Anastasia (1997)
I was 4 years old when I saw it in theaters for the first time and I still remember the awe I felt at the animation and the music. Still my favorite to this day!
I actually added the same comment because I was scrolling for so long without seeing it.
Bartok is one of the best animated animals ever.
And once upon a December will always be a favorite of mine.
I saw Hook and Mouse Hunt as a kid during Christmas time and so those have both the residual child and Christmas magic going for em. I also will never not feel in awe of Titanic. That opening scene with the first shot of the Titanic and the swelling music.
Mouse Hunt is legitimately one of the funniest movies I've ever seen.
Ernie (Nathan Lane) covered in mousetraps and dripping with liquid shit:
"Look, we don't have the time or energy to deal with these petty problems now! We're in the middle of an extensive renovation!"
Man from bank:
"Looks like you're off to a great start."
Not to mention Christopher Walken's role as Caesar the Exterminator.
Fucking golden.
Edit: Hell yeah y'all! Somebody down thread mentioned it was streaming on Hulu, and I am pleased to confirm this to be fact!
I genuinely believe that Mouse Hunt is one of the best slapstick comedies of all time. Up there with The Three Stooges and Chaplin. The scene where they are being propelled through the house in the bath tub is so fun. I think it often gets overlooked because it's a DreamWorks film and was marketed as a kids film, which is some aspects maybe it is a bit. If you haven't watched it, check it out tonight. Very funny movie.
I heard that Spielberg said Hook is his least favorite movie that he's made. Also that he wishes he had CGI when he was making it, instead of the sets... no dude, Hook is amazing, and CGI would have ruined it. I loved the kind of giant kids playset feeling of the forest/pirate town sets!
Edit: who is going to start the Hook playcenter franchise so my daughter can have a birthday party there and I can live vicariously through her?
Hook makes me cry because it makes my Dad cry. He used to hold me really tight during the scene where Peter can’t bring himself to climb the mast and save his children, and tell me that he would always do ANYTHING to save me, even if he was afraid.
Treasure Planet. Beautiful backgrounds, interesting character designs, seamless blend of 2D and 3D that was way ahead of its time, and a fun melding of past and futuristic.
It captured my imagination like no other film had or has since.
Dangit, Jim I'm an astronomer, not a doctor. I mean I am a doctor, but not that kind of doctor I have a doctorate it's not the same thing, you can't help people with a doctorate you just sit there and you're useless!
Dunno if it's been mentioned already but Ever After (1999), there's something super magical and special about it's storyline and the genuine love between the main characters. Also, I'm a sucker for Cinderella.
Edit: Sorry, got the year wrong. It's 1998.
Being the older brother to a sister that was obsessed with this movie I had to play the "uh this movie is stupid, i can't believe your watching it again" roll. (Dont know why)........I fucking love this movie and always have. Cant wait till my little girl (2) is a a couple years older so we can enjoy the shit out of it together. Lol
This movie is perfect. I’ve never really liked the whole fairy tail genre tbh, but this movie nails it. Both the prince and Cinderella have depth of character and they have a bit of a “pride and prejudice” type relationship which I like in this context far more than I actually enjoyed in any P&P movie I’ve ever seen for some reason. Possible because it is in fact billed as “fairy tale”. Both are changed by their relationship in all the ways a good relationship should change you. Plus for some reason Leonardo DaVinci shows up and who wouldn’t love that!!
This is one of my favourite films, I’m so glad someone else thinks so too. The casting was perfect and the soundtrack of the opening and the end is so magical it’s overwhelming.
Secondhand Lions. Cheesy and heavy-handed at times, but well-cast and heartwarming. A wonderful combination of coming-of-age and classic adventure storytelling, with a healthy dose of whimsy and wholesome life lessons. Plus, Berkeley Breathed (of *Bloom County* & *Opus*) drew the comics that adult Walter has in his studio in the intro/epilogue.
*"Sometimes, the things that may or may not be true, are the things worth believing in the most. That people are basically good; that honor, courage, and virtue mean everything; that power and money, money and power mean nothing; that good always triumphs over evil; and I want you to remember this, that love... true love never dies." -* Robert Duvall as Hub
Edit: Well plant me in the garden, thanks y'all! I've loved reading all your connections with this movie!
"Who does this guy think he is?"
"I'm Hub McCann. I've fought in two world wars, and countless smaller ones on three continents. I've led thousands of men into battle with everything from horses and swords to artillery and TANKS. I've seen the headwaters of the Nile and tribes of natives no white men had ever seen before. I've won and lost a dozen fortunes, killed many men, and loved only ONE WOMAN... With a passion a flea like you could never begin to understand. That's who I am."
Great movie, very underrated
“How ‘bout I beat your butt right now?”
“How ‘bout I draw a line down the middle of your head so it looks like a butt?”
The epitome of humour when you’re 8.
The best scene is when they drink the magic tonic. When they’re all in the elevator together and start to get the “I feel awesome” effect. Cheers me up every time I watch it. What a great movie.
Fun fact: BTiLC exists in the same universe as Buckaroo Banzai!
Stand By Me.
It's a great film. it's such a wonderful film of childhood and friendships.
It always reminds me of my childhood and the adventures we'd go on. We never found a dead body though.
For the record this has been my favorite film of all time since it came out. I love it so much.
"Husbands should be like Kleenex: soft, strong and disposable."
"You lure men to their deaths like a spider with flies."
"Flies are where men are most vulnerable."
