Post-millennial movies that are actually worth watching !!!
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- Опубликовано: 7 авг 2024
- A follow up to my video 26 reasons why post-millennial movies are so awful • 26 reasons why post-mi...
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0:00 Intro - General
2:14 Sexy Beast (2000)
3:28 Dredd (2012)
5:16 Inglourious Basterds (2009)
7:22 No Country for Old Men (2007)
9:46 Snowtown (2011)
13:01 The Babadook (2014)
13:58 Jack Reacher (2012)
15:28 City of God (2002)
16:32 Gran Torino (2008)
18:02 Apocalypto (2006)
19:42 Hereditary (2018)
22:22 Ready Player One (2018)
23:22 The Raid (2011)
24:14 The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
26:23 Shutter Island (2010)
27:26 Mulholland Drive (2001)
28:04 Chopper (2000)
29:22 A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
31:56 There Will Be Blood (2007)
32:58 Oldboy (2003)
34:29 Cloud Atlas (2012)
35:52 The Master (2012)
38:33 Intro - Kids Films
38:58 Up (2009)
39:15 Rango (2011)
40:00 Despicable Me (2010)
40:55 WALL·E (2008)
41:37 Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
42:33 Tigerland (2000)
44:57 TV Series
45:43 American Psycho (2000)
47:05 The Grudge (2004) / The Eye (2002)
48:10 Prometheus (2012)
50:35 Killing Them Softly (2012)
52:28 Sideways (2004)
53:14 Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
54:53 Amores perros (2000)
56:00 The Lives of Others (2006)
56:53 [Rec] (2007) / [Rec]² (2009)
57:40 The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
58:17 Get the Gringo (2012)
59:27 The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
1:01:15 Intro - Awful films
1:02:12 The Dark Knight (2008)
1:03:13 Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
1:04:02 Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
1:06:07 Drive (2011)
1:07:30 The Revenant (2015)
1:07:56 Avatar (2009)
Thanks for this
And here is a list of movies Rob "forgot" to mention :)
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
The Machinist (2004)
Moon (2009)
About Schmidt (2002)
Happy Accidents (2000)
Broken Wings (2002)
Session 9 (2001)
Spider (2002)
Waltz With Bashir (2008)
mvp
You're doing the lords work.
Thanks for the list and adding the years of release. 2000 and 2012 seem to be stronger years.
I don't understand how you liked Ready Player One.
I'm not sure I totally do. Need to watch again. It was a lot more original than most stuff out there.
I mean visual original, but story wise... not so much.
Cause it's nostalgia porn most likely.
Since the movie is not much more than constant 80s pop culture references, must be he got blinded by that.
B R E A D P I T T No it wasn't visual original so much. Seen CGI fests before. The basic story premise was interesting
In Bruges
Good flick, but Three Billboards is greater by an order of magnitude.
@@Michael-tz4sr Fuck no, respectfully
Awesome movie.
In Bruges definitely, yeah, liked 7 Psychopaths from McDonagh aswell, a bit muddled in places but enjoyed it for sure, wouldnt be on 'the list' tho
@@Michael-tz4sr How's a fairytale town not somebody's fucking thing? How can all those canals and bridges and cobbled streets and those churches, all that beautiful fucking fairytale stuff, how can that not be somebody's fucking thing, eh? ;)
Unironically criticizing Avatar as CGI overload but putting Ready Player One in the must watch list
cgi is not the main point here, story and how well it's made is. a lot of hype on avatar, I watched half of it, got bored, and didn't watch the rest
Unironically calling Blade Runner 2049 too long as if the original isn't actually too long
@@Ichimage I enjoy the seconds use of color, but I can understand why the first one refrained from going beyond whites and blacks. I do not mean to say that original is a bad movie, though I find that there are scenes that could've been edited down.
I simply the think the sequel did what the original set out to do in a better, slightly different way.
@@Ichimage I didn't mean that it was shot in black and white, I meant that it was shot in predominantly light and dark tones, since it was a bit of a noir film.
@@Ichimage I've seen both films. I saw the director's cut of the first one.
"Hey Rob! Whats a post millenial movie worth watching?"
"2001" (boom, tish, laughter)
You only liked Ready Player One because of The Shining scene, admit it
Actually no I was already enjoying the film before that part. But of course that scene was awesome.
@@robag555 I hope you do one about Inglorious Basterds, a lot of that movie is just about making movies in my opinion.
@@robag555 Have you seen any of the new Westworld? I just started season two, but I've found it to be surprisingly thought provoking. Below the surface level story, I believe the robots represent us. They are given false memories (historical revision like in 1984) and are stuck in loops until they undergo their own deprogramming. For example, a robot will be shown a photograph of a modern city and say "doesn't look like anything to me" because it is in their programming. I would say this is would be an allegory for events like 9/11 or Sandy Hook, which are laughably illusionary and simply stories on TV. Horrible actors like those of Sandy Hook look obvious to critical thinkers, while programmed people simply cannot see it, due to their programming. Anyways, you might enjoy the show. Just found your work btw, and am excited to explore your exceptional catalog.
That was certainly the case for me. Though I still have not seen it beginning to end in its entirety, so that isn't fair for me to say. I am very curious how the DeLorean gets there with K.I.T.T.'s scanner
Brandon Berry The danger with thinking you’re thinking critically, though, is not knowing the difference between actual conspiracies and nonsensical conspiracy theories. Many can’t differentiate. Some people think everything is a conspiracy and that’s not thinking critically at all. A lot of it comes down to not understanding human psychology, science, probability, game theory, etc. Which most people don’t understand at all, to be honest.
