Is it Fartin Forfevvy?

I want to see Tarantino's first choices in place, like Matt Dillon as Butch and Sid Haig as Marsellus and Warren Beatty as Bill and Will Smith as Django. I can sort of understand Dillon not making the effort because Tarantino wasn't Tarantino at the time, and because Tarantino wasn't Tarantino the guy playing agent for Haig never ever bothered him for a role where he'd be, well, you know.

I like to think of the Tarantino films that might have been

At the time Kruger was one of the best villains we had had in a long time

Michael Rooker vs Gene Hackman was one for the ages

Go easy. He's just a girl

BELLY is borderline terrible but there are moments, particularly the opening sequence. Warning: the rest of the film does not slap like this

DEAD PRESIDENTS would be the superior version to BELLY but feels less like hiphop and more like good Blaxploitation. I also recommend MIAMI VICE (unrated cut)

Get thee to Barry Sonnenfeld's ADDAMS FAMILY two-fer; MEN IN BLACK 3 is also surprisingly emotional

I also recommend AMELIE, but would recommend that film to anyone for any reason

BEING JOHN MALKOVICH would be called BEING JOHN MALKOVICH

Even when it comes to satire, I try not to make assumptions on any value judgements that may or may not have been made by any film. I like avoiding that socio-political commentary layer of reading movies, unless it's to empathize (but not on any moral level per se). I much prefer keeping my thoughts confined to a diegetic level, where it's not that Tyler's the worst person because he's a foodie -- he commits foul after foul and it pissed off the wrong person. I can understand that sort of dynamic and see where both sides are coming from. Tyler's super enthusiastic, Slowik is super over it

Because when we use the term "worst person" can we really say it was the foodie? With those incriminating fajitas?

I'M GONNA GIT YOU SUCKA!

There's a nice bit in JACKIE BROWN where Louis, played by Robert DeNiro (in a role rumored to have been offered to Stallone) is too stoned to properly hang up the phone

I would have liked to have said, tho, "Sly was too Stalloned for the phone"

I just love what you've done with the English language here

You can probably add STIR OF ECHOES to that list, although it's not as good as those two. And CRIMSON PEAK

THE SIXTH SENSE is such a good movie because it's about family dysfunction and being unable to communicate. So when mom and son finally are able to share, it's just this huge release of tension. Then the kicker makes it all the more sweet

Sure, of course

There are a few films I already consider lowkey Bond films, like TENET and even HAYWIRE and THE ROCK. Clearly KINGSMAN and MAN FROM UNCLE are cut from Bond's suits

I like the meta approach to films these days, because somewhere along the line audiences forgot that movies are movies and not real life

It used to mean a movie that didn't do well at the box office and critically bombed, but grew on the secondary market. Usually a classic indicates 20-30 years has passed and the film remains relevant; being "cult" often shortens that duration because the level of fandom is more intense albeit still in minority numbers. THE BIG LEBOWSKI and THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW are examples of cult classics. Cult classics usually provoke costume parties and revivals

You'll be fine. What IMAX really means is that the screen is going to be big, and as long as the screen is big that's great. You can always sit closer if the screen isn't big

Laser indicates more resolution but the difference isn't worth twice the travel time

r/MovieSuggestions

Jack Nicholson, Ralph Fiennes, Alfred Molina, Kate Winslet, Cliff Curtis, Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Toni Collette, Cate Blanchett, Dominque Pinon, Toshiro Mifune, Paul Newman, Josh Brolin, Amy Adams, Benicio Del Toro, Glenn Close, John Lithgow, the saga continues

It's more a case of the box office becoming less and less a factor in determining a movie's "legs"

A cult film is something that didn't get a lot of traction at the box office and later did, via the secondary viewership audience. Which was the only way we could track a movie's popularity. Now that streaming has taken over, that's all changed. No one's rushing to see movies when they can take their sweet time, and these same people will often refuse to see a movie if they feel they're being pressured

I don't have a rating system. I just try to find what's enjoyable

When I don't like something but there's a lot I can tell that's good about the movie, I try to figure out its intended audience and try to see it through that lens

Since I love Amy Adams it sort of tears me apart to have watched her play essentially the worst version of Lois Lane. Same goes with Viola Davis' Amanda Waller

Michael Rappaport

This was a back door pilot for FIREFLY

I like to lob a Denis Villeneuve film for these kinds of questions, particularly ENEMY

Movies to go in blind?

You want gonzo? FROM DUSK TILL DAWN

You want delightful and refreshing? STRANGER THAN FICTION

You want a whole lot of fun? KUNG FU HUSTLE

You want spiritual? SPRING SUMMER FALL WINTER ... AND SPRING AGAIN

You want to never watch movies the same again? EL TOPO

You want Henry Fonda? ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST