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I feel like such movies made some impact on millennials, we used to quote them and re-watch them multiple times, probably because they were relatable to our own struggles and funny situations at the time. I was wondering if current generation have same relation with some movies or shows, it doesn't necessary have to be 1:1 same college comedy genre, maybe other categories are popular now.

Every time he suggests something, it goes horribly wrong. His obsession with shabbas (both Jewish and Arabic) despite being Catholic, him being wrong about Mr. Lebowski faking his disability. Do you know, we never even see him bowl!

Has this already been discussed to death? I just watched the movie for the second time last night (yes! Once in the theaters and once last night! Heresy!)

Documentaries that made you legitimately upset. Not just something that made you cry, but something that frustrated you.

I only watched "Children Underground" once as a teenager. It still sticks with me. It's a 2001 documentary about homeless, parent-less children in Romania. I was absolutely astonished that kids lived this way in modern times without government assistance. People just ignore the groups of kids, as young as 5 or 6, living around train tracks and huffing glue.

BBC's "Bulgaria's Abandoned Children" was another awful documentary. It's a 2007 doc about severe systematic abuse and neglect in Bulgarian children's institutions and orphanages. I had seen and researched about mental institutions in the US and Britain before but had never seen anything like that documentary before.

2009's "Boy Interrupted" is another good documentary, but it's more sad than anything. Childhood mental illness isn't talked about enough. I didn't know a child as young as 5 or 6 could have those sorts of behaviors and thoughts.

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I watched a documentary on the Rape of Nanking years ago, but I can't remember which one. I wasn't familiar with the Nanjing Massacre at the time. All I remember from the film was the photographic footage of heads on spikes.

Watching war and historical documentaries is always risky. They can get away with showing very graphic violence even if the rating is PG-13 or TV-14.

Think Rocky V, when he remembers Mickey telling him to “Get Up!� An otherwise meh movie but that part is A+.

Or the 2006 remake of the Hills Have Eyes where Doug has had the shit beat of him, been stabbed, had multiple fingers cut off and he’s just on the ground, ready to accept death, then he sees the wedding ring on his mangled nub of a finger, remembers his wife that’s been murdered, remembers his baby that’s still alive, and then forces himself up and handles business.

Any scenes like that, any genre, where the hero is down for the count, but forces themselves back up through sheer will and determination.

Day 2

The first day took off and it was a lot of fun to read through everybody’s pick for favorite movie set in Hawaii!

The winner was Forgetting Sarah Marshall!
(Also a favorite of mine!)

Second Place won’t to Lilo and Stitch and third to 50 First Dates. Also awesome movies!

The Descendants was brought up a lot and I’ve never heard of it so I’ll def be watching it!

A couple things worth clarifying: it is where the movie is set, not where it was filmed. A couple people brought up Jurassic Park and that’s not set in Hawaii even though it did film there and you can do the tour now.

Also I’m doing it in random order. Trying to save some of the more “notable� states for the 10/20/30 etc. just for kicks!

Have fun with it! I know I am!

Day 2: Louisiana

Day 1: Hawaii - Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Edit: most upvoted movie comment wins.

Watching Warcraft, it's very obvious that the entire budget went into the Orc scenes. The character models, performance capture, etc are all superb.

...then you switch over to the human plotline. The costumes look like they were stolen from a dumpster behind Medieval Times, except those would actually look lived in and these are brand new.

It's hard to believe that you're even watching two parts of the same film. Which other movies are guilty of this?

Whether it's AMC’s Nicole Kidman “we come to this place for magic�, the Regal Roller Coaster, or Alamo Drafthouse's "Quiet Zone", what's your favorite/choice for most iconic theater intro that plays just before the movie begins?

I grew up with Harkins Theaters so the 2009 spotlight intro from that era is always the one that comes to mind first.

For example, one movie trope is the shockingly bad/inept sibling who nearly ruins everything. I would think that apples fall close to the tree (and close to each other), but actually there are many real-life examples of parents with good reputations having children where one child is well-adjusted and the other is a shit-show.

What other movie tropes about human psychologies are counterintuitively true?

Personal favorites from that decade

Cliffhanger Con Air Hard Target Speed Broken Arrow Face Off True Lie Eraser Chain Reaction The Fugitive Clear and Present Danger

90s action flicks were a whole genre by themselves. In fact early 2000s too had some great action flicks. But later on too much CGI somehow just took away the fun.

I'm looking to watch one of those campy, cheesy 1950s horror movies, does anyone have any suggestions for any good ones? Something with the 1950s style, but still a good horror movie, like with aliens, monsters, etc. Something with the scary vibe of a horror movie, something cool, something that could be enjoyed today.

Does anybody have any suggestions? If so, then please list any in the comment section down below.