Screenwriting : HEY YOU. I want to know… What’s your favorite movie, and why? by Crissy Corvette

Crissy Corvette, my favorite movie is Into The Spider-Verse. As a comic book fan, it's the best comic adaptation movie ever made, IMO. It captures the style, essence, themes, and tone of a Spider-man comic book while also feeling fresh and original. The animation is next level, the story and plot choices are all motivated by the characters, and the balance between humor and heartfelt emotion is seamless. Also, the pacing is remarkable, always moving the story forward without feeling like it's skipping vital information or lingering too long on any one scene.

Also, Drop Dead Fred is so underappreciated! I went through a phase in middle school where I was watching that movie on repeat. GREAT choice!

If I had to pick one and only one...The Iron Giant. There are so many aspects of it that I love and identify with. The imaginative boy who although is from a broken home, is perfectly happy and whole playing with ray guns during the peak days of science fiction. A giant robot who is faithful and could wipe out an army but would instead rather play Superman. Deep down, I could be perfectly happy just playing ray guns and Superman all day long.

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly is probably my favorite. Beautifully made between the old school cinematography and iconic music, love the three-handed nature of it, and despite being 3 hours long, it's a fun adventure, in my opinion.

I'm split between Pulp Fiction and The Matrix.

If we're talking comedies, Kingpin w Woody Harrelson is one of my favs. :)

"Stand By Me." Great storytelling, fabulous character arcs, and believable dialogue pulled off by spectacular actors and my favorite director.

Sideways and Little Miss Sunshine. It's the individual characters and their transitions during the stories.

I'll go with Interstellar. I love the different angles from which "love" is dissected. The story telling is just deep and emotional and for once the science stuff don't take you away from what the movie is about.

Crissy Corvette -you have great taste in movies!! My choices are the goonies, the early Harry Potter series (later ones too dark-although brilliant) and even a hallmark classic. The nine lives of Christmas.

Raiders of the Lost Ark because it's the best movie ever made. :)

Star Wars: A New Hope. Like many others of my generation, it literally changed my life and made me want to work in the movies.

Of all time? Ghostbusters or That Thing You Do. Ghostbusters is largely out of nostalgia since I really watch Stripes wayyyy more often, but That Thing You Do is one of the greatest scripts ever with so many jokes that still hold up so well

The Usual Suspects is a favorite of mine! The screenplay alone by Christopher McQuarrie is fantastic and the cast all turned in terrific performances!

"Donnie Darko" always comes to mind when people ask this question. I feel it encapsulates a moment between life and death - a superhero moment - where we solve the world's problems or at least help solve the problems we intuit the people closest to us are experiencing.

It's so hard to choose just one... but, love American Psycho. The story, the time (1980`s), the music, the director, the cast, the scenes, and surrealism. Just love it!

Lawrence of Arabia: epic but personal, incredible cinematography, music, and performances. O'Toole was just a beautiful man....and that scene where he's walking on the train roof....the camera shifts to his shadow, speaks volumes about the fleeting phenomenon of celebrity. But the most powerful scene is the attack on the retreating Turkish army..."No prisoners," Lawrence says. Shariff says, "Go around, 'Orance...: but no matter how primitive the butchery he knows is to come, he joins in. He follows the leader. Why does Lawrence lead them all to annihilate the enemy? Because one man, who's entire family/village is destroyed, is willing to face the multitude and modern weapons alone with a sword on horseback. Can the rest not take vengeance for him and still consider themselves men? No. The brilliance of that confrontation with the essence of masculinity in war is amazing. If you want to understand the present and future problems of the Mid-east, look at the past.

My favorite movies are The Lord of the Rings trilogy directed by Peter Jackson. It inspires me to write scripts.

Right now, probably Alien 3, mainly for its grim tone and atmosphere (and its troubled production), but in terms of how a movie should be written, directed and acted - the Back to the Future trilogy (I consider all three films part of one whole story).

I love the movie ON THE WATERFRONT with Marlon Brando. I always cry during that scene between Brando, who's a dockworker whose friend has been pushed off the roof by union thugs, and his brother played by Rod Steiger, when Brando claims "I could've been a contender" -- and finally he stands up for himself against the crooked union boss, played by Lee J. CObb. Directed by Elia Kazan. The way Brando character is developed as an uneducated, inchoate but striving young amn, up on the roof with his pigeons and in love with Eva Marie Saint. It's just an amazing flick. And wow -- the music!!!.

