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Like the title says, what are some of the best prison escape movies in your opinion? Movies that are exciting and captivating, the best in the "genre". I'm writing a script and looking for some inspiration! Alternatively, it doesn't have to be a prison, but characters escaping some kind of captivity. submitted by /u/Jakobekvall [link] [comments]

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This movie is a comedic masterpiece that no one talks about. The awkwardness, randomness, comedic timing, and cut aways make this movie so funny. Imagine elevator pitching this to an exec in Hollywood or reading the synopsis of this movie from a TV guide "Rod raises money doing stunts to save his dad so he can kick the shit out of him." The best! Scenes like Rod trying to get the attention of Denise with a mirror and then hammering on a motor to act like he is fixing it and following that up by initiating her into the crew by pouring a drink on her shoes. When Denise makes Rod shit himself and he plays it off like it didn't happen. Kevin singing George Michaels on karaoke (my fav). Rod pulling out a baton when in an argument with his dad leading to him having to go to his "quite place" to punch dance. Speed management on the hill... the list goes on! One quote that somehow always gets me after watching this movie multiple times is when Rico yells "who am I going to build ramps for now?" Let me know if you feel the same and what is your fav part! Best ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ submitted by /u/BuildingAStartup [link] [comments]

Let's explore the hidden gems of cinema! Share those little-known treasures that have flown under the radar but truly deserve to be celebrated. Whether it's an indie flick that touched your heart, a foreign film that left you in awe, or a cult classic that deserves a wider audience, let's shine a spotlight on these overlooked cinematic wonders. Join the discussion and uncover the hidden gems that deserve to be seen by more movie lovers around the world submitted by /u/Tullius_CiceroXV [link] [comments]

One thing that always makes me roll my eyes is the escalation of stakes as franchise progress. You thought the first baddie was hard because he was a world destroyer? Well the villain of #2 is a galaxy destroyer. Mighty Ducks 2 raised the stakes in a semi-believable manner that was still slightly corny. Mighty Ducks 3 kind of does the opposite and works great. What makes it great is the stakes are low. It's not about taking on some mustache-twirling villains for gold medals. The climax is simply a game for pride. The core story has nothing to do with the Varsity team, it simply revolves around Charlie and his journey to learn real leadership. From not taking responsibility for committing turnovers early on, he gives one of my favorite quotes in the later act (paraphrasing): Connie: they're giving it to us pretty hard, what do we do? Charlie: we gotta buckle down, play a little defense. I know it's an actor reading a line but I love it so much. I always tell guys I play pickup ball with to always have a next-play mentality. Forget everything, your only responsibility this very moment is to get a defensive stop. I'm so glad Ducks 3 went in this direction instead of making it be about versus galaxy champions. I know it's like critically panned but I at least think the moral is very good considering the incoming audience was people growing up on Ducks 1 and 2. Like yeah, scoring fancy goals and winning games against artificially evil bad guys is fun, but ultimately being a good teammate, person, and leader is what's most important. submitted by /u/thesavant [link] [comments]

The man is never not great. He has a terrific screen presence, his voice has this soothing quality to it. I remember reading somewhere he was close to being The Hulk in the Ang Lee 2003 version but turned it down & with it a huge payday. I guess he didn’t want to play that “One for them, one for me” game. Now he seems to be thriving in supporting roles which is cool. Whatever works. But I always thought he’d be the next BIG thing. And it never turned out that way, which was maybe his choice? Everytime I watch Almost Famous I’m just struck by his screen presence. The camera loves him. He’s got the magic. You can’t learn that, either you got it or you don’t. submitted by /u/MrGittz [link] [comments]

About an hour and 6 minutes in they’re underwater and one guy is bear crawling underwater while carrying the dude who has problems with his legs. That detail alone is so good to me. The dramatic scene where she realizes what’s in the pods, on the table, and burns them. The aliens arguing before they kill the other and use its acid blood to escape earlier in the movie. Them talking was kind of sick. Maybe I thought they’d communicate different but the representation of communication was dope. Weavers response to “who are you?”; “I’m its mother” Winona’s “please wait” I totally get like scenes where Weaver shoots the alien from below as the others are running in that one chamber earlier on. Why didn’t its blood do anything as she fucking blasted that thing? But dudes there’s so many good scenes in this movie. This movies actually pretty great so what gives?! submitted by /u/krunamey [link] [comments]

What actors would you say are coasting when they're capable of doing far better work? Adam Sandler is one that comes to mind, I saw Uncut Gems and I wondered why he underdelivered for so many of his other films? Vin Diesel is another surprising one, I watched a short film he wrote, directed, produced and acted in called Multi-Facial and I was blown away at the difference in his work there vs any of the Fast and Furious films. He is, or was, a very talented actor. I guess getting paid for mediocre acting is easier than getting paid for really good acting? submitted by /u/rm-minus-r [link] [comments]

Today I thought of the trope where a by the numbers agency is forced to hire a rapscallion criminal for some mission. Like they need to catch another criminal or maybe they need to steal something. But then, for the life of me, I couldn't think of any examples. Does any classics immediately come to mind? submitted by /u/ChalkieSinclair [link] [comments]

For some reason I’ve been thinking lately about the outsized place radio has had in my life. It might be fun to see how many films we could come up with in which radio station broadcasts play as big a role as any character. This could be seen either from the point of view of listeners, or the people who create the programming. I can think of two without trying: The Vast of Night, 2019, a nostalgic, atmospheric story about two teenagers looking for the source of a mysterious radio frequency. American Graffiti, 1973, with Wolfman Jack’s voice serving as backdrop to the last night four friends are together. submitted by /u/LibraryVoice71 [link] [comments]

