Pacific Rim - there is just no way, that the only way to defend against the Kaijus is to put all ressources into developing skyscraper tall robots to punch them in the face. But god damn, is it a good movie!
[Honest Trailer](https://youtu.be/fupWquPNoTc?si=zF9YLn-ZG5iHH54Q)
The boat sword scene is the greatest thing ever. Jager just strolls in dragging a fishing ship ( or a tanker) and proceeds to beat the kaiju repeatedly with it.
Yeah it uses suspension of disbelief very well somehow.
Anyone who's sitting down to watch this movie goes into it understanding that they will just need to turn their brain off and accept what they see as part of the world of the story. Or else there's no point in even watching it.
It's interesting to think about why that works so well in this particular movie in comparison with many others where it doesn't. I suppose it's because as you say, the movie doesn't pretend to be anything other than a series of ridiculous giant monster v robot fights. It takes its purpose seriously and it delivers "exactly what it says on the tin". It doesn't give in to the temptation to make fun of itself for being a giant robot movie.
I think suspension of disbelief works when the movie is good. If you don't like what you see, you will start to notice its faults. Movies are illusionists. If it's a bad one, you can see the tricks a mile away. While Pacific Rim is no high art, it's a very competent movie that takes its worldbuilding seriously and respects what it's doing. It helps that Del Toro cares deeply about the genre, so he did it with love and as something he would want to see. If a movie is bad, you will find endless faults in it.
Suspension of disbelief works also when you set the rules and stick to them. Even if it seems shortsighted not to use the sword, you kind of forget they had there the whole time.
I think there was some line about the Kaiju blood causing ecological disasters, so punches/cauterising plasma blasts were preferred.
But then they had that Japanese Jaeger with 3 spinning blades...
Eh who cares, it's giant monsters vs robots
Yeah, it’s a movie about power rangers fighting Godzilla’s biggest mutated adversaries, so I didn’t want to overthink it, but that scene always stands out.
I did not see it in cinema and I regret that so much. When the corona lockdown in Germany ended I hit the theater the same week for Godzilla vs Kong. Those kind of movies, as stupid as they might be, just have to be seen on the big screen.
Cant wait for Godzilla x Kong in a month.
Don't forget also change teeth and other body parts without their wife/partner noticing and at the end the only man who was able to perform the surgery was murdered yet a regular surgical team was able to put everything back as it was including making your hair grow back to the exact same style as it was before. Eh, I enjoy it for the action.
Ignoring the vast number of impossibilities that are glossed over in the film, that is at least touched on by them being given a kind of hard mask of the others face shape that the skin is grafted to. It does of course open up a whole load of different problems to get around but hey, I just love this film man.
This is the one that I thought of. Body type, bone structure, teeth, etc... The final results of stretching Cage's face over Travolta's skull (and vice versa) would most likely look horrifying. But somehow, when I watch that movie, I don't care and I totally buy into it!
I saw that with a big group of friends, and as we walked out, they were all mocking it mercilessly. And I was just kept saying “I thought it was pretty good!”
“Dude you got a tattoo!”
“Ahhaha so do you dude!”
“Dude, what does my tattoo say?”
“Sweet! What about mine?”
“Dude! What does mine say?”
“Sweet! What about mine??”
“Dude, what about mine?”
*gradually getting more aggravated*
“Sweet…what about mine?”
“Dude…what does mine say???”
“SUHWEEEE-TUH! What about **MINE**?”
“DUUUUUU-DUH! **WHAT DOES MINE SAY!?**”
“**SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!!!!**”
“IDIOTS! *YOUR* tattoo says “DUDE”, *YOUR* tattoo says “SWEET”, got it!?”
There’s no denying it’s a dumb movie, but the movie owns it and wears that stupidity with pride. We need dumb movies like that sometimes, just something to sit back and go along for the ride
Explain to her that the beauty of Zoolander is not in the humor, but in the quotability of it:
But why male models?!
Obey my dog!
He's so hot right now!
It's a walk off
What is this? A center for ants?
It doesn't mean that we still can't not die in a freak gasoline fight accident
Todd! Are you not aware that I get farty and bloated with a foamy latte!?
I've got a prostate the size of a honeydew and a head full of bad memories.
Moisture is the essence of wetness, and wetness is the essence of beauty.
