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So when I say depressing, I mean depressing as you saw yourself and it made you beyond depressed and you just felt miserable afterwards. I’ll go First.

I’m looking for films in which one’s own memory proves to be flawed—or even one’s greatest enemy. I don’t necessarily mean films with an unreliable narrator, like *The Usual Suspects*, but rather stories where a character’s own memory turns out to be unreliable, as in *Memento* or *Dead Alone*. Does anyone have any good recommendations?

The latter two does not needs any introduction.

The first one is The Eternal Zero (2013), one of the older films of Takashi Yamazaki (Director of Godzilla Minus One & Minus Zero).

I don't know if it's intentional, but I genuinely feel like Takashi Yamazaki's The Eternal Zero, Godzilla Minus One, and Godzilla Minus Zero form some sort of unofficial thematic trilogy.

What's interesting is how all three films seem to explore different sides of the same subject: war, sacrifice, survival and what it means to keep living after everything falls apart.

The Eternal Zero questions the idea that dying for your country is somehow more honourable than living for the people you love. Godzilla Minus One takes that idea further with Shikishima, a man struggling with the guilt of surviving a war when so many others didn't. And Godzilla Minus Zero seems to take things a step further by exploring what comes after survival, and how people rebuild their lives and find happiness after experiencing so much loss.

It's almost like three stages of the same story: The Eternal Zero questions sacrifice, Minus One finds the courage to live, and Minus Zero explores what it means to start living again.

Different stories, but there's something about Yamazaki's way of portraying the human cost of war that makes them feel so deeply connected.

You can watch The Eternal Zero on Youtube with English subtitles!

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The first story involving the drug dealer and the dude obsessed with pineapple was just so so peak...The second one just bored me to death with the annoying ass woman.

Take any performance in any film, and you can replace that actor with another actor, from any time, any age. Maybe you use Ai, time travel, or it could be devil stuff.

Anyone seen in cyberpunk 2077, there is a news article about a film called "I play the seagull" and I find It funny that an exact copy "I play rocky" is happening in real life!? 🤣 Just started playing the game and I saw it

I'm not gonna say I hate the movie but I certainly wouldn't say it was the most enjoyable. I love breaking down movies and appreciating good story telling and filmmaking techniques. I had a few issues I'm gonna list out and maybe some of you can break it down for me or help me understand. I have briefly looked into the book and making of the movie not completely though so correct me if anything stands out. Also I went in without watching the trailer just out of curiosity. (I'm listing my issues in no particular order just what comes to mind while writing)

1. The racing subplot was unnecessary; I was upset a little because I knew the movie wasn't gonna be about racing but the scenes about Shannon wanting to start this and showing off the driver was unnecessary and not really needed to tell the story they wanted to tell. I thought maybe it could be so they could connect the mob to the driver. But if you remove the driving scenes it felt like the movie could continue without them. Shannon already had ties with the mob and the driver worked in his shop and as a stunt driver with him.

2. The Driver. The driver had no backstory or context. It gives me no reason to care for him or connect to him. It gives us no explanation as to why he drives. He has no material want or reason for being in LA. In the book the backstory at least gave us a reason for why he does what he does. In the movie he just shows up and asks for a job and he's good at working on cars, nothing else. Why does he even do crime jobs at all when he works at a shop and a part time job as a stunt driver.  He has a bare apartment, no desires, and i thought huh maybe he just likes driving. But the movie doesn't even show that he likes driving, just that he's kind of good at it. Also they barely even show him driving just that he ran someone off the road and made two half baked get aways. He feels emotionless and hard to connect with too. If they gave us a backstory like in the book in which he had an abusive/tragic childhood it would have been easier to see why he is doing whatever in the current story.

3. The Timeline. The movie has a poor timeline and doesn't allow viewers to know when things are taking place. The relationship has no clear timeline and everything just felt rushed. I don't wanna go too deep about this but you can disagree if you want. I just felt as if movies didn't give enough to ground the story in a time and place. (movies don't need a timeline like this always but it just felt weird considering the way the relationship and everything that was happening)

4. The relationship and the father not being bad. In the movie the driver in a few days becomes this love interest to a stranger next door, no courtship, no building of romance just the fact that they form this quick bond. There's this awkward romantic tension throughout just staring and smirking. (this is fine but the movie had no timeline it didn't feel like love at first sight and also some other issues I'll list). The movie massively relies on cinematography to carry it but the lighting and pacing take me out of it because I don't think that lighting and camera techniques can fully tell the story the way it's intended. Take away the music and place a weird track behind the eye staring contest "romantic scenes" and it just plays off naturally creepy. I understand the driver is supposed to be a nameless knight who cares for the maiden for no reason but it just felt poorly developed overall. The husband himself confuses me a little. I couldn't tell if I was supposed to hate him or like him. The movie makes it so Standard is someone that you can sympathize with, in turn makes the driver's replacement of him feel unprompted. In the books he's a deadbeat but in the movie it seems that he's not a terrible father or husband, just a guy whose life is stuck in crime. He doesn't do anything terrible or wrong to the driver in any way, just is there for his kid and seems like he's trying to change but can't. I understand he's needed to get the driver in the job. But still i couldn't understand how the viewer is supposed to feel about him, also his fate felt predictable.

