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What are your top 25-30 movies of the 21st century so far?

Here is a current list including some recent entries.

1. Gladiator 9.5/10 *
2. The Dark Knight 9.5/10 *
3. The Departed 8.5/10
4. Memento 9/10 *
5. Oppenheimer 8/10
6. Old School 8/10
7. Collateral 8/10
8. Walk the Line 8/10
9. Almost Famous 7/10
10. Dodgeball 8/10
11. Obsession 7.5/10
12. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood 7.5/10
13. Joker 7/10
14. Bugonia 7/10
15. Castaway 7/10
16. Training Day 8/10
17. The Dark Knight Rises 8/10
18. Gone Girl 7/10
19. Parasite 8/10
20. The Passion of the Christ 8/10*
21. Hacksaw Ridge 8/10
22. Gran Torino 8/10
23. The Grey 7.5/10
24. Life of Pi 7/10
25. Wonder Woman 8/10
26. Top Gun Maverick 7/10
27. Superbad 7.5/10
28. Kill Bill V1 8/10
29. No Country for Old Men 8/10
30. There WIll be Blood 8/10

*Masterpiece

Gold Derby has already put the 2027 Oscar frontrunner favorites as its top choices in most categories (most movies that haven't even been released yet), but it's worth noting that they have Obsession getting 3 major nominations in their combined Oscar predictor charts. Goldderby is an awards predictor website.

Navarette is currently in 3rd place on their top 5 actresses for Best Actress. If the Academy does 10 nominees for Best Picture again this year, they have it slated in 9th place. And finally, they have it in 5th place for Best Original Screenplay. In their Experts predictions category (those who guess the nominees and winners with highest accuracy), they have Naravette in 5th place, the movie ranked 10th for Best Pic, and still have it 5th for Original Screenplay. It'll be interesting to see if this surprsising $750k underdog will be a contender for major awards.

Again, they are already frontrunning the main contenders for the prestige movies that haven't been released yet along with Project Hail Mary, but to see them giving Obsession that much potential at this point is noteworthy because they tend to have a good overall grasp on the odds of a movie being nominated.

Gold Derby has already put the frontrunner favorites as its top choices in most categories (most movies that haven't even been released yet), but it's worth noting that they have Obsession getting 3 major nominations in their combined Oscar predictor charts.

Oscars Nominations 2027, Combined Odds – Gold Derby

Navarette is currently in 3rd place on their top 5 actresses for Best Actress. If the Academy does 10 nominees for Best Picture again this year, they have it slated in 9th place. And finally, they have it in 5th place for Best Original Screenplay.

Again, they are already frontrunning the main contenders for the prestige movies that haven't been released yet along with Project Hail Mary, but to see them giving Obsession that much potential at this point is noteworthy because they tend to have a good overall grasp on the odds of a movie being nominated.

Been thinking about the Academy Awards in recent years, and was amazed when I realized Obsession actually has a chance at some big wins this year.

Hear me out, and for people who didn't like it, that's fine. Personally, I didn't love it or think it was perfect, but I liked it.

In fact, I outright think it's a better movie than Parasite, and the reason I mention that is because they have several commonalities/parallels. First, they both have social commentary. Second, they are both well-directed. Third, they both have shocking violence. Fourth, they are both clever in dealing with human relationships. Fifth, they both delve into horror/dark humor.

Of course, most people are going to say Parasite is better, but I don't think it is at all. I think Parasite is very similar to Obsession in terms of quality and entertainment. I'd say Parasite probably had a couple of better scenes than any in Obsession, but overall it also was more bloated and ran too long, or lacked the editing. Obsession's lows are probably lower than Parasite's, but I still liked Obsession more and thought it was a better movie. I only watched Parasite twice, but I would watch Obsession more than that.

So that brings it to the point: What real potential would Obsession have at the AAs next year in light of horror genre movies fairing well this decade (Sinners, Parasite, Get Out, Weapons, The Substance)....etc..

