#film reccomendations

[coppolaposting]

what movie absolutely broke you the most?

[the-void-birb]

Like many of you, I have been losing my mind over Lisa Frankenstein! I loved it so much and had to draw the two love birds! (Click for better quality)

[the-starry-lycan]

I just watched Transformers: One. In all its glory. In the theatre itself.

You know what this means.

(cracks knuckles)

(in a Badasstron Voice) IT’S FANFICTION TIME GLITCHES!!!!

(Lil spoilers below)

I. Loved it. SO MUCH. I was right there pointing out all the cameos and the characters and just taking it all in!! It was done really well, and let me say.. yeah, I’m a MegOp liker now hahaha!

Bee was my favorite though. He is so precious. Protect the little bumblebee forever and ever!

[4sh-n4]

I love media about dysfunctional families. It's my favourite genre 🤗

[lilmagiceverywhere]

i don't normally go to bat for disney but strange world was criminally slept on

LIKE. yeah its disney.

but

strange world was SUCH A GOOD FILM!!

and sometimes i think its important to recognize the individual filmmakers and animators outside of the corporation they work for. they're the ones whk make the art, disney just sells it

plus disney did it criminal with ths promotion of the film. grr

anyway. first of all, aesthetically, the film is amazing. its got sort of eco futuristic solarpunk vibes, i mean, LOOK AT THIS!!

and yeah we can make fun of the "first gay disney character" trope all we want but the gay character in this film, ethan, is one of the main characters, and his romance with his crush is treated normally. it's a bit pushed to the side as the movie goes on but its so cute look at them!!!!!!

AND THE STORY!! it focuses on the relationships between fathers and sons, between Jaeger (old guy) and Searcher (adult man) and Searcher and his son Ethan. it's about breaking away of your father's expectations but ending up like them. it's about how to heal the rifts generationally. it's such an interesting dynamic and focus for the story

BUT ITS ALSO ABOUT MORE THAN THAT! its got a strong environmental push in the film that i wasn't expecting. how should we, as humans, deal with an energy crisis when it is actively causing damage to the planet? how do we save the planet?

its kinda the environmental messaging that puts the onus on the collective people to save our planet than the billonare companies that make up like 90% of carbon emissions but it's still a good message to teach people of all ages that they can make their lives more eco friendly and that they can help save the planet

TLDR: Strange World is a good movie please watch it thank you

[softcurlyhybris]

-All about Lily Chou-Chou, 2001

4.5/5

[skeletonpendeja]

Fav horror movie recommendations if you feel like sharing? I try to watch one a day in Oct and my list is a little light this year!

Hi hi hi I'm gonna be obnoxious and recommend a few of varying moods!! (⁠.⁠ ⁠❛⁠ ⁠ᴗ⁠ ⁠❛⁠.⁠)

1.) Ring

One of the main inspirations for the J-Horror boom in the early 2000's, Ring (often referred to as "Ringu") is a moody suspense flick with aspirations towards solving the mystery of a mysterious curse transmitted via VHS tape.

Based on the novel by Koji Suzuki, Ring captures the mood and tone of the book much moreso than the American Remake (which as far as American remakes go is loud but fine) and has a few stand out moments. It's definitely a favorite of mine.

CW: Child Abuse, Mild Body Horror

Liked this? Check out: Ju-On 2, Ring 0, and One Missed Call.

2.) Sleepaway Camp

Definitely not a popular pick, Sleepaway Camp is a typical summer camp slasher (as was the style at the time) and holds up shockingly well*** all things considered! (We'll get to the asterisk in the CW)

Sleepaway Camp is carried by odd, earnest, and fun performances, the kids are kids who yell, swear, and are silly, the adults are either Shakespearean or complete planks of wood, and they all bounce off each other with really naturalistic and hysterical dialogue, it's very quotable. A great fun time with friends. BUT...

CW: Spoilers! Transphobia, the entire film has trickles of mild queer symbolism in some dream sequences, but the big ending reveal is that surprise! The killer is trans! And that is depicted as being more horrifying than the decapitated head they're holding. In the queer lens I view this in today it's quite a fun film with a lot of revenge kills but it's still, in the text and to the mass audience, it's quite a Hallmark of pop culture transphobia. Take is or leave is.

