Movies and movie recs or "What do you mean you haven't seen that?"

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I'm interrupting hometown month to talk movies. And movie recs. With summer blockbuster more or less upon us, it seems like an appropriate time.

1. What do you look for in a movie?/What kinds of movies do you like?
2. Do you have a favourite movie or three? (I'm using random numbers here. Feel free to talk about as many movies as you like. Or as few.)
3. What movies had the biggest impact on you?
4. Do you have any movies that you indiscriminately rec to everyone or think everyone should see at least once? (Could be the same as or different from #1 or #2. Totally up to you. Elaboration is encouraged.)



*Or winter blockbuster season, if you live in the Southern Hemisphere.

Comments

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*starts making a list of movies to watch*

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Some of my choices are kind of offbeat, particularly the 1980s/1990s stuff. Just wanted to warn you. :)

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I like offbeat sometimes. Though it sometimes depends on what kind of offbeat.

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None of the ones I've named are really violent or anything like that.

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I was thinking more 2001-style quirkiness. Slow, sweeping shots and very little happening.

[lightbird]

Ah, I get you. Jarmusch can be a little slower at points - not sweeping shots with nothing happening, but lots of times he has people together not speaking, but there's stuff in the space in between. It's very naturalistic. I like that sort of thing. Stranger Than Paradise might be a good one of his to start with because there is an interesting plot going on in it, too.

She's Gotta Have It is one of Spike Lee's early movies (I forget if it's his first movie - I think it might be). Rough summary: it's about a woman, Nola Darling, who is dating 3 different men (and the men know about each other) and eventually tries to make a choice between the 3. They are very different, and if you took the qualities of each of them and combined them into 1 man that would be the perfect man for her. It's really really good. Some parts are done almost mock-documentary style, where the men or Nola or a friend/someone else who knows her are talking into the camera as if they are being interviewed.

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She's Gotta Have It sounds interesting; I will look that up! And I will see if I can find Stranger Than Paradise as well, since I don't think I've ever watched a Jarmusch film.

Thanks!