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- DirectorRobert WiseStarsJulie AndrewsChristopher PlummerEleanor ParkerA young novice is sent by her convent in 1930s Austria to become a governess to the seven children of a widowed naval officer.I've had a long history of shitting on musical films but, I hate to admit, I love The Sound of Music. It just makes you happy. The songs are amazing, the plot is interesting and the characters are extremely well built and portrayed. Julia Andrews is just a goddess among us.
When I have children, The Sound of Music will be the first movie they'll see. - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHarrison FordKate CapshawKe Huy QuanIn 1935, Indiana Jones is tasked by Indian villagers with reclaiming a rock stolen from them by a secret cult beneath the catacombs of an ancient palace.I was 11 years old when I saw this movie for the first time. My father decided to show it to me because "you liked the first one". My first reaction was "yay, another fun action movie featuring my favorite movie hero". Turns out my father probably tried to scare the everloving out of me. (Who does that to their kid btw?)
Temple of Doom is one of the darkest movie you'll encounter. It deals such themes like child-slavery, extreme poverty, gangsters and cults. It features a supposed kali-worshipping-child-killing-human-sacrificing cult, operating inside the catacombs of the Pankot Palace in India. This cult did not exist in the real world, but the Thuggees we're a real thing in the 19th century India. They we're just your everyday gangsters who robbed and killed tourists. Yes, they worshipped Kali, but didn't sacrifice anyone for her. This history later fascinated me later.
Temple of Doom changed my life and made me watch other, very dark films. - DirectorSofia CoppolaStarsBill MurrayScarlett JohanssonGiovanni RibisiA faded movie star and a neglected young woman form an unlikely bond after crossing paths in Tokyo.Probably everyone laughed at Sofia Coppola after the abomination that was her The Godfather III performance, but Lost in Translation threw everything out of the window.
The film tells the story of a middle-aged washed up actor named Bob. Bob is going through a crisis. He takes a high-paying gig in Japan to promote whiskey, but hates it. The wants to do plays and movie, not commercials. Bob is a lost soul, trying to figure out his marriage, career and life. He meets Charlotte, a young woman trying to figure out the same things. They have a romantic relationship and spend time wobbling around in Tokyo. Time runs out and Bob leaves for home, leaving Charlotte crying.
Bob and Charlotte are one the most relatable characters in cinema. Bob feels so much like the one older friend who servers as your personal psychiatrist and who gives great life advice. Charlotte is the one girl who everyone thinks is kinda slow and senseless, but is actually just very young and naive. She's the one girl who goes to law-school and just aces everything, while remaining humble and nice.
And finally, the soundtrack. Every film which includes Happy End, the Beatles of Japan, cannot be a bad one. Jesus, the soundtrack might be one of the greatest.
Sofia Coppola deserved her Academy Award for Original Screenplay. He's a very good writer and storyteller. Following her father's footsteps with great pride! - DirectorRobert StevensonStarsJulie AndrewsDick Van DykeDavid TomlinsonIn turn of the century London, a magical nanny employs music and adventure to help two neglected children become closer to their father.
- DirectorHenry KingStarsJennifer JonesCharles BickfordWilliam Eythe14-year-old Bernadette Soubirous, living in a small town in the south of 1850s France, claims to have seen a divine vision, prompting extreme skepticism, concern from her family, and religious and political turmoil.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHarrison FordKaren AllenPaul FreemanIn 1936, archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis can obtain its awesome powers.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsHumphrey BogartIngrid BergmanPaul HenreidA cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.
- DirectorDamien ChazelleStarsRyan GoslingEmma StoneRosemarie DeWittWhile navigating their careers in Los Angeles, a pianist and an actress fall in love while attempting to reconcile their aspirations for the future.For all my life I've hated musical and romantic films. I just couldn't stand the cheese and overused I-IV-V-VI songs repeated through the movies. I got 30 minutes into Mamma Mia! and had stop before my urge to jump out of the window is too high.
But La La Land threw all of this out of the window. Damien Chazelle had clearly learned his lesson from Whiplash and it showed. The two main protagonists are really interesting and their chemistry is almost too real-feeling. Chazelle's storytelling is extremely easy to follow and enjoyable. Plot isn't too predictable and the ending almost made me cry. - DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsAl PacinoMichelle PfeifferSteven BauerIn 1980 Miami, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed.
- DirectorFrank DarabontStarsTim RobbinsMorgan FreemanBob GuntonOver the course of several years, two convicts form a friendship, seeking consolation and, eventually, redemption through basic compassion.
- DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsJohn TravoltaUma ThurmanSamuel L. JacksonThe lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.Pulp Fiction was my first Tarantino I ever saw and was instantly hooked to them. The "reverse" storytelling, use of language and the extreme (altought sometimes meaby overusage) of violence made me a huge Tarantino fan.
Pulp Fiction has everything that a crime/drama movie needs. Interesting characters, different settings and very VERY hooking story.
I highly recommend you to watch this movie! - DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsUma ThurmanDavid CarradineDaryl HannahAfter awakening from a four-year coma, a former assassin wreaks vengeance on the team of assassins who betrayed her.
- DirectorIrvin KershnerStarsMark HamillHarrison FordCarrie FisherAfter the Rebel Alliance are overpowered by the Empire, Luke Skywalker begins his Jedi training with Yoda, while his friends are pursued across the galaxy by Darth Vader and bounty hunter Boba Fett.
- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMarlon BrandoAl PacinoJames CaanThe aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.