I love Jim Carrey. I love classic Hollywood. I find the McCarthy trials and the red scare really interesting. So this should have a been a blast of a rewatch. But it feels like director Frank Darabont, known more for intense hard hitting films, was trying too hard to move away from his formula by making such a sickly sweet movie.

It's about a screenwriter in 1950s Hollywood who gets blacklisted after attending a communist meeting. He then crashes his car. Suffers amnesia. Then finds himself in a dinky Californian town where he's mistaken for a cinema owner's son who died in the First World War.

It's just to so mawkish and dripping with sentimentality. Most of the writing really is cliche. I'd accuse it of being Oscar baity but I feel the subject matter is too light for that.

When Carrey is ejected from Hollywood, he spends a whole evening talking to a model of monkey rather than even trying to contact his girlfriend. Either those scenes were cut for pacing or they just wanted goofy scenes with Carrey. I imagine it was the latter.

Then when he's in the town, it becomes so kitschy. The romantic scenes with, the admittedly smoking hot, Laurie Holden feel very derivative where she all of a sudden gets the hiccups, leading up to their kiss on the top of a lighthouse. And the whole town following the two of them as they're walking away from a diner - just very silly.

Martin Landau is the one bright spark. Fantastic actor. So much emotion in those eyes.

The bad guy is very cliche. He's a government man hunting down Carrey and swats a fly as he's speaking about him. So on the nose.

The film starts to feel quite preachy as well. There's a black guy inexplicably living beneath The Majestic, a closed down theatre. He has a ponderously long monologue about being a war hero. And the audience is clearly meant to reflect on how wonderful the main characters are for allowing this black veteran live there in a time of heightened racism.

Real shame as I loved this movie when I was a child.

Long story short, when The Joker came out in theaters me and my best friend went to go see it, we watched many previews for other movies, but for the longest time I’ve been trying to find this one movie where it’s similar to Kingsman and they’re trying to take down the bad guy but the only real specific detail I can remember is some Asian young adult shooting an uzi screaming at the sky, and mind you this guy is wearing a baseball cap, a hoodie, jeans and I’m thinking to myself, ‘what the hell is the name of the movie’ so I’m on here wondering if anybody knows what the frick This movie is, it had to be either in the late 2019s or the early 2020s but I’m drawing a blank and found nothing.

Update: it was “The Gentleman” with Colin Farrell

Spider-Man 3 has some of my favorite/best scenes out of the Sam Raimi trilogy. I loved it and everything about it. I couldn’t believe it was a flop when it came out. People talked about it sooo harshly. It’s got the soul, heart and cheesiness a lot of movies, imo, are missing today. From Peter finally standing up for himself, to being emo, to the entire dance sequence, to the fight with Harry….honestly the whole thing is cinema.

How does the general collective feel about it today?

Edit: Before y’all continue to make comments about it being “high grossing”, i’m not referring to money. People didn’t and still don’t like it. Kay, thanks!

My friends and I used to get together once a month for movie night until I joined the military and no longer had the option. Fast forward a few years and I had the idea for a "virtual" movie night, but surprisingly there weren't many options for handling this idea unless we all watched from a PC. First we tried Plex which was a buffering disaster, then had a little success with Google Meet but didn't love it. Someone on Reddit recommended Hyperbeam and we've only used it once so far but I think we found our winner.

It's super easy to set up and doesn't require an account from anyone other than the host. There's also a free and premium version, and the premium is only $5 per month for higher definition streaming. We pretty much all watch on Microsoft Edge from our Xboxes and use an Xbox party chat to talk. It took me almost a year to find a service that worked well for what we wanted, so for anyone out there who's looking for a way to host virtual movie nights, I highly recommend Hyperbeam!

So little bit of explaining:

First, im still watching all the movies. Im on 6 rn.

Thought the first movie was great, but when I watched the 2nd one we had pretty much a brand new cast. Then the 3rd movie was a movie not even related to the main films minus a cameo.

I wish after the first movie they kept dom, Mia, etc for the 2nd n third movies. And for the love of God keep the same vibe of the first film.

