I recently watched Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri for like the fifth time and I never can get over Frances McDormands performance. It’s spectacular and it never fails to make me emotional.

One line in particular always sticks out for me. In a scene her and her son Robbie find the Billboards on fire. She goes to extinguish them but almost in a pissed off game on way. As Robbie tries to stop her mother she screams his name and the quick emotion always gives me that ache in my throat.

Link below it’s near the end of the clip.

https://youtu.be/m9mVSET01g0?si=0b-cMuWUKjRirq2D

Honorable mentions are

That’s my boy from Harry Potter. If you know you know, I fear rewatching this once I have kids will make this very hard to watch

https://youtu.be/FjoemE6QvxU?si=UUyjDSwjct7Gz31e

And of course the GOAT of it all hereditary

https://youtu.be/M2101AvCGd8?si=Bg9wW_2OzMbA2HWu

How she found a way to channel that feeling I’ll never know.

Anyways would love to hear some of your answers, and watch after I’m done cleaning.

Have a good Sunday.

A recent example is Sam Worthington and the Avatar movies. Just seems weird that he is forever linked with the highest grossing movies of all time when he really has done anything else.

Another one is Noomi Rapace and her link to the Alien movie franchise. She blew up with the original The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo movies and then starred in Prometheus which was the first true alien prequel and now anytime a new alien movie or show (Alien Earth) premieres, every recap starts at the beginning and her character, Elizabeth Shaw, will forever be brought up. Alien was one of the best sci fi horror movies of all time with probably THE BEST creature design of all time and Aliens was one of the best action movies of all time and now Rapace is forever tied to this franchise.

The franchise is experiencing a bit of a revival with Alien: Romulus last year and the Alien: Earth tv show so her character feels even more relevant than ever

For me it’s Amélie (2001) - I haven’t seen it and I’m sure it’s a good movie based on its ratings alone but I refuse to watch it simply because of that face she’s making on the poster.

I know it’s petty and I hope someday I’ll convince myself to watch and understand its true meaning but there’s just something about that face I just can’t get over.

For me, it has to be The Sixth Sense. I remember watching it for the first time not knowing anything about the plot, and when the twist finally hit—that Bruce Willis’ character was dead the whole time—it honestly flipped my brain. I sat in silence for a good five minutes just replaying the whole movie in my head. Suddenly, all those little details made sense, and I realized how carefully the film was crafted to hide the truth in plain sight.

What I really appreciate is how the twist doesn’t feel cheap. Some movies throw in a random reveal at the end just for shock value, but The Sixth Sense actually becomes a richer film after you know the ending. Rewatching it feels like a completely different experience, almost like you’re seeing it from another perspective.

Another one that stuck with me was Fight Club. I didn’t see it coming at all that Tyler Durden and the narrator were the same person. It completely reframed not just the character interactions, but also the movie’s commentary on consumerism and identity. Again, it’s the type of twist that rewards rewatching—you pick up on so many subtle clues that you just miss the first time around.

So my question is: what’s that one movie twist that left you stunned the first time you saw it? And more importantly, did the twist make the movie better for you, or did it feel like a gimmick?

I just caught Aliens, I’ve watched this film 20 times but I was still on the edge of my seat- the medical room scene, the movement detection scene where the warning pulse keeps getting quicker, the air shaft scene with Gorman and Vasquez taking one for the team so they can escape, which transitions beautifully into the Queen’s lair scene. We’re all going to come through this conversation with the same old it’s the best sequel ever but I think it’s a standout and standalone story.

This is kind of a weird question but when my kid is having a sad day, or in moments when something makes him really sad he often asks for a "sad movie". This is a normal way to process emotions, most adults do this but the problem is he is only 4. Most of the sad movies out there are not appropriate for kids and most kids movies aren't really sad, or at least sad for kids. The opening scene in 'UP' breaks my heart every time but it doesn't really register for a kid.

We often use 'Song of the Sea'. It's great animated movie but we need something new. Does anyone have any suggestions for kids friendly movies that have a meloncholic theme that don't have a lot of violence, scary scenes or mature content.

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?

Name a movie that you feel that a supporting character (actor/actress) really outshines the main.

For me? Harry Hog! Days of Thunder. I am not a fan of Tom Cruise and never have been. But I love that movie purely because of Robert Duval.

He didn't bump ya, he didn't nudge ya. He rubbed ya. And Rubbin, son, is part of racin'

I’ve been digging into the origin of the old movie gag where the closing title card says “THE END” … but then adds a “?” (as in The Blob (1958), which ends with “The End” which then morphs into a questions mark to suggest the monster might return).

The earliest explicit one I’ve found so far is actually German: 1930's Westfront 1918 concludes with “ENDE?!” being displayed in rough handwritten letters, a properly haunting final frame in the context of the anti-war message. Nearly 100 years later It's essentially a cliche, a form of unresolved storytelling/sequel bait that reeks of cheesiness.

Does anyone know of any earlier examples — especially silent-era films — that play with the final “THE END” card in this way? Either literally with punctuation, or in some similar wink at the audience? Bonus points if the title card literally shows "THE END" before a question marks is cheekily appended.

Thanks in advance — I’d love to trace how far back this schlocky trope goes

Which oil driller, who became an astronaut in one week in the movie Armageddon, was the one who tested positive for ketamine before heading to the asteroid?

I am thinking it was Steve Buscemi as "RockHound." There is a scene before he ascends to space to defeat the asteroid, where he goes with some of the other one-week astonauts to the strip club and spende $100k that RockHound took out from a loan shark at a 50% interst rate (I believe). Seems like he gets down. If it isn't him then it's got to be Owen Wilson.

Was there genuine fear in the movie theater business that VHS/VCRs would kill the movie theater or moviegoing business? In the 1980s the technology — which allowed users to watch prerecorded videocassettes or make home recordings of TV broadcasts — was being adopted by an estimated 1 million households per month in North America. That’s per month that’s a lot. Also similarly people in the 50s that the medium of TVs would kill theaters. I’m genuinely asking this question because with today with streaming a lot of people think or seem to believe movie theaters are dead or dying or are gonna go extinct due to streaming what do you think?

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

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?

I just rewatched this movie, but I’ve long been a fan of it. When I mention it to folks few people have heard of it. I think it’s brilliantly made film, and I wish David Byrne had done more films.

I find the art direction, cinematography and set design to be very well done especially with how shots are framed and the color schemes. There are a lot of subtle details to add to the story or just there for comedic value. The script is filled with short narrations or one liners that have little to do with the characters or plot but provide hilarious comedic moments. Upon rewatching I saw a lot of elements that I previously missed.

Im curious what other people think of it and if there are similar films that I should check out. This movie is reminiscent of Edward scissorhands and napoleon dynamite for me.

If anyone has ever struggled with loss, depression, anxiety this movie hits so close to home. I went through a divorce a few years back and both prior to that and following I felt like I was slowly fading away. I told my therapist this, that I just felt invisible. This movie, while slow, really does a good job of showing what that feels like. At first it is comforting to forget your trauma and just walk through life as an observer. You find others like that and have these co-dependent relationships that feel good initially…but it all is just a cycle. It also demonstrates how incredibly hard it is to work through it and past that grief. It is such a thoughtful and moving movie; it’s not flashy or entertaining in the classical sense; but it is quite beautiful and honest.