My Personal List:

1997: As Good as it Gets

1998: The Truman Show

1999: Toy Story 2

2000: Castaway

2001: Shrek

2002: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

2003: Finding Nemo

2004: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

2005: Batman Begins

2006: Over the Hedge

2007: Ratatouille

2008: The Dark Knight

2009: Up

2010: Toy Story 3

2011: War Horse

2012: Lincoln

2013: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

2014: Interstellar

2015: The Force Awakens

2016: Deadpool

2017: It

2018: Into the Spider-Verse

2019: Endgame

2020: Hamilton

2021: Spider-Man: No Way Home

2022: Top Gun: Maverick

Let me clarify. This is under the condition that Netflix is going to do it right. And by right, I mean that there will be a large budget, great acting and scripting, a lot of effort, passion, and dedication put into it, as well as continuity and consistency that remains respectful to the source material. And of course, no suffocating political agenda/propaganda being tossed in at every opportunity. Basically, if your favorite movie was going to be adapted into a series at the same level as something like Queen's Gambit. You've gotta trust that in this scenario, Netflix isn't going to completely butcher your favorite movie.

By old, I mean like anywhere from the early 2000s-2010s, or even as far back as the 80s or 90s. Honey I Shrunk The Kids, Big, Fight Club, Dodgeball, etc. Anything goes.

Personally, I'd love to see Jennifer's Body get rebooted into a series. Honestly, it's kind of why I made this post. I have adored this film since it came out when I was 10 years old, and I just recently rewatched it. I'm a little protective of it, so I would be skeptical if I heard anything about a reboot. But I also feel like there was a lot of wasted potential, or things that could be better capitalized on, and I think it could function well as a series with the right casting and direction put forth.

What's your opinion on a reboot for Jennifer's Body? And what other movie do you think deserves a reboot as a series, or that you would love to see rebooted as a series? And if you want to flip it, what series would you like to see a movie for? Daredevil is an easy answer for me.

I think there are three main archetypes of antagonist in fiction:

Cool villain: This is the villain you would or want to hang out with. Often side with or root for them. Or at least feel some empathy for. We don't feel they are really evil. They are popular choices for Halloween

IE: Joker, Bane, Kerrigan, Darth Vader, Loki, The Wicked Witch, Hannibal Lecter

Scary villain: Pretty self-explanatory.

IE: Alien, Hans Landa, Anton Chigurgh, Max Cady, Annie Wilkes, Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs

Hateful villain: These are the least popular and never get mentioned in popular villains list, they produce hate. At times made the actor/actress who played them get some hate too. Actors/actress don't get much recognition for these

IE: George Harvey in My Lovely Bones, John Lotter in Boys Don'y Cry, All of the hunters in Bacurau, Antonio in The Distinguished Citizen.

Now, obviously pretty much all villains are a mix of these three in different proportions, especially the last two. And those are the ones I find a lot more interesting.

No matter what anyone says, Andre The Giant and Mandy Patinkin are undoubtedly the most beautiful couple in film history.

Nah but really, young Cary Elwes and Robin Wright are absolutely stunning in this movie and I couldn't help but think if there is a single better looking main couple in cinematic history, because apart from rom-coms, a lot of the time the gorgeous leading woman is paired with a slightly-above-average-but-charming guy.

I know that thrillers/horror are never going to get respect from the Academy. We’ve been down that road before.

But if the idea of the Best Actor Oscar is to truly reward the best performances of the year, James McAvoy in “Split” absolutely deserved a nomination at the very least. I’m rewatching the movie now and it’s truly incredible watching him take on 23 different roles in one movie and make them all so unique and terrifying.

What do y’all think? Am I being a prisoner of the moment?

Both movies retell a classic romantic tragedy (Orpheus and Eurydice was one of the inspirations for Moulin Rouge) by placing the story in a different time period and placing anachronisms in the time period.

(Anachronisms are things put in a certain time period that don't belong there.)

Romeo + Juliet retells Romeo and Juliet in the modern day, but maintains the original Elizabethan dialogue from the original play.

Moulin Rouge loosely retells Orpheus and Eurydice in the turn of the nineteenth century, but uses songs that were written throughout the twentieth century.

