30 Days of Movies: Day 28 - Your Favorite Movie From Your Favorite Director

2012!

I don’t know why I love Roland Emmerich’s movies as much as I do. Pretty much every movie he releases is something I desperately want to see. His disaster movies are some of the best since Irwin Allen was still producing, and I know I’m gonna have good fun when I make it out to the theater. 2012 is probably the disaster movie to end all disaster movies, but I like it more than anything else he’s done because you could absolutely tell everyone was having a good time making that movie. There’s this tongue-in-cheek humor throughout the film, even as the world comes to an end.

But on top of all that, Emmerich also has something to say that he doesn’t keep in the foreground. There’s also a strong religious subtext that I’m surprised he played around with. It’s no accident that the group that survives at the end of the movie is so culturally diverse. It’s a big “We’re all in this together” kind of vibe. It also tries to question what makes us human, which is, again, not what you’d expect.

It just has a lot going for it. I can tell it was a labor of love, and I had a great time watching it (twice) in theaters. Anonymous might be better, but I’d have to watch it one more time. xD

30 Days of Movies: Day 27 - A Movie You Wish You Had Seen In Theaters

The Phantom Menace. I didn’t catch it in theaters when I was younger, and I completely missed the boat for the 3D re-release, as much as that pains me. The movie’s at that point now where I’ve stopped looking at it with a critical eye, and can just enjoy it - Jar Jar and all.

I won’t make the same mistake again with Attack of the Clones! Even though I probably should… Meh.

30 Days of Movies: Day 26 - A Movie That You Love But Everyone Else Hates

Probably Sucker Punch,but I get why it’s not really loved. It’s one of those cases where I completely get what the director was going for, and I absolutely love the movie for trying to get there, buuuuut… I’m not gonna say most of the people who saw it “didn’t get it,” because Zack Snyder really didn’t make the theme as clear as he should have (partially because of how much was cut out, partially because he’s not the best solo screenwriter (he had a co-writer, but I’m gonna assume it was a friend of his, since the guy has no previous writing credits)).

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But I’ll always be a fan of his work, and Sucker Punch had a great underlying story to it if you dug deep enough… real deep.

30 Days of Movies: Day 25 - The Most Hilarious Movie You’ve Ever Seen

At this point, all I can think of is Airplane! It’s just one of those movies that is never not funny. Like… I’m laughing just thinking about it.

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Chris Buchanan writes: 30 Days of Movies, day 24: That one awesome movie idea that still hasn’t been done yet →

misterbuch:

I’m still disappointed that no studio has held onto Get Rich Chris long enough to get the filming started. It’s an idea of Oliver Stone’s that has been in development hell for over twenty years. It would be a documentary about a young, charming, unpublished northern English writer who is…

30 Days of Movies: Day 24 - That One Awesome Movie Idea That Still Hasn’t Been Done

Personally, I think a movie based on book Gateway would be awesome. It’s a character study as much as it is a sci-fi/adventure story. An alien spacestation filled with ships that could send you anywhere in the galaxy? That’s badass. Never mind the chance you could end up inside a sun, asteroid field, or a black hole, but if you come back alive, you’ll be set for life.

It’s such a great concept, I’m surprised it hasn’t been tackled yet.

30 Days of Movies: Day 23 - Your Favorite Animation

I’ve always been really fond of Kiki’s Delivery Service. It really struck a chord with me when I was little, and it still finds relevance with me these days. Getting out in the world, with all that comes with it, and finding that one skill you’re “destined” to pursue is something that’s true with everyone. It puts things in perspective: knowing that even if you lose your way, you’ll get back on the path eventually.

On top of that, it’s a Miyazaki film, so at the end of the day, it’s just a beautiful movie, and shows off his sense of humor more than some of his other works, I think.

Chris Buchanan writes: 30 Days of Movies, day 22: Your favourite documentary →

misterbuch:

It probably shouldn’t count since it’s a TV series and not a movie, but I’m still going to say Cosmos (1980). I’m not sure why I like it so much - maybe for the range of topics it covers - astronomy, evolution, cosmology, physics and the history of the Earth and the Solar system - or…

Brilliant documentary. Can’t wait for the “sequel”. =D

30 Days of Movies: Day 21 - Favorite Action Movie

300, though to call it an action movie kinda pains me.

To me, it was one of the first movies to make good use of the green screen (along with Sin City). A few movies had tried to film entire movies that way, but they were either overblown (Star Wars) or overdone (Star Wars, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow). Visually, it was an outstanding film. The shot of the 300 Spartans making their way through the field on their way to the Hot Gates is still one of my favorites.

Not only that, but they were able to translate Frank Miller’s propaganda-laden take on the Battle of Thermopylae perfectly. The film really feels like it’s being told from the perspective of a Spartan: exaggerated, poetic, with an ending that feels like a victory, despite everything that goes down. The action is what it’s remembered for, but it’s still one of my favorite films in general.