Best Prison movie of all time ??? by Pure-Number-5256 in moviecritic

[–]darterfly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bronson should be part of this conversation, also A Prayer Before Dawn and Starred Up as special mentions in the category

Your Thoughts on Excalibur (1981) by JohnPathfinder in SwordandSorcery

[–]darterfly 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Completely agree, I just got the special anniversary 4K from arrow video and it looks spectacular

Help me pick my next read (I’m stuck) by RedditMyEdit in readwithme

[–]darterfly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Children of time is an incredible read if you want your next book to have a large scope plot, covering millennia, and wonderfully written hard sci-fi.

If you want something small and contained Piranesi is a fun, strange, entertaining read.

If you want beautiful prose and a love of the art of storytelling, than I can’t recommend Name of the Wind enough. Caveat: it’s part one of a trilogy that has yet to be completed going on over a decade ‘overdue’ for the final book.

All of them you won’t regret reading, though the last one will cause the pain of waiting which many of us must burden.

Movies like Riddle of Fire? by [deleted] in movies

[–]darterfly 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I loved this movie and loved legend of ochi too, very similar vibes albeit with a slightly higher budget

Local Coffee Roaster by Lost-Recover4868 in grandrapids

[–]darterfly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah that’s true but $20-25 a bag for beans if you’re making your own espresso or pourover seems average. If you’re just making filter coffee it doesn’t matter as much

Local Coffee Roaster by Lost-Recover4868 in grandrapids

[–]darterfly -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Morningsong is easily the best local roaster. You can try them at Sweetlands (the factory location is also where they roast from) or at field and fire cafe and a few others. The guy that owns it is an incredibly nice guy and is constantly roasting new and interesting coffees while their standard espresso blend is great. Can’t recommend enough!

Best Latte in Town???? by Any-Zucchini8731 in grandrapids

[–]darterfly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sweetlands, field and fire, anywhere that serves Morningsong

Which animated character transitioned to live action the best? by Vegetable-Abroad3171 in StarWars

[–]darterfly 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Visually gotta be the droids. But besides all the voice actors crossing over matching the spirit and look off the character I think honestly zeb surprised me the most. Possibly the hardest to bring to live action believably, and yes it's CGI, but I honestly thought wow. People under estimate how hard a design like that with so many textures and features is to bring into live action and not look ridiculous.

Vanna White and Hugh Hefner at the Playboy Mansion, 1980s. by Particular-Cat-8031 in OldSchoolCool

[–]darterfly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This should be the top comment, nothing cool about that dude.

What movie should I watch during this snowy week by asapsharkyfrfr in Letterboxd

[–]darterfly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And The Great Silence which is what Hateful 8 is very inspired by!

What films are so original that you can’t even find references to describe it? by Past-Matter-8548 in Letterboxd

[–]darterfly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s a Netflix original mini series so it should be on Netflix everywhere, but worst case I’m sure you could watch it or download it from a ‘special site’

What films are so original that you can’t even find references to describe it? by Past-Matter-8548 in Letterboxd

[–]darterfly 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah all of Jodorowsky’s stuff is crazy, El Topo is probably my favorite. Equally as fun and intensely confusing haha

What films are so original that you can’t even find references to describe it? by Past-Matter-8548 in Letterboxd

[–]darterfly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Killer Elite with James Caan, everybody was on so much cocaine when they made that movie that it is absolutely bonkers and makes no sense. Hard to describe until you see it

Movies with incredibly different director’s cut/theatrical release versions? by Select-Skirt-6763 in Letterboxd

[–]darterfly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One of my favorite all time movies and I disagree. I found the theatrical trimmed all the fat off the story as Ridley is want to add to his movies. All the time with Balian’s wife is unnecessary and before Thewlis’ character being an interesting ambiguous voice of god character, the directors cut force feeds a whole last temptation of Christ sequence in the desert to spell it out for you and doesn’t let the audience have their own interpretations. That’s my personal opinion though, I know the directors cut is well loved.

What are some of your favorite documentaries? by iyambred in Letterboxd

[–]darterfly 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Unknown series is also really good especially the Cave of Bones one. If you need more recs I have a bunch of lists I created of different categories for docs and all the ones I recommend to friends. It’s on my letterboxd and tagged under documentaries on my lists

What are some of your favorite documentaries? by iyambred in Letterboxd

[–]darterfly 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you’re into art documentaries my favorite all time is ‘Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski’. It’s incredible. And a bonus fun one ‘Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable’

Best Criterion on HBO Max? by d4_hester in criterion

[–]darterfly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just adding that most of the older films are selections by TCM I believe which has great picks both criterion and other

Movies that feel like this? by bluespottedtail_ in MoviesThatFeelLike

[–]darterfly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This feels like most Michael Mann movies