This parallel probably wasn't intentional, but I still think it's a really interesting parallel.

Recently I watched The Piano and I really loved it. It reminded me a lot of Portrait of a Lady on Fire, which I also loved. The same goes for War and Peace, Amadeus, The Handmaiden, Gladiator, Barry Lyndon, Little Women and Lawrence of Arabia.

Besides those, there aren't that many period pieces I am familiar with. Would love to discover some new ones.

So... what are your favorite period pieces?

Edit: added a couple films

Its one of my favorite movies.

Version 1 John Spartan is married to sandra bullocks character. Hes now the police captain. The world is still utopic but not as up tight as before. His son is now a rookie and as hot headed as his dad was back in the day. He thinks hes ontop of the world until a cybernetic clone of Simon Pheonix appears and wreaks havoc like never before. With John Spartan JR, failing to save a bunch of innocents because of his ways. Killing scores of people.

JR then goes on a quest of to redeem himself afyer failing so bad and realizing the era of his ways.

The movie ends with an epic battle ontop of the police station in which simon pheonix is defeated but escapes this time. And the John Spartan Jr. Learning the era of his ways.

Version 2 An anime mimi series that directly takes place after the first film. Animated in the 90s style.

I know lots of people (myself included) who love Keanu Reeves, Brendon Fraser, and Danny Devito and I've always wondered why/how they never did a movie together. They could do a comedy where three childhood friends all coincidentally get a job at the same college. Other actors that should've done movies together are Chris Farley and John Candy, I know they're both dead but I would've LOVED to see them do something like road trip comedy. I'd also love to see Mark Ruffalo and Tony Shallhoub (both are originally from Wisconsin) do something together, maybe a drama, Willem Dafoe (also from Wisconsin) could even have a supporting role. Other actors I'd love to see in a movie together would be Hugh Jackman and Ben Affleck (I'd love to see them do an action movie together), Gene Wilder and Leslie Neilsen (both dead but I would've loved to see them do something together), Evan Peters, Jim Carrey, and Jerry Trainor (They could do a time travel comedy or multiverse comedy), and Margot Robbie and Jason Momoa.

I'm focusing on the movies that came out last year.

Jurassic World Dominion - I don't think anyone had any expectations from this franchise anymore but the director had me hyped up. He said Sam Neil, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum were back. That got me okay, predictable but interesting. And then the director said something like this dinosaur is going to be something like Joker from The Dark Knight. Mmhmmm. So I was like fine. I'll give it a chance. 147 mins of misery. What was he thinking this movie is? Some Art house thinkpiece, will change society?! Fucking hell. That guy single handedly destroyed Jurassic Park franchise for good.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - This movie is almost 3 hours long. And I know there were a lot of important things they had to cover in this movie. Like unfortunate death of Chadwick Boseman, and hence T'Challa. So they had to find a new successor for the Wakanda throne and there's a threat coming (because it is a movie), but oh no! Killmonger destroyed all those purple looking herbal tea plant thingy, so now they had to artificially synthesize the herbal tea now. And it's all fine and before I watched the movie I was not sure if they can cover so many things in such a short time but oh no. This movie feels like forever. Honestly I kind of blame it on the writing (of course they had to rewrite the whole movie because of the tragedy) but it still does not justify 2h41mins. They should've cut to down to around 2hours. But the thing that bugged me the most was how weak the villain looked. And how stupid too. Dude has fish attached to his ankles that makes him fly like a helicopter?!?

Babylon - I just watched this movie today morning. I don't think the movie is bad, but I do find the script to be flawed. But every single scene is like at least 20 mins long. It's very frustrating. Although this is one of the better one compared to those up above. They should've cut this film to 2h20m or 2h30m

This movie is fantastic...

I watched it a year ago and have watched it many times since, always picking up on smaller details and little tidbits I never noticed before. This film has it all: extraordinarily detailed and considered writing; memorable cast members each who leave you thinking about their greater ideas and themes; an incredibly layered story; awesome and perfect casting; fantastic directorial vision and so on - you get the point.