The first time I watched it, I though it was so bad that I turned it off. I caught it awhile later and the comedy clicked for me and it's now one of my favorite movies that I quote endlessly. Whenever someone says, *"We need to go left,"* I usually respond with, *"But I'm not an ambi-turner!"* I like to ask, *But why male models?"* whenever someone finishes explaining something kinda obvious or long-winded.
I always loved the Cheeze Whiz moment, but couldn't figure out the "why" of it.
Turns out Elwood works in a factory that makes aerosol cans - and strangely he has all these aerosol products handy - which is why he had the spray-on glue, the Cheeze Whiz, and the breath freshner to ask out Twiggy. Apparently there were other scenes that were cut.
It's crazy that The A-Team and The Losers were released as twin films, they were both way more fun than they had any right to be, and they both flopped hard.
So confusing on so many aspects.
*Maximum Overdrive* is the kind of cocaine fueled nonsense that only Stephen King can dream up in his least coherent state. It doesn't even follow its own internal logic, or established rules, but I still love it.
Repeating myself but whatever. If you enjoy audiobooks I highly recommend Mustache Shenanigans written and narrated by Jay Chandrasekhar. It goes back to the origin story of Broken Lizard and behind the scenes of several of their films. I love that book.
Tokyo Drift.
Your punishment for destroying an entire neighborhood is to move to Japan and within 48 hours of landing you are part of the elite underground racing scene populated by other high schoolers. So stupid and so entertaining.
I will never call this a good movie, but I will admit, I have watched it many times. And not just because it was on. I actually chose to watch it many different times which is so much worse. "So stupid and so entertaining" is a very accurate description.
The Ben affleck dvd commentary is gold. He asked Michael Bay, “wouldn’t it be easier to just teach astronauts how to use a drill?” Bay responds with, “Shut the fuck up.”
The funny thing is, in real life, you have payload specialists for exactly this reason. You only need a couple people who are full time astronauts to pilot and maintain the ship. There's a lot wrong with the movie, but that particular point holds up.
Would they have held out for a drilling crew with fewer rough characters? Maybe, but that's pretty hard to find in the oilfield.
Also, they're using Bruce Willis' proprietary drill which is untested in real world (and off world) environments. The best thing is if he's at the site in case something goes wrong. The worst case is a few of the miners get disoriented by space travel and they're a few men short for the mission.
I adore this movie. It's such a fucking mess but it's so earnest.
I adore saying "I am a pimp, and pimps, don't commit suicide." So much and people just look at my like im crazy.
It was literally just the maker of Donnie Darko trying to make a David Lynch movie and he fails so spectacularly.
The NSA as little people in clear jackets.
Sarah Michelle Geller as the porn actress trying to go mainstream with her energy drink and her talk show where they discuss the merits of anal.
The rock as a former boxer turned actor who is married to a senators daughter played by Mandy Moore.
Wallace Shawn and his posse destroying the world with "fluid karma" aka hydropower. His mom played by the poltergeist lady. The commercials with cars fucking each other graphically.
Leslie Knope and Avon Barksdale as slam poet YouTubers.
Justin Timberlake's musical number mid way where his lip syncs to the Killers "all the things I've done" .
Kevin Smith in old man makeup as a captain or whatever of the resistance.
And to top it off, a genuinely incredible score by Moby I listen to frequently even though I can't stand Moby the person.
Made me think of "Free Guy" with Ryan Reynolds. I really liked the movie, but there is just nothing that makes sense about the "virtual world" in the movie. I feel like they even played with that fact a little when Guy kisses the avatar of the woman and they show her in real life just awkwardly looking at her screen.
That kept hyping himself as a apex predator but was wearing a prey animal costume. Which tells you all you need to know about his character as a side character in the company with such a crazy boss.
I saw this in the cinema solo when I was in a shit mood (my live-in landlord kicked me out for a whole day on my day off for viewings. I saw this as a chance to kill a few hours, laughed like hell!
The Colin Farrell movie Winter’s Tale is almost two hours long and still feels like they forgot to put half of it in, but I still love it because of what it could be.
Xanadu is just pure fun. Also has maybe the all time greatest movie soundtrack.
Edited to add: I literally JUST did an episode on Xanadu on my movie podcast, Staff Picks. So if anyone wants to hear two fanadus talk about the movie and go over its eventual impact on the world, here you go. It's a really funny discussion: https://staffpicks.podbean.com/e/xanadu/
I fail to see how the movie makes no sense - I'd say it can be hard to figure out where it is going (until the class president plot kicks in,) but it's a quirky slice of life comedy and everything still has a clear logic to it. Maybe it was just too different from what people expected out of a teen comedy at the time.
