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3000 Years of Longing is absolutely excellent. And Babylon is sure to become a cult fave. And Apocalypto is SO much better than Mel "Hates Jews" Gibson deserves. Saw Jacobs Ladder many moons ago, strange and really good. I'm finally going to watch the Jesse James, 3:10 to Yuma since my girlfriend went back to Switzerland so westerns are on the menu again, and I'll give Bones and All a shot as well and Devil's Backbone because Del Toro is amazing. Oh and I'll look into the Babble link too, because eventually I'm moving to Switzerland too Thanks for an amazing list!
Side note: I've been in agreement with you about Ben Foster for some time, I've kept my eye on him since "Hostage," but one of the most atypical roles for him that still made me respect his heretofor under represented range is in "Kill Your Darlings," playing William Burroughs with all appropriate strangeness and eloquence.
@@roel.vinckens Not just the country, I've found. ;-) Her first visits to the US, after expeditions to South America and of course all over Europe, were our meetings, the latest just ending.
The Fall (2006) is one of the MOST VISUALLY stunning films I’ve ever seen… If not the most. I had to search forever to find a physical copy as I couldn’t find it to stream anywhere. So worth it and I wish this Tarsem Singh movie was more well known
I agree. I usually add 10-15 ratings points to Mel Gibson’s movies for all the unwarranted hatred he gets. It is loosely based (the second half) on The Naked Prey with Cornel Wilde. The sets and acting is stunning. I always watch this movie with subtitles. I find the native language very sonorous. Good Pick! As an aside I usually subtract 20 points from Christopher Nolan movies. I deem Dunkirk a disaster and travesty. He has too many fanboys padding the ratings.
That was a superb, inspirational and informative FLICK CONNECTION, Darren. I’ve just recently rewatched No Country For Old Men and agree with you 100% on it being a beautiful visually stunning film. Many thanks for sharing this presentation with us. I always enjoy your reviews and the research you deliver. Outstanding 💎💎💎
Tom Gun Maverick was Awesome!! You really missed out if you didn't see it. Like he said there is a Countdown clock, but it is done in the most Perfect and intelligent manner.
Hi Darren, I’ve learned about so many amazing movies from your channel! My favorite movie right now is Blue Ruin and it’s on TH-cam for free right now. Are you going to do another free TH-cam video soon? Thank you for your awesome recommendations!
Good picks. I wish The Lost City of Z had been a limited series, however. It did not even come close to representing the book or the story of what actually happened (historically).
It took me three days to finish watching Babylon. It has amazing visuals, but it is obvious early on that some bad things are going to happen to characters.... and then the movies stretches on for a long time. A couple of times I got to the point where I thought "I'm not up for this anymore" and turned it off for a day or so. My curiosity got the better of me and I eventually finished it and then immediately rewatched some of amazing scenes. Margot Robbie is excellent, though.
Re Babylon... This kind of movie, featuring the kind of content you described, was released two days before Christmas. The studio absolutely deserved the dismal $3.6 million opening weekend box office of this $110 million bomb.
About Babylon. Can you imagine 50 years from now when they make a movie about current day Hollywood and the actors play Brad Pitt, Harvey Weinstein, Margo Robbie, Jennifer Lawrence, Depp, James Franco and so on. All the fucked up shit they are doing :)
Battleship is one the dumbest movies I have ever seen. They get almost everything wrong. Let's start with the the opening. What appears to be a RADIO telescope shoots a beam of light into space to Landsat 7 which relays the beam - Landsat 7 is a satellite that takes pictures of the earth, nothing to do with lasers, etc.; next, Brooklyn Decker walks up to a male bartended and asks for a burrito, the man says, pointing to a microwave, "kitchen closed" - in what universe is a man going to deny Decker anything? Later the hero is given a choice between jail and becoming a Navy officer - never happen, in fact the navy will not even take someone with a criminal record; then the military montage wherein they screw up everything - wearing hats indoors, incorrect salutes, incorrect modes of address, etc.; then, what must be only a few years after the signal was sent, a swarm of alien probes is detected approaching earth - which means that the signal could not yet have reached the alien planet unless both the probes and light travel faster than light; then a probe which has been successfully traversing the universe for years (at above the speed of light) hits a satellite at relatively low speeds and falls apart - did their collision detection or shields or whatever suddenly fail ; then they find lawrencium in the alien probe - lawrencium has a half life of 4 hours so how could there be any? And it gets worse from there. As I said, it is so stupid I could not even turn my brain off and enjoy watching (even with Decker).