How's this man going to forget all 3 Lord of the Rings?!?
So happy to see Hereditary mentioned. One of the most unnerving cinema experiences I’ve ever had.
Yes! I'm so glad I saw it in the theater. Ever since I saw the first trailer last fall I knew I'd have to see it on the big screen.
Tellus Of Athens I saw it last week. A cracking unnerving film, although I have to say I thought the end was a bit of a weak cop out.
I'll give *Kill List* a try. *Hereditary* took from quite a few movies of horror history, but didn't do much else.
I recommend *Utopia* , which also has _Neil Maskell_ in it; the guy from the linked trailer. Sadly it got cancelled after 2 seasons, but if you can find it, i'd still watch it. Just great.
Terminator1337CoolDude didn't rate kill list. I think ben Wheatley is over rated. If you want to be disturbed then I suggest martyrs if you haven't already seen it.
Couldn't sleep well for about a week after seeing this flim. Don't see the movie at a 10 p.m. or later screening and if you do..remove all red tinted light sources from your living/sleeping area. You will thank me later.
I thought eternal sunshine was a fabulous movie, Neo-noir.
Seconded. _Eternal_ _Sunshine_ got tons and tons of attention on its first release . . . but for all that, IMO, it's *_still_* underrated. (Not to mention Jim Carrey's best "dramatic" role.)
Everything about eternal sunshine of the spotless mind is brilliant
Yeah, no where near enough people speak about the superb quality of Spotless Mind, maybe they are simply ignorant to its existence?
But, I guess, sooner or later...
(everybody's got to learn sometime)
@@zetetick395 nice one lol
My favorite 2000's movies:
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Blood Diamond
The Last King of Scotland
The Pianist
Zodiac
District 9
Gangs of New York
Ya Last King was good.
It's not even worth your time to share your list of favorites with this so-called critic.
Great list.....I agree.....the Departed belongs in there too
PLENTY of *superb* movies being made every year,
You just won't see 'em on the big screen at the cinema anymore!
speaking of tom cruise, "collateral" with jamie foxx is really underrated as well.
I thought whiplash was pretty good
I'm not sure if Rob has seen many smaller scale drama movies like this and others like Shame or Happy Go Lucky.
For an opinion on that movie, go to a channel by producer Rick Beato. He goes in to detail about why musos hate that movie!
David Lean I’ve seen his video and I get where he’s coming from. Whiplash uses music but really can be interchanged for something like dance or filmmaking because it’s more about what is the meaning of “great” and the sacrifices to achieve it
@@doofy3111 I do that get, sure. I just thought it was a funny take on the film, especially the bit where he said the teacher figure looked more like a mixed martial arts tutor than a jazz teacher! Another thing, I don't know one music student, strapped for cash, who would deliberately punch through a perfectly good snare drum head!
Not quite his tempo i guess
I still suffer postmillenial movie stress disorder. Thanks for helping me recover!
Who has super powers in "The Dark Knight" ?
Bachagaloop Jones Nope, he said super powers and then referred to Logan. Truth is, he completely missed the mark on that one
Milton77 The Joker seems to have some superpower for making his ridicoulus ”plan” to work. He could not have planned those things and made sure everything happend exactly as he wanted. And for being an agent of chaos he sure seems to love order.
Batman Begins had a better understanding of character and theme in my opinion too. Better balance, better pacing and also a more accurate portrayal of Batman and Gotham. But then again Nolan did not really get the character as a whole. The character is more Nolanman than Batman. Batman doesn’t question who he is or why he does what he does. His journey is to figure out how to fight crime the best way. Since he made the wow by his parents death (no one should experience what happend to me and I will devote my life to that cause) he started training and travel the world to find the best way to accomplish this. Revenge and doubt is not in his character. Plus the detective aspect is completly abandoned.
Nolan completly missed the mark there. But he has no care or respect for the character, unlike say Sam Raimi had for Spider-Man.
Most people who like The Dark Knight seem to be people that don’t know Batman and never cared about the character other than as a brand logo or Nolan fans. Which is fine, but I would have prefered a more respectful adaption of the character with better plot and characterwork.
exactly my it's a modern neo-noir crime masterpiece, not a crappy fantastical avengers movie!!!!!!!!!
mike snow It’s a Heat rip-off
Christian Björck lol
What, no O Brother Where Art Thou? That's one of my all-time favorites. The acting and writing are phenomenal, every goofy little detail pays off in some creative way, the music is top-notch, and the judicious use of sepia-tone effects is gorgeous to look at.
Also, I'd recommend Mind Game, if you haven't seen it. It's a really great, surrealistic animated movie, highly stylized in every way and has a real uplifting quality about it. Masaaki Yuasa, who made it, is probably my favorite director working in animation today.
I liked Fury Road very much, but then I saw it before Road Warrior, whereas you were a long-time Mad Max fan I assume. I love Road Warrior as well, for the record.
The Babadook is good, but I found the kid actor annoying
That's kind of the point...
One of the cool things about watching your videos, for me personally, is being able to challenge myself to grow and accept viewpoints I wouldn’t traditionally accept. I just wanted to say somewhere I appreciate your work even if I don’t always see merit in the points provided.
Your first sentence is bang on man.
He's pretty objective yeah. I'm not sure if I'll be able to make it through the bad review of Drive though... lol
It's a great list, mostly excellent taste. A few more top movies are: Children of Men, Prisoners, Master And Commander, 28 Weeks Later, District 9, The Prestige, and some foreign ones: Bullhead, Incendies, Martyrs, The Orphanage.