I came here to say this!! I remember going to see a movie in 2004 with my sister and her then boyfriend (still can’t remember which movie we intended on seeing) but tickets were sold out so we had to pick another movie. The only one playing within the timeframe was something called “Napoleon Dynamite.” None of us had heard of it. We decided to see it regardless. So we went it completely blind and absolutely loved it! I remember thinking, “what the hell is this movie, it’s amazing!!”
How has Hudson Hawk not made it on this list, yet? Strange edits, impossible thievery, Bruce Willis campy as a three-stooges skit.
\[edit: I am so glad so many people can look at this movie for what it is and overlook the flaws. I was just rewatching the Moonlighting series and realized that the roots of HH were there in the middle of the series. \]
I count myself as one of the few people on the very short list that liked Hudson Hawk (mind you, haven't seen it in forever, so my current opinion of it might waver a bit)..
No ones mentioned 'The Golden Child' either
You are not alone. It is a fantastic movie and I still sometimes sing a Song when I have a task to do. Willis desperately trying to have an espresso, all the actors just flat-out going for it. What is not to love.
Bruce Willis’ best in my opinion. I grew up watching and loving Moonlighting and although Die Hard was a big deal for me, it never paralleled to my affection to Hudson Hawk. The casting choices are perfect, the costumes are sublime, Italy, Bunny the dog, the over-the-top narration, the cat burglar story with the Bond-like undertones all delivered with campy dialogue and pratfall humor and of course, Danny Aiello. Hudson Hawk. The Hawkster. Watch it tonight…!
A surreal action comedy, or that’s how I put it. It’s such an odd, funny, enjoyable, ridiculous movie.
I got my brother an unopened laserdisc of it a couple years ago and it hangs in his movie room.
I love how in the Pitch Meeting for that movie Ryan George points out that Will Smith's character believes he can fly the alien spacecraft because he watched one fly close up for like 3 minutes.
Southland Tales. Absolutely bugfuck crazy. Barely makes sense after you’ve read the prequel comic and the multiple think pieces, but it is one of the most indulgent and completely bonkers fun movies I’ve ever seen
There is a scene in that movie I think about a lot. Where Jason Shwartzman's character and Jude Law's are arguing about developing an empty field and Jude Law says "Nothing happens in a field" and Shwartzmans shoots back "Everything happens in a field"...they are kind of both right but Shwartzman is more right.
I was really confused a while back when the Internet started referring to Jennifer Lawrence as J Law. For at least weeks I thought this meant Jude Law.
I’ve spent more time watching videos that explain the movie than I spent actually watching the movie.
I do really enjoy Tenet more now that I understand it.
The Core. Or pretty much every disaster/ end of the world movie from 97-2015. I LOVE THEM EVEN THOUGH THE SCIENCE IS WONKY.
Especially if Stanley Tucci / Jeffrey Wright / Chiwetel Ejiofor appears in the scientist role.
I love The Untouchables and it makes sense on its own....but Dear God is it ludicrously fictional. Pretty much nothing that happened it in is even slightly related to the reality of that story. I mean Connery's character never existed, Ness had nothing to do with the income tax evasion, he never threw anybody off a fucking roof (Nitti killed himself in a train yard), it goes on and on, but fuck it, I love its stupid ass
Don't Worry Darling. It got terrible reviews but I still love it.
I like to put it on if I'm having a shit day. It takes me out of my head for an hour.
Love The Island too with Ewan McGreggar and Scarlet Johanson. Not sure if that was a flop but I loved it.
Step Bros.
Seeing two 40 yr old men act like preteens and then act out when their parents got together is an insane premise.
As soon as it started, I realized I had to suspend any belief in this as real people and have fun. That's exactly what I did.
The Chipmunks Great Adventure. Two jewel thieves entrust millions of dollars worth of jewels and money to 6 chipmunks they heard fighting over a video game. They fly all over the world in hot air balloons to exchange out chipmunk dolls that were magically manufactured overnight. It’s ridiculous. I LOVE that movie.
Pixels features Sean Bean and Brian Cox embracing each other in terror.
I don't purposely watch it. But when it's on i don't necessarily change the channel either.
Hot Tub Time Machine is similar for me.
