Movies to watch?

[Deleted member 219079]

So below are movies with my quick rating (which spoil the movie), if you know any I might enjoy share it here thanks.

Kind of a follow-up to Anime to watch?

Title	Verbal description	Quickly thought score
Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy	I'm a sucker for these kinds of movies	7
Beautiful Mind	I'm a bit biased because it was my first unreliably told movie	6.5.
Forrest Gump	I like that it follows someone's life	5
V for Vendetta	Strong lead male character and I like the fact he dies haha	5
Matrix 1	I normally wouldn't stand ridiculousness in real life settings, but it's interesting to some degree	5
Fight Club	I could bear the slow pace if the plot was interesting, still the fighting, message and unreliability is nice I guess	3
Jurassic Park	Dinosaurs!	4
Memento	Memorable one, I like the order in which the movie is told!	6
Saw	NO!	1
James Bond movies	Very clear plots in each of them which are told marvelously, distinctive protagonist/antagonist in each	6, the newer ones reaching 7 as visuals got better.
Lord of the Rings trilogy	The plot is clear and setting is nice, distinction from reality is good. I'm a bit biased as these are one of the first movies I've watched.	8
Harry Potter movies	Follows Harry's adventurous life, very fascinating, well built world.	8.5
The Thing	Tension is good, plot is there, visuals are bad.	4

 

[Flux]

Memento - Memorable one, I like the order in which the movie is told! 6

If you're into mindfuck movies, here's a few:
- Predestination
- Shutter Island
- Coherence
- The Prestige
- Inception
Most of Nolan movies if you notice
My next in line to watch is 'Primer', also about time travel.

A Beautiful Mind

If you're into mathematicians, I would also suggest 'The Imitation Game'.

 

[Deleted member 219079]

Shutter Island

Just watched this, will give another watch too since it seems like the kind of film that asks for it.
Also will see if I get to watch others you suggested.

I am most into the hallucination aspect in Beautiful Mind, I was 11 years old when I first saw that movie and it really got me.

 

[LordDz]

Children of Men.

 

[TheLordOfChaos201]

The thing was an epic movie and the 2000 version of it is good as well

the island, is also a good movie well until they break out.

Jason 5, is a good murder movie. it is the last of the series with an ending that has you wanting more.

geepers creepers... good but all the follow up movies suck

kill bill... brilliant comedy

hmmm I'm out

 

[Nowow]

Jacob's ladder - if you want to see what all those silent hills are based on.

Manhunter - the original Hannibal Lecter movie. Very good stuff.

12 angry man - watch the 50s version. It might be in black and white and set in one room, but the acting and pacing are superb.

 

[Roland]

Wolf Creek 2 (John Jarrat and Ryan Corr)
Blood Creek (Michael Fassbender as Antagonist)
Eden Lake (Michael Fassbender eventually gets killed lator *Spoilor Alort*)
Collateral (Starring Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx)
High or Hell Water (Ben Foster and Chris Pine)
Take (Jeremy Renner as Greg Saul)
Dahmer (Jeremy Renner Movie)
The Bye Bye Man (Douglas Jones)
Mirrormask
Pandorum (Ben Foster and Dennis Quaid)
Lars and the Real Girl (Ryan Gosling)
Only God Forgives (Ryan Gosling)
The Place Beyond the Pines (Bradley Cooper and Ryan Gosling)
Voices (Ryan Reynolds)
Buried (Ryan Reynolds)
Sicario (Benicio Del Toro)
The Wolfman (Benicio Del Toro)
The Lobster (Colin Farrell)
The Way Back (Ed Harris and Collin Farrel)
The Tales of the Quadead Zone (Super Rare Underground 80's film)
Interstellar (Ann Hathaway)
Finding Dory (Ellen DeGeneres)
Creep (Sean Harris)

M-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-re Toooo Come!

and oh @jondrean use this thread instead of making your own.
Discuss Film & TV Series - Ratings & Recommendations

 

[TheLordOfChaos201]

oh yes I forgot

all the alien vs predictor movies including the new one shot 3 years ago

 

[Deleted member 219079]

and oh @jondrean use this thread instead of making your own.
Discuss Film & TV Series - Ratings & Recommendations

I already use it.
Read OP, this has other purpose.

 

[pyf]

The thing was an epic movie and the 2000 version of it is good as well

The 2011 film you are referring to is a prequel to the 1982 film, not a remake.
The 1982 film is a remake of the 1951 film.

Jacob's ladder - if you want to see what all those silent hills are based on.

Manhunter - the original Hannibal Lecter movie. Very good stuff.

12 angry man - watch the 50s version. It might be in black and white and set in one room, but the acting and pacing are superb.

+rep as soon as I can.

Just pointing out, Jacob's Ladder is actually more than any average / standard horror movie.

 

[Zombie]

Stalingrad (1993)
Black Hawk Down
Inglourious Basterds
The Pianist
Downfall
We Were Soldiers
Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter (Generation War in English, I think?)
Fury
Enemy at the Gates (if you enjoy Western movies set in a fictional interpretation of how Americans imagined the Battle of Stalingrad)
Kelly's Heroes

 

[Deleted member 219079]

if you enjoy Western movies

I like the idea: there's usually a strong lead character and the setting is quite pleasant.

 

[Zombie]

Well in this case the setting is a besieged city with rotting, dead bodies and ruined buildings everywhere. You get the strong lead characters though: the ludicrously American, handsome rich jew playing who is supposed to be an illiterate, pig faced Soviet sniper as the protagonist, and a ruthless, child killing, non-existent nazi sniper as the antagonist.

Americans say the movie is pro-communist propaganda, but in fact, it's a movie showing how awesome America is, embedded into the history of the Soviet Union without a single character playing an American character in it. I can only imagine the controversy such a movie would make if it was released today.

 

[Nordmar]

If you're into mindfuck movies, here's a few:
- Predestination
- Shutter Island
- Coherence
- The Prestige
- Inception
Most of Nolan movies if you notice
My next in line to watch is 'Primer', also about time travel.


If you're into mathematicians, I would also suggest 'The Imitation Game'.

maybe you would like Memento

 

[Flux]

maybe you would like Memento

I've already watched that. I did not suggest it becaise he has already watched it too.

 

[Nordmar]

I've already watched that. I did not suggest it becaise he has already watched it too.

oh right, my bad

 

[BlueBean]

I want to see John Wick 2, is it any good?

 

[chobibo]

Spirited Away is in the list so I'm guessing that it's okay to suggest something animated...

I remember Spirited Away as something like the Wizard of Oz... I can't remember much though.

 

[TheLordOfChaos201]

Can you put the movies in order of best to worst?

 

[Lord Siler]

Try snowpiercer and the divergent series (Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant, and there's gonna be a new one comming out this year)

 

[StoPCampinGn00b]

Snowpiercer, yes. The Divergent series is pretty meh in my opinion. The plots are the generic post-apocolyptic "government is evil" thing. But overall it's not the worst series. The acting is okay, the visuals are decent.

For new-ish movies to watch, I recommend Logan, Hacksaw Ridge, and Life. Also, Kong Skull-Island was better than I expected. It's no more than your "cool action movie", but if you're into that, you'l enjoy it.

 

[Lord Siler]

At least we can agree on snowpiercer being awesome, I'll watch some of those movies you mentioned

 

[ArchDuke]

You guys aware that there are 3 snowpiercer (graphic) novels? In the third one they get off the train and go into some skyscraper beneath the ice, I heard it was really good

 

[pyf]

You guys aware that there are 3 snowpiercer (graphic) novels?

@Purifier: Be aware this number may vary from country to country, as well as from edition to edition.
Here are all the French editions and reprints ever published in book form; featuring some interior art.

For the record, this French series from the early 1980s is known here as (Le) Transperceneige.

 

[ArchDuke]

@pyf Wait I heard there were a couple of novels about it, but I also heard that the movie deviated a great deal from the novels. and it was only loosely based on the 1st one

Have you read the novels, and if so could you provide a brief summary. I am a BIG fan of the movie

 

[pyf]

@pyf Wait I heard there were a couple of novels about it, but I also heard that the movie deviated a great deal from the novels. and it was only loosely based on the 1st one

5 Biggest Differences Between the SNOWPIERCER Novel and Movie [List] ~ The Geek Twins

Review: Snowpiercer, The Graphic Novel

Have you read the novels [...]

No. And I did not see the film yet.

[...] could you provide a brief summary. [...]

Maybe.
"There's a train"
Done.

Le Transperceneige - Wikipedia

Interview
'Snowpiercer' Creators Explain The Long Journey From French Graphic Novel To Korean Chris Evans Movie

Review
Comic Review: ‘SNOWPIERCER – VOL 1: THE ESCAPE’

Vox populi:
Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: Snowpiercer, Vol. 1: The Escape

Voix du peuple:
Le Transperceneige

 

[Lord Siler]

Killer elite (2011) is also worth watching.

 

[Devine]

There will be blood (2007) - Paul Thomas Anderson
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) - Ethan & Joel Coen
The Station Agent (2003) - Tom McCarthy
Brazil (1985) - Terry Gilliam
Being John Malkovich (1999) - Spike Jonze

These are some of my personal favorites.

 

[Naze]

Still waiting for @jondrean's score on Spirited Away =P

These are the ones that quickly got into my mind when I think of films that really got me:

The Shining (1980)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Trainspotting (1996)
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Spirited Away (2001)
Amour (2012)
Interstellar (2014)

Being John Malkovich (1999) - Spike Jonze

Definitely!

 

[Lord Siler]

Can you imagine a snowpiercer video game?

That would be so awesome....first you gather materials then fight your way through the end sections, then grab some clubs and destroy some more guards, then basically grab some guns and have shoot outs on the train, kill some ravers maybe, then come to the front kill wilson and then derail the whole damn train, that would be so epic!

