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Asterite34 posted:Okay, looking for a group movie night suggestion, preferably of the "weird and kinda stupid but cool" vein. Not an outright bad movie, but a bit baffling and provoking shocked laughter is a plus. Phantom of the Paradise and Repo Man went over great, Streets of Fire was a bit of a dud, and Rock & Rule was good from the perspective of horrified morbid curiosity, though I'm pretty sure Heavy Metal would be a bridge too far The Holy Mountain Tetsuo Ichi the Killer E: Holy Motors is a good option for this regulargonzalez fucked around with this message at 23:30 on Jan 25, 2025 |
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Asterite34 posted:Okay, looking for a group movie night suggestion, preferably of the "weird and kinda stupid but cool" vein. Not an outright bad movie, but a bit baffling and provoking shocked laughter is a plus. Phantom of the Paradise and Repo Man went over great, Streets of Fire was a bit of a dud, and Rock & Rule was good from the perspective of horrified morbid curiosity, though I'm pretty sure Heavy Metal would be a bridge too far Megalopolis
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Lord Lambeth posted:Sort of a specific request, do any goons know of great french films? Or films with a good french dub? army of shadows le cercle rouge le samourai le trou les diaboliques
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Asterite34 posted:Okay, looking for a group movie night suggestion, preferably of the "weird and kinda stupid but cool" vein. Not an outright bad movie, but a bit baffling and provoking shocked laughter is a plus. Phantom of the Paradise and Repo Man went over great, Streets of Fire was a bit of a dud, and Rock & Rule was good from the perspective of horrified morbid curiosity, though I'm pretty sure Heavy Metal would be a bridge too far Depending on the crowd Butcher Baker Nightmare Maker is unhinged as is stuff like Toxic Avenger and Eating Raoul. All of those are basically outright bad but they are also perfect. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension is great as is Death Becomes Her. It's also basically impossible to have a bad time watching Heathers. The documentary Hands on a Hardbody is a crowd pleaser as people start to gravitate towards different contestants.
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Jan 26, 2025 02:43
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If Streets of Fire was a dud, then just disband your movie night group and find a better one.
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Asterite34 posted:Okay, looking for a group movie night suggestion, preferably of the "weird and kinda stupid but cool" vein. Not an outright bad movie, but a bit baffling and provoking shocked laughter is a plus. Phantom of the Paradise and Repo Man went over great, Streets of Fire was a bit of a dud, and Rock & Rule was good from the perspective of horrified morbid curiosity, though I'm pretty sure Heavy Metal would be a bridge too far Holy Motors Okja Swiss Army Man Being John Malkovich Adaptation. Spring Breakers The Love Witch Big Trouble in Little China The Last Dragon The Lighthouse Josie and the Pussycats
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Jan 26, 2025 06:51
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Asterite34 posted:Okay, looking for a group movie night suggestion, preferably of the "weird and kinda stupid but cool" vein. Not an outright bad movie, but a bit baffling and provoking shocked laughter is a plus. Phantom of the Paradise and Repo Man went over great, Streets of Fire was a bit of a dud, and Rock & Rule was good from the perspective of horrified morbid curiosity, though I'm pretty sure Heavy Metal would be a bridge too far Zardoz
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Asterite34 posted:Okay, looking for a group movie night suggestion, preferably of the "weird and kinda stupid but cool" vein. Not an outright bad movie, but a bit baffling and provoking shocked laughter is a plus. Phantom of the Paradise and Repo Man went over great, Streets of Fire was a bit of a dud, and Rock & Rule was good from the perspective of horrified morbid curiosity, though I'm pretty sure Heavy Metal would be a bridge too far I think the best answer is Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam. It's at least the best answer no one else here is liable to give you. A way distant second would be Shadow of the Vampire, mainly because it's topical. It's not at all stupid or a bad movie (Oscar noms), but it's high concept in a way that could sound dumb or too clever by half. The movie shouldn't have worked, but on the other hand it's a bt sedate and never falls on its face, so go with Dr. Otto.
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Jan 26, 2025 16:36
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Asterite34 posted:Okay, looking for a group movie night suggestion, preferably of the "weird and kinda stupid but cool" vein. Not an outright bad movie, but a bit baffling and provoking shocked laughter is a plus. Phantom of the Paradise and Repo Man went over great, Streets of Fire was a bit of a dud, and Rock & Rule was good from the perspective of horrified morbid curiosity, though I'm pretty sure Heavy Metal would be a bridge too far Hausu Sorry to Bother You Mandy Fantastic Planet Cemetery Man Lord Lambeth posted:Sort of a specific request, do any goons know of great french films? The Super Mario movie was actually pretty good.
