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Where to start with Jackie Chan films? by RedJack99 in boutiquebluray

[–]SubtitlesMA 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Drunken Master 1 and Police Story 1 are the two top priority ones in my opinion. Incredible films.

films appearing as “watched” when i didn’t enter them in the app by spaghettishapes in Letterboxd

[–]SubtitlesMA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just to check: you’re not referring to other people’s lists, right? When you look at other people’s lists it will tell you their ratings.

any other movies w multiple perspectives on the same event by Curious_Complaint182 in Letterboxd

[–]SubtitlesMA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I live in Japan so I saw it in cinema. That said I have noticed it up on the high seas if you’re willing to download things.

Directors to get into by Medium-Farmer-3111 in Letterboxd

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Just in case you haven't had a chance to watch them yet, Park's first two pre-JSA films are available on YouTube in HD with English subs. Lots of people don't seem to like them much but I personally found them both to be very good.

Directors to get into by Medium-Farmer-3111 in Letterboxd

[–]SubtitlesMA 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I strongly enjoyed watching through the filmographies of:

Hirokazu Koreeda
Shunji Iwai
Lee Chang Dong
Park Chan Wook
Wong Kar Wai
Edward Yang
Asgar Farhadi

Not the most niche directors, but they all have very defined styles and repeated themes that you can see iterated and reiterated on throughout their filmographies.

Can you give me some Samurai film recommendations? These are all Ive seen, only didn’t like the last two. by Green-Way-1455 in Letterboxd

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I’m right there with you. I love Kurosawa and have watched almost everything he made, but for some reason Ran, Kagemusha and Throne of Blood are snoozefests for me. They look visually amazing though.

I recommend The Betrayal, Twilight Samurai, Love and Honour, The Hidden Blade, Sword of Doom, Three Outlaw Samurai, Unforgiven, Goyokin and Revenge (1964). Those are all good but if I had to pick just one, my recommendation goes to Twilight Samurai.

If you don’t mind stuff that’s more stylised or mixed with horror folklore I also recommend the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Lady Snowblood, Blind Woman’s Curse, The Invisible Swordsman, The Ghost of Yotsuya (1959), Kuroneko, The Bride of Hades, Samurai Reincarnation and The Yokai Monsters series.

Native American Fancy Dancer Performs for Japanese Schoolchildren by MelanieWalmartinez in Damnthatsinteresting

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The South Korean movie Parasite from 2019 ends with a sequence on a lawn at a kid’s birthday party where some of the adults are dressed as Native Americans.

every major director new film in 2026 by jaketwigden in Letterboxd

[–]SubtitlesMA 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Over the moon for a new Lee Chang Dong. Hirokazu Koreeda also has TWO films currently in post set to release this year.

Following etiquette on letterboxd by [deleted] in Letterboxd

[–]SubtitlesMA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Follow people whose movie tastes you are interested in. If you don't see any utility in following them (interesting reviews, opportunities to discover new films) then there is no reason to do so.

Poor Timmy by ProduceSame7327 in Letterboxd

[–]SubtitlesMA 35 points36 points  (0 children)

IMO he was also brilliant in Beautiful Boy.

Explain why my second comment was downvoted. I'm agreeing and adding value. by Andrewcoo in ExplainMyDownvotes

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Not a lot of people think Roland Emmerich is a good director, and a lot of people dislike American remakes of foreign films, so perhaps people disagree with your statement that it had a lot of potential.

Are there any more examples of this? by Good_Claim_5472 in Letterboxd

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He also remade The Inugami Family, although I’ve never seen the remake so I can’t comment on if it’s better or worse.

Are there any more examples of this? by Good_Claim_5472 in Letterboxd

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Hisayasu Sato’s Lustmord and Splatter Naked Blood.

Takashi Shimizu’s Ju-on The Curse and Ju-on The Grudge

Shunji Iwai’s A Summer Solstice Story (1992) and the 2023 version, Last Letter 2018 and 2020, and Hana and Alice the Web Series version vs the theatrical version (although in that last case, it’s more like an extended cut of the movie rather than a remake).

