focuses on a game developer and has a strong cast. It’s from Adam Sandler’s studio so you’ll see a lot of familiar faces, but not Sandler.
For animated, try The Fantastic Mr. Fox. Great cast, Wes Anderson asthetic without being too twee, and a great script.
All extremely well-known.
Your mother’s well known, Trebek.
Not a huge movie guy but didn’t know the two besides run lola run.
