#good movies

[boomboxgod]

So glad to everyone goncharov posting, I grew up watching this one so it’s like so nostalgic for me so I had to make something

The part with the oranges just gets me every time

[artist-issues]

look I know he sucked at adapting Avatar but I want to talk about Signs by M. Night Shyamalan. Am I too late to talk about Signs?

[ceelestic]

glimpse into my movie journal (2) 🎬

[nyrovie-ii]

And always will

[ahsgirlblogger]

🎀i really loved this movie

[aspiringwriter1111]

Hallmark PSA

I know since it's coming on the holiday season, I'm going to start seeing a lot of Hallmark slander.

But here's a little known fact.

Hallmark is actually really really good.

WAIT WAIT DON'T LEAVE-

Let me explain!

The movies people usually associate Hallmark with are the "old" ones (2020 and back). I bet after seeing how cliche and unhealthy they were, you didn't see a reason to watch them again after that, am I right??

But you knew them well enough to know they weren't worth your time and sanity.

Girl in a high stress job goes to small town, learns the meaning of Christmas, and then cheats on her also stressed out boyfriend back in the city with a hot cocoa making stubbly kind of rude lumberjack man then quits her job and moves to Vermont or something.

Yeah, they don't do those anymore.

At all.

I'm serious.

A part of it is that there was a purge. A year or two ago, there was a new Christmas movie company in town. All the actors that didn't like the forward direction Hallmark wanted to go in, left and joined GAC.

(Great American Family, or as I like to call it GACK. The movies are exclusively awful old Hallmark style, but Republican, badly decorated, very white, and also much worse.)

GAC took all the problems away from Hallmark, and made movies out of them. Hallmark, now cleansed, is pumping out cinematic greats that I WILL be rewatching every Christmas.

The whole of Hallmark was Recast, save for the best of the best fan favorites (Like Lacey Chaubert-)

They have plus sized actors now and people of color, cast as main characters on a regular basis.

Half of the movies aren't even romance centric anymore, instead focused on life, and moving forward, but when they are, they're really well done, and actually healthy.

If you know me (which you don't), then you'll know I hate unhealthy relationships. Especially when they're treated like they're okay. I will pick apart ANYTHING over toxicity in a relationship, wherever that might come from.

I used to hate Hallmark movies, because they were predictable, unrealistic, flawed, and toxic.

But now the characters talk with each other, and they don't get in the others space without permission. If there's an accident and it does happen, it's not used as a plot device to move the relationship along. It's not treated in a "OMG hot guy is literally right in my face!!! I've only known him two minutes and I hate him, I'm in love!!"

It's more of an, "OMG I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to do that at all, im so sorry, I'm so sorry- *Immediately backs away*"

I can't even begin to explain how much better they are now.

To further prove my point, here are some gifs of Three Wise Men and a Baby, one of my favorite Christmas movies ever:

Just listen to this one.

It's about three brothers, one of which is a firefighter (this is important). A baby gets dropped off at the fire station, with a note. The firefighters name is on it, asking him to look after the baby until Christmas.

This is not his baby.

This IS a joke throughout the entire film.

They have no idea who dropped him off.

So they end up taking care of him for a week, and seriously bonding with him. The make his first Christmas ornament with clay, they do a holiday photo dressed to the nines.

They talk about how hard it is to actually take care of a baby, and how hard it must have been for their mom doing it alone.

Talking about how their own dad left, and finally processing that trauma together.

Their mom confesses that if she didn't have support, she may have done what the babies mother did. How she must be going through such a rough patch, and building empathy for her.

All three of the brothers go on complete cathartic emotional journeys about it, and all the other issues in their life.

I can't do it justice.

It's called Three Wise Men and A Baby. I'm begging you please go watch it, you will NOT regret it.

I CRIED SO MANY TIMES YOU HAVE NO IDEA.

I'm tearing up now just thinking about it oh my gOD-

The ending just sent it home for me, so I won't spoil anything.