Like this? Check out: Basket Case, Nightmare on Elm Street 2, Cabin in the Woods (I don't like that one but it tends to be loved by most who watch it)

3.) Us

Something more contemporary, more artistic, and honestly funny, Us by Jordan Peele is a very interesting high concept film, and his second overall. The concept of the doppelganger is not new, but to see it plain as day, so well executed is super interesting to see properly.

Us gets a lot of flack for being a bit more bloated and messy compared to other Peele films, but I like to think of the looseness of the rules and the bleakness of the metaphor to be very engaging and beautiful

CW: General violence

Like this? Check out: Nope, Get Out, Uzumaki (yes actually, I think they have a similar situation of an unnatural and bleak conflict that can't really be solved)

4.) La Casa Lobo

Where the fuck do I start with this one, La Casa Lobo is in universe, a propaganda-y children's story for a midsommar ass cult, and it is as beautiful as it is horrifying. This stop motion, paper maché, charcoal nightmare is always moving, always uncanny, and always isolating. It's phenomenal, and while it's premise may be simple, entering the wolf house will make you feel like you can't leave.

CW: animal violence, child endangerment, it's uncanny as fuck.

Like this? Check out: Mad God, Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, Midsommar

4.) [•REC]

This Spanish found footage "zombie" movie is a blast from start to end with great pacing. Not so much a story as it is more of a "things happening" movie, [•REC] never fails to deliver on the tension or scares. I have a soft spot for the film, as I saw it as a kid with my folks IN PARTS on YouTube like a fucking anime

If that doesn't age me I don't know what will.

CW: Child death, particularly jumpscarey, gore and body horror

Like this? Check out: [•REC2] (think Aliens compared to Alien), The Mandela Catalogue (yes really), Quarantine (American Remake that's not, terrible?)

5.) heck/Skinamarink

Predecessor to recent indie smash hit, Skinamarink, heck is the litmus test as to whether or not you can stomach Skinamarink. Slow, creeping, exclusively diagetic, and immensely creepy. There is little plot, and it's again an experience, but one that feels like a living breathing Nightmare.

The reason heck is here first instead of Skinamarink, is mainly length vs quality vs density. Skinamarink is a very good picture but for the average person it wears out it's welcome by the 1 hour mark, and we still got like 40 min to go. heck is a bite sized 30 minute short film that just gets to the point quicker. However with the reduced runtime, you lose the density of the atmosphere. It's both better but lesser. Both heck and Skinamarink are fine movies, but definitely pick which one you wanna see based on the mood of the evening and your company

CW: body horror, child endangerment (lot of that on this list)

Like this? Check out: Paranormal Activity, The Mandela Catalogue, Vita Carnis

Other Curiosities worth exploring

The Cabinet of Dr. Calagari - it's the first, it's beautiful, and still an admirable work of art to this day, around 100 years later

Gojira - while the character is nowadays more of an action property, the original Gojira is still incredibly harrowing

Tetsuo the Iron Man - loud, intense, and metal as fuckkk. Tetsuo is a more surreal extreme horror movie full of body horror and antagonistic sound design

Chainmail Chasers - a quaint horror series based off of the old smiledog creepypasta. Considering it's just like one gal and her friends it's very impressive, still in progress

Local 58 - a well regarded foreboding horror series regarding mysteries around the moon and how that relates to the local news station

Okay that's it sorry bYE!! (⁠・⁠∀⁠・⁠)

[tweedvamp]

I just watched I saw the TV glow last night and omg. This movie. I cried 4 separate times and didn't even know why I was crying for any of them. After the movie ended I just sat and watched the credits roll and cried and thought about the masterpiece I had just watched. It was one of those movies where it feels wrong to speak once it's over, I was so absorbed in it that my voice sounded alien to me and didn't sound right until I woke up the next morning. I cannot stop thinking about Owen and Isabel, if you only watch one movie this summer pleasepleaseplease make it this one!!!

