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I'm in a band and we like to use a lot of visuals and samples when playing. One of my types of films to sample from are low budget 80s and 90s action movies, specifically the ones with the most gunfights, explosions and hyper-masculinity they could pack in. For reference, a couple of my favorites are Tough and Deadly with Billy Banks and Roddy Piper and Hard Ticket to Hawaii with Ronn Moss and Dona Speir. We're currently looking for more gems so shoutout some of your picks, the more over-the-top the better! submitted by /u/coopstow [link] [comments]

It doesn't have to be from a horror or a thriller, it can even be from a comedy. What movie scenes stick with you and hit a little too close to home? For me, in Flashdance when the lead (Alex) talks to one of her coworkers, who talks about how she gave up on what she loved most. i.e. dressing up in different outfits and going on stage. Warning Alex not to give up on herself and her dreams. It's an everyday fear, but I think that's why it hits harder. submitted by /u/StaticCloud [link] [comments]

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I have just finished Dominion and it is awful. Purportedly one of the most expensive movies every made. It is awful. Is it a film about locusts, is it a film about dinosaurs, is it a film about the CIA recruiting palentologits. A movie about mans hubris and the dangerous of technology. Its awful the plot is awful, the dinosaurs look shit and it is almost three hours long. Stanley Kubrick went from the dawn of mankind to the birth of star child in as much time. Why does a Jurassic Park movie need a three hour run time. Why bring back the leads from the orginal movie. They spend most of the movie off on their own. Not interacting with the new leads. Also, what is with Chris Prats hairline in this movie. submitted by /u/LiamNisssan [link] [comments]

Just saw this yesterday and it was a completely bonkers off the wall movie that, as someone who isn't American but has played a lot of GTA Vice City, seems to act as a perfect time capsule for that era. NON-SPOILER reasons why I called it unorthodox: Classic 80s new wave band Wang Chung created the score for this William Friedkin action thriller. This remains to this day the only feature-film score they've done. Extra fun fact - try to guess who the first choice for the score was (allegedly)? Miles freaking Davis. For once, the obligatory sex scene doesn't only feature female nudity. Yes, he hangs dong is what I'm saying. Fair play. They basically throw out the notion of "we follow the hero of this story" fully out the window. Without going into spoilers, it's not even presented as a moral dilemma, it's straight fucked up, but in a fiercely entertaining way. The villain is not the cliche shadowy figure that neo-noirs usually employ, but rather a complex & layered character. The cold open is maybe even more insane than the actual plot, but is never once adressed after they move on. Due to its small budget, Friedkin ended up casting no-names for the leads. And who are those, you might ask? William Petersen, Willem Dafoe and John Torturro. 4/5 stars for me, will definitely watch it again. submitted by /u/thatdani [link] [comments]

I’m a big softy and the dumbest things get to me with movies. On multiple occasions my wife has caught me tearing up and has had a laugh at my expense! I’m a sucker for acts of bravery or super happy moments. So what movie moments have pulled a tear out of you when that wasn’t the intention or normal reaction? submitted by /u/Hixy [link] [comments]

What is it about the 1970s and the movie making? The thrillers from that time (well the best ones that survived till now!) and particularly the political ones are amazing and just have this amazing feel to them. I think it's partly from the zeitgeist of the era coming out of Vietnam and Watergate and just the worldwide political strife and the general paranoia of atomic warfare and communism and just everything. But that there's also that old school grittiness that pervades the filmmaking. John Frankenheimer and Sidney Lumet that film searing movies! Like The Conversation. watching this on its own right is awesome and sequences like when Caul is listening in on the recording and putting it all together. It's mesmerizing and you're just drawn in, hearing little bits and mentally assembling it in conjunction with Gene Hackman. And then all the paranoia and conspiracy bits and then the upsetting moments as we near the denouement. It's amazing, but it's even more interesting when taken among its cohort of films b/c there's so much that it has in common with the films of that time and a lot of that energy is not unique! I recently watched The Parallax View and just the attitude about assassinations was insane. 7 Days in May was amazing and I noticed it was written by Rod Serling! But the idea of a president deemed weak by the armed forces AND the general public because he was willing to sign a disarmament treaty and that the military would prepare a coup is like crazy, but like so interesting. I just watched Robert Redford in The Candidate and that was a different sort of awesome and thrilling, but more in an inexorably subversive fashion. Like we seem to be rooting for him to win the senate seat as the underdog and well intentioned newcomer, but by utilizing the means to win does he just become what he was battling? the end is like so reflective of so much of the cynicism of many of the films of the 70s. 3 Days of the Condor, Day of the Jackal, Marathon Man, All the President's Men, Black Sunday, and even Network and on and on. I just eat this all up. Anyone else really like drawn into that era and these types of films ? submitted by /u/TesseractBear [link] [comments]