Its amazing. I can't explain the whole thing, I seriously beg you please go watch it.

And, if you're more into comedy, I present to you Haul out The Holly:

A Christmas comedy starring your very own Gretchen Weiners!! Abso-fucking-lutley HILARIOUS.

It's about a woman, just broken up with her boyfriend, and coaxed into going home for the holidays. Here's where it gets interesting.

Her parents are the head of the Christmas neighborhood watch, something that has plagued her since childhood. Her childhood friend has now taken over the position, as her parent ditch her for retirement on a beach someplace, and she's left stuck, having to decorate against her will.

She wants a nap. The neighbors want her to carve ice sculptures. And her nutcracker apparently isn't up to code.

Includes: Girlboss and male wife power duo (madly in love), insane chainsaw man with way too much time on his hands, the ML an anxious wreck, and many, many, MANY MORE.

Another recent movie was built around a woman who is an astronaut (She's mixed) who was about to finally go to space (The goal shes been working on her entire life) She got into a car accident and her eyesight was impaired. She's currently grieving the loss of her dream (like, actually grieving, she took three months off-).

Her company asks her if she wants to do an exhibit in the planetarium for Christmas, that she doesn't have to, but she can if she wants to take her minds off of things. She says yes, and ends up working with the planetarium director on an exhibit about the sun and it's connection to Christmas through how people used to celebrate with the sun (I don't remember exactly, but it was explained thoroughly, and i think pagan???)

She and him don't constantly argue, or be angry at each other. They cooperate. They show genuine interest in each other. It's actually adorable, and it's also not just about them.

She meets his daughter, who is a wheelchair user. She asks why the Female lead isn't in space if she's an astronaut, and the FL tell her it's because of her eyes. The daughter tells her it's okay, because she'll never be able to go to space either, even if she wants to, but she can still enjoy it from Earth.

I'm not even doing it justice.

By the end of the movie, the FLs eye problem doesn't heal. Nothing is miraculously solved. But the ML and the FL are now dating (After the best, slow paced, healthy, communicative, collaborative bonding freaking ever-) ALL OF THE CHARACTERS HAVE FULL BLOWN EMOTIONAL JOURNEYS THAT ACTUALLY MATTER.

SHE GRIEVES.

HER BROTHER FINALLY FIGURES OUT ITS OKAY FOR HIM TO DO WHAT HE LOVES, AND THAT HE'S NOT A FAILURE FOR IT.

THE ML LET'S GO OF THINKING HES A BAD PARENT.

AND MORE.

There are soft bits, nothing is cliche, nothing is icky or gross.

It's healthy, it's cute, it's emotionally driven, I'm actually learning about things I didn't know before, and amazing.

And all the new ones are either like this or better than this. I could name over ten, but I can't even explain how good they are.

Some of the are still a little dark ages, but it's only every one out of six or seven.

Hallmark movies from 2022 and onwards are 5 star television, and you can't convince me otherwise.

[reasonandempathy]

[frakyee]

I FINALLY FUCKING DID IT

I have watched all 100 of these films in one year

[bonesfool]

I think one of my favorite things about The Iron Giant is that Hogarth’s Dad is never mentioned (beyond the one shot of a photo of him with his jet) but he, and his absence are felt throughout the film.

We feel in Annie’s stress, her struggle to raise a child on a single woman’s budget in the 60s, the need to work constant overtime and rent a room to make ends meet.

We feel it in Hogarth’s loneliness and ostracism, his admiration for soldier figures, and his simultaneous disdain for guns, his wisdom about death how it’s “bad to kill but it’s not bad to die.”

I just think it’s so smart for an anti-war anti-gun anti-violence movie to cleverly insert a character who has presumably died from all of these things, and let him haunt the narrative and it’s characters through his absence. Hogarth finds a new father figure in Dean not in spite of his pacifistic/counter-culture beliefs but Because of them. Hogarth is a kid who has witnessed death and despite the culture surrounding him glorifying war and an Us vs Them attitude, longs only for friendship and peace.

