• RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world
    8·
    2 days ago

    The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension - The quintessential 80s movie. Everything you need to know about the 80s is contained in this film.

    Also Mr. Krabs is in it.

      • ShareMySims@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        4·
        2 days ago

        I think that stuff (those in power manipulating public opinion for their own ends by whatever means necessary) has always happened, but the access to and use of technology has definitely upped the game significantly, so yeah, I agree.

        Edit to add: I watched it for the first time in my teens, and I think it had a deep impact on how I view politics and the media, and the relationship between them.

  • jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    61·
    3 days ago
    • The Blues Brothers (1980)
    • How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)
    • The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) <- The best film version of “A Christmas Carol”. I will die on this hill.
    • Blazing Saddles (1974)
    • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
  • CaptPretentious@lemmy.world
    10·
    3 days ago

    These are not feel good movies at all but I think really send important messages. Not for kids, but at 16+ would be good. There’s very important takeaway messages in both.

    Grave of the Fireflies

    Requiem for a Dream

    • cows_are_underrated@feddit.org
      7·
      3 days ago

      Requiem for A dream is a very good film. Its quite similar to the much older German film “Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo” (We children from the station zoo). The original version has a quite weird style in terms of how it tells the story but its still a very good film. Can only recommend it to everybody. Heroin one hell of A drug that can quite easily ruin everything.

    • DJDarren@thelemmy.clubEnglish
      4·
      3 days ago

      I saw Grave of the Fireflies once.

      Once.

      Could never bring myself to go through it again, despite how utterly beautiful it is.

      But my favourite thing about it is that it was originally a double bill with My Neighbour Totoro. Imagine seeing those two back to back. You’d get some serious emotional whiplash.

    • yesman@lemmy.world
      247·
      4 days ago

      Idiocracy is a funny movie that I enjoy. However I’m disturbed by the number of people who say it’s a documentary, or a warning. That’s because the central premise of the movie (that humans breed wrong and if nothing is done, we’ll devolve and society will collapse) also happens to be the central premise of Eugenics.

      • over_clox@lemmy.world
        212·
        4 days ago

        Hey, at least in Idiocracy, once they determined the guy to be smarter than everyone else, at least they put him in charge of things…

      • SavvyWolf@pawb.socialEnglish
        146·
        4 days ago

        Honestly, I’m kind of put off watching the movie due to those weird eugenicsy undertones… Feels like one of those “i am very smart” Reddit people looking down on the “lesser masses” and saying they shouldn’t reproduce.

        • Lets_Eat_Grandma@lemm.eeEnglish
          19·
          4 days ago

          I don’t think the movie in any way calls for eugenics.

          If anything it called out how toxic ignorance and stupidity can be in the presence of someone who just wants to do the right thing. It shows how corporate greed and capitalism encourages stupidity to further it’s goals of creating basic labor for the corporate machines owned by billionaires to exploit.

          But hey, that’s just like, my opinion man.

      • GlenRambo@jlai.luEnglish
        71·
        4 days ago

        My spouses family is dysfunctional with many many kids and more on the way.

        She’s the only functional one and its unlikely we will have kods of our own.

        The premise tracks.

        • Jarix@lemmy.world
          6·
          3 days ago

          Not at all how I see it. It’s not eugenics its education, well the lack there of, that made the world in idiocracy.

          • OwenEverbinde@lemmy.myserv.oneEnglish
            22·
            3 days ago

            The movie maybe. But that intro was basically divorced from the rest of the movie.

            The intro suggested that stupid people having kids was the reason humanity started evolving backward. It invoked natural selection and “survival of the fittest.”

            The intro even labeled the low birth rate couple and high birthrate couple with IQ scores to illustrate this point.

            You argue that that the movie attributes the stupidity of its world to societal shifts. It does. It does a great job laying out a progression from late stage capitalism to idiocracy.

            But that just further highlights how unnecessary that intro was. The intro attributed the stupidity to something entirely different.

            • Jarix@lemmy.world
              5·
              3 days ago

              Just watched the intro. I’m not really on board with the eugenics angle even after watching it. It’s more social darwinism than eugenics.

              Eugenicists as ive always thought of it is an intended or active pursuit of creating “better” humans(or whatever species).