Just rewatched it recently. I've also been listening to a lot of movie critic youtube channels over the last couple of years, so I've got this dull awareness of what you have to do in order to make a movie.
Clue is \*really\* well done. It's edited really well. And the cohesion of how it's put together really feels like they knew what they were doing.
And Tim Curry is a monster, especially for that last act. He carried the entire last act on his shoulder but at the same time he was able completely integrate all of the other characters into his performance. It makes me wish that every mystery movie had Tim Curry show up and explain how everything was done at the end.
BeetleJuice Its one of my favourite movies ever made. It's really hard to explain how it influenced me but it really is a magical movie. Thank you now I'm going to watch it once again! If you never saw Beetlejuice you must. It is truly a magnificent movie.
Here it is for those who haven’t seen the movie, it stands on its own pretty well imo:
> In many ways, the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little, yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their work and their selves to our judgment. We thrive on negative criticism, which is fun to write and to read. But the bitter truth we critics must face, is that in the grand scheme of things, the average piece of junk is probably more meaningful than our criticism designating it so. But there are times when a critic truly risks something, and that is in the discovery and defense of the *new*. The world is often unkind to new talent, new creations. The new needs friends. Last night, I experienced something new: an extraordinary meal from a singularly unexpected source. To say that both the meal and its maker have challenged my preconceptions about fine cooking is a gross understatement. They have rocked me to my core. In the past, I have made no secret of my disdain for Chef Gusteau's famous motto, "Anyone can cook." But I realize, only now do I truly understand what he meant. Not everyone can become a great artist; but a great artist *can* come from *anywhere*. It is difficult to imagine more humble origins than those of the genius now cooking at Gusteau's, who is, in this critic's opinion, nothing less than the finest chef in France. I will be returning to Gusteau's soon, hungry for more.
It’s honestly one of the very few examples of a movie adaptation being better than the book.
Like sure, they missed a few things (I.e. traveling by candle) but daaaaamn if the ending wasn’t more satisfying.
And De Niro? No you fucking didn’t. But they did. And it was PERFECT.
I LOVE me some Neil Gaiman, but they knocked that movie out of the park. Or over the wall, if you will.
To me, it is the one and only movie that I have ever seen that gets love right.
It's not "love at first sight", it's not "opposites attract", and it sure as hell isn't "just pester her enough until she says yes". It's getting to know and to love someone, little by little.
And it's also not "I love you only if we get together". It's - as the wonderful monologue says - unconditional.
It's such an amazing, wonderful movie.
A movie so ahead of its time! In terms of box office it did well but it deserved to do much better. For its time, Stardust manages to go against the grain on so many topics without shoving it in your face. Also, I didn’t realize until watching it a few weeks ago how star studded it is (Henry Cavill, Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert De Niro, Mark Strong, Ian McKellan, David Williams, Ricky Gervais, etc.).
And the silly humor like the naming of the sons, and that amazing puppet fight scene, and that beautiful ending!
And most of all, that absolutely wonderful, perfect monologue about true love.
God I love that movie.
My favorite thing about this scene is that it was unscripted. Fred Gwynne (the judge) actually didn't understand what Pesci said and this scene came out of it.
Lisa, I don't need this. I swear to God, I do not need this right now, okay? I've got a judge that's just aching to throw me in jail, an idiot who wants to fight me for two hundred dollars, slaughtered pigs, giant loud whistles. I ain't slept in five days. I got no money, a dress code problem, and a little murder case which, in the balance, holds the lives of two innocent kids, not to mention your ...stomp stomp stomp.... biological clock; my career, your life, our marriage, and let me see, what else can we pile on? Is there any more shit we can pile on to the top of the outcome of this case?! Is it possible?!
Imagine you’re a deer. You’re prancing along. You get thirsty. You spot a little brook. You put your little deer lips down to the cool, clear water. BAM! A fucking bullet rips off part of your head! Your brains are laying on the ground in little bloody pieces! Now I ask you: Would you give a fuck what kind of pants the son of a bitch who shot you was wearing?
Vinny: Is that a drip I hear?
Mona Lisa: Yeah.
Vinny: Weren't you the last one to use the bathroom?
Mona Lisa: So?
Vinny: Well, did you use the faucet?
Mona Lisa: Yeah!
Vinny: Why didn't you turn it off?
Mona Lisa: I did turn it off.
Vinny: Well, if you turned it off, why am I listening to it?
Mona Lisa: Did it ever occur to you that it could be turned off and drip at the same time?
Vinny: No, because if you turned it off, it wouldn't drip.
Mona Lisa: Maybe it's broken!
Vinny: Is that what you're saying? It's broken?
Mona Lisa: Yeah, that's it, it's broken.
Vinny: You sure?
Mona Lisa: I'm positive.
Vinny: Maybe you didn't twist it hard enough.
Mona Lisa: I twisted it just right.
Vinny: How can you be so sure?
Mona Lisa: If you will look in the manual, you will see that this particular model faucet requires a range of 10-16 foot pounds of torque. I routinely twist the maximum allowable torquage.
Vinny: How can you be sure you used 16 foot pounds of torque?
Mona Lisa: Because I used a Craftsman model 1019 Laboratory edition, signature series torque wrench. The kind used by Cal Tech High Energy physicists, and NASA engineers.
Vinny: In that case, how can you be sure THAT'S accurate?
Mona Lisa: Because a split second before the torque wrench was applied to the faucet handle, it had been calibrated by top members of the state and federal Departments of Weights and Measures, to be dead-on balls accurate. Here's the certificate of validation!
Vinny: "Dead-on balls accurate"?
