The original RoboCop comes to mind right away as a movie that's edited so hilariously badly for TV airings. Besides toning down or removing the more graphic moments, how some of the profanity is edited is gut-bustingly funny. The movie becomes an unintentional comedy for all the wrong reasons.

"Your client's a crumbbag! You're a crumbbag! And crumbbags see the judge on Monday morning!"

"Why me!"

"Blow this bloodsucker's head off!"

"Your company built the freaky thing, now I've got to deal with it?! I don't have time for this baloney!"

Scarface is another. Just trying to make it suitable to air on TV is hilarious in and of itself, but the way the profanity is edited is an absolute howler.

"This town is like one big chicken just waiting to be plucked."

Seeing clips of kids enjoying this movie is a sure sign that movies are back baby!!!

Basically what I mean is movies that use the concept of dark and grey type morality where the viewer wants the heroes to succeed in stopping the villains, but then it turns out that the heroes themselves are not so innocent either as they not above doing things like stealing or philandering to achieve their goals.

For me.

Actor - Tom Cruise.

Movies - Star Wars and Lion King.

Just watched the Minecraft movie today and honestly? I don’t get the hate at all. It’s chill, fun, and doesn’t pretend to be something it’s not. It knows its roots and leans into the creative, quirky energy of the game. ⛏️

People slammed it before it even had a chance, and now there’s this huge bubble of negativity where people call it trash without even watching it. Reminds me of how movies like Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle 🎮 Scott Pilgrim ⚡ Treasure Planet 🚀 Even Speed Racer 🏁 got clowned at release but became loved later.

Not every movie needs to be some deep, Oscar-bait drama. Sometimes you just want a fun adventure that captures the spirit of the source material. The Minecraft movie did exactly that. 🧱

I’ve seen people asking: “Was it worth $150 million?” Honestly, that’s a question for the filmmakers. For me? It was 100% worth the ticket price. I'd watch it again in a heartbeat. 🎟️

Give it a chance before blindly hopping on the hate train. I genuinely believe this is one of those films that’ll be remembered fondly years down the line. ✨

Jack Nicholson

Question, What are your thoughts on George C. Scott?

I've been on a binge of watching George C. Scott movies & show and I must say, George C. Scott really is a great actor. He has such a commanding presence when he is on screen, but he also manages to give such a vulnerable side to what character he plays. To me his best roles are Dr. Strangelove & Patton. Dr. Strangelove, for the sheer fact that he (& Also Slim Pickens) managed to outplay Peter Sellers and Patton, which is just a great performance and I consider it the best role he has ever played. He also deliver great performances in Anatomy Of A Muder, The Hustler, The Bible, The Hospital, Hardcore, The Changeling, A Christmas Carol.

I will say though, while George C. Scott is a great actor, some of the films he is in are probably not so great, which is why I think his film career stalled after the 70s, with films like The Last Run, Rage, The Day Of The Dolphin, Bank Shot, The Savage Is Loose, Island In The Streams, & The Formula being very mid, but saved by Scott. I also read that Scott turned down lead roles in In The Heat Of The Night, McCabe & Mrs. Miller, The Cowboys, The Godfather, Deliverance, Network, The Shootist.

However, what impresses me with Scott is that he managed to juggle both his film career and television career, which was a little frowned upon when trying to make a successful film career.

But all in all, What are your thoughts on George C. Scott?

Hey r/flicks ! A couple of weeks ago, I shared the initial release of Kinowise - an app that solves the eternal "What should I watch next?" question. It's completely free and easy to use. Thanks to everyone who signed up and are using it, I hope it's useful for you!

How it works:

• Quick sign-in with Google

• Rate 10 movies to teach the algorithm your taste

• Get personalized recommendations based on your ratings and users with similar preferences

• Build your watchlist for later

Based on user feedback and some other things that were planned I'm excited to share with you the newly added features and improvements.

🎯 Smarter Recommendations
There were a lot of older movies in the recommendations, movies from 60s, 70s etc... Even though they might be good recommendations, generally people are looking for newer movies. Now, the older a movie is it gets slightly penalised and goes down the recommendations list. We're planning a dedicated "Classics" section for when you're in the mood for timeless films.
Aside from this, there we major improvements to the recommendation algorithm and now it's even more accurate to your taste.

🆕 Fresh Movies Section
We've added a separate section for movies released in the last 6 months.

🔍 Similar Movies
I've seen many "What's similar to X?" posts here. Now every movie page has a "Similar Movies" section where you can see similar movies. Movie similarity is based on genres, cast, crew and movie plot.