(Quite Possibly) The BEST Film Out of this list is 3,000 Years of Longing.. Not Only does it Posses (Rather) Staggeringly GORGEOUS Visuals - but (for those Willing and Interested in Participating) the Script is *MASSIVELY,* BEAUTIFULLY Intellegent As Well.. A Mental Saw-Mill Calibre Film.. . ... .. Several Others that are BOTH Visually and Intellegently, Intellectually Amazing, Beautiful, Gorgeous, and Transportive;: A Very Long Engagement - Broken Circle Breakdown - Revenge - The Survivalist - Never Gonna Snow Again - A Lonely Place to Die - Largo Winch - Largo Winch II (The Burma Conspiracy) - Empire of Light - The Whistlers - Savages - Dreamland - Enemy - Mr Nobody - Burning Man - Monday - Adore - Ain't Them Bodies Saints - Cloud Atlas - Blade Runner 2049 - The Congress - The Master - The Batman - (possibly) Dead Man Down - (possibly) Trance -
Your lists NEVER DISAPPOINT!!! I love your channel so much..no BS and you’re honest about the films on your lists too so we don’t waste our time if it’s not our vibe. Thanks so much!!❤
Battleship is the greatest movie ever made, and so compelling I tried to join the Navy but they said I had already been there, done that in 1964 and they had had enough. Still, when Rihanna points the 5" gun at the alien's face and says "Mahalo Mothuf*****," and blows his head to talcum powder, that was so cool.
The flow of your descriptive narrative of each individual film, and the flow from film to film over the years has really become so very good and absolutely entertaining. Almost like the evolving performance of an actor in one of the films in your reviews. Excellent work.
I have a group of international friends. We are from all over the world and different nationalities and races. We all meet in BigScreen Beta in VR. We watch movies in virtual cinema and home entertainment rooms. The Devils Backbone is one of my favourite films and is on our list of international films to be enjoy. I can’t wait to share it with them.
Amadeus is one of my all-time favorite movies, period. A masterclass in getting into the mind of a villain, i.e. Salieri. The Assassination of Jesse James... has been on my radar after watching Blonde. Gonna have to check that out. No Country for Old Men is a sharp reminder for movie buffs that The Coen Brothers can do serious drama better than almost anyone, even if some moviegoers have gotten too hung up on O Brother and their other comedies, etc.
Ghost in the Shell is a masterwork and the live-action remake like most adapted from legendary anime is a sacrilegious desecration of the art of the originals. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is fantastic and by the end you're glad the long title calls out the Coward Robert Ford. From #12 to #1 I concur all are epic feasts for the eyes maybe in a different order, but that's just personal.
Every movie started looking like a Jacob’s Ladder scenario, after I first saw it as a kid. It also helped me understand, some older movies, that I didn’t think of as death trip/experience, until I saw Jacob’s Ladder.
@@piezoman79 52. Saw it in the theater multiple times. Bombed when it came out, making only 2 million more than its budget, which means it lost money with P&A. For decades the only people I had talk about it were filmmakers talking about influences. Even when the remake came out, I heard multiple people asking “wait it’s a remake?” It’s come into fashion, thankfully, with modern film fans. But it was a Walmart bin movie for a long time.
@@markdkberry oh hell yes. I didn’t even bother with the remake. If someone tells me it’s good, I’ll see it, but if it beats the original I will be shocked.
Fyi - after assuming it was gonna suck and figuring I'd turn it off, i was surprised to find that Babylon was not just the banal, gratuitous bullshit i was expecting, but a fairly touching portrait of the poignancy of changing times and the death of one's youthful prime. I was able to actually sink my teeth into it.
EVERLY absolutely ROCKS!! 🎉 I usually agree with you, but BATTLESHIP iz NOT a bad movie -- it's PHENOMENALLY GOOD for what it IS: a toy franchise brought to the big screen with WAY MORE INTELLIGENCE, STAR POWER, and ENTERTAINMENT than it probably DESERVES 😉😅🤣👍 APOCALYPTO is INSANELY Good 🎉🎉 And MY Pic for "Animes for Ppl Who Don't Watch Anime": SWORD OF THE STRANGER [2007] -- it's jaw-droppingly enthralling 🤯💥🤩👍
TG Maverick is an alright movie. The original was amazing. The reason why the new one's not that great is because everything shown in it has already been done.
