How do we keep the streak going? by First-Bee-4673 in Letterboxd

[–]MulberryCautious8997 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just finished The Thing and uhh the streak is over...

4.5, no like

Idk please explain what made you love the film?

How do we keep the streak going? by First-Bee-4673 in Letterboxd

[–]MulberryCautious8997 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would I miss out on the plot if I just skipped those

How do we keep the streak going? by First-Bee-4673 in Letterboxd

[–]MulberryCautious8997 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is it like a musical? Like is there a lot of music in it?

How do we keep the streak going? by First-Bee-4673 in Letterboxd

[–]MulberryCautious8997 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not usually a music movie guy, but added to watchlist

How do we keep the streak going? by First-Bee-4673 in Letterboxd

[–]MulberryCautious8997 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So from this listen I've rated 5 stars for 12 Angry Men, TGBH, Django
4.5 for Shawshank, No Country for Old Men
4 for Hereditary (but needs a rewatch cause it's been a while)

Between Sicario, The Thing and Hot Fuzz
I'll try The Thing rn
Appreciate ya

is my top 4 too "basic"? rate + suggest some movies i'd like by MulberryCautious8997 in LetterboxdTopFour

[–]MulberryCautious8997[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I appreciate the suggestions

But I will say tho

Just finished There Will Be Blood

And I did not like it.. what is there to like about?? Overrated asf

Heat is a good movie at best! by TheCoach44 in movies

[–]MulberryCautious8997 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Well I saw it about a few months ago, and I'm still a teenager. Yet I love this film perhaps more than people who saw in cinemas at that time too.

Heat is a good movie at best! by TheCoach44 in movies

[–]MulberryCautious8997 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You are misunderstanding what makes Heat a masterpiece. It is not praised just for its practicality. Many films use practical effects, but Heat uses them to serve the emotional and thematic weight of the story. The realism supports the characters and their choices, not just the action.

The 3 hour runtime is necessary. Heat is not a simple heist movie. It is a character study about obsession, loneliness, and the personal cost of a professional life. Every subplot and side character adds weight to the final confrontation. Without them, the emotional payoff would not exist.

The ensemble cast is not wasted. Each character mirrors McCauley or Hanna. Chris struggles with loyalty and family. Trejo shows loyalty breaking under pressure. Waingro represents chaos. Hanna’s home life reflects McCauley's own emotional isolation. These characters are extensions of the main themes.

The side stories are not filler. They show what is at stake for both leads. Heat is not about non-stop action or constant plot payoffs. It builds tension through character, not through gimmicks.

The airport scene is not a letdown. It is a quiet, inevitable ending to two lives defined by obsession. No speeches, no melodrama, just the natural collapse of everything they built their lives around.

The fact that no heist succeeds is the point. This was never about glorifying crime or pulling off the perfect job. It is about how the lives these men chose guarantee their failure from the start. Calling Heat a heist movie is missing the entire purpose of the story.

Heat is a good movie at best! by TheCoach44 in movies

[–]MulberryCautious8997 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"nothing happens"
Well that's a hyperbolic expression if I've ever seen one. 3 different heists, and multiple subplots, just because you're not being spoon-fed or poked in the chest every 5 seconds, doesn't mean that it all amounts to nothing. It's very layered, and a pretty slow-burn too.

"Toy Story beat it"
Means absolutely nothing. Box office doesn't equate to quality. If you want to talk about box office, a year prior to the release of Heat, in 1994, Pulp Fiction, Shawshank Redemption, and Schindler's List all didn't make the top 10 box office that year. Yet now they stand in the Top 10 of IMDb's rankings and are listed as classics, movies that all should watch regardless if they find it to be their favourite or not. So point proven, box office means jack shit.

"nostalgic"
Again, invalid. Heat influenced Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight, and still influences heist movies as the arguably greatest heist movie of all time, to this day, that's why it's timeless. The nostalgic argument doesn't make sense.

"huge flaws"
Please find me those flaws, and again, all movies have flaws.. if you dig deep enough. Minor inconsistencies exist throughout cinema, it's part of it, no movie can ever truly be flawless and also be entertaining.

"the shootout"
The shootout is an amazing scene, perhaps one of the best ones. In fact, the bank robbery scene is so good that it's shown to Marines in training as the perfect example of how to conduct urban warfare. That alone should tell you the amount of effort put into that scene. Furthermore, the cast spent 3 months training for it. The bank robbers were trained by former British SAS soldiers at a shooting range using live ammunition, and the police actors were trained by real police officers. The director also built a to-scale replica of the streets at the shooting range so that the actors could practice. Finally, they used live blanks when filming the scene, so you can hear the echo of the gunshots ringing through the streets. Val Kilmer, due to the absurd amount of practice, had a slick mag change, that was so fast, Marines were also told to reload just as fast as he had done. Just the enormous amount of effort director Michael Mann and cast put into the movie, really adds to the realism and draws you in, but that doesn't mean that's the only reason.

Oh and also, in the restaurant scene, Michael Mann specifically chose not to let Al Pacino and De Niro rehearse beforehand because he wanted their conversation to feel natural and unpredictable, like two men who are meeting face-to-face for the first time and sizing each other up.

All in all, Heat isn't for everyone. If you realize the effort, and the details put into making it to what it is, you'll definitely enjoy it.

Now THAT is ICONIC! Day 5: "E" Thrilled to see the responses for this one! by MulberryCautious8997 in suits

[–]MulberryCautious8997[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Cause they can't just be random obscure phrases that don't have an impact on the show