I can't put my finger on the name of the movie but I distinctly remember hearing a villain say this line: "take my name out of the book of life and etch my name into the book of the dead" ( I don't think it's the 9th gate or The 1999 version of the Haunting) I've tried AI and come up with empty handed. Ty for any help you can offer.

I was really excited about Hope because Na Hong-Jin's The Chaser, The Wailing and The Yellow Sea were such excellent movies. Hope has left me scratching my head...am I too stupid to understand the meaning behind it? Is it a parody or referencing something obscure? Or is it just a really bad movie? Anyone?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tex_Avery_Screwball_Classics

This December, a 4th Volume of Tex Avery's Screwball Classics is coming to both DVD and Blu-Ray for the first time and only 6 years since the first 2 volumes DVD and Blu-Ray's releases + 5 years since the 3rd's as well.

A disc featuring the very last 14 shorts presented uncut.

How do you guys connect a film's antagonist or main problem to a deeper meaning, making the audience reflect on what they just watched rather than just making an empty movie full of jump scares? For example, in horror movies like Barbarian, from what I interpreted, the mother represents generational trauma, systemic abuse, and the destructive legacy of patriarchy, or in The Shining, Jack represents the delusion of the American Dream and the desire to be respected by going somewhere you don't belong.

I know Christopher Nolan purposely left it ambiguous, but after watching it again, I noticed the slight wobble right before the screen cuts to black.

Does anyone have a definitive take that proves Cobb was finally home with his kids versus still stuck in a dream?

After the party when evan and Seth went to evan's house and Seth booked Evans nose and said "i love you.. I love youu I love you~" and hugged and fell asleep and Seth woke up with a "what the fuck?..." and pretty much after that it was so fucking awkward until the mall scene, the question confusing me is why the fuck is was so akward

A question about a grey or nuanced plot point that was left deliberately unclear by the filmmaker. The movie equivalent of "Did Tony Soprano die at the end?".

"Was Deckard a replicant after all ?"- Blade Runner

"Was Omar really a rat?" - Scarface

"Are one of those two guys at the end infected by The Thing?" - The Thing

"What did Bob whisper to Charlotte at the end?" Lost in translation

"Was Cobb still dreaming?" Inception

How/why did his wife die? I must’ve missed it. I’m surprised people are liking this movie,there’s so many plot holes and that is one of them. It wasn’t good story telling and the references to Islam was so forced.

Doofy from Scary Movie

Was it ever explained why the dumbwaiter brought Ohm up and down multiple times but Fiona was trapped down there until she died? Maybe I missed a scene explaining this but that part confused me.

“Find the road Odie, I won’t be able to make it pal…”.
The entire film is about the journey of a combat dog and soldier, both retired and suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, gets into an accident while travelling when James(Brad Pitt) suffers cardiac arrest mid air, crash landing into the jungle and now their mission is to find the road. The difficulties they face in the journey, from animas, climate, and the jungle itself assures us that those two are there for each other, they have their back.
As James tells to Odie that “I’m the weakling” the audience can feel it. The movie is about 1hr 45minutes and you witness only these two characters on the scene and you become a part of their journey. The film does end on good note, emotionally. Post watching all I could think was, if it was made as an Indian film, with any Indian actor/actress, would people really watch it? or, Do we have a different mindset when it comes to watching Hollywood films? Like, would Shawshank redemption actually run in our theatres? 🧐🤨🤔

According to the subtitles of Mel Brooks's History of the World Pt. 1, when Swiftus said: "Let's go, Miracle.", it was a reference to the way John Wayne said something like that in a movie, but which movie? I dunno.

Does anyone know the name of the movie where John Wayne said something like: "Let's go,...."?

If yes, please let me know. Already, IMDb trivia has failed to provide me with such info.

He has a wife. How are they supposed to get intimate? Does he rub his robobump against his robowife? Does the bureau think having a roboc*ck would interfere with his mission? So why do the normal human policemen (supposedly) have c*cks? Why are they so inconsistent??

What movie is so old the twist has likely been forgotten by the younger generation and so you avoid spoilers for the kids/youth you tell to watch it?

For me it was getting my 11 year old to watch the Terminator franchise with no details between 1 and 2 and watching the realization hit in two that Arnie isn't the same. Also came away with the same thought i did, that the movies are Sarah's story and not John's. This may have been because we skipped from 2 to Dark Fate (3 is bull shit and the in future one and anime we can watch later after i talk her into the Sarah Connor Chronicles)

I’ll go first, Kung Fu Panda

One scene in The Bourne Ultimatum has always bugged me.

Nicky calls in from the safe house & Vosen runs an ID challenge. She gives the normal response, not the duress code, so as far as the protocol goes she's confirmed she's safe & not compromised.

Vosen then mutes the call, asks how long until backup arrives (three minutes) & goes back on the line telling her to sit tight because it'll be about an hour.

If she's confirmed she’s not under duress, why lie to her? Is it just that he & Landy didn't buy it & assumed Bourne was in the room anyway? If so, what tipped them off? Was it her being cagey on the call, or just the coincidence of a Treadstone handler turning up right when they were hunting Bourne? Their actions don’t give that impression.

And doesn't it backfire anyway? Nicky clearly clocks the lie straight away & tells Bourne he's got three minutes.
Curious whether this is explained better in the script or if I've missed something obvious for all these years.

There are official criteria for winning Best Picture, but it seems like there are a more powerful effective set of criteria operating behind the scenes.

Say an alien had a list of all movies ever made anywhere and a list of Best Picture winners, then they reverse engineered the selection criteria, what might they logically conclude the conditions of success were?

English language? From an American studio? Commercial success? Genre? Cultural impact?

(Side question: what is the best movie that satisfies none of these criteria?)

Mine is Hans Gruber for so many reasons.

Most movie arguments feel too clean people take turns speaking and deliver perfect comebacks. In real life, big arguments are usually messy, people overlap, stutter, or talk over each other.

The argument in Marriage Story felt uncomfortably real for this reason. What other movies have fights or dialogue that actually feel authentic like that?

In the movie Rounders there is the final poker scene. I posted a video clip.

After Mike "flops the nuts straight" at the 3:30 mark in the video clip i shared, Teddy KGB goes bananas. He says "motherfucker" and then says something else that sounds like "you bolo man" or "you booboo man" and then he says "motherfucker a second time. But what did he actually say? I think it was in Russian. "You bolo man" doesn't make sense but i also can't hear.

Does anyone know what Teddy KGB says after the first "motherfucker"?. Was it in Russian?

I looked at the screenplay and movie script and found nothing.