@@treytilley333 Well, is Titanic not that great of a movie because they didn't use the real Titanic in it? There's more to movies than real equipment. Plenty of SCI-Fi movies use fake spaceships and they are pretty darn good compared to the footage from the ISS.
Jacob's Ladder rocked me to the core. It's a one-of-a-kind, groundbreaking film. I was haunted for weeks after seeing it the first time. Have watched it many times and still get teary eyed at the end.
I put off watching Babylon because I'm just not that interested in tales of wild debauchery, but I finally did watch it and think it's worth watching for Margot Robbie's dance scenes alone. That woman is electrifying - it gives me chills just thinking about her raw carnal energy in those scenes. Wow.
My favorite part of babylon,besides the entire 1st 30 mins, is when Brad Pitts character is blackout drunk falling all over the place and as soon as the director says action,he sobers up immediately and performs the scene perfectly.
If we talk about breathtaking with unforgettable visuals your list is pretty much a weak one. Let me help you here with some of the best: Metropolis Citizen Kane Fantasia Lawrence of Arabia 2001: A Space Odyssey Apocalypse Now Stalker Solaris Blade Runner Akira Ghost in the Shell Battle Angel Alita (the anime) The Last Emperor Dark City The Cell The Fall What dreams may come Amelie Event Horizon Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon The Lord of the Rings Trilogy Pirates of the Caribbean Trilogy Memoirs of a Geisha 300 Sin City Watchmen The Grand Budapest Hotel Samsara Baraka Ashes and Snow Crimson Peak Pan's Labyrinth The Fountain Sunshine Mad Max: Fury Road The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and many more...
I loved 3000 Years of Longing! Largely because I'm just a sucker for "time-traveling" movies that aren't necessarily about time travel, but instead use a framing device to to show little vignettes from different points in history. Something about them just feels really cozy... like chicken noodle soup.
The problem with the Amazon 'version' of Ghost in the Shell is that it is dubbed in English. I saw it when it came out, with its Japanese sound track, and there is no comparison. I suppose it is fine for people who don't like sub-titles, but the English actors can't get the original feeling. It is a GREAT movie, otherwise highly recommended. As far as Amadeus is concerned, it is visually beautiful, but it is a huge LIE from start to finish. If you forget that these characters are NOT true representations of Mozart and Salieri, then maybe the artificial philosophical argument of social obnoxiousness vs. talent may work. I thought it was a ridiculous paper tiger.
The first time I watched 3000 years of longing I hated it because of narrow mindedness and setting expectations. I rewatched it with a new set of eyes and I fell in love with the story. This is one of the best stories to have ever put on screen. George Miller is a fecking genius.
Taylor Kitsch had poor luck in film choices. Between Battleship and John Carter (of Mars) it is unfortunate that both movies were largely unwatched. He is an excellent actor but his Hollywood profile doesn't show it.
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20. The Baytown Outlaws
19. Three Thousand Years of Longing
18. Battleship
17. The Lost City of Z
16. Everly
15. Amadeus
14. Facing Monsters (I also recommend The Endless Summer)
13. Babylon
12. Bones and All
11. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
10. Apocalypto
9. Ghost in the Shell
8. 3:10 to Yuma
7. Jacob’s Ladder
6. Top Gun: Maverick
5. Gladiator
4. Lord of War
3. The Devil’s Backbone (Ultra HD)
2. Interstellar
1. No Country for Old Men
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solid recs, thank you very much. I hate looking through prime
3000 Years of Longing is absolutely excellent. And Babylon is sure to become a cult fave. And Apocalypto is SO much better than Mel "Hates Jews" Gibson deserves. Saw Jacobs Ladder many moons ago, strange and really good. I'm finally going to watch the Jesse James, 3:10 to Yuma since my girlfriend went back to Switzerland so westerns are on the menu again, and I'll give Bones and All a shot as well and Devil's Backbone because Del Toro is amazing. Oh and I'll look into the Babble link too, because eventually I'm moving to Switzerland too Thanks for an amazing list!
@@justaguy6100 You've got French, German and Italian to look forward to... But the country's beautiful.
Side note: I've been in agreement with you about Ben Foster for some time, I've kept my eye on him since "Hostage," but one of the most atypical roles for him that still made me respect his heretofor under represented range is in "Kill Your Darlings," playing William Burroughs with all appropriate strangeness and eloquence.
