Ask HN: What is your favorite movie? And why do you like it? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite movie? And why do you like it?

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Post by joshsegall » Sun, Apr 14, 2013, 2:48 PM UTC

peterhi wrote: post #35

2001 a Space odyssey - Saw it on a school trip when it came out. Have watched it dozens of times since then Also Metropolis.

I second 2001. Way ahead of its time in special effects and realism about space. The cinematography is Kubrik at his best. Plus it was the first film I ever felt was mind expanding.

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite movie? And why do you like it?

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Post by joshsegall » Sun, Apr 14, 2013, 2:51 PM UTC

a3n wrote: post #3

The Third Man: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_third_man Orson Wells. Black and white. Noir. Photography. Impossible love story. The score: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oEsWi88Qv0

Good one! Best use of zither music ever.

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite movie? And why do you like it?

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Post by carlyle4545 » Sun, Apr 14, 2013, 2:51 PM UTC

American Psycho (2000) because you shouldn't just look at it, you should eat it. (Too obscure?)

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite movie? And why do you like it?

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Post by algopats » Sun, Apr 14, 2013, 3:18 PM UTC

qw wrote: post #32

Groundhog 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.

it is in fact possible, though in a different way :) You need to achieve nirvana (look up buddha writings, Zen interpretations, nagarjuna's core points, nisargadatta's "i am that" NO BS spoon feed, in that order. And may be add-in bhagavata gita for a fun read). HTH.

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Post by dccoolgai » Sun, Apr 14, 2013, 4:12 PM UTC

Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011). A poignant reminder of the difference between real honor and superficial/dogmatic show.

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite movie? And why do you like it?

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Post by afsina » Sun, Apr 14, 2013, 6:12 PM UTC

Cannot say one favorite. But Children of Heaven impressed me a lot when I saw it first. Perhaps because I saw the innocence of children that we have long lost.. Princess Mononoke and Howl's Moving Castle are also very good.

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite movie? And why do you like it?

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Post by richardkmichael » Sun, Apr 14, 2013, 7:35 PM UTC

Many enjoyable films posted already. No one has mentioned 'Primer' (2004/Shane Carruth). Respectable as hard sci-fi, and inspiring as an independent project (Carruth did almost everything himself.) I suggest watching before you read anything about it.

For non sci-fi, 'Old boy' (2003/Chan-wook Park) was memorable - fun concept, well acted and a good ending too.

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite movie? And why do you like it?

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Post by prakster » Sun, Apr 14, 2013, 7:53 PM UTC

vs4vijay wrote: post #19

The Godfather...Everybody knows why..

Absolutely.

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite movie? And why do you like it?

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Post by jjkmk » Sun, Apr 14, 2013, 9:17 PM UTC

Fight Club - The most relevant movie of this generation. Addresses issues such as consumerism, the over feminisation of young men.

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite movie? And why do you like it?

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Post by olivier1664 » Mon, Apr 15, 2013, 2:30 AM UTC

Batman - The Dark Knight: Clever bad guy, goods characters, believable, fantastic, long movie.

(It is not original, it just take what Holliwood do for long know, and it do it very well.)