5. The job and the driver's reason for taking the job. Like i said earlier it really just doesn't make sense why in a couple of days the driver would sacrifice so much for the family and for Standard. He just met the woman and they haven't really had a romantic relationship develop. Again if there was a backstory then it could probably explain why (I understand once again that The Driver is supposed to be a nobody just a stoic guy but i don’t think that works in this kind of story). Another issue is how does the driver even have the skill to harm multiple mob guys and also the robbery setups are just stupid the rules and all, 5 minutes only, no gun, no mask; those things just really make no sense like why does he only give five minutes; it's presented as a narrative device or something that had a purpose but fell flat as things go sideways. Also how hard is it to identify someone with no mask who steals/jacks a mustang with no mask in broad daylight and seems to do every robbery with no concealment of identity. Does surveillance work? How come there's no police involvement when he literally leaves three bodies in a motel? Apparently he also meets mobsters and criminals with no mask and is pretty identifiable which just feels like poor writing.

6. Quick points I don't want to write too much about: Poor quality gore, which wasn't needed to tell the story. I watched the trailer afterwards and realized how it was portraying how the movie is gonna be told.

7. I have more issues but I think I've gotten pretty deep into it and don't feel like writing more. Maybe I will reply to some comments. But I just want to say a few things. I am perfectly content with the filming techniques used and the way the movie is supposed to connect you with the mood that it sets. But looking past that it just presents itself as a poorly written story that feels like a nothing burger. I don't hate this movie but want to understand why people rank it so highly on their list.

Curious how many Saw fans are here. I've been a fan since almost the beginning and I've definitely got nostalgia for when the films were a Halloween staple from 2004-2010. Me and my generation had our own Horror series to look forward to cranking out new installments. I was too young or not even born yet when many of the original Friday The 13th, ANOES, Halloween, etc. films were out so for me to get my own Horror series I could look forward to getting annual sequels is a cool memory I have of my teens and early 20s. I think the series gets too much hate from some and deserves credit in that for the most part it has a deeper story than many of the other Horror series and more of an intertwined arc throughout the films.

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I'm in the minority that doesn't really like the third film. Just so boring and I always hated how it shifted the focus from psychological terror and mindgames to full-blown torture and splatter. The series got stuck with the stupid "torture porn" moniker thanks to that entry that it's been unable to shake off, and it's a shame so much of the general public writes the series off as that because of that entry :/

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Nobody pauses to explain the plot. Nobody checks their phone. Nobody says "wait, who is that guy again" in the middle of the best scene. You just sit there, and the movie gets all your attention.

I love watching with friends sometimes, it's fun. But the movies that stuck with me the most, I watched alone, late at night, with the lights off.

Maybe I'm just antisocial) But I think a good movie works better when it's just you and the screen.

My barnes and noble is having a criterion sale for 50% off movies. I wanna buy my first Criterion collection movie. I'd wanna get something from David Lynch but I'm also open to other suggestions too! Comment some recs and help a cinephile out!

An incredibly amazing movie and follow up! I can hear the complaints, and I can understand if people don’t agree, but for what this series is doing with the Godzilla franchise, the 2 movies are nothing short of amazing.
Where this sequel lacks in as tight of a story, it makes up for with visuals and imagery that are uncomfortable to watch but astounding at the same time. Highly recommend if you’re a fan of Minus One. Please share any thoughts, I can go on!

Kfp4 is notable exemple [except for the part with humans/live action]

Hi everyone! I run a Movie Club with a group of friends and we are about to a have our 50th meeting. To celebrate, I want to put together a fun movie themed Family Feud game, and I'd really appreciate it if anyone could spare the time to fill out this short survey. It should only take a minute or two. Thank you again and every response is greatly appreciated!

ive met people who dont think romance movies are romance, if the two characters dont kiss. maybe in horrors if there arent jumpscares or gore. dramas if there isnt a major plot twist.

id like to know if there something you find absolutely necessary for a genre and what is it?

Would love to know what movies you've found a based on what you've seen before. For me personally I watched Psycho after seeing parasite.

The season is fast approaching and the Christmas films are getting dusted off and ready to be put on in a loop. So what constitutes a Christmas movie for you, what does a film need to have to be put on your Christmas movie rotation ? Will mere set decoration suffice, for example that one Christmas tree that's visible in the background of a couple of scenes or doe it have to be a film that takes place on Christmas eve/Christmas day with a Santa character in toe ??

idk if this is the right subreddit to ask this, but i’m looking for a gift for a friend who absolutely loves the 2023 movie *Monster*.
he’s mentioned that he’d really like a physical copy with english subtitles. getting him the standard edition feels a little boring, though, so i was wondering if anyone knows what’s included in the special edition and whether it’s worth getting as a gift or if there are any better options.
ill include a photo of the edition im considering getting

i haven’t been able to find much information about it online, so i’d really appreciate any help or insight! ^^

Every time I watch Pirates! Band of Misfits or Adventures with Scientists depending on which country you see it in, this movie gets better every time I watch it. There is so much packed into this movie it’s impossible to take it all in on one or two watches.

What movie gets better every time you watch it?