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Scarface (1983)

The eyes, chico… they never lie.

Cinephile that I am, can’t believe it took me this long to watch it. Did not disappoint.

I mostly watched it so I could feel like I was finally “in” on all the references I’d hear. Two TV shows I’ve seen in the last week have referenced it. So I decided it was time.

I will say, it was an investment. But a good one. Constant tension. Knowing that Tony was digging himself into a deeper and deeper hole >!leading to his eventual demise!< with every decision he made.

I like characters like that. Self-destructive, causing chaos for himself and everyone around him, but just making it worse and worse as he tries to fight it.

It definitely felt like an 80’s film.

I’ll say the only thing is that it felt a little dragged. Don’t think it had to be three hours.

But great film. 8/10 for me.

u/Billy_Fiction — 4 days ago

▲ 13 r/interstellar

Just rewatched for the idek time

I love this movie with all my heart and just wanted to post that I watched it again.

It's amazing. Like actually. Beyond any analysis regarding the characters or the plot or the dialogue (all things which I love but people like to rip on), I just love the way this movie makes me feel. There is so much emotion behind this movie it is unreal. The idea that love transcends all space and time is such a powerful message and Nolan really gets that across just in feeling behind the movie.

And beyond that, Nolan just does such a tremendous job of keeping the stakes as infinitely high as humanly possible. "If you don't succeed on this mission, everyone you loved is going to die. Oh and so is the rest of the population and all of humanity will cease to exist. Bye!"

I was watching this late and I was getting ready for bed. But I was on the scene where they get to Miller's planet. And holy shit. If this scene is not a perfect example of how to hook the audience with stakes (in this case that audience is me).

I want to be clear — I have seen this movie over a dozen times. But I still literally could not shut my TV off or even look away because of how engrossed I became in this scene.

Let’s think. First off, we know that Cooper wants to spend as little time on this mission as possible. He has a daughter back home who he loves dearly and what he wants more than anything is to see her again and save her. Not to mention the entire human race.

So the fact that every hour on this planet is 7 years back home is devastating in itself.

And when that huge wave comes, it’s one of the biggest “holy shit what are they gonna do?” moments ever.

Because not only does it lower their chances of getting back in time, but now Brand is out there trying to get the data. And a fucking beacon fell on top of her. So now there’s the possibility that she’s going to die too.

Oh and Doyle was there.

Needless to say, I was physically and emotionally unable to look away because the stakes were so high for the characters.

Interstellar, though I love it, is not my favorite movie. But I would go as far as to say this is the best movie I have ever watched. I am a huge fan of these high-concept, "big" atmospheric blockbusters as is, and I think this is the most perfect one that exists. Some others on my list would of course be The Dark Knight movies, Inception... yeah. You could say Nolan is one of my favorite (if not my favorite) directors and writers of all time.

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u/Billy_Fiction — 16 days ago

▲ 17 r/iwatchedanoldmovie

Batman Begins (2005)

Classic Nolan man. What a masterpiece. First the cast of course. Christian Bale. Michael Caine. Gary Oldman.

I love all of these movies. But this is probably my favorite mainly because it just hits home. I was 5 when it came out and I loved it so much, I don’t remember if I replayed the video game or rewatched the movie more times.

And Christopher Nolan just knows how to make a good action movie. It is just nonstop coolness. The feel behind these movies is spectacular. It’s such an interesting mesh between this is a comic book and this could actually happen.

But it just makes the Batman character feel so epic and menacing. Definitely one of a kind.

u/Billy_Fiction — 1 month ago

▲ 230 r/iwatchedanoldmovie

The Nice Guys (2016)

Can finally post this one. I think I’m the first to do so ;)

Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe at their best, though. I thought they had amazing chemistry in this film. Probably my favorite Shane Black movie.

It’s just a fun watch. Two characters you want to watch on screen. But Ryan is definitely my favorite part of the movie. Just how dopey he is yet still great at what he does.

And there’s some truly hilarious scenes in it. It’s one of Shane Black’s favorite things to do — to take expectations from a cliche action movie than completely flip it on its head. Like the famous elevator scene if anyone knows…

And it does a great job of capturing the old film noir vibe. Which honestly are not my favorite types of films, but I like this because it kind of modernizes it while also having it set in the 70’s.

u/Billy_Fiction — 1 month ago

▲ 2 r/canon

Canon G7X Mark II Lens Replacement

Last week, a friend of mine dropped my G7X Mark II and the shutter is completely broken. It won’t go in or out on its own.

I’d like to avoid completely replacing the camera if possible— does anyone know if you can simply buy a new lens and swap it out?

u/Billy_Fiction — 2 months ago

▲ 873 r/Dexter

Deb in White Chicks

Watched it for the first time. Had no idea she was in this. Was definitely a different role for her… 😂

u/Billy_Fiction — 2 months ago

▲ 25 r/007FirstLight

Game Was Amazing

Here’s all I’ll say. I very rarely play video games. Last one I sat down to play through was Spider-Man 2 on PS5.

I saw the hype around First Light and decided to get it…

And I couldn’t put it down. For the time I was playing, I was on my PS5 every single day.

I am very sad I finished it already.

Probably won’t play anything again until November 19th ;)

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u/Billy_Fiction — 3 months ago