Usually in movies like the Fugitive and MIB, he plays the role of a no nonsense tough guy that is unapologetically insensitive and does it well But in a few movies I've seen of his, I gotta say I love the absurd type roles he's played: Natural born killers he was a wacky warden who seemed practically insane and was all over the place Blown away he was some goofy oddball Irish guy bombing up the city, doing it with a wacky imitation of an Irish accent . The scene where he sings the U2 song while making his bomb was pretty silly in a good way Batman Forever doesn't even need explaining. He acted like a complete wacko through and through. I enjoyed it but know that people who love the comics hated his rendition I've heard he is absurd in Under Siege also which I plan on watching one of these days submitted by /u/Smart_Document7858 [link] [comments]

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I’m curious if anyone has any other examples of this - a movie stealing scene. A scene so memorable and good that it completely overshadows the rest of the film. In my opinion, “aim for the bushes” is head and shoulders above the rest of The Other Guys and is the only scene I think of when I think of the movie, or hear the song My Hero. submitted by /u/BuddySmalls1989 [link] [comments]

There's a scene in the game Sifu where you fight in a hallway and I heard it was inspired by Oldboy I thought Oldboy was cool fighting movie. It does have really cool fight scenes but I didn't expect this.. Wtf did I just watch. It had the most insane post twists I seen in a movie. I walked away feeling gross and I think whatever the movie set out to do it succeeded. The movie was really good. In my top 10s Really crazy movie that blew my expectations out of the water submitted by /u/TheLameTameWolf [link] [comments]

For me it's Radioland Murders (1994). This was a box office bomb when it was released, opening at #15. It also received terrible reviews with people just saying flat out it wasn't funny. I was one of the few people who saw it opening weekend. The movie just clicked for me. As weird little kid who listened to my grandparents old radio recordings I thought it was hilarious. It has manic energy & pace to it. I feel like they do a great job capturing the feeling of that era. Do you have a movie like that feels built for you alone that no one else finds funny? submitted by /u/KneeHighMischief [link] [comments]

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What would happen if Richard gadd/donny actually falls in love with martha, probably a good life because in the end he was actually crying like he miss martha, he become obsessed or something maybe he actually likes her. submitted by /u/Jepoy_Dizon1O1 [link] [comments]

Just watched it with my daughter and we both found Donny to be a frustrating somewhat unlikable character that was difficult to sympathize with. Especially how he treated Teri who was such a likable character! We were trying to figure out how he became so damaged but there was no clear explanation. His parents seemed loving and supportive. There were just so many things he did “wrong” that it was difficult. Especially since he had such good friends and family. Obviously he was very weak inside and scared but what made him like that? The going back to his “abuser” over and over was so odd. I found the show interesting in the first few episodes but then it just became frustrating. Anyways, please let me your opinions. submitted by /u/gotgrls [link] [comments]

Sometimes I just want a mindless action movie to relax to. One More Shot does not even meet that low bar. It is phenomenally bad. The acting is amateur at best. The dialogue is laughable (but not funny). The sound is loud, confused and bothersome. Tom Berenger should have stayed with the Dogmen. Even the action itself is somehow not very good. This is a Loser with a capital L. submitted by /u/stellacampus [link] [comments]