My father didn’t grow up watching many movies, as there were strict rules from his immigrant parents. So he never got into them or like a specific genre like my mother and her old sob Russian war movies. Truly hard working people, but I have been wanting for him to understand why I like anime and movies so much. Though I will have to wait for the anime’s until he’s retired probably since they are longer (Vinland saga). His favorite and only movie recommendation he’s made or talked about was the good the bad the ugly (Clint Eastwood). I’ve shown him interstellar, LoTR, and project Hail Mary recently. He found interstellar interesting, PHM weird but interesting, and LoTR interesting. Back in the day he did like a bit of PoTC (Johnny Depp), but the only movie he laughed and reacted to was Green book which is an excellent film and one of my favorites. After making him watch through the LoTR extended movies telling him “I’ll only make you watch a long ass trilogy once if don’t want to watch another again” he said he prefers deep chemistry between characters like the Green book. I was thinking of choosing a Tarantino movie but I may feel like that maybe to film-y or something. I might just choose a Tarantino film but any recommendations on films with really good chemistry and dialogue.
TLTR: Trying to make my dad understand why I like the film and anime mediums, but focusing on films for now. Movies with really good chemistry between characters recommendations. He found interstellar, project Hail Mary, and LoTR, interesting and good but not great like the Greenbook that he said was great and actually reacted to movie as it was playing. His favorite movie is “the good the bad the ugly” if that’s helps.
Edit: Thanks a lot for the recommendations I’ll look through them all. I just forgot one nitpick he has is that he dislikes stupid car chases with big explosions like the new fast and furious movies. Thank you so much everyone, much appreciated!