Day 10/10 of #10Films on 10/10 lol eyyyy gottimmm
I’ve been invited by @Taweret to share one image (no posters, no titles, no explanations) from 10 films that impacted me.
If I was doing this right, then: every day a new person will be added: 10 days, 10 movie images, 10 friends.
however because work has been so bloody stupid and antagonising and because i don't want to double-tag anyone i'm not tagging anybody because i'd totally tag someone already tagged
but i like movies so
If I'd been better organised about this I'd've been replying to previous posts but I wasn't, so here's the list of my #10Films including the above:
1: Spirited Away: https://mastodon.murkworks.net/@moira/111161221838287011
2: The Manchurian Candidate (1962): https://mastodon.murkworks.net/@moira/111167052924993816
3: Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer: https://mastodon.murkworks.net/@moira/111173196423761924
4: The Lion in Winter: https://mastodon.murkworks.net/@moira/111178256265118168
5: Casablanca: https://mastodon.murkworks.net/@moira/111184092792908824
6: The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension: https://mastodon.murkworks.net/@moira/111189818177826981
7: The Magic Christian: https://mastodon.murkworks.net/@moira/111195258609956902
8: D.E.B.S.: https://mastodon.murkworks.net/@moira/111200678002540827
9: Snatch: https://mastodon.murkworks.net/@moira/111206470190533405
10: The Quick and the Dead: https://mastodon.murkworks.net/@moira/111212303777656076
Attached: 1 image Day 1/10 #10Films I’ve been invited by @[email protected] to share one image (no posters, no titles, no explanations) from 10 films that impacted me. If I was doing this right, then: every day a new person will be added: 10 days, 10 movie images, 10 friends. however because work has been so bloody stupid and antagonising and because i don't want to double-tag anyone i'm not tagging anybody because i'd totally tag someone already tagged but i like movies so
How did these #10Films impact me?
1: Spirited Away
There was a time in my life when I'd've _absolutely_ swapped places with Sen, and been just another spirit worker in that spa.
Really, a couple of times.
2: The Manchurian Candidate
If you think this hasn't affected my writing you either haven't seen this film or haven't read any of my writing. xD
3: Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer
What the hell is an early Rumiko Takahashi film spinoff from an anime based on her least interesting manga doing in this list?
It's because the world is never what you think it is and this story tells you that _beautifully_. It's a masterpiece made from harem anime and trash and I adore it.
4: The Lion in Winter
My gods, the dialogue. Every word a dagger, every line a cut into flesh, all perfectly performed. Magnificent.
(Also, move over Die Hard, _this_ is the best Christmas movie ever made.)
5: Casablanca
Because sometimes, yeah, you have to give up everything to do what someone - meaning you - absolutely has to do. And it sucks and it's not fair... but it's still true.
Also, because maybe, just _maybe_, even the biggest shitheel in the world can decide they've had enough and say no - no more. (And no, I'm absolutely not talking about Rick.)
6: The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension
Because going everywhere every direction at once has kind of been my forte. I haven't been an an MD but I have performed in front of tens of thousands of people and I have done original science and if you were using a computer in the early 2000s you probably had some of my code on it, and I haven't seen _that_ guy spin around news coverage of anti-queer initiatives in a day.
How do y'like them apples, Banzai? xD
7: The Magic Christian
Do not be confused: this is not a good movie. But it's a lot better in our current context than the one in which it was made. The final sequence involving the actual Magic Christian of the title is about how people of intent and wealth can create a completely artificial world that everyone involved decides to believe in which ignores reality at essentially every level, only to pull the rug out from under you at any moment.
Completely unrealistic, I'm sure.
8: D.E.B.S.
Welcome to 95% of my sexuality.
Also, the #KimPossible / #Shigo (a.k.a. #kigo) movie we so desperately deserved but Disney would never, ever make.
9: Snatch
A brutal story about brutal people, brutally written and most of all brutally _edited_. See also its companion piece, _Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels_, which honestly I kind of prefer. But they're both great.
Not long after this came out they finally figured out who the serial killer in Vancouver was, and we all learned that "Never trust a man with a pig farm" was far more true than we ever thought.
And finally, today's:
10: The Quick and the Dead (1995)
Welcome to the other 5% of my sexuality.
And I don't _just_ mean Sharon.
Though I do absolutely mean Sharon.
Just... not _just_ Sharon. xD
LET'S HAVE SOME HONOURABLE MENTIONS:
In no real order; any of these could've made my list:
1: On The Beach
JMS has gone off on the use of "Waltzing Matilda" in this film and said it better than I would. But also, it's just a great story and a great film. Do NOT watch depressed.
2: Threads
YIKES
See above, but without music. Thatcher was a monster, but the Reagan/Thatcher combo on nukes was so much worse.
3: White Zombie
Slow, moody, atmospheric, and yet includes the single most horrifying moment I've seen in a vintage horror film. A brilliant Lugosi performance, a little understated and definitely underrated.
4: Mononoke Hime (Princess Mononoke)
I still think of the title in Japanese. Deeply sad film in so many ways. Couldn't rewatch it for years, but still formative.
5: Goldfinger
Now _that_ is how you write a goddamn _supervillian plot_.
"Who said anything about removing it?"
...and suddenly it's an entirely different story and you're as impressed as Bond is. I love that shit. Fantastic.
6: Brain Candy
Ignore the implied kinda bad take on SSRI reuptake inhibitors and it's amazing in every other way. Endlessly quotable. Best Kids In The Hall.
I'm sure there are more, but I think that's enough for now.
And yeah, every film on this list? Recommended. Highly.
@tithonium The promotion and packaging made it look really terrible, but it's _not_.
I mean, it's lightweight fun lesbian times, not Serious Drama - but frankly, we need a lot more of that as far as I'm concerned. :D
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