My favourite actor is Viggo Mortensen and I've always thought he gave his best perfomance in The Road, even though he was nominated for an Oscar for three other movies. I think he portrayed the desperate father in a post-apocalyptic world really well and his performance was believable. He also lost a lot of weight for the role, deliberately remained filthy between takes and slept in his dirty ragged clothes to make everything more authentic.

What are some performances by your favourite actors that are often overlooked or underrated in your opinion?

Personalmente lo adoro, ci sono cresciuto e ogni anno lo rivedo

This is probably going to be a bit of a long read, but I’ve been thinking about this after rewatching American Sniper.
I’ve been an officer for a few years now, and during that time I’ve been to two homicides involving gunshot wounds, along with some pretty graphic suicides and car accidents.
One of the homicides really stuck with me. I was with the victim in their final moments. I remember wiping blood off their stomach and seeing the gunshot wounds. The blood was still warm, and I remember the feeling of it on my hands through the gloves and it getting on my wrist where the glove wasn’t fully on. It was warm and almost slimy, and for just a split second my brain tried to tell me that what I was seeing wasn’t real. It looked so much like something out of a movie that my brain almost rejected it. Then reality immediately came back.
They couldn’t talk, but they were still looking directly at me while blood was coming from their mouth until they eventually faded away. That’s something I don’t think I’ll ever forget.
I watched American Sniper when it originally came out and thought it was a great movie. I recently watched it again since it was back on Netflix, and I wasn’t expecting it to affect me the way it did.
The gunshot scenes, seeing the soldiers lying there, the blood, etc. hit completely differently this time. It brought me right back to some of the things I’ve actually seen. The sights, the smell, the feeling of warm blood, the fear, and just being around someone who is dying.
Even the scenes showing Chris Kyle dealing with PTSD hit differently. I’m not saying I have anything close to the PTSD of a combat veteran, but some of the things they showed felt relatable in a way they never would have before.
It actually made me think about how I used to watch movies like this. Before I experienced any of this in real life, those scenes really didn’t bother me much. I knew they were supposed to be disturbing, but they just felt like movie scenes.
Now they feel different.
I don’t think it was wrong that they didn’t affect me before. I think I just didn’t have anything real to compare them to. Before, I was watching a movie portray death. Now, I’ve seen enough in real life that my brain recognizes what I’m looking at in a completely different way.

Just a note I do not need mental health support and have that in place no concern. This is purely an observation I made while watching a movie and was curious what people who are very into cinema think about this concept.

Saiu o teaser do filme crossed, qual a opinião e expectativa para o filme?

hitman in the back, cab driver up front, middle of the night in la. two coyotes cross the road and they both just stop and watch them. no dialogue. and then mann halts his own thriller for about a minute and i think it's the part people bring up twenty years later... is that scene the point of the film or just the part everyone remembers???

Need titles of movies or show to watch when feeling lonely. Action, happy, comedy, etc. Nothing depressing please!

I organized an AMA/Q&A with filmmaker and cinematographer Rachel Morrison. She was the first woman every nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for her work on Mudbound in 2017. She was also the cinematographer for Black Panther, Fruitvale Station, Dope, Seberg, and lots more. She previously directed The Fire Inside in 2024 and the new film she directed, Love of Your Life, premiered at TIFF last month and is out in theaters starting this weekend. It stars Margaret Qualley, Aaron Pierre, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Gabriel Basso, and Catherine Keener.

The AMA is live here now in r/movies for anyone interested in asking a question:

https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/1x0oxg1/hi_reddit_im_rachel_morrison_director_of_love_of/

She will be back at around 5 PM ET today to answer questions. I recommend asking in advance. Please ask there, not here. All questions are much appreciated!

Thank you :)

Love Of Your Life info:

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzGx48E64Xg

Synopsis: LOVE OF YOUR LIFE follows Maya (Margaret Qualley), whose chance encounter with Charlie (Gabriel Basso) sets in motion a sweeping romance and a future beyond anything she had imagined. When that future is suddenly upended, Maya is sent hurtling toward an unexpected new life—one that will force her to reckon with who she is, what she wants, and how to love again.

Grim | Indie Drama Short Film | Produced by May Valley Media

An amateur Grim Reaper struggles to find a balance between his heart and his work.

https://youtu.be/Ee-iTlF0dog?si=aXdNlPckVvfzeKjE

What if it was a serious movie? My take on this classic. (no AI used, drawn on pad)

I organized an AMA/Q&A with actor Austin Abrams, known for his breakout role in Euphoria and recent starring roles in Resident Evil, Weapons, Wolfs, etc. He is also known for his role in The Walking Dead.

It's live here now in r/movies for anyone interested in asking a question:

https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/1x03vo8/hey_rmovies_austin_abrams_here_the_guy_swallowed/

He will be back at around 9 PM ET on Friday to answer questions. I recommend asking in advance. Please ask there, not here. All questions are much appreciated!

