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Re: Ask HN: Films that made you see the world differently?

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Post by CuriousSkeptic »

torben-friis wrote: post #104
qwe098cube wrote: post #66

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.

Studio Ghibli was mentioned a few times, and for good reasons.

A favorite that I keep returning to is Howl's Moving Castle

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Post by CuriousSkeptic »

mlboss wrote: post #228

The Matrix - For me it is a deeply philosophical/spiritual film. We are surrounded by illusion that we cannot see. All suffering/joy is nothing but electrical signal in our brain. We always have this yearning that there is more to life than this. Also the action sequences are not bad :).

Make sure to also see Dark City

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Post by dwd »

dehrmann wrote: post #153
dwd wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by from this day until the ending of the world but we in it shall be remembered. We few, we happy few, we band of brothers, For he today who sheds his blood with me shall be my brother, Be he ne'er so vile, this day shall gentle his condition, and gentlemen in England now abed shall think themselves acursed they were not here, and hold their manhoods cheap whilst any speaks, that…

It's basically the president's speech in Independence Day.

From a film that changed how I viewed American propaganda.

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KineticLensman wrote: post #110
nlh wrote: post #87

Devs (2020, FX/Hulu). Not a movie, but movie-like (8-part series). I’m not religious and I don’t believe in the traditional religious god. But Devs presents a fascinating framework for what that could look like that passes the nerd/science test (with some obvious creative/technological liberties).

> that passes the nerd/science test Apart from the fact that it completely ignores... [spoiler] ... the uncertainty principle and stochastic processes so that a single computer can confidently model the past and future of the universe. This blew it for me.

Totally agree with that.

[spoilers]

What I found fascinating: The conceptual model of a complete universe simulation, however computationally complex, with software that allows camera placement anywhere for "peeking" into the simulation, and the ability to pause/rewind/rewatch (even if forward-looking prediction doesn't make sense).

This is the closest "science" parallel to the classical idea of an all-seeing god (the operator who controls the software). Whether or not it's technically feasible, it's certainly technically plausible. This, compared to traditional religious which always tried to explain the theory of gods as "trust us" or "there is no explanation", clicked.

(That doesn't suddenly make me religious, btw, but it certainly presents a theory that isn't dismissible on its face.)

I know this isn't unique to Devs, and I presume anyone who's spent time thinking about any sort of Simulation Hypothesis has seen these parallels as well, but this was pretty mind-opening for me.

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Post by throwaway092837 »

juniper_strong wrote: post #258
throwaway092837 wrote: post #246

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>> the movie is really about the negatives of extreme, prolonged toxic masculinity > Chuck Palahniuk, the author of the book the movie is based on would disagree with you. Palahniuk: “Throughout childhood, people tell you to be less sensitive. Adulthood begins the moment someone tells you that you need to be more sensitive.” > For one, he has said he doesn't believe in the term toxic masculinity. He criticized the te…

I'm not sure how either of those support your point about the term toxic masculinity. I claimed, "he has said he doesn't believe in the term toxic masculinity". In your first link, he is asked, "We hear the term “toxic masculinity” a lot these days. As someone who writes a lot about manhood, what does it mean to you?". He answers, "Oh boy, I’m not sure if I really believe in it". Sounds to me like he doesn't believe…

As I said "He criticized the term, for being poorly defined, not the concept".

>We hear the term “toxic masculinity” a lot these days. As someone who writes a lot about manhood, what does it mean to you? >Oh boy, I’m not sure if I really believe in it. >Why? >It seems like a label put on a certain type of behavior from the outside. It’s just such a vague term that it’s hard to address.

Re: Ask HN: Films that made you see the world differently?

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Post by gedy »

kls wrote: post #271
gedy wrote: post #170

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The Reflecting Skin - was just very powerful and in my top movies.

I literally walked away from that movie and said to my buddy, that I watched it with "WTF, I feel like I just got mentally raped", it is really that powerful of a movie. It disturbs me that a human mind could conceive of that story.

The scene with the women walking past holding the dead pigeon really flipped me out.
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