              One factor I see being a difference between natural selection and unnatural selection. Unnatural selection being eugenics, and natural selection being what a result of an environment having an effect on the evolution of a species.

              The intro Primarily sets a path of one group having more children than the other group and i will concede it the intelligent couple having problems having kids misrepresents the rest of the movie while still giving the audience a vehicle to how the future they wanted to craft could happen. And it also is meant to be entertainment not just exposition.

              Would be very interested in an in depth response from Mike Judge and the rest of the filmakers. Would be an interesting use of AI/Deepfake to redo the intro if it actually wasnt intended to invoke a eugenic view of the future

  • kubok@fedia.io
    522·
    4 days ago

    I find it inconceivable that no one has mentioned ‘The Princess Bride’ yet.

    • Dagwood222@lemm.ee
      1·
      2 days ago

      I first saw The Prisoner when I was about 10 years old, and I thought it was great.

      I watched it again when I was in my 20s, and was amazed by how well it held up.

      If it seems dated now, it’s because people have been ripping it off since it was first made.

      BTW, the creator once pointed out that we never hear that No. 6 was a spy. He could have been a scientist or engineer or analyst.

    • DJDarren@thelemmy.clubEnglish
      2·
      3 days ago

      That movie is damn near perfect.

      In a way I’m glad we didn’t get a sequel, because the execs would have diluted it down to a PG rating in order to maximise the merch sales.

  • rainynight65@feddit.orgEnglish
    141·
    3 days ago

    Lucky Number Slevin

    Man On Fire

    Syriana

    Equilibrium

    And for some solid Australian cinema: Mystery Road

  • idunnololz@lemmy.world
    162·
    3 days ago

    Spirited Away. In my opinion the most Miyazaki movie. It’s also just amazing. I’ve probably seen it a dozen times now.

  • bobo@lemmy.world
    3·
    2 days ago

    Trying to come up with a few that aren’t on the list:

    Wings of Desire (Der Himmel über Berlin) - Just a beautifully touching film, with a unique style and a great cameo of Peter Falk as himself. Much better than the English Language remake (City of Angels)

    Come and See (Idi i smotri) - Hard to watch, but an incredible portrayal of the horrors of war. Not a feel-good film at all. But an amazing feat of filmmaking.

    My Dinner With Andre - It’s ironic that the movie that Roger Ebert referred to as “entirely devoid of clichés” has become a cliché. I’m not sure how well it’s aged for modern audiences, but I first saw it in the 80’s, have seen it at least a dozen times since, and it still really gets to me. I empathize heavily with both characters in the way that they search for meaning in life, and I could listen to Andre Gregory tell stories all day.

    Stop Making Sense - A stellar concert documentary. The first time I saw it was a midnight screening where the audience got up and danced through the whole movie. David Byrne is hypnotic.

    The Decline of Western Civilization - Amazing look at the Los Angeles punk rock scene of the early 80’s

    Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - A classic stage-to-screen adaptation. Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton chew the scenery for a few hours while their guests Sandy Dennis and George Segal try to make sense of it all. Amazing acting, great cinematography that really leverages the closeup. A must-see.

    The Lion in Winter - Sort of a medieval version of the above with Peter O’ Toole and Katherine Hepburn. Also see a young Anthony Hopkins and Timothy Dalton put on stellar performances. Like Virginia Woolf above, this is acting with a capital A.

    The Triplets of Belleville (Les Triplettes de Belleville) - A unique animation style and a unique story. A really fun watch.

  • Ænima@lemm.ee
    4·
    3 days ago
    • The Fountain
    • Schindler’s List
    • Idiocracy
    • This is SpinalTap
    • Saving Private Ryan
    • Monty Python and the Holy Grail

    Probably missing some, but these are the ones I can remember right now. I think Schindler’s List should be required viewing by everyone before they graduate high school. I remember when they used to air it on regular TV, unedited and uncensored, commercial free. I feel we were nicer and more willing to avoid wars back then.

    I ain’t ashamed to say it, I cry every damn time I watch it.

      • Ænima@lemm.ee
        1·
        2 days ago

        I know. Same. And the music. It’s so good!! Such an intense movie, but so human. The emotion really comes at you from all angles!