Movies to watch during lockdown?

[IthacaMatt]

I didn’t realize until I watched this one that I’ve only seen 1 or 2 Tarantino movies. With this one, the world they created and the acting performances are great, but the movie itself feels basically pointless. Glad I watched it once but I can’t imagine I would ever feel motivated to see it again.

I hope Pulp Fiction is one of them. That movie changed filmmaking in the 90s, with its intertwining plots, violence, nostalgia, casual racism of some of the characters and very sharp writing.

The Kill Bill movies should only be watched back-to-back, or else they make very little sense.

From Dusk Til Dawn was Salma Hayak as a vampire stripper and surviving an onslaught of demons from hell. That was pretty fun.

Natural Born Killers was really good, like a psychedelic Bonnie & Clyde murder rampage movie. No, wait, that was Oliver Stone doing his version of a Tarantino movie. My bad.

The Hateful Eight was OK, kind of like Django Unchained, maybe too much like it, except set in the snow. Inglorious Basterds, the Nazi Killer movie, was fun, but that one seemed kind popcorn predictable to me.

He first got recognition for Reservoir Dogs, which kind of set the tone for his later movies. It was pretty good, not great, IMO.

 

[Zelda Zonk]

Grand Budapest Hotel is genius. Some of Wes Anderson's other films have not met that standard, like Royal Tennenbaums, for instance.

Oh, man. No... Tenenbaums was the first bit of genius. Still my favorite. Budapest and Zissou were bigger, grander, more expensive, but Tenenbaums has it all, on the page and stylistically.

 

[maxxyz]

I hope Pulp Fiction is one of them. That movie changed filmmaking in the 90s, with its intertwining plots, violence, nostalgia, casual racism of some of the characters and very sharp writing.

The Kill Bill movies should only be watched back-to-back, or else they make very little sense.

From Dusk Til Dawn was Salma Hayak as a vampire stripper and surviving an onslaught of demons from hell. That was pretty fun.

From Dusk til Dawn was great, but it was directed by Robert Rodriguez.

I like a lot of Tarantino’s work, but I really haven’t liked much after 2005 (except Django).

I am now prepared to be internet shamed for my ridiculous opinion.

 

[orange79]

I hope Pulp Fiction is one of them. That movie changed filmmaking in the 90s, with its intertwining plots, violence, nostalgia, casual racism of some of the characters and very sharp writing.

This. It is in my top 5 all time.

Not that anyone cares what I think, but it is.

 

[721Comstock]

Blazing Saddles hasn't held up well for me.

I didn’t get a HARUMPH outta that guy!

 

[Zelda Zonk]

From Dusk til Dawn was great, but it was directed by Robert Rodriguez.

I like a lot of Tarantino’s work, but I really haven’t liked much after 2005 (except Django).

I am now prepared to be internet shamed for my ridiculous opinion.

Not ridic at all. I’ve seen them all except Hollywood. I’ve only really liked Pulp Fiction, reservoir Dogs, and Jackie Brown. And maybe Inglorious Basterds.
Kill Bills were just okay—nice visually, but I just didn’t connect with them and have no interest in multiple viewings. Hateful 8 I probably only liked for Domergue...

 

[kirbivore]

Over the Edge - a good slice of 70's cheese

 

[IthacaMatt]

From Dusk til Dawn was great, but it was directed by Robert Rodriguez.

I like a lot of Tarantino’s work, but I really haven’t liked much after 2005 (except Django).

I am now prepared to be internet shamed for my ridiculous opinion.

Count me surprised, obviously, with Tarantino acting in it. He's hardly a thespian.

 

[OrlandoCuse]

Watched Dark Waters last night. Good flick.

Rented 1917 for tonight. Really looking forward to it.

 

[IthacaMatt]

Oh, man. No... Tenenbaums was the first bit of genius. Still my favorite. Budapest and Zissou were bigger, grander, more expensive, but Tenenbaums has it all, on the page and stylistically.

