What's your fave movie of all time that you love to recommend to people?

Ｃｏｌｏｒ 🎨@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml – 137 points –

For me it's Interstellar, it never fails to make me ugly cry at least twice during each viewing

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John Carpenter's 1982 masterpiece The Thing. The themes of paranoia and isolation are so perfectly explored; it launched the career of Keith David, who is just a treasure; the performances are all immaculate; and those effects. My god, the effects.

Brilliant film, I love John Carpenter. My favourite is They Live.

That's a great one as well. That alleyway fight scene is so fucking cool. Carpenter is easily one of the most creative, most fun artists of his generation.

Absolutely amazing movie, the effects were so ahead of their time!

Right? I can't watch it with people anymore, because I keep pausing to explain how certain effects were achieved. It's a monumental achievement.

Love that one too. What do you (or anybody with a theory or the answer) think is the meaning of the ending?

I think it's intentionally ambiguous. For me, the point is the paranoia and distrust. I might be wrong, of course, but my interpretation is that we are supposed to leave the experience with questions.

Damn, that movie really messed me up as a kid, watching it alone.

I can imagine; I wouldn't recommend it for kids. Way too much gore and tension.