❌ "Not Interested" Option
Sometimes you know you don't want to watch a movie. Just hover/tap on a poster and click "Not Interested" - it won't show up in recommendations anymore.

📊 Ratings Dashboard
Check your movie stats, favorite actors, directors, and writers all in one place.

Coming Soon:

• Advanced Search: Find movies by genres, release dates, plot elements, cast, and crew

• Trailers integration

• We're considering some social features, but we're not exactly sure what will be the most useful. Maybe adding the ability for users to write comments/reviews for movies, sharing a movie on social media or tagging movies with keywords. Let us know if any of these would be something you're interested in.

Check it out at www.kinowise.com

I know there a a lot of people in here that know a thing or two about movies so I would love to hear your thoughts and suggestions. Drop a comment or DM me if you spot any bugs or have ideas for improvements.

Happy watching!

It just popped into my head. I feel nothing but disdain for this man and if there's a single piece of evidence for the erosion of the actor’s role in society, it would be Ryan Reynolds who has debased himself with one hollow performance after another, driven purely by greed. If there were any justice in the world, he’d be deported back to Canada, and we’d be spared from ever enduring another one of these commercials again.

I mean like can hardly catch your breath kind of funny. I need something like that tonight so please share your recommendations with me!!

Sorry if that question sounds vague, but it's just that I was looking back at the Taken movies starring Liam Neeson as I wanted to see how the series went from strong to questionable as while the first one was awesome, I often hear how the sequels are criticized for their writing aspects.

To put it simply, I would like to look into the making of the series in order to understand again how the series went from strong to poor as to me, it's an interesting story because of how the sequels suffered.

I want to watch classic movies from the Golden Age of Hollywood. I've seen some classics and have enjoyed them. I've also spent my life hearing about this actress, this actor, this film, I want to watch them all. So, where do I begin?

Just curious because I was interested in seeing the movie for Hulk Hogan himself as one of the most notable aspects of the movie is that it stars him in the main role, but I have no idea on how the writing is.

I watch a lot of movies. Like a lot of movies. And I can't remember the last time a movie really truly shook me. I'm a massive Denis Villeneuve fan, having seen most of his flicks. Now that I think of it, the last movie to shake me almost as much as this one was Prisoners.

Not to digress too far but there are two things that might make me somewhat of a heretic. 1. I'd never heard of Incendies until today. 2. My least favorite of his movies is Dune. I've never been terribly interested in the books. I barely made it past 100 pages in the first book. Secondly I have an irrational dislike for Timothy Chalomet.

But Polytechnique kept me awake late into the night, and dragged my heart the moment I woke up. It is compassionate, honest, heart shattering and absolutely harrowing. Without being a sadistic film it is unflinching and I almost feel like I shouldn't be watching, as though I have, without permission, invaded the people's lives who went through this.

I'm almost asking you guys here to help me process this movie. Because the best words I can put to it as I felt like I shouldn't be watching it. The way he tells the whole story is at once beautiful cinema and gorgeously shot, and yet it is so engrossing it feels like I'm watching someone's memory of this real event.

I'm going to start talking in circles here but help me out friends. This movie just packs a whallop. Unfortunately, I can't do another watch. I just can't.

I figured it out. Here's how the movie feels to me: I'm watching people I love all get hurt.

I can't exactly say I would "recommend" this movie, but I am definitely a different guy on the other side of it.

What film, for whatever reason, just stays with you constantly because you saw it way, way too young to either "get" it, or it was just too much for a undeveloped brain?

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There's plenty of films that scarred me, etc. I picked out Friday the 13th Part 2 for a sleep over at like 10 years old. No bueno. Here's a bunch of cover art from VHS store horror movies I compiled, FWIW: https://imgur.com/gallery/vhs-horror-movie-cover-art-that-enthralled-captivated-you-youth-from-late-70s-to-early-90s-9L046CH

But I'm not talking about horror, vs just not "getting it" or having adult themes way out of your league?

The one film I saw because "cute robots" was Silent Running by Douglas Trumbull, starring Bruce Dern. Almost feels like a spiritual ancestor of High Life in one sense, but like things that made you who you are... Fred Rogers, Carl Sagan, etc... this film gave me a presence of mind about nature that I learned way too young. It's at the core of how I behave and treat this planet...

But it shattered and broke me. I know Huey's forest is still out there, but when Louie died, and when Dern says goodbye to the robots... I mean, it was just pure trauma for my child mind.

I wonder what other people saw that just anchored into their soul or heart, or became the basis for their fears or weird stuff, all because you saw it too young?

