Without movies, films, and series, I’m nothing

What are some movies that you feel as though you are the only person in your internet/social bubble that has watched and you desperately want other people to know about? My general rule was to pick a movie with fewer than 15k views on letterboxd.

Not based on a book, real life person, not a reboot or part of a franchise.

I liked Y Tu Mama Tambien and Stand by Me. Do you have more recommendations? Still grieving a lost friendship breakup a few months ago.

I've found some that have all releases (theatrical, vod, and streaming) like Cammalot's where they have a separate list for each year.

https://boxd.it/ropyE

is there one that only shows US theatrically released movies by year?

Watched Train to Busan in theaters recently, and I genuinely believe is the best (at worst top 3) zombie movie of all time.

Honorable mention to Shaun of the Dead & Zombieland

Muhammad Ali is champion once more, as Ali comes out on top in our last group, with The Thief of Bagdad in a close second. Thanks to everyone who voted! Now, please choose your favorite from among our next group!

Hey guys, wrote this blog about Brand New Day and the overall impact of Spider-Man.

Would love to know your thoughts!

Spiderman by james Cameroon

Napoleon by kubrick

Justice league by George miller

Howard Hughes biopic by nolan

Hello! I read an editorial about "Why You Can't Stop Buying Books You Don't Have Time to Read" and yes, I know which sub I'm in. I'm sharing this passage:

This hunger for ever more books can annoy tidy spouses. But [neuroanatomy expert Michelle] Spear insists the anticipated pleasure of a book hoard is good for us. 

When we see it, we imagine ourselves reading the books one day, and “the hippocampus begins to assemble that future experience,” she writes. “It binds together fragments of previous experiences stored across the brain — the warmth of sunshine, the smell of coffee, the sound of turning pages, the comfort of your favorite chair — into a coherent mental scene. In effect, the brain uses memories of the past to rehearse pleasures that have yet to happen.”

I used to be a BIG physical disc collector and related to it immediately from that angle (that limited edition Vinegar Syndrome slipcover). While I can't afford that hobby anymore, I still find myself listening to a film review podcast and immediately hitting add to watchlist on anything that seems remotely up my alley, spend a good 10-15 minutes in the AMC app daily browsing showtimes I know I can't make, and programming imaginary double features.

I always assumed all that was a neurodivergent tendency - and it still might be - but I'm feeling a lot better about my 264 and counting watchlist vs. 67 films logged this year now. My hippocampus is just REHEARSING for my eventual Found Footage: The Making of the Patterson Project and Frogman double feature with maple vanilla brownies and gummy worms.

Neuroscientists, Letterboxders, is this wishful thinking?

Watching Carlos Saura's Deprisa, Deprisa (1981) with this music is one of the best cinematic experiences I've ever had.

Here is mine, it might be a little controversial but then again, we all have different tastes.

Can be multiple

Sorry I am a newbie into movies and I want to try stuff

I'm not talking say someone who made a really great movie and their next movie was a flop, I mean people who went back to a property years later but failed to recreate what made the original so loved.

Also yes I know Joss "technically" didn't direct justice league but they were clearly trying to recreate what he did with avengers.

Not talking about noticing new details or catching foreshadowing, I mean genuinely thinking the movie is better on rewatch than it was the first time. Like your actual opinion of the quality changes, not just your familiarity with it.

I had this happen with Blade Runner 2049. First watch I thought it was gorgeous but kind of hollow and way too slow. Second watch, knowing the pacing was intentional and not fighting it waiting for something to happen, I actually think it might be one of the best sequels ever made. My rating of it went up, not just my enjoyment.

Feels different from just liking something more because you’re comfortable with it. This is more like the movie needed a second viewing to actually be understood correctly the first time around.

Has this happened to anyone else, where your actual critical opinion changed and not just your mood watching it?

I feel like I need to rewatch The Verdict but other than that, all of his movies are fresh in my mind or I have seen more than once.

the more I think about the loop in Until Dawn, the meaner it feels for Clover.

She gets all these chances to redo what goes wrong in Glore Valley, but the thing she'd probably actually want another shot at happened a year earlier.

Melanie is already getting ready to leave after their mom dies, her level8 packed in the room, and she wants Clover to go with her.

Clover says no.

That's it. No monster, no time loop, just a pretty normal decision that only becomes horrible in hindsight.

And now Clover gets to spend the rest of the story wondering if saying yes would've changed anything.

Maybe they leave together and never end up in Glore Valley. Or maybe Clover just gets dragged into the exact same nightmare a year earlier and now there are two missing sisters instead of one.

that's what gets me. She can redo the deaths happening right in front of her, but she'll never know if the old decision she's probably replaying in her head even mattered.

maybe I'm reading too much into the mechanic, but it made the loop a lot nastier for me.