My top 5 favorite movies
Let me start off by saying that it is almost impossible for me to come up with a list of only five of my favorite movies. Watching movies is what I do in my free time. I have even considered a career in film, but right now I am torn between studying that and psychology.
I take into account more than your average movie-watcher when I watch movies - I really pay attention to all the work that is put into the story and the directing. Unfortunately, this is why most people don't like watching movies with me. I tend to pick those movies that the critics award high ratings too, but the audience is questionable about. I also end up shushing everyone the whole time.
1.
My favorite movie of all time has honestly got to be Arrival, directed by Denis Villeneuve. It is about two scientists trying to communicate with two aliens that have landed on Earth to figure out their intentions. The first couple times I watched it, I definitely considered it a great film, however watching it again during the pandemic and really getting into it, I found it formidable over any other movie I've seen. The beginning, middle and end of this movie are all superb. The beginning is almost a little short film in itself and it really grabs your attention right off that bat. Also, not only did it have probably the best ending I've ever seen personally, but the build up to that ending was so well thought out and yet I never saw it coming. I also felt like Arrival was a very different sci-fi film. It didn't rely on crazy special effects and shoot-em-up alien violence to make it stand out. It took a more realistic approach to how to world would handle aliens coming to Earth and tackled a deeper idea of what it would take to get the world to work together, instead of against each other, which I feel is very relevant now. I think it is a film that anyone can enjoy.
2.
I've got to give the number two spot to Annihilation directed by Alex Garland. It is about five scientists that enter this strange and growing boundary known as "the shimmer" to study it and what is inside. This one is a real mind-bender and it is quite the ride from start to finish. One aspect of the film I found myself extremely enticed in was the shimmer itself. Everything that it did to what it consumed was so impressively thought out from the flowers it mutated to the monsters it created. I felt like just enough backstory was provided at just the right time for each character so that you felt a connection to each one. Though I still have questions about the ending and what it means to this day, I loved the creativity, ideas and the fact that you never knew what could possibly happen next throughout the whole film. Not to mention the special effects are exquisite.
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At number three, I am going to place Straight Outta Compton directed by F. Gary Gray. It is a true story about N.W.A., a group of rappers from Los Angeles who change music forever. I really enjoyed this movie because it almost felt like a history lesson, but for something I actually cared about. I learned so much about not just N.W.A. and hip-hop from this film, but also just about America in general and how awful times really were back then for black people in America. That is why it was that much more inspirational for these men to get famous and speak the truth about how they're being treated. They let everyone know there was a problem in America that everyone overlooked and people suddenly began to listen. The film is funny, heartbreaking and overall inspiring and thats what made it a top pick for me.
4.
My fourth pick has got to be Se7en directed by David Fincher. It is about two detectives who are trying to find a serial killer who kills people he believes represent one of the seven deadly sins, which are pride, envy, gluttony, greed, lust, sloth and wraith. This is definitely one of the darkest movies ever made. However, I thought the story, the acting and the ideas presented make it stand out from your typical serial killer film. It shows that everyone has some of the deadly sins within them but it is up to them how those traits are going to affect the decisions that they make.
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I give my final spot to Interstellar directed by Christopher Nolan. It is about how another dust bowl is making the Earth uninhabitable and an ex-pilot farmer and father sets out with a group of scientists into space to find the remaining inhabitants of Earth a new home. A lot of people really don't like this movie, but I found it smart, meaningful and thought-provoking. The entire adventure is ultimately leading up to what is most important which is family and love, and even stars apart, true love never dies which I thought was a great message to end off a brilliantly acted, visually stunning film.
As I wrote this, I kept thinking of more and more movies I wanted to talk about: Gone Girl, Unsane, The Shawshank Redemption, The Hitman's Bodyguard and I See You are all some of my favorites as well. I've watched Gone Girl probably more times than any other movie and Unsane is such a unique film that I could go on forever about, but unfortunately this is a top five list. This list is every-changing and by next week it will probably be completely different, but I hope at least some of these films sound interesting enough to check out if you haven't seen them already and I hope you enjoy them as much as I did.
