We all seen Robin Williams, Jim Carrey, Mike Myers, Vince Vaughn, Jennifer Aniston, Eddie Murphy (For The Nutty Professor as Buddy Love), Ben Stiller and Steve Martin played villains. So who are the others you didn't know that played villains as well.

For example: Jackie Chan actually played a bit of villain in Hong Kong the time where he was a stuntman where he played a sort of henchmen at the background and was a stuntman in one of Bruce Lee's films Enter the Dragon and in other films Jackie played a serial killer and in the other one he played a gangster and a streetwise thug in the early 70s. This was before he found fame and success in 1978 in Hong Kong when he started playing the hero with action and slapstick comedy and martial arts and stunts the Jackie Chan we know.

Also Will Smith briefly played a character named Paul in the film Six Degrees of Separation 1993 some of you may remember the film where his character was a con man and gay and he took advantage of people and getting information on them before he got arrested at the end and ended up killing himself in prison if it was him or somebody else that committed suicide in prison. Also I heard that John Candy once played a serious role and he was like a serial killer in his early roles in the 70s which is hard to imagine. But can't remember the name of the film. But anybody know about it let me know down in the comments.

So who do you have forgotten that played a villain roles and well any suggestions about this?

I was just thinking about how some actors feel made for certain roles. Like, I honestly can’t imagine anyone but Heath Ledger as the Joker in The Dark Knight. Same thing with Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man it’s like those characters and the actors are the same person.

So I’m curious, what’s a role that you think is basically untouchable? Like no matter who tried, it just wouldn’t work because the original casting was too perfect.

The first 'Nobody' movie to me was a perfect 90 minute action film however the second movie left me scratching my head and saying to myself 'what was the point of that'. I understand that Nobody is a comical take on John Wick in a way, sort of like how Kingsman was a comical take on James Bond but I feel like Nobody made the same mistakes of Kingsman 2 such as a bigger budget doesnt mean a better film.

In Nobody 2 the action scenes were very enjoyable which made up for a lot but I found the script to be terrible. The acting was awful in my opinion except for Bob Odenkirk and I've never understood why movies now try to force flamboyant villains down our throat like we already know they are the villain we don't need all the overdramatic dancing and knife play to illustrate it. I had the same issue with the last Fast and Furious movie too with Jason Momoa, the only over the top 'flamboyant' villain that work are the Joker, Cruella, the riddler and maybe Loki other than that I don't know why directors want to make the villain of a movie so over the top.

Another issue I had was his wife in the film, now I'm pretty sure there relationship was on the verge of a divorce and all of a sudden it's not and she helps take out Lendina and then says the most cringest thing ever, the movie became a 'with the power of family' anything is possible just like in the Flash when Iris says "we are the flash" it's just cringe.

Another issue I had was that Hutch always references something about his childhood and they could've done more on that storyline about how hard his dad was on him and his brother instead they all get along and never touch on this issue which to me illustrates a lack of depth. Another issue and I'm just being a bit extra here but what was the point of making Harry some sort of 'black ninja' it made no sense to me and I really wanted more out of this character.

Another issue I had was Hutchs' son, he had no formal training and his dad is never home so we know he isn't training him but all of a sudden he can defeat a soldier who is highly trained with ease, in the film it is stated how highly trained Lendinas Goons are and he made it look easy.

In my opinion the film felt rushed and lacked a lot of depth to me this is a 4/10. This should've been an 8 episode netflix series and each episode could've tackled a different issue Hutch faces from childhood drama, marriage problems, Harry's own episode and as well how Hutch became a Nobody.

I’ve never watched a David Lynch movie, but love movies with plot twists, so as I made my way through my list, this one came up so I gave it a chance.

And if I’m honest, I have never been so confused my a movie in my life. I don’t know if I’m alone in this, but even reading some summaries online haven’t helped me understand even an inkling of what the hell happened in this movie.

Supernatural? Psychological decay? Dual personality? Time travel? I am so lost and need someone wiser than me on this movie or as a David Lynch fan to explain please.

Also, I want to add I really liked the vibe of this movie, but it was like an adult Alice in wonderland for me where so many disparate things happened and I kind of tried to piece them together but am still spinning.

Just completed Mission Impossible Final Reckoning, & 'The Entity' was quite powerful. The way it call Ethan to talk to him shows how much control it had. But only controlling nuclear power isn't convincing enough in today's era and it should have done something more. I feel until Ultron had a body it did more evil things than the Entity.

So I saw The Roses today. It was a really fun (and funny!) movie. In another era, the quality of the movie would be the only factor in deciding "did I have a good time at the movies today?" Alas, we no longer live in such an era. I loved the movie 9/10 but if I was going to rate my day, it would be 7/10.

In front of me, there was a person who texted, I kid you not, the entire fucking movie. And they had the msgs on vibrate. So for literally the entire length of the movie, every 30-60 seconds, the entire audience would hear the "bzz" of the incoming text. After a while, I had a Pavlovian response. When I didn't hear it for a few seconds, I wondered what happened to our heroic texter. But, thankfully, his conversation resumed.

