• tychosmoose@piefed.socialEnglish
    46·
    6 months ago

    The Long Kiss Goodnight

    https://imdb.com/title/tt0116908

    Geena Davis and Samuel L Jackson. He said in 2019 that it was his favorite role. It was released after a flop for Davis and director Renny Harlin (then her husband), and may have had poor press related to that.

    It has an unlikely hero, plenty of action sequences, some fun performances (I had to pause it after a funny line from Brian Cox cracked me up), and heart. Solidly entertaining. But low expectations might help.

    • miseducator@lemmy.world
      11·
      6 months ago

      I watched this movie when I was in middle school and thought it was badass. I completely forgot about it until your mention and now I gotta see if it holds up. All I remember is that it takes place in winter and Samuel L. says "Pussy is pussy " at some point.

      • GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca
        4·
        6 months ago
        Tap for spoiler

        “You’re gonna die screaming and I’m gonna watch” will never not be a badass line, and “I propose that whatever he is trying to dislodge is either gone for good or there to stay” will never stop amusing me.

        I wouldn’t say those are definitely the best lines in the movie, but probably top 5, definitely top 10.

        • tomenzgg@midwest.socialEnglish
          3·
          6 months ago
          Spoiler

          But that first line only gets better when she mows him down and punctuates it with, “Die screaming, motherfucker.”

          That movie is so good, regardless expectations. One of my absolute favorites.

  • Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
    481·
    6 months ago

    There are so many movies I could list but for now I’ll go with About Time (2013). Everything about it makes it seem like it would be a dumb sappy romcom but it manages to hit hard.

    EDIT: This is the type of image they used to market the film, which is really misleading.

  • tetris11@lemmy.ml
    35·
    6 months ago

    Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

    Surprisingly good action and a decent plot to boot.

  • kratoz29@lemm.eeEnglish
    8·
    6 months ago

    Somebody must do a Trakt or (Mdblsit) of the titles mentioned here, I am honestly interested in catching up with this backlog lol.

  • Akasazh@feddit.nl
    12·
    6 months ago

    Cop Land.

    I didn’t have Sly Stallone outacting Robert Deniro as a possibility, but then that movie happened.

    • Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
      31·
      6 months ago

      Cop Land is amazing. Most people forget that Stallone has been nominated for three academy awards.

  • MrEC@lemmy.world
    35·
    6 months ago

    I loved Hudson Hawk. The story was bonkers, the musical numbers were entertaining and had a great ending.

  • phantomwise@lemmy.mlEnglish
    132·
    6 months ago

    The Suicide Squad from 2021. The previous Suicide Squad movie was a disaster and you’re making ANOTHER ONE? That movie had no right to be as entertaining as it was.

    Also The Batman. Comic book movie: check. Comic book character that has been done to death: check. Everything has to be grim and dark and realistic: check. When I say “everything has to be dark” I also mean the visuals: check. But it was fine, surprisingly.

  • d00phy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    6 months ago

    The Sweetest Thing came off as a pretty saccharine rom-com. It was more like American Pie for late-20s.

    • ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works
      341·
      6 months ago

      The first one was fairly clever in that they had probably 50 years of collective ideas and inspiration to work off of. It’s a story that needed to push no boundaries and hold to established tropes, with no expectations because it was a ride: perfect for Disney.

      Now when Disney gets their hands on an established franchise full of expectations…

    • Landless2029@lemmy.world
      151·
      6 months ago

      Johnny Depp fucking carries that franchise.

      He nailed Jack sparrow so damn hard I can’t picture anyone else in that role. It sets the pace of the movie too.

      • kratoz29@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        6 months ago

        Does that actually work? I have only played the 1st 20 minutes of Monkey Island lol

        • Nailbar@sopuli.xyz
          5·
          6 months ago

          They have a lot of similarities.

          According to wikipedia, Monkey Island was inspired by the Pirates of the Caribbean ride, and Pirates of the Caribbean was rumored to be based on a cancelled script for a Monkey Island movie.

  • hedgehogging_the_bed@lemmy.world
    601·
    6 months ago

    “The Adventures Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension” 1984

    Great script, great cast, young Johnathan Lithgow and Christopher Llyod, Peter Weller in one of his best rolls, and bonus Jeff Goldblum as they new guy.

    Whole thing is still a perfect package, looking like a B movie you’d totally skip.

  • GraniteM@lemmy.world
    19·
    6 months ago

    Conan the Barbarian (1982) has no right to be as good as it is. On paper, it’s a dumb sword and sorcery flick with a body builder who could barely speak English in the lead. But everyone involved does an incredible job, from the acting to the directing, to the score. It’s a crime that Destroyer trashed up the formula, and we never got Conan the King.

    • CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works
      6·
      6 months ago

      I watched it expecting the same campy tropes from other fantasy/sci-fi movies of the era and what I got was a movie deeper than it lets on. That score too, amazing.

      • bradorsomething@ttrpg.network
        4·
        6 months ago

        There comes a time, thief, when the jewels cease to sparkle… when the gold loses its luster… when the throne room becomes a prison… and all that is left is a father’s love for his child.

      • wewbull@feddit.ukEnglish
        3·
        6 months ago

        It defined the genre in a lot of ways. There’s a reason so many 80s flicks tried to emulate it on the cheap. It’s the same as “Star Wars” to so many “Battle Beyond the Stars” movies that followed.

  • lattrommi@lemmy.mlEnglish
    103·
    6 months ago

    Battleship.

    Yeah, the movie based off the board(?) game.

    Feel free to fire up the torches and start handing out the pitchforks, because I’m not playing by the rules.

    It doesn’t just look like it will suck, it looks like a ‘so bad it is bad’ type of movie, an overbudgeted ‘this is what is wrong with movies these days’ sort of unmitigated hot wet trash from a dumpster fire in the bad part of town.

    It isn’t well written.

    It isn’t well acted.

    I honestly can’t even promise a good time.

    These are the thoughts that went through my mind when I read about it before watching: “This is going to be awful and a waste of my time. These actor names kinda look familiar but I don’t know who any of these people are. Is Rihanna her first name or last name? Isn’t she just a singer. It better not have that stupid umbrella song. Wait, Liam Neeson is in this? Is he doing okay? Did he lose a bet? Does he need money? I bet that evil Jar’jar forced him to to do this. Wait, running time over 2 hours?! How is that even… the board never took more than like 15 minutes… except cheaters moving their… fuck me, I already need a drink.”

    Go into the movie with that mindset. Be angry at it before it starts.

      • lattrommi@lemmy.mlEnglish
        2·
        6 months ago

        I love that premise! I am very good at doing that, turning mundane events into epic movie scenes with no shortage of hyberbole. I have frequently said that adding dramatic music to anything a cat or dog is doing, instantly makes it funnier.

        Me and a friend used to do movie reviews but we had the added stipulation that we haad to get drunk while watching the movie and do the review immediately afterwards. A fan requested we do Battleship, which is the sole reason I watched this movie (and probably why I did not hate it outright).

    • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
      41·
      6 months ago

      I actually liked Rhianna in that film

      Edit: downvotes? Is my personal experience somehow incorrect?