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9mo ago

It's movie night. You don't know who's coming but you have to pick a movie everyone vibes with. What do you choose?

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The Princess Bride
If you have seen it. You are happy to watch again. If you haven't, you will love it.
- Is there kissing?
  
  Some day you may not mind so much.
- It's got romance, action, comedy, fantasy, safe for kids and families... Covers most groups
- The fire swamp is a little intense for the little ones, but for teens and up it's a great choice.
  
  I think it's fine for kids younger than teenagers. Maybe around 8 and up. By the time they are teenagers, most kids are watching anything and everything, included R-rated movies.
  
  I wonder how I would have turned out if more sheltered growing up. I think I was around 7 when i watched Childs play and Nightmare on Elm Street. Then here you are saying some flames killing a fake looking big rat might be too scary for kids.

Fifth Element
- It has the multi pass to everyone's heart.
- Super green.
- Korben my man. I-I-I-I have no fire.
- That's what I was thinking
- The largest indoor explosion ever recorded on camera, I believe.

Princess bride
- I can't believe how far down this is.
  
  Jokes on you. Right now it's the number one and number 3 spot on the list.

If kids are around, probably Howl’s Moving Castle or another Studio Ghibli movie.
If I am gearing for adults, a comedy like Chef where the premise is lighthearted but not a total snooze fest.
- another Studio Ghibli
  Grave of the Fireflies it is!
  
  Sadness entered the chat...
- Those movies are so great. Probably stick with the G and PG options if there's a young kid in the mix (thinking of Princess Mononoke, which is PG-13, IIRC). The PG ones often have just the right amount of "safe-scary" elements that it absolutely grabs their attention. Great movies for grown-up/kid conversation-starters to boot, just due to the deep, rich, human themes they explore.
  
  My two year old daughter loves My Neighbor Totoro, we even got her a giant Totoro stuffy for Christmas.
- Chef actually made me want to go to culinary school, and what drove me to pursue food service work in general.

Human centipede.
You just said "vibes", not "good vibes".
- Costume design was a highlight
  
  This comment is such a Red Flag :-)
  
  Is that a line from the Tom Cardy's song? I definitely heard that before, somewhere.
- This reminds me of one definition of art: that it creates an emotion or reaction in the viewer.
  Not that this movie in particular is art lol. Feels like a fetish film, if anything.
  
  Art as an experience by John Dewey (not that one, or the other one) would probably agree it is art
- But not the tame first one. Sandpaper wanking baby squisher or bust!
  
  Sandpaper wanking baby squisher or bust!
  ...is not a good sign to hold up while hitchhiking.

Back To the Future
- Watched recently with my 8 year old and while it's certainly still a justifiable classic, there's still some things that are pretty problematic in this movie that made it a challenging watch with a kid...
  
  Like incest, sexual assault, voyeurism, terrorism, and time paradoxes?
  
  Papa, what's "making out"? Eww, kissing.
- Just made plans to go to a drive in theatre near me to watch all 3 movies

The Incredibles or Megamind
Got Superheros? Check.
Got Supervillain? Check.
For kids? Check.
Fun for adult as well? Check.
Non-marvel/DC? Check.
It's perfect.
- Megamind. Just Megamind. The Incredibles is good, but Megamind is first class.
  
  Megamind is far more rewatchable than Incredibles
- Hell, I'm always down to watch Incredibles just for the soundtrack and Edna Mode.
- I came to say the Incredibles as well! Heartwarming, funny, quotable, great music, good for kids and adults. A real masterpiece

Monty Python's Life of Brian.
Whoever doesn't like it can leave.
- I prefer the holy grail but life of Brian is also a top movie
  
  My personal favorite is The Meaning Of Life. Not sure where that puts me.

Clue - it's got a little bit for everyone.
- Plenty of adult jokes and themes that toe the line, but subtle enough to go over the head of any kid that doesn't already get it.
  
  Honestly, the most objectionable thing for hyper-conservatives would probably be Yvette's cleavage.

Where tf are all my The Mummy (1999) stans???
- Saw it on the big screen last night at the drive in. Flawless as always.
- I've watched it blackout drunk and still got through all of it and stayed engaged.
- Is playing this weekend in a local theatre

Hook. It’s always Hook.
- That movie has a 29% rotten tomato rating..
  How the fuck?
  
  Rotten Tomatoes is, and always has been, an absolutely abysmal place to go to find out if a movie is good.
  
  Aren't those tomato meter scores the aggregate of critic reviews? On cult classics, low-brow, or franchises with baggage, the user reviews are way more likely to match the vibe of a movie.
  Funnily enough, it's almost the complete opposite for independent movies made for "film people". Or plots that require critical thinking or deep attention (the latter is my own Achilles' heel)--where the user score is garbage, but the critic score (and thus, the tomato meter) is more likely to match your own (if you're into movies like that).
- Hook! Hook! Give us the Hook! Hook! Hook! Show us the Hook!

Kung fu hustle
- Kung Pow.
  
  I once forgot the name of this movie, but remembered the "one clean chunk" line and immediately found it again.
- I've used this movie for movie night multiple times and people who come always love it!