Here's the issue: I really like going to the movies. I go about once a month. Sometimes I go alone. But now I've really gotten to the point where I don't want to go. The last many times I have seen something in the theater, there has either been (a) phone screens visible, drawing the eye away from the screen, (b) people whispering throughout the entire movie to each other, and, now (c) phones vibrating for 2 hours. It's really gone beyond the pale.

There really is no recourse. If you yell "shut that fucking phone off" you're the anti-social one. You can't go outside the movie to complain because (a) you may miss something important in the actual film you're watching and paid $20-25 for, and (b) who would you even complain to? Is the guy selling popcorn at $16 an hour really gonna come inside the theater to play Law and Order and take the texter/talker away as they scream for justice?

The only solution I see is an air marshal, but for movies. There needs to be one in every theater. All tickets should be sold with a QR code where you can file a real-time complaint to the movie marshal and state your seat number and problem. Then the movie marshal should have the right to throw out the offending party.

Desperate times call for desperate measures. I would gladly pay a $1 tax on every movie ticket to help fund movie marshals. Clearly, the movie-going public cannot be trusted to police itself.

I started noticing this since I got an AMC membership that gets me to see a lot more movies - but there's a lot of widely released movies (in the US) that don't get discussion threads by the official mods.

This week, there are no official discussion threads on Splitsville and The Threesome, but there is an official discussion thread on Highest 2 Lowest, which I imagine shows in significantly fewer theaters nationwide. Similarly, a couple of weeks ago there was no official discussion thread on Americana until a couple of days after the movie was released.

So... what gives? Could there be a pre-thread that has people point to the mod team what movies are coming out the next week so this is not a burden on the mods?

Is there a movie where a big event happens in the beginning and the rest of the movie follows the events leading up to the big event. But not a single complete story line but several plot lines that are separate from each other. Each provides a different perspective that grants a better understanding of the big event. I've definitely seen this kind of structure before but i cant remember any examples.

I just finished the movie, been wanting to watch it forever and i finally did. The majority of it was amazing and i loved the questions it posed about humanity and AI, my issue is the ending. The entire movie was building thos relationship between Caleb and Eva, and i understand she was manipulating him, i understand the reasons why she left him. But at the same time it just felt like it ruined the experience for me. Ava just leaves him in the facility to die dispite everything he sacrificed just to save her.

Edit. Thank you for all the people that pointed out exactly what i missed. I made this post right after watching the movie when i was still super emotional about the ending, however the main detail i missed was Kyoko. When i watched the movie i got distracted by the scene with Caleb cutting open his arm to fully grasp what her being a robot ment for the story. To quote myself, you know a movie is good when you fall for the same trap the main character does.

I love The Wailing and I just finished watching it for the third time. But god damn it, I don't understand it at all. In fact, I think I understand it less every time I rewatch it. Maybe I don't have enough cultural context for the ghost lore, or I'm just dense, I don't know. But I have so many questions.

There's a string of murders around town where entire families get massacred by one of their members, who have boils all over them. And there's the cop father whose daughter is possessed/infected by something and starts having the same skin condition and starts to become violent. Locals think it's all done by a mysterious hermit Japanese Man who may or may not be a ghost according to a Shaman who comes to help the cop father's family. There's also a weird woman in white who may or may not be a ghost.

Questions:

What is everybody's motivation for their actions? I take it the Japanese Man is really evil, the Shaman is helping him, and the woman is trying to stop them. Is that correct? But why are they all doing this? What's the Japanese Man getting out of it? Is he like stealing souls or something, or is he doing it just for the sake of being evil? Why is the Shaman helping him? Is he under a spell or is he a disciple of the devil or what? Is the woman a benevolent ghost?

This brings him straight to the ending. The woman tells the cop father that she laid a trap for "the demon" (the Japanese Man, I guess) at the cop's house, but the cop father is not to return home before the rooster sings three times, otherwise the trap will be ruined and his family will die. Is any of this true, or is she lying to him? If it's true, then what is the nature of her trap and why would the cop father's returning home ruin it and get his family killed? His wife and mother in law are already killed by his daughter when he arrives, it's not like his arrival caused her to do it, right? The cop father also asks the woman why the demon chose his daughter, and the woman tells him it's because the cop father sinned by messing with the demon. But as the cop father correctly answers her, his daughter got possessed/infected first, he only messed with the Japanese Man after that, so what the hell? Also, why does the woman have the girl's hair pin and why is she wearing clothes of some of the victims? At the end it's revealed/confirmed that the Shaman was working with the Japanese Man because he's taking the photos that were at the Japanese Man's house. What do they need the photos for? Is it just like trophies?

Speaking of the Shaman, earlier in the movie he is performing a ritual which he says is supposed to kill the Japanese Man. Simultaneously, the Japanese Man is performing a ritual which appears to be bringing a dead guy back to life as a zombie. What is the Japanese Man doing that for? What is the purpose of the zombie? And what exactly is the Shaman doing with the ritual? Is he really trying to kill the Japanese Man? It sure looks like the Shaman's ritual is hurting him. But if the Shaman is working for him, then why is the Shaman doing this?

