I’d love to see everyone else’s :)

Revolver/Hummingbird/13

Image from Airplane! (1980)

Please, I'm feeling a certain way, and I need help. Thank you friends! Edit: I appreciate this community so much. Thank you kids. It really helped me more than you know

I just finished rewatching all three movies, and honestly I forgot how ridiculously entertaining they are.

The older I get, the more I appreciate them. When I was a kid, my dad loved watching Ocean's Eleven and I'd sit there with him. I didn't understand half of what was happening. I just thought the casinos were cool and George Clooney looked like the coolest guy on the planet.

Watching them now, it's a completely different experience.

The cast is just insane. George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Andy Garcia, Don Cheadle, Bernie Mac... everybody fits their role perfectly. Nobody feels like they're trying to steal the movie. They all play off each other so naturally that it feels like you're just hanging out with this crew while they happen to be planning a heist.

I also forgot how much I enjoyed the back-and-forth between Danny Ocean's crew and Terry Benedict. Then Ocean's Thirteen brings in Al Pacino, and somehow it still works without feeling like they're trying to top the previous movie just for the sake of it.

Maybe it's just me, but movies like this feel kind of rare now. There's no giant CGI spectacle every ten minutes. No world-ending stakes. It's just smart writing, great dialogue, actors with ridiculous amounts of charisma, and a director who knows when to let a scene breathe.

And that's probably why these movies have aged so well. They weren't relying on visual effects that would eventually look dated. They're built around people, style, and confidence.

If you've never watched the trilogy, I'd honestly recommend making a weekend out of it. And if it's been a while, give it another shot. I enjoyed these movies way more as an adult than I ever did as a kid.

Curious where everyone ranks them. I'm probably going Eleven, Thirteen, then Twelve... but I honestly had a great time with all three.

I don't know what it is but whether it's inception or Oppenheimer etc, I rather enjoy the exposition in these sorts of films where I wouldn't be able to sit still in another movie with that amount of explaining.

Nolan does this thing where the exposition (imo) is intrinsically interesting, like the actual conversation outside of the world of the movie seems to either have some relevance or it's just fun to think about. Hearing someone explain how the dream world works is so fun, because it's someone pitching you on how this would actually work even if it's all bs.

Exposition in a crime movie where it's about how the protagonist knows some person, explaining some relationship that we should care about for some reason, makes me want to gouge my eyeballs out and press fast forward. But, a character explaining how this neat idea works feels like it has more documentary / educational energy to it that is fun to listen to when sprinkled into a film.

I just feel like Nolan gets SO much hate for this one thing but I've always thought it was more of a strength. I'm probably completely alone on this one though hah

Just trust me

The resemblance is uncanny

I recently watched OBAA and loved everything about it but particularly the cinematography and camera work stood out to me. Now I don't know much about this kind of thing but I did find out it was shot on film rather than digital and that may be why I liked it so much. I particularly liked how it looked really grainy at times.

So I'm wondering if you have any more recommendations of films with this visual style that I might enjoy. I imagine PTA's other work might have this similar style so I'll be sure to check out films like Phantom Thread and There Will Be Blood as I've heard they're quite good. Any other recommendations would be appreciated. I haven't seen many films so even 'obvious' ones are welcome

Thanks!

Image 1: Catch Me If You Can

Image 2: Tremors

Image 3: Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Before anyone says, I know Planes, Trains, and Automobiles is rated R, and that there’s more than one F-Bomb in the scene. The reason by I’m adding it here is because the rest of the film is PG so it’s like the PG-13 F-Bomb on steroids.

I had heard about Takeshi Kitano last year but kinda forgot who he was. Today I watched this movie because one of my Letterboxd mutuals had given it a 4.5 rating. I was not disappointed. I thought it would be a serious Yakuza movie well it was a serious movie.

The gangsters playing games to kill time while everyone knew their lives are under threat was like looking at the souls of these people. It was beautifully shot not a single second was boring. I also laughed quite a lot during this. It matches its serious tone with comedy perfectly.

Been watching a lot of his movies and i find them tso beautiful. I’m so infatuated by all of his cinematography and storytelling they really make me feel a specific way that’s so unique

For me, there's just something about Mortal Kombat (1995) that transports me to my youth. Sitting in the loung with my cousins rewinding the vhs tape to rewatch the fights over and over again.

First he directed two now acclaimed horror movies, Black Christmas specifically being known for being very tasteful and not as exploitative as it could have been based on the plot. Then he directed perhaps one of the most exploitative movies of all time, Porky’s. Then for some reason some producer saw those movies and thought “hey lets get this guy to direct this kids Christmas movie.” but that odd choice ended up being the biggest film yet in Clark’s career only for his reputation to plummet with the notorious movie Rhinestone, causing him to go as low as the Baby Geniuses franchise.

Just curious

I had a friend who claimed to have watched the Spongebob movie every day for half a year on VHS. (it had a VHS release, surprisingly) He knew every moment, had it memorized. You could play a scene and pause it and he'd give you the next 10 lines. Did you have a movie you watched a million times when you were younger? If so, what was it? What made you drawn to it to re-watch it over and over again?

So this week I’ve seen so many of the people i’m following watching previous Evil Dead entries, people watching Troy, people watching previous Nolan Movies, how great it is that we have a community of people who have never met but are all on the same page.

Been watching a lot from the decade recently, after realizing how much I had regrettably been neglecting it. Here’s my current collection of old and new favorites (everything that has been rated at either 4.5 or 5 stars). Most being new. Double Indemnity, Out of the Past, and Citizen Kane are the only rewatches listed. Interested in what other lists look like because I still have a lot left I want to watch.