muladhara | "on second thoughts, let's not go to camelot. it is a very silly place."

thebonesofferalletters asked for film recs, and I made an all-purpose list. I'm reposting it here in case anyone else is interested in what films I'd rec when/if my brain is working. (Although as I've said when asked before, checking through my general film tag is sometimes good because even if I didn't like a film, there's a chance you might??)

Event Horizon
The Matrix
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
Inception
Jurassic Park (dinosaurs!)
Rush Hour (there are two sequels, but I've only seen Rush Hour 2)
Rumble in The Bronx (with an added: most Jackie Chan films are good if you like martial arts and a laugh at the same time)
Labyrinth
Clue
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Silent Hill (again, there's a sequel. I haven't seen it, but it's supposed to be dire)
Back to the Future (plus sequels)
Fracture
Silence of the Lambs
ALL the X-Men films
The Wolverine (though obvs these two recs depend on how much you like the X-Men/Hugh Jackman/etc)
Van Helsing
Howl's Moving Castle
Spirited Away
My Neighbour Totoro
Blade Runner
Anna and the King (not a musical)
The King and I (totally a musical)
My Fair Lady (also a musical)
The Princess and the Frog
The Lord of the Rings trilogy
Robin Hood (Disney version)
The Lion in Winter
The Mummy (1999 version)
Stargate
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Monty Python's Life of Brian
Ladyhawke

If you want to know more about any of 'em, you can ask and I will answer (though I feel like most people have seen most of the films on this list, or at least have heard of them/what they are about).

I also recced two films I didn't like, which were Ginger Snaps and Dog Soldiers, both of which are films about werewolves.

Ginger Snaps is lycanthropy as a metaphor for puberty and, given the two leads are female, I think you can see where this is going. It should work, but I don't feel it does. But that's imho.

Dog Soldiers is, from what I remember, Shit Going Wrong for Soldiers in the Scottish Highlands. With Werewolves. I think most of them end up dead (because werewolves, and this is a film for MANLY MEN, hence the soldiers). I think I watched it more because Liam Cunningham is in it than because it was about werewolves. I didn't like it (as noted) and, while I've acquired a crush on another actor who's in it since I saw it, I have little to no desire to ever watch it again. Again, imho! You might like it, thus the rec.

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- The Matrix is one of many movies that I very much enjoyed when I was younger. I ended up having to watch it as an adult for a class on orientalism-as-it-intersected-with-western-science-fiction, and found myself liking the film's aesthetic much less than I had as a kid, which was a shame.

- My first and only watching of Labyrinth was the day my cat died; my roommate and I were complete wrecks after leaving the vet, and ended up grabbing extremely unhealthy food and watching silly things on Netflix. One of those things was Labyrinth, and to this day I still make jokes about the emotionally healing power of those distractingly common David Bowie crotch shots.

- I mostly remember Stargate nowadays for how it got me into Stargate SG-1, which is one of my favorite TV shows. I would probably find it hard to go back to it, given the cast change between the show and the movie.

- I should really rewatch Clue sometime; I adored it as a kid, but I imagine a lot went over my head back then. The multiple endings! I was so fired up by the concept; this was long before I really got into gaming, so the idea was new to me.

- One of my friends who really likes Dianna Wynne Jones (sp?) absolutely loathes the Howl's Moving Castle film, but I loved it from start to finish. I know it's not exactly subtle with its message, but still. Howl and Sophie and Calcifer and...whatever the kid's name was, I loved them all.

- I watched Silence of the Lambs with my family when I was, like...twelve? Great parenting!

Hmm, that is a shame. I really love it, although I've watched it A LOT since it came out.

That sounds like a great plan! I wish someone had suggested that to me when my cat died.

Ahhh. I tried to watch SG-1 but didn't ever get into it. I'm an Egyptology nerd, which is why I love the film so much.

I recently saw Clue again after not seeing since I was a kid, and I was worried that I wouldn't like it as much as I did back then. But I did, so that was a relief.

I like the film (obviously) of Howl's Moving Castle, but I much prefer the book.

LOL, whoops. Maybe they thought it wouldn't be as scary if they were there. Or something?

"on second thoughts, let's not go to camelot. it is a very silly place."

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