Depends on the competition, but think it could sneak in for a couple wins...In a wild way, think it even has a shot at Best Picture depending on the competition, and even though that is wild, look at the movies that have won this past decade; there have been some seriously questionable ones: Shape of Water, EEAAO, Sinners almost won last year, Nomadland, Anora....I doubt it will, but...

Time flies. It's been a while. For some reason I always catch seasons 1-3 when it airs on apps on my cable package.

Tonight I caught the end. I had forgotten many of the details to the point where I wondered if it would hold up. I've seen it so many times going way back to 2013 that maybe it wouldn't, I thought.

Well, I couldn't be more wrong. Ozymandias? Omg, a legit masterpiece from start to finish, just incredible.

And then it made me realize why I think Breaking Bad is so undeniably great (among all the other things so many people regurgitate all the time):

1. Its' lows are so high. Like even if there's a scene or part that annoys you or you don't like, it's still relatively a high quality scene. It's just subjective. Then, a really good or great scene is coming just around the corner in 5 minutes.
2. The intensity never lets up. Everything matters. It's hard to take your eyes off the screen becauseit is so intense.
3. The ending of both the show and most episodes is always such a high level. Most movies and shows don't end very good. Not only did the show end great, but imo it hit its peak in quality on the way out. Every cliffhanger episode is so well done and seamlessly leads into the next keeping you addicted to watching it like one long movie.

I did the math again, and the show as a whole is around 46 hours. Season 5 alone is around 10 hours. How many movies make so many mistakes in just 2 hour runtime? Almost all. Season 5 of Breaking Bad is the length of about 5 full length movies, and it arguably has no bad scenes or parts. The show being 46 hours and barely making any major mistteps. is just unbelievably good.

Even though it's ranked in the top 100 on IMDB, I've noticed TDKR has been getting lots of criticism and been ranking relatively low on Nolan fans' lists for the last few years.

So I got into rewatching it over the weekend, and my feelings stand: that it's underrated as such.

Now, let's get out of the way the things that are "easy" to criticize (because it's not a perfect film by any stretch):

1. Bane's voice- okay, what an eccentric and strange villain with the choice of that voice and mask. It's such a distraction, and imo it IS the biggest flaw in the movie. It can easily be cherry picked to make it seem like an inferior movie if people are looking for it. This is where most of my point-deductions for overall score come in.
2. Bloated/too long/editing lacking- yeah, sure there are so many minutes that could have been edited, especially toward the end of the middle of the movie, where things are feeling rushed with how the people of GOtham are responding to the takeover.
3. Talia's eyeclose scene- so I know this scene has been cherry picked by lots of people in recent years, almost like a meme now, but I actually disagree with this sentiment. I didn't even notice it on the first few watches until I saw it had become a meme to riticize it.

Now, let's talk about why it is underrated and why I consider it one of the 10 best films since the year 2010.....

1. The context of TDKR is about how a hero must conquer their fears to escape the "pit" they are in, a quasi profound revelation describes it through the metaphor of doing it without the rope, which gives a hero a fall back option; having no choice but to make it is a philosophical strategy that can propel a hero to have greater odds not to fail when taking risks.
2. Sophisticated dialogue between Bruce and Selina: I really appreciate how Nolan handles the dialogue and acting when Bruce and Selina are out of costume. It remains witty and classy and established the sophistication behind the masks, once again giving more versimilitude to these superhero characters. Same with Talia (unlike Bane's).
3. The Robin reveal at the end was honestly one of the best endings of a movie, combined with Albert's (Michael Caine's) premonition, in the last two decades. Chills every single time at all of it all the way to the credits. Excellent way to end a film.
4. Catwoman's/Selina's character development and subplot- not as good as Harvey Dent's, but also was a sufficient handling of the legendary character. From the moment she is introduced, her substory about getting the clean slate and how topical that can be today, as well as Hathaway's acting in this role is quite good.
5. Enough twists and depth to keep enetertaining. From Talia's slow knife scene to Catwoman showing up in the clutch on the batmobile, to Bruce discovering the key to escaping the pit, to the scene where Gordon Levitt reveals to Bruce he knows he's Batman, to Robin's reveal and the pearls missing, and the funeral, to Catwoman leading Batman right into a trap, and probably a few more I'm forgetting, the movie isn't lazy in executing on surprises.

