Movies (and occasionally face slaps) (Part 3)

[Marksman]

Seen 22 of those, most of them I enjoyed, some are top tier. Really good haul considering you have only seen a handful of them.

[Marksman]

entourage is more bro adjacent then crude. I think a lot of the humor is reflected off the regular actors on the show. Although Ari gold might be crude.

[RiskyFlush]

@Devil

Contact was my 90s favorite.

And then Contact wasn’t just a great movie, it was also a marvel of filmmaking. Some very creative shots.

Cinematographer deconstructs THAT shot in 'Contact' | Don Burgess

[RiskyFlush]

MI Dead Reckoning is so fking bad LMAO. It was fine on first watch, but without the novelty, it is a shell of the franchise’s former glory.

[nunnehi]

That’s P1 right? At least the sound was great.

[RiskyFlush]

Yeah. I still haven’t seen p2.

[nunnehi]

Pro tip: Don’t

[Xiaolongbao]

Syriana is a really great movie. That and Munich have both completely disappeared from the streaming universe for reasons unknown. The Girl Next Door is also a great movie.

[RiskyFlush]

Down Quixote | Trailer Legendado

This is CINEMA. A Brazilian film called Down Quixote that is an adaptation of Don Quixote performed entirely by actors with Down syndrome.

The trailer is legit, and look at this poster.

[MCG]

Thought about this scene today and started cracking up. Had to watch it

Spies Like Us Test scene.

[clovis8]

My favourite video essayist covers movie violence in her recent video.

2025 LC Thread: Now With Added 2026

This is my favourite one of hers in some time. It analyzes our love of violence using the Saw films as a lens. It has a section on Tarantino, Seven, and Clockwork Orange. It’s equal parts horror film analysis, moral philosophy and history of crime and punishment. A tour de force video essay. It made we rethink “torture porn” Highly recommend.

[CanadaMatt3004]

Yeah thats a great video

[econophile]

[MrWookie]

Uh, the science is decent ish until they decide to just throw it all out the window and pretend that crossing an event horizon is something you can just do and survive rather than mentioning that doing so involves getting ripped apart at a subatomic level over a time-dilated eternity. Basically the same thing!

[Danspartan]

I’ve carped on this before, both Contact and Interstellar end with metaphysical, even mystical stuff that for me negates all the fun science stuff that came before. Just disliked both endings.

[clovis8]

I think that’s a misread of both endings. It’s not metaphysics. It’s science we haven’t figured out yet. Both are basically “God in the Gaps” endings.

Spoiler for Project Hail Mary

It’s not metaphysics because rocky doesn’t understand relativity.

[LKJ]

@eyebooger
The Long Goodbye and Annie Hall are on Tubi.
All the President’s Men and Mikey and Nicky are on HBO Max.
Chinatown and Grease are on Paramount Plus.
Cabaret is on Hoopla if your library has Hoopla (or even if it doesn’t, I guess).
Serpico, Paper Moon, The Conversation, and The Conformist are on Kanopy (another one that could be attached to your library card)

[dlk9s]

@LKJ

The Long Goodbye and Annie Hall are on Tubi.
All the President’s Men and Mikey and Nicky are on HBO Max.
Chinatown and Grease are on Paramount Plus.
Cabaret is on Hoopla if your library has Hoopla (or even if it doesn’t, I guess).
Serpico, Paper Moon, The Conversation, and The Conformist are on Kanopy (another one that could be attached to your library card)

[MrWookie]

Hard disagree, unless you really do think Jodie Foster’s trip through the wormhole was just her imagination.

[MrWookie]

No, but the explanation for how the amoebas could escape from the alien supermaterial that was otherwise airtight was 100% bullshit. Other than that, though, the science was either sound, or consistent with the suspension of disbelief necessary to accept the premise of the story.