Heat. I saw it the night it came out with my dad. It just made its way into my subconscious. It’s always there when I’m editing. “Oh yeah, that’s a Heat influence.” I’m not saying it’s the greatest movie of all time, but I’m not NOT saying that either.

I really love the movie Nobody because that is how I feel at times minus the special ops skills of course Crissy Corvette

A tie between Jaws and Raiders of the Lost Ark. They never get old. And maybe Star Wars A New Hope.

I'm old school but its gotta be THE GODFATHER. If every best picture was nominated against each other I think it would win the best picture of best pictures. I've always felt that it was almost a horror movie in a way - a promising young man becomes a sociopathic killer to attain the American dream. Every performance. Every melody it hits the right note. I love so many movies so much but that would be the one.

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Hollywood declares 'PSYCHO' the best. That one with Jamie's family as the lead role (Jamie Lee Curtis)

Crissy Corvette - There is Quite a few, actually. But if I have to pick one, it is "AWAKENINGS". It puts the Whole thing about Human Communication and Care in it Right Place. It Shows you the Importance of Human Contact and Real Communication!

So many great movies! So hard to choose. Gotta go with a top 5: Pulp Fiction, Taxi Driver, North By Northwest, Citizen Kane, On The Waterfront. Then there’s 2001 and Clockwork Orange and Raiders of the Lost Ark. And Charlie Kaufman’s Adaptation, The Graduate, and Risky Business. Damn, that’s 11. Not even including Fellini, Truffaut, Bunuel, or Bergman films. Such a shame that it’s gotten so hard to make features and connect with the audience, the way it used to be. It’s just so difficult to capture the audience’s imagination anymore, with such a fragmented and polarized and media-saturated world.

It's A Wonderful Life saved mine.

There are a few a the top; however, by far, my favorite movie is True Romance. It has a cast of characters featuring actors doing what they do best. And the dialogue! Don't get me started. I can't even pick my favorite scene or my favorite performance.

Too many to list, Sci-Fi - Blade Runner - for that one scene where Roy Batty is on the roof with Deckard and he save him from death - even an artificial being finds humanity. It gives hope to an existential question that is even more relevant today as we slowly sleepwalk into bringing SkyNet into existence. Which leads me to two more in this genre, Matrix and Terminator. And finally, Alien and The Thing.

Horror - has to be the original Japanese version of The Ring, much scarier than the US remake.

Drama, a recent film I thought was well made, The Whale. Increasingly I'm finding indie films, tending not to be made by the larger studios are better for drama, though I'm reminded that even A24 is a big studio! Recently watched and enjoyed, Living (Bill Nighy), Close, Sick of Myself, The Blue Kaftan, Blue Jean, L'immensita (Penelope Cruz), Silent Love, Aftersun, La syndicaliste - the list goes on.

I look for stories well told, stories that I aspire to write, stories that surprise.

Don't know which one to chose, but Knives Out is the best movie to watch - there's a couple of lessons there - truth will set you free, trust nobody, have a will. I like the way the old man dealt with his family who believed they were entitled to his estate. Love me for who I am - not what you can get from me.

Jai Cullen the irreverence of Life of Brian, especially the scene where the Centurion is correcting Eric Idle on his latin grammar!

Choosing 1 is going to be impossible for me so here’s a top 3: The Thing, Midnight Run and The Long Goodbye. I grew up with these films.

I think that every time I answer this question I change my mind! It's so hard to choose just one, isn't it? I'd definitely say The Thing, Alien, and Doctor Strangelove are favourites of mine.

Apparently as a child I loved Tony Curtis' Houdini and would watch it over and over on repeat! I have very little memory of that though, but it must have struck a chord early on. I should revisit it sometime and see if I like it as an adult.

the phantom tollbooth cartoon movie and the original Tron movie.

I like The Longest Promise. It carries me away in another spiritual dimension.

Get Shorty because I think it is a great film.

My favorite movie is The Color Purple. Such an amazing story and the cast just bought the characters to life. I can watch this movie over and over.

I could never pick one movie but Cooley High is definitely a favorite of mine. It was the first movie to make me feel like I knew and could relate to all the characters and their situations. It was funny, sad, suspenseful and poignant all at once. Above all it felt authentic as if the film makers had lived it. IMO, Michael Shultz has never been given his due as a Director.

"To Kill a Mockingbird" I think it the best adaption of any novel, and it's my favorite novel.

Hi Crissy.

It's all about casting and scoring for me. Finding the best individual possible when it comes to films and scoring the most intriguing music that would make that movie pop..

