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Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
The Thing (1982)
12 Angry Men (1957)
Just off the top of my head.
Movies need to be good, nothing else. If the story happens to require a wider variety of characters to fulfill that goal, great. Once you take your eye off the prize trying to "check off boxes," the quality starts to suffer. Story is always primary.
You are near-universally considered the biggest hack in Hollywood that has turned everything you've touched in to shit. Now please stop trying to spread your awful ideas and retire.
The phrase "when seconds count, help (the police/fire dept.) are only minutes away," comes to mind. I also hope you have at least one kind of fire extinguisher for each different types of fires.
What do you base your assumption I'd "horde my guns," which are certainly fewer than six to 10, btw, on? There is a very logical reason you don't know if any of your neighbors own. They de facto become the "go to guy" when lives are on the line, and you knowing that about me puts me and my family on that line.
My recommendation: talk to your neighbors, perhaps about general emergency/disaster preparedness. Maybe get a phone list going, better yet, a plan of what to do and/or where to meet, especially when there are children or people with limited mobility involved. At some point, bring up burglars; this would be a great time to bring up who owns guns. Some still may play their cards close to the vest until they know people and their experience/skill levels better. Perhaps arrange a neighborhood visit to a local range, or better yet, a firearms safety/skill class. Still strongly recommend owning at least one home defense firearm per household, and get all occupants proficient with it.
Like I said, I don't care how many guns I have to spare, I'm not going to hand a lethal weapon to a stranger I just met without knowing at least their safety/skill level, let alone trustworthiness, but if I hear a scream from one of my neighbors in the middle of night, the second I hang up with 911, describing myself (clothing/armed status), I'd head over to make sure the neighbors were ok.
Buy now. Start saving a little each paycheck, and it won't take long. Make sure to include ammo in that fund, as any round worth a damn is @ thirty-forty cents ea. give or take and no matter what you decide on buying, practicing is paramount. Try to find a friendly range that will talk you through pros and cons, and many will rent you guns until you find one that fits you and your needs.
I'd guess the odds of you getting mugged on the street, experiencing a home invasion burglary, or the true inspiration of the second amendment, a government gone tyrannical, are your bigger threats than a foreign invasion, besides, why would I lend/give a tool meant to protect myself and my loved ones who practice semi-regularly to a stranger who has never held one? An untrained unknown could present more danger to themselves and those around them, likely on the same side!
"Selfish?" Who is more selfish: one who has had plenty of time and money to become self-reliant in protecting themselves and their loved ones, or one who has done nothing of the sort and expects others to sacrifice materials and skills accrued for their own, increasing the risk they or their loved ones face? "Spite?" Haha. Almost sounds like you sit there imagining your neighbors having fun and learning skills that could be useful or crucial in a crisis, thinking only about you, thinking "Oooh, I can't wait 'til that neighbor comes a'beggin' for my help so I can rub it in his face!" What did you do to them to garner such spite? :P
As said, this phrase is one that helped me make the decision to buy my first gun: "Better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it"
Century? Bold claim, Cotton, and I'm glad you loved it. Just finished it, myself and enjoyed it, but I'll stick with It Follows (2014), À l'intérieur aka Inside (2007) and Låt den rätte komma in aka Let the Right One In (2008) for my top picks of the 21st century for now.
Hmmm something else is happening this year... Tip of my tongue... Oh right! It's another election year!
Another video store setting. The GF picked out The Edge (1997), and while I liked both stars, the (VHS?) cover looked like a low budget cheesy action movie, but I think I ended up liking it more than her! Has held up to at least four or five rewatches over the years.
It's a true gem of a man vs. nature film that kept me on the edge of my seat. Highly recommended.
I know I watched it when it was on, and must have liked it, but unlike Seinfeld, where barely a day goes by that doesn't remind me of something from that show, I can barely remember scenes from Friends that have become part of my "reference lobe" of my brain.
However, much to Perry's credit, his film with Bruce Willis, The Whole Nine Yards (2000) has become a yearly favorite, if not more, and has improved with age. Highly recommended.
AFAIK I've always had 20/15 vision, but starting in my mid-thirties, while reading menus in restaurants for dinner/supper especially, I needed either more light or had to hold the menu farther from my face and maybe squint to read it clearly. This was the beginning of my battle with presbyopia, or "old eye" literally from the Greek. From what I've read, it typically hits you around or in your mid-forties, so I guess I just got lucky.
I started around +1.25, and every couple years I add +0.25. One thing I didn't learn for a couple years is that there is no difference between "computer glasses" and "reading glasses," except for maybe that faint yellow tint, which you can easily calibrate your monitor to your liking to match the ambient light, but also the magnification level simply corresponds with the focal point, e.g. if your reading glasses are sharp at +1.75, since you typically hold a book closer to your face, your old +1.50 or +1.25s would do fine as your "computer glasses" since their focal point is a bit farther from your face.
So don't toss those readers that have "passed their prime," until you try them with your computer.
I'm still pretty sure past a certain distance I'm still 20/15 ("is that a nickel over there?"), but since I haven't had my eyes checked in almost a decade, I got a check-up in a few weeks for the heck of it.
Agreed the Price version is my favorite, and the closest adaptation, but could have been closer. As mentioned, he played it pretty straight, i.e. against type, so it could just be my favorite role of his.
The Will Smith version did the best job at portraying his loneliness. Thankfully it was the only one I saw prior to reading the novella, so I wasn't disappointed at how much they Hollywood-ized it. Saw it in the theater and more or less had a fun time.
I wish I had seen an MST3K version of the Charlton Heston vehicle, for surely one existed. Alas, I saw it raw and found it ironically campier than Price's.
I see we have a few Vatos Locos present...
I, too, will omit most of my childhood favorites, except ones I still might watch every couple years as an adult, such as:
The Muppet Movie (1979)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
The rest I'll try to order by number of times seen; it should be obvious I love them all, so ordering by rating would be near impossible:
The Blues Brothers (1980)
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
The Thing (1982)
Waiting for Guffman (1996)
Airplane! (1980)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Groundhog Day (1993)
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Oh man, I was near twenty when I realized it was a top ten. There were some hard decisions made, let me tell you....
The top of the staircase shot will never not scare the hell out of me, and I've seen the film ten times easy over three decades. It also ruined taking showers for a bit, not nearly as much as Jaws ruined swimming in the ocean for me, but tomato/tomato.
As a huge horror fan I have to place it in my top twenty, maybe top ten, mostly for the groundbreaking (think Citizen Kane) horror filmmaking, but also because it truly scares me in parts.
The eye is fine; it's just the rest of her body that's just off a degree or two. I think she's fine as hell and might prefer her eyes the way they are. Oh, and I just remembered the *freckles!* +1 charisma bonus.
Bless your heart; you have restored my PJ respect level back to near-perfect!
And I had to look up if I had even seen WtWTA. Gave it a 5/10, so I know I saw it, wasn't impressed by it, but can remember nothing about it. Odd, because I've loved Jonze's Her, Adaptation and Being John Malkovich.
The Ox-Bow Incident (1942)
Alone in the Wilderness (2004)*
Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015)*
[•REC] (2007)
Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme (2000)*
Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices (2008)*
Valerie a týden divu aka Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)
Murder Party (2007)
*Documantaries
Hmm... Using the right IMDb advanced search keyword is gonna be tricky. Order will be pretty random and I suspect my list will be a mix of obvious popular films and more obscure ones,and probably not all exactly what you're after, but I'll definitely keep them rated high enough by me to fall in to the like+ recommendation category:
Psycho (1960)
Don't Breathe (2016)
Tony (2009)
Welp aka Cub (2014)
The Woman (2011)
Bone Tomahawk (2015)
Môjû aka Blind Beast (1969)
Spider Baby or, the Maddest Story Ever Told (1967)
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) **Super gnarly warning
The Lodger (1944)
Pearl (2022)
Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007)
The Ritual (2017)
Ravenous (1999)
Creep (2014)
Dead End (2003)
Tsumetai nettaigyo aka Cold Fish (2010)
More where that came from. Please do let me know if any strike your fancy in particular.
Well, thankfully there is plenty of plot to keep the movies interesting, as opposed to PJ's The Hobbit trilogy, which was stretched to its limits. When talking about that trilogy, I like to jokingly make the "stretch it out" hand gesture mimicking what PJ would be doing behind the camera to each actor in all their scenes.
To anyone around the world unfamiliar with the gesture I'm describing, picture using both hands stretching a wad of gum apart horizontally, indicating you want whatever is happening to take as much time as possible. That is how IMO he made three full length movies out of a comparatively short children's book, after doing a one film per relatively longer book trilogy.
Yep. That was the most glaring "error" of the recent pt.2 film for me as well. It's been decades since I read up to book 3 , maybe 4. Is DV making the first book a film trilogy, and so we know how far they plan to take the movies? I assume it depends on box office returns, and I'm just being lazy asking you, who might not even know. I just hope we get to spend some time with child and adult Alia.
I know, and sincerely appreciate that; I just didn't want to steal SJ's thunder. :D
I'm not sure how to take that, as I always thought puns were supposed to produce a mild "heh" to appreciate their cleverness. e.g. "Chess nuts boasting in an open foyer."
Let's not rule out cannibalism, but yeah, if there is chemistry between two adults, pretty much any playful physical contact is *usually* a sign of attraction. Being on the spectrum must make it much more difficult to navigate, so, me playing armchair psychiatrist, would recommend if you are attracted to the person, be frank and maybe say something like, "I'm not really great at this, but that felt nice. Do you maybe wanna fool around a little?" with no expectations. If she says yes, great; if she gives a firm "no," respect that and try to react casually. Anything in between, try slowly escalating physical contact and lingering eye contact (but not staring), and keeping it playful and light.
I could go on, but there are plenty of "how to tell if she wants you to kiss her" guides out there, I'd advise you to check out a couple, especially if geared towards folks in your situation/noobs.
One last thing, do *not* dwell on it like you missed a once in a lifetime opportunity. It's just part of learning life lessons.