I take into account more than your average movie-watcher when I watch movies - I really pay attention to all the work that is put into the story and the directing. Unfortunately, this is why most people don't like watching movies with me. I tend to pick those movies that the critics award high ratings too, but the audience is questionable about. I also end up shushing everyone the whole time.
1.
My favorite movie of all time has honestly got to be Arrival, directed by Denis Villeneuve. It is about two scientists trying to communicate with two aliens that have landed on Earth to figure out their intentions. The first couple times I watched it, I definitely considered it a great film, however watching it again during the pandemic and really getting into it, I found it formidable over any other movie I've seen. The beginning, middle and end of this movie are all superb. The beginning is almost a little short film in itself and it really grabs your attention right off that bat. Also, not only did it have probably the best ending I've ever seen personally, but the build up to that ending was so well thought out and yet I never saw it coming. I also felt like Arrival was a very different sci-fi film. It didn't rely on crazy special effects and shoot-em-up alien violence to make it stand out. It took a more realistic approach to how to world would handle aliens coming to Earth and tackled a deeper idea of what it would take to get the world to work together, instead of against each other, which I feel is very relevant now. I think it is a film that anyone can enjoy.2.
I've got to give the number two spot to Annihilation directed by Alex Garland. It is about five scientists that enter this strange and growing boundary known as "the shimmer" to study it and what is inside. This one is a real mind-bender and it is quite the ride from start to finish. One aspect of the film I found myself extremely enticed in was the shimmer itself. Everything that it did to what it consumed was so impressively thought out from the flowers it mutated to the monsters it created. I felt like just enough backstory was provided at just the right time for each character so that you felt a connection to each one. Though I still have questions about the ending and what it means to this day, I loved the creativity, ideas and the fact that you never knew what could possibly happen next throughout the whole film. Not to mention the special effects are exquisite.3.
At number three, I am going to place Straight Outta Compton directed by F. Gary Gray. It is a true story about N.W.A., a group of rappers from Los Angeles who change music forever. I really enjoyed this movie because it almost felt like a history lesson, but for something I actually cared about. I learned so much about not just N.W.A. and hip-hop from this film, but also just about America in general and how awful times really were back then for black people in America. That is why it was that much more inspirational for these men to get famous and speak the truth about how they're being treated. They let everyone know there was a problem in America that everyone overlooked and people suddenly began to listen. The film is funny, heartbreaking and overall inspiring and thats what made it a top pick for me.4.
My fourth pick has got to be Se7en directed by David Fincher. It is about two detectives who are trying to find a serial killer who kills people he believes represent one of the seven deadly sins, which are pride, envy, gluttony, greed, lust, sloth and wraith. This is definitely one of the darkest movies ever made. However, I thought the story, the acting and the ideas presented make it stand out from your typical serial killer film. It shows that everyone has some of the deadly sins within them but it is up to them how those traits are going to affect the decisions that they make.5.
I give my final spot to Interstellar directed by Christopher Nolan. It is about how another dust bowl is making the Earth uninhabitable and an ex-pilot farmer and father sets out with a group of scientists into space to find the remaining inhabitants of Earth a new home. A lot of people really don't like this movie, but I found it smart, meaningful and thought-provoking. The entire adventure is ultimately leading up to what is most important which is family and love, and even stars apart, true love never dies which I thought was a great message to end off a brilliantly acted, visually stunning film.As I wrote this, I kept thinking of more and more movies I wanted to talk about: Gone Girl, Unsane, The Shawshank Redemption, The Hitman's Bodyguard and I See You are all some of my favorites as well. I've watched Gone Girl probably more times than any other movie and Unsane is such a unique film that I could go on forever about, but unfortunately this is a top five list. This list is every-changing and by next week it will probably be completely different, but I hope at least some of these films sound interesting enough to check out if you haven't seen them already and I hope you enjoy them as much as I did.
"Shawshank" is considered a "perfect" movie in Hollywood with one of the best scripts every written, and THE best from a book. Funny that it did so poorly at the box office. I think "Se7en" is great because the color is so gitty and grey and dirty in the entire film. "Interstellar" is my favorite movie of the last few years. I got the soundtrack it was so haunting and good.
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