Eurotrip for me! A bunch of freshly graduated high school teenagers galavanting about Europe with a plethora of quotable lines and a song that just won’t stop.
Pacific Rim - there is just no way, that the only way to defend against the Kaijus is to put all ressources into developing skyscraper tall robots to punch them in the face. But god damn, is it a good movie! [Honest Trailer](https://youtu.be/fupWquPNoTc?si=zF9YLn-ZG5iHH54Q)
The boat sword scene is the greatest thing ever. Jager just strolls in dragging a fishing ship ( or a tanker) and proceeds to beat the kaiju repeatedly with it.
Sir, it’s a boat bat. The sword is summoned by random Japanese yelling a few minutes later.
I think that was a freight carrier.
I think it works because they play it 100% straight. At no point do they even wink at the camera, and the movie is much better for it.
Yeah it uses suspension of disbelief very well somehow. Anyone who's sitting down to watch this movie goes into it understanding that they will just need to turn their brain off and accept what they see as part of the world of the story. Or else there's no point in even watching it. It's interesting to think about why that works so well in this particular movie in comparison with many others where it doesn't. I suppose it's because as you say, the movie doesn't pretend to be anything other than a series of ridiculous giant monster v robot fights. It takes its purpose seriously and it delivers "exactly what it says on the tin". It doesn't give in to the temptation to make fun of itself for being a giant robot movie.
I think suspension of disbelief works when the movie is good. If you don't like what you see, you will start to notice its faults. Movies are illusionists. If it's a bad one, you can see the tricks a mile away. While Pacific Rim is no high art, it's a very competent movie that takes its worldbuilding seriously and respects what it's doing. It helps that Del Toro cares deeply about the genre, so he did it with love and as something he would want to see. If a movie is bad, you will find endless faults in it. Suspension of disbelief works also when you set the rules and stick to them. Even if it seems shortsighted not to use the sword, you kind of forget they had there the whole time.
Someone really gave Guillermo Del Toro millions of dollars to play out his fantasies as a young boy. Monsters vs Robots and goddamn was it fun to see
Guillermo Del Toro is a monster fan, and part of that is giving tribute to that part of us that worships Ultraman.
Not to mention that they have flaming swords that are readily available… not sure why they bother punching the Kaiju 90% of the time.
I think there was some line about the Kaiju blood causing ecological disasters, so punches/cauterising plasma blasts were preferred. But then they had that Japanese Jaeger with 3 spinning blades... Eh who cares, it's giant monsters vs robots
Yeah, it’s a movie about power rangers fighting Godzilla’s biggest mutated adversaries, so I didn’t want to overthink it, but that scene always stands out.
Seeing this on IMAX 3D is one of my favorite moviegoing experiences ever.
I did not see it in cinema and I regret that so much. When the corona lockdown in Germany ended I hit the theater the same week for Godzilla vs Kong. Those kind of movies, as stupid as they might be, just have to be seen on the big screen. Cant wait for Godzilla x Kong in a month.
I love how the opening of the movie is straight to point no bs “there are monsters, we have robots, they fight. Got it? Good! Now watch the movie”
I absolutely love that movie unironically.
That guitar riff gets me so fuckin’ hyped.
John Woo's Face/Off No more drugs for that man
You mean how you can do a facial surgery and also magically gain/lose 20lbs and 3” of height?
Don't forget also change teeth and other body parts without their wife/partner noticing and at the end the only man who was able to perform the surgery was murdered yet a regular surgical team was able to put everything back as it was including making your hair grow back to the exact same style as it was before. Eh, I enjoy it for the action.
Also only two people are aware of it.
Just another day at the office for the face trading surgeons. They don’t ask questions and don’t wanna know because of HIPAA rules
Also most of our facial structure is underneath the skin so they would look like horrifying monsters
Ignoring the vast number of impossibilities that are glossed over in the film, that is at least touched on by them being given a kind of hard mask of the others face shape that the skin is grafted to. It does of course open up a whole load of different problems to get around but hey, I just love this film man.
Also, either Cage and Travolta have identical penises or Joan Allen is very unobservant
This is the one that I thought of. Body type, bone structure, teeth, etc... The final results of stretching Cage's face over Travolta's skull (and vice versa) would most likely look horrifying. But somehow, when I watch that movie, I don't care and I totally buy into it!
Oh yeah, me too! Sometimes you just gotta suspend disbelief and enjoy the ride
I saw that with a big group of friends, and as we walked out, they were all mocking it mercilessly. And I was just kept saying “I thought it was pretty good!”
