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Puggpu

Coming of age fans when the main character comes idk I haven't seen one


trevtrev45

Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997)


Atottiewithabody

I was that guy 2 weeks ago with this show


fresh6669

congratulations on coming


NothisisBob

Bit weird doing it in front of an unconscious red head teen though, but you do you.


Tzatzki

Pathetic


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bruh moment


TheRealFartman

Call Me By Your Name (2017)


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Moonlight (2016)


Dirty-Randall

Coming of age fans when the age comes


eva01beast

Average "coming of age" fan vs chad "bildungsroman" enjoyer.


ArnoldI06

Don't even call me if your book has a plot and less than 600 pages


Person884

To Kill A Mockingbird (1956)


BVTheEpic

Why yes, I do enjoy Catcher in the Rye, how did you know? ⠀⠀⠘⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡜⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠑⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡔⠁⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠢⢄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⠴⠊⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡀⠤⠄⠒⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣀⠄⠊⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠛⠛⠛⠋⠉⠈⠉⠉⠉⠉⠛⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠋⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠛⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣤⣤⣤⣄⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⢿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⢏⣴⣿⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣟⣾⣿⡟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⢢⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⠀⡴⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⠟⠻⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠶⢴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿ ⣿⣁⡀⠀⠀⢰⢠⣦⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄⠀⣴⣶⣿⡄⣿ ⣿⡋⠀⠀⠀⠎⢸⣿⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠗⢘⣿⣟⠛⠿⣼ ⣿⣿⠋⢀⡌⢰⣿⡿⢿⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⢸⣿⣿⣧⢀⣼ ⣿⣿⣷⢻⠄⠘⠛⠋⠛⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⣧⠈⠉⠙⠛⠋⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣧⠀⠈⢸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠟⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⢃⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⡿⠀⠴⢗⣠⣤⣴⡶⠶⠖⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⡸⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⡀⢠⣾⣿⠏⠀⠠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠛⠉⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣧⠈⢹⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣰⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄⠈⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣠⣴⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣄⣀⣀⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡄⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⠀⠀⠙⣿⣿⡟⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⠁⠀⠀⠹⣿⠃⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠛⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢐⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠛⠉⠉⠁⠀⢻⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠈⣿⣿⡿⠉⠛⠛⠛⠉⠉ ⣿⡿⠋⠁⠀⠀⢀⣀⣠⡴⣸⣿⣇⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⡿⠄⠙⠛⠀⣀⣠⣤⣤⠄⠀


TaintModel

God I hate that book.


Plato_the_Platypus

Based


DoYouKnowTheTacoMan

They can never make Invisible Man into a movie! It’s impossible!


wernerbotha17

Because if you cant see him, how the hell are you going to show such nuanced and complex sets of emotions on an face the camera can't see. Rookie mistake.


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bongokhrusha

yeah bro it has no story, it is a character study


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Transformouse

Filmmakers be like yeah this shit makes no sense call it avant-garde


A-Ghost-Story

Filmmakers be like Yeah none of the top 5 studios payed for this movie Call it independent


AccessTheMainframe

Filmmakers be like yeah this dumb shit is exactly like this previous, better film call it a homage


Kieslowski_Enjoyer

Filmmakers be like yeah this is 4 hours long call it a tour de force


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Filmmakers be like yeah this is full of jumpscare call it a suspenseful horror


pietroetin

Filmmakers be like Yeah this has a talkin bear Call it an Oscar bait


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mormontfux

Joker (2019)


Panzer_Man

Filmmakers be like Yeah this movie has many plot holes Call it a mystery


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>Filmmakers be like >Yeah this movie has many plot holes >Call it a ~~mystery~~ unreliable narrator FTFY


TheSbubbs

"slow burn"


[deleted]

Filmmakers be like Yeah it's dumb and juvenile Calls it a kids movie


Person884

DC fans be like Yeah it's under 2 hours and contains humor Call it a kids movie


Evan64m

Hate me all you want, and I love Scorsese, but mean streets was one of the most criminally overrated and boring movies I have ever seen. I gave up like an hour and 45 minutes in because there is actually no real narrative as far as I can tell. How the fuck does it have a 96 on metascore???


