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endo

That was fun. It's always good to follow @ARNC 's cultural tips.

Made me think about which other good films about 'The Troubles' I know.

Bloody Sunday (2002)
'71 (2014)
In the Name of the Father (1993)
Cal (1984)
The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006, historically predating the Troubles, but connected)

More suggestions?

IH-GARY

The Long Good Friday (1980) - Classic Bob Hoskins & Helen Mirren
A Prayer For The Dying (1987) - Mickey Rourke is a bit cheesy but perfectly balanced by another incredible Bob Hoskins performance, great plot!
The Crying Game (1992) - Best plot twist of all time?
The Boxer (1997) - DDL shines but for me Emily Watson is the real star
The General (1998) - Troubles related but more the organised crime elements. True story and a fantastic performance by Brendan Gleeson

RobeOfTheMagi

@Chap Is it really worth it if you already know Vol. 1 and 2?

ARNC

@endo glad you enjoyed it. I’m not sure if I’ve got much to offer in terms of other films with a similar context. I’ve heard good things about Ken Branagh’s Belfast but I’ve never got round to seeing it, so take that with a pinch of salt.

Giles

@Jett129 What the absolute fuck would Health and Safety say about blowing a car up on stage these days ?

Jett129

@Giles Had to google it because I had forgotten about all the stuff they did. My response given the current climate in the US,would probably not be Forum appropriate.

IrishHeart

@endo in addition to others mentioned:
Michael Collins (1996) based on the life of a leading figure in Irish history at the time of the Easter Rising in 1916
Hunger (2008) about the 1981 hunger strikes with Michael Fassbender playing Bobby Sands

Chap

@RobeOfTheMagi said in Movies:

@Chap Is it really worth it if you already know Vol. 1 and 2?

Probably not (unless you are a hardcore fan like my son who went to cinema in his yellow replica Kill Bill leather jacket)

endo

Sitting here in the cottage, had a lovely meal, a nice Pinot Gris, and smoked a little weed, and was wondering which film I really want to watch again. Turns out it's Ferris Bueller's Day Off. It's aged well.

endo

Goes well with a White Russian, by the way. And, Ferris is kind of the Dude's son, isn't he?

Bridger

Both movies consist of scenes that can be watched independently of the rest of the film. There's a hotel in Berlin that has TBL on a dedicated channel on repeat 24 hours. You can turn it on and watch a few scenes at any point, and it makes sense. I think Bueller would work the same way.

Heritage_Guy

I just watched Under the Silver Lake and it is a wild neo noir. Personally I love Chinatown and Nightcrawler , any movies set in Los Angeles where the setting is another character in the movie. This movie had a cryptographer listed in the credits and with the nature of the movie there is an active sub reddit with crazy fan theories. I think movies that have legs are great. Another that comes to mind is Primer, the fan theories on that one make you want to keep rewatching. I am going to rewatch Under the Silver Lake again and jump into the rabbit hole. It's on Netflix.

Matt

I wasn’t familiar, thanks for the rec.

mclaincausey

@endo I showed that one to my 5yo daughter. I’d forgotten the cursing (which I only care about because I don’t want my kid to “corrupt” other, more puritanical parents’ spawn) but, as expected, she loved it.

endo

@mclaincausey well done, all my children watched it with me when they were young and they loved it. It emphasizes freedom and joy.

mclaincausey

@endo the fact that people in church thought it was a bad influence when I was young supports this truth. I remember there was also a pamphlet decrying the Dead Kennedys because they wanted to “Kill the Poor.”

whoosh

endo

@mclaincausey Irony is obviously not the strongest trait of many churchgoers.

Matt

Which is in and of itself pretty ironic.

Matt

Took my 14 yo and 6 of her friends to the theater last night to see Backrooms. It was intense. The movie was scary too.

1WayTrip

@Matt I went to see it the other night. Still not managed to process that film

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