I’d consider it a cross-genre horror, with elements of mystery, thriller, and suspense. Besides, it’s based on a novel that won the Bram Stoker Award given out by the Horror Writers Association.

Couldn’t agree more.

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Use spoiler tags ffs

No need to be defensive. To say that a person needs to be paying special attention to the continuity of this very long series of movies or they “won’t get anything out of them” is to say that there is something complicated about the way they tell their stories. It also isn’t an argument against the notion that they’re shallow.

>I never said you shouldn't enjoy the superhero movies if that's your thing,

No, you just called it dogshit and brought it up as such in a thread that had nothing to do with it, solely because you peeked at the OP's posting history and got triggered that he was an MCU fan.

That's TOTALLY not snobbery. No sirree.

>just don't pretend they are something they are not.

I'm not. You are, and for what reason? None, except that for some reason you can't follow a few "simple" movies.

>There is zero value to watching all the MCU movies as if they are a tv show, because there is no overall story or purpose to them.

Oh, of course there is, because people do. Just because you for some reason can't follow it past a single episode doesn't mean other people can't, either. In fact, the value in treating it as a series is pretty evident in its success.

Apocalypto got pretty gnarly as well

Killing Dreaming Teenagers (1984)

The Dead Zone is incredible. I love the way he structured that story. Each act was more exciting than the previous

I never said you shouldn't enjoy the superhero movies if that's your thing, just don't pretend they are something they are not.

There is zero value to watching all the MCU movies as if they are a tv show, because there is no overall story or purpose to them.

>Toby Maguires creepy gangster man was just weird. Did it add anything to the movie?

It seemed like a direct reference to Alfred Molina in Boogie Nights. You can also see the contrast between the party they go to with Tobey and the party from the beginning of the movie. The party at the beginning seemed fun while the party with Tobey was perverse, showing the progression of Hollywood.

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>Manny asks Sidney to wear charcoal in the most super awkward scene. And god damn the actor (i forget his name) man that shot of him playing with his face covered was ferocious. That man absolutely fucking crushed that scene. But the issue i have is that Chazelle doesn't use the scene to further (anything) Sidney quits in the next scene and he's not seen again till the end.

Think Sidney was used as a contrast to the other characters in show business. The ones who have fewer morals/allow their morals to be compromised usually last the longest, but suffer the harshest endings. Sidney is shown at the end continuing to do the thing he loves while the other characters are either dead or in a completely different industry. I don't think the specific point of the scene was to explore racism within Hollywood. I just think that's the vehicle they used to show Sidney's morals being compromised. I feel like him pretty much disappearing for the rest of the movie was intentional to align with his character no longer being a "star".

My tip-top recommendation would be:

"The Castle", a wonderful Australian comedy. The story and characters are WONDERFUL.

Runner-Ups below because both are dramas with some dark moments. Thankfully, both of them end on an upbeat note.

"The Man in the Moon" with a very young Reese Witherspoon.

"The Secret of Roan Inish", written and directed by John Sayles.

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Monique - Precious - In the scene with social worker (Mariah Carey)

Lupita Nyongo - 12 Years A Slave

Andrew Garfield - Spider-Man: No Way Home

>Not sure why you are being so defensive of this children's movie franchise

I respond poorly to snobbery, especially when it's unjustified.

The real question is, why are YOU so insistent on saying it's dogshit when you clearly don't even watch it?

>I'm sorry but you're just incorrect

I'm sorry but I'm not. Yes, it's a cash cow, and yes, it's meant to print money and sell merchandise, but the reason it does so with such success is because everything you said about it is wrong.

There’s a reason for that: Canada doesn’t want to have its unique cultural identity subsumed beneath the much stronger American view.

The problem is that some musicians (most ignobly, Nickelback) used those minimum requirements as leverage to get a ton of radio and TV play.

I wouldn't say silence of the lambs is a horror movie

If every movie which is scary is a horror movie then the list is going to grow

Julia Stiles was actually crying in that speech she did near the end of 10 Things I Hate About You.

And also Doubt

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Wonky face

Universal Classic Horror movies.

I can't be certain, but he looks a little busy trying to punch someone.

Pontypool! I'm on a kick trying to get people to watch it. Imagine being in a radio station as a zombie outbreak happens around you. Only they aren't zombies, just.... weird. Almost eldritch. I loved it.

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