Edgar Wright's films (Shaun, Hot Fuzz, World's End) deserve a mention for being comedies that are actually very funny and rewatchable. The World's End almost became my favourite on rewatch. Anchorman as well.
I love Hot Fuzz! It's a riot, but Wright films it as if it were an A action movie. If you want to give yourself a treat, look for the blooper reel on YT. Paddy Consdine trying to keep it together and failing miserably while filming a scene is a delight to watch!
The Master is a movie not nearly enough people talk about, or even remember for that matter.
One of my favorites!!
I saw it with a friend, he's not as into cinema as I am and thought the ads looked boring. Since that day we both quote the film to each other.
"But what about OUR PASTS shitfuck!"
I'll need to watch it a second time. I was bored for most of it, but should try it again.
So you watched it much as Freddy would of watched it lol I hope it was regular booze you were pissed on and not some concoction made from paint remover and rotten turnips!
@@HeyMykee really striking and powerful
A History of Violence (2005)directed by David Cronenberg is a solid film.
I really enjoyed that one. Rob has implied that David Cronenberg’s latter-day films have been less impressive than his earlier work. (His 80s era, I presume) He probably does not like a history of violence.
I really love Eastern Promises even tho the structure/plot seems a little weak on rewatches
Agreed
Eastern Promises - for Viggo Mortensen's fight scene alone.
idkmm7
Great flick
What are your thoughts on Master and Commander (2003) I think it's extremely underrated
I totally agree. It's one of my all time favourites though.
Master and Commander is among the few recent period dramas I'd recommend to those not into the genre for historical recreation.
Among pre-industrial period film, only the miniseries Wolf Hall (2015) and comedy The Favourite (2018) have rivaled it.
And if you're rating it as a war film, maybe only the German film The Captain (2017) has risen to its level (though I'm omitting some Holocaust films that some slot into the "war" genre).
I think it's one of the best movies ever made. I mean that. It's nearly perfect.
So glad to see Mulholland Drive on this list- what an exceptionally singular film. I've never seen another like it in my life.
Any thoughts of Nightcrawler (2014), Wheelman (2017), Bone Tomahawk (2015), and Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017), The Wailing (2016)?
Nightcrawler and Wailing almost made the list. I kept my list narrowed to 40 odd titles so a lot of perfectly decent movies were left out.
so you want The Joker vs "the authorities?" Looks like someone listened.
And made a great movie!
@@lunarmodule6419 To be honest. I actually enjoyed Joker a little bit more than The Dark Knight.
@@LordMalice6d9 I havent seen the Joker but looks good. I did not like Dark Knight very much, hated that batmobile. But I enjoyed the Gotham tv show.
@@LordMalice6d9 A little more? Lol it's not a little better, it's about twenty times better. Better performance, better script, better cinematography. Significantly better film.
Phoenix Joker is a completely different character from Ledger Joker, so that's not really what he was talking about. But if Nolan did a Ledger Joker origin story, that would be a money printing machine. Obviously they would have to do it without Ledger, but you could probably pull it off with someone who looks vaguely similar to Ledger, since he was in heavy makeup for all but one fleeting shot in TDK.
"Ongbak" was pretty good at the time when we were being bombarded by wires because of the matrix.
I was agreeing with almost everything till you disrespected my boy Collin Ferrell and Christian Bale
Children Of Men is a personal fave
Never been able to make my mind up about that film. At the very least it almost makes the list.
@@robag555 from your perspecive though, some of the attention to detail is brilliant, it is flawed and there's some bollocks in the story though
good call. It has some very fine qualities.
@@davidlean1060 I wish you were still making movies mate
;) you're most gracious! I am still rather chuffed by my famous jump cut in Lawrence Of Arabia where Peter blows out the match and the next shot is the desert. Rather fine film making, even if I do say so myself!
there are no superheroes/superpowers in the dark knight trilogy, that was imoprtant for Nolan, he stated "no superpowers" of any kind when he started filming, they are just men in masks, thats why the movie is so different from Logan or any DCEU/MCU movies, so it did not want to "convince" you that people had superpowers, if anything, it says the opposite, you dont need any
Exactly what I thought about Batman growing up. He's a bad-ass and a guy that you don't want to fuck with. If he can do the shit that with no superpowers from the batman Arkham games the comics and the live action movies that are huge on a massive scale its like when your watching the movie The dark Knight Trilogy and the Batman its all on location and I hope that they are going to continue with the great elements of the story of the batman story and, I hope they are able really to do something with a Scorsese/ Ford Coppola movie project. That would be epic. If that was a great gangster for Scorsese/Coppola, then I'd like to go see it the theater and I haven't been able to see much due, so much to there's not much of anything in 2023 that I'd really love to go out of my way to see in the theater. If they can do a Scorsese/Coppola directed film I'd have to say that would be a great movie of legendary directors that have been making movies for the past 50 some odd years. I whole heartedly agree with Rob Ager on this point and I hope that some new filmmakers that will be forever legendary directors that maybe could pass the torch on to the new legendary movie directors.
Parasite. It's one of the best films I've seen in a long time. I knew very little about the story when I sat down to watch it and it was a delight watching the film unfold.
Happy to hear you enjoyed Hereditary. I had similar thoughts/reactions after seeing it
What do you think of Watchmen (Comic or Film?) I figure out of all superhero tales, you'd like that as it conveys these archetypes using psychology and philosophy.
Couldn't get into it. i generally can't get into superhero movies if they are presented "seriously".
