The Princess Bride
If you have seen it. You are happy to watch again. If you haven’t, you will love it.
Is there kissing?
Some day you may not mind so much.
It’s got romance, action, comedy, fantasy, safe for kids and families… Covers most groups
The fire swamp is a little intense for the little ones, but for teens and up it’s a great choice.
I wonder how I would have turned out if more sheltered growing up. I think I was around 7 when i watched Childs play and Nightmare on Elm Street. Then here you are saying some flames killing a fake looking big rat might be too scary for kids.
I watched The Neverending Story in my 30’s and realized the Artax scene had caused me decades of nightmares.
I just heard an interesting fan theory, that the scene with Artax and the swamp represents being unable to help a friend or family member through depression. That for the friend it can be perplexing (move or you’ll die!), but it’s so hard to do anything for a depressed person in a slump.
Even funnier since I ended up being metaphorical Artax.
My husband has a close friend who’s currently going through a rough patch. We know our Artax will pull through, but it’s going to be hard going for a while. Meanwhile my husband is trying to at least keep in touch.
It’s all you can do sometimes. When the darkness sets in for me I can’t recognize the light. I’m starting to break out of it somewhat, but there’s a lot of self hate still etched in. It does kind of improve once you’re on the other side.
Oh yeah. Nothing like a painful death by drowning in a swamp pit that you led your horse/pet/friend into. Did not expect that to go down.
I watched all that stuff as a kid too, I remember having nightmares for weeks over Children of the Corn. I want to avoid that with my kid and let her choose when to watch that stuff.
Oh, I chose to watch it all. It’s just that my parents allowed it. Lol
Oddly enough, the only thing that I ever remember getting nightmares about was an alien abduction movie called “fire in the Sky” that said it was based on a true story. That one kept me up at night.
I think it’s fine for kids younger than teenagers. Maybe around 8 and up. By the time they are teenagers, most kids are watching anything and everything, included R-rated movies.
Where tf are all my The Mummy (1999) stans???
Saw it on the big screen last night at the drive in. Flawless as always.
Is playing this weekend in a local theatre
I’ve watched it blackout drunk and still got through all of it and stayed engaged.
Fifth Element
It has the multi pass to everyone’s heart.
Super green.
Korben my man. I-I-I-I have no fire.
The largest indoor explosion ever recorded on camera, I believe.
Raiders of The Lost Ark.
It’s a timelessly classic action/adventure movie that anyone can enjoy. It has memorable characters, great set pieces, an interesting story, an incredible score, and Harrison Ford.
I’m surprised I scrolled a decent way through the list and hadn’t seen it posted yet.
Princess bride
I can’t believe how far down this is.
Jokes on you. Right now it’s the number one and number 3 spot on the list.
Almost as if the list changes…
The Emperor’s New Groove.
Airplane!
12 Angry Men.
The problem with Airplane is that you have to pay attention to appreciate it. That’s a little harder to do with invited guests
The Police Squad TV show failed because nobody was used to paying attention to TV.
+1000 for 12 Angry Men. A fantastic drama for a group to watch together.
The problem with Airplane is that you have to pay attention to appreciate it. That’s a little harder to do with invited guests
Get drunk first. ;-)
Or make it a movie night about the movie.
Really, you need to pay attention to any movie if you want to know what’s going on. Except for primer.
Duck Soup, a comedy from about 100 years ago about a selfish clown who fails upward to political leader and ruins the country.
Duck Soup, a comedy (…)
Sounds like a documentary
Well, I guess time travel does exist after all. I don’t know why they’d choose to go back to that time period to make a movie about Trump though. Maybe it should have been more obvious and they could have prevented it from happening, but we all know the people who elected them have zero media literacy anyway so probably not.
If kids are around, probably Howl’s Moving Castle or another Studio Ghibli movie.
If I am gearing for adults, a comedy like Chef where the premise is lighthearted but not a total snooze fest.
another Studio Ghibli
Grave of the Fireflies it is!
Sadness entered the chat…
Chef actually made me want to go to culinary school, and what drove me to pursue food service work in general.
Those movies are so great. Probably stick with the G and PG options if there’s a young kid in the mix (thinking of Princess Mononoke, which is PG-13, IIRC). The PG ones often have just the right amount of “safe-scary” elements that it absolutely grabs their attention. Great movies for grown-up/kid conversation-starters to boot, just due to the deep, rich, human themes they explore.
My two year old daughter loves My Neighbor Totoro, we even got her a giant Totoro stuffy for Christmas.
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery – because everyone loves a good whodunnit.
Except my dad. Too much talking, he would say.
Apollo 13.
Mostly factual, great pacing, gripping story, excellent acting, and an honest feel-good ending,
In fact, that and The Incredibles are two movies that I could show to almost any crowd with confidence.
Human centipede.
You just said “vibes”, not “good vibes”.
Costume design was a highlight
This comment is such a Red Flag :-)
Is that a line from the Tom Cardy’s song? I definitely heard that before, somewhere.
Red flags
But not the tame first one. Sandpaper wanking baby squisher or bust!
Sandpaper wanking baby squisher or bust!
…is not a good sign to hold up while hitchhiking.
This reminds me of one definition of art: that it creates an emotion or reaction in the viewer.
Not that this movie in particular is art lol. Feels like a fetish film, if anything.
Art as an experience by John Dewey (not that one, or the other one) would probably agree it is art
Requiem for a Dream
Kung fu hustle
Kung Pow.
I once forgot the name of this movie, but remembered the “one clean chunk” line and immediately found it again.
I’ve used this movie for movie night multiple times and people who come always love it!
Monty Python’s Life of Brian.
Whoever doesn’t like it can leave.I prefer the holy grail but life of Brian is also a top movie
My personal favorite is The Meaning Of Life. Not sure where that puts me.
The Incredibles or Megamind
Got Superheros? Check.
Got Supervillain? Check.
For kids? Check.
Fun for adult as well? Check.
Non-marvel/DC? Check.
It’s perfect.
Hell, I’m always down to watch Incredibles just for the soundtrack and Edna Mode.
Megamind. Just Megamind. The Incredibles is good, but Megamind is first class.
Megamind is far more rewatchable than Incredibles
I politely disrespect your opinion
Correct. In my opinion, Megamind relies a bit too much on the humor, which is still pretty great and holds up however many years later.
But Incredibles relies more on the story and dynamics of the family, and imo will hold up through time a bit better for that.
I love both though.
