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Makes you think about how we apply AI today that makes decisions that can affect human lives.
Spartacus with Kirk Douglas (the book Spartacus by Howard Fast is also very impressing) i mean we were taught history through from the POV of the state and its rulers etc, here you learn there is another side of the story. Wall-E
Synecdoche, New York As to why, Roger Ebert said it best[1]. [1] https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/synecdoche-new-york-2008
It can be a hard watch, if you're not in the right headspace, but it's so totally worthwhile.
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I wish I liked Wall-E more. The last time I watched it, I felt like there was a narrative disconnect about midway through the movie where the primary plot just changes. (One is Wall-E's relationship with EVE, the other is the saving of humanity.) It's not that I can't deal with both plots being in the movie, but it seemed to me that there was kind of an overt switch between them, and it really brought me out of my en…
It was always about earth, though. It's why Eve was there in the first place?
Princess Mononoke [1] (1997) had an impact on how I value our environment and also was my gateway into anime [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Mononoke
> and also was my gateway into anime Slightly off topic, any recommendations on that area? I've never checked out any anime besides children shows and would like to see something good, preferably mature and recent, to see if I'm missing out on something cool.
Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon, Forman’s Amadeus, again Kubrick’s Clockwork Orange, Antonioni’s Blowup, De Sica’s Miracle in Milan are some of the first films that come to mind and wish more people came to enjoy them
Films that had a great impact on me, however:
1. Lord of the Rings – Lord of the Rings is, to me, the epitome of the epic. It is grand, sweeping, and larger than life. I inevitably compare all movies to the trilogy.
2. Hamilton - Its made me think a lot about ambition and legacy and, to a lesser extent, representation and sanitization of those that came before us.
3. Apollo 13 - I think few films come close to capturing how ingenious some people can be – as well as how many people it takes to get us off the world and back to it safely.
City of God (and the documentary that was a special feature of the DVD and was better than the film) Hector and the Search for Happiness Ghost in the Shell (as someone else mentioned)
Koyaanisqatsi (1982) - made me realize the degree to which society has been mechanized, how our alienation to nature and each other is almost guaranteed if we give ourselves over to technology.