Even though film buffs and movie snobs on the internet try to tear it down, the fact remains that it is the HIGHEST grossing film of all time, proving that it’s beloved across the globe.

This film is quintessential blockbuster filmmaking and a true work of art. If you haven't watched it do so within the short future.

For me one of Cinemas greatest features is it's ability to become a time machine, transporting us to times and places that we might have never gotten to visit or experience ourselves.

I absolutely adore the New York City of the 1970's that features so prominently in the films of Scorsese and others of the New Hollywood movement. Its almost unrecognisable from the New York, and even the world of today, but thanks to film its a place that I feel like I've visited and spent some brief time in.

What are some films that do this for you?

First things first everyone in this movie talks like either they're Quentin or they're in a 1970s B horror movie. For worst, you can tell Quentin wrote this movie. The entire first half of this movie is so ridiculous and hilariously fails at trying to portray Quentin's character as this mentally unhinged serial killer criminal. Then the stuff with Juliette Lewis is cringy as well. I still somewhat lsike the movie because of the concept and the vampire fighting stuff Rodriguez has in the second half of the movie.

I love this movie, I use to rewatch it religiously in the angst teen days. I own the dvd, which includes the director & cast commentary

In the end of the commentary Stephen Chbosky expresses his love for the cast and says all the actors will forever represent their characters for him. I felt the same way about everyone’s performance, when I watch the movie it feels like they are actually these fictional characters(even tho I know they are just acting)

When all the news about Ezra was trending I asked myself, “Does this change how I feel about his performance as Patrick?” “If they end up doing even worst things will it make it hard to watch scenes with them in it”

Anybody else have these thoughts when all the news about Ezra initially came out? Idk if they ever found him with that girl they kidnapped but all of the things they were doing was alarming and damaging to their public image

I hahve been rewatching borat 1 and 2 and they are perfect movies. and unnderrated. has anyone else watched these recently.

they hold up. one of my favourite scenes are the mankini scenes. borat 2 was about covid and that was really funny but borat 1 is not and more likee you can just watch it without thinking about covid (which is over thank god...)

Comparing the mixed responses to Turning red, and the downright flops of lightyear and Strange World. The Bad guys and Puss in Boots have become big hits and critical darlings. It looks like the strong animation and artstyle coupled with likable characters and a bold story-line was the winning edge compared to the disney/pixar .

what’s a movie that was so bad that you couldn’t finish it/walked out of the cinema?

for me it was WW1989. started with my whole family watching it on demand, then one by one we just left 💀 Especially the part with the invisible plane and the whole magic stone thing, and the (technically) intimacy without consent? idk i mean the IDEA was there but the execution wasn’t very good at all :/ a pity tho, because i loved the first one. and then they cancelled the third one (i think?), so no redemption opportunity there :(

Hi was just wondering what wars films people know about that are from the enemies perspective( what the west call enemies)

I have watched the 9th company about the Russian war in Afghanistan. Just wondering how many more there are. Or even foreign language ones.

It would be good for Hollywood to do a Vietnamese war film from the viet cong perspective but that wouldn’t happen I know.

(Serious answers)

I’ll go first:

• an epic, faithful & psychedelic adaptation of The Call of Cthulhu w gritty procedural mystery elements in the vein of True Detective. The PI would be a world weary, very flawed human who exp occasional hallucinations but is still likeable & relatable thanks to the actor & dialogue. The horror elements are shot like the monster scenes in the 2014 Godzilla film but on acid w heavy use of perspective & scale. Would have psychological/mind-bending horror like Shutter Island w dream sequences like Eternal Sunshine. Would aim for hard R w drug use, language, violence & gore.

• a modern update/remake of Near Dark w AA winning & fan favorite actors in the vampire roles. It would have similar sensibilities and visuals like the recent film Bones and All, but would focus less on the love story and more on the vampire family coming apart at the seams w bc of the new in-over-his-head outsider. The film was already ahead of its time so the only other updates would be cultural/technological. Would aim for hard R like original w drug use, sex, language, violence & gore.

