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[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I watched but did not finish inglorious bastards because we had to take iur kitten to the vet.

However, I watched and finished District 9 and it was unequivically a banger. I can't reveal too much without spoilers so I will only say this. It primarily takes place in South Africa and the history of apartheid is important to its message.

I also watched Starship Troopers not to long ago and it was a banger too. The history of American imperialism is incredibly important fot this one.

Both of these are very relevant to world events at the moment and watching them now will only do you good

[–] d00phy@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

Starship Troopers is an odd duck of a movie. I enjoy it, but I also get why fans of the book tend to hate it.

Basterds was a great movie.

[–] Wanderer@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

Both starship troopers are good.

The film is campy and playful. But the book is more philosophical in a way that would only work in book format.

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[–] Facesplash69@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 3 months ago

Longlegs If you like psycho horror it's fun. So yes :) Takes place during the last years of the satanic panic. Not necessarily my cup of tea but nicely made. Not as jump scary as expected, but still some jump scares, so be aware.

[–] Skanky@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Damsel

Hell no

[–] clark@midwest.social 3 points 3 months ago

Gladiator. Hells yes!

[–] midnight_puker@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Bone Tomahawk was alright. Kurt Russell played a solid frontier law man. There's a pretty spicy gore scene in there too.

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[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

Alien Romulus; caught the second showing at a local theater today.

It's definitely one of the better Alien films; it's not as great as the first 2, definitely better than the 3rd though.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

In a theater? Deadpool and Wolverine. Similar to other people here, I think objectively it was not good, but just a fun ride of fan service and cameos that was quite entertaining. I don’t know why I paid for 3d though: had to wear glasses but didn’t see any 3d effects.

At home? The Andrew Garfield Spider-Man movies. Apparently I had never seen them and my teen insisted. I liked them. I don’t know why people criticize the actor: I’d criticize the writers. No one wants a moody emo self-centered Spider-Man. Toby McGuire does well partly because they wrote a more lighthearted playful Spider-Man for him, even in the face of apocalypse

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

It's an absolute delight and based on a true story. The first black ops team.

https://youtu.be/zvwDen1Wrx8

Two books on it:

https://archive.org/details/ministryofungent0000dami

https://academic.macmillan.com/academictrade/9781250119032/churchillsministryofungentlemanlywarfare

The crazy part, the absolutely crazy part, is that in the real life story, nobody got killed. You can see in the trailer they COMPLETELY changed that part. Nobody would believe it.

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Role Models. Which I had completely forgotten existed until my wife asked if I had seen it.

Early 2000s, Paul Rudd and Stiffler get stuck doing community service in a Big Brother program. I laughed a few times, and there's a lot of LARPing involved.

It's not going to be anyone's favorite movie, but it was a fun way to spend an evening.

[–] merari42@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

My wife and I were staying in Bologna for 2 nights, and there was a big free open-air cinema on the largest public square that showed Italian film classics with English subtitles. We watched "La Dolce Vita" by Fellini on the first night and a satirical comedy called "Divorce Italian type" the second night. La dolce vita is great but not an easy watch since it deals with typical topics of early modernity in the 50s. It's kinda like the books from that time about existence and hedonism and the complexity of life. The other movie is about a guy who wants to murder his Wife so he can date his 16-year old cousin and is way funnier than the premise would suggest.

[–] tilefan@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

Spaceballs. yeah

[–] hperrin@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Love Lies Bleeding, and yes, I’d recommend it.

[–] BananaPeal@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

The Mask is sssssmokin'!

[–] Brickhead92@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

The last kids movie: The Incredibles 2, great as always, and highly recommended along with the 1st. Very excited for the 3rd.

The last non-kids movie: The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. I recommend this to anyone who likes movies similar to The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Everyone in it does a great job and is interested that it is based on a true story, albeit embellished, but also the basis and inspiration for the James Bond books.

[–] Wanderer@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

Watched the Waterboy again.

Sad they don't make good comedy movies anymore. Would recommend it. Recently watched America Pie too. Quality film.

[–] roserose56@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

Perfect Days 2023
Excellent movie, simple story showing his simple every day life. It goes through his life, doing what he likes, and shows stories that happens every day.

[–] BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

Thor 1. i thought it was great. very shakespearian

[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago

I Saw the TV Glow

I wouldn't recommend it to cis people, but maybe to some trans folks.

[–] Atin@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

2036 Origin unknown. It was quite a good movie so, yes, I would recommend it.

[–] funbreaker@kbin.earth 2 points 3 months ago

How I Saved the President also known as The Undercover Kid. It‘s a 90s kd adventure move in which a preteen who can talk to animals is somehow way better than the Secret Service at their full-time jobs.

It‘s perfect for a Bad Movie Night.

[–] biofaust@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem.

Warmly recommended to kids and adults alike. Fantastic style, cool action sequences, top-notch voice acting and cool story. It may seem derivative of Spiderman Into the Spider verse, but it's better in many respects.

[–] Vedlt@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

National Lampoon's Senior Trip.

I watched Jeremy Renner's wired auto complete interview on YouTube and he mentioned that was his first role. So I looked it up and it had 0% on rotten tomatoes. And I thought to myself, it can't be that bad.

It was pretty bad, maybe not 0% bad, but I found very few redeeming qualities.

I would not recommend.

[–] ransomwarelettuce@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Neon genesis evangelion : The end of Evagelion

. . .

Second time watching the whole series + ending, understood things better this time around however still have some questions. Third time will be the charm I am sure of it.

It's a great storie revolving around the hedgehog dilema, change within ourselfs, and escapism, hitting too close to home at times.

What upfront looks like a freaking cool mecha anime, which it is, hides a narrative so human it gives you chill by how real it is at times. Really recommended the movie + series.

[–] d00phy@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Recently rewatched “What If” as background noise. I had never heard of it when I first watched it, and came away really enjoying it. A really good cast, and a quirky rom-com plot made it a fun watch.

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