Not necessarily indicative of a great film, but certainly the first few minutes are important. So, what movie has the best opening scene(s)—loosely defined (by me) as the first 15 minutes or so. For my part, and having thought about it for bit, it is Apocalypse Now. The montage of the napalmed jumble, helicopters, ceiling fan and Willard’s haggard presence and hallowed soul, combined with The Doors’ haunting song The End just sucks you in. The transition to the general’s trailer park HQ and strerile explanation of the operation establish precisely the point of the file: the absolute hypocrisy of it all. Not that I’m just into military films, but second for me might be Saving Private Ryan, for the sheer visceral brutality and reality of its depiction of combat—but it falls short for me in only in its its single dimension; the movie itself has far more to offer. Your turn!

The Gheorghius – Catholic and Romanian - settle in a Norwegian village, the mother’s birthplace. They quickly bond with the Halbergs, who live in the neighbouring house near the bay. Despite their very different upbringings, the children of both families soon become close friends. Until the Gheorghius are suspected of hurting their own children…

So i come from a country where we hardly get to see these films until they get a digital release, I had this on my watchlist ever since i read it somewhere that PCW is making a new film and it's an adaptation of a novel that is probably more then a year.

Firstly i would say as of now my favourite film of the year is PTA's One Battle After Another ( haven't watched hemnet, marty supreme and the secret agent yet ). And i think No Other Choice is up there with PTA's film only bad part is i didn't watch it in a theater.

The film basically tells a story of a married man who lost his job and how and what he does to get the job he wants back and how it effects his family and morals.

I was literally giggling and laughing so hard throughout the film and it's not just the funny scenes but also the camera angles and transitions i was thinking in my mind like holy shit this man always comes up with something new and ambitious. I remember watching decision to leave the first time and instantly falling in love with the poetic nature of the film but more then that the technicalities of that film and here i feel like No Other Choice is even better than that. As a overall film i think i still put decision to leave above because i love the poetry and romance of that film.

Apart from being a dark comical satire i think this film is very tragic and romantic too. Seeing our protagonist becoming a psycho murderer and then his wife keeping it down even after knowing what he did was deeply romantic to me. I need a wifey like her. The first murder sequence chefs kiss, every frame Beautiful to look at, the jazzy soundtrack was orgasmic.

Capitalism, Al or robots replacing manual skilled workers, insecurity web you're not providing as man and you feel like your wife might cheat (but she's wifey for life she is loyal ) everything was perfect, this film is perfect.

It's frustrating to see how this film and PCW got ignored throughout the awards season, not even nominating the master is crazy they did the same with decision to leave which was one of the best film of that year just like No Other Choice for 2025. I feel like they don't wanna see another parasite if it's not coming from the west, i also think it's because of NEON this is what happens when you buy the rights of every good film then you filter them looks like they are focusing more on Sentimental value which is a really good film but i don't think I'll say it's best of the year.

Highest grossing live action Japanese film of all time, starring Ryo Yoshizawa and Ken Watanabe – now Oscar nominated for Hair and makeup, it was also Japan's submission to the international feature film category. Opens this week in NY, LA and Toronto this week before expandion nationwide on February 20.

I was 11 when Dumb & Dumber came out and I completely missed that there was a kidnapping plot happening in the background. I thought Mary really did just forget the briefcase because she was distracted by Lloyd crashing the limo. The goons who were after it I figured were just like, really determined robbers after a big score. When the case is revealed to be full of money I just thought rich people carried around stacks of cash like that.

Anyone else have a ridiculous misreading of a movie?

So I saw sentimental value and loved it. It’s a yearly tradition of mine to go watch all the best original screenplay nominee when they release the list (the ones I haven’t already seen) And SV was on it of course

I was so blown away by it I looked up that director and was keen to watch more of his films. And wouldn’t ya know it he had another critically acclaimed arthouse movie that got nominated for best original screenplay in 21 that I had somehow missed. So I watched it aaaaaaand

Jesus fucking Christ I feel like I just had a breakthrough therapy session. I feel so forlorn and morose. It was beautiful cinema and now one of my favorite movies but goddamn. I need a minute to process. This is that rare art that goes beyond just base entertainment to something more. Something inexplicable. Profound. Those Europeans don’t play cause there was zero sugar coating, sanitizing, dumbing down, compromising nothing

I feel like it had a lot of layers of relation to me from both of the leads. The woman, “Julie”? I think, the whole thing with her being late 20s almost 30 and more directionless than a broken compass. Bouncing from career path to career path. Working a modest job as a bookstore associate and getting judged for it here and there. I’m 27 almost 28 and I bounced careers around a lot in my 20s and dont have a lot of clarity on what to do next. Currently an uber driver (I like it) but get judged up and down for it all the time for having so little social eminence

The man “Axel”? I relate to cause I had a relationship years ago with someone younger than me and thus far it was the best one of my life easily. Lines like “nobody talks like we talk nobody laughs like we laugh” and how despondent he was at the end citing it as the love of his life and he never captured that again just made me want to cry. Major lump in the throat. Could easily see that being me as I’m older with how dating is going. Hopefully I don’t get terminal cancer in my 40s though. Also the line about how he tried to bury himself in art to distract from the existential dread but ended up thinking he just wasted his time on stupid and trivial things nobody cares about. I’m a big movie, gaming, comic book, novel guy and that kinda hit me in a big existential way too. That on my death bed all this art and shit will just be a joke to me. A regret. Just a dumb pass time

Fuck. Well, TLDR, great film, made me super despondent. Very emotionally and intellectually stimulating but man it felt heavy in a personal way things seldom do