A awesome plot, theme or scheme that will keep my attention for an hour or two.

Great screenwriters also keeps my attention by keeping me guessing or wondering what may or may not occur as I'm watching the film.

A few of my favorite movies are Hot Tub Time Machine

My favorite movie? That's tough, @Crissy Corvette. Maybe JURASSIC PARK because of the concept, Steven Spielberg, the writing, the visuals, the acting, the music, the character relationships, the way I was hooked throughout the entire film, and the incredible scenes -- scenes I've never seen in a movie before (the T-Rex chase scene, the raptors in the kitchen scene, etc.).

Maurice Vaughan Have you tried the VR version?

I didn't know there was a VR version, Anthony Murphy. Sounds exciting. Have you tried it?

Maurice Vaughan Yeah, my kids have it, and it's a trip. It's will make you jump, for it's like a real T-Rex lunging at you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OSijZB2gE8

"GOODFELLAS" because it's "GOODFELLAS!" Same for-- "CASABLANCA!"

Can you really play favourites with films? Personally I love Hayao Miyazaki's My Neighbour Totoro because it is always such a warm and fuzzy feeling and the storytelling is brilliant. Everything Everywhere All At Once seems like one of the most groundbreaking films of late and also the Mitchells vs The Machines is absolutely hilarious and I will watch it everytime I need an easy laugh.

Jed Power, you really are a FUNNY GUY!

That's pretty cool, Anthony Murphy. You can move the screen on the video. I actually thought you were talking about a VR video game version.

Maurice Vaughan I was. My kids aren't here right now, and I don't play games, but this is like the VR game that they have. At least I think it's a game, but I've just put on the headset and seen the dinosaurs. I use the VR for the boxing too, which is a fantastic workout. Anyway, here is vid that is like the Jurasic VR my kids have:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2I1tmZeY1o

Here are my favorites (no order of importance):

1. The first Saw film: a pioneer of the unfortunately-titled "torture porn" sub-genre of horror movies, the first Saw film was thrilling. A clever way of introducing a modern horror icon in the form of the Jigsaw killer. Definitely more psychological than the other movies, that's a fact. It plays with your mind. The concept is simple enough and makes you reevaluate your own values. You can't help but root for the antagonist, which is a rare feat in itself.

2. Saving Private Ryan: The prime example of a war movie done right. The opening of the movie had my jaw drop to the floor. As a history buff myself, I was quite pleased with how this one turned out.

3. Platoon: Another favorite of mine when it comes to war movies. The true face of war: an abomination that turns human beings into savages.

4. Titanic: A historical movie that blends a romance without feeling cliché or unnatural.

5. The Queen of the Damned adaptation: Call it a guilty pleasure, but the 2000's nü-metal teen in me is still attracted to this movie.

6. Se7en: Brilliant plot, relatable characters and anti-heroes, and a masterfully written twist at the end.

Toss up between BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID, MIDNIGHT RUN, and FORD vs FERRARI. If while channel surfing any of these three pop up it's an instant remote drop no matter how far into the story they are. Why? Some of the most engaging buddy movies I've ever come across.

Psycho. The cinematography, morbid humor, and twisted suspense truly make it a work of art. The paradigm of horror films. Hitchcock did horror right.

Hey, Crissy Corvette, what type of research are you conducting with this fun question?

Crissy Corvette Hi Crissy, I'd say Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and also Blade Runner is up there for me.

I saw BC with my Dad when I was a kid and was just wowed by Newman, Redford and the cinematography was spellbinding.

Blade Runner. It was just a wonderful world explored well by Ridley Scott and I loved the performances of Harrison Ford and Sean Young. I found the whole story captivating.

Geoff Hall When I was a kid, I lived in the same town as Paul Newman. He was one of the most grounded people. He and Joanne Woodward lived near a junior high school in an average house for the town, not what you would expect one of the biggest stars in the world to be living in. My younger brother and his best friend, who were both about 9 or 10, approached him in Schaffer's Sporting Goods Store and asked him for his autograph. He explained to them that he didn't do autographs because he was no more important than anyone else, so why would anyone want his autograph, but then he told them to look him up when they turned eighteen (the drinking age at the time)and he'd buy them a beer. Pretty cool guy.

Thanks, Anthony Murphy. I checked out the video. You're right there with the dinosaurs in the game! I think that might freak some people out a little when they first play. What's the VR boxing video you play?

I've been meaning to check out FORD vs FERRARI, Ty Strange.