Okay my one objection... The Revenant was awesome, a nice break from typical film narratives. Very fitting style to the chosen era.
I really loved Hereditary! There's SO much to mine there...even now I'm watching videos on yt about the movie and plan to stream it again after having seen it in the the theater. I'm discovering things about it that I haven't even seen other critics/fans talk about which shows how classic this movie will be. Jump on it, Rob! Do a more extensive commentary about it from your perspective. I would def look forward to your interpretation outside of this video, if you feel you have it in you! **Okay, good...saw the rest of the video...you did say you are going to do an extensive study!!! ;-) Looking forward to it despite the fact that everyone else is doing their own. Nothing wrong with adding your own interpretations to the pot! cheers ;-)
Oblivion-- great visual and sound design, good story rich with symbolism
Casino Royale -- the best Bond movie
Downfall -- best recent historical movie
The Fellowship of the Ring -- really captured the spirit of adventure in Tolkien's books, the sequels didn't quite get there
The Barbarian Invasions -- loved the writing
The Wrestler -- same
Just found out that „Terminator II“ is a movie about parental alienation and divorce on rewatching it after years. That makes it even better.
I recently saw Silence by Scorsese. Amazing movie that had me in tears by the end.
The Founder was also really good. I liked how the protagonist gradually became the villain. Fascinating movie.
I really liked Silence, but I didn't care much for The Founder.
Loved the video, especially a nice positive video that then turned into a shitting and baiting spree made me howl. I enjoy vlogs like these as I'm always looking for good recommendations from folk that I hold their opinion to a strong standard.
I'm just curious of your opinion on Denis Villeneuve, I don't think I've seen you talk about any of his other films. Be that from, you've seen them and they've left no impression or out of disdain of him taking a dump on the beloved Blade Runner (which i find pretty, long winded, inconsistent and boring ala 2049.....but one of/if not the greatest piece of crafting of special effects in the history of film).
Has films like Prisoners, Enemy, Sicario and Incindies left no impression or similar opinion towards his efforts on Blade Runner 2049?
Here's my list of the best 2000 and beyond movies in no particular order:
Mulholland Drive
The Pianist
A Beautiful Mind
Munich
Hotel Rwanda
Big Fish
Amelie
Pan's Labyrinth
The Lives of Others
Gladiator
Catch Me If You Can
House Of Sand And Fog
Training Day
Hacksaw Ridge
V For Vendetta
We Own The Night
Incendies
The Count Of Monte Cristo (2002)
Black Hawk Down
The Prestige
Old Boy (2003)
Lucky Number Slevin
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
Vanilla Sky
Billy Elliot
Rendition
Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind
American Psycho
Erin Brockovich
The Greatest Game Ever Played
Donnie Darko
Requiem For A Dream
Inside Man
Hot Fuzz
Zodiac
Chocolat
The Hurt Locker
Minority Report
The Departed
A Prophet
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
City Of God
The Dark Knight
Mystic River
The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
Letters From Iwo Jima
Million Dollar Baby
Atonement
Cold Mountain
The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
Fight Club
Gone Baby Gone
The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
Moon
Atonement
Blood Diamond
A.I., Artificial Intelligence
Crash
The Intouchables
Inception
American Gangster
Walk The Line
The Pursuit Of Happyness
Downfall
Sunshine
Man On Fire
Blow
Flags Of Our Fathers
Apocalypto
The Wrestler
Boyhood
The Last Samurai
A Separation
Watchman
The Notebook
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
Inglorious Basterds
The Illusionist
Almost Famous
House Of Flying Daggers
Letters From Iwo Jima
Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
The Hours
Edge Of Tomorrow
The Matrix
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Body Of Lies
Whiplash
Boiler Room
The Wolf Of Wall Street
Superbad
Remember The Titans
Traffic
Law Abiding Citizen
Monster
Seven Pounds
The Butterfly Effect
Shutter Island
Dirty Pretty Things
Cinderella Man
The Italian Job
Secondhand Lions
I Am Legend
Memoirs Of A Geisha
Prisoners
Interstellar
Secret Window
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
Traitor
Confidence
Great list! _The Matrix_ 1999 though. 😎
Vanilla Sky, Superbad, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind... Three movies that had quite an impact upon me. Vanilla Sky is such a good hard Sci Fi which is hard to find. I mentioned Arrival earlier in a thread as another quite underrated film.
I am also a big fan of A Single Man which I was dragged to the theater to see and liked it way more than the people who dragged me. I think more full length films should be stylized the way cologne commercials are stylized.
You can delete most of those
I just watched out of the furnance last night which I feel fits the list
Incindies fucked me up man
The Aviator: 2004 Leonardo Dicaprio portrays eccentric tycoon Howard Hughes. Great Film.
I almost put that on the list. It was decent.
@@robag555 Do you have god standards for movies? You hated the dark night despite being a great film with an awesome story arc.
Batowner he just has different values and a different opinion. That movie kind of is nothing without joker
@@batowner1 The Dark Knight is not a great film by any means.
Some really good suggestions, I would add Jagten (The Hunt).
MANS4ON That is a great film.
Wow, great video, i have to write down some of those in my "to watch" list, thanks!
discovered your channel few days ago , you have many interesting videos.
are you familiar with "Taxidermia" (2006)? it's a Hungarian movie. completely shocked me first time i saw it.
Zodiac???
almost made the list. Actually it should have as I watched it twice and enjoyed.
