Idiocracy- 2006 Just shows where we are going…as a society. 😜
Going??? WE’VE ARRIVED
Idiocracy would be an improvement at this point…
Matrix Reloaded. People generally dislike it. I find it deepens the Matrix universe in many ways
The metaphysics in the whole series is honestly mind blowing. I even found the 4th movie to be oddly disturbing because it made it click in my mind that choosing a different reality than you were born into is akin to suicide. That blue pill kills your old self. It didn’t quite click for me in the first movie because I feel they were doing a lot of world building and it was easy to miss it in the fast pace.
The 4th movie they kinda lingered on that concept and it just screamed “this is talking about suicide” to me. And then I got kinda anxious. Because the blue pill seemed like the obvious choice until then. I know Cypher kinda makes a point about preferring the matrix, but it felt more like preference than suicide.
But he did say “if you told us the truth we’d have told you to shove that blue pill up your ass!”
ahhh… never saw it that way. Food for thought. I remember reading Lana (?) saying it was a trans allegory, and it made so much sense to me.
I didn’t like the 4th at all but I fully expect to read more into it a decade from now or so
Yeah, maybe try watching it from the suicide perspective. If you end up seeing it like that, suddenly that blue pill you swallowed is a death sentence. Perspective can essentially invert reality. Switch The real with the fake. The wrong for the right. The male to the female. The Good to the Evil.
Life to Death.
Light to Dark
Obi-Wan was right! It really does depend on a certain point of view!
The matrix sequels definitely muddle the pacing and characters, and they struggle to fill the void left by the central mystery of the first film, but the philosophising and action are both as good or better than the first film.
Speed racer has already been critically reevaluated so I guess my wachowski hot take is that Jupiter Ascending is due. It’s idiotic but it’s a sweaty blast of pure cinema.
action are both as good or better than the first film
action becomes mindless and boring when its in service of a non-nonsensical plot the viewer no longer cares about.
Well, yea, I agree. Nothing can beat discovering the Matrix. The first film has a myth mike quality to it that is mostly lost in the sequels
Aha, Jupiter Ascending ! didn’t really stick to this one, but I think a rewatch is in order becayse I think it’s been a decade and I’d like to try watching it while blazed beyond belief. I want to see if I mesh better with it in that state
How is it idiotic though ?
The Hunt
I know a few NYC EMS EMTs. The opening, where the EMT calls the cops out for planting the gun, is always popular.
Sorry, I’m not aware of the meaning of those acronyms. Can you expand?
Sorry.
NYC = New York City. The City police are NYPD. The guys planting the gun
EMS = Emergency Medical Service. When the movie was made, EMS was a semi-independent agency. It didn’t pay as much as the Police or Fire [still doesn’t]
EMT = Emergency Medical Technician. Basically, “ambulance driver” but don’t call an EMT an ambulance driver unless you want to insult them. It’s a job title like ‘nurse,’ but in this case refers specifically to people working for the City EMS.
So, when actual City employees see fictional versions of themselves telling the Police to fuck off, it’s very popular.
Sorry about the jargon.
Cowboys and Aliens is far more entertaining than it has any right to be.
Street Fighter has survived to become a cult classic.
I don’t think cowboys and aliens is terrible, but i quite often think about how much potential the idea had, and how little they used it.
Street Fighter is terrible, but Raul Julia’s performance is actually great.
Raul was so sick during filming, but gave it his all because his children would be happy
I saw Cowboys and Aliens in theaters and I loved it. It was such a unique movie at the time and it is very entertaining.
It’s up there with Abraham Lincolm: Vampire Hunter with me.
Silly concept. Flawless grounded execution.
I haven’t watched that but I should. Sometimes those weird unique movies hit just right.
Braindead/Dead Alive 1992
Not sure if it’s underrated or just not well known, but “The unbearable weight of massive talent” was so insanely good!
The old one you never heard of.
“Report To The Commissioner” 1970s Time Square movie about a police involved shooting leading to a hostage situation. Has one of the most hair raising chase scenes ever filmed.
“Mr. & Mrs. Smith” I get that everyone was sick of Brangelina by the time the movie came out, but it’s got enough comedy for a comedy movie, enough action for a thriller, and enough romance for a dozen rom-coms.
“Honey, please don’t undermine me in front of the hostage.”
Always a fun watch when I need a dose of action-comedy
Mr and Mrs Smith is one of my favorites.
Come on, let’s talk about this! You don’t want to go to bed angry!
Great soundtrack, too.
Walk Hard - The Dewey Cox Story
Great biopic satire that just keeps on giving. For me, Tim Meadows will always remain Sam, saying “not once.” It helps that his other roles are also goofy, like the ARGUS dude in Peacemaker.
I liked him in every role he played. He’s so funny, even if he seems to play the same character over and over
“Wrong kid died.”
This movie was such a perfect parody that it killed the music biopic genre for a while.
Payback with Mel Gibson (pre-rant) was one of my favorite movies. Lots of dark humor, a solid revenge story, and quippy dialog
Agreed. However, this is important: Stay the hell away from the Director’s Cut. It changes and ruins the movie in every conceivable way.
I love Mel Gibson and Tom Cruise films. Shitty, shitty people. Good director and actor.
As much as Tom Cruise is problematic, he also likes to sign on to do really good standalone Sci-Fi.
I loved this film so much in the early 2000’s. A few years ago I said to my wife we have to watch this after discovering she’s never seen it. Oh but wait, it’s not the version I watched. It’s not even the same bad guy. That’s not the version I wanted.
I had the same experience and realized that Director’s Cuts can ruin movies.
Exit to Eden. Terrible rotten tomatoes score, but it’s awesome and loved by the bdsm community. It’s a 1990s film adaptation of the Anne Rice novella of the same name, which is more or less just classic her style erotica, this one of a man going to a femdom island retreat and falling in love with and impressing the head lady there. Cliche whatever, but pretty good representation of kink despite the outlandish setting. But some executives or someone involved in the movie had a brilliant idea: buddy cop b plot with Rosie O’Donnell. This takes it from a bold and interesting decision that would probably be well regarded by a small group of people, to a movie that’s just kinda fucking nuts in a fun way. The b plot keeps the movie silly and light.
So yeah, if this sounds up your alley I highly recommend it.
Joe Versus the Volcano
I know he can get the job, but can he do the job.