[pessimisticgh0st]

Do you have any book or film recommendations. I’m super bored :(

Yeah sure, don't know how much help this is now since this reply is late-ish

Also I don't really know what you're into or what you already have read/watched so sorry if any of it is useless, also just saying that most of these will probably be depressing in some way

Books:

Solitaire

Radio Silence

I was born for this

Loveless

Perks of Being a Wallflower

Metamorphosis

Six Of Crows Duology

If We Were Villains

The Secret History

The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Song of Achilles

Good Omens

No Longer Human

Films:

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Dead Poets Society

The Truman Show

How To Train Your Dragon trilogy

Nimona

Howl's Moving Castle

Kiki's Delivery Service

Spiderman Into the Spiderverse

Spiderman Across the Spiderverse

Spirited Away

Big Hero 6

Inception

Hope that helps, and do you have any recs ??

[magpieandpossum]

ever see a piece of media so gay you're like: "ok. well I mean I kinda have to ship it. it's the law or something." because i'm there. this movie might be 60 years old but goddamn.

[coppolaposting]

begged, borrowed, and cried.

[novel-nook-blog]

Autumn ✨🍂🧸

One thing about me: I love autumn 🤎

I know it's not autumn yet (calendar vise nor weather vise) BUT it's September and that's good enough for me!

I love wearing sweaters and hot tea and candles and blankets. Just everything warm and cosy.

So this is going to be a post about books and tv shows that make my autumn more autumny🧸

TV shows/films:

Gilmore girls🍂☕️: this is a MUST HAVE! I just love how aesthetic this series is! I always am very motivated to study after summer break (even tho my school year/semester starts almost in October) the way Rory studies and reads keeps me motivated for a longer time✨.

Supernatural🤎🧸: having Dean and Sammy hunt monsters and ghosts is more of a Halloween vibe but the spookyness is just perfect for those cosy evenings! (But a slightly warning: If you love Gilmore girls as much as myself, well... you may not be content about their names, I'm two seasons in and tbh I still call Sam Dean – when I talk about the series, haha)

Harry Potter⚡️🍁: I'm a potter girly so this is another MUST HAVE. I usually read one book from the series and than watch those films, I also start this rewatch/reread almost at the end of November, because it just has a certain magic spell of christmas in it.

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina🎃🐈‍⬛: It's been a few years since I've seen this show but I still liked it very much (however I think I didn't like the ending... but I'm not so sure anymore 😄)

Charmed🍂🤎: This is also a very good show! I'm a sucker for every show or film from around the 2000s!

Books:

Any thriller (horror): On my TBR are those books for example: Truly Devious (all series), One of Us Is Next

High fantasy: Foruth Wing, The Cruel Prince, Six of Crows (anything from grisha verse), The Raven Boys, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, The Atlas Six, Harry Potter, ...

[beansquishy]

I absolutely love your profile banner! ^v^ Is it from a movie?

It's from the movie The Lighthouse! Snoopy is definitely not in the official release though

[thatchillclosetcreature]

HE,P IM CRYING THIS MOVIE IS SO GOOD AND HARSHLY TRUE BUT SO INFURIATING KSDKKDKDKDKD

(it’s a gl film called The Summer)

I mean it shows a lesson of how lack of communication or miscommunication in a relationship can affect the outcome of the two partners BUT PLEASE WHY THE ENDING NO MY HEART ALDLDLLDKFLLLDLFL

(Don’t say I was the one who told you but there’s the whole film on YouTube called ‘ the summer korean gl ‘ in the channel Adrianna H 🧏)

[kind-of-a-shitty-wizard]

plus two toxic yaoi movies to the watch list. thank you for your perfect taste (as ever) !

HELLO MJRDM my friend mjrdm... im so glad to serve you with the toxic yaoi movies 🫡 i highly reccomend both lol

my conclusion from watching a bunch of these movies from 60+ years ago is that theres unplunged depths of toxic yaoi hidden beneath the hays code stuff (also that the cinematography and scripts of the classics were fantastic etc etc but yaknowww cough)

as a bonus, if i had to recc another one besides lawrence of arabia and becket (peter o'toole 😩), it would probably be casablanca assuming u havent seen this classic already. its not on the level of the other two, but claude rains DOES just take the subtext and RUN with it lmao

[spaceytrash]

Daniel Craig in Some Voices, 2000, directed by Simon Cellan Jones

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