2 minutes ago, Jade Bahr said:

I came to the conclusion the OG Star Wars trilogy wasn't made for me @Lilja K

 

 

Still glad I watched them for the overall picture of the franchise.

 

I hope Star Wars fans won't come at you. They're famous for intolerance of alternative opinion😂

12 minutes ago, Lilja K said:

 

I hope Star Wars fans won't come at you. They're famous for intolerance of alternative opinion😂

Can't help 😄 But I also have big empathy for everything nostalgic so 😚 It's a strong force to say it in Star Wars metaphor lol

 

Also this 😅

 

STAR WARS as MIDNIGHTS (2022)

(in/sp)

 

18 minutes ago, Jade Bahr said:

Can't help 😄 But I also have big empathy for everything nostalgic so 😚 It's a strong force to say it in Star Wars metaphor lol

 

Also this 😅

 

STAR WARS as MIDNIGHTS (2022)

(in/sp)

 

 

This is lovely 💕

On 7/16/2024 at 6:06 AM, Jade Bahr said:

 

but how is this movie a classic????????????????????????????? @Lilja K @Cult Icon

 

It's hilariously bad. Clunky dialogs, TERRIBLE stiff acting from every single cast member, everyone looks and moves so weirdly confused like they had no clue what the hell they're actually doing. I mean I'm aware this movie was made in the 70s (different time, different possibilities, even though technically the movie looks just fine to me for past standards) but everything else was just painful to watch (kids who are threatened with beatings if they don't obey, women with barely any dialogue standing to cook in the kitchen, the "hero" constantly mocking Leia for her "dumb female" lead), I'm still amazed I made it somehow through the whole mess 🤣

 

 

Star Wars was made in the 1970s-  people communicated differently back then.  

 

I personally found a lot of the 'classics' in the 1970s to be very underwhelming when I watched them.

 

I haven't watched Star Wars since I was a teenager but it was something I watched many times, and it (and indiana jones films) was left on in the background in family gatherings to entertain me and relatives.  

 

The genius of Starwars was the original world building, all the visuals (which created a big market for Star wars toys and other things) and how they matched it with the mythological 'heroes' journey' character structure. 

On 7/18/2024 at 3:45 AM, Jade Bahr said:

I came to the conclusion the OG Star Wars trilogy wasn't made for me @Lilja K

 

 

Still glad I watched them for the overall picture of the franchise.

 

You must be the first person that I've ever seen saying that they don't like the Star War OG trilogy lol.

 

My personal favorite is the Empire Strikes Back (out of all Star Wars films I've seen).  I think it's a better film than Star Wars, which I didn't rewatch very much.  I also like Return of the Jedi as a kid a lot but it was not as good as Empire. We left Empire & Return over and over again on loop at my uncle's house.

 

I still like the battle and space sequences, and the confrontation between Vader and Luke in Empire is iconic and one of the classic confrontations/reveals in film history.

 

I like the Indiana Jones movies even more though, especially Raiders & Last Crusade.  It was also left on loop at uncle's house.

My favorite classic Science fiction film is probably Blade Runner Final Cut.  I like Aliens and Alien as well.

I liked this part very much

 

That one I liked the least

 

This one was ok. Not sure how I felt about Palpatine being back but it kinda fits because he once talked about this possibility/Sith myth with Anakin.

 

 

I also probably understood for the first time in my life the appeal of Adam Driver @Lilja K 

His Kylo Ren/Ben Solo was really interesting and I LOVED his dynamic/connection with Daisy Ridleys Rey. They actually carried episode VII-IX for me.

❤️

1 hour ago, Jade Bahr said:

I liked this part very much

 

I remember watching it in the cinema with grandma😁 It was good, the rest of the sequels were pretty disappointing to me. Of all "modern" SW movies, Rogue One remains my favorite.

 

1 hour ago, Jade Bahr said:

I also probably understood for the first time in my life the appeal of Adam Driver @Lilja K 

 

This is not my favorite role for him. I like his roles better in Marriage Story, House of Gucci, Logan Lucky.

21 minutes ago, Lilja K said:

I like his roles better in Marriage Story, House of Gucci, Logan Lucky.

I wouldn't consider his Star Wars role/performance as one of his best, it was just the best of those Star Wars movies imo 😆

3 minutes ago, Jade Bahr said:

Also really curious about "Ferrari".

 

I'm curious about Megalopolis. I don't care that the critics didn't take it very well. I'm going to show up at the cinema for it

Inspiring.

 

3 hours ago, Jade Bahr said:

Inspiring.