Also Gone Girl
Fincher is so consistent, I will watch anything by him. I even loved The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. Along with Paul Thomas Anderson, he is redefining what a score can do for a film. Give me a Fincher film over anything by Dennis Villeneuve anyday!
Are there subliminal's in this? I suddenly feel the need for a cup of tea. :)
lol Every video where Rob is just sitting in his study, I find I am looking at everything in around him in the frame, because you know there must be smething in there somewhere. My fav was when he stood in front of a mirror, so the reflection of the camera and its lens could bee seen in the mirror. He was up to something with that I just know it!
I've been studying UP for ages now and have a lot to say about it. It's probably one of my all-time favorite Disney films. As far as the designs in Hellboy II, I have interviews on my channel with several FX artists who worked on those films.
nice list. i see now that theres a lot of movies i possibly mistakenly omitted, like The Wolf of Wall Street or A.I. I remember seeing prometheus in a cinema and loving it, later on getting a dvd copy and seeing it a few times at home and enjoying it less and less with each sitting, not really sure why.
i have the same feeling about BR2049, the more i thought about it the more i disliked it until i developed 0 sympathy for it.
Have you seen Enemy (2013) or Prisoners (2013)? i really enjoyed them myself, both by Denis Villeneuve, what do you think about these, if you have seen them?
Coraline (the LAIKA animated film) is a great modern kid´s movie. It's certainly not as well known as the Pixar movies, but it's fantastic.
Patrick Doherty if you love that film you might want to see The Theorizer’s video series analyzing the movie. There are many details in the movie that make it scarier once you notice them.
I'll check that out. Thanks!
yes I liked that and forgot to include it. only watched once but it made an impression.
So glad to see Mulholland Drive and Punch-Drunk Love listed, both postmodern masterpieces. In the Mood for Love definitely deserves a mention as not only one of the greatest movies of the 21st century but of all time
Post millennial
Love this segment. I'm always searching for something good to watch and i value your opinion. And wtf, it's over an hour long, hell yes :)
Some thoughts:
- i'll try to read *No Country for Old Men* ; extra thanks for this tipp
- if you pick a recent _Tom Cruise_ movie, you gotta go for *Edge of Tomorrow* ; so much fun: i hope that the sequel will hold up; i've seen the *Jack Reacher* movies, but it's just a blur of mediocre standard action bs in my distant memory
- i'm not a fan of *Hereditary* , because underneath all the references to Horror classics, there wasn't much left, i thought; but yeah, i noticed these daylight/darkness switches as well: watch out for one shot, when they switch the wide shot of the house to darkness and the house is surrounded by members of the cult; they are easy to miss without going back, because you thought there was something in the dark
- omg, did you really just say *Ready Player One* : shame on you, haha; i can't stand this nostalgia bullshit bingo anymore; Spielberg definitely isn't a good wine, he ages horribly :(
- *Wolf of Wallstreet* really was hilarious; i'd love to see a *Goodfellas* analysis: i just rewatched both in past months
- *Chopper* was hilarious as well, haha. i love that earless son of a bitch :P
- *Old Boy* is just an instant classic; from start to finish brilliant
- for *American Psycho* watch also the _Charlie Rose_ interview on RUclips with the directress and the lead actor: she explains that she wasn't happy how she made the ending of the movie, because it's too ambugious, which it shouldn't be
- *Prometheus* still hurts; i just can't watch a scifi movie, where top scientists of the planet run around like douchebags; you can't shit on the fucking *Alien* movies :( btw, thanks for the chestburster analysis some time ago: i would have never novticed with how much detail this scene was crafted
- yes, *The Revenent* isn't good; like _Scorsese_ , _DiCaprio_ won the Oscar for the wrong movie; i enjoyed *Drive* tho :P
Some recommendations from me:
- you mentioned _Colin Farrell_ : you gotta watch *The Killing of a Sacred Deer* ; it's not satisfying in the classical sense, but i just loved sitting afterwards thinking, wtf did i just watch; after you've seen it, check the internet for the meaning, because there are some references to art, which i (obviously) didn't got, but which made me appreciate this even more
- a couple of _Christian Bale_ movies, which i liked: *The Fighter* , *The Prestige* , *The Machinist* i guess
- i'd like to throw a german movie called *Das Experiment* in there, because every 10-20 years we manage to produce a watchable flic; based on a real Stanford experiment, i think
20:50 I'm looking forward to hearing you talk about creepy films you would choose to not watch alone at night. I was always impressed with your The Shining videos as I love it but it scares me too much to want to analyse it myself.
Edit: Also, The Raid was fucking awesome.
John Wick does everything you said Jack Reacher does ten times better.
Caesar I agree. And John Wick was shit, which means Jack Reacher was ten times that shit
John Wick blows
@@JudgeCraven lol It's one of those films, when people cite it as a favorite, I suddenly have my doubts about them as a person!
@@JudgeCraven I missed John Wick in theaters and have been second-guessing myself ever since.
John Wick is awful
The Machinist, The Descent, Donnie Darko, The Ring, Red Dragon, The Grand Budapest Hotel are movies that I think deserve to be mentioned.
Thanks for your recommendations, Rob. Will definitely check some of them out.
I thought Whiplash was a surprising well made movie.
nfal445 the editing was very creative and meaningful. And that ending was fantastic.
Ring was 1999, which was why I didn't add it. Red Dragon, I'd already read the awesome novel and seen Manhunter so it was always gonna disappoint. it had good moments, but the actor playing Will Graham sucked. Donnie Darko, yes. For some reason I thought it was a 90's film
He's talking about the American remake of The Ring by Gore Verbinski which came out in 2002.