I didn't care for Gwynnith Paltrow in it. I thought she great in Shakespeare in Love, but I didn't care for her character in Royal Tennenbaums.

 

[Briancuse]

Maybe not the movie to watch right now but rewatched outbreak right now great movie.

 

[Zelda Zonk]

I didn't care for Gwynnith Paltrow in it. I thought she great in Shakespeare in Love, but I didn't care for her character in Royal Tennenbaums.

Hmmm. She was kinda 'blasé' but i thought that's what was called for. I especially liked how they showed her 'backstory' in the photo montage—her past relationships, etc. Plus, how she cuckolded Bill Murray... I liked the Young Margo, and how she was kinda 'squashed' by being underappreciated by her father ("she was adopted"). Trying to think of another Paltrow role where i did like her. I loved her in Se7en. Barely remember the Jack Black thing...

 

[Briancuse]

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is Tarantino's best movie since the Kill Bills. Loved it.

Looking forward to seeing it this week.

 

[Briancuse]

Watched Dark Waters last night. Good flick.

Rented 1917 for tonight. Really looking forward to it.

It's up.there with saving Private Ryan for best war movies ever made.

 

[CuseLegacy]

To show my age I am going to throw a couple of movies almost no one other than me has heard of but that I love from back when. the first is a movie called fate is the Hunter. It is about the investigation of a airplane crash. Glenn Ford stars. The second is Mirage with Gregory peck. If you are ever up at 2 a.m. and can't sleep, they might be on. Really liked both.

Lots of great movies in the middle of the night for insomniacs. We just watched The Train with Burt Lancaster. Some movies are just visually better in black and white.

 

[Briancuse]

Not a movie but espn is replaying the oj made in America series. Already have seen it 3 times and can't turn it off.

 

[NC_Orange]

It's up.there with saving Private Ryan for best war movies ever made.

Agree completely. Saw it twice in theatres (one with a friend and once with my 14 y/o son). I rarely go to the movies, and I think the last movie I saw in theatres more than once was Warrior with Tom Hardy.

 

[SUMBA]

It is not a movie but for any Star Trek junkies Patrick Stewart is making the new Picard series free until April 23rd. Use the code GIFT.

Engage!

Picard

 

[Forza Azzurri]

Boy who harnessed the wind...true story about a boy who builds a makeshift windmill and saves his village during a drought in Malawi. netflix.

Knives Out - murder mystery with Daniel Craig, Don Johnson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Christopher Plummer...

Fun watch...

 

[Zelda Zonk]

I just watched all six episodes of The Jinx yesterday — the documentary about Robert Durst.

Between that guy and the kitten killer... I’m just stunned.

 

[orange7]

I just started watching the series “All American”
On Netflix. Very very addicting. It’s a football movie but with a lot of twists and turns.

 

[SUSScuse]

Steve McQueen
Bullit
The Getaway

Dustin Hoffman
Marathon Man
The Graduate
Rain Man

Robert De Niro
Deer Hunter
Taxi Driver
Men of Honor

Bruce Willis
Mercury Rising
The Jackal
12 Monkeys
The Fifth Element

Al Pacino
Serpico
Scent of a Woman
Insomnia

 

[upperdeck]

best movie of 2020 is The Gentlemen.

 

[Zelda Zonk]

Steve McQueen
Bullit
The Getaway

Dustin Hoffman
Marathon Man
The Graduate
Rain Man

Robert De Niro
Deer Hunter
Taxi Driver
Men of Honor

Bruce Willis
Mercury Rising
The Jackal
12 Monkeys
The Fifth Element

Al Pacino
Serpico
Scent of a Woman
Insomnia

Seems... weird... to see "Bruce Willis" in that cluster of 'great actors.'

: )

 

[Bulldog04]

I just watched all six episodes of The Jinx yesterday — the documentary about Robert Durst.

Between that guy and the kitten killer... I’m just stunned.

“killed em. Killed em all of course”. Seen it like 5 times and stiLL get the chills from Durst.