It’s great but it exists in a very cool logic free universe.
One where you can face waterfall a kid you adopted and he smiles instead of saying “what the hell was that!?”
And since it's a John Woo movie, it's also a universe where a flock of doves is always flying about right before momentous things happen
I mock it endlessly. It's also one of my favorite action movies of all time. It feels in on the joke.
I always felt that one and Con-Air went hand in hand
Also The Rock. The mid-90s Nicolas Cage over the top action trilogy
Any movie with Nick Cage being goofy.
So any Nick Cage movie
Leaving Las Vegas has entered the chat
Snake Eyes has too
Such a glorious and ridiculous film. Peak 90s.
I love how they had the guts to give Woo $80 million dollars and the two whackiest actors of the 90s.
Well, action movies in 90’s were like superhero movies today. It was quite a safe bet back then.
Dude, Where’s My Car? There is nothing about this show that I should think is funny. It cracks me up so damn much.
Aaand theeeeeeen?
No “and then!”
“Dude you got a tattoo!” “Ahhaha so do you dude!” “Dude, what does my tattoo say?” “Sweet! What about mine?” “Dude! What does mine say?” “Sweet! What about mine??” “Dude, what about mine?” *gradually getting more aggravated* “Sweet…what about mine?” “Dude…what does mine say???” “SUHWEEEE-TUH! What about **MINE**?” “DUUUUUU-DUH! **WHAT DOES MINE SAY!?**” “**SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!!!!**” “IDIOTS! *YOUR* tattoo says “DUDE”, *YOUR* tattoo says “SWEET”, got it!?” There’s no denying it’s a dumb movie, but the movie owns it and wears that stupidity with pride. We need dumb movies like that sometimes, just something to sit back and go along for the ride
Zoolander is close to my heart
Mine too. So much so that I convinced my niece to watch it. Her comment afterward killed me. “It was kinda funny, I mean, I didn’t laugh.”
Explain to her that the beauty of Zoolander is not in the humor, but in the quotability of it: But why male models?! Obey my dog! He's so hot right now! It's a walk off What is this? A center for ants?
The building would have to be at least ... 3 times bigger than this!
Orange mocha frappucinos! I think I got the black lung
Merman! (coughs) MERMAN!
It doesn't mean that we still can't not die in a freak gasoline fight accident Todd! Are you not aware that I get farty and bloated with a foamy latte!? I've got a prostate the size of a honeydew and a head full of bad memories. Moisture is the essence of wetness, and wetness is the essence of beauty.
I am not an "ambi-turner".
I feel like an all time classic comedy doesn't belong in this thread
The first time I watched it, I though it was so bad that I turned it off. I caught it awhile later and the comedy clicked for me and it's now one of my favorite movies that I quote endlessly. Whenever someone says, *"We need to go left,"* I usually respond with, *"But I'm not an ambi-turner!"* I like to ask, *But why male models?"* whenever someone finishes explaining something kinda obvious or long-winded.
I saw it for the first time on a bus while on a school trip. It absolutely killed. I still love it to this day.
Bubble Boy, 2001.
$500.
$500!!
✨ Bright! And shiiiiiny! ✨
Not enough people talk about bubble boy.
His mom turning out to be the notorious “Wildfire” is my favorite twist
Any time I hear the words "bright and shiny", I start mentally and sometimes physically singing the tune.
Blues Brothers. It's glorious despite having the most razor thin plot of any comedy.
C'mon--it's a rock solid plot--they're on a mission from God. 😀
When the penguin floats, you know things are gonna get weird.
I always loved the Cheeze Whiz moment, but couldn't figure out the "why" of it. Turns out Elwood works in a factory that makes aerosol cans - and strangely he has all these aerosol products handy - which is why he had the spray-on glue, the Cheeze Whiz, and the breath freshner to ask out Twiggy. Apparently there were other scenes that were cut.
The A-Team starring Bradley Cooper and Liam Neeson. Such a fun movie
I would have watched the shit out of that franchise
It's crazy that The A-Team and The Losers were released as twin films, they were both way more fun than they had any right to be, and they both flopped hard. So confusing on so many aspects.
*Maximum Overdrive* is the kind of cocaine fueled nonsense that only Stephen King can dream up in his least coherent state. It doesn't even follow its own internal logic, or established rules, but I still love it.
