Comment on I can't believe Dredd (2012) is over ten years old

Farman@hexbear.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• shasta@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  You only liked 2 movies in 11 years?

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  • bandario@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It’s been a pretty rough 11 years for Cinema. I am only slightly less harsh than Farman.

    In no particular order:

    Limbo (2023) Logan (2017) Ex Machina (2015) Whiplash (2014) Dallas buyers club (2013) The master (2012) Parasite (2019) All quiet on the western front (2022) The grand Budapest hotel (2014) Under the skin (2014) The Babadook (2014) Bullet Train (2022)

    That is the complete list of films in this time period I have bothered to recommend to friends.

    I watch a lot of movies but even my favourite writers and directors have not impressed of late. Even Tarantino has dropped the ball IMO.

    On the contrary it has been a great decade for truly weird and disturbing movies but not many in my circle tend to enjoy those and they aren’t highly rated.

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    • AzazariDanger@lemmy.villa-straylight.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      That’s a pretty good list you’ve got, my friend; at least those I’ve seen from it. Allow me to make some suggestions from the last 11 years:

      • All three of Jordan Peele’s movies: Get Out (2017), Us (2019), but especially Nope (2022).
      • Denis Villaneuve’s work, specifically Siciario (2015), Arrival (2016, one of the best sci-fi book to screen adaptations I’ve ever seen), Blade Runner 2049 (2017), and Dune pt1 (2021).
      • Edgar Wright had both Baby Driver (2017) and Last Night in Soho (2021).
      • Rian Johnson did both Knives Out (2019) and Glass Onion (2022).
      • George Miller gave us Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), and the practical effects alone are worth a viewing.
      • Shane Black’s The Nice Guys (2016) was amazing.
      • Boots Riley’s Sorry to Bother You (2018) had me grinning from ear to ear all the way through.
      • Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse (2018) is not only the best looking animated movie of all time, but one of the best superhero movies ever made.
      • And while we’re on the subject of Lord and Miller projects, both 21 Jump Street (2012) and 22 Jump Street (2014) just squeeze in. Honestly, anything these two touch seems to be gold.
      • Both of the Matt Reeves directed Apes movies, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) and War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) are in the window, though honestly the whole trilogy is fantastic and Andy Serkis needs a fucking CGI Ape Oscar already.

      That’s off the top of my head, at least.

      Even Tarantino has dropped the ball IMO.

      Man, how you gonna do Django Unchained (2012), The Hateful Eight (2015), and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) dirty like that? Django is pure revenge fantasy good times, Eight is beautiful and tense with some amazing character acting, and Hollywood just revels in being part of a mythological time and place in movie history.

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      • bandario@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Arrival!! I was searching my brain for that one and couldn’t dig it out. Such a great movie! You have just convinced me that I need to re-watch Siciario with an open mind and try again.

        Blade runner is certainly worthy of a re-watch too but I was pretty disappointed at the cinema. I’m a huge fan of both the original Blade Runner and Philip K Dick. 2049 might grow on me with repeated viewings but on initial viewing it just didn’t hit the mark for me. Same goes for Dune for very similar reasons. Like facsimile of great films; all the ingredients are present but they just haven’t resulted in a succulent meal.

        It’s a similar story for me with the Tarantino movies from this era. Sure, they’re better than most films but they aren’t in the same league as Pulp Fiction, Inglourious Basterds, Kill Bill or even Jackie Brown for me and as a result they feel like a massive step backwards.

        Fury Road stands alone as a great movie. Unfortunately for me I was raised on Mad Max! Growing up in Australia the first 3 Mad Max movies are pretty much required viewing to get a glimpse of our imminent future and fury road just doesn’t fit into this canon. Again great movie, but it’s just an action movie with a dude named Max in it. Imagine making a Mad Max movie without Mel Gibson?!

        I can acknowledge Jordan Peele’s enormous talent as a director (and writer, producer, actor, comedian…shit don’t tell me he sings as well?!) but this Netflix type of schlock is just not for me. Entry-level social commentary dressed up as a horror movie? Come on, show us what you can really do.

        I’m pretty surprised to see the Jump Street movies in your list! I don’t generally bother watching anything Jonah Hill is in. I find him completely without talent on screen. In general, he plays characters that make my skin crawl but they’re all eerily close to his actual personality. He doesn’t seem to understand the core concept of acting. You know, where you pretend to be the person you are portraying in the film or play. I feel like he needs to watch this clip on repeat until he stops ruining perfectly good movies. I can’t look at him. youtu.be/m5CX00i4uZE

        I will set about catching up on the rest of your list. Again seeing the Apes movies in the list is a surprise but I’ll give them and the rest a crack. Thank you!

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  • Farman@hexbear.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yhea i dont watch that many movies. I liked other movies that i watched but they are all older than dredd.

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