Oh, you meant Jamie Lee Curtis' mom in PSYCHO, @Kenneth Adrian Ellis. I misunderstood your comment.

Maurice Vaughan The Thrill of the Fight is the boxing VR. My son told me that the dinosaur VR is called Jurasic Blue. It's not a game, but you walk around Jurasic world, so it's pretty cool. Janet Leigh is JLC's mom.

Ok, thanks, Anthony Murphy. I'll check out the boxing VR.

Yeah, I looked it up. I didn't know Janet Leigh was her mom. Scream queen mom, scream queen daughter.

Crissy,

sorry, I somehow missed this before.

my favorite films still tend to be the ones I saw in my early days of watching and studying movies:

Citizen Kane, Casablanca, North By Northwest, Rear Window, Taxi Driver, The Conformist, Purple Rose of Cairo, Scenes from a Marriage, La Strada, Diner, An Unmarried Woman, Nashville, 3 Women, The Graduate, Zelig, Ikiru, On The Waterfront, L’Aventura, Blow-Up, Body Double, Breathless, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, Seven Beauties, Swept Away (1974), Who Shot Liberty Valance?

Add to that more recent films like Pulp Fiction, Parasite, The Big Lebowski,

oh, also All The President’s Men and The Big Short, The Fighter, Rosemary’s Baby, Requiem for a Heavyweight, Requiem for a Dream, Something About Mary, Glengarry Glen Ross, Joker (2019), The Hangover (not a great film but I enjoyed it - same for Silver Linings Playbook), American Hustle, Permanent Midnight, Sullivan’s Travel, The Lady Eve, The Palm Beach Story, It Happened One Night, It’s a Wonderful Life, Back to the Future, Godfather 1 & 2, Mr Smith Goes to Washington, The Manchurian Candidate, The Conversation, Bonnie and Clyde, Platoon, Wall Street, Natural Born Killers, Black Klansman, Do the Right Thing, A Star Is Born (1954 & 2020), Da 5 Bloods, Malcolm X, Get Out

It's a Wonderful Life because I was in a really bad way when I watched it.

keep forgetting some of the best films:

Psycho, M, Some Like It Hot, Los Angeles Confidential, Chinatown, In Cold Blood, Strangers in Paradise, Raising Arizona, Adaptation, Sophie’s Choice, Silkwood, Jungle Fever, The Wizard of Oz, Sunrise, Sunset Boulevard, Basic Instinct (not a great movie, but an iconic one), One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Tender Mercies. East of Eden, Rebel Without A Cause

Always a tough question. Let's be quick:

Casablanca, The Apartment, The Conversation, Empire Strikes Back, Raiders Of The Lost Ark, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Akira, Inception, Saving Private Ryan, Ready Player One.

The Mask and the Truman Show. the Silence of the Lambs. Lenny. Casino Royals and Skyfall, To Russia with Love, Young Frankenstein, Frankenstein, Midnight Cowboy. Carnal Knowledge, Viva Las Vegas, A Night at the Opera, Amadeus, Diabolique, Out of the Past (in my top 10), Night of the Hunter, Persona, Schindler’s List, Raiders of the Lost Ark. Nosferatu, 2001 A Space Odyssey, Risky Business, Eyes Wide Shut, Poltergeist, Cassavetes’ Faces and Shadows, Mulholland Drive, Wild at Heart, Apocalypse Now, Star Wars, Thd Matrix, Maltese Falcon, The Big Sleep, All That Jazz, Thelma and Louise, Shawshank Redemption, The Player, Once Upon. Time in Hollywood, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, The Lost Weekend, Philadelphia, Cape Fear (both), The Grapes of Wrath, My Darling Clementine, The Searchers, Beverly Hills Cop, Aliens, The Terminator, Leaving Las Vegas, The King of Comedy, Singing in the Rain, Peeping Tom, Django Unchained, Kubrick’s Lolita, Something Wild, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Boogie Nights, The Master, Cries and Whispers, Tootsie, Network, Reds, Wag the Dog

No way can I choose just one. LOL! Some of my favorites include;

Natural Born Killers for it's artistry and commentary on society, and Woody and Juliette were just brilliant.

Bram Stoker's Dracula: Beautifully done and faithful to the book. I especially loved the focus on the romance between Dracula and Mina that humanized Dracula and made me feel empathy for him. A big accomplishment, considering I read the book in middle school and it gave me nightmares for weeks. LOL

Platoon: Gritty, intense, emotional. I can still close my eyes and hear the soundtrack.

