Mine is Lost Highway. It’s one of the most amazing pieces of media I’ve ever experienced. It’s dark, surreal, and I still don’t know what it’s about for sure. I have my own interpretation, as do many others. Who’s right? We’ll never know. The film is a fucking trip. I highly recommend.
Heavy Metal. It’s so excited to show you all its cool stuff!
Toss up between Star Trek First Contact and Snatch!
Gran Torino
It teaches you that friendship and empathy have nothing to do with race
It’s gotta be Goncharov for me, it’s Scorsese’s best work
I have three that all vie for the top-spot at different times:
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou is usually my top. I love all the performances, the practical sets, the goofy CGI, and the soundtrack (especially the ending scene with the expert use of “Staralfur” by Sigur Ros). I also grew up with an absentee father and while I never really developed typical “daddy issues” over that, something about this aspect of the plot hits me (same with why I have a fondness for Tron Legacy).
The Beach is also up there. Not a great film, but a favorite. I caught it right around the time I started surfing and developing an itch to see the world. I’ve also read the novel several times (which is quite different from the film). It’s whole commentary on tourism-as-colonialism is brilliant.
Office Space might be the one movie I’ve seen more than any other. While it’s a great comedy, the performances are perfect as is the themes (though the ending is kinda lame and feels like the movie loses steam). I grew up hanging out among cubicles with my mom and every character is someone that I have met.
Come & See or possibly Nights of Cabiria
Back to the Future. It’s both an amazing time capsule of the era and somehow also timeless. All the actors absolutely nail it and it’s just super fun to watch. I never get tired of it.
Gotta be The Matrix (1999). It blew my mind with the action when I saw it as a teenager, it continued blowing my mind with the philosophical and existential ideas when I started understanding those as an adult, and now it’s the ultimate comfort watch for me.
The two sequels have a special place in my heart too.
I am still thinking that the Matrix is about Capitalism and bigotry. Once you understand that you don’t have to follow their rules, you have much more freedom.
I actually saw it for the first time when they did the re-release in theatres. I couldn’t believe I had been sleeping on it.
I have never heard of this movie. Am watching now. This is quite interesting !!
Nice! How’d you like it?
Pride (2014), maybe? So hard to pick one. But I do love this one. Two very different communities comming together and supporting each other in the worst of times. Filled with love and laughs.
Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners!
The Lord of the Rings (pick any one)
That seems to be a popular answer. I haven’t seen any of them myself unfortunately. :(
My favorite film is Strange Days. When I was about 11 or 12 years old I saw the trailer on TV. The imagery and music in the trailer hooked me. I was too young to watch an R-rated film at that time, but about a year later I watched it on the cable box at home. I loved the film. The opening scene set the grittiness of the rest of the film. It was also the first time I watched scenes from a film shot in first person, and they did all that before small cameras like GoPros existed.
The soundtrack is terrific. I think I bought the CD at Tower Records, I still have that in storage somewhere. Since the DVD release back in the early 2000s I’ve made it a thing to watch the film every December.
Eurotrip. My friends watched it like 8 times. It’s not rated as great movie, but the jokes are really good, makes fun of stereotypes, every scene is a meme. Maybe I’m biased, but its a fun movie
Oh yes, I need to rewatch this one!
My wife and I quote this movie all the time. Especially whenever we come across a nickel.
My favorite movie is The Favorite. The humour is just right for me.
Lord of the Rings. It has all my heart desires. Great shots of nature, camaraderie, action, feels, swords, a message, charge of the Rohirrim… I could go on. It’s a masterpiece.
You may say it’s cheating, that’s three movies - well to that I say the books are also actually one book split into three. They shot all the movies together as well. Besides, I only ever watch them all or not at all so… one big movie as far as I’m concerned.