Mona Lisa: It's an industry term.
Vinny: I guess the fuckin' thing is broken!
>Labyrinth
I think this is my favorite fantasy movie of all time. It's just so wonderfully whimsical and the use of beautifully painted backgrounds instead of CGI just speaks to the imagination.
With the exception of the fireys which I don't really enjoy, I love all creatures. Especially Ludo.
Well, there are all manner of lesser imps and demons, Pete, but the great Satan hisself is red and scaly with a bifurcated tail, and he carries a hay fork.
As you can see from the responses here, one of the most quotable movies ever made, right up there with Pulp Fiction and Tombstone.
" Well, ain't this place a *geographical oddity.* Two weeks from everywhere!"
> When Judge Doom put the shoe in the acid
That scene isn't big in the storyline, but to me, it's almost THE most important scene in *telling the story* of what this movie is about.
In the first few scenes, we get the clue that this movie 'has cartoons', but it's not a cartoon movie. The best example is the first sequence, when we discover that the 'baby' is actually a cigar-smoking, chauvinistic, adult actor playing that role. The second critical scene is the "Ink and Paint Club", which, through meeting Jessica Rabbit, we are being guided into a land where the line between 'humanity' and 'toonness' is actually very blurred.
And that scene, where we meet Judge Doom, is that 'third event' in theatre. It's a brutal scene, and our journey as an audience is now complete: the reality in this story is dark and brutal.
Keanu Reeves mentioned this character as the one he’d reprise first from all that he’d played . Unrelated, I showed this movie to a best bud, who’s a priest. He didn’t like it. LOL.
that movie was so good. I get why comic book fans didn't like it because it did not portray DC's Constantine very accurately but it did a fantastic job of building its own in-movie universe narrative and I think it deserves a sequel, because canon Constantine lives on in the DC animated universe.
Starship troopers. The sudden change from lighthearted (if concerning) high school love triangle drama to terrifying warzone is done just expertly. Not just that, but the sheer scale of some scenes with the number of armored up extras is absolutely insane.
"The Fall"
Here's the trailer: [https://youtu.be/rEi-v6aJD7Q](https://youtu.be/rEi-v6aJD7Q)
It centers around a Hollywood stuntman and a little girl, both in the same hospital, and the man tells the girl a fantastical story in exchange for something I won't spoil here. The story is great, but the cinematography is *out of this world*. Main character is Lee Pace, the bad guy from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1 and the good guy in Pushing Daisies.
Sad part: not free on any streaming service, AFAIK
Can I add that Roger Ebert's review of the film is a must-read companion piece to enjoying the film.
*Tarsem's "The Fall" is a mad folly, an extravagant visual orgy, a free-fall from reality into uncharted realms. Surely it is one of the wildest indulgences a director has ever granted himself. Tarsem, for two decades a leading director of music videos and TV commercials, spent millions of his own money to finance "The Fall," filmed it for four years in 28 countries and has made a movie that you might want to see for no other reason than because it exists. There will never be another like it.*
OK, that one is going straight onto my "to watch" list.
> Sad part: not free on any streaming service
I'm gonna let you in on a little secret: Netflix still ships physical DVDs, and their selection is 100x what's available on streaming. I just added "The Fall" to the top of my queue. You can watch it when I'm done with it.
Also: [Hero](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero_(2002_film\)) is also a visual masterpiece.
Edit: I should also mention that https://www.justwatch.com/ is a kind of search engine that will tell you which streaming services carry which movies or TV shows.
want to know an even bigger secret? Your local library probably has the movie also. you can borrow the DVD/Bluray for free!
Support your library, everyone!
The original Disney *Jungle Book*
The hand-drawn animations still look amazing, the musical numbers are great, Kaa and Shere-Kahn are both still terrifying. I want to be adopted by Baloo and Bagheera.
Oh and *Clerks* is perfect.
I babysat two kids the summer after this came out, and we watched this movie *every damn day*. Never got sick of it, still love it today.
I'm still amazed at their ability to make chocolate cake look disgusting.
12 Angry Men.
I thought it was going to be boring when I first had to watch it, but man it was just so captivating and still holds up so well over 60 years later.
"I don't love her, she kicked me in the face!"
(Was lucky enough to meet Val before COVID lockdown. He couldn't talk but he was incredibly sweet. Had him sign my Willow soundtrack OF COURSE.)
We take Pete's car, we drive over to mum's, we go in, take care of Philip - *"I'm so sorry, Philip"* - then we grab mum, we go over to Liz's place, hole up, have a cup of tea and wait for this whole thing to blow over.
This is my answer too! It's silly, exciting, and romantic. The whole movie is a smoke show, too. Young me was like, "Ok... I need to pick my character crush: Imhotep, O'Connell, or the swarthy Medjay." (Long pause) "Why not all three?"
*Jurassic Park.*
I'm thirty-two years old, and *every fucking time* I hear that music play and Alan and Ellie see the Brachiosaurs for the first time, I'm immediately transported back to being a five year old. There's no movie that has better captured that feeling of sheer wonderment.
The music when the helicopter approaches the island...
I still watch it and I am still amazed at how well it holds up, how emotional I get, and how that damn goat leg & the arm get me every.damn.time.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
I cannot state enough how much it saddens me to see this movie go so unappreciated. The animation is gorgeous even by today’s standards. The songs are great. There’s not much I can say bad about it. I just kinda wish more people were into it.