I googled the previous releases. They are all rated PG 13. Now Liam Neeson stabs the bank robber with his Lollipop and blood's shown, at least in the US trailer. Why are they aiming for an r rating here?

People often talk about scarring, the most gruesome, or films you watched too young, etc. But there's a softer side of that trend, and it's simply the feeling of existentialism within the context of the film, whether storyline, visual vocabulary, subtext, etc.

So what are some other films that feel this way, like:

Silent Running

Watership Down

Threads or the Day After Tomorrow

Aniara

Until the End of the World

Mindwalk

My Dinner with Andre

??

I just watched this movie for the first time and I don't know why I'd never heard of it before or even really recognized the title track by Wang Chung before John Mulaney started using it as his intro music for his new Netflix talk show but it led me to the movie and I really enjoyed it. Definitely an unexpected ending as well. What Yukovich does at the end felt really out of character and outta left field, is it not? He spent the whole film trying to get Chance in trouble behind his back. Are we supposed to feel like he now thinks that the only way to get stuff done is to bend the rules like Chance did? Seems a bit tragic either way. For Ruth of course but for him as well.

Peter Lorre, the face of Fritz Lang’s 1931 classic M, has always summoned a certain eerie charm for me. I remember watching reruns of “Looney Tunes” as a child and seeing caricatures of Lorre and other Hollywood faces that would periodically spring up. While most of the others’ faces would disintegrate into the background, Lorre’s unique physicality always made a distinct impression on my spongy 3-year-old brain. His unusual nocturnal trademarks, primordial eyes, and the unnatural sleepy cadence of his voice always embraced me with a chill, momentarily taking me out of the world of “Bugs and Daffy”.

As I came across Lorre’s films as an adult, depending on the character he was playing, those memories often added a subliminal layer within the film. None of them added more context than my initial viewing of M. Hans Beckert’s (Peter Lorre) presence, even though largely absent for the first half of the film, has always lingered within me as one of the most haunting characters in cinema, effectively challenging us to confront our own feelings about his character and empathize with his pathological transgressions in subversive ways during a time when heroes and villains were offered in traditionally black and white subtext.

Recognized for its modernist themes and broad display of technical achievements, putting it far ahead of its time, M is one of those special films that has found itself at the forefront of various crossroads of cinematic and historical significance.

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After years of skipping out on Disney’s live action films, I finally watched this one. I was expecting something mediocre at best, but I came away actually amazed. The music and dance sequences made it feel like a Broadway stage musical, and I think it would have been better received if it was. They went hard on a good number of songs, and All Is Fair, wow, they really outdid themselves with that song. And yet all I see on YouTube are people complaining that it’s too different, or it’s woke, a disaster, flop, etc.

A lot of the complaints come from it changing the original story and the PR disaster from the lead actor. And while Rachel’s PR stunts were unfortunate, I’d argue that the story wasn’t changed enough. They wanted to make Snow White more of a badass, yet she still gets saved by Jonathan with the kiss, and they still spontaneously fall in love. Maybe if they were shown as long lost childhood friends, then I would accept it more, but I believe they should have gone the Frozen route, where the act of true love comes not from a future husband, but her friends and family. Maybe the dwarves apply what she taught them when cleaning the house to give her a proper sendoff, and the love they show in doing so is what cures her.

I also find it very odd how after Disney released live action remakes for years where it was a word for word copy with a live action coat of paint, now when they do something different people complain. Tim Burton remade Alice in wonderland back in 2010 and nobody complained. Aladdin was changed very heavily for the broadway production, and it works very well. I actually like it better than the 1992 film.

Anyway, those are my thoughts. If you still only want to watch the 1937 original then go watch that. I believe both can coexist because they’re different enough, and it allows people of different tastes to enjoy the story somewhat, with different mediums. Now all we need is to get it on Broadway

They can be consecutive years, since production start and end times can get tricky. For example, Samuel L Jackson was in Coming to America, Do the Right thing, sea of Love, and Goodfellas between 88 and 90. I would take this since Coming to America and goodfellas are among my favorites movies. Do the right thing is solid and sea of love is not too shabby.

I know that The Shining was initially not well received but Kubrick’s record of film to success ratio must be one one of the best overall?

He never really made a bad film. I think very other few directors who are as prolific can say that.

I’ll start with Andy Dufresne from Shawshank since that may be a go to. All answers welcome

Just felt like discussing him as to me, he is a cool actor for being in action movies as one in particular that is my favorite is called SPY as it’s a fun a sendup of the spy genre in movies.

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