@@roel.vinckens Not just the country, I've found. ;-) Her first visits to the US, after expeditions to South America and of course all over Europe, were our meetings, the latest just ending.
I watch pretty much all of your videos and for my taste this list is exceptional. Jacob’s ladder is devastating.
What a list!👍👍👍
YAS i've been waiting to see Bones and All. Thank you for the heads up, as always :D
The Fall (2006) is one of the MOST VISUALLY stunning films I’ve ever seen… If not the most. I had to search forever to find a physical copy as I couldn’t find it to stream anywhere. So worth it and I wish this Tarsem Singh movie was more well known
100% agreed. Seen it so many times when it was streaming.
I agree - was coming here to add The Fall 💜
Apocalypto is a f^ckin great movie. Thanks Darren
Idk about great movie... it's way too historically inaccurate but it's great action
I 2nd that probably one of the best movies I've seen!
I agree. I usually add 10-15 ratings points to Mel Gibson’s movies for all the unwarranted hatred he gets. It is loosely based (the second half) on The Naked Prey with Cornel Wilde. The sets and acting is stunning. I always watch this movie with subtitles. I find the native language very sonorous. Good Pick! As an aside I usually subtract 20 points from Christopher Nolan movies. I deem Dunkirk a disaster and travesty. He has too many fanboys padding the ratings.
@@duke927 Dunkirk is more historically accurate than any Mel Gibson movie and I like Mel Gibson and think Nolan is over hyped
That was a superb, inspirational and informative FLICK CONNECTION, Darren. I’ve just recently rewatched No Country For Old Men and agree with you 100% on it being a beautiful visually stunning film. Many thanks for sharing this presentation with us. I always enjoy your reviews and the research you deliver. Outstanding 💎💎💎
Cloud Atlas could easily fit on your list. Life of Pi is also visually stunning. I saw it in 3-D
Excellent list Darren. Thanks
Great list, as usual!
I'm surprised you didnt include The Fall. One of the most visually stunning films I've ever seen.
Babylon is SOOOO good!
Darren Van Dam , jestes zajebisty!!!! Tak pomyslalem juz pare lat temu, kiedy zobaczylem cie po raz pierwszy
Lord of War, I have to watch this movie again. I loved it.
One my Go-To movies.
Tom Gun Maverick was Awesome!!
You really missed out if you didn't see it.
Like he said there is a Countdown clock, but it is done in the most Perfect and intelligent manner.
That’s a killer top five picks. 👍🏻
I watched Jacob's ladder when it opened in the theatres. I left the theatre thinking, what the hell did I just watch?
Hi Darren, I’ve learned about so many amazing movies from your channel! My favorite movie right now is Blue Ruin and it’s on TH-cam for free right now.
Are you going to do another free TH-cam video soon? Thank you for your awesome recommendations!
Good picks. I wish The Lost City of Z had been a limited series, however. It did not even come close to representing the book or the story of what actually happened (historically).
❤🎉🎉 Thank you very much for your recommendations I use them all the time
You watched Baytown Outlaws! I knew you'd dig it.
No country for old men is in my top 10 as well.
I love movie and I really love your recommendations. Lets see what we have today, thank you.
Wonderful. Only five films on this that I have already seen. Thank you so much.
Jacob's ladder is one of the best movies ever made. Just an incredibly original film.
It took me three days to finish watching Babylon. It has amazing visuals, but it is obvious early on that some bad things are going to happen to characters.... and then the movies stretches on for a long time. A couple of times I got to the point where I thought "I'm not up for this anymore" and turned it off for a day or so. My curiosity got the better of me and I eventually finished it and then immediately rewatched some of amazing scenes. Margot Robbie is excellent, though.
Re Babylon... This kind of movie, featuring the kind of content you described, was released two days before Christmas. The studio absolutely deserved the dismal $3.6 million opening weekend box office of this $110 million bomb.
Favorite Movie with Cage in it for me is FFC's Rumble Fish.
Fun fact: Ghost in the Shell inspired the Wachowskis so much that they showed clips of the movie when pitching The Matrix 🥄
Darren, Darren, Darren, ... didn't you just release another review (Amazon, right) ... like THREE MINUTES AGO??? WHEN DO YOU SLEEP!?!??