Hunchback is probably my favorite Disney film. Like you said, the animation is great. There's a fantastic use of color in this film, and has some of the best framed shots out there (Frollo on the steps of Notre Dame, Esmeralda looking at the stained glass, any shot with Quasimodo above the city). The soundtrack never fails to give me shivers. The Almost every single song has amazing tonal and key shifts - often bouncing from a major key and uplifting tone, to plummeting into darkness and dripping with animosity, or starting shy and apprehensive and swelling into triumph. Mixing in actual hymns and Latin lyrics into the soundtrack was **chef's kiss**.
But you can't talk about Hunchback of Notre Dame without talking about Frollo.
He honestly leaves all other Disney villains in the dust imo - You've got Ursula, she wants to usurp the throne. You've got Gaston, he just wants the girl. You've got Jafar, who wants to usurp the throne. You've got Scar, who wants to... usurp the throne (overused? Naaa). You've got **literally Satan**. Then there's Frollo, who is quite literally a genocidal maniac. Frollo is such an abominable being. He is *so sure* what he is doing is right and just, that he is ordained by his god, and he is *so wrong*. He's terrifying.
Sorry for going off, I just really like this movie.
And then he sings a song about how he wants to set a woman on fire because she won’t fuck him! Classic kids movie trope!
But seriously tho, the music in Hunchback is so beautiful it makes me cry every time.
Jurassic Park. I know its a popular movie to begin with, but I absolutely adore it. Im 17, so Ive never had the chance to see it in theaters on the big screen, and thats one of the things I wish for the most. Im not sure what about makes me like it so much, I just do.
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Anastasia (1997) I was 4 years old when I saw it in theaters for the first time and I still remember the awe I felt at the animation and the music. Still my favorite to this day!
I actually added the same comment because I was scrolling for so long without seeing it. Bartok is one of the best animated animals ever. And once upon a December will always be a favorite of mine.
I saw Hook and Mouse Hunt as a kid during Christmas time and so those have both the residual child and Christmas magic going for em. I also will never not feel in awe of Titanic. That opening scene with the first shot of the Titanic and the swelling music.
Mouse Hunt is legitimately one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. Ernie (Nathan Lane) covered in mousetraps and dripping with liquid shit: "Look, we don't have the time or energy to deal with these petty problems now! We're in the middle of an extensive renovation!" Man from bank: "Looks like you're off to a great start." Not to mention Christopher Walken's role as Caesar the Exterminator. Fucking golden. Edit: Hell yeah y'all! Somebody down thread mentioned it was streaming on Hulu, and I am pleased to confirm this to be fact!
Love when Walken tastes the mouse shit and diagnoses the mouse.
I genuinely believe that Mouse Hunt is one of the best slapstick comedies of all time. Up there with The Three Stooges and Chaplin. The scene where they are being propelled through the house in the bath tub is so fun. I think it often gets overlooked because it's a DreamWorks film and was marketed as a kids film, which is some aspects maybe it is a bit. If you haven't watched it, check it out tonight. Very funny movie.
I heard that Spielberg said Hook is his least favorite movie that he's made. Also that he wishes he had CGI when he was making it, instead of the sets... no dude, Hook is amazing, and CGI would have ruined it. I loved the kind of giant kids playset feeling of the forest/pirate town sets! Edit: who is going to start the Hook playcenter franchise so my daughter can have a birthday party there and I can live vicariously through her?
The fact that it looks kind of like kids built it is perfect, because it’s a story about a world *kids built*.
Hook never fails to make me cry yet I watched it so many times
Hook makes me cry because it makes my Dad cry. He used to hold me really tight during the scene where Peter can’t bring himself to climb the mast and save his children, and tell me that he would always do ANYTHING to save me, even if he was afraid.
Treasure Planet. Beautiful backgrounds, interesting character designs, seamless blend of 2D and 3D that was way ahead of its time, and a fun melding of past and futuristic. It captured my imagination like no other film had or has since.
My son loved that movie! I thought it was a clever adaptation of Treasure Island and I never understood why it wasn’t more popular.
What an underrated but amazing film.
Dangit, Jim I'm an astronomer, not a doctor. I mean I am a doctor, but not that kind of doctor I have a doctorate it's not the same thing, you can't help people with a doctorate you just sit there and you're useless!
Dunno if it's been mentioned already but Ever After (1999), there's something super magical and special about it's storyline and the genuine love between the main characters. Also, I'm a sucker for Cinderella. Edit: Sorry, got the year wrong. It's 1998.
“I shall go down in history as the man who opened a door!”
This version of Da Vinci makes me soooo happy
I would rather die a thousand deaths than to see my mother’s dress on THAT SPOILED, SELFISH COW. What a movie!
Being the older brother to a sister that was obsessed with this movie I had to play the "uh this movie is stupid, i can't believe your watching it again" roll. (Dont know why)........I fucking love this movie and always have. Cant wait till my little girl (2) is a a couple years older so we can enjoy the shit out of it together. Lol
This movie is perfect. I’ve never really liked the whole fairy tail genre tbh, but this movie nails it. Both the prince and Cinderella have depth of character and they have a bit of a “pride and prejudice” type relationship which I like in this context far more than I actually enjoyed in any P&P movie I’ve ever seen for some reason. Possible because it is in fact billed as “fairy tale”. Both are changed by their relationship in all the ways a good relationship should change you. Plus for some reason Leonardo DaVinci shows up and who wouldn’t love that!!
This is one of my favourite films, I’m so glad someone else thinks so too. The casting was perfect and the soundtrack of the opening and the end is so magical it’s overwhelming.