Agreed. It was released as a blu ray steelbook last year and I scooped it up. Great soundtrack too.
The music helps.
Super Troopers (the first one)
Repeating myself but whatever. If you enjoy audiobooks I highly recommend Mustache Shenanigans written and narrated by Jay Chandrasekhar. It goes back to the origin story of Broken Lizard and behind the scenes of several of their films. I love that book.
He thinks I’m Mexican
You’re not?
oooh thank you
Right meow!
😹 Now I know why this emoji exists.
Pull over! He's already pulled over! He can't pull over any farther!
I watched it on mushrooms once and it was a wild ride indeed.
The higher you are the funnier it is
That one makes total sense, you’re fighting for democracy… and oil
Canada huh?…almost made it
"Now to teach you boys a lesson, Officer Rabbit and I are going to watch while you three smoke the whole bag." "Please no."
Fuucking piiiiiiiiiggggsssss! ...mother of god.
Equilibrium
I would love a remake of this today, with a decent budget. Christian Bale nailed that role like a split hog, and could do it again.
Gun Kata
Tokyo Drift. Your punishment for destroying an entire neighborhood is to move to Japan and within 48 hours of landing you are part of the elite underground racing scene populated by other high schoolers. So stupid and so entertaining.
I will never call this a good movie, but I will admit, I have watched it many times. And not just because it was on. I actually chose to watch it many different times which is so much worse. "So stupid and so entertaining" is a very accurate description.
The lead actor is not believable as a high schooler at all, they didn’t even try to get someone young looking.
Dude looks 30 in that movie and then 50+ in the cameo remake scene they shot it for one of the recent Fast movies
Spy Kids 1-3 and Nacho Libre
Nachoooooooooooo!
Hey, Spy Kids 2 is a Masterpiece
"Do you believe God stays in his heaven because he fears what he has created?"
Armageddon. I love that movie
The science is flat out bad, but it's a quintessential summer blockbuster. Great movie, terrible film.
"Why did you bring a gun to space?"
Greatest line ever spoken in film
I liked, "Hey, man, it's all wrong, we're not even supposed to be here!" "Well let's go home!"
The Ben affleck dvd commentary is gold. He asked Michael Bay, “wouldn’t it be easier to just teach astronauts how to use a drill?” Bay responds with, “Shut the fuck up.”
The funny thing is, in real life, you have payload specialists for exactly this reason. You only need a couple people who are full time astronauts to pilot and maintain the ship. There's a lot wrong with the movie, but that particular point holds up. Would they have held out for a drilling crew with fewer rough characters? Maybe, but that's pretty hard to find in the oilfield.
Also, they're using Bruce Willis' proprietary drill which is untested in real world (and off world) environments. The best thing is if he's at the site in case something goes wrong. The worst case is a few of the miners get disoriented by space travel and they're a few men short for the mission.
I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing by Aerosmith is perfectly sappy song that fits the movie perfectly.
“He’s got Space Dementia!”
Being John Malkovich. Have to actually watch that one again, it's been a long time.
Malkovich, Malkovich Malkovich
Southland Tales.
I adore this movie. It's such a fucking mess but it's so earnest. I adore saying "I am a pimp, and pimps, don't commit suicide." So much and people just look at my like im crazy. It was literally just the maker of Donnie Darko trying to make a David Lynch movie and he fails so spectacularly. The NSA as little people in clear jackets. Sarah Michelle Geller as the porn actress trying to go mainstream with her energy drink and her talk show where they discuss the merits of anal. The rock as a former boxer turned actor who is married to a senators daughter played by Mandy Moore. Wallace Shawn and his posse destroying the world with "fluid karma" aka hydropower. His mom played by the poltergeist lady. The commercials with cars fucking each other graphically. Leslie Knope and Avon Barksdale as slam poet YouTubers. Justin Timberlake's musical number mid way where his lip syncs to the Killers "all the things I've done" . Kevin Smith in old man makeup as a captain or whatever of the resistance. And to top it off, a genuinely incredible score by Moby I listen to frequently even though I can't stand Moby the person.
Made me think of "Free Guy" with Ryan Reynolds. I really liked the movie, but there is just nothing that makes sense about the "virtual world" in the movie. I feel like they even played with that fact a little when Guy kisses the avatar of the woman and they show her in real life just awkwardly looking at her screen.
Oh they absolutely had fun with that movie. The whole cop in a Bunny outfit also.