Ghost in the Shell got me heavy into cyberpunk.
Did you consider Melancholia?
I just watched Heart of Stone. It's basically Bond's quest for National Treasure
No Country for Old Men illustrates the reality that evil men often are never taken to justice.
Lord of War above Gladiator?!?😮
🤩 ABSOLUTELY 🤩👍
Apocalypto is the best movie of all your picks... so never do that low class delivery bro.
About Babylon.
Can you imagine 50 years from now when they make a movie about current day Hollywood and the actors play Brad Pitt, Harvey Weinstein, Margo Robbie, Jennifer Lawrence, Depp, James Franco and so on. All the fucked up shit they are doing :)
...🤔...
Mozart Fake from wealth. His dafür was Not very dich but He was very upper middleclass. The movie even Shows this.
Battleship is one the dumbest movies I have ever seen. They get almost everything wrong. Let's start with the the opening. What appears to be a RADIO telescope shoots a beam of light into space to Landsat 7 which relays the beam - Landsat 7 is a satellite that takes pictures of the earth, nothing to do with lasers, etc.; next, Brooklyn Decker walks up to a male bartended and asks for a burrito, the man says, pointing to a microwave, "kitchen closed" - in what universe is a man going to deny Decker anything? Later the hero is given a choice between jail and becoming a Navy officer - never happen, in fact the navy will not even take someone with a criminal record; then the military montage wherein they screw up everything - wearing hats indoors, incorrect salutes, incorrect modes of address, etc.; then, what must be only a few years after the signal was sent, a swarm of alien probes is detected approaching earth - which means that the signal could not yet have reached the alien planet unless both the probes and light travel faster than light; then a probe which has been successfully traversing the universe for years (at above the speed of light) hits a satellite at relatively low speeds and falls apart - did their collision detection or shields or whatever suddenly fail ; then they find lawrencium in the alien probe - lawrencium has a half life of 4 hours so how could there be any? And it gets worse from there. As I said, it is so stupid I could not even turn my brain off and enjoy watching (even with Decker).
#animesucks
(Quite Possibly) The BEST Film Out of this list is 3,000 Years of Longing.. Not Only does it Posses (Rather) Staggeringly GORGEOUS Visuals - but (for those Willing and Interested in Participating) the Script is *MASSIVELY,* BEAUTIFULLY Intellegent As Well.. A Mental Saw-Mill Calibre Film..
. ... ..
Several Others that are BOTH Visually and Intellegently, Intellectually Amazing, Beautiful, Gorgeous, and Transportive;: A Very Long Engagement - Broken Circle Breakdown - Revenge - The Survivalist - Never Gonna Snow Again - A Lonely Place to Die - Largo Winch - Largo Winch II (The Burma Conspiracy) - Empire of Light - The Whistlers - Savages - Dreamland - Enemy - Mr Nobody - Burning Man - Monday - Adore - Ain't Them Bodies Saints - Cloud Atlas - Blade Runner 2049 - The Congress - The Master - The Batman - (possibly) Dead Man Down - (possibly) Trance -
Your videos are always uplifting beyond their content! Thank you again!
People will eventually catch up to Babylon. It's brilliant.
Shout out to Travis Fimmel as the Vikings star didn't get a mention on Baytown Outlaws review
Incredible underrated actor🤘
Agreed. I’m a big Travis Fimmel fan.
Requiem for a Dream right up there for darkest movies on my list. I always need a palate cleanse after watching it.
Solid list! The content wars between the streamers is good for us.
I love Baytown Outlaws!
Your lists NEVER DISAPPOINT!!! I love your channel so much..no BS and you’re honest about the films on your lists too so we don’t waste our time if it’s not our vibe. Thanks so much!!❤
Battleship is the greatest movie ever made, and so compelling I tried to join the Navy but they said I had already been there, done that in 1964 and they had had enough. Still, when Rihanna points the 5" gun at the alien's face and says "Mahalo Mothuf*****," and blows his head to talcum powder, that was so cool.
The flow of your descriptive narrative of each individual film, and the flow from film to film over the years has really become so very good and absolutely entertaining. Almost like the evolving performance of an actor in one of the films in your reviews. Excellent work.
I have a group of international friends. We are from all over the world and different nationalities and races.
We all meet in BigScreen Beta in VR.
We watch movies in virtual cinema and home entertainment rooms.