I would also throw in Cache. Underappreciated French film.
Hey Rob, just curious, what did you think of Alex Garland’s movies Ex Machina and Annihilation? Oh and seeing that you’re a fan of many Spielberg movies, have you seen Minority Report?
What’s your thoughts on Alien Covenant? Couldn’t make my mind up about it, felt like it jumped the storyline in order to skip to the Xenomorph rather than the Engineers.
I love you Rob but Prometheus (along with BR 2049) have made me hate going to spend my hard earned money at the cinema these days.
Not sure how blade runner was bad.
Session 9
A very underrated horror movie..
WaeL RudaD Yes!! One of my all time favorite horror movies.
What's your opinion on Synecdoche New York, and Andy Kaufman's other work, like Anomalisa, Eternal Sunshine, etc?
Ive always wondered why Dredd isnt as popular as other super hero movies. Its so well done, the casting, the set design, and the direction are all top notch. Lena Headey as Mama really steals the show from Urban with her performance.
Ready Player One wtf
STREAM . WAVES >has never attempted a challenging film
>continually uploads about one of the most complex horror movies of all time
Kubrick films? Lynch films?
I know he said he isn't stuck in the 80s at the start but the fact he has a mediocre film on his list that practically fetishises the 80s raises a few flags.
Explain to me then what a challenging film is. Can you give any examples?
@STREAM . WAVES *This channel doesn't have any content*
some one should create a timestamp for the movies.
Done.
What did you think about The Road?
Oh and that reminds me of Young Ones from 2014. Kinda been struggling to form an opinion on it, but it has a bit of an unusual episodic structure. And it has perhaps a bit more originality than most films in the postapocalyptic genre when it comes to world building.
Rob, have you watched Under the Silver Lake? I'm curious about your thoughts on it. My wife and I have fallen down the rabbit hole of a number of puzzles that are in the film.
I was surprised to see none of the Steve McQueen/Michael Fassbender films on the list- Hunger, Shame, 12 Years a Slave. I wonder if Rob has seen the Clive Owen film Croupier? If I could choose a film for an Ager analysis it would be either Croupier or Charlie Kaufman's Adaptation.
yes Adaptation was an all time favorite for me, and I think Rob will agree...
In fairness, perhaps the story of a rebellious Irishman wasn't championed as it should have been in the uk, though that is just a guess. Fasbender is fantastic in Hunger though. There's that mesmerizing long take where Fasbender as Sands tells the story of mercy killing the goat (it was a goat, wasn't it..or was it a horse?)
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy is great.
I'm new to your channel, and I would would be quite interested to hear your take on Requiem for a Dream(which I do think deserves to be on this list). If you want to have your mind messed with, this is a must-watch!
#RobAger Do you like any Lars von Trier movies?
Jack Reacher and Edge of Tomorrow are actually good TC movies
Jeez... I'm getting old. "Post Millennial" refers to both Ready Player One and Mulholland Drive.
Were 20 years in now basically
Just rewatching this Rob, great stuff. On the subject of Snowtown and the way people can be influenced into murdering people through societal pressures, have you seen the short film made by Riz Ahmed called The Long Goodbye? It's available here on RUclips. Had me asking so many questions throughout. It's not quite a mirror of our society right now but post-Brexit, has a scary number of parallels with how we seem to be hanging by a thread and this is what happens if we tip over to the other side. I thought it was very impressive.
The real tragedy nowadays is that most of these amazing films flop at the box office because they’re not what the general audience want. All they care for is dumb action or repetitive super hero films. A smart film like Dredd or Hereditary gets absolutely no love from the public due to this idiotic nature on display today.
Another flawed but interesting post-millennial movie is The Beach (2000)
Flawed how? Don't get the hate for this film.
Agreed
@@chatteyj I agree. I loved it
It's not postmillenial. The millennium/century began in 2001
I honestly hated that one and have watched it multiple times for some reason. Cant believe Leo turned down American Psycho to play that shitty role
Hereditary definitely deserves multiple viewings. American Psycho is absolutely worth the read. Arguably better than the movie. Looking forward to another 2049 vid.
Here's hoping for a full blown, 2 hour video that goes deep into Hereditary. That movie messed me up in ways that I can't quite explain.
Rob i’m very curious to know if you have seen Peaky Blinders and get your opinion on it. The only tv show for me I felt compelled to give a second viewing
I watched The VVitch recently and thought that was excellent. Annihilation was fascinating too. Then again, I love BR 2049, so...
I like how you typed "Witch" as "VVitch". I see what you did there.
A really enjoyable British Horror movie *The Ritual* (from 2016?)
if you want a well paced Horror movie that truly keeps you guessing right until the end, it's well worth checking out.
'The VVitch' is terrifying. When I watch a horror film that is getting recommended a bunch to me for the 1st time, I do it alone, at night, turn off my ringer etc... No distractions. IMO, it's the only way to truly engage myself with the film. With 'The VVitch', I was hearing and seeing things, the wind was blowing, the tree branches were smacking against the side of my house(I live in the Northeast so I know what Eggers was trying to do, even though it was filmed in Canada), needless to say, I was absolutely scared sh*tless and not many films get to me. I watch everything when it comes to the Horror Genre and it takes alot to really get to me. Even some great ones don't actually scare me. 'The VVitch' is in a small group of films('The Shining', 'The Exorcist', 'Hereditary' along with a few others) that I have to be prepared to go into.
I'm with ya, James... loved all three of those movies, as well. :-)
You're correct here, on all points, though Annihilation is more mixed (great art design & soundtrack, but adventure/episodic plotting, and Portman is only Portman).
