I watched a total of three movies last year and two of them sucked. I don’t think I’ve seen a movie so far this year, and I’m looking for suggestions. What’s a movie that you really love?
I watched a total of three movies last year and two of them sucked. I don’t think I’ve seen a movie so far this year, and I’m looking for suggestions. What’s a movie that you really love?
If you only watched three movies in a year and didn’t like two of them, are you just not into movies? Or do you like a specific type? What kind of books do you like?
I’m not generally into movies, but I like them every once in a blue moon. I usually enjoy action, thrillers, comedies and specifically romcoms I think. Books I usually read urban fantasy, things like the Mercy Thompson series, or light sci fi (not usually space operas). I have pretty trash taste I think overall.
Try out Brick (2005). Mystery and set in a high school with fun, noir-specific language. Same guy wrote and directed the Brothers Bloom (2013) and Knives Out (2019 and 2020), which is some fun mystery.
Nope (2022) and Get Out (2017), Parasite (2018), the Prestige (2004), and Primal Fear (1994) are all great thrillers.
You might also like Shane Black’s movies. Funny, some action, The Last Boyscout (1991) and the Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) are guilty pleasures he wrote. Links are fun samples.
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (2005) and The Nice Guys (2018) are quite solid later work that he wrote and directed.
Romcom/ light sci-fi? Her (2015)
Do you like stories that make you think and ponder things after, I mean not necessarily solving a murder mystery but like ethical dilemmas or your perception of the world? Or do you like stories that are more like the experience of a wild ride visually and plot wise? There are no right or wrong answers, just wondering what role you want media to have?
Probably more like a wild ride would hold my interest better, but I’m not necessarily opposed to thinking.
In that case, I would recommend the movie Gone girl for thriller that has the opportunity for thinking, and the book Daemon (and the sequel Freedom) for a page-turning sci-fi with relevance today.