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Red Lights or Leaves of Grass.
If kids are around, probably Howl’s Moving Castle or another Studio Ghibli movie.
If I am gearing for adults, a comedy like Chef where the premise is lighthearted but not a total snooze fest.
another Studio Ghibli
Grave of the Fireflies it is!
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Those movies are so great. Probably stick with the G and PG options if there’s a young kid in the mix (thinking of Princess Mononoke, which is PG-13, IIRC). The PG ones often have just the right amount of “safe-scary” elements that it absolutely grabs their attention. Great movies for grown-up/kid conversation-starters to boot, just due to the deep, rich, human themes they explore.
My two year old daughter loves My Neighbor Totoro, we even got her a giant Totoro stuffy for Christmas.
Chef actually made me want to go to culinary school, and what drove me to pursue food service work in general.
Dracula: Dead and Loving It
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The orignal Frankenstein (1931) or Bride of Frankenstein (1935) movies from the Universal Classic Monsters franchise.
Call me old-fashioned.
Either “Tucker and Dale Versus Evil”, or “The Cabin in the Woods”.
If I want everyone to leave as quickly as possible, then “Martyrs”, Antichrist", or “A Serbian Film”.
Nothing But Trouble, so they don’t come back
Something that everyone will love, like The Room or maybe Samurai Cop or maybe even Hard Ticket to Hawaii.
Depending on the group, sometimes old Jet Li flicks will work, too, like The New Legend of Shaolin / Legend of the Red Dragon which has some great baby-kung-fu.
Nothing beats the baby kung-fu in Kung Pow! Enter the Fist though.
Don’t neglect Miami Connection.
Dead Leaves
The Emperor’s New Groove.
Airplane!
12 Angry Men.
The problem with Airplane is that you have to pay attention to appreciate it. That’s a little harder to do with invited guests
The Police Squad TV show failed because nobody was used to paying attention to TV.
+1000 for 12 Angry Men. A fantastic drama for a group to watch together.
The problem with Airplane is that you have to pay attention to appreciate it. That’s a little harder to do with invited guests
Get drunk first. ;-)
Or make it a movie night about the movie.
Really, you need to pay attention to any movie if you want to know what’s going on. Except for primer.
This is a perfect time for the Christmas cracker approach - you’re unlikely to be able to pick a movie that everyone agrees is good, so pick a movie that everyone agrees is bad, and bond over shared mockery.
Space Truckers (1996) - Dennis Hopper, Charles Dance. Terrible movie with some wacky bullshit, cube pigs, neon space twinks, and a cyborg love prosthetic.
Moonfall (2022) - another classic from Roland Emerick where most of the movie is nonsense but there is a seed of a brilliant idea buried in there.
Mega Shark Vs Mecha Shark (2014) - it starts with a giant shark catapulting a fishing boat from Manhattan to Giza, and gets more and more ridiculous as it goes on. Featuring Christopher Judge in one of his less believable roles.
RoboCop or Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade
Last Crusade is a fun watch and imo better than lost ark
Evolution
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I prefer the holy grail but life of Brian is also a top movie
My personal favorite is The Meaning Of Life. Not sure where that puts me.