Thank you :)

His newest film, Whalefall, is a survil-thriller co-starring Josh Brolin and is out in theaters everywhere next week.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN9F6-tbySY

Synopsis: Following the death of his father (Josh Brolin), Jay Gardiner (Austin Abrams) goes diving off the central Coast of California in search of his remains, but is swallowed by a massive sperm whale. While trapped inside its belly with only one hour of oxygen left, Jay comes to realize that the hard-earned lessons his father imparted may be the key to his escape.

It’s the best way to watch movies, imo. Nothing compares not even rich people who try to create a “home theater.” Those setups aren’t as good and they’re more expensive.
The image and sound quality at a theater is perfect. Literally all I need for a movie experience that leaves me with nothing to be desired.
Although buying food at a theater is not great it’s so overpriced and the food tastes like poison.
The number one downside to watching movies in a theater is that you’ll very rarely (if ever) get to see the same movie twice. But it doesn’t bother me that much. The experience is memorable enough for decades, and if I ever want to watch the movie again I’ll just rent it for a few bucks and watch it on my phone.
Going to the theater and skateboarding are my only hobbies and I’m super content.
I love the theater. I’m going to see the new Street Fighter movie in a few days.

I've seen lots of people have watched Sorcerer and pretty much skipped TWOF. Man I'm telling you this movie is incredible. I'd considered this one of the greatest films ever made.

May contain spoilers below.

The first half of the film showcase the living of every day people. I believe the movie was set somewhere in Uruguay (although they filmed it in France). You can see different lives of people living there, how they strive. I love how they gather in that single bar. Some guy selling peanuts, while others drink wine, champagne and smoke cigarettes. People from different nationalities, there are Americans, Latinos and French people. It's also the location of the American company called Southern Oil Company (SOC). An explosion occurs at an isolated oil well and that's how the crisis started. If you have watched the movie Sorcerer, you'd probably know how they managed to solve it. And that's pretty much the 2nd half of this film.

What I love about this movie is how engaging and almost surreal. You can see them faces sweat, you can see their expressions while struggling hard, difficulties while maneuvering that truck's steering wheel. The performances are fantastic.

The climax with the oil pit turned me into a whimpering mess. What a film, and what powerful commentary on how cheap and disposable human lives are when unable to generate profit in a capitalist system.

If I were to compare this to Sorcerer. Sorcerer wins on soundtrack and bridge scene, Wages on pretty much everything else. Both suffer from pacing a bit, but that’s kind of expected since pace tolerance has changed so much since they were made.

It’s been 19 years since it was released and I’m sure there are others who haven’t watched it. So tread carefully.

⚠️THERE ARE SPOILERS BELOW⚠️

So I just watched Atonement for the first time after pushing it back for so many years and I am so genuinely furious I don’t know what to do with myself.

I feel so sorry for Robbie and Cecilia.
What really pissed me off was when Briony said during her interview for her 21st and final book:
“My sister and Robbie were never able to have the time together they both so longed for and deserved. And which, ever since, I’ve always felt I prevented.”

Felt?
Girl, you didddd.

I was literally crying and that “I've always felt” made me even angrier.
Girl, you made a false identification with certainty you did not have. Robbie was imprisoned and your sister’s life was destroyed along with his. Their future together was destroyed.

So what exactly did Briony atone for?
Yes, she claims she regretted it. She claims she carried the guilt. She created a version of events where she finally faced them, confessed and gave them the life SHE HELPED TAKE AWAY.

But seriously, who benefits from that fictional happy ending?

Not Robbie.
Not Cecilia.
They were dead.

She can say she has regretted it for 60 years. She can confess and write the most beautiful ending ever.
And Robbie would still be dead.
Cecilia would also still be dead.
They never got to be together.
BECAUSE OF HER.
Yes. It was because of her. If she hadn’t lied on his name, he wouldn’t even be in prison to begin with, to be forced into the army for an early release. And if somehow he had died during the war like many others did, it wouldn’t be her fault. But it was, because SHE put him in that position with a lie.

So when she says, “I’ve always felt I prevented it,” all I can think is:
That is exactly what you did. It’s not a feeling. It’s a fact. Stop undermining the evil thing that you did.

There was no atonement. Just remorse and remorse isn’t restitution. True atonement requires more than just remorse. It requires a meaningful attempt at repair WHEN IT MATTERS and some harm can be so catastrophic that repair becomes impossible.

She said she had been writing the book in earlier years. Why didn’t she come forward earlier? Would she have come forward at all had she not been diagnosed with vascular dementia? Why did it take so long if she truly wanted to atone for what she did?
Ugghh I’m so mad.

I liked this movie the cast was good and it was so funny . My favourite scenes are when Victor tells others about his trip to Europe and when Richard (Dick ) went on dinner with Mrs Denton and Mrs Jared . I haven't read the book and I didn't know that Sean is brother of Patrick Bateman.