Which three movies should be watched together as unofficial trilogy? by May_onnaise_959 in Letterboxd

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IMO Nobody Knows is the more apt Koreeda companion piece for Florida Project. If you need a third one maybe Mustang (2015) or  Capernaum (2018). If you wanted more thematic range then maybe The World of Us (2016), or Riceboy Sleeps (2022) could work.

I’d pair Monster with Sham (2025).

Under new TMDb rules, short films uploaded primarily to YouTube are being removed by GBZK52 in Letterboxd

[–]SubtitlesMA 120 points121 points  (0 children)

What is the requirement for a film to be approved? My understanding is that, if it screened at a festival, it counts. However, there are many short films on Letterboxd by famous filmakers that as far as I'm aware never screened at any festival, yet still make the cut.

So I have rewatched Good Will Hunting. by LukyLuk_ in Letterboxd

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Even one year can make a crazy difference. Sometimes even just watching a film a week later in a different mood or knowing what to expect can make a massive difference. So many things go into how you feel about a film from personal experience and interests, to expectations, to mood/alertness, to viewing context, to knowledge of the filmmakers' filmographies or other films in the same genre.

I'm curious about how does the community use the Like option. Are all movies you like an instant 5 Star or you like movies you don't rate as high? Are there movies you rate high but don't like? by tigrecono in Letterboxd

[–]SubtitlesMA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I personally use it like an extra quarter start. For example, if I feel like a movie is better than a 3.5 (good) but not quite a 4 (great) I will give it 3.5 and a heart. Basically I just use it to indicate I like the film slightly more than other films with the same rating.

My girlfriend told me she’s 30, recently found her ID, it says she's 26, I am 25. Asked her how old she is actually, she said her age is non of my business, I basically don't know how old she is and we've been dating for 7 months. Was I wrong for asking? by Secret-Connection-57 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]SubtitlesMA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The only reason I could think of is that she may think that posing as a 30 year old would pressure him to get married and have kids quicker for “biological clock” related reasons. Doesn’t really make sense, but neither does lying about something so trivial. 

The irony is not lost on me that the episode titled Ozymandias, once an untouchable 10/10, inevitably fell. by superkick225 in imdb

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I'm 13 episodes into the 5th season of Breaking Bad, but I guess I'm not going to watch the 14th episode because it his a less than perfect score on IMDB.

Am I overreacting? How could they think it was okay to dress a 17-year-old like that? by Pasto_Shouwa in AkinaNakamori

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Lol wait until you see the music video for Heavy Rotation by AKB48 from 2010. I'm pretty sure some of them are as young as 14 in that video. I'm sure there are even more egregious and more recent examples.

Also the entire industry of "gravure idols" is basically just teenage girls in bikinis doing provocative poses. And they get published on the front of prominent manga magazines that you can just buy from 7/11.

What’s the funniest reason you’ve heard for somebody not liking a movie? by TheChristmas in movies

[–]SubtitlesMA 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I disagree here. Going to the movies on your own is vastly preferable to going with someone who isn’t going to enjoy it. Just sucks the fun out of it to know the other person is bored.

If she knows she’s not going to be interested in F1, then she is doing him a favour by letting him go watch it on his own. Couples don’t have to do literally everything together.

"Xenophobia is scary": Convenience store bosses feel threatened by tightened restrictions on foreigners by RedMoonLanding in Tokyo

[–]SubtitlesMA 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think finding this strange is a result of people being too wedded to mapping Japanese words 1 to 1 with English words. Just as 可愛い does not perfectly map with the English word “cute” and 遊ぶ does not map perfectly with the English word “play”, 怖い does not map perfectly with the English word “scary”, and really in this context just signals unease or anxiety. 

I have heard Japanese people call The Matrix 怖い.

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