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Hello everyone! You may be familiar with my story, which has been shared over the years on Reddit. In 1998 in Japan, I won an audition to take part in a challenge. I was led into a room, ordered to strip naked, and left with a stack of magazines and postcards. My task was to enter contests in order to win food, clothing and prizes to survive, until I reached the prize goal of 1 million yen. This lasted 15 months, all while 15 million people watched me - without my consent. Hulu will be releasing a documentary on my life called "The Contestant," premiering on May 2. You can watch the trailer HERE. I'm looking forward to answering your questions on Wednesday 4/24 starting at 12:30 pm PT/3:30 pm ET. Thank you! Nasubi https://preview.redd.it/vp4l692kjawc1.jpg?width=1480&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1a8f2570bad0005d1f79bc682939e7da5d6033a5 submitted by /u/Hulu_Official [link] [comments]

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With all the hard work, time, and money spent on making a movie, I often wonder, are trailers ruining a good thing? I bring this up because some of my favorite movie experiences were going into a movie blind and being completely wow'd. A couple years ago I stopped watching trailers and have found myself enjoying movies more than ever. Some recent examples were Midsommar, The Menu, Dredd, Everything Everywhere All At Once, Joker, and Parasite. Oh, and the original Oldboy. Does anyone else feel that trailers are hurting the experience? Should we just stick with teasers? submitted by /u/GraighterB [link] [comments]

Basically, life is so painful, and in real life most things do not magically resolve themselves with everyone being happy as joyous music swells. So, what are some movies where everything gets worse and worse and just as you think something's going to happen that will save the day, it doesn't and the movie ends on a sad note? Can be any genre. Thank you for your time. Edit: wow this post is blowing up! Thank you so much for all the responses! I'll try to respond to as many comments as I can when I get off work, but to those who I don't respond to - please don't feel bad it's nothing personal. submitted by /u/DustIsInternational [link] [comments]

I remember being SO shocked when I found out that jonah hill and christopher mintz-plasse couldn’t stand each other behind the scenes of Superbad. It mad esme wonder if there are any other popular movies or shows where two actors or actresses played best friends or lovers in the program, but couldn’t stand each other IRL? submitted by /u/Last-Technician-6571 [link] [comments]

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Plot armor: a plot device wherein a fictional character is preserved from harm due to their necessity for the plot to proceed*.* So what's the opposite of that? Wherein otherwise competent protagonist(s) suffer repeated unexplained bursts of incompetence, fundamental skills lapse, or forget they can do certain things, for the sole purpose of allowing the plot to move along. Edit to clarify: I’m not talking about “character dies quickly-easily” like a Redshirt, or “character does stupid things” (white people in any haunted-house movie). I’m talking about when a character whose competence has already been established suddenly turns dumb strictly because otherwise the story would be over in the first act. I finally got around to watching the first season of Jack Ryan on Amazon and it occurred to me that every single element of the Big Bad's plot succeeding completely hinges upon the utter incompetence of hundreds of professionals from dozens of US agencies, including them making inexplicably dumb decisions that are actually significantly harder than other choices they had available to them (never mind what they'd actually do IRL). If any one of them had said, "Hey wait, maybe we shouldn't do that, because it's stupid," the plot screeches to a halt. Maybe another example is the recent Top Gun sequel. Instead of using B-2 stealth bombers with bunker-busting weapons specifically designed for targets exactly like the one in question...or even using the whole Navy carrier air wing that is right there on the ship with them, including aircraft whose entire purpose is to jam and attack SAMs and their guidance radars...they instead go with a bare-bones strike package which has statistically no chance of success and will get absolutely clobbered with missiles...because it looks cooler. submitted by /u/UF1977 [link] [comments]

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I'm sure we've all had the experience where we're looking forward to a particular movie, we're sitting in a theater, we're pre-disposed to love it... and slowly it dawns on us that "oh, shit, this is going to be a disappointment I think." Disclaimer: I really do like Superman Returns. But I followed that movie mercilessly from the moment it started production. I saw every behind the scenes still. I watched every video blog from the set a hundred times. I poured over every interview. And then, the movie opened with a card quickly explaining the entire premise of the movie... and that was an enormous red flag for me that this wasn't going to be what I expected. I really do think I literally went "uh oh" and the movie hadn't even technically started yet. Because it seemed to me that what I'd assumed the first act was going to be had just been waved away in a few lines of expository text, so maybe this wasn't about to be the tightly structured superhero masterpiece I was hoping for. submitted by /u/MattAlbie60 [link] [comments]

Does anyone have any recommendations for movies that are set in the ocean for work? Thinking like oil rigging, deep sea fishing, etc. This would not include movies where the amount of time where the characters are impacted by water is a very small amount of time. No documentaries please 🙂 Movies I’ve already thought of: - Deepwater Horizon - The Guardian submitted by /u/hannahwhis [link] [comments]

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I always thought that Goodfellas was a spoof or parody of The Godfather. Because of the poster (even the title lol) looks fairly similar. Then I went in blind, without knowing the cast and director. I saw the opening credit still believing it was a spoof because of the goofy running text. Then the name Martin Scorsese shows up, I was like "huh, that's interesting", then Robert deNiro, Joe Pesci, and Ray Liotta, I was like "holy shit, they actually made a serious parody here". Then I watch the first scene where Joe Pesci stabbing someone in the trunk "Ok this is an entirely different movie lol". What is you're biggest misconceptions about a movie? submitted by /u/Far-Maybe-1731 [link] [comments]

Here are some rules: 1. Check to see if your favorite film of last week has been posted already. 2. Please post your favorite film of last week. 3. Explain why you enjoyed your film. 4. ALWAYS use SPOILER TAGS: [Instructions] 5. Sex submitted by /u/allwinter [link] [comments]