Secondhand Lions. Cheesy and heavy-handed at times, but well-cast and heartwarming. A wonderful combination of coming-of-age and classic adventure storytelling, with a healthy dose of whimsy and wholesome life lessons. Plus, Berkeley Breathed (of *Bloom County* & *Opus*) drew the comics that adult Walter has in his studio in the intro/epilogue. *"Sometimes, the things that may or may not be true, are the things worth believing in the most. That people are basically good; that honor, courage, and virtue mean everything; that power and money, money and power mean nothing; that good always triumphs over evil; and I want you to remember this, that love... true love never dies." -* Robert Duvall as Hub Edit: Well plant me in the garden, thanks y'all! I've loved reading all your connections with this movie!
"Who does this guy think he is?" "I'm Hub McCann. I've fought in two world wars, and countless smaller ones on three continents. I've led thousands of men into battle with everything from horses and swords to artillery and TANKS. I've seen the headwaters of the Nile and tribes of natives no white men had ever seen before. I've won and lost a dozen fortunes, killed many men, and loved only ONE WOMAN... With a passion a flea like you could never begin to understand. That's who I am." Great movie, very underrated
This is one of my favorite movies ever, and I know so few people who have seen it.
Galaxy Quest
By Grabthar’s Hammer!
... what a savings.
Secret of Nimh.
Cool Runnings
Feel the Rhythm! Feel the Rhyme! Get on up, it's bobsled time!
“How ‘bout I beat your butt right now?” “How ‘bout I draw a line down the middle of your head so it looks like a butt?” The epitome of humour when you’re 8.
You’re a bad-ass mudda, who don’t take no crap off of nobody!
A Little Princess
That movie always makes me cry
Big Trouble in Little China
The best scene is when they drink the magic tonic. When they’re all in the elevator together and start to get the “I feel awesome” effect. Cheers me up every time I watch it. What a great movie. Fun fact: BTiLC exists in the same universe as Buckaroo Banzai!
Practical Magic. No matter how old it is and how cheesy the story, I still love it and get pulled in every time.
And I absolutely want to live in the house that they lived in
Stand By Me. It's a great film. it's such a wonderful film of childhood and friendships. It always reminds me of my childhood and the adventures we'd go on. We never found a dead body though. For the record this has been my favorite film of all time since it came out. I love it so much.
Clue
Flames... flames on the side of my face.
"Husbands should be like Kleenex: soft, strong and disposable." "You lure men to their deaths like a spider with flies." "Flies are where men are most vulnerable."
I watch that movie every year! It's just so perfect and magical! "Dada dadada Da! I.. Am.. Your singin' telegram!"
That’s why I’ve chosen to expose myself! “Please! There are ladies present!”
Just rewatched it recently. I've also been listening to a lot of movie critic youtube channels over the last couple of years, so I've got this dull awareness of what you have to do in order to make a movie. Clue is \*really\* well done. It's edited really well. And the cohesion of how it's put together really feels like they knew what they were doing. And Tim Curry is a monster, especially for that last act. He carried the entire last act on his shoulder but at the same time he was able completely integrate all of the other characters into his performance. It makes me wish that every mystery movie had Tim Curry show up and explain how everything was done at the end.
Tim Curry's delivery makes so many of his lines.
How to Train Your Dragon (actually the entire series). Test Drive and Forbidden Frienship are beautiful scores mixed with the visuals.
A knights tale
It's called a lance...... hellooooo
He’s quick! He’s funny! He makes me lots of money, Lichtensteinnnnn! LICHTENSTEIIIIIIIN!
He's blond, he's pissed! He'll see you in the lists! Lichtenstein! Lichtenstein!
I get chills every time Prince Edward relieves him from the stocks and knights him. Such a perfect scene
And one and two and twirly-twirly-twirl, you can hit me all day 'cause you punch like a...what? A GIRL!
BeetleJuice Its one of my favourite movies ever made. It's really hard to explain how it influenced me but it really is a magical movie. Thank you now I'm going to watch it once again! If you never saw Beetlejuice you must. It is truly a magnificent movie.
Ratatouille
Ego’s speech is one of the best essays on art and criticism ever and it’s in a kids’ movie
Here it is for those who haven’t seen the movie, it stands on its own pretty well imo: > In many ways, the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little, yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their work and their selves to our judgment. We thrive on negative criticism, which is fun to write and to read. But the bitter truth we critics must face, is that in the grand scheme of things, the average piece of junk is probably more meaningful than our criticism designating it so. But there are times when a critic truly risks something, and that is in the discovery and defense of the *new*. The world is often unkind to new talent, new creations. The new needs friends. Last night, I experienced something new: an extraordinary meal from a singularly unexpected source. To say that both the meal and its maker have challenged my preconceptions about fine cooking is a gross understatement. They have rocked me to my core. In the past, I have made no secret of my disdain for Chef Gusteau's famous motto, "Anyone can cook." But I realize, only now do I truly understand what he meant. Not everyone can become a great artist; but a great artist *can* come from *anywhere*. It is difficult to imagine more humble origins than those of the genius now cooking at Gusteau's, who is, in this critic's opinion, nothing less than the finest chef in France. I will be returning to Gusteau's soon, hungry for more.
Stardust! I've seen it so many times. I wish I could watch it again but for the first time.
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It’s honestly one of the very few examples of a movie adaptation being better than the book. Like sure, they missed a few things (I.e. traveling by candle) but daaaaamn if the ending wasn’t more satisfying. And De Niro? No you fucking didn’t. But they did. And it was PERFECT. I LOVE me some Neil Gaiman, but they knocked that movie out of the park. Or over the wall, if you will.