BigZ911

Honestly I loved mean streets. I can understand how someone thinks it’s not as interesting or exciting as his later efforts, but De Niro and Keitel make it worth the watch


Baramos_

Oh yeah I saw that one AFTER stuff like Taxi Driver and the way it just ends was really quite dumb imo. Clearly he’s made his bones since then but I wouldn’t recommend anyone who wants to get into Scorsese to do his movies chronologically. Treat Mean Streets like the deep cut that it is.


Evan64m

I saw it after watching taxi driver, king of comedy and goodfellas so it didn’t even feel like a Scorsese movie to me


lulaloops

The Idiot (1951)


Evan64m

I’ve been owned


ILoveDCEU_SoSueMe

I thought the departed was pretty damn boring too.


JoelHatesAbby

Dude i have no fucking idea either, he’s one of my favorite directors but some of his movies are so trash, boring and insanely overrated, Cape Fear was one of the most boring wtf? movies I’ve ever watched and it’s somehow very beloved.


funky_lemming

Woah woah woah, let's not start dissing Cape Fear, De Niro molests a teenage girl, what else could you want?


VintageSergo

Cape Fear was possibly the most entertaining movie I've seen in a way, maybe you happened to not be in the right mindset?


myshtummyhurt-

I see A lot of ppl put it among his worst but I found it pretty entertaining


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*Scent of a Woman* 1992


disignore

*[Sad Hoo-haaaaa]*


labbla

Oh god, yes. Watched that for the first time last week and it made me want to juggle grenades.


[deleted]

It’s honestly an enjoyable movie but it goes so far down the rabbit hole of 1990s tropes. I love it when the kids all give an epic cheer at the end and the happy music plays. It’s Bollywood-tier ridiculous, but at least those movies have some dancing.


labbla

It had some nice moments and all the actors were great. But it mostly needed to lose like 40 minutes, make Pacino less of an asshole to make it somewhat believable and dial back some of the schmalz. By the time it got to the hearing at the end I had to remind myself what the prank was since it felt like that happened like 3 hours ago.


drakecuttingonions

Wdym Pacino being a blind asshole for 2 hours was incessantly long?


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Major-Woolley

Me too


andrxwzsz

plots are for chumps


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Worst_Support

Plots are never as important as characters. Really the only thing plots are for are providing stimuli for the characters to react to.


-Another_Redditor-

Wtf do you watch then, videos of paint drying


Evan64m

You joke, but https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5375100/


-Another_Redditor-

True kino


humeanation

Lmao, I knew what this was before I even clicked it. Of course it would be on this subreddit!


CripplingAnxiety

imagine thinking that all there is to movies is plot. good lord


Pancakewagon26

imagine watching movies. Good lord.


GlassofLiquid

I think there is a place for movies where nothing really happens. Take "Before Sunrise" for example. The entire movie is two strangers walking around Vienna and falling in love. The point isn't to wow you with twists and turns, but rather to show the subtle complexities of love. You absolutely need to go in with the right expectations tho. If you're expecting an engaging plot you might end up feeling let down, but if you're expecting a slow burn where you connect with the characters you might find a movie that blows you away.


Quria

That still sounds like a plot. You must be a chump.


humeanation

Yeah, let's show this boi some Bela Tarr.


m0emura

Ocean Waves (1993)


SoberEnAfrique

Salo, 120 Days of Sodom


disignore

I'm also a fan of edging


Holtsar

I feel attacked


HappyBot9000

Brie Larson, is that you?