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Looking to fill out my Letterboxd list: 1950s Sci-Fi Monster B-Movie Homage, Parody, and Pastiche. I'm looking for stuff that's specifically celebrating or riffing on 1950s monster b-movies, but it's hard to draw the line on some that are more contemporary updates than homage, like Blob '88 and The Fly '86, which feel like they tried to evolve or move past the vibe or aesthetic of their originals and aren't on the list. I have included stuff like Earth Girls are Easy and Honey I Shrunk the Kids because they're more comedic and feel like they have more of a throwback quality, but I'm considering excising them. There's also plenty of homages to Universal monsters out there which feel like a separate list to me, and same goes with the riffs on 50's juvenile delinquent films. If there's any more "movie in a movie" stuff that I'm missing like in Matinee or Popcorn, I'm particularly keen on that. Also, this isn't the subforum for this, but because I'm making the list to actually watch a lot of my blind spots, I'm totally open to TV recommendations as well. Something like the Maniac Mansion TV show would count, as would the Oxnard Montalvo movies from Angry Beavers, and even Eerie Indiana. e: no Sharknado bullshit. feedmyleg fucked around with this message at 18:24 on Jan 26, 2025 |
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Jan 26, 2025 17:10
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Asterite34 posted:Okay, looking for a group movie night suggestion, preferably of the "weird and kinda stupid but cool" vein. Not an outright bad movie, but a bit baffling and provoking shocked laughter is a plus. Phantom of the Paradise and Repo Man went over great, Streets of Fire was a bit of a dud, and Rock & Rule was good from the perspective of horrified morbid curiosity, though I'm pretty sure Heavy Metal would be a bridge too far Oh God, how did I forget Double Dragon? I always remember the best after I finish. It's one other people here could have told you though.
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Jan 26, 2025 17:18
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feedmyleg posted:Looking to fill out my Letterboxd list: 1950s Sci-Fi Monster B-Movie Homage, Parody, and Pastiche. Would Razorback be an evolution of the formula or a homage? It's got a big monster, nobody believes the guy who saw it, some other 50s tropes, but also some unapologetically mean-spirited 80s stuff.
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I'd place that in the evolution category, though tell me if I'm wrong since I haven't seen it in nearly a decade. To me it's not explicitly referencing the time period, aesthetics, thematics, or individual films of the era, just leaning on the same tropes and formulas as the classic era. It'd definitely make my hypothetical New Wave Creature Features — Evolving the Monster Movie for the 1980s list, though. I did manage to go down some Letterboxd rabbit holes and find a bunch of stuff that wasn't on my radar yet, so I've already got some fun new roads to go down.
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feedmyleg posted:Looking to fill out my Letterboxd list: 1950s Sci-Fi Monster B-Movie Homage, Parody, and Pastiche. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-c6aJoQVzo
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Ooh that's a good one. Had that buried in my watchlist but totally forgot about it.
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Jan 28, 2025 06:41
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Is it kosher to float something you haven't seen? I am Night of the Lepus-aware and possibly -curious.
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Scanning through LB reviews it seems to fit the bill, with multiple folks saying it feels like a throwback and one person mentioning an Ed Wood-style use of stampeding cattle stock footage. Adding it unless someone who has seen it objects
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I like some Chow Yun Fat films and would appreciate a recommendation or 5 based on that. Films of his I've seen and liked: A Better Tomorrow I & II The Killer Hard Boiled Full Contact God of Gamblers (only the 1st one) Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon Curse of the Golden Flower I've seen some American movies with him in them. Yuck, generally. Is The Postman Fights Back any good?
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El Gallinero Gros posted:I like some Chow Yun Fat films and would appreciate a recommendation or 5 based on that. An Autumn’s Tale The Seventh Curse City on Fire A Better Tomorrow 3 All About Ah-Long Tiger on the Beat
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Maybe more of a general movie question, but I’m trying to think of vampire movies where they go through some kind of physical transformation. Amy in Fright Night to her messed up face, Gary Oldman in BSD to his wolf/bat forms, Salma Hayek in From Dusk Til Dawn to her cobra thing, Blade II with the weird mouths. Looking for something a little more extreme than the Buffy eyebrow ridges, and a contrast between a “regular” vampire form and a messed-up gross one is important too
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Mar 11, 2025 05:58
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Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
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The vampires in The Lost Boys had weird feet: The Monster Squad briefly shows Dracula as a humanoid bat: 
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morestuff posted:Maybe more of a general movie question, but I’m trying to think of vampire movies where they go through some kind of physical transformation. Amy in Fright Night to her messed up face, Gary Oldman in BSD to his wolf/bat forms, Salma Hayek in From Dusk Til Dawn to her cobra thing, Blade II with the weird mouths. Looking for something a little more extreme than the Buffy eyebrow ridges, and a contrast between a “regular” vampire form and a messed-up gross one is important too 30 Days of Night vampires are pretty gross
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morestuff posted:Maybe more of a general movie question, but I’m trying to think of vampire movies where they go through some kind of physical transformation. Amy in Fright Night to her messed up face, Gary Oldman in BSD to his wolf/bat forms, Salma Hayek in From Dusk Til Dawn to her cobra thing, Blade II with the weird mouths. Looking for something a little more extreme than the Buffy eyebrow ridges, and a contrast between a “regular” vampire form and a messed-up gross one is important too I can't believe I'm going to suggest this because it's a pretty bad movie, but I remember Van Helsing has some PG-13 level vampire grossness / body horror in it. I don't exactly remember if any of it is quite what I'd call a transformation, though, as it's been literally 20 years since I saw it.