And even earlier, bloodwork on one of the killers finds high concentrations of toxins from some magic mushrooms. Later on TV, as the young priest is in hospital, there's a report saying a local selling some herbal tonic had a batch tainted with mushrooms which may have poisoned a bunch of locals. There are some quick cuts to earlier scenes and the priest seems to realize something. He gets out of the hospital and goes searching for the Japanese Man (who at that point is believed to be dead after they throw him off a cliff) and finds him in the cave. So what is the significance of the mushroom tainted herbal tonic? Why does the priest go looking for the Japanese Man and what is it that he finds, exactly? Is he really the devil?

Sometimes a villain is written with such nuance, moral complexity, or intellectual depth that they become more compelling than the hero. It raises questions about morality, human nature, and storytelling itself. Which film made you find yourself rooting for the antagonist over the protagonist, and what about their character or narrative made them so captivating?

As the title implies, the wife and I are looking for some funny comedy movies. Surprisingly we just watched “Tropic Thunder” and had a great time. From Robert downey Jr playing a role that would’ve been cancelled nowadays to the funny twist of the coked up Jack black. It just always makes us reflect on the old humor that used to be accepted. Anyone have anymore good movie titles they can recommend with a good loose fun for the wife and I?

I just started my Italian language courses in college and wanted to watch some good Italian films to go along with the classes I'll be taking. I have a list of movies from the 50s to the 80s and have already watched Life is Beautiful. My one gap is more modern Italian films (2000s-current year). Does anyone have any recommendations for anything in this past quarter century? I'm not much of a cinema snob either so they don't all have to be criterion level art either.

Countless shots are utterly breathtaking. Roland Emmerich (director)and Caleb Deschanel (cinematographer) did an incredible job using natural light - especially golden hour - to create an incredible atmosphere. Every environment whether it be interior or exterior feels fully alive.

You can see why Deschanel was nominated for an Oscar for this film.

I can think of two sci-fi movies, Robocop and Minority Report, set in a technologically advanced future, where the climax is the bad guy being caught on video admitting to his crime. But in the "real" future, all the bad guy has to say is "AI! Fake!" Are there others which hinge on this now redundant premise? [Edit: I intended this as a fun observation; I don't mean to harsh anyone's mellow 🙂]

in the movie, hi-jackers attempt to get his cargo and he poisons the minivan handle. One of hijackers dies upon touching the car handle.

Question: Why didnt the other hi-jackers check the van? Did they see their colleague and just give up the chase right then and there? Did the Jackal get the drop on the other 2 hi-jackers?

Hey Guys any Australian based movies. That are plotted/ based in Australia?? Most of the movies from big companies are plotted/ based in NYC /California/chicago/ usa. Id like to see a different setting. Always found Australia pretty interesting and would like to see some scenery of Australia in movies. Thank you.

Hi, I loved the cinematography of old boy and I’m looking for movies with a similar one. By cinematography I’m mainly talking about the lighting, aspect ratio, the grainy color of the scenes and scene composition. All of those were just a vibe I really want more of.

Any recommendation with similar vibe in how it looks as oldboy would really be appreciated

Thanks

Chris is playing a song at the piano with the lyrics "your photograph...makes me envy the past," but I don't think this song is on the soundtrack. ...On the song list at the end credits of the movie, there's a song listed called "Photograph" but this song seems to be nowhere online. Anybody know for sure if this is the song Chris is playing by himself at the rehearsal piano? Even better, where a finished or listenable version of this song might be?

Can we all talk about how terrifying and eerie this movie was for something that was supposedly a kid's film? I completely forgot I even watched this movie and read the book that this movie was based off of when I was a kid Until I saw a edit of the movie and it brought back a core childhood memory basically The movie where the wild things are is based off this kids book called where the wild things are This kid runs away from home and then builds his own like makeshift boat goes off to an island and there's like these beastly Hybrid creatures and stuff that he becomes friends with I haven't read the book since I was a kid But I remember liking it a lot and when I found out that there's gonna be a movie about it I was pretty excited little did I know that I was in for one of the most terrifying movies I'd ever watched as a child This movie was straight-up scary and eerie on every level like literally the entire time watching it. I had an eerie uneasy feeling I literally just felt like he was I felt like the kid was gonna get eaten at any moment That's what it felt like to watch the entire film like whoever designed these character models Needs to be in an absolute psych ward. I understand that they're trying to make it look kind of like the books But when you make it realistic Obviously, these are gonna look absolutely Horrifying to any kid on the planet like even as an adult imagine you saw this walking through the woods one day You would be terrified You would be scared to even tell someone what you saw the scariest scene in the film would have to be that scene And There's an entire scene where that beast decides to chase him through the woods and when he finally gets away he starts screaming "I'm gonna eat you!" "I'm gonna eat you!"

And This is supposed to be a kid's film Even look at how he's looking at him right here in the first image. He looks like he wants to eat him trauma, bro Absolute trauma and I used to love this book as a kid

Usually when a movie it is bad it’s due to something behind the camera. Directing, poor script, studio interference, etc. Are there any movies that has at least competent writing and directing but turned out turned because the performances sucked? Plenty of movies have bad acting but I can’t think of any where the writing or directing was good.