I like the fast n furious movies but I feel they work better on their own then a series sometimes.

So I went to the K-Pop Demon Hunters sing along yesterday in theaters and it was an amazing experience. The energy of that auditorium during the songs was uplifting and I felt a great sense of community. This of course got me thinking about what other movies I would love to see get this sort of treatment.

Discussing with my SO, she thought The Lion King. A great choice for all those of a certain generation / timeframe who can probably still sing it from memory. I put forth either Princess Bride (one of the most quotable movies of all time) or Les Misérables for the theatre geek in me.

So my question for you all, what movie would you love to see in an audience-interactive version? Do you want something to get the full Rocky Horror treatment? Do you want a Disney renaissance weekly / monthly event like some theaters do with Studio Ghibli? I'm always impressed by the ingenuity of others and how things which will seem obvious to others I would never have thought of.

I remember watching it on tv once, it’s possibly late 90’s or 2000. It’s a a gang of bandit kids or a couple of kids who rob trains, and I remember them paying to get a bath and one of them gets a kiss from the washer lady. I think they possibly get in a shoutout with police or military at the end until they wave a white flag.

Probably the start for moving pictures by a scientist that watched Venus in two places.

I’m trying to solidify my top 10 comedies of all Time and I have noticed I don’t enjoy many of the comedies I did before.

I use to enjoy comedies like Friday, super bad,21 jump street and many others almost every comedy I kinda enjoyed

Now I seem to like very little comedies and the only recent ones I can say I solidly enjoyed were blazing saddles and Bruno I would consider these top 10 comedies of all time

Just wondering how other ppl felt or what comedies they would recommend

What are your favorite movies featuring aliens (not Xenomorphs but not excluding them) Aliens versus Air Force: Independence Day Aliens versus Army: Battle: Los Angeles Aliens versus Navy: Battleship Aliens versus cowboys: Aliens Vs. Cowboys Aliens versus Native Americans: Prey Aliens versus Astronauts: Life or Aliens Aliens versus Aliens: AVP

What are yours? Also, Battle: LA is a seriously underrated film.

How was the film “RELAY” not promoted enough? What a crime, because it’s a great film with the great Riz Ahmed (from the “Night of…”) kept me guessing the whole way. Terrific cast filled with familiar faces. Check out this video from this search, trailer for relay https://share.google/jj4E2HsEM9B4h2PeH

I'm also just putting it on here in case I accidentally delete it from my phone. I first made this list by thinking of 100 movies and then started filtering out the list slowly from there. So if you see one on here you're baffled by don't @ me (jk go for it) 😂 I was 11 when Iron Man first came out and grew up with all those marvel movies so that will explain a lot of these.

1. Avengers (Infinity War and Endgame)
2. Dark Knight Trilogy (The Dark Knight)
3. Lord Of The Rings (Return of the King)
4. Spider-Man (Toby Maguire)
5. The Prestige
6. Transformers
7. This is the End
8. Deep Cover
9. Ready Player One
10. The Other Guys
11. Spider-Man (Tom Holland)
12. Deadpool (3)
13. The Interview
14. 30 Minutes or Less
15. Step Brothers
16. Watchmen
17. Apocalypto
18. Hot Fuzz
19. Baby Driver
20. Nobody
21. Star Trek
22. The Amazing Spider-Man (Andrew)
23. Suicide Squad
24. John Wick
25. Fast and Furious
26. Avatar
27. Wolf of Wallstreet
28. 21 Jump Street
29. Inception
30. Pirates of the Caribbean
31. Free Guy
32. Bullet Train
33. Patient Zero
34. Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
35. Tropic Thunder
36. Horrible Bosses
37. Shaun of the Dead
38. Uncharted
39. Captain America (Civil War)
40. Role Models
41. Lucky Number Slevin
42. How to Train Your Dragon
43. The Accountant
44. Troy
45. Palm Springs
46. Source Code
47. Guardians of the Galaxy
48. The Book of Eli
49. Novocaine
50. The Pirates: The Last Royal Treasure
51. Interstellar
52. Superman
53. Paul
54. Balls of Fury
55. The Hunt
56. Extraction
57. Rush Hour Trilogy (2)
58. Hustle
59. The Fall Guy
60. Ant-Man
61. OG Blade
62. Thor (Ragnarok)
63. The Arq
64. Train to Busan
65. Everything Everywhere All At Once
66. Logan
67. 6 Underground
68. Fantastic 4 (OG)
69. Game Over Man
70. RIPD
71. 300
72. Unhinged
73. Night at the Museum
74. Red Notice
75. Superbad
76. Hardcore Henry
77. Edge of Tomorrow
78. The Mummy (original)
79. Snowpiercer
80. Predators
81. Mortal Kombat
82. The Foreigner
83. The Departed
84. 21
85. Whiplash
86. Mr. Right
87. Now You See Me
88. The Gray Man
89. Hypnotic
90. Riddick
91. Momento
92. A Bug's Life
93. Hot Chick
94. Premium Rush
95. RRR
96. Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse
97. Last Holiday
98. Ricky Stanicky
99. Chappie
100. Straight Outta Compton