Young Frankenstein.
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- It’s Frankenstein!
  
  Blücher!

Recently had a movie night where we watched Oscar. Only one person (the person that wanted to watch it) had seen it before, but it was their birthday, so we all sat down to watch. It is a fantastic comedy of errors movie with Sylvester Stallone. None of us could believe that we had never even heard of it before, because we all loved it so much, and laughed so frequently. Fantastic movie night movie. I can't recommend it enough.
- Excellent suggestion. One of my favorites.
- I watched that when it was released, and I can't remember that much about it. But I do remember everyone in the theater just laughing our asses off. For some reason I always kind of put in the same basket as Men at Work.
  
  Golf clap?
- I love finding those excellent movies that have somehow floated just below the surface of the consciousness of my sphere of community.
- 3 nominations for the Razzie?
  
  Wildly undeserved IMO.

- What the F?
  Where!?
  
  Probably pornhub.

The Big Lebowski
- I know quite a few people who can't stand that movie. Now, that's just, like, their opinion, man.
  
  Some people also hate the Eagles and Malibu, man. It’s understandable.
  
  Count me as one of those people. I just don't understand what everyone likes about it so much. It's a highly quotable, but otherwise boring movie.

Shawshank Redemption, for sure. It's not just a masterpiece, it's a masterpiece that has incredibly broad appeal compared to most other great movies.
That's probably the reason why it has been the top rated movie on IMDb for decades even as trends, opinions, and tastes have changed dramatically over the years.
- I hate that movie with undying loathing.
  
  Why?
  
  Hahah why?
  
  Please tell us why? Pretty please with a cherry on top?!
- It isn't obvious but it's pretty damn violent in some scenes. I didn't realize until I tried this on my friend who couldn't handle it.

The Emperor’s New Groove.
Airplane!
12 Angry Men.
- The problem with Airplane is that you have to pay attention to appreciate it. That's a little harder to do with invited guests
  The Police Squad TV show failed because nobody was used to paying attention to TV.
  +1000 for 12 Angry Men. A fantastic drama for a group to watch together.
  
  The problem with Airplane is that you have to pay attention to appreciate it. That's a little harder to do with invited guests
  Get drunk first. ;-)
  Or make it a movie night about the movie.
  Really, you need to pay attention to any movie if you want to know what’s going on. Except for primer.
  https://xkcd.com/657/

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
- Star Trek 10 - First Contact is also pretty solid.
  
  isn't the 10th movie is Nemesis? but I'm glad you added the title as well to clarify it's not that what you had in mind, because Nemesis... well... definitely exists, that's for sure.

Shrek
- someBODY

The Trueman Show is super fun and seems pretty widely likable

I'll be damned, nobody mentioned Lord of the Rings.
- Lock the doors and show them the Extended edition, followed by The Hobbit extended edition.
  It's only 20 hours and 18 minutes.
  
  My ex roommate made me watch the extended edition after I told him I never actually watched all the movies. I'm not mad at him. It was a weekend well spent.
  
  Not to mention the upcoming movie which is possibly another trilogy.
- I came here to say LotR. Whoever doesn't vibe with LotR doesn't have a place in my house.
- Love of Tolkien is sadly not universal. I married a heathen that hates Lord of the Rings. 😩
  
  That's like a mouse not liking cheese.

Morbius
- The only real answer
  
  It is my real answer that movie was good
- It's morbin' time.
  
  And then he morbed all over them!

Big Lebowski
- Brandt can't watch, though, or he has to pay a hundred.
  
  ultra-awkward wheeze-laugh we're all very fond of veroxii, such a free spirit!

Rocky Horror Picture Show — If they've seen it before they'll still love it, if they hate it they can leave
- I finally watched it. I left. Was probably best watched in its day.
  
  Best watched with a shadow cast and props.

21 Jump Street. Lighthearted, don't need to worry about how deep it is or not, but it's well-written, well-executed comedy, and I've already seen it a couple times and know that's not just nostalgia talking.
I think a general group of adults would get a kick out of it.
- The second one is dumb, but it plays into it, which I kind of like.

Evolution.
Haven't met anyone yet who hasn't loved that film.
- That's the one with the aliens with the circular writing characters right?
  edit: Oops nevermind, it's the dandruff shampoo commercial. Despite that its a decent movie, I agree.
- I think we’ve established that “ca-caw ca-caw” and “tookie tookie” don’t work.
  
  Sean William Scott is probably the best part of that movie.
  Honestly, probably the best part of any movie he's in. Role Models was great, and Goon is amazing.

I amar prestar aen.
The world is changed.
Han matho ne nen.
I feel it in the water.
Han mathon ned cae.
I feel it in the earth.
A han noston ned gwilith.
I smell it in the air.
Much that once was is lost, for none now live who remember it.
- It's a shame I always miss that monologue because I use that time to run around locking all the exits and eating the keys.
- That would make for a long ass movie night
  
  This one is more of a movie day. The best there is though!