The Devils Backbone is one of my favourite films and is on our list of international films to be enjoy.
I can’t wait to share it with them.
Amadeus is one of my all-time favorite movies, period. A masterclass in getting into the mind of a villain, i.e. Salieri. The Assassination of Jesse James... has been on my radar after watching Blonde. Gonna have to check that out. No Country for Old Men is a sharp reminder for movie buffs that The Coen Brothers can do serious drama better than almost anyone, even if some moviegoers have gotten too hung up on O Brother and their other comedies, etc.
Ghost in the Shell is a masterwork and the live-action remake like most adapted from legendary anime is a sacrilegious desecration of the art of the originals.
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is fantastic and by the end you're glad the long title calls out the Coward Robert Ford.
From #12 to #1 I concur all are epic feasts for the eyes maybe in a different order, but that's just personal.
Ghost In the Shell is also one of the big inspirations for the Wachowskis' The Matrix
I really enjoy your open approach to cinema as a whole. You make me widen my own horizon.
Thanks for Baytown Outlaws. I’m a Travis Kimmel fan and never heard of it 🤘
Fimmel
takeaway: you're learning spanish because of Salma Hayek 😜
Jacob's Ladder might be the most influential horror film that no one has heard of. Incredible movie.
Every movie started looking like a Jacob’s Ladder scenario, after I first saw it as a kid. It also helped me understand, some older movies, that I didn’t think of as death trip/experience, until I saw Jacob’s Ladder.
That no one has heard of? 😂
I guess if you’re 25? 30? 35? …let me know when I get there.
@@piezoman79 52. Saw it in the theater multiple times. Bombed when it came out, making only 2 million more than its budget, which means it lost money with P&A. For decades the only people I had talk about it were filmmakers talking about influences. Even when the remake came out, I heard multiple people asking “wait it’s a remake?” It’s come into fashion, thankfully, with modern film fans. But it was a Walmart bin movie for a long time.
@@markdkberry oh hell yes. I didn’t even bother with the remake. If someone tells me it’s good, I’ll see it, but if it beats the original I will be shocked.
Fyi - after assuming it was gonna suck and figuring I'd turn it off, i was surprised to find that Babylon was not just the banal, gratuitous bullshit i was expecting, but a fairly touching portrait of the poignancy of changing times and the death of one's youthful prime. I was able to actually sink my teeth into it.
Now THAT'S a list! You may rest now, Darren.😄 I've seen - and can recommend - almost all of these films and they truly are eye candy.
EVERLY absolutely ROCKS!! 🎉
I usually agree with you, but BATTLESHIP iz NOT a bad movie -- it's PHENOMENALLY GOOD for what it IS: a toy franchise brought to the big screen with WAY MORE INTELLIGENCE, STAR POWER, and ENTERTAINMENT than it probably DESERVES 😉😅🤣👍
APOCALYPTO is INSANELY Good 🎉🎉
And MY Pic for "Animes for Ppl Who Don't Watch Anime": SWORD OF THE STRANGER [2007] -- it's jaw-droppingly enthralling 🤯💥🤩👍
The Fountain probably belongs on that list.
Bones and All was great! Really well done.
Surprisingly we actually have four of these on prime in Norway, so Prime is not a total scam at all
I never got Jacobs Ladder when it came out. Don’t think I ever finished it. I’ll give it another try.
I loved Bones and All, but yeah it has super realistic violence. Really like that directors style, esp Suspiria.
Finally. A month when it’s worth paying for Prime.
I just watched "3000 years of Longing". It was Amazing. Now it's one of my favorite films. Period!
good movie
Wow! Babylon was fantastic!!!
TG Maverick is an alright movie. The original was amazing. The reason why the new one's not that great is because everything shown in it has already been done.
Not with real fighter jets with real reactions from the actors. That’s the selling point tbh.
@@treytilley333 Well, is Titanic not that great of a movie because they didn't use the real Titanic in it? There's more to movies than real equipment. Plenty of SCI-Fi movies use fake spaceships and they are pretty darn good compared to the footage from the ISS.
Jacob's Ladder rocked me to the core. It's a one-of-a-kind, groundbreaking film. I was haunted for weeks after seeing it the first time. Have watched it many times and still get teary eyed at the end.
how about "The Fall" ?
