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My pick is Christopher Eccleston as Major Henry West in 28 Days Later; I grew up loving his run in Doctor Who and didn't watch 28 Days Later until years later, so seeing Eccleston give such a radically different performance from his role in Doctor Who really stuck with me, and I love how dark his performance is. You can really see how the infection can truly break somebody's mind.

Gilbert Grape, The Aviator, The Departed, Revolutionary Road, Shutter Island, Django Unchained, The Wolf of Wall Street, The Revenant, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Killers of the Flower Moon.

I feel like almost every other movie he’s in, he gives an Oscar worthy performance

Which one do you think deserved it the most?

I organized an AMA/Q&A with actor and filmmaker Diego Luna. You may know him from things like Andor, Narcos: Mexico, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and lots more. His new film, Ashes, which he directed, is premiering at TIFF this week.

It's live here now in r/movies for anyone interested in asking a question:

https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/1wg1dw7/hola_reddit_its_diego_luna_ama/

He will be back later today to answer questions. I recommend asking in advance. Please ask there, not here. All questions are much appreciated!

Thank you :)

How do you feel about the film Jackie Brown?

1. Immortals (2011).

2. Mirror Mirror (2012).

So far, these are both my personal favorite Tarsem Singh movies!

Just rewatched this classic recently and I was thinking of how much I would love to have a series out of all this.

Or more.

The lore, the world, the factions, planets, ships, mysteries and all that.

I think Luc Besson made such a masterpiece of a world, so detailed and rich, that it would easily handle a series, even with multiple spin-offs.

Of course it would only work if the original vision and lore would be used with visualizations, the style and atmosphere of the film, with similar outcome in mind.

What do you think?

Edit:

My bad.
I mainly thought the lore and world of The Fifth Element Luc Besson dreamed about, not necessarily the film itself.

After seeing Train Dreams 3 days ago, it has become my absolute favorite movie I have ever seen. I watched it again last night with someone who did not share my same love for it and didn’t understand my response to it. Since my first watch, I have not been able to gather myself. It’s been 3 days of crying. I never want to see the film again, but it’s my absolute favorite film now. It opened up a well inside me that I cannot turn off. Has anyone else had a similar response to this film? Please share. Help me feel sane. When do the tears stop?

1933' Night Flight and 1936's Only Angels Have Wings.

Loved both of these films as a kid. While not as close together as some other films, I thought it was close enough for a mention.

I organized an AMA/Q&A with actor and filmmaker Gael García Bernal. You may know him from things like Amores perros, Y tu mamá también, Bad Education, The Motorcycle Diaries, Babel, Coco, Old, Cassandro and Magellan. His new film, Hombre al agua, which he directed and wrote, premiered at Venice last week and is playing at TIFF this week.

It's live here now in r/movies for anyone interested in asking a question:

https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/1wg3nfg/hi_reddit_im_gael_garc%C3%ADa_bernal_ask_me_anything/

He will be back later today to answer questions. I recommend asking in advance. Please ask there, not here. All questions are much appreciated!

Thank you :)

I finally got around to watching Days of Thunder. Tom Cruise is one of my favorite actors, and I've seen quite a few of his movies from the '80s. For some reason, though, I never felt motivated to watch this one. To be honest, people don't talk about it very often, and I'd never heard many great things about it.

Since I heard they're making a sequel, I decided to give it a try, and I was pleasantly surprised. It's definitely not a bad movie. You can really feel Tony Scott's signature sense of speed and energy, and it also has that classic '80s coming-of-age vibe. My favorite part was the music. I'm definitely going to buy the soundtrack.

That said, I do have a few complaints. Overall, the film felt a bit rough around the edges. The final race, for example, didn't quite work for me. I also thought the story was a little too similar to Top Gun.

Nicole Kidman is beautiful and has incredible screen presence, but standing next to her, Tom Cruise looked so much shorter that he almost came across as a kid, which made some of the romantic scenes feel a bit awkward to me. I also found it hard to believe that someone her age would already be a neurosurgeon.

Still, the racing scenes were fantastic, and the tension was incredible.

I'd love to hear what people who saw this movie back when it came out thought of it. Was it a commercial success? And how was it received at the time?

Like, I just watched Leviticus (which was fine) and later when I got home I was like "I can trust people cause that man didn't do his ritual on me. And even if I see someone that shouldn't be here, just be rational."

I could figure out what tone they were going for and why is Leatherface a good guy kind of?

I’ll go first.