Saving Private Ryan: I was glued to the screen right from the beginning. The intensity of the beach landing was horrifying, yet I couldn't pull my eyes away. And all the characters were well-developed and relatable, so it felt personal every time one died.

Avatar: I loved the story and the special effects. The spirituality of the Na'vi struck a chord with me. I wasn't thrilled with the second one though, even though I understood what they were doing as far as setting up for the next film. I just felt like they went too far with Jake's resistance to fighting. It didn't fit his character and instead of showing him as a man putting his family's safety first, they made him look so weak and pathetic that I'm not at all excited for part three.

I loved Titanic, but I'm still mad that Jack died. LOL

And of course there's all the fun movies, like all the Star Wars films, all the Indiana Jones films, all the Harry Potter films, and all the Lord of the Rings films. I can watch those over and over again.

And just because I think it was pure genius...I LOVED the TV series Northern Exposure. If I could step through the screen and live in Cicely, I'd do it in a heartbeat. Visiting Roslyn, WA is on my bucket list. LOL

Hey there!

Some of my favorites include:

The Thing (1982), Tombstone, The Dark Knight, Sleepy Hollow, North by Northwest.

Oooo, I forgot about Sleepy Hollow! Can I add that to my list? LOL

Crissy, I don't really have a favorite movie...but I've got several.

Here goes (and not necessarily in any best-to-worst rank):

1. "Twelve Angry Men" (1957)

2. "The D.I." (1957)

3. "The Nutty Professor" (1963)

4. "Cotton Comes to Harlem" (1970)

5. "Buck and the Preacher" (1972)

6. "Blazing Saddles" (1974)

7. "Airplane!" (1980)

8. "The Blues Brothers" (1980)

9. "9 to 5" (1980)

10. "Purple People Eater" (1988)

11. "Malcolm X" (1992)

12. "A League of Their Own" (1992)

13. "Little Giants" (1994)

14. "When a Man Loves a Woman" (1994)

15. "Remember the Titans" (2000)

16. "School of Rock" (2003)

17. "Million Dollar Baby" (2004)

18. "Ray" (2004)

19. "Akeelah and the Bee" (2005)

20. "The Help" (2011)

Yeah...I'm all over the map.

3, 4, and 6-10 made the list because they made me laugh...really laugh. So did 12, 13, and 16.

I like those root-for-the-underdog stories, too...and that's why 1, 5, 12, 13, 15, 19, and 20 got in.

"The D.I." entered the list because I liked Jack Webb...and I liked what Denzel Washington did in "Malcolm X" and "Remember the Titans." Loved the job Jamie Foxx did as "Ray" and the Clint Eastwood-Morgan Freeman-Hilary Swank relationship in "Million Dollar Baby."

Plus: "When a Man Loves a Woman" struck a chord with me because I grew up in an alcoholic household (my mom was the alcoholic).

Thanks so doggone much for the post!

My favorite movie is Annabelle the haunted doll, I saw it at the box office and the sound effects were enough to scare me! I was scared. I am a doll collector big on the "Whimsey dolls" but Annabelle is yet to join my doll collections. I own the two movies now, and it intrigued me with the Manson slayings in the background of their tv awesome movie!

I need to add all the Alien movies too. Can't believe I forgot those! The first one STILL scares the crap out of me and I've watched it at least a dozen times over the years. LOL

Reading through everyone's lists I'm realizing two things: There are a lot of movies I could add to my list that I didn't even think of. And there are even more movies I've never even heard of! This is my punishment for never having cable/streaming/satellite, etc... (I'm a tightwad, I admit it...LOL)

I actually saw the real Annabelle doll inside it's protected case in the Warren Paranormal Museum, Scarlett. Quite the sight indeed.

THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD with Errol Flynn. It was the first movie I remember seeing as a kid in a movie theater (Arizona).

The English Patient, I find the story so poetic and deep, some might find it long but when you get invested with the characters, every moment counts. The bitter-sweet ending is what took me the most. I remember spending weeks thinking about it, how lonely and hopeful Katharine was in that cave, Hana's curse, the music and the photography. Great movie overall and maybe a little underated.

THE DEER HUNTER (1978) Won the Oscar for BEST PICTURE and BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (Chris Walken). Plus a 29-year-old Meryl Streep earns her first Oscar Nomination for BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS.

@Anthony Murphy (sorry, tagging is not working) That’s such a cool story, Anthony. I wonder if they ever got that beer. Imagine sharing a little time with Paul Newman over a beer!

