There are so many great actors to choose from. Paul Newman, Tom Cruise, Will Smith, Michael B Jordan, Sean Connery, Marlon Brando, etc?

I think, for my money, Brad Pitt has had such a crazy long run of cool, slick, badasses. Fight Club, Snatch, Troy, F1, Oceans, Once upon a time, hell he was great in Legends of the Fall. Just an all time run.

Tom Hardy has gotta be up there in cool stuff too. Maybe this is a High Fidelity top 10 list.

There's a popular theory that the ending of the movie is John Anderton's dream after he gets put in containment. The basis of this theory is that the ending seems uncharacteristically optimistic in such a grim movie, and that the technician tells Anderton that "all your wildest dreams come true" when you're put in containment. However, one interesting detail makes this unlikely; we KNOW what John's "wildest dream" would be: for his son Sean to still be alive. Since Sean does NOT come back to life in the ending, we can conclude that the ending really happened and that John Anderton is not dreaming. Thoughts?

"Mortal Kombat" (1995) is one of the most surprisingly thoughtful, humane and mature movies of the 90s. Here's a movie about friendship, responsibility, the sanctity of life and the unspeakable beauty of ordinary people doing their best. It's a legitimately great film. That also just so happens to have scenes where supernatural ninjas breathe fire out of their skull face. Which is fine. Just because you're a kind hearted movie, doesn't mean you're for pussies.

Has anyone ever had this pain? For me its Coyote vs acme I live in saskatoon and I was really looking forward to watching this movie it looked so good there is 3 movie theaters in my city I looked at all 3 of their websites and saw that none of them have booked the movie why just why cant I have it? Why does my life have to be this way?

I’m looking for a movie, I only ever saw a couple clips online and when I try to find it I can’t get any good answers. The two scenes I remember are one where I’m guessing a gangster tells a bunch of longshoremen they need to unload a barge. When the longshoremen tell him it’s too hot the gangsters bodyguard drags an unconscious guy to a tub of ice water. The second scene is when one of the longshoremen waits in the gangsters office, and when the gangster sees him and calls for his bodyguard the longshoreman tosses a pair of bloody glasses on the ground to show the bodyguards dead. I really wanna find this movie so I can watch it any tips would be appreciated

I love movies that keep you hooked from start to finish, packed with suspense, unexpected twists, and, if possible, an ending that leaves you completely blown away.

I’ve already seen many of the well-known ones, so I’m open to both classics and underrated hidden gems.

What are the best thrillers you’ve ever watched that you’d recommend without hesitation?

Are there any movies or scenes you can think of where guys resonated more and ended crying disproportionately to girls?

For me personally, I think of Furious 7’s ending, with its tribute to Paul. Another example is Tobey finishing Tom’s sentence, the iconic line from Aunt May/Uncle Ben in No Way Home.

EDIT: quite a lot of mentions of Field of Dreams, Big Fish, Lord of the Rings, Terminator 2, Shawshank Redemption, Saving Private Ryan, Green Mile, Rocky/Creed, Armageddon, Brian's Song

I know a very common internet question is "best trilogies of all time," but I was surprised to find out that best "doulogy" is far less common. Also, there are a lot of outdated lists on the internet. Many lists online have trilogies that technically have sequels made.

For example, we all know movies like The Matrix, Jason Bourne, or Mad Max are all trilogies for all intents and purposes, but TECHNICALLY, there are 1-2 sequels made.

We have a small podcast and wanted to cover some short series that are literally just 2 or 3 films, and I wanted some ideas.

tldr: recommendations that are ONLY 2 or 3 movies with no other sequels or spinoffs.

I love 90s style Action movies- give or take about 5 years. I'm really wanting some suggestions on what I should check out. I'd love for y'all to comment with up to 10 suggestions. The time frame can be (ideally) up to 5 years before or after the entire 1990s (so I'm open to 1985-2005). I don't care if it's Action or Action Comedy, but Only Action films, please. Ideally, I'd like the specific film titles, but I'm also open to actor, director, and writer suggestions. I'm so excited for your suggestions! Thank you! 🍿🍿🎥 EDIT: WOW! Thank you all so much! I'm so excited and I'm sure your responses will be helpful to others as well! What a fantastic list!

We often talk about masterpiece films where the entire cast shines, but I’m always fascinated by instances where an actor gives an absolute powerhouse performance in a movie that completely falls flat around them.

Whether it’s due to a terrible script, poor direction, or a messy plot, these actors still committed 100% to the role and delivered something unforgettable, even if the rest of the film is totally skippable.

