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

[skieswideopen]

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

[atelierlune]

1. A world/plot/characters that I can come back to again and again and again. I watch a lot of foreign dramas. I don't know if it means anything in particular; I probably can't recognize hipsters and creeps in a culture outside my own and that's the only reason why I privilege the independent cinema of other countries over my own.

2. The Scent of Green Papaya, Clue, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.

3. Donnie Darko hit my sister and I like a ton of bricks when we first watched it. Like, we literally had to pause at a couple of different points to discuss what the h was going on and if we wanted to continue.

If you've ever wondered what it would feel like to have your head punctured and all of the vitality drained from your body, watching The End of Evangelion movie is like that. Warning: If you are in the middle of finals, skip this.

4. Not really. My taste is really spare when it comes to movies to begin with and people ignore me when I rec things to them. Despite this, everyone should see Hirokazu Kore-eda's After Life. It's on Netflix. Go.

[skieswideopen]

After Life is a great movie! Sadly, it's not available on Netflix Canada.

It's been so long since I watched Evangelion...I'm not sure I ever saw the movie. I definitely don't remember the ending.

[atelierlune]

Geographic copyright restrictions frequently strike me as absurd and pointless.

[skieswideopen]

So true.

Well, maybe it will show up here one day and I can watch it again.

[lightbird]

lol, I love Clue. Me and my friend quote from it all the time.

[atelierlune]

I choose to EXPOSE MYSELF to these people!

Please! There are ladies present!

:D

[lightbird]

:D :D :D

Just checking.
Everything all right?
Yep. Two corpses. Everything's fine.

Nobody can get into that position.
Sure they can. Let me show you.
Get off me!

...and to make a long story short...
Too late!