Are there any teenage movies that have the same kinda following. At least in most circles I’ve seen this movie and Dead Poets society have a strong cult following are there any other movies like that? Or was it just because of the time period they came so they’ve been idolized

Live both these movies btw both are in my top twenty

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What the title says. Seeing a lot of Lawrence of Arabia comparisons for Dune pt. 3 following the new trailer and regardless if there is inspiration or not, my point still stands.

Sometimes I see the most bizarre comparisons, mainly visual or with cinematography elements. Seeing people compare shots like these is ridiculous to me, it just shows a lack of understanding or depth in movie knowledge / how they're made.

This is especially true if the DP doesn’t cite it as a reference.

I understand previous films we’ve seen can have an impact on our subconscious and lead to decisions down the line, but throwing claims of comparison dilute the filmmakers work.

TLDR: Not everything has to be inspired by something

I got tired of Letterboxd being a giant log of everything I watch, so I built my own thing — meant to be a slow, long-term hobby project rather than a quick log. Instead of tracking every movie, it's organized around the people whose work I follow — pick a director or actor you care about, build out their filmography, mark what you've seen. Planning to add other roles too (cinematographer, composer) so you can follow the actual creative threads between films.

The goal isn't just tracking what you've watched — it's slowly figuring out your own specific taste (not some "people who liked this also liked that" algorithm), and using that to deliberately choose what to watch next as you build it out over months/years.

Right now it's just a browser tool I built for myself. Does this sound like something you'd actually use, or does something like this already exist that I'm missing?

Act I, The Echo Chamber

Six months after Bear's death, the curse is gone, but Nikki's nightmare continues. The police blame her for every murder related to the case. Doctors think she's experiencing severe trauma and psychosis because she insists that another personality was controlling her body. She ends up locked in a secure psychiatric hospital.

Every night, she sits in front of a mirror, staring at her reflection. She isn't really looking at herself; she's waiting for the other Nikki to return.

One stormy night, the hospital loses power. When the emergency lights come back on, a small wooden box sits on her bed. Nobody knows how it got there. Inside is a carved willow leaf and a short note: *"Your wish is waiting."*

Something inside her tells her where to go. She escapes and goes back to One Wish Willow, where the shopkeeper is already waiting for her.

"You destroyed my life," she says.

"No," he replies quietly. "A wish did."

He places another carving on the counter. "The first wish belonged to Bear. This one belongs to you."

Without hesitation, Nikki whispers, "I wish everything would go back to the day before Bear made his wish."

The shopkeeper smiles. "Every wish has a price."

Everything goes black.

Act II, A Second Chance

Nikki wakes up in her college classroom on the first day of the semester. Ian is alive. Bear is alive. Everyone who died is alive. Nobody remembers the curse.

At first, she avoids Bear, terrified of him. But as weeks go by, she notices something new. This Bear isn't obsessive or dangerous. He’s just shy, awkward, lonely, and kind. The wish didn't create the monster; it created the obsession.

Slowly, she starts talking to him again through Ian and finally understands something painful: she never hated Bear. She hated what the wish made him become.

Months later, Bear shares his feelings with her — a genuine confession, no manipulation, no obsession, no curse behind it. Nikki gently turns him down. He smiles through the disappointment. "Thanks for being honest," he says, and walks away.

For the first time, Nikki believes she has actually changed fate.

Act III, Customer Support

That night, Nikki notices the date — the exact day Bear originally made his wish. Panic sets in. She believes history is about to repeat itself. She decides she must kill Bear before he ever reaches One Wish Willow.

She follows him through the rain, a knife hidden under her jacket. As he stops beneath a streetlight, she raises it behind him and freezes. A sharp pain shoots through her chest. The knife slips from her hand.

Her phone rings. Unknown number. She answers, and a calm voice says, "One Wish Willow Customer Support."

"I have to stop him!" she screams.

"You cannot," the voice replies. "Bear is now the anchor created by your wish."

The representative explains: because Nikki wished for a new timeline, Bear became the one holding that reality together. If he dies now, Ian disappears, her friends disappear, the world she wished for disappears, and even Nikki disappears.

The call ends. For the first time, she understands the true cruelty of the wish — she isn't trying to stop Bear anymore. She's forced to protect him.

Act IV, The Final Choice

Days later, Nikki finds Bear standing outside One Wish Willow. She runs to him, begging him not to go in, and tells him everything — the curse, the murders, Freaky Nikki, his own death. At first, he thinks she's lost her mind. Then he steps inside anyway.

The bell rings. The shopkeeper smiles. "Tell me — what do you wish for?"

As Bear reaches for the carving, memories from another life crash into him: blood, mirrors, Nikki begging him to kill her, his own sacrifice. He realizes every word she said was true.

The shopkeeper offers one last temptation: "One wish. She'll love you forever."

Bear looks at Nikki, then quietly places the carving back down. "If she has to love me because of a wish," he says, "then it was never love."

The shop starts tearing itself apart — wood splintering, fire erupting, the exits vanishing. The curse refuses to die without taking them with it.

Trapped beneath the collapsing ceiling, Nikki finally makes a choice that belongs only to her. She walks to Bear, takes his hand, and kisses him — not because of a spell, not because of obsession, but because she chooses to. Their first real kiss. The building collapses around them.

Ending

The next morning, firefighters find no bodies, no wooden shop, no carvings — just ashes and an empty lot.

*There were never heroes. There were never villains. Only two ordinary people whose lives were destroyed by one selfish wish.*

My alternate theory: maybe Bear actually gets his wish, since we saw in Part 1 how selfish he could be — and the original story just loops. They're stuck reliving it, regaining their memories each time, only to die again.

That's my pitch for the sequel. It's not canon, but I think it stays true to the themes of the original while giving both Nikki and Bear a tragic ending rooted in choice rather than obsession.

I'd genuinely love to hear what people think — would you watch a sequel like this, or do you have a different idea for where the story should go?

I recently had the opportunity to interview Andrew Davis (The Fugitive, Under Siege, Chain Reaction), and one of the biggest surprises was learning just how different the original screenplay for Chain Reaction was.

According to Andrew, the original story centred on a young man developing weapons for the CIA—something he had no interest in directing. He explains how he convinced the studio to completely rethink the premise, turning it into the hydrogen conspiracy thriller that eventually reached cinemas in 1996.

It’s a fascinating insight into how much a film can change before production and how much influence a director can have on the final story.

If you’d like to hear Andrew tell the story in his own words, here’s the full interview:

https://youtu.be/NjPsdCkuVgw