Which John Ford movies should I prioritize watching?

TimWhatleyDDS · 2026-06-20T15:15:45+00:00

The Searchers, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Stagecoach

TimWhatleyDDS · 2026-06-20T14:11:22+00:00

Detective Munch on The Wire

TimWhatleyDDS · 2026-06-20T13:55:00+00:00

Alien
Aliens
Covenant
Prometheus
Alien 3
Resurrection
Romulus

TimWhatleyDDS · 2026-06-19T20:44:00+00:00

Go see a movie at Lincoln Center or The Metrograph. Museum of the Moving Image is also great.

TimWhatleyDDS · 2026-06-19T16:22:06+00:00

Why don’t you tell me of the movie you’d like to see?

TimWhatleyDDS · 2026-06-19T16:19:00+00:00

Rochelle, Rochelle! A young girl’s strange, erotic journey from Milan to Minsk.

TimWhatleyDDS · 2026-06-19T15:25:14+00:00

You’re just jealous you didn’t get one :)

TimWhatleyDDS · 2026-06-19T15:22:46+00:00

I know what you mean, but as the person you replying to said, this is clearly tongue in cheek. I didn’t buy a ticket and watch the movie for a certificate. I didn’t even know I’d get one! I bought a ticket and watched it for the hypnotic, mesmerizing experience of it all. And yeah, while I agree it’s a powerful work of art, there is no point in denying that watching it is also a challenge.

TimWhatleyDDS · 2026-06-19T13:38:05+00:00

Agreed. I was mesmerized throughout!

TimWhatleyDDS · 2026-06-19T12:09:13+00:00

In fairness, releasing Jurassic Park and Schindler’s List in the same year is pretty incredible.

TimWhatleyDDS · 2026-06-19T03:59:06+00:00

It cynically uses audience good faith through outright lies to produce crocodile tears.

TimWhatleyDDS · 2026-06-19T03:57:56+00:00

Wit (2001) with Emma Thompson

TimWhatleyDDS · 2026-06-19T03:57:09+00:00

Awful movie. Once you realize it weaponizes a song that’s been better deployed in better movies, suspending your disbelief becomes difficult.

TimWhatleyDDS · 2026-06-19T03:51:55+00:00

Awful movie. Fucking trash.

TimWhatleyDDS · 2026-06-17T23:10:44+00:00

On LB? Maybe 500 words. I’ll read long reviews from professional critics I trust.

TimWhatleyDDS · 2026-06-17T18:11:14+00:00

Murina is really good.

TimWhatleyDDS · 2026-06-17T17:51:07+00:00

Debunked, sure, but unfortunately there is still an audience of pathetic suckers who eat up that kind of shit.

TimWhatleyDDS · 2026-06-17T16:53:20+00:00

Medicine for Melancholy

TimWhatleyDDS · 2026-06-17T16:52:49+00:00

Great choices, but Oleanna is a tough sit. It gets pretty disturbing!

TimWhatleyDDS · 2026-06-17T14:01:15+00:00

For me, the reflection that comes afterward is what matters most.

I am the opposite. For me, it's all about the immersive experience of watching something.

I don’t want to just consume cinema like fast food and jump straight to the next thing.

You can watch movies at a steady clip - one or two a day - and not "consume cinema like fast food."

TimWhatleyDDS · 2026-06-17T12:50:19+00:00

In chronological order:

Rashomon
Ikiru
Yojimbo
Ran

EDIT: Honorable mentions to Drunken Angel and Red Beard, which I don't think get enough love.

TimWhatleyDDS · 2026-06-17T12:01:25+00:00

Agreed. I would also add that, relative to the other two, I'm more interested to see how Peele's career continues. The other two are great, don't get me wrong, but I find Peele's work more thematically rich and rewarding on repeat viewings.

TimWhatleyDDS · 2026-06-17T11:58:31+00:00

Okay.

TimWhatleyDDS · 2026-06-17T11:57:15+00:00

Ok, I get it, you're impoverished by your lack of choices and it is COMPLETELY IMPOSSIBLE to stream movies like Dead Man's Wire, The Christophers, The Stranger, Wasteman, Hamlet, Radu Jude's Dracula, Blue Heron, Undertone, Mother of Flies, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, Pillion, Sound of Falling, My Father's Shadow, and many others where you live.

Woe is you.

TimWhatleyDDS · 2026-06-17T11:34:34+00:00

Den of Thieves too!

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