 

[Chaosy]

Watch TV series instead.

 

[Lord Siler]

@Chaosy I dont think it came out yet, but a video game would be fucking awesome

 

[Blake8]

Well I just watched snowpiercer and it was amazing, thanks for mentioning this great movie.

 

[Lord Siler]

@Blake8
Yeah, Snowpiercer was a movie that exceeded all expectations I had for it, infact I watched the movie twice to make sure I didn't miss anything the first time around, movies like that are hard to find

Also someone asked me why I liked the divergeant series, well look at the plot twist in the third film; they were inside of an experiment the whole time, now idk about anyone else but that was a pretty shocking revelation for me, I thought the film was going to be about Tris and friends trying to survive in a desolate landscape and eventually finding some shelter among primitive survivors or something instead it turned out to be something completely different. IDK I like movies like that, you think you know where they're going and instead they make a 180 degree turn in a better direction....those are just my preferences I guess

 

[Devine]

@Blake8
Yeah, Snowpiercer was a movie that exceeded all expectations I had for it, infact I watched the movie twice to make sure I didn't miss anything the first time around, movies like that are hard to find

Also someone asked me why I liked the divergeant series, well look at the plot twist in the third film; they were inside of an experiment the whole time, now idk about anyone else but that was a pretty shocking revelation for me, I thought the film was going to be about Tris and friends trying to survive in a desolate landscape and eventually finding some shelter among primitive survivors or something instead it turned out to be something completely different. IDK I like movies like that, you think you know where they're going and instead they make a 180 degree turn in a better direction....those are just my preferences I guess

Reminds me of Der Sturm Der Lieben where Hanz was dreaming the entire 5th-8th seasons and Lenny never died. Now that was a pretty shocking revelation to me.

 

[Roland]

Guardians of The Galaxy Vol.2 ~ Chris Pratt, Bradley Cooper, Dave Bautista
10 Cloverfield Lane ~ John Goodman, Bradley Cooper, John Gallagher

 

[A]mun]

Some random recommendations of recent movies (2016-2017):

1. Train to Busan - Zombie outbreak scenario on a train with distinct characters struggling to survive. <Highly recommended, was refreshing even for a genre veteran like me.
2. I Daniel Blake - Heart attack survivor Daniel Blake struggles to get unemployment benefits in a shrewd and obscure social system. <Really heart warming "normal people" and infuriating officials.
   
3. Split - An imaginative story about the dark depths of the human mind and its potential, told through a man with multiple personality disorder who has taken three girls as hostage. <Shyamalan twist par excellence.

 

[Dom5]

Operation Swordfish
Lockout
Mechanic
Mechanic 2

 

[Apostle]

I just watched shutter island, I did not expect that plot twist at all.

Good movie

 

[Lord Siler]

Whoever was interested in the Snowpiercer: Vol 2, I've discovered a link to an article which provides a very decent summary:

Snowpiercer volume 2: The Explorers

 

[Chaosy]

Bocu no Pico and Blible Black

 

[Razorfang]

Whoever was interested in the Snowpiercer: Vol 2, I've discovered a link to an article which provides a very decent summary:

Snowpiercer volume 2: The Explorers

that's some really interesting stuff, thanks for putting the link up

@pyf see that's how your're supposed to provide a summary, not just write

" there's is a train "

 

[pyf]

I have written "There's a train", not " there's is a train ".

@pyf [...] Have you read the novels, and if so could you provide a brief summary. I am a BIG fan of the movie

@Razorfang: Please notice the "if so" in Colonel's request. I have put it in bold.

Again, I am pointing out that I have not read any of the novels (nor have I seen the film).

 

[Razorfang]

you should really see the film then, it's really good man

 

[Lord Siler]

yes, the movie is excellent, there's a reason it got over 7/10 on imdb

 

[pyf]

This is what people who loved it said on IMDb:
Snowpiercer Reviews & Ratings - Loved it - IMDb

...and this is what people who hated it said:
Snowpiercer Reviews & Ratings - Hated it - IMDb


Also for the lolz, for those who read French:
Snowpiercer, le transperce bouse

 

[Blake8]

Snowpiercer was epic, I dont see how people could've disliked it...

 

[Lord Siler]

District B13 and the sequel

 

[ArchDuke]

@pyf i dont see how people couldve not liked snowpiercer, the movie was really good in a ton of different ways, for instance its story, the action, the fact that the train is an allegory for a closed society, the twist

Spoiler: spoiler

the only reason they keep the tail enders on board is because their kids are needed to fit inside the engine and feed it coal because the mechanical parts that was doing their function is now 'extinct'

, just everything about it makes it a great movie

 

[pyf]

i dont see how people couldve not liked snowpiercer, the movie was really good in a ton of different ways, [...]

The people who hated it certainly explained why on IMDb.

It is imho a good idea to use their Loved it / Hated it filters. They ultimately help to better understand other people's points of view. Too bad the reviewer's age is never mentioned, though.