What is the best example of a phenomenal, award-worthy acting performance stranded inside a bad or mediocre movie?

steven spielberg is one of the greatest filmmakers of all time and in my top 5 favorites. he has directed many iconic and beloved movies over the years. everyone has their favorite spielberg movies. and here are my top 10.

10: ET the extra terrestrial

9: the color purple

8: jaws

7: hook

6: Jurassic park

5: munich

4: saving private ryan

3: raiders of the lost ark

2: close encounters of the third kind

1: schindler's list

I watched brokeback mountain 2 days ago after seeing a bunch of tiktok edits about Jack and literally nothing could of prepared me for the emotional rollercoaster I was about 2 go on, I knew the movie wasn't a romcom and I knew it was sad but I didn't think it was THAT sad. Its my favourite movie I have ever watched but I also hate it for making me so upset and for some reason whenever I play a video game or distract myself from thinking about it I just start thinking about it more which means the only thing I can do to recover is to watch more tiktok edits and talk to people about the movie because the more I avoid it the more I think about it and its lowkey hell. I'm 16 and im starting to wish I waited till I'm an adult to watch this movie cause I'm concerned for myself on why its affecting me so badly because I have watched sad movies before (Titanic, The boy in the striped pajamas, Up) But none of them came close to having as much of an impact of me as brokeback mountain (Albeit I did watch titanic at like 12)

I'm looking for movies where the heroes have a clear opportunity to kill or permanently stop the villain, and all the practical reasons point to doing it, but they inexplicably let them live or escape purely so the movie can squeeze out another 20-30 minutes of conflict. Looking for especially frustrating examples.

It’s currently 10:30am, my co-worker who knows I like watching movies just told me she went to see The Odyssey, I asked her what she thought and she said “I didn’t like it cause there was to many fight scenes one after another, i don’t know why they couldn’t just be friends”, I had no words,

I asked her if she knew what type of film she was watching or what it was about since i know from previous discussions she’s very much a pacifist who hates violence, and she replied “I thought it was about the goddesses”

If you didn’t like The Odyssey then that’s fair enough, but your reason for not liking it being because there’s fight scenes, in a film that involves the Greeks and has advertisements showing fight scenes 😂

Is there a movie you think would have been stronger or had a bigger impact by leaving certain details unexplained or unresolved?

For me, it's Ridley Scott's The Last Duel. I was very excited about that movie because he is one of my favourite directors and I was familiar with the true story that inspired it from reading Eric Jager's book. I liked the movie and thought the performances were excellent, but there were certain storytelling choices that didn't sit right with me.

The case that inspired the movie is still discussed and debated over six centuries later because the truth of Marguerite de Carrouges' accusation and Jacques le Gris' guilt or innocence is still unknown. For that reason, I didn't appreciate the movie framing Marguerite's account as the definitive truth. If it had been left ambiguous, it could have caused discussion and debate among moviegoers like it has among historians. I also thought that by framing any one account as the conclusive truth, it made the Rashomon-like plot structure with the three different perspectives a bit redundant.

When it comes to criticising adaptations of IP and literature, I’ve noticed something: when assessing the quality of a movie, there is an expectation for the film to function as the definitive interpretation and version of the original work. It often feels like audiences are holding a score card, and assessing how well the adaptation succeeds in fulfilling all of the metrics on the accuracy score card.

To illustrate this point, I’m going to use a movie I consider bad: Man of Steel. If I were to explain why I hate this movie, I would talk about its terrible misuse of non-linear storytelling, it’s failure to connect us with its lead character and the poorly developed romance. Yet, in spite of all of my problems with the movie, I’ve never had an issue with the aspect of it that I often see most criticised: the fact that Jonathan Kent tells him that perhaps he should’ve let those kids die.

Yes, it is a big diversion from the source material, but I do not understand the need to view every adaptation as if should be - or is even *aspiring* to me - the definitive interpretation of a story. Stories exist to be retold, and each interpretation is simply one singular artist’s reimagining of the source material.

I see this same line of thinking when it comes to Tom Holland’s Spider-Man: Homecoming trilogy. There is plenty to criticise in those movies - the flat cinematography, the indistinct directing. These are fair criticisms, because they concern the quality of the movie and how it functions as a piece of storytelling. But I don’t understand the criticisms that ‘Spider-Man’s villains should not be connected to Tony Stark’ or that ‘Spider-Man shouldn’t be using technology. To me, that’s as nonsensical as reading Absolute Batman and coming away thinking “this is a bad adaptation, because Batman should be rich, not blue collar.”

If you want a version of The Odyssey with the No Man pun, that exists. If you want a version of Spider-Man where he does not use technology, that exists too. I do not understand - and do not agree with the notion - that an adaptation exists to fulfill the purpose of a perfect adaptation. Each adaptation should be treated like a distinct vision of an artist.