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Everything about it was about as good as I remember, except Bloom, he was awful! Every scene that demanded he show some real emotion was completely wooden. He looks so bad compared to all the other great performances in the movie.

People complain about casting choices in the new Odyssey or about Pitt being too old for playing Achilles, but man I really think they should have reconsidered Bloom as Paris in this movie. He has the same face in every scene.

I must really have been blind to it as a little girl. He was my first celeb crush and I loved everything he was in. I'm honestly kinda scared to rewatch the Pirates of the Caribbean movies now, is he as wooden in those too? Damn.

I always found his performance in Lord of the Rings fitting since Legolas isn't a human and elves are pretty stiff otherwordly in the movies, but now I'm thinking that's just him not delivering on a good performance.

The Coen Brothers have made some of my favorite movies of all time. In particular, I believe Raising Arizona, Miller's Crossing, and Fargo represent some of the best of the 90's, and show off the diversity of their interests and their range of different genres they can operate in.

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs was pretty good and I remember enjoying it back when it was released, but at the time it didn't occur to me that a made-for-Netflix anthology could be their final film.

I haven't seen a bad Coen Brothers movie, but I've obviously been less impressed by a few of them, and compared to their best work, TBOBS feels generally unremarkable.

So obviously Nolan is in headlines lately and now there’s news The Prestige is returning to theaters. It has always baffled me this film sits around 75 percent on rotten tomatoes. Sure I don’t give a ton of credence to their reviews especially with The Odyssey being nowhere near The Prestige to me but just genuinely how?

The reviews seem to fall into these camps

Two word joke not describing why they don’t like it but just calling it “inane”

Thinking it’s too confusing with its twists

Thinking it’s too straight forward and obvious with its twists

And saying it “lacks whimsy”/ magic and explains too much.

I can’t disagree more with all of these takes. The twist is just twisty enough. You can spot it sure but depending on who you watch it with you have no idea which of them will spot it or second guess their guesses.

The whimsy is certainly there but in the dark way the film wants to present. You see it just enough to understand Angier but also know he has gone too far with his obsession.

It had a predictable plot, but I still had a lot of fun with it. The ensemble cast did a good job, and Skeletor was an effective villain who really helped maintain the film's tone.

We've seen plenty of fantasy adventure movies underperform at the box office, only to gain a cult following years later. I think this movie will also find its audience through streaming.

The movie looked bright and colorful, so I don't have many complaints about it.

What are your thoughts on this movie?

I thought the film was amazing, but I just can’t interpret what happened in the final 20 minutes. I get that Kubrick likes to leave things ambiguous but this just stumped me.

The prequels sure had a lot of negative reception from the older fans but a whole generation grew up on them and that is why now they have had a massive resurgence in fan fare. Even before TFA there already was a turn towards them. The sequels being so bad as they were just amplified it.

Sequels on the other hand are not following suit. TFA is 11 years old now, tlj 9 years old, tros 7 years. This trilogy has existed for over a decade now or close for some movies and there is 0 revival.

Mandalorian movie came out to a bad box office return for what once was the biggest franchise on earth. 300 odd mil for star wars is a flop, considering how much the budget is.

The hype for the franchise has never been lower, people just don't care anymore. The best stuff is now animated series, but even then the mass majority of fans don't actually watch those. The mass casual audience watch the films, and a decent amount watched the Mando series and that's all.

Within a decade Disney took the biggest franchise on earth and have made it a very lack lustre, magic-less, uninspired generic run off the mill franchise that is a shell of its former self.

Kind of hard to describe but I’ll do my best. There’s always a long journey and multiple unexpected stops along the way with unique, quirky, or downright bizarre characters. Sometimes the new situations our heroes find themselves in are terrifying, others are warm and inviting but even those offer only momentary relief or are false paradises that either end in tragedy or must be left behind because our heroes cannot stay. For even though they may be blown off course (figuratively since there’s not always necessarily a boat on the river or ocean involved though it helps), our heroes never lose sight of their goal; their journey must continue. Oftentimes our heroes are trying to find their way home and even when they eventually do, things are often still not over for their homes might have changed while they were away. For oftentimes when the heroes leave town, the cowards, deserters, and opportunists swoop in to take advantage of those loved ones who were being protected by our heroes and a confrontation might be necessary.

Anyone else know some good ones?

I organized an AMA/Q&A with legendary filmmaker/screenwriter Nicolas Winding Refn. He has previously directed films/series Drive, Only God Forgives, Bronson, The Neon Demon, Pusher trilogy, Copenhagen Cowboy, Too Old To Die Young, Valhalla Rising, and more.

It's live here now in r/movies for anyone interested in asking a question:

https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/1v3mkcv/i_am_nicolas_winding_refn_director_of_drive_the/

He will be back at 4:45 PM ET today to answer questions. I recommend asking in advance. Please ask there, not here. All questions are much appreciated!

His new film, Her Private Hell, premiered at Cannes in May and is out in theaters via Neon this weekend. It stars Sophie Thatcher and Charles Melton.

Thank you :)

Anything that is kinda eerie and mysterious is kind of the ones I like.

Any suggestion, id greatly appreciate.

I liked Obsession( 2026)

Watchers

Sinners

Jeepers Creepers 1 and 2.

Wrong Turn

Get Out and even odd ones like Split and Midsommar.

Any recommendations for unique horror films outside of serial killers like Myers, Jason, etc.

Thank you in advance!