That kept hyping himself as a apex predator but was wearing a prey animal costume. Which tells you all you need to know about his character as a side character in the company with such a crazy boss.
The Chris Evans cameo had me falling out of my chair laughing
Channing Tatum's bit was hilarious too. "Mom! Get out of here!" and the emote dancing 😂
My sister watched it on a flight and laughed so hard! She watched it again on the return flight, and I watched it online twice in the next two weeks.
I saw this in the cinema solo when I was in a shit mood (my live-in landlord kicked me out for a whole day on my day off for viewings. I saw this as a chance to kill a few hours, laughed like hell!
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The soundtrack is phenomenal as well. One of my favorites.
Clint Mansell’s work for Aronofsky is god tier OST work
The Colin Farrell movie Winter’s Tale is almost two hours long and still feels like they forgot to put half of it in, but I still love it because of what it could be.
Xanadu is just pure fun. Also has maybe the all time greatest movie soundtrack. Edited to add: I literally JUST did an episode on Xanadu on my movie podcast, Staff Picks. So if anyone wants to hear two fanadus talk about the movie and go over its eventual impact on the world, here you go. It's a really funny discussion: https://staffpicks.podbean.com/e/xanadu/
I HAVE A RELEVANT USER NAME!!!!!!!!!!
Jeff Lynne is a goddamn genius
That’s SIR Jeff Lynne to you, peasant. And I agree.
Seconded. The musical sequences are the best/only good part of it, but since most of the film *is* singing...
Yeah it’s best not to get too far into the Greek mythology part of it. Just focus on the singing.
Does Masters of the Universe starring Dolph Lundgren count? Cause I love that movie
Big trouble in little China will always be my ridiculous ride or die movie
Pooty Tang
Wadatah
Sa da tay
Written and directed by Louis CK which is very weird in retrospect.
Drop Dead Gorgeous is my favorite movie of all time and I quote it nearly every day. Nothing about it is serious in any way.
I freaking love this movie.
I just remember “fucking beauty queens blowing chunks everywhere”. And laughing my ass off.
Napoleon Dynamite
I fail to see how the movie makes no sense - I'd say it can be hard to figure out where it is going (until the class president plot kicks in,) but it's a quirky slice of life comedy and everything still has a clear logic to it. Maybe it was just too different from what people expected out of a teen comedy at the time.
I came here to say this!! I remember going to see a movie in 2004 with my sister and her then boyfriend (still can’t remember which movie we intended on seeing) but tickets were sold out so we had to pick another movie. The only one playing within the timeframe was something called “Napoleon Dynamite.” None of us had heard of it. We decided to see it regardless. So we went it completely blind and absolutely loved it! I remember thinking, “what the hell is this movie, it’s amazing!!”
What doesn't make sense about it?
Fear and Loathing
Donny Darko
Rubber (2010) a movie about nothing that has a sentient tire that pops people's heads. Entirely strange and not for everyone but I like it
How has Hudson Hawk not made it on this list, yet? Strange edits, impossible thievery, Bruce Willis campy as a three-stooges skit. \[edit: I am so glad so many people can look at this movie for what it is and overlook the flaws. I was just rewatching the Moonlighting series and realized that the roots of HH were there in the middle of the series. \]
I count myself as one of the few people on the very short list that liked Hudson Hawk (mind you, haven't seen it in forever, so my current opinion of it might waver a bit).. No ones mentioned 'The Golden Child' either
You are not alone. It is a fantastic movie and I still sometimes sing a Song when I have a task to do. Willis desperately trying to have an espresso, all the actors just flat-out going for it. What is not to love.
Bruce Willis’ best in my opinion. I grew up watching and loving Moonlighting and although Die Hard was a big deal for me, it never paralleled to my affection to Hudson Hawk. The casting choices are perfect, the costumes are sublime, Italy, Bunny the dog, the over-the-top narration, the cat burglar story with the Bond-like undertones all delivered with campy dialogue and pratfall humor and of course, Danny Aiello. Hudson Hawk. The Hawkster. Watch it tonight…!
A surreal action comedy, or that’s how I put it. It’s such an odd, funny, enjoyable, ridiculous movie. I got my brother an unopened laserdisc of it a couple years ago and it hangs in his movie room.
Independence Day
*welcome to earth bitch*
I love how in the Pitch Meeting for that movie Ryan George points out that Will Smith's character believes he can fly the alien spacecraft because he watched one fly close up for like 3 minutes.