The VVitch benefits if you take its "A New England Folktale" subtitle seriously. Not the world of the 15th century, but the world of the 15th century imagination.
80s movies are innovative and unique , it would make sense why you would make that an era to concentrate on anyway
Even 70s and 40s are great
The number of great movie makers.
Thank you so much for making this video. I have very little time available for watching films these last few years so this list is a good distillation of what to concentrate on.
AMAZING list! Thanks so much for this video -- i'm always looking for movies to watch, and even though I've seen most of them, I forgot about a lot of these.
I'll go against you in your Prometheus recommendation. I thought it was a complete dumpsterfire with zero redeeming qualities. By the time we reached the surgery scene, I was so exasperated that I found it more comical than I did shocking.
Other than that, thanks for the list. Several movies here that I haven't even heard of.
What's your opinion on the swedish Let the Right One In ?
Prometheus is very divisive so can't argue. I love and hate that film.
@@robag555 Have you seen Alien Covenant? If so I would be interested to hear your thoughts.
What about The Social Network (2010)? I love that movie!!
This video came out before Parasite and The Lighthouse came along. What do you think of those Rob?
I’ve been hoping for some hint at your feelings towards True Detective, and finally the answer is at: 45:00
Please do a video for season 1. Would love to hear an in depth analysis from you on that season, and maybe the other 2 seasons if you enjoyed them
Have you seen Arrival (2016)? I thought that was pretty good.
It's by Villeneuve, so it must be shitty, like Blade Runner 2049. :|]
Glad to see here...
@@GeneraluStelaru
Wtf are you talking about? Sicario is a Villeneuve movie and one of the best films of the last decade...
@@HopefulNihilist I have no idea.
Minority Report is one of my favorites despite its flaws. There’s a lot to unpack in that movie. I’ve discovered more details upon further viewings.
Have you read the short story by Phil K Dick?
After reading it, all I was left thinking was "how hard would it have been to include the termanology of the 'Majority Report'?"
Still though, I definetly agree. One of my favourite Spielberg films. My favourite is Catch Me If You Can truth be told.
@@rorrt catch me if you can is criminally underrated
@@nikhailarumoogum2582 I agree. I also think it might be one of the, if not perhaps Leo DiCaprio's best performances. It's not very flashy and showy, but that's why I like it even more.
MR is boring mate.
There was a very good video a long time ago by a RUclips called Confused Matthew where he picked apart everything that was wrong with the premise of the movie Minority Report, and I thought it was very good.
I just might have to take a look at some of these, especially since I haven't been watching too many movies since the early 2000's. I'd love to see you do an analysis on Carlito's Way which in my opinion is one of the best gangster movies of all time IMO. The entire final chase scene only had a couple of cuts which showed De Palma's genius.
The Discarded Image did a breakdown on the pool hall scene that you might find interesting tho I'm sure you would of picked up on more then even he did.
ruclips.net/video/hH9fN_wcq48/видео.html
Fantastic list mate!
Dredd and Get The Gringo are my personal top faves on your list
Totally agree with you about Inglorious Basterds. The bar scene is one of Tarantino's best dialogue scenes, it's just talking, well till the end, and it's so tense and exciting. Annihilation has a ton of visually symbolic stuff and philosophical meat you could talk for days(although there is a lot of vids about it already). Some of my favs are Attack the Block, Brick, and District 9.
Annihilation was fantastic. Alex Garland is a terrific writer, especially for sci fi fans.
k m agreed. He’s actually really knowledgeable too. Watch interviews with him when he talks about the making of Ex Machina and Annihilation.
Annihilation is a feminazi BS. Or is it? ;)
feminazi? like some seventies sexploitation movie, like SS Babes of the erotic island, or some such nonsense. Ok! My quick take of having it be an all female team is that it plays into the Hindu mythology about Kali (think that's right), goddess of creation, preservation, and destruction. All those three things are just rearrangements of "stuff". How we label them is wholly dependent on our perspective and how it affects us.
+ Michael Metzger My quick take of having only one white male in the movie (and then having him gutted on screen) is extremist "liberal progressive" propaganda (i.e. feminazi BS). But in the end, it seems likely that it was all tongue in cheek. Or false flag, shall we say. :)
Speaking of James Cameron. I don't know if you're aware of this but he wrote the script for Rambo 2 at the same time he wrote The Terminator.
Makes you wonder what happened to a guy that went from writing those movies to writing Titanic and Avatar.
I believe there often comes a point in a career or lifestyle where an artist hears much more praise and much less criticism once he or she has a work that becomes a Mega success. I can only suspect that was the case with James Cameron via Termimator 2.
Rob I enjoyed this video. I haven't checked out your Dredd vid, but what I'll say here is that what made that film fantastic, primarily, is not really the story (though it wasn't a bad story) but instead 1) the character of Dredd himself and particularly how he was played Straight and 2) the world itself.
Megacity One is such a sad and hopeless place, and imagining myself as a citizen of such a place Dredd is someone I'm both thanking God for because he helps bring order to the chaos, and am terrified of because he is so inflexible with the law, not understanding that even good people, living in such a hell, cannot always follow the law completely. It's particularly that exact contradiction that's makes him so compelling.
I'm sure I saw your Cape Fear video on this channel. I'm guessing it got taken down?
Try watching “In Bruges”. It’s a Colin Farrell movie that doesn’t suck.