I just read that there was once a plan to make a Green Lantern movie starring Jack Black, and was really amused by idea, and it made me wonder, what other films that never happened would you have really liked to have seen.

For example, I can’t help but think that the original Phil Lord and Christopher Miller version of Solo, particularly unbridled Lord & Miller, might have been stupendously entertaining.

There are some movies, that when watched, stay with you for a while psychologically. They bring the best out of you. It’s almost as if you see yourself as the main guy and this feeling (which is unexplainable) stays with you for the next couple of weeks.

For me, a recent one was F1. During the movie and after I left the show I was in a completely different state. It went at such a different level into my psyche that I can’t even explain. It triggered all the best emotions in me and got me in a state where I was fully motivated to do anything and everything I wanted to. It tapped me into my childhood dreams as well. Got me thinking that I got carried away and I have the capability to achieve anything that I dreamt of. Few days ago I was a little down so decided to go and watch the movie again in theatres alone. Man, it got me back into action. I can’t really describe how beautiful this thing is. Too good. The movie literally made me go back in my mind to childhood passions and motivated me to go back in action.

Same goes for batman as well.

Is it just me or have others also experienced this?

Which movies triggered this in you?

Why did Hannibal Lecter even bother to hide the corpse inside his rented garage ? What benefit would he gain from doing this

I know in the book , that corpse was murdered by him but in the movie , he was killed by Buffalo Bill ; why would Lecter even help Bill like that ? Does he intend to use it as a leverage in case Bill become a popular serial killer and he can offer the police some help ?

just started watching anime films, so far i've watched in order: spirited away, grave of the fireflies, your name, weathering with you, suzume, a silent voice.

what next? i am also thinking of watching i want to eat your pancreas and the tunnel to summer, but please give some recommendations thank you

What films made during the 2020s have the best endings? Starting from 2020, even though there weren't that many releases that year for obvious reasons.

This decade has come up with a good amount of great cinema, in spite of the hardships that have plagued the industry. What movie ending really made the big impact?

Younger Bro thought it would be a trip to check out Justin Timberlake in AD. I nonchalantly said I’d pass and wanted to see something more current. TBH I did not have the cojones to admit that this movie freaked me the f**k out when I first watched it-this was after released to video! If I recall it’s “loosely” based on a true story? I lived in LA during this time and “knew of” the “character types” to a distant extent. I don’t want to give too much away but I do remember the naïveté of the kid brother I think it was and the shocking outcome. This movie completely shook me to my core! To this day I remember being sooo distraught and disturbed I cannot bring myself to watch again almost 20 years later. I’m in my feelings composing this post. Did this movie affect anyone else this way? Is there another movie that affected you in this manner?

I recently rewatched a movie from my childhood in the 90s and noticed a stylistic choice at the very end that I've seen in a few other films from that era as well. Right at the end of the last line said, the movie's aspect ratio and color grading would abruptly change. Mostly would zoom out from a tight shot of the actors into wide shot and the music would roll.

Does anyone know why some movies did this? Was there a specific purpose behind it, and is there a name for this kind of transition?