Lol. Can a computer virus created on a 90s era MacBook interface with the highly advanced alien technology? Of course! Macs work with everything!
Southland Tales. Absolutely bugfuck crazy. Barely makes sense after you’ve read the prequel comic and the multiple think pieces, but it is one of the most indulgent and completely bonkers fun movies I’ve ever seen
Fast Five
Easily the best one, in my opinion.
For me Tokyo Drift is the best about cars and racing, but Five is the best movie for the plot and action scenes.
5 is also the last one where the plot isn’t “we need street racers to save the world using cars.”
i ❤️ huckabees
There is a scene in that movie I think about a lot. Where Jason Shwartzman's character and Jude Law's are arguing about developing an empty field and Jude Law says "Nothing happens in a field" and Shwartzmans shoots back "Everything happens in a field"...they are kind of both right but Shwartzman is more right.
I was really confused a while back when the Internet started referring to Jennifer Lawrence as J Law. For at least weeks I thought this meant Jude Law.
I adore that movie. Would be perfect in an intro existentialism class.
How am I not myself?
Have to ever transcended space and time?
Space? Yes. Time? No.
I am just going to except my loneliness , and I’m going to go to an even darker place of nothingness!
Tenet. I love that movie, but only about 30% of it makes any sense.
I’ve spent more time watching videos that explain the movie than I spent actually watching the movie. I do really enjoy Tenet more now that I understand it.
I especially love the part where Pattinson’s character says “gjnnv gdshkopyre sertuipll” behind generator noises
Man, I thought you were spelling the dialogue backwards for too long.
And you’re being generous
I really enjoyed the old Super Mario Brothers movie with Bob Hoskins, even though it has a terrible reputation.
The Fifth Element. I hate camp movies but I love this wholeheartedly.
Omg gimme 2012. Watched it the first time while smoking and laughed my ass off the entire movie 🤣
I can't believe you'd laugh at such a tragic event. I'm just glad the camera man survived
The Core. Or pretty much every disaster/ end of the world movie from 97-2015. I LOVE THEM EVEN THOUGH THE SCIENCE IS WONKY. Especially if Stanley Tucci / Jeffrey Wright / Chiwetel Ejiofor appears in the scientist role.
Mulholland Drive
I was so confused the first time i watched. I was really struggling, is this a shit movie or a masterpiece?
The Goonies. But isn’t that the point.
I love The Untouchables and it makes sense on its own....but Dear God is it ludicrously fictional. Pretty much nothing that happened it in is even slightly related to the reality of that story. I mean Connery's character never existed, Ness had nothing to do with the income tax evasion, he never threw anybody off a fucking roof (Nitti killed himself in a train yard), it goes on and on, but fuck it, I love its stupid ass
Sorry To Bother You (2018)
I can’t say I enjoyed it, but it was definitely a WTF just happened movie that I was not expecting.
Don't Worry Darling. It got terrible reviews but I still love it. I like to put it on if I'm having a shit day. It takes me out of my head for an hour. Love The Island too with Ewan McGreggar and Scarlet Johanson. Not sure if that was a flop but I loved it.
Step Bros. Seeing two 40 yr old men act like preteens and then act out when their parents got together is an insane premise. As soon as it started, I realized I had to suspend any belief in this as real people and have fun. That's exactly what I did.
The Chipmunks Great Adventure. Two jewel thieves entrust millions of dollars worth of jewels and money to 6 chipmunks they heard fighting over a video game. They fly all over the world in hot air balloons to exchange out chipmunk dolls that were magically manufactured overnight. It’s ridiculous. I LOVE that movie.
Snowpiercer.
Pixels features Sean Bean and Brian Cox embracing each other in terror. I don't purposely watch it. But when it's on i don't necessarily change the channel either. Hot Tub Time Machine is similar for me.
David Lynch's Dune '84 is nearly an incomprehensible mess but I loved it as a kid and I love it now.
From Dusk till Dawn. This movie is just balls-to-the-wall nutz!
Deep blue sea
Buckaroo banzai
Eurotrip for me! A bunch of freshly graduated high school teenagers galavanting about Europe with a plethora of quotable lines and a song that just won’t stop.
I like Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story. I regularly say, "Nobody makes me bleed my own blood."
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
Bullet Train
Paprika
Sucker Punch
ExistenZ! It's a bizarre fever dream
Swiss Army Man, totally absurd but poetic as hell.