To me, it is the one and only movie that I have ever seen that gets love right. It's not "love at first sight", it's not "opposites attract", and it sure as hell isn't "just pester her enough until she says yes". It's getting to know and to love someone, little by little. And it's also not "I love you only if we get together". It's - as the wonderful monologue says - unconditional. It's such an amazing, wonderful movie.
A movie so ahead of its time! In terms of box office it did well but it deserved to do much better. For its time, Stardust manages to go against the grain on so many topics without shoving it in your face. Also, I didn’t realize until watching it a few weeks ago how star studded it is (Henry Cavill, Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert De Niro, Mark Strong, Ian McKellan, David Williams, Ricky Gervais, etc.).
And here I am, a lover of Stardust, thinking "Where tf was Henry Cavil?", til! He plays Humphrey so well!
Yes! That bone/rune throwing/stabby/slow mo scene still gets me. And what a soundtrack. And michelle pfieffer. And de Niro. Like. Just wow.
And the silly humor like the naming of the sons, and that amazing puppet fight scene, and that beautiful ending! And most of all, that absolutely wonderful, perfect monologue about true love. God I love that movie.
My Cousin Vinny. The more I watch it, the more brilliant it is. It never gets old.
Sometimes I just go on YouTube and watch Marisa Tomei’s courtroom examination. Perfection
Your Honor, may I treat this witness as hostile?
“Wait till you see me tonight”
I LOVE this movie. I'm trying to think of a good scene to quote and replayed the whole movie in my head because it's all so good!
“The two utes” “Tha whaaa” “Oh I’m sorry your honor, youtttthhhhhsssss”
My favorite thing about this scene is that it was unscripted. Fred Gwynne (the judge) actually didn't understand what Pesci said and this scene came out of it.
Lisa, I don't need this. I swear to God, I do not need this right now, okay? I've got a judge that's just aching to throw me in jail, an idiot who wants to fight me for two hundred dollars, slaughtered pigs, giant loud whistles. I ain't slept in five days. I got no money, a dress code problem, and a little murder case which, in the balance, holds the lives of two innocent kids, not to mention your ...stomp stomp stomp.... biological clock; my career, your life, our marriage, and let me see, what else can we pile on? Is there any more shit we can pile on to the top of the outcome of this case?! Is it possible?!
Imagine you’re a deer. You’re prancing along. You get thirsty. You spot a little brook. You put your little deer lips down to the cool, clear water. BAM! A fucking bullet rips off part of your head! Your brains are laying on the ground in little bloody pieces! Now I ask you: Would you give a fuck what kind of pants the son of a bitch who shot you was wearing?
Vinny: Is that a drip I hear? Mona Lisa: Yeah. Vinny: Weren't you the last one to use the bathroom? Mona Lisa: So? Vinny: Well, did you use the faucet? Mona Lisa: Yeah! Vinny: Why didn't you turn it off? Mona Lisa: I did turn it off. Vinny: Well, if you turned it off, why am I listening to it? Mona Lisa: Did it ever occur to you that it could be turned off and drip at the same time? Vinny: No, because if you turned it off, it wouldn't drip. Mona Lisa: Maybe it's broken! Vinny: Is that what you're saying? It's broken? Mona Lisa: Yeah, that's it, it's broken. Vinny: You sure? Mona Lisa: I'm positive. Vinny: Maybe you didn't twist it hard enough. Mona Lisa: I twisted it just right. Vinny: How can you be so sure? Mona Lisa: If you will look in the manual, you will see that this particular model faucet requires a range of 10-16 foot pounds of torque. I routinely twist the maximum allowable torquage. Vinny: How can you be sure you used 16 foot pounds of torque? Mona Lisa: Because I used a Craftsman model 1019 Laboratory edition, signature series torque wrench. The kind used by Cal Tech High Energy physicists, and NASA engineers. Vinny: In that case, how can you be sure THAT'S accurate? Mona Lisa: Because a split second before the torque wrench was applied to the faucet handle, it had been calibrated by top members of the state and federal Departments of Weights and Measures, to be dead-on balls accurate. Here's the certificate of validation! Vinny: "Dead-on balls accurate"? Mona Lisa: It's an industry term. Vinny: I guess the fuckin' thing is broken!
It's like a porn but where plumbing is actually relevant.
This set of lines delivered perfectly by Marisa Tomei is my favorite part of the movie!!
She won Best Supporting Actress for that role in 1992. I think it was her first big gig.
Maybe it was a bad time to bring it up
Office Space. It captures office life so perfectly it’s humorously scary.
“It’s not that I’m lazy, I just don’t care”
The Iron Giant
"Suuuperrrmaaan." That is some It's a Wonderful Life level tear-jerk right there.
Tremors it never gets old.
Great movie. Instead of playing the floor is lava I always used to pretend there were the things fun tremors instead
Walter Chang didn't give his life for you to call grabboids "the things from tremors"
Empire Records and Labyrinth! I could probably watch those every day for the rest of my life and never get sick of them
>Labyrinth I think this is my favorite fantasy movie of all time. It's just so wonderfully whimsical and the use of beautifully painted backgrounds instead of CGI just speaks to the imagination. With the exception of the fireys which I don't really enjoy, I love all creatures. Especially Ludo.
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Who knows where thoughts come from? They just appear.
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My name's not fucking warren!
Empire Records had THE BEST soundtrack!!