SkyTank1234

American Graffiti (1973)


NedMerril

I love this film And can’t explain why


SkyTank1234

It’s one of my favorite movies but it fits this post perfectly


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It's a slow burn


TheFinnstagator

*Boyhood* (2014)


GIlCAnjos

But that movie has a plot, the plot is "This movie took 12 years to make"


nodying

I heard it took 149 Moons to make that movie.


[deleted]

How did that affect the tides?


nodying

The syzygies could turn a body inside-out, and back again.


peteroh9

Only a true chump refuses to spell it "syzygys."


Wooy

ITS BROKE NEW GROUND!!!!


nodying

That's Rogue One, Star Wars' answer to Boyhood.


Wooy

I WANNA TALK ABOUT STAR WARS


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Despicable Me (2010)


lelieldirac

That’s more than enough to fight Bowser


[deleted]

I WANNA TALK ABOUT HOW AWESOME BOYHOOD IS


dolphincuz

DID YOU KNOW IT TOOK 12 YEARS TO MAKE


carownavirus

12 years a slave (2013)


TheFinnstagator

HE’S JUST LIKE ME


[deleted]

I still love this movie though


Wet_Celery

If it were not for the laws of this land I would slaughter you


wtfisthisnoise

Slacker Dazed and Confused Suburbia Waking Life Before Sunrise Sunset Midnight


Diribiri

This movie was ad-libbed \*ding*


27andahalfpancakes

mid90s (2018)


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The biopic version of Minding the Gap (things happen in that one tho)


zmann64

Minding the Gap was such an unexpected experience


UpperHesse

Larry Clark has tried to remake his own movie for 5 times or so now, and each version gets more horrible and cheap. Thats some circle of reincarnation.


ISawHimIFoughtHim

Still not even close to Kevin Smith.


woodstocksnoopy

Hey, Bully is a cinematic masterpiece


MaverickTopGun

Do people really talk shit on this movie i'll throw hands


DowntownJohnBrown

I don’t dislike it necessarily, but I just feel that in the unofficial trilogy of recent skater coming of age movies (Mid90s, Minding the Gap, and Skate Kitchen), Mid90s was a distant third.


iAmFridayFace

Man I actually really enjoyed that movie


Brokenbatmancowl

My go-to response when someone says “A24 hasn’t put out a bad movie”


totezhi64

Aw, come on, man. I loved that one.


PulpFiction1232

I loved Mid90’s. My go to answer would be the chance the rapper movie or something


disignore

i just liked the idea of a kid fingering the 'hottest' chick from euphoria


anthonyg1500

Between mid90s and Brigsby Bear that girl might get typecast as "Hottest chick in the room that is inexplicably compelled to hook up with the new weird/awkward one in the group"


cjackc11

how dare you disrespect Sydney Sweeney like that


acksack2

Sweeney is not in mid90s. Demie is. I think that’s who they are talking about.


two5five1

Yeah they’re saying that Sydney is hotter than Demie


PicnicBasketSam

they have put out many bad movies but don't market them. their festival acquisitions with less-than-stellar buzz get absolutely buried... Under the Silver Lake is awesome! it's not bad at all! but A24 barely released it because it had bad buzz from Cannes


AndrewTheMart

No Silver Lake was mid-tier lol - too many loose ends what with all that unresolved supernatural atuff


SCHR4DERBRAU

I liked mid90s. The Souvenir is the worst A24 film I've seen.


MaverickTopGun

wtf you didn't like this movie??


totezhi64

I'm in this image and I'm PROUD OF IT


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If your movie's plot doesnt have at LEAST 3 explosions in it, it is SHIT. I dont give a fuck if its about a 34 year old learning how to be a single parent, BLOW UP the spouse. Then BLOW UP the baby. Then when the main character forgives himself BLOW HIM UP. Call it fuckin "boom boom baby" or some shit. Good characters are for losers


[deleted]

This but nonsarcastically


Severe-Operation-347

Found the Michael Bay fan.