In summary, even though TDKR has garnered unfair criticism in recent years regarding a few parts or moments, upon rewatching it, I think it is highly underrated and consider it one of the best movies of the last two decades. As a critical reviewer of movies with very high standards, I give it a solid 8/10 star rating, maybe even an 8.3/10.

Market is at ATH's. Been day trading since the end of 2024. I'm retiring until something rationally corrective happens.

Only about 5% of stocks are performing well on rotations at any given month, and only the WH and insiders truly know ahead of time the next tweet that will send that sector high.

Most sectors are being manipulated based on sentiment and speculative theses.

So many stocks and sectors that were mooning a year ago have completely lost steam and found a far lower corrected range.

Guys, I'm retiring, but on this thesis:

1. I don't care about inflation theory that says if you don't have money in the market you are falling behind FOMO
2. Love or hate the President, his market is bonkers. Nothing makes sense, everything practically is overvalued, it's all wild forward P/E's.

I decided I'm going to wait for a huge correction, and I don't care if it never comes. I don't care. People say, "oh well it's time in the market". But look at all the overvaluations and nonsense going on. I don't care if the correction is only 10% or 15%, or if it's a (probably deserved) bubble crash- this market is not worth playing. I need to see a genuine correction, not manipulated bullshit.

I'm retired and am wasting my time in this trap. I'm going to sit on the sidelines and wait for one day in the next 1-24 months until this fraudulent market finally corrects. It's just a manipulated ponzi scheme meant to create FOMO. I mean, look at the damn charts and the irrational spiking- never before has that ever happened at this rate.

Have fun. It was fun during Biden's final months, but ever since DJT took over, this market is out of whack, and until I see the inevitable huge corrections, I'm staying away (minus DRAM and memory). I'm fine with memory, but that's it.

You can't daytrade this market successfully unless you are on the inside of what DJT is going to do. Good luck.

Edit: Oh peer pressure, what a surprise. You need more people FOMOing so you can liquidate when it crashes. Not going to happen. I'll wait for Donald Dump's next disaster, and then we'll talk about getting my money back in this fugazi.

Even though it's ranked in the top 100 on IMDB, I've noticed TDKR has been getting lots of criticism and been ranking relatively low on Nolan fans' lists for the last few years.

So I got into rewatching it over the weekend, and my feelings stand: that it's underrated as such.

Now, let's get out of the way the things that are "easy" to criticize (because it's not a perfect film by any stretch):

1. Bane's voice- okay, what an eccentric and strange villain with the choice of that voice and mask. It's such a distraction, and imo it IS the biggest flaw in the movie. It can easily be cherry picked to make it seem like an inferior movie if people are looking for it. This is where most of my point-deductions for overall score come in.
2. Bloated/too long/editing lacking- yeah, sure there are so many minutes that could have been edited, especially toward the end of the middle of the movie, where things are feeling rushed with how the people of GOtham are responding to the takeover.
3. Talia's eyeclose scene- so I know this scene has been cherry picked by lots of people in recent years, almost like a meme now, but I actually disagree with this sentiment. I didn't even notice it on the first few watches until I saw it had become a meme to riticize it.

Now, let's talk about why it is underrated and why I consider it one of the 10 best films since the year 2010.....

