Buffalo 66, Bringing Out the Dead, Rear Window…
Hot Fuzz
Every watch you notice new little details. This film is the (modenr) textbook example of Checkov’s gun.
“You wanna be a big cop in a small town? Fuck off up the model village.”
Good choice, I have not seen that 10+ times yet, so on the list it goes!
I have not seen that 10+ times yet
I did watch Shaun of the Dead some 3 times or so. Please let that have some credit.
I’ve passed through Everything Everywhere All At Once approximately eighty times now, because on every single viewing, I’m discovering one or two tiny fragments of interrelationship that I’ve never seen before.
It’s a marvelous, marvelous movie.
I’m one of the few that hated that movie. Started strong, got weird in a fun funny way, got weirder to the point where I’m in just to see where it’s going, then idk it just lost me and I was out
I think it speaks to me cause I have unmedicated ADHD.
The YouTube videos and analysis is also so fascinating. Everyone finds something different!
Life of Brian.
I’ve watched that probably a dozen times just for my favorite part… “Alright, I AM the messiah…”
The thing is, a lot of the humor in that movie is like not that funny when you first see it, but then a couple days later out of nowhere you suddenly think: “He has a wife, you know…” And you’re like: why did I think that? Oh yeah it’s from the Life of Brian! That was hilarious!
“Blessed be the Cheesemakers…?”
“All I said was: that halibut was good enough for Jehovah!”
“Worse? How could I be making it any worse?”
“you are ALL INDIVIDUALS!!!”
“He’s not the messiah! He’s a very naughty boy!”
fml I’m dead…
The thing is, a lot of the humor in that movie is like not that funny when you first see it, but then a couple days later out of nowhere…
You know I felt the same way about The Big Lebowski. First time I watched it? Meh. But I kept remembering the quotes (granted the internet helped with that). So I watch it again and it’s suddenly a totally new experience, like I’m finally on the inside understanding all the inside jokes.
When I was a teen I loved all their stuff, including the shows… but I get what you mean. Numerous times I’ve tried introducing it to friends only to be met with blank stares because they didn’t quite understand the comedy of it. Sucks to be them.
Mine is, “but you are the Messiah my lord and I should know I’ve followed a few”.
12 Monkeys
In The Mouth of Madness
The Thing
The Big Lebowski. Every time.
He just picks things up through the movie and uses them later. One of the best examples starts in the opening scene of the movie where he’s buying milk and paying with a check, as he’s writing it out there’s a t.v. behind the cashier playing GWB Sr saying “This aggression against Kuwait will not stand”, then way later in the movie someone is shouting at him and he uses the line “this aggression will not stand” and you know he’s picked it up from that earlier scene and used it again. The movie is full of this kind of callback and interaction.
The conversation with him and Maude Lebowski is also a great example of this:
Maude Lebowski: Do you like sex, Mr. Lebowski?
The Dude: 'Scuse me?
Maude Lebowski: Sex. The physical act of love. Coitus. Do you like it?
The Dude: I was talking about my rug.
Maude Lebowski: You’re not interested in sex?
The Dude: You mean coitus?
Gets me every time
Also the self-correction of from “beaver” to “vagina.”
The elder President Bush was HW.
I’m a fan of Fifth Element. Super enjoyable and there is a lot going on. It took a few watches before I realized the protagonist and the antagonist never actually meet in the movie.
The Netflix TV show Dark. Holy hell. I missed SO much the first time. If you haven’t seen this show do yourself a favor and watch it, the amount of detail is crazy, and the casting is top notch. Watch it in German with English subtitles though, the English dubbing is really, really horrendous.
I watched a bit of Dark when it came out, will look into its status as I’m not inclined to watch (NF) shows that slowly die. Not sure if that’s what happened here.
What is interesting tho, is that I have Paper Moon (1973) scheduled to watch tomorrow night. Never seen it before.
Hah, I randomdly picked this screen name, never seen paper moon either! Just looked it up, seems Interesting, added it to the queue.
Dark had a planned ending, it was 3 seasons and then done.
Nah, Dark has a proper, satisfying ending, they didn’t just abandon it. Definitely worth watching.
The Matrix.
This was the first DVD I ever purchased, and it was glorious being able to pause the movie & go frame by frame.
Clue
Yesss I have found my people
I don’t think I did 10 times, but Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy sure offered something new every time I watched it.
God that movie was subtle.
Looks good! On my list. You ever watched Das Leben der Anderen?
I have not and I think that is called “The Lives of Others” in the states.
Is it similar to Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy?
I’m not sure as I haven’t watched TTSS yet. It’s on my list now but sounds like it is in the same ballpark.
The Lives of Others indeed, it’s a movie about divided Germany with a dark atmosphere, which does deserve multiple viewings. Great stuff.
Nice I will check it out.
Princess bride
The whole movie is quotable from start to finish.
SCOTT!
PIL-GRIM!
Edgar Wright is amongst my favorite directors, and the first half of Scott Pilgrim Vs The World is my favorite movie ever. Fuck, I had to take a film class with one of the world’s oddest professor in college before I could properly explain why I love the movie so much.
Each time I watch it I notice a little something more. I’ve lowkey been thinking about making a fan-cut with the deleted scenes and everything.
Snatch. Always picked up something new every watch.
Primer
Meticulous, yes. Methodical. Educated. They were these things. Nothing extreme. Like anyone, they varied. There were days of mistakes and laziness and infighting. And there were days, good days, when by anyone’s judgment, they would have to be considered clever. No one would say that what they were doing was complicated. It wouldn’t even be considered new. Except maybe in the geological sense. They took from their surroundings what was needed, and made of it something more.
Except maybe in the geological sense.
I’m still not 100% certain what this is implying.
Geologic time periods tend to be very, very long. So if something is new in the geologic sense, it could still be thousands, or hundreds of thousands, of years old.
Right, that was my first thought. But what is it that he’s suggesting is only new geologically? Time travel tech?
12 Monkeys
Princess Bride
Fight Club
Everything, Everywhere, All at Once
Blade Runner (both movies)
Good list. I’d like to add:
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
- Eyes Wide Shut
- Inception