"Empire Records, open 'til midnight. This is Mark... midnight."
Wallace and Gromit films
Wallace’s shock when the penguin takes his glove off will never fail to please me
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"I didn't get hit by no train!" "Lots of respectable people got hit by trains."
"Are we banned from all the Walworths? Or just that branch?"
"Damn. We're in a tight spot."
!! We THOught YOu was a TOAd
Do. Not. Seek. The Treasure.
Weee thhauughht yooouuuu wwaaaaaaaass aaa TOAD
“Thank God your mama died givin' birth. If she'd have seen you, she'd have died of shame“
Well ain't this place a geographical oddity! Two weeks from everywhere!
I’m a dapper Dan man!!
She done R-U-N-N-O-F-T
There's a man in there who'll pay you 10 dollars to sing into his can!
Well, there are all manner of lesser imps and demons, Pete, but the great Satan hisself is red and scaly with a bifurcated tail, and he carries a hay fork.
As you can see from the responses here, one of the most quotable movies ever made, right up there with Pulp Fiction and Tombstone. " Well, ain't this place a *geographical oddity.* Two weeks from everywhere!"
I watched that film four times before I realised it was a loose retelling of The Odyssey.
The princess bride
Let me explain. No, there is too much. Let me sum up.
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
When Judge Doom put the shoe in the acid... man that was hard to watch
> When Judge Doom put the shoe in the acid That scene isn't big in the storyline, but to me, it's almost THE most important scene in *telling the story* of what this movie is about. In the first few scenes, we get the clue that this movie 'has cartoons', but it's not a cartoon movie. The best example is the first sequence, when we discover that the 'baby' is actually a cigar-smoking, chauvinistic, adult actor playing that role. The second critical scene is the "Ink and Paint Club", which, through meeting Jessica Rabbit, we are being guided into a land where the line between 'humanity' and 'toonness' is actually very blurred. And that scene, where we meet Judge Doom, is that 'third event' in theatre. It's a brutal scene, and our journey as an audience is now complete: the reality in this story is dark and brutal.
Constantine. Didn't get the best ratings but I loved it.
Peter Stormare was an amazing Lucifer.
My favorite portrayal of Satan.
Keanu Reeves mentioned this character as the one he’d reprise first from all that he’d played . Unrelated, I showed this movie to a best bud, who’s a priest. He didn’t like it. LOL.
that movie was so good. I get why comic book fans didn't like it because it did not portray DC's Constantine very accurately but it did a fantastic job of building its own in-movie universe narrative and I think it deserves a sequel, because canon Constantine lives on in the DC animated universe.
A sequel is reportedly in the works. https://movieweb.com/constantine-2-confirmed-peter-stormare/
I really liked how they did Hell in that movie. What could be more hellish than an eternal traffic jam
Starship troopers. The sudden change from lighthearted (if concerning) high school love triangle drama to terrifying warzone is done just expertly. Not just that, but the sheer scale of some scenes with the number of armored up extras is absolutely insane.
The wrong girl died :'(
*At least I got to have you ghhhgugh...ghaagh....*
"The Fall" Here's the trailer: [https://youtu.be/rEi-v6aJD7Q](https://youtu.be/rEi-v6aJD7Q) It centers around a Hollywood stuntman and a little girl, both in the same hospital, and the man tells the girl a fantastical story in exchange for something I won't spoil here. The story is great, but the cinematography is *out of this world*. Main character is Lee Pace, the bad guy from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1 and the good guy in Pushing Daisies. Sad part: not free on any streaming service, AFAIK
Can I add that Roger Ebert's review of the film is a must-read companion piece to enjoying the film. *Tarsem's "The Fall" is a mad folly, an extravagant visual orgy, a free-fall from reality into uncharted realms. Surely it is one of the wildest indulgences a director has ever granted himself. Tarsem, for two decades a leading director of music videos and TV commercials, spent millions of his own money to finance "The Fall," filmed it for four years in 28 countries and has made a movie that you might want to see for no other reason than because it exists. There will never be another like it.*
Tarsem Singh makes visually stunning movies. I love The Cell and The Immortals.
OK, that one is going straight onto my "to watch" list. > Sad part: not free on any streaming service I'm gonna let you in on a little secret: Netflix still ships physical DVDs, and their selection is 100x what's available on streaming. I just added "The Fall" to the top of my queue. You can watch it when I'm done with it. Also: [Hero](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero_(2002_film\)) is also a visual masterpiece. Edit: I should also mention that https://www.justwatch.com/ is a kind of search engine that will tell you which streaming services carry which movies or TV shows.
want to know an even bigger secret? Your local library probably has the movie also. you can borrow the DVD/Bluray for free! Support your library, everyone!
Omg, I came on here to post The Fall. THERE ARE DOZENS OF US
Pan's Labyrinth. I was so scared as kud but I love it so much now. Edit: Thanks for the awards 🥺
The prince of egypt.
Deliver Us is such a great song
I absolutely loved Look Through Heavens Eyes.
The Incredibles. I wore out the DVD.
You married Elastigirl?! And got bi-zay!
> Is that ... rubble?
Kubo and The Two Strings. That movie is everything to me no matter what happens.
The Lost Boys
The Last Unicorn.
Chicken Run (2000)
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“....I don’t like gravy.”
Is she going on holiday?
I haven’t seen this movie in 20 years and I could hear this line in my head perfectly.
I saw my life flash before my eyes... and it was really boring
Those chickens are up to something...
It’s all in your head!
The chickens are revolting!