Raiders of The Lost Ark.
It's a timelessly classic action/adventure movie that anyone can enjoy. It has memorable characters, great set pieces, an interesting story, an incredible score, and Harrison Ford.
I'm surprised I scrolled a decent way through the list and hadn't seen it posted yet.

Duck Soup, a comedy from about 100 years ago about a selfish clown who fails upward to political leader and ruins the country.
- Duck Soup, a comedy (...)
  Sounds like a documentary
- Well, I guess time travel does exist after all. I don't know why they'd choose to go back to that time period to make a movie about Trump though. Maybe it should have been more obvious and they could have prevented it from happening, but we all know the people who elected them have zero media literacy anyway so probably not.

Road to El Dorado, Emperors New Groove, Megamind. Those are pretty damn reliable.
- “The SUN is WARMING UP?!?!”
  
  "Same time next week?"

LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring (Directors Cut)
should be good in filtering out some of the people I wouldn't want to interact with anyway

Forrest Gump

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of The King Extended Edition.
- This is the correct option because during the day before movie night you watch Fellowship and Two Towers
  
  "Now, has everyone brushed up on their Silmarillion beforehand as agreed? Good. Now I'll just roll once for initiative before we start the film."
  
  No, we just jump to the Return of the King without seeing the other 2. It would be a total experience.

The iron giant
- If you’ve doing it, do me a favor. Keep an eye on these guys, 'cause around the 74 minute mark, there's gonna be a room full of grown men crying.
  
  Which will be weird if it is only women and children that showed up.

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery -- because everyone loves a good whodunnit.
- Except my dad. Too much talking, he would say.

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Great for kids, and the dry sarcastic humor is great for adults. All around great movie.
- The one with the random nightmare tunnel?
  
  No. Stop. Come back.

Apollo 13.
Mostly factual, great pacing, gripping story, excellent acting, and an honest feel-good ending,
In fact, that and The Incredibles are two movies that I could show to almost any crowd with confidence.

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.

Something that everyone will love, like The Room or maybe Samurai Cop or maybe even Hard Ticket to Hawaii.
Depending on the group, sometimes old Jet Li flicks will work, too, like The New Legend of Shaolin / Legend of the Red Dragon which has some great baby-kung-fu.
- Nothing beats the baby kung-fu in Kung Pow! Enter the Fist though.
- Don't neglect Miami Connection.

Any of Simon Pegg's movies (the trilogy of sorts).
- Was going to say Hot Fuzz. You can watch it multiple times and it is still funny.

Its a really long movie but it's got everything. RRR
Its got bromances, romances, comedy and tragedy. It's got plenty of over the top action and musical dance numbers. 10/10 movie.
- I randomly stumbled on that movie recently and I agree. What a fucking film. It does 100 things I would hate in an American movie but somehow they pull it all off in a priceless and charming way
- Ya got me, RRR?

For me, I could watch Muppet Treasure Island over and over. The perfect movie.
For a movie I need to play for others: A Goofy Movie.

Requiem for a Dream

Dredd
- Everyone loves ultra-violence, right?

Since someone already said The Princess Bride...
Penguins of Madagascar, The Movie
It is the funniest film I have ever seen. Starring John Malkovich as the villain and Benedict Cumberbatch as the other villain.
- I'm open to trying this after reading your explanation. The Lego Movie was also surprisingly amazing.
- So many puns...that must have been a riot to record.

Amelie
- Tons of people won't watch anything with subtitles.
  
  True but that dude is "from Alberta" so it's a possibility that he's living in quebec... that's just a theory however

This is a perfect time for the Christmas cracker approach - you're unlikely to be able to pick a movie that everyone agrees is good, so pick a movie that everyone agrees is bad, and bond over shared mockery.
Space Truckers (1996) - Dennis Hopper, Charles Dance. Terrible movie with some wacky bullshit, cube pigs, neon space twinks, and a cyborg love prosthetic.
Moonfall (2022) - another classic from Roland Emerick where most of the movie is nonsense but there is a seed of a brilliant idea buried in there.
Mega Shark Vs Mecha Shark (2014) - it starts with a giant shark catapulting a fishing boat from Manhattan to Giza, and gets more and more ridiculous as it goes on. Featuring Christopher Judge in one of his less believable roles.
- Moonfall was quite entertaining and simultaneously so bad. And the mooning (pun intended) over Elon must be making everyone who worked on that movie (presumably in 2020-21) absolutely cringe. I did.
  
  I would honestly love to see a series based on moonfall, like Stargate, where we fully explore who made the "moon" and what the implications of its true nature are.

Ghostbusters.

Repo Man. If they don't like it, I don't want them around.
- The old one from like the seventies?
  Good movie.
  
  It's 1984.

Contact.
- Why build one when you can build two for twice the price?
  
  Def a point in the column of it was all an elaborate hoax to grift some government funding.
- You like to make enemies. Great choice nonetheless the less

The truman show

Super Troopers.
"You boys like MEXICO?!?!?!"

Either "Tucker and Dale Versus Evil", or "The Cabin in the Woods".
If I want everyone to leave as quickly as possible, then "Martyrs", Antichrist", or "A Serbian Film".

Since no one has said it yet, original Ghostbusters.

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