1. The context of TDKR is about how a hero must conquer their fears to escape the "pit" they are in, a quasi profound revelation describes it through the metaphor of doing it without the rope, which gives a hero a fall back option; having no choice but to make it is a philosophical strategy that can propel a hero to have greater odds not to fail when taking risks.
2. Sophisticated dialogue between Bruce and Selina: I really appreciate how Nolan handles the dialogue and acting when Bruce and Selina are out of costume. It remains witty and classy and established the sophistication behind the masks, once again giving more versimilitude to these superhero characters. Same with Talia (unlike Bane's).
3. The Robin reveal at the end was honestly one of the best endings of a movie, combined with Albert's (Michael Caine's) premonition, in the last two decades. Chills every single time at all of it all the way to the credits. Excellent way to end a film.
4. Catwoman's/Selina's character development and subplot- not as good as Harvey Dent's, but also was a sufficient handling of the legendary character. From the moment she is introduced, her substory about getting the clean slate and how topical that can be today, as well as Hathaway's acting in this role is quite good.
5. Enough twists and depth to keep enetertaining. From Talia's slow knife scene to Catwoman showing up in the clutch on the batmobile, to Bruce discovering the key to escaping the pit, to the scene where Gordon Levitt reveals to Bruce he knows he's Batman, to Robin's reveal and the pearls missing, and the funeral, to Catwoman leading Batman right into a trap, and probably a few more I'm forgetting, the movie isn't lazy in executing on surprises.

In summary, even though TDKR has garnered unfair criticism in recent years regarding a few parts or moments, upon rewatching it, I think it is highly underrated and consider it one of the best movies of the last two decades. As a critical reviewer of movies with very high standards, I give it a solid 8/10 star rating, maybe even an 8.3/10.

While filmmaking might have peaked around the late 90's as a whole, what are some of your favorite or most enjoyable movies since 2010?

None of these movies land in my top 100 movies of all-time list; as a whole I truly believe the quality of movies has declined compared to the 20th century, and even compared to the early 00's, but if I had to make a list of best of th last decade and a half, it would be mostly good movies, not great ones. The only criteria is a Yes-answer to the question, "Would you watch it again?"

Here are the best movies imo since 2010 in no particular order:

1. Oppenheimer
2. Obsession
3. Hacksaw Ridge
4. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
5. The Dark Knight Rises
6. Wonder Woman
7. Top Gun Maverick
8. The Grey

These are the only post-2010 movies I've seen or would see more than once. It was hard to make it to 10 movies because I don't find hardly any of the rewatchable. Debated putting Joker, Inception, and Dune on the list, but don't find them highly rewatchable. They're like most decent movies of the last two decades: good technically and for a one time watch, but no interest in revisiting them for 2 hours or more.

We're sitting back and watching about 1% of businesses attached to Ai become trillionnaires and multi billionnaires, while we actually are getting no Spiritual benefit from it.

Okay so I guess cheap homemade pornography and a sex robot is supposed to be some kind of twisted perfect life in some peoples' eyes (or so they want you to think), but most people want to find dignity in work, raise good families, and live in peace and privacy. Yet they are forcing this new society onto everyone, and the reason is so obvious it's pathetic:

to enrich themselves.

Thinking critically, I can see how this tech could reduce crime and give inner city crime people something to do to get them offf the streets, but for practically everyone else, their mission has to be not to use any of it. But how is that possible when Ai is about to overtake even jobs and everything that people use and do?

This has become a sci-fi dystopia (or it will soon), not some kind of solution to a better world. And that's before people really get a clue and critically think about how dangerous Ai is and will be. Look no further than five years ago with Covid 19 as to how in a basic worst case scenario anybody will be able to find the recipe for bioweapons and such.

There is no good end that comes from this direction we are in, but they are pushing it onto the world just to make a quick billion dollars in their one and only life not considering the slippery slope into the devastating future consequences.

Let's critique social media.

Mostly unspoken and unexpressed, people (especially narcopaths) have embarced all the narcissitic supply that social media can get them, and I'm talking TikTok and Meta sites as reddit is really just a chat forum space.

