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oh i forgot the other kubricks
- dr strangelove
- the shining
My kids love Kubrick…they are a lil dark and disjointed for me…but as my wife says I am “not a smart man”…got that in common with my boy forest gump😉
I revisited ur top ten and with the exception of #4 (never heard of it) and #8 ( I didn’t watch it last night😂) those are hard to disagree with🙌🏽…unfortunately they were not arrived at with the same rigor and standards of research as mine🤷🏽♂️
#4 nil by mouth is kind of harrowing (though there's a lot more to it). i had a phase of loving films like that, and my top 3 then were:
- nil by mouth (about a wife abuser basically)
- breaking the waves (i can't even bring myself to say what it was about)
- se7en (i am guessing you might know this..)
i also love films where you kind of find out right at the end what it's been all about, but you didn't realize before. for example Chinatown (at least that's my interpretation of it..)
I don't know Major Payne, perhaps I should try it to give your list a chance of redemption 😁
I remember really liking se7en (full disclosure I’m an unabashed Brad Pitt fan and also a fan of Morgan freeman and Kevin spacey) but can’t remember much about it other than the crimes based on the seven deadly sins
As for major payne it’s a pointless comedy with gut splitting comedic stupidity…but if u liked in living color and particularly Damon wayans it’s pretty funny.
what i loved about se7en (without giving any big spoilers if you rewatch):
- the mood / atmosphere. unrelenting rain in the city.. ..suddenly and completely relieved when they drive out to the desert for the final scene
- the sheer imagination of those crimes, my god
- kevin spacey was an incredible bad guy and you could totally believe he was capable
oh as you mention brad pitt, another film i forgot is 'the big short'. Not just because it's the best explanation of the total simplicity of the fraud in the banking system, but its brilliantly directed and acted. Should be a heavy film and i guess it is if you think about it, but it's really a great watch.
“2 enthusiast thumbs up” on big short…loved that movie
Kevin spacey was also really good in “usual suspects”
And I will have to give se7en another watch…its been a long time