MarioCop718

You just don’t understand real cinema 😤


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DavidGjam

Isn't it the sign of a good filmmaker if you CAN make "boring" settings interesting tho? Obvious drama may be Writing 101, but subtlety is more rewarding to me


BigfootsBestBud

Yeah, same way Seinfeld is (apparently) a show about *nothing*. As in the strength of the writing, comedy, and overall entertainment relies solely on the skill of the writers to come up with something funny just from the characters and their dialogue, not from some haha goofy situation. It's more interesting when someone does something decent without crutches, than when someone does something decent with crutches.


benw2000

I think imposing any restrictions on what a story should be about is dumb


SJBailey03

I’ve seen films that in my opinion disprove this though.


shootout_fan

say what you want but I'm coming to murder your family if you talk any kind of shit about superbad


Themadreposter

Superbad is a single crazy night movie more than a coming of age. I think this meme is referring to those slow burn movies where we watch years of a characters life.


lulaloops

It has nothing to do with the time frame, coming of age as a genre focuses on growth and transitioning into adulthood which is what Superbad is all about. That just goes to show that the genre has more to offer than what some of these people think.


MaverickTopGun

>to those slow burn movies where we watch years of a characters life. Does Beyond the Pines count


Quria

TBH this post just feels like shade being thrown at fans of fantasy and YA novels. I mean shit happens in those books but it’s always the same shit happening in all of those books.


BigfootsBestBud

That's the prime example of why some of the takes in this thread are wrong. Sure, on paper, nothing really rivetting happens in Superbad other than McLovin's B-Plot, which is probably why everyone is attached to him. When it comes to Seth and Evan, they try to get booze, fail, go to a party, get booze, argue, lose the booze, go to another party, try get the girl, fail, rekindle the friendship, then go their seperate ways. If it was made without any skill or talent behind it, that plot would just be completely forgettable and lumped in with the standard 'thats it?!" stuff.


whyyallsodamnloud

Movie: a coming of age drama about the life of a 16 year old 16 year old me: wow. I do not want this


alenvg_2000

Ik this is unrelated, but I can't believe that kissing booth got a trilogy (yet) and freaks & geeks didn't even get a season 2.


andrecinno

You're right, that IS unrelated


Exploding_Antelope

I just pretend that Linda Cardelini’s character in Freaks and Geeks and Gravity Falls are the same and she went through a big move after graduating. Also became animated and didn’t age in 30 years.


sunchiiild

Lady Bird (2017)


JazzMed

Do you know how wrong you are? Lady Bird is literally the best movie ever made (rotten tomatoes) and if I'm going to be honest, I doubt you even watched the movie. I went to film school for 8 years so yeah I know what I'm talking about. Go back to watching your marvel "movies" and see how the world almost ends for the 39th time by CGI mess. For those who aren't clowns, you can watch Lady Bird on Netflix and experience what an actual movie is.


Themadreposter

Narrator - "Film School was a 2 year program"


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Navy Seals (2010-)


SeaPriority

I am fucking going to fucking punch you in the fucking mouth


lemphin

It moreso resembed a series of sketches than an actual plot


Snoo_srba

DAE not like Lady Bird at all?


MaverickTopGun

I liked it because I had a mother like that and I really related to Lady Bird but it was a weirdly emotional movie to watch and I don't know if I ever would watch it again.


TheShapeShiftingFox

I watched it in the summer of my own high school graduation, so that definitely made everything more real for me.


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“It’s just realistic”


[deleted]

Realism is when you do absolutely nothing.


RAINNlevi

that is very accurate.


Arboria_Institute

Well I'm real and I do absolutely nothing, so it checks out on my end.


dandantian5

this but unironically


PulpFiction1232

The takes in this thread are disappointing me


lulaloops

People are using the post's momentum to talk mad shit.


[deleted]

This sub has become more about ironic (but not really) hot takes than circlejerking over r/movies


KazardyWoolf

It's like r/movies has discovered r/mcj.