So philosophically, "the purpose of life" is to see how much attention you can get for "likes", comments, and dopamine hits from people you don't really know and will probably never meet. Not only is it in vain, but it's predicated on vanity.

This is supposed to be some profoud purpose of life, but yet we see that only fans women not only get the most attention, but they really make the most money of anybody.

Rather than live real to enjoy the day and life, so many people have uprooted their reality decisions to live to impress and gain the attention of strangers on social media. For example, rather than just enjoy a vacation, take some family pics, they are now posing for social media and nuancing their pics to how they are perceived. Same with a basic night out at a restaurant; instead of just being in the moment, they have to get the perfect pic of their food. Not for family and friends, but for what people think of them on their social media pages.

The goal is to monetize this fake persona they created, but it really amounts to pocket change, like a vanity project. Some might make more, but so will thousands of others in every nook, cranny, and crevice of the global map in every country and small town.

That's before we look at cheating, which is what narcissists are infamous for. If they were really happy with their spouses and relationships and family, then why post provocative photos and videos on the web to strangers? Yet some claim to be religious.

Not nostalgia, but the old dynamic was best. Not everybody deserves to be famous for nothing too special. You had to accomplish or create something incredibly unique that stood out up against everybody else. You had to take the disciplinary risks and try to get your movie made (kudos to Curry Barker btw), your book published, your invention patented, your record that was awesome made (Alonis Morrisette type success stories), you had to get a big big acting role on a hit show or movie.

This is just the idea that "everybody is famous", and yet it's the onlyfans girls who make 10x more than any average social media "influencer" while they desperately seek attention from strangers, and offer almost nothing in return but cliches and copycat products. All everyone does is give them "narcissistic supply" in return, in a very superficial, dare one say an "antisocial", and glib correspondence.

This is just the basic landscape of it in short. The idea is that nobody is actually proving their worth with their work, music, patents, IP, books, movies, etc that ordinarily resulted in them becoming famous. It's all amateur hour, and the irony is that they are actually not only imitating people (believe me they are; they'll never admit who they are imitating but they are), but giving away everything to their competitors for free, who will then just mimic it and copycat their own version of it.

There are no actual winners. It's the most superficial form of living to ever have existed. I even say that at least musicians and actors who obtained fame back in the day would record or film for only about 3-4 weeks tops, disappear out of the limelight because with wisdom they valued their privacy. They might show up on a talk show for 10 minutes late night to promote it, but then they disappeared while their CD, record, movie, show, or book was on the shelf for the next many years; in other words they had it the best; they were famous without even desiring to show their lives off to strangers; they valued privacy as anyone with a clue would. Conversely, these wannabe famous influencers are doing the inverse opposite; creating cheap slop while giving away their privacy because they "have to post" about 3x/week to try to one up the other influencers. They are giving up the very thing people who wanted to be famous treasured most which is privacy 10 months of the year and beyond while they collect royalty checks.

Not to mention Ai will be moving in shortly to rug pull most of them.

What would you do in this situation?

You start out in your career, and you are rapidly successful due to hard work, ingenuity, discipline, and talent.

You rapidly rise to the top of one of the best companies in your industry in the world, and quickly make friends with some of the most successful people of society from all walks of life and careers. They mentor you and give you awesome advice regarding how the world works and how to reach your potential.

Already thinking like them prior, you have a grand idea that you feel could not only help thousands or more people, but could make you reach your career and life potential.

In order to do it though, you have to take big risks and put yourself out there. You start to do it. You make huge breakthroughs and get important people to believe in your idea. But it's still hard and not guaranteed. There are also people you can't trust.

You encounter a health scare situation and get sidetracked for a year. You don't quit, but you have to move back to the place you came from rather than the place you think you need to be. Bored, you decide to finish up a college degree that you never finished. While doing that, you encounter another major health issue that affects your focus and actions towards your goals in the near future.