Depends on the genre - for summer blockbusters, Back to the Future (all 3 of them, since they all tell a single story); for crime dramas, Michael Mann's early works such as Thief and Manhunter; for sci-fi, probably the anime classic Akira. :)

LADYHAWKE. Swords. Sorcery. Romance. Michelle Pfeiffer. What's not to like?

Pope of Greenwich Village. Love the dialogue and character interaction. The way it was shot. But ultimately dialogue and character development and how the actors/actresses performed. I could watch it over and over.

Nice choice, Francisco Castro ! You forgot to mention the gorgeous cinematography by Vittorio Storaro. Now if they just could've gotten John Williams or Jerry Goldsmith to do the music, it would have been almost perfect :-)

Geoff Hall I apologize, Geoff, for I just saw your comment. Actually my little brother's friend grew up and dated Paul Newman's daughter, so he probably did get the beer, but our family had moved to another state by that time.. Mr.Newman was a cool guy. I have another Paul Newman story. A high school friend had just taken up fly fishing. In this New England town, there is a creek that runs through it named Dead Man's Creek, for when the British landed on the beach, the Minute Men retreated into the woods pursued by the British soldiers. When the American Minute Men got to the creek they hid under the water using grass straws to breathe through, so the Brits thought that they had drowned and hence the name. Anyway, my friend was wearing waders and was walking down the creek trying to master fly fishing techniques. From the backdoor of one of the houses along the creek came Paul Newman. Unknowingly, my friend was casting behind the star's house. My friend said that Mr. Newman was so cool, and that he spent over an hour talking to my sixteen year old friend and trying to fly cast himself. He didn't act like a movie star. Some mornings you would see him walking around down town or at the train station chatting with commuters taking Conrail into NYC. Keanu Reeves behavior in public always reminds me of how Paul Newman was so grounded.

Thanks for an easy request. The Matrix because it is part of the Epic Sci-Fi Series that transformed Black Cinema, Science Fiction, and the Level of Storytelling. Before this Epic Series (The Terminator Franchise and The Matrix Franchise), all Sci-Fi movies were about Aliens and Frankenstein-like Monsters of some kind (50, 60, 70s). First, the Terminator (part 1 of the Epic Series) enters and we are introduced to Cyborgs, Cybernetic Technology, and next-level storytelling. Next, The Matrix (part 2 of the Epic Series) is so powerful that I have broken movies into 3 parts (Movies made before The Terminator/The Matrix), The Terminator/The Matrix, and Movies made after The Terminator/The Matrix). For those who will go back and track Sci-Fi, it is obvious this Series evolved Screenwriting to nearly prophetic-status and I was certain the "Golden Era" of Screenwriting was upon us. For Me, I was in utter shock and I sat in the theatre in March 1999 and I paused, "I cannot believe someone put THE TRUTH on the Big Screen." Both of these movies in this Series is worth hundreds and hundreds of pages of Cinematic Inquiry and Curiosity. I am still shaking my head and in awe of how powerful this Series is and how it affects me on all parameters of Character Change via Mythical Terms as designated by Joseph Campbell (Psychological, Sociological, Cosmological, Mystical). And the kicker of that is when you do your research, the first copyright for this Series is in May 1 1981. At the advent of the 80s, this Creative was creating a series about Quantum Computing, Quantum Generative AI, Cybernetic and Robotics, iPads and iPhones, Time Travel, Digital Downloads, Telekinetic Neural Learning, Large Language and Deep Learning as IBM released the Personal Computer in 1981 and the Internet was created in 1983. With the facts and the timeline, it is easy to assess The Terminator/The Matrix Series as the greatest Cinematic Storytelling in our Modern Era.

HEAT.

I'm a diehard Michael Mann fanboy and the big, sprawling, epic crime thriller is just my jam... and this is just such a great film. It's the only movie poster I have in my townhome that's framed and hanging.

Lion King and a silent voice

... Yes, I remember I read sonewhere that they waited to shoot the movie until the technology was advanced enough to create the the effects they wanted.

0nly in 1999 they felt it was time to shoot.

I would say Get Shorty just because I like it.

Anthony Murphy no worries, Anthony and no apology necessary. I love that fishing story too! Paul Newman was class and that’s a great word to describe him - grounded - and yes Keanu has that quality too.

I absolutely love that this conversation is still going strong and that new people keep jumping in to share not just their favorite movies, but what they love about them. This is awesome.

Hard to Be a God (2013) dir. by Aleksei German. It truly is a one of a kind experience visually and psychically