[maysshortmoviereviews]

Monkey Man (2024)

An anonymous young man unleashes a campaign of vengeance against the corrupt leaders who murdered his mother and continue to systemically victimize the poor and powerless.

This is a fantastic, original, and action-packed debut by Dev Patel, the newly minted director. Some parts of it, which included the flashback scenes, dragged on and felt a little repetitive, but overall this is a very good movie which felt original and set in an Indian city. So, the new location and different scenery, plus the very good soundtrack as well as the fight scenes, made for an exciting movie experience.

Until now, I had not seen Dev Patel as an action hero, but he really was excellent in it. Also, I liked that it had a bit of story rather than just mindless fight scenes.

I look forward to watching what Dev Patel does next. Kudos to him for coming up with an original story. Fans of 'John Wick' may enjoy this too.

[amyyythestarry]

BRO NOTHING CAN BEAT MOVIES FROM THE 1900s-EARLY 2000s FR FR.

Like I watched Purple Rain last week and it was so fricking good. Like it had the right amount of emotion and just was a great movie, if you can watch it then I advice you do watch it.

Cruella bro. Masterpiece. ( That came out 2021 but whatever, it was amazing and didn’t get enough hype )

UPTOWN GIRLS? DO U KNOW HOW MUCH OF THAT INSPIRED MY YUGI TWINS ANGST?? ( Idk how I even related the girl and woman’s lore to Amane and Tsukasa’s but I did it )

The Cheetah Girls.

Cadet Kelly.

Mean Girls.

Clueless.

Legally Blonde.

Matilda. ( The first one )

Even Gilmore Girls ( I know it’s not a movie and I only watched two episodes, It’s so good though ).

All of these movies are so good, like Idk any other words to describe them.

Also I’m going to be watching The Breakfast Club soon.

Watch them. Plz.

[lifeisafilmscene]

Nerve (2016)

[movie--posters]

[coffeebookslovegt]

¿Quién diablos es Galileo?

[nyrovie-ii]

movie recommendations/reviews?

(for the girls that get it)

FIGHT CLUB

„summary“ (without Spoilers):

When an insomniac entrepreneur meets the dubious Tyler Durden, the two form a cathartic underground violent association.

9/10 I loved it. The acting was on point and you can kinda feel the movie like the vibes, the plot twist is crazy. Funny but also serious at the same time. I like the way the narrator tells the story.

(I’m not good at reviewing movies 😭)

2. THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER

„Summary“ (without spoilers):

It follows Charlie during his freshman year of high school as he makes and loses friends, experiments with drugs and his sexuality, and comes to grips with his past.

9/10

loved loved loved it. Loved the main character, the style of the movie. Some Mentioned artists/bands in the movie: the smiths, the Beatles, david bowie, the smashing pumpkins.

(my heart broke tbh)

3. SPEAK

„Summary“ (without spoilers):

Melinda is a high school freshman the movie follows her as she navigates through the traumatic events that have left her mute. 

8.5/10

I have watched it a year or two ago but I still love this movie. It’s a well made serious and relatable movie. It’s worth watching especially if you struggle with the same traumatic experience as the main character, Melinda.

4. interstella

„Summary“ (without spoilers):

A team is preparing to travel through a wormhole near Saturn, leading to a faraway galaxy that has three potentially habitable planets, each orbiting the supermassive blackhole called Gargantua. Cooper is asked by Dr Brand, the lead scientist, to pilot the crew due to past experience.

8/10-9/10

Interstella is such an interesting and intriguing movie. It’s a masterpiece and again I really liked the plottwist of this movie. It’s very well made and realistically movie.

[autumncottageattic]

The Bridges of Madison County is a 1995 American romantic drama based on the 1992 bestselling novel of the same name by Robert James Waller.

It was produced and directed by Clint Eastwood, who also starred in the film alongside Meryl Streep. 

Part III