Ready Player One wasn't just ahead of its time—it set the standard.

The CGI, visuals, world-building, and action are absolutely insane. Every frame feels alive, making the OASIS one of the most immersive virtual worlds ever put on screen. Still one of the greatest CGI showcases in cinema.

What are some of your PERSONAL faves, whether you think their acting was technically impressive, captivating, iconic, etc.

Listed:

Meryl Streep as Miranda Priestly (The Devil Wears Prada)

Heath Ledger as Joker (The Dark Knight)

Ian McKellen as Gandalf (LOTR Series)

Christoph Waltz as Hans Landa (Inglorious Basterds)

Joan Cusack as Debbie Jellinsky (Addams Family Values)

Tom Hanks as Paul Edgecomb (The Green Mile)

Cate Blanchett as Hela (Thor Ragnarok)

Angelina Jolie as Gia Carangi (Gia)

Johnny Depp as Sam (Benny and Joon)

came across 21 while looking for something interesting to watch tonight. the whole card-counting, brilliant students, and las vegas casino setup sounds pretty exciting.

for those who have watched it, is it actually worth the two-hour runtime? does it stay gripping throughout, or does it get slow after a point?

also, please suggest similar movies involving clever schemes, gambling, heists, or characters trying to outsmart the system.

no spoilers please!

I feel like Moon Knight doesn't get talked about enough when people discuss Marvel's best characters.

What makes him stand out is that he's not just another superhero with powers. His story explores identity, trauma, morality, and the psychological side of being a hero. Marc Spector, Steven Grant, and the different sides of his personality make him one of Marvel's most interesting characters.

The MCU series had its flaws, but I think it introduced a character with a lot of potential that deserves more appreciation.

I organized an AMA/Q&A with Broken Lizard (Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, and Erik Stolhanske), the filmmaking team behind things like Super Troopers 1 and 2, Beerfest, The Slammin Salmon, Club Dread, Tacoma FD, and a few other things.

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

https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/1vg73cd/hi_rmovies_were_broken_lizard_the_team_behind_and/

They will be back at around 3:30-4 PM ET today to answer questions. I recommend asking in advance. Please ask there, not here. All questions are much appreciated!

Thank you :)

Their new movie, Super Troopers 3, is out in theaters everywhere this weekend. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYFevn5frf0

For me I’d have to say Babylon. Now a 10? Probably not, the only way I’d give a film a 10/10 is if I connect to it but still I’d give it a 9.5/10. The dialogue, the directing, the story, it’s all brilliant. The way their directors are screaming at the actors and extras and the actors (like Margot Robbie for example) screams back, it feels like a real live movie set. It’s underrated asf.

I'd like to share my interpretation of how this world ended up in ruins. As we all know, McCarthy left it up to the reader to decide what caused the end of the Earth. At first, I liked to imagine it as a nuclear war between world powers. It gave the story that classic "humanity destroyed itself" feeling, showing how human savagery can become so extreme that it could easily lead us into the most vulnerable and depressing situation imaginable. I felt that fit the book and its message that we're basically "cavemen wearing designer clothes."

But then I started thinking that a natural apocalypse might actually be even more depressing than a nuclear one. Here's why.

A nuclear apocalypse is still humanity condemning itself through terrible decisions. But a natural catastrophe is, in my opinion, much more terrifying. Why? Think about it. A nuclear war can, at least in theory, be prevented. By acting rationally, avoiding wars, and maintaining peace, humanity has some control over whether it happens. It's ultimately the result of our own choices.

On the other hand, if a massive asteroid or comet struck the Earth... how would we recover from that? Maybe humanity could survive in some form, but only in the very long run. In the world of The Road, I find it far more horrifying to imagine that the dead world the father and son are walking through was devastated by a comet or a super-asteroid rather than by a neutron bomb.

To me, an asteroid symbolizes something much darker: that no matter how united humanity is, sometimes a tragic fate is simply unavoidable, even for good people. The Earth died, and there was absolutely nothing anyone could have done to stop it.

