Hackers. Yes, it’s corny - cheesy, even - but it had a great cast with awesome chemistry, and it did a great job at capturing the zeitgeist of hacker/punk culture. Plus so many memorable quotes…
Hack the planet!
CLI + VR and specially GPUs to be able to hack in those UI… For a moment while watching Superman (2025) I had those flashbacks (Luthor’s employees in fight scenes).
Shit I haven’t seen the new Superman, is it any good?
I’m also giggling at the thought of spending that kind of money on a VR headset just to use for a console lol
You are forgetting the soundtrack! Its still amazing and slaps!
Idiocracy
There’s something about that close-to-home dystopian outlook that calms me. Now go away, I’m batin’!
I like money.
Its a little darker but have you seen god bless america?
I have not, but I’ll check it out some time. The trailer makes me think of NBK.
NBK?
Natural Born Killers. I think it’s the whole “killer duo” and cultural obsessions that linked them together for me.
But it’s been a while since I watched NBK, too, so maybe I’ll have to do these two back to back!
Moooulllttteeee Paaassssssss
The Fifth Element
Lord of the Rings
Die Hard
The Big Lebowski. Simultaneously ridiculous and incredibly sophisticated. People who think its “just” a stoner comedy may have some more viewings to go 🙂
Yeah, well, you know, that’s just, like, your opinion, man.
Don’t be fatuous.
I never realized it was considered a stoner comedy! It’s quite a bit better than one I’ve seen in that category!
It gets the stoner comedy reputation as the dude is stoned throughout. He’s a character in the movie though, not then full tone. That’s probably why it’s so good. It blends so many genres with an interesting interweaving plot and wonderful dialogue.
It’s a deserved reputation as it’s great to watch stoned. Especially when the dude is confused and so are you. Or the psychedelic sequences. However it’s also not deserved as it’s so much cleverer than that with differen levels. A stoner comedy doesn’t normally have a coherent plot and levels.
Interesting. When my husband suggested we watch it, ages ago really early on in our relationship, I had asked him what category it was. I also asked him just now. Just now he went “Oh that’s difficult but broadly speaking it’s a comedy”. I said “I asked that question of you when you showed it to me like 15 years ago. So you know what you said then?” “No, what did I say then?” “You called it a dark comedy because someone died” (because I was and am sensitive to that) He nodded and said “Makes sense”
Especially when you dive into the fan made theories, like Donny is a figment of Walters imagination, Walter killed his ex-wife and her husband, the dude is the big Lebowski’s illegitimate son.
I don’t think the Dude could be his illegitimate son since that’s part of the reason Maude referred him to that doctor. He wouldn’t have been very “thorough” if he missed that they were related.
Roll tide.
That’s going off the deep end for me. I prefer the interpretation that its a video essay on masculinity. “What makes a man a man?” is the central tenet of that movie, and personally, knowing that was a really crystallizing moment that made all the bullshit fall aside. I read a beautifully succinct essay about this somewhere and will look for the link.
Ironically enough, Groundhog Day.
The Thing (1982)
It’s my favorite movie of all time and I watch it every October.
I watched this for the umpteenth time just last night! Always a good one.
The good old Blues Brothers boys.
Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy,The big lebowski, Dogma, Pulp fiction, Conspiracy,
Office Space
It’s wild how relatable it still is nearly 30 years later.
PC load letter? What the fuck does that mean?
I could set the building on fire…
Super cliche answer but:
The Shawshank Redemption
For me it’s The Matrix.
I never like to retread old ground, but this one’s an exception. It’s hard to overstate how much it blew our minds 26 years ago. I might have a soft spot for it too because I was raised sheltered and it was the first rated R movie I saw.
It’s a shame they didn’t make any sequels. The creators probably decided it was a complete story rather than milk it to death like Star wars. Guess that’s for the best!
I saw The Matrix a few times in theaters and watched it regularly when the dvd came out.
I know they say it has nothing to do with them and their transitioning… but nothing can change my mind on how the whole movie can be seen as a struggle to choose who you really are…
Alien
Aliens
Too bad they didn’t make any more of them.
Romulus is better than it has any right to be. The Alien 3 “Assembly Cut” is also decent. Not good, but not awful.
Yup really glad they never Resurrected the franchise
Groundhog Day
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Megamind
Pirates of the Caribbean (2003)
The Princess Bride
Big Lebowski
Station Agent
LOTR Triology
Office Space
Jurassic Park
UHF