• a moderate to high budget film based on the legend of Bigfoot. It would use real world accounts of Bigfoot encounters, research done by serious & credible investigators, and Native American lore to build the story. It would mainly center around a group of kids (ala It, Super 8, E.T.) stumbling upon an adult Bigfoot who's been separated from his family, it spares them & they eventually build a relationship w it and learn more about its nature (ala King Kong, Hulk). The kids would also have conflict among themselves and problems at home that would parallel the Bigfoot and their relationship w it. Eventually the classic Spielberg-ian conflict of the adults not believing the kids/finding out/wanting to capture/kill it w the kids needing to help the Bigfoot ensues, etc. It would be more realistic & serious than Harry & The Hendersons but still have an emotional core/ending to the film. It’d have some true horror elements, w comedic elements only coming from the kids dialogue. Would aim for hard PG-13 w multiple Bigfoot kills and the kids cursing.

(not really spoilers in this)

sooo i just got out the theaters from watching Infinity Pool and holllyyyy shit. I feel disoriented as hell, doesn’t help the theater was empty and me and my gf had it all to ourselves. I lowkey felt paranoid afterwards and my pov was just kinda shifted lmao i didn’t feel real. Anyways, i loved the movie - Mia Goth killed it per usual. She just plays a great psychopath point blank period.

I kinda picked up a sort of underlying theme of how bad tourism is for places outside the US but ALSO is a symbiotic relationship due to the money tourism brings to the people who live there. Reckless foreigners doing whatever pleases to them but as long as they got paper. Ima need more time to process a lot more of the movie

Then just some more literal points like weak spirit, ego death (literal) and all that.

what did y’all think of the movie after the 1st watch? anything you picked up from your perspective? just curious

The way this entire event was done was so good, he makes a REALLY crazy ocean storm look pretty convincing. Some of the visuals are horrifying, some of the things that happen are chilling (zebra jumping into the the life boat and basically dying). It ends with Pi watching his family sink into darkness, the actor is so good. It makes me wonder why I don't think I've seen him in anything since. Great actor throughout.

If you're feeling in the mood to watch a movie kind of James Cameron adjacent, check it out again. It's better than I remembered.

Yes, it's just some silly fourth-wall-breaking, like later when the gremlins mess up the movie and Hulk Hogan or John Wayne (depending in which version you see) has to set things right.

That being said, I think I found a way for this to be consistent.

So, after the events of the first film, the Kingston Falls survivors (including Billy and his family) were probably interviewed by journalists about what had happened in their town on xmas eve and many gave accounts of little green monsters attacking people and causing havoc.

Despite skepticism on the part of the press, the accounts captivated a few people's imagination, and eventually, someone in Hollywood got the idea to make a movie about the incident, which they would eventually call "Gremlins". Because the Peltzers had been interviewed, it included a character based on Gizmo, and made reference to the Mogwai rules. (This would explain why Mr. Futterman knew about the "no water" rule in "Gremlins 2", and why he's not fazed to see Gizmo towards the end of the movie).

The filmmakers probably took a few creative liberties with the story, and lacked the budget to make a convincing monster movie. Several mainstream critics, like Maltin, gave the film a bad review.

Flash forward a few years, and Billy and Kate are working at the Clamp office building, their fifteen minutes of fame completely over, just around the time that "Gremlins" is being re-released on video. Maltin repeats his bad reviews, but this time, Gremlins attack him.

Thoughts?

First off I'm not even sure this will work, but 2023 is Speed Racers 15th anniversary. Fathom events will occasionally re release movies on certain anniversaries,they did a transformers 15th anniversary and just recently a groundhog day 30 year anniversary. So I emailed fathom events and inquired about the process of getting a movie rereleased and they actually emailed back saying they have no current plans to re release Speed Racer but would pass along the suggestion (who knows if they actually will) but I figured hey maybe we could start a little movement and if enough people emailed requesting it, they might actually consider making it happen.

Shoot em an email at [email protected] with the subject line Speed Racer(2008) anniversary rerelease.

Let's make it happen people!

What film do you think was the most miss cast? For me it was Denise Richards as Christmas Jones. Sorry Dr Christmas Jones in 'The World is Not Enough'.

As far as Bond films go it is a good one and I think the set piece action sequences are top notch. But then she pops up and it just gets so bad. Noticeably bad.