On behalf of my son who knows things about movies - General Discussion Discussion

[–] parkerbot (9082) 2 days ago

Justin Benson.

Makes interesting movies along with Aaron Moorehead.

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[–] fourlemons (1756) 2 days ago

Thanks for your response! I'll pass it along to my son. Do you have a favorite movie from this director?

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[–] parkerbot (9082) 2 days ago

The Endless from 2017.

If your responses get any more normal we will have to start calling you lemonbot.

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[–] fourlemons (1756) 2 days ago

My son and I looked up the description of that movie on IMDb and it looks interesting. Who knows, we might check it out over Thanksgiving break!

We can chalk up the normal responses to the fact that this is a thread in honor of my son.

We shall never speak of this again.

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[–] parkerbot (9082) 2 days ago

It's on tubi:

https://tubitv.com/movies/649967/the-endless

As is a movie called Resolution that came before it that has shared elements:

https://tubitv.com/movies/515542/resolution

When you are in public with your son and you are standing to the left of him, does he describe you as that lemon on my left?

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[–] fourlemons (1756) 2 days ago

He usually describes me as "Mom".

I will only be the lemon on the left to you, 4eva.

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[–] ClownBaby (399) 2 days ago

I love that scene from Home Alone 2 when Donald Trump gives Kevin directions. It's very sweet and wholesome.

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[–] fourlemons (1756) 2 days ago

I see that Chris Columbus directed that movie so I will take that as your response. I like that director, as well.

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[–] ClownBaby (399) 2 days ago

Chris Columbus became very good friends with Donald Trump because he said Trump was such a kind person. I'm glad you like Trump too.

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[–] fourlemons (1756) 2 days ago

Actually my favorite brand of playing cards is probably Bicycle.

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[–] ClownBaby (399) 2 days ago

You know who really loves a good card game? Yes you guessed it, Trump.

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[–] fourlemons (1756) 2 days ago

Well anybody loves a card game when the cards they have trump the other players' cards.

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[–] ClownBaby (399) 2 days ago

Trump always trumps all the other players cards. He even trumps some people if you know what I mean. 😉

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[–] fourlemons (1756) 2 days ago

You would be a much more interesting person to talk to if you were able to play more than one kind of card.

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[–] parkerbot (9082) 2 days ago

That lemon got some zing to it.

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[–] ClownBaby (399) 2 days ago

Are you going to go into crybully mode now?

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (77425) 2 days ago

four lemons is a very positive and valued newer member. Play nice please.

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[–] sslssg (34222) 2 days ago

He should call you Lemom!

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[–] fourlemons (1756) 2 days ago

Ha! I like it! I'll make that suggestion to him. 😁

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[–] capuchin (3187) 2 days ago

'Still working' seems to indicate that I should choose someone who's been doing the do for a while rather someone relatively new on the block...

.... so I'll choose Hirokazu Kore-eda. Why? His humanity; his subtle, complex characters and the way that -- at his best -- his films kind of drift towards their plots in a fairly realistic manner that makes you miss the plot contrivances... Favourite film: Either Shoplifters or Our Little Sister.

I'll choose Lynne Ramsay as my backup. Why? Probably the most purely visual film director working. Favourite film: Morvern Callar.

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[–] fourlemons (1756) 2 days ago

I will pass your response on to my son. I see why you might have interpreted the OP the way you did. I probably could have worded it a little better. I just meant any director who is currently working whether they've been around for a long time or not so if you have anyone else to add, feel free. 😊

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[–] capuchin (3187) 2 days ago

That's alright. It was my own chosen interpretation to narrow the field down a bit. I think to be a 'favourite' someone should have a bit of a career behind them, otherwise they're just people who've made good starts and might go off the rails immediately and make you look foolish. Or something. I dunno.

So: same answer(s) even with a wider interpretation.

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[–] 123Guy (7281) 2 days ago

PERSONAL OPINIONS FOLLOW:

I love tons of movies. Can not STAND PTA stuff. Can't even look at them. Not my personal tastes. Jarring camera movements that I don't feel FEED the story, and framings designed to LOOK a certain way, rather than feed the story. MY opinion.

IF I had to choose just one active director for desert island movies, it would be Christopher Nolan as enjoy nearly all his FICTIONAL films because they exercise my mind beyond basic plots. Especially TENET (horrid audio mix aside)
I pretty much don't care for his real history movies: that forgetable war one, and OPPENBORDIEM

I don't pick favorites as that is too limiting

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[–] fourlemons (1756) 2 days ago

I will share the information you wrote about Christopher Nolan with him. That is another one of his very favorite directors.

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[–] jacotodd47 (1843) 2 days ago

Ok, for your boy...

This guy is easily my fave. However, he is very old. He may not live to complete another film. But he does have three in development - so I think this qualifies as "currently working".

I can't name one fave. How about for fun I'll name some of his films - I bet your boy will know who he is....

Top 3 (no particular order)

"The Aviator"
"Raging Bull"
"Taxi Driver"

An honorable mention.....

"Cape Fear"

ANd lastly, this underrated gem - a terrific black comedy......

"The King of COmedy"

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[–] fourlemons (1756) 2 days ago

He smiled and knew right away that that was Martin Scorsese. He likes him very much, too. 😊 Of the ones you named his favorite is Taxi Driver and of all the Scorsese films in general, his favorite is Shutter Island.

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[–] Nanook (1951) 2 days ago

He could have been a contender for my pick. Don't forget a favorite black comedy After Hours (1985)!

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[–] jriley555 (8125) 2 days ago

The Coen Bros - literally the best in class, immense catalog of great films.

My top 3 :

A Serious Man
The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs
Miller's Crossing

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[–] fourlemons (1756) 2 days ago

He agrees with your choice 100% and is a big fan of their work. He says No Country for Old Men is in his top 10 movies of all time. He still needs to watch more of their movies but he loves what he has seen so far.

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[–] db20db (17237) 2 days ago

Also one of my favorite movies. Happened to come across this interesting, behind-the-scenes clip just a couple of days ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syi4EJsaSx8

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[–] fourlemons (1756) 2 days ago

Thanks! I'll share that link with my son.

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (77425) 2 days ago

Great link! I like Rogan a lot and Brolin is terrific.

Interesting stuff about Cormac Mc Carthy toward the end of the clip. I only read one of his novels, The Road, but it was brilliantly written, reminiscent of Hemingway in his economy of words.

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[–] db20db (17237) 2 days ago

That entire interview is over two hours long and they seemed to have a great rapport and also had fun with their banter.

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (77425) 2 days ago

I enjoy Rogan, he seems to be well meaning and legit and seems to not care if his opinions are sometimes not popular👍

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[–] jriley555 (8125) 2 days ago

I'm not a big fan of either that or True Grit because they are either straight lifts of a pre-existing novel, or a remake.

The ones they write are the ones that grab me.

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (77425) 2 days ago

This may be blasphemy but I enjoyed the Jeff Bridges True Grit remake more than the original John Wayne picture.

Bridges has a certain humanity, charm and self-deprecating manner that I feel The Duke lacked. Nothing against Wayne though, he did achieve greatness.

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[–] Nanook (1951) 2 days ago

This is one of my "controversial opinions" too. Nothing against the Duke, but the Coen's version is just more watchable for me, especially their vein of dry humor that doesn't call attention to itself.

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[–] jriley555 (8125) a day ago

Not being a JW fan generally, aside from his much earlier John Ford worth, I can totally see that.

Wayne is no longer the icon he once was. He didn't serve in his war, but made a career of flag-waving, jingoism after, hyping the Vietnam War, and showing himself to be a white supremacist. He was, in my book, a phony self-righteous domineering bore.

As for that role, playing a curmudgeon obviously came easy to him. JB is much more my style, as a (highly versatile) actor, and human being. The whole family were great, but esp. him.

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (77425) 2 days ago

Martin Scorsese is my man! He writes the sort of movies I’m very fond of and he chooses stellar talent like Keitel, Pesci, DeNiro, Liotta…

His best films are about swaggering, violent tough guys and damn near every one of them actually lives in constant fear. Seeing a Henry Hill or a Travis Bickle completely fall apart is always interesting.

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[–] fourlemons (1756) 2 days ago

My son likes Martin Scorsese a lot too! He was able to clue me in to who Henry Hill and Travis Bickle were. 😁

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (77425) 2 days ago

I see Scorsese has already been mentioned, I didn’t read the thread before posting so as to not influence my pick😄

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[–] fourlemons (1756) 2 days ago

You did the right thing! He wants to know everybody's favorite even if they've been mentioned already. Being mentioned more than once just means they're really, really good! 😊

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (77425) 2 days ago

Oh yes, Scorsese is a Mount Rushmore level director, there can only be a few top bosses.

His use of soundtrack, sets, costume and dialogue are also a huge part of his success. He could very well be the greatest director of all time…but debate is welcomed👍

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[–] Nanook (1951) 2 days ago

I can't find any fault in picking PTA, and Magnolia as my intro to him left me in stunned silence in the theater after the film. He not only has produced some masterpieces, he's made no clunkers I can name, unlike most of my contenders for this thread.

I was going to disqualify my pick simply because every time I check, he hasn't had a film in development in over five years, but I just saw he has two currently in pre-production! So S. Craig Zahler it is! He's the best writer/director to happen to gritty genre films in ages, imo. My favorite is his debut Bone Tomahawk, which as I've said before, is just bursting with cinematic and writing talent. Not to mention the fact he assembled an ensemble cast of such quality as a freshman writer/director to work in likely uncomfortable conditions to shoot for 21 days and create such an assured debut film for $1.8M, maintaining sole creative control just blows my mind.

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[–] fourlemons (1756) a day ago

My son said he is glad to have a fellow PTA fan and that you enjoyed Magnolia.

He has a list of movies he wants to watch and Bone Tomahawk was already on it. Sounds like y'all have similar taste in movies. 😊

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[–] Nanook (1951) 20 hours ago

It's a rare blend of a western with living, breathing characters delivering poetic dialogue, with elements of brutal horror. Such a great film, especially considering it was a writer/director's first with such a limited budget. Please do let me know his thoughts if you think of it.

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[–] BillHicksFan (10567) 20 hours ago

Aki Kaurismaki, Ken Loach, Mike Leigh... The movies speak for themselves, and they don't really have competition.

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[–] fourlemons (1756) 20 hours ago

Thanks for your response! I'll pass this along to my son. Both of my sons have really gotten into learning about and watching movies as a hobby over the past couple of years.

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[–] BillHicksFan (10567) 18 hours ago

Great. I hope you two venture off all over the world, all decades, etc.

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