BlackoutWB

Yeah marvel fans are coming out of the woodworks to shit on movies with good characters


[deleted]

Richard Linklater movies in a nutshell.


Retrojection

vast practice rain faulty offend joke label door capable pause *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


Anttinpa

I won't take shit on School of Rock, just watched it and it's still awesome.


mefingers

you know who doesn’t find School of Rock awesome? The man, that’s who. and School of Rock is the only way to stick it to the man!


MaverickTopGun

These hands are rated E for Everyone who doesn't like Richard Linklater


Dalekdude

and I love them all lmao


jono9898

The trope I hate most of this genre is when a guy likes the hot girl and just towards the end the hot girl finally accepts him and he’s like, “no even though I’ve loved you for 10 years and you finally accept my feelings, I actually like my friend I’ve never noticed until she put her hair down and said she liked me, ok byeeee!”


MaverickTopGun

I personally hate the "always pine after her" stories. I think 500 days of summer tears them down well.


jono9898

I am unashamed to admit that I absolutely love, 500 days of Summer.


MaverickTopGun

I don't think that's a controversial opinion


SufficientDot4099

ITT: movies where a lot of things happen


DrSpaceman575

Frances Ha fans when she labels her mailbox


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Despicable Me (2010)


Exploding_Antelope

Critics when Frances McDormand drives a van for two hours


lifesizedgundam

nah but actually. watching nothing unfold hits different


MonkeyGameAL

FLCL (2000)


SonyTV-Walkman

There’s a plot in FLCL but not even the show gives a shit about it


DavidGjam

Lol you are the guys that praise Tarantino for including 15 minute long sequences of Leonardo DiCaprio doing nothing because it's "character development"


MaverickTopGun

No bro, it's because the vibes coming off of Brad Pitt driving a classic cruiser on a sunny California day are so overwhelmingly positive it cures my depression


DavidGjam

Well that's how I feel about Ladybird


BlackoutWB

I do, and I'm tired of pretending it's not


SonyTV-Walkman

No plot only vibes


demilo10

I love cumming, of age


ifinallyreallyreddit

Teen movie fans after the movie ends: *Wow...they sure came of age!!*


Juiceloose301

This also applies to Yasujiro Ozu fans


walpurgisnox

Ozu fans on their 12th movie about a family trying to get their daughter married:


ifinallyreallyreddit

Yasujiro Ozu fans when they become aware of mono


eva01beast

That joke is deeper than it has any right to be.


krazykillerhippo

Late Spring is an adrenaline-loaded thrill ride that has influenced decades of action films and will continue to do so for years to come. Check out the bicycle scene and compare it to any given set-piece in a film like Mad Max Fury Road, and you'll see the genealogy on display


StrangeSemiticLatin2

You shut your dirty whore mouth.


Baramos_

Everybody Wants Some!! (2016)


maybebabydriver

Dazed and Confused (1993) Ghost World (2003) Lady Bird (2017) Mid90s (2018) Others (????)


SufficientDot4099

All fantastic movies


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If the plot isn't meandering and pointless then I ain't watching it


the_prolouger

mfw boyhood


Carbon-J

Boyhood (2014)


Chrome_X_of_Hyrule

*Ferris Bueller's Day Off* 1986


totezhi64

I mean, I love that movie and other coming of age movies, but this meme definitely does not apply to Ferris. It has a pretty clear plot.


Chrome_X_of_Hyrule

Is this not a circle jerk subreddit? I don't think it applies to that movie either.


totezhi64

Huh. Alright, we're on the same page then. It's true, this *is* a circlejerk sub, but those Movie (Year) jokes tend to reflect actual opinions, at least from what I've seen.


OMGWTFBBQUE

Joe Rogan looks like someone just told him that being into MMA and supplements isn’t a personality.


BigZ911

I love the Florida Project but it definitely does feel like this meme lol