While recovering from your health problems and finishing your degree, a major commercial begins to appear every night on your television where they are selling something similar to the idea you were working on and had gained support in fulfilling that you had people who believed in it and willing to try to help you bring it to fruition. Preoccupied with health issues and college though, you put it aside.

Suddenly, where you are living, which is thousands of miles away from where you were, by a stroke of luck, another business is doiong a copycat imitation of the product on the commercials you keep seeing that resemble your idea, and you happen to conincidentally meet them and they make you a part of their big business project, in fact a major centerpiece part of it. This is because they've seen your work which resembles the commercial product they are copycatting.

You cannot prove any connection beyond that, but the commercial product makes tens of millions, while you get credit for the copycat project that only makes a few hundred thousand. You are happy that you accomplished something you believed in and can't care about how identical the product is to your idea for a while after the health battles and college course work you need to complete.

One day, you finally have time to research the commercial product and find out it was launched where you lived thousands of miles away around the time you were shopping it around, so now it's not just a hunch that it was stolen from you, but the odds are beginning to become undeniable. You also have old proteges who are copycatting and imitating other ideas you gave to them without giving you any credit. Meanwhile you begin to lose interest in it all because you're fulfilled and have accomplished most of what you set out to do, but your money earnings you know should be a lot more since you came up with all of these ideas. You can't sue because statute of limitations ran out.

What would you do in this situation?

You start out in your career, and you are rapidly successful due to hard work, ingenuity, discipline, and talent.

You rapidly rise to the top of one of the best companies in your industry in the world, and quickly make friends with some of the most successful people of society from all walks of life and careers. They mentor you and give you awesome advice regarding how the world works and how to reach your potential.

Already thinking like them prior, you have a grand idea that you feel could not only help thousands or more people, but could make you reach your career and life potential.

In order to do it though, you have to take big risks and put yourself out there. You start to do it. You make huge breakthroughs and get important people to believe in your idea. But it's still hard and not guaranteed. There are also people you can't trust.

You encounter a health scare situation and get sidetracked for a year. You don't quit, but you have to move back to the place you came from rather than the place you think you need to be. Bored, you decide to finish up a college degree that you never finished. While doing that, you encounter another major health issue that affects your focus and actions towards your goals in the near future.

While recovering from your health problems and finishing your degree, a major commercial begins to appear every night on your television where they are selling something similar to the idea you were working on and had gained support in fulfilling that you had people who believed in it and willing to try to help you bring it to fruition. Preoccupied with health issues and college though, you put it aside.

Suddenly, where you are living, which is thousands of miles away from where you were, by a stroke of luck, another business is doiong a copycat imitation of the product on the commercials you keep seeing that resemble your idea, and you happen to conincidentally meet them and they make you a part of their big business project, in fact a major centerpiece part of it. This is because they've seen your work which resembles the commercial product they are copycatting.

You cannot prove any connection beyond that, but the commercial product makes tens of millions, while you get credit for the copycat project that only makes a few hundred thousand. You are happy that you accomplished something you believed in and can't care about how identical the product is to your idea for a while after the health battles and college course work you need to complete.

One day, you finally have time to research the commercial product and find out it was launched where you lived thousands of miles away around the time you were shopping it around, so now it's not just a hunch that it was stolen from you, but the odds are beginning to become undeniable. You also have old proteges who are copycatting and imitating other ideas you gave to them without giving you any credit. Meanwhile you begin to lose interest in it all because you're fulfilled and have accomplished most of what you set out to do, but your money earnings you know should be a lot more since you came up with all of these ideas.

You can't sue because statute of limitations ran out.

What would you do?

How did I miss this one for so long? Finally got around to watching it last night, and it was so good. I'm actually disappointed that I never gave it a chance before. Went in with no expectations, but it was quirky, funny, and hilarious at times. Such a well made comedy that was never boring. Every character was developed, even those with such a short amount of screentime.

8/10 solid.

Just an exercise in fun here so take it at entertainment face value, just subjective opinion.

