Night on Earth. 5 cities, 5 cab drivers, 5 stories. Just beautiful storytelling. If you haven't seen it, you totally should
Ask HN: What is your favorite movie? And why do you like it?
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#32Groundhog Day. It's a comedy with some dark elements in it. And it's also something that I would like to experience myself so long as I could resume normal time when I wanted to. A day with no consequences would be fun.
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#33I think that for me it's "Spirited away" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiEzl7SEtkI
The story of how the heroine matures in front of our eyes as the weight of the world is placed upon her shoulders was really moving to me. Coupled with beautiful hand-drawn animation and an overall sense of gentleness and wander, it's been an real favorite for me which I enjoy watching time over time.
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#34Armageddon! How much cooler can you get with NASA sending up a team to blow up an asteroid?!
How about jump starting the planet in The Core.
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#352001 a Space odyssey - Saw it on a school trip when it came out. Have watched it dozens of times since then
Also Metropolis.
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#36Drowning by Numbers - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092929/
- It's gorgeous. Not like a movie, but like a collection of hundreds of beautiful pictures. - It's geeky. I had to watch the movie dozens of times and read the script to understand all the allusions and references.
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#37My favourite:
Let the right one in (the original version), beautiful atmospheric movie: http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt1139797
Other recommendations:
City of God, harsh but realistic: http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0317248
Barefoot Gen, shock and awe, made me cry, IMHO better than Grave of the Fireflies: http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0085218/
The Chaser, breathtaking thriller: http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt1190539/
The Andromeda Strain, now this is real SF: http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0066769
The Man from Earth, good low budget SF: http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0756683
Castaway on the Moon: funny movie about a man that 'bootstraps' his life on a 'stranded island' after a failed suicide attempt: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1499666/
I saw the devil, violent but very good thriller: http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt1588170/?ref_=sr_1
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#38Blade Runner, but not the theatrical version with the phoned-in narration. Director's Cut or Final Cut. It's a beautifully-shot noir film whose special effects hold up even today, and has a very interesting take on the nature of humanity. Edit: Harrison Ford on his narration: "It was simply bad narration." http://web.archive.org/web/20080603083514/http://www.harriso...
The original, with Harrison Ford's voice-overs, was perfect. The various-re-releases such as the Director's Cut ruined it. I hate Director's Cuts! They invariably make great movies worse. Why can't Hollywood leave well-enough alone? Why do they feel the need to mess with something that was great to begin with?
>The original, with Harrison Ford's voice-overs, was perfect.
Sometimes I wish HN would allows downvotes...
Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite movie? And why do you like it?
#392001 a Space odyssey - Saw it on a school trip when it came out. Have watched it dozens of times since then Also Metropolis.
Metropolis is a fantastic film!
I've never been into silent films, but last year my brother conducted a performance of Metropolis (live orchestra of the film score) and I was blown away by how good it was!
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#40Vitus - A perfect combination of all story elements, simply genius.