Thanks Darren !! ❤
I love Baytown Outlaws
Screw babbel
I put off watching Babylon because I'm just not that interested in tales of wild debauchery, but I finally did watch it and think it's worth watching for Margot Robbie's dance scenes alone. That woman is electrifying - it gives me chills just thinking about her raw carnal energy in those scenes. Wow.
That got me off the fence.
My biggest gripe about Prime is that most of these interesting movies never show up as recommendations.
My favorite part of babylon,besides the entire 1st 30 mins, is when Brad Pitts character is blackout drunk falling all over the place and as soon as the director says action,he sobers up immediately and performs the scene perfectly.
If we talk about breathtaking with unforgettable visuals your list is pretty much a weak one.
Let me help you here with some of the best:
Metropolis
Citizen Kane
Fantasia
Lawrence of Arabia
2001: A Space Odyssey
Apocalypse Now
Stalker
Solaris
Blade Runner
Akira
Ghost in the Shell
Battle Angel Alita (the anime)
The Last Emperor
Dark City
The Cell
The Fall
What dreams may come
Amelie
Event Horizon
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Pirates of the Caribbean Trilogy
Memoirs of a Geisha
300
Sin City
Watchmen
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Samsara
Baraka
Ashes and Snow
Crimson Peak
Pan's Labyrinth
The Fountain
Sunshine
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
and many more...
FYI
Gladiator fans the sequel is coming 💯
Lost City of Z, Amadeus, Facing Monsters, 3:10 to Yuma, The Devils Backbone, No Country for Old Men 👏🏼🙌🏼👍🏼
Just watched Devil’s backbone - solid recommendation
I loved 3000 Years of Longing! Largely because I'm just a sucker for "time-traveling" movies that aren't necessarily about time travel, but instead use a framing device to to show little vignettes from different points in history. Something about them just feels really cozy... like chicken noodle soup.
THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF LONGING - outstanding movie..a must watch.
Wow, can’t believe Babylon made…any list. Barely made it through it after 3 days. Sucked. No memorable characters, absolute trash.
The problem with the Amazon 'version' of Ghost in the Shell is that it is dubbed in English. I saw it when it came out, with its Japanese sound track, and there is no comparison. I suppose it is fine for people who don't like sub-titles, but the English actors can't get the original feeling. It is a GREAT movie, otherwise highly recommended.
As far as Amadeus is concerned, it is visually beautiful, but it is a huge LIE from start to finish. If you forget that these characters are NOT true representations of Mozart and Salieri, then maybe the artificial philosophical argument of social obnoxiousness vs. talent may work. I thought it was a ridiculous paper tiger.
The first time I watched 3000 years of longing I hated it because of narrow mindedness and setting expectations. I rewatched it with a new set of eyes and I fell in love with the story. This is one of the best stories to have ever put on screen. George Miller is a fecking genius.
Loved that movie!!
That movie pulls from a lot of history in story telling, 1001 nights type story, I loved this movie.
Interstellar is fucking awesome……quantum physics 101 Bravo
Taylor Kitsch had poor luck in film choices. Between Battleship and John Carter (of Mars) it is unfortunate that both movies were largely unwatched. He is an excellent actor but his Hollywood profile doesn't show it.
Babylon amazing movie ..highly recommend. And yes, No Country for Old Men by far the best movie.
Top Gun Maverick? Really? The cheesiest movie of the las few years? Good dialog? Man, you lost some good points in my list of movie reviewers.
Speaking of horror and Del Torro; check out his horror flick "The Orphanage". Spanish w/subtitles
I love this list ..so excited to watch everly.chasind monsters and Babylon. Tha k u Darren. U never disapoint
In Gladiator when the tiger swipes at Russel Crowe as he’s rolling - 🤩
Ny favorite sentence in Spanish is, "Como se dice en Espanol?" It's a Question asking How do you say that in Spanish.
Say what you want, but top gun maverick can only be watched in dts surround and minimum 80 inch projector screen if not in theaters. 💯
I still haven't seen topgun maverick but after your description, I felt like u were directly talking to me .now I'm going to see it. thank u
Amadeus is in my top ten of all time. A masterpiece.
2006's Bandidas with Cruz and Hayek was awesome.
I watched facing monsters from your reccomendation abd it was amazing. The waves are insane. Crazy thay dude did what he did.
If you want to cobble a series together for gdt start with Cronus then devils backbone followed by pans labyrinth, his three best films
Those movies including the French one on MAX was absolute! Thanks!