r/movies

Not the best movie. Not your favorite. Just the one that made you stop and think about how beautiful what you're watching actually is. So many frames in it could straight up be wallpapers. The kind of movie where the visuals alone are worth the watch even if you mute it. What movie looked so good it almost didn't matter what the story was?

Many people know of the Miramax cut of the film, but not many seem know of the Fred Calvert version before Miramax got a hold of if it. Miramax cut out 8 minutes, made more changes to the voice cast and added more celebrities, and it was actually their decision to have The Thief talk. Still not the most ideal version, but better than Miramax's.

Me and my girlfriend have the same problem every single night

We open Netflix (or HBO, Disney, whatever)
scroll for like 20–30 minutes
reject everything
and end up rewatching something we’ve already seen

It’s honestly getting annoying at this point

Do you guys just have a system for this or are we just bad at picking stuff?

We tried this swipe thing yesterday where you both go through shows separately and it only shows what you agree on, which actually worked surprisingly well

But curious what others do

I was rewatching The Dark Knight last night and I realized that even after 15+ years, I still don't want to skip a single second of it. Everything from the pacing to the score just hits every time.

It got me thinking, what’s that one movie for you that feels 10/10 no matter how many times you’ve seen it? Is there a specific scene that makes you come back to it every year?

Although the actors are what get the most attention, at the end of the day the directors, writers, producers, and executives are the ones who are supposed to determine what happens in the story and what characters do. If an actor doesn't like the direction their character is being taken in, it's usually out of their hands, they're contractually obligated to do the work. Or at least that's the case for most actors, if an actor is popular enough and a huge box office draw, then their ideas are more likely to be taken to be implemented in order to stay in their good graces/not piss them off.

Marlon Brando was infamous for this, he was such a popular actor, that he could get away with doing whatever the fuck he wanted and the crew had to take his ideas seriously or risk him just walking away. The Island of Dr. Moreau is one of the most notable examples.

And then there's the well-known trend of big action star actors having it in their contract that their characters can't lose a fight, like with Dwayne Johnson or Vin Diesel.

So what other actors have used their clout to change movies to be more like what they want?