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Okay, folks : I want 70's spy movies that aren't James Bond-ish, at least vaguely realistic-ish. I'm fine with some play on the time period (and it could be made now and just take place there), but the big thing I want is as much non-digital, analog tradecraft as possible so nothing after computers stopped being huge. Think Tinker, Tailor, Solider Spy, The Conversation and 3 Days of the Condor.
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The Parallax View.
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Xiahou Dun posted:Okay, folks : I want 70's spy movies that aren't James Bond-ish, at least vaguely realistic-ish. I'm fine with some play on the time period (and it could be made now and just take place there), but the big thing I want is as much non-digital, analog tradecraft as possible so nothing after computers stopped being huge. Think Tinker, Tailor, Solider Spy, The Conversation and 3 Days of the Condor. Not sure if they explicitly meet all your requirements but these came to mind (based on your list): -The American Friend -The Boys From Brazil -The Day of the Jackal -Marathon Man A few from the 1980s: -Gorky Park -The Falcon and the Snowman -No Way Out
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Xiahou Dun posted:Okay, folks : I want 70's spy movies that aren't James Bond-ish, at least vaguely realistic-ish. I'm fine with some play on the time period (and it could be made now and just take place there), but the big thing I want is as much non-digital, analog tradecraft as possible so nothing after computers stopped being huge. Think Tinker, Tailor, Solider Spy, The Conversation and 3 Days of the Condor. They're from the mid-60s, but given you said there's some room on the timeframe I'd recommend The Ipcress File and The Spy Who Came In From The Cold as downbeat anti-Bond takes on British spycraft.
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Xiahou Dun posted:Okay, folks : I want 70's spy movies that aren't James Bond-ish, at least vaguely realistic-ish. I'm fine with some play on the time period (and it could be made now and just take place there), but the big thing I want is as much non-digital, analog tradecraft as possible so nothing after computers stopped being huge. Think Tinker, Tailor, Solider Spy, The Conversation and 3 Days of the Condor. It's spy-adjacent and sleezy as hell, but Eiger Sanction.
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Megaman's Jockstrap posted:It's spy-adjacent and sleezy as hell, but Eiger Sanction. That actually might still work so I’ll check it out. Thanks! These are all great and going on a big list, but I’m happy to take more. To give context : I’m writing a campaign for an RPG about spies fighting vampires* set in 70’s Helsinki and I’m looking for mood/vision board stuff and random tradecraft to steal. *Night’s Black Agents
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It's a heist movie, which imo is a close sibling to a spy movie, but the original Italian Job counts. They gotta hack the computer that runs the city's streetlights and that involves replacing the giant reel to reel tapes that is the computer program.
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Not really spy-ish but if you like Three Days of the Condor and The Conversation, check out The Parallax View. Same paranoid, conspiracy, big brother vibes.
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Possession is about a spy in Berlin during the Cold War....
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Xiahou Dun posted:That actually might still work so I’ll check it out. Thanks! If you are prepared to add The Ipcress File from the mid-60s I'll chip in for it's sequels; Funeral In Berlin and, Billion Dollar Brain - though they do get increasingly "silly". Billion Dollar Brain is comedy genius imo (and Ken Russell's only 'director-for-hire' film), and even features Helsinki heavily. Also thanks to whoever suggested The American Friend, reminded me I've been meaning to rewatch it, and it is still marvelous.
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I just watched Dinner in America , what are the director's other films like? (I really liked it, and the song they make together is a total earworm)
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Xiahou Dun posted:Okay, folks : I want 70's spy movies that aren't James Bond-ish, at least vaguely realistic-ish. I'm fine with some play on the time period (and it could be made now and just take place there), but the big thing I want is as much non-digital, analog tradecraft as possible so nothing after computers stopped being huge. Think Tinker, Tailor, Solider Spy, The Conversation and 3 Days of the Condor. Seconding Day of the jackal, Parallax View, spy who came in from the cold Army of shadows is WW2 spying Arguably oss 117? trevorreznik fucked around with this message at 01:49 on Mar 27, 2025 |
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OSS117 isn’t particularly helpful for my project, but is a loving amazing movie so you’re still super cool for recommending it.
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Any actual good movies that teens (mature 12 year old, immature 15 year old) might enjoy? They are into all genres, but like scary stuff and mysteries. I’ve run out of ideas 
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newts posted:Any actual good movies that teens (mature 12 year old, immature 15 year old) might enjoy? They are into all genres, but like scary stuff and mysteries. I’ve run out of ideas Here's a random group of some that may work Galaxy Quest Color out of space Shaun of the dead (forgot this one is completely full of f-bombs lol) Hitchhikers Guide Raising Arizona Dr_0ctag0n fucked around with this message at 02:41 on Apr 5, 2025 |
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