So I saw Obsession and began thinking about deeper meaning behind some of it.

My conclusion is that Bear made a deal with the devil. The devil gave him what he wanted, but at what price? By the time Bear realizes it, he calls to make another bargain, and the only way out of the hell he created he is told is to off himself.

So here we have a socially awkward guy infatuated with a girl who doesn't like him, where he makes a deal with the devil to get her, and once he has his wish, his world (and the world itself in assumed ways) turns upside down.

So here we go, for me this is Mark Zuckerberg (socially awkward nice guy) inventing Facebook (original story is it was created to rate girls and try to get the girls he/they liked to like them). Once it was created, the world has now run amuck. He got his wish, and now society is in some kind of illusion/possession of it. Everyone changed. it socially changed things, and not for the better. The only way to reset things back to normal the way Bear wants after seeing it is for Zuckerberg to "metaphorically" destroy his creation, like Frankenstein. But he won't do it. He likes it too much.

I know the fan base for this movie is toxic, but remember art is subjective and open to interpretation, and that's the metaphor that I like to view it as just for fun.

If you are looking for top tier entertainment, a "must watch" movie or tv show, what would you pick? And why?

For me, all of these are at least a 9/10 or 10/10 entertainment experience where you can't go wrong:

1. Jaws- The original blockbuster. The highest grossing horror movie of all time until 24 years later when the Sixth Sense surpassed it, and at the time of its release the highest grossing movie of all-time until 2 years later when Star Wars passed it.

2. Goodfellas- The best mafia movie of all time (yes, even better than the Godfather), based on a true story of Henry Hill's time in the mafia from 1960s-1980s, and Scorcese's best overall film. Inspired so many future mob movies and Sopranos.

3. Breaking Bad- incredible story of an underachieving Chemistry genius who is diagnosed with cancer and has only 2 years to leave his family a nest egg so leverages his brother in law's knowledge of the drug business and his former student to start his own drug enterprise before his time's up. Some of the most original and best written filmmaking of all time.

4. Forrest Gump- inspirational story of a low IQ savant who journeys through American History from the 1950s to the 1980s and inadvertently causes so much major change just by being himself and staying true to the things he knows, believes in, and loves while navigating a tumultuous and chaotic world.

5. Seinfeld- One of the best comedies ever made with what seems like endless classic and culturally influencing episodes, character, and writing.

6. Braveheart- one of the best movies ever made in terms of story structure, directing, and elements of filmmaking combining to create a satisfying emotional experience of learning the price of freedom and the power of love.

7. Gladiator- a journey through ancient Rome's gladiator days where moral and political corruption give way to one man fighting for what's right and to gain his justified vengeance for crimes committed against him just because he was special and important in Marcus Aurelius' eyes and wouldn't toe the line for the unrightful new emporer.

8. Back to the Future- a dramedy and quirky classic about a mad scientist who creates a time machine that shows how lives and the world could change if such an invention were ever to be possible.

9. The Dark Knight- subverts all expectations of what a comic book movie is or should be, and turns it into a realistic and deep philosophical and psychological study of corruption, morality, good, and evil with a shocking versimilitude and Oscar worthy acting performances by more than half of the cast, with the top being the late Heath Ledger's phenomenal depiction of the famous villain, The Joker.

10. The Usual Suspects- an unassuming typical crime drama unfolds into one of the best examples of a great ending of a movie of all-time.

These are the 10 movies/tv shows everyone needs to watch at least once in their lives for entertainment value and cultural importance imo.

We're talking just sheer entertainment value and cultural relevance, movies or shows that everyone should see at least once.

What are some of yours?

80% short interest according to RH as of June 1.

Already ran over 100%, nice resilience yesterday after a consolidation Friday.

They just became a Space company after being a dermatology company prior.

With SpaceX IPO approaching, there is still more room to run imo.

No guarantees here. Also, wondering if anyone else has their eye on this or is in it?

I think it can hit $5 or double digits by next year.