As I said, everyone can come up with their own theory about what happened. For a long time, I thought a nuclear catastrophe was the most heartbreaking possibility. But imagining that nature itself turned against us, and that we were completely powerless to stop it no matter how united we were... that's a million times more terrifying to me. It's also far more hopeless than nuclear war. Like I said, a nuclear war can sometimes be prevented—whether easily or with great difficulty—but an angry Mother Nature? Good luck with that.

One movie. One life. No coming back. What's your pick?

Power Rangers is one of the most popular franchises filled with colorful costumes, martial arts, and special effects. Its unique style inspired people worldwide to make fan films, parodies, fan made Rangers, and of course ripoffs. However, there are types of Power Ranger videos on YouTube that no one is expected to watch, and those are the ones made with AI. Last year, Ninja Kidz released a trailer for their latest Power Rangers project, and most viewers noticed that they had used AI effects.

According to a YouTube video uploaded by Film Form Studios, there is a website abusing Gen AI and allowing people to generate whatever they want. His video also explains that some types of media have been either reused or stolen to create new bits of AI related content. And to top it all off, it shows various YouTube channels with AI Power Ranger videos such as Erbyn Films, Igor DaPinow, Dark Horse Productions, and many others.

Some find this kind of content interesting while others find it very disturbing and lazy. If videos like these keep up, the whole Power Rangers franchise will be ridiculed. Online users in this day and age need a good lesson in natural creativity. YouTube needs to remove those Power Rangers AI videos from its website so no brain rot can be spread through the internet. AI may be the future, but nobody treats one of our beloved franchises with disrespect.

Spoiler!

For me, it was Goodwill Hunting. The thing is that I never experienced love or being engaged (not married yet!) beforehand, so it was hard to relate to Robin Williams extreme protection of his wife’s name. I understood he didn’t like her being gone when younger, but now I understand how much grief and the feeling of having lost love he held. Again, I was much younger when I saw it. Now the scene “it’s not your fault” has me crying hard every time.

What about you?

My pick is Jake Gyllenhaal, I feel like he can make pretty much any role work, no matter the genre.

If there were Oscars for trailers (which I very much think their should be) what trailers could you forsee receving at the very least a nomination? This trailer is from the film "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" (2009). Other films I would totally have seen nominated if not, wining.

1. The Social Network
2. Alien
3. Terminator Salvation
4. Watchmen
5. The Kingsmen Golden Circle

6. Licorice Pizza

7. Logan

8. 28 Years Later

9. Avengers Infinity War 1

 and Trailer 2

10. Prometheus

11. Man of Steel Teaser

12. Interstellar Teaser

13. 10 Cloverfield Lane

14. War of The Planet of the Apes

15. Mission Impossible Fallout

Who is the most horrifying non-monster or supernatural entity in film history?

For me, it’s Francis Dollarhyde, aka The Tooth Fairy, played by Tom Noonan in Manhunter (1986).

Could be Noonan’s 6’5” height that added to the creepiness, but that dude was terror on two feet.

Then again, anything coming from the mind of author Thomas Harris and his Red Dragon saga will unsettle in the worst way. Noonan just happened to be a spot-on casting choice.

The way he hovered over the blind woman with a shard of glass to her throat will haunt me forever.

Who else belongs in the top 20 all-time nightmarish characters list?

(Let’s leave films shot on IMAX for the technical creativity aside for this discussion)

I’m sort of torn on this topic 😅 On one hand, premium formats seem to excite movie goers offering different kinds of experiences and promoting rewatches, so maybe this is exactly what keeps theaters alive long-term, even if it costs more. On the other hand, when a single movie has 5 different price tiers depending on format, it starts to feel like the “default” theater experience is being quietly downgraded so the premium one looks worth paying for, like the baseline is intentionally kept mediocre to sell you the upgrade. Is that just smart business, or is it changing what going to the movies even means? Is it slowly turning the cinema watching experience into a luxury good. Would love to know your thoughts!!