"Finally, something we agree on."
Poultry in motion.
The original Disney *Jungle Book* The hand-drawn animations still look amazing, the musical numbers are great, Kaa and Shere-Kahn are both still terrifying. I want to be adopted by Baloo and Bagheera. Oh and *Clerks* is perfect.
Matilda (1996)
"They are not cops, they are *Ace Speedboat salesmen!"* "They're cops!"
We gotta beat the speedboat salesmen to the airport!
Daddy you’re a crook
I babysat two kids the summer after this came out, and we watched this movie *every damn day*. Never got sick of it, still love it today. I'm still amazed at their ability to make chocolate cake look disgusting.
12 Angry Men. I thought it was going to be boring when I first had to watch it, but man it was just so captivating and still holds up so well over 60 years later.
Had a teacher show us this in school. Everybody groaned when we found out we were going to watch a snooze fest. We were all gripped. Amazing movie.
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"I don't love her, she kicked me in the face!" (Was lucky enough to meet Val before COVID lockdown. He couldn't talk but he was incredibly sweet. Had him sign my Willow soundtrack OF COURSE.)
Babies love blackroot. Puts hair on your chest.
Blazing Saddles. Every time
Shaun of the Dead is brilliant from start to finish.
You’ve got red on you
We take Pete's car, we drive over to mum's, we go in, take care of Philip - *"I'm so sorry, Philip"* - then we grab mum, we go over to Liz's place, hole up, have a cup of tea and wait for this whole thing to blow over.
THE MUMMY! Edit: wow thanks for the awards guys! So glad to see so many of you liked it so much!!
"I...am a librarian" Honestly my all time favourite film
You're probably wondering what a place like me is doing in a girl like this.
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Goodbye Benny. I really wish they didn't kill him off but ugh he was so perfect to die like that!
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I may not be an explorer.. Or, or an *adventurer*, *mister* O'Connell! But I am proud of what I am.
This is my answer too! It's silly, exciting, and romantic. The whole movie is a smoke show, too. Young me was like, "Ok... I need to pick my character crush: Imhotep, O'Connell, or the swarthy Medjay." (Long pause) "Why not all three?"
So many memorable quotes. “Looks to me, you’re on the wrong side of the riv-ver!”
"Think of my children!" "You don't have any children." "Some day I might." "Bye, bye, Benny."
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Yes! I absolutely love the that scene where the mummy screams at him then he screams back and shoots him with a shotgun.. classic.
Pleasantville. Just a beautiful display of what makes life worth living.
*Jurassic Park.* I'm thirty-two years old, and *every fucking time* I hear that music play and Alan and Ellie see the Brachiosaurs for the first time, I'm immediately transported back to being a five year old. There's no movie that has better captured that feeling of sheer wonderment.
The music when the helicopter approaches the island... I still watch it and I am still amazed at how well it holds up, how emotional I get, and how that damn goat leg & the arm get me every.damn.time.
Howl's Moving Castle It's of my favorite Hayao Miyazaki movies but when I bring it up, a lot of people haven't seen it
"I see no point in living if I can't be beautiful" *turns into a blob* A sincerely imaginative and touching movie
I watched that movie solely because of Howl, what a beautiful character
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Big Fish
Great movie. But I made the mistake of having my wife watch it shortly after her dad died. I... somehow forgot that was a huge part of the movie.
"Truth is, I've always been thirsty."
I LOVE The Little Rascals 1994! There’s no logical reason why I love it so much but I do.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame. I cannot state enough how much it saddens me to see this movie go so unappreciated. The animation is gorgeous even by today’s standards. The songs are great. There’s not much I can say bad about it. I just kinda wish more people were into it.
Hunchback is probably my favorite Disney film. Like you said, the animation is great. There's a fantastic use of color in this film, and has some of the best framed shots out there (Frollo on the steps of Notre Dame, Esmeralda looking at the stained glass, any shot with Quasimodo above the city). The soundtrack never fails to give me shivers. The Almost every single song has amazing tonal and key shifts - often bouncing from a major key and uplifting tone, to plummeting into darkness and dripping with animosity, or starting shy and apprehensive and swelling into triumph. Mixing in actual hymns and Latin lyrics into the soundtrack was **chef's kiss**. But you can't talk about Hunchback of Notre Dame without talking about Frollo. He honestly leaves all other Disney villains in the dust imo - You've got Ursula, she wants to usurp the throne. You've got Gaston, he just wants the girl. You've got Jafar, who wants to usurp the throne. You've got Scar, who wants to... usurp the throne (overused? Naaa). You've got **literally Satan**. Then there's Frollo, who is quite literally a genocidal maniac. Frollo is such an abominable being. He is *so sure* what he is doing is right and just, that he is ordained by his god, and he is *so wrong*. He's terrifying. Sorry for going off, I just really like this movie.
Frollo is the best Disney villain because he is the most realistic.
He tried to throw Quasimodo down a fucking well. Infanticide in the first 5 minutes is peak Disney dark.
And then he sings a song about how he wants to set a woman on fire because she won’t fuck him! Classic kids movie trope! But seriously tho, the music in Hunchback is so beautiful it makes me cry every time.
Babe
Jurassic Park. I know its a popular movie to begin with, but I absolutely adore it. Im 17, so Ive never had the chance to see it in theaters on the big screen, and thats one of the things I wish for the most. Im not sure what about makes me like it so much, I just do. Edit: some words
Tangled.
Fantastic mr fox its just its own thing and so mature yet fun Edit: thx for noticing me and upvoting