Also The Lobster
Killing of a sacred deer
The New World...
it kinda sucked
Phone Booth :D:D:D:D
I actually unironically quite liked it, though, even if the whole premise was ridiculous
For my money, the 1970s were the best era for cinema. In no particular order, here are some of my favorites (a few I would love your take on, Rob, many of which you’ve already done).
1) Deliverance
2) Five Easy Pieces
3) The Conversation
4) Sorcerer
5) The Exorcist
6) A Clockwork Orange
7) Taxi Driver
8) Friends of Eddie Coyle
9) Chinatown
10) Blowout
11) Jaws
12) Star Wars
13) Apocalypse Now
14) Wake in Fright
15) Alien
16) Rocky
17) One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
18) The Godfather I and II
And a few that just bordered the 70s but either ushered them in nicely or ended them with a bang, Easy Rider, Midnight Cowboy, The Shining, Raging Bull, and The Empire Strikes Back. There are many I’m missing, but how many other decades/eras of cinema can boast such a list? Some of the very best filmmakers at the top of their game, and others finding their voices, many of who are still working today, ie. Friedkin, Scorsese, Coppola, Spielberg. Perhaps their swan songs are behind them, but they’ve left an indelible mark on cinema, and the likes of Paul Thomas Anderson and others were clearly influenced by this golden era.
Great call on Five Easy Pieces there. That's a forgotten gem.
I totally agree. My list would probably look about the same as yours, except mine would have to include
1.) ERASERHEAD
2.) The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
3.) Dawn of the Dead
4.) All That Jazz
5.) Abigail's Party
6.) Life of Brian
7.) Barry Lyndon
8.) Equinox
μncle βingo Yep. Can’t believe I forgot Eraserhead and Texas Chainsaw. Oddly, I’ve not seen All that Jazz, but I’ve been eyeing it in the Criterion section at the bookstore for some time. Perhaps today will be the day I grabs it and takes it home.
+Brandon Ghost
I'm personally not a fan, but if you're throwing in Eraserhead then you can include Stalker as well. That's from 79.
Agree, great era for filmmaking, possibly the best overall. From the late 60s to early 80s I would add: (Note: I deleted a few that someone else already mentioned after reading the rest of the replies ^^)
19)
20) Steel Yard Blues
21) Klute
22) The Wiccer Man
23)
24) Scarecrow
25) The French Connection
26) Love Story
27) The Omen
28) Smile
29) Performance
30)
31) Bonnie and Clyde
32)
33) Joe
34) Boys in the Band
35) Midnight Express
36) The Adromeda Strain
37) Pink Flamingos
38) Putney Swope
39) Super Fly
40) The Long Goodbye
41) Brewster MacLeod
42)McCabe and Mrs Miller
43) The Wild Bunch
44) Straw Dogs
45) MASH
46) Paper Moon
47) Targets
48) The Last Picture Show
49) Smokey and the Bandit
50) Death Race 2000
51) The Last Detail
52) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
53) Mean Streets
54) Duel
55) The Trip
56) Cruisin
57) Looking For Mr. Goodbar
58) Sleeper
59) Annie Hall
60) Everything You Wanted To Know About Sex....But Were Afraid To Ask
61) Hi, Mom!
62) Being There
63) Harold and Maude
64) Shaft
65) Assault on Precinct 13
66) The Deer Hunter
67) Coming Home
68) Marathon Man
69) Last House on the Left
70) The Hills Have Eyes
71) Halloween
72) The Boys from Brazil
73) Goin Down the Road
74) All the President's Men
75) Ordinary People
76) Medium Cool
Yeah there's quite a few of them, I keep adding more because so many are coming to me now so I just have to stop :) And this doesn't even include the bevy of foreign films that were great during this time.
Thanks for making this video! I recently watched Old Boy and Snowtown and enjoyed both thoroughly. I'll slowly make my way through more of the suggestions here that I hadn't already seen.
have you seen call me by your name? I'd be interested to get your opinion on that film as I could see it going both ways.
How can ROB AGER not like such a symbolic and multi-layered movie like The Hateful 8?
I think Rob is very critical of Tarantino and views him as more style than substance. I mean he doesn't like Kill Bill or Django and those 2 movies are what cinema is all about - entertainment at its purest form.
I would say it suffers from being made by Terentino.
That's not saying his movies are bad.......quite the opposite in fact.
But his other stuff is so good that Hateful 8 doesn't hold up by comparison. Which it doesn't.
If it were a movie made by someone else or if it were made before some of his other gems, it might resonate better with people.
I think every one of his movies are better than most of the field of all other cinema, but Hateful 8 is one of his lesser achievements.
Its kind of like being the worst player on the hall of fame ballot.
@@anthonywarfield7348Not to mention that Terentino's movies absolutely don't suffer from a lack of substance. Yeah, he's got style nailed down, but they're also packed with substance.
Everyone's losing their minds over Ready Player One being on the list, but he said it was half on the list and that he might change his mind, he enjoyed it upon first viewing. Nuance and context? Nah let's just pop off.
@Tom Ffrench yeah ikr. The moment I saw the Dark Knight in his awful list, I switched off.
Rob, I'm new to your content and am impressed with your piercing eye with film. Have you ever seen "The Fountain"? (2006). For me, it's extremely layered and beautiful and I would love to recommend it to you. The movie "Pi" is also very good by the same director, but I believe that movie is pre 2000. Take care mate.
I am wondering have you seen Deadpool? I think you might find entertainment value in it due to the humour.
Also because I now you hate serious comic book movies what did you think of the Tim Burton Batman films from the 80s and 90s.