 

 

This appears to be a feminist take on the book?

 

we were assigned "Old man in the sea" in high school and a big deal was made out of it.  I remember not liking the book and finding the classes devoted to it boring.  Right now I can't remember a thing about it!

5 hours ago, Cult Icon said:

 

This appears to be a feminist take on the book?

Different book. It's based on the life of Trudy Ederle, first woman ever crossed the english channel in 1926.

 

I should stop watching movies from the 70s 🤣 @Lilja K

 

 

I liked the first half of the movie (good pace, thrilling, great disturbing atmosphere + silly white people doing silly things and then getting killed for their ignorance LOL) but this 2nd half with these hilariously 3 dumb white men on that ship thinking they were big tough heros talking nothing but irritating dumbass nonsense while doing even worse things to kill that poor animal truly I just started to root for the shark to kill them all at one point and I'm not sorry

13 hours ago, Jade Bahr said:

I should stop watching movies from the 70s 🤣 

 

 

Jaws bored me personally.

 

I tried to educate myself on the classics a long time ago.  Citizen Kane was supposed to be the greatest movie ever but when I tried to watch it, it was so boring that I couldn't finish it.   For me - and it seems most people- films from the 80s onward click while 70s is more mixed, and 60s and earlier are way too old.  People communicate differently, the filmaking is slow, and acting not so good & many references are out-of date and not understandable by someone 50 years later.

 

Of the 70s movies: Godfather I & II, Apocalypse Now, A Clockwork Orange, Rocky,  still hold up though.  Godfather I & Apocalypse are two of my favorites.

 

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I tried the same with the biggest comedians- I found myself liking comedy from the 90s onward but 80s comedy was way too old.

9 minutes ago, Anasxs said:

I throw Up the Citizen Kane book. Maybe I never was too rich to think like he. 

 

A Clockwork Orange IS one of my favorite films. I LOVE cinema, you should try Gooden age, there are Interesting films, not only thriller or drama, there are Lovely comedy and very important good actors and actresses, and professional doing excellent films with less electronic and acting very well. "All that Eve" IS very Interesting.

 

 

I watched a lot of old films when I was growing up (they were frequently on TV).  Films from the 50s and 60s even.  I like Casablanca, Spartacus, Vertigo, Singing in the Rain, Lawrence of Arabia (one of my fav films ever), Bridge on the River Kwai, north by northwest, Ben-hur.

14 hours ago, Jade Bahr said:

I should stop watching movies from the 70s 🤣 @Lilja K

 

Depends on the movie. I didn't watch many movies from the 70s, but I liked most of what I saw. 

 

Some of my faves (besides the ones @Cult Icon has already mentioned):

 

The Deer Hunter 1978

Five Easy Pieces 1970

Network 1976

Chinatown 1974

Eraserhead 1977

The Exorcist 1973

The Rocky Horror Picture Show 1975

Solaris 1972

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975

Alien 1979

Taxi Driver 1976

 

And even more on my watchlist

Taxi Driver, Dear Hunter, and of course Alien too (I forgot that these were in the 70s) 

 

I went through these classics too but at the time didn't get into them:

 

Network 1976

Chinatown 1974

The Exorcist 1973

The Rocky Horror Picture Show 1975

Solaris 1972

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975

 

Westerns hold up better imho, also a fav of mine is the Outlaw Josey Wales

 

2001 a space Odessey is good but too slow of a film

4 hours ago, Lilja K said:

Alien 1979

I loved that movie. So good. Probably my fave of the whole franchise.

 

4 hours ago, Lilja K said:

The Exorcist 1973

This one wasn't bad but it had some real pace issues aka it was too long imo.

 

4 hours ago, Lilja K said:

Taxi Driver 1976

It's on my watchlist for years.

 

4 hours ago, Cult Icon said:

Godfather I & II

Tried to watch it, skipped it after an hour or so 🤣

 

On 7/21/2024 at 7:41 AM, Cult Icon said:

Blade Runner Final Cut

Not sure if I watched this particular cut but I watched one of them and liked it at least much more than Star Wars 😄

I have to watch Despicable Me 4 with my little niece tomorrow so I had some homework 😅

 

 

I never really was into pixar movies I have to admit (not even as a kid). I don't really get the humor and the strange looking characters. Maybe it's different when you watch those movies with a enthusiastic crowd. I'm kinda curious for this cinema experience. I think the only other pixar I ever watched in cinema was "Ratatouille". Quite liked it on the big screen. Wasn't the same when I re watched at home.