Or, if they did,the movieswould not have resonated in the same way.
Or even just a different vision.
Each movie fan will immediately have multiple titles come to mind, and no doubt have their own favorites.
Horror is still an often underrated genre.
On paper, this could have been a classic haunted house story, with jump scares and unnecessary gore.
Waititi also stars in the film as a fictionalized version of Hitler who is Jojo’s imaginary friend.
But what Taika Waititi does breaks all the rules connected to this pop in of subject matter.
The film also stars Simu Liu, Will Ferrell, and several other famous celebrities in cameo roles.
America Ferrera’s speech says it all.
America Ferrera’s speech says it all.
Told completely out of order, with multiple overlapping storylines, it would be a minefield to navigate.
The dreamlike feeling throughout leaves viewers wondering what was real and what was not.
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What follows is a horrifying ordeal for the anxious photographer.
From start to finish, expectations are subverted and viewers have no idea what’s around the corner.
Jodie Foster, Harvey Keitel, Cybill Shepherd, and Albert Brooks also star in the film.
Stanley Kubrick’s horror classic starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall tells the story of the Torrance family, who move to the isolated Overlook Hotel so that father Jack Torrance can act as its winter caretaker. Stuck at the hotel due to the winter storms, the malevolent supernatural forces inhabiting the building slowly begin to drive Jack insane, causing his wife and psychically gifted son to be caught up in a fight for their lives when Jack is pushed over the edge.
Taxi Driverseemingly is not about all that much.
And, the way the end of the shootout was filmed was spine-tingling.
Starring Kyle MacLachlan and Isabella Rossellini, the film follows a young man that becomes embroiled in a crime.
This keeps people engaged throughout and has often been copied and referenced in cinema since.
There are few films like this one that define their director as much as their director defines them.
Directed by Taika Waititi and featuring his characteristic absurdist humor, Jojo Rabbit stars Roman Griffin Davis as Johannes “Jojo” Betzler, a young German boy during WWII who is a member of the Hitler Youth. When Jojo discovers that his mother Rosie (Scarlett Johansson) is helping a Jewish girl hide from the Nazis in the attic of their home, he must begin to confront his prejudices and what he thought he knew was right head-on. Waititi also stars in the film as a fictionalized version of Hitler who is Jojo’s imaginary friend.
Barbie is a film adaptation of the generational iconic toy directed by Greta Gerwig, who co-wrote the script with Noah Baumbach. The film centers on Margot Robbie’s Barbie who is expelled from Barbieland and travels with Ken (Ryan Gosling) to the real world in search of happiness. The film also stars Simu Liu, Will Ferrell, and several other famous celebrities in cameo roles.
Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet star in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind as Joel Barish and Clementine Kruczynski, a couple who rediscover their love after erasing each other from their memories. The 2004 drama is written by Charlie Kaufman, directed by Michel Gondry, and includes Mark Ruffalo, Elijah Wood, Kirsten Dunst, and Tom Wilkinson in its cast.
Jordan Peele made his directorial Horror debut with Get Out, a terrifying Psychological Horror film starring Daniel Kaluuya. In the 2017 release, Chris Washington heads to Upstate New York to meet the family of his girlfriend, Rose. What follows is a horrifying ordeal for the anxious photographer.
Martin Scorsese’s classic 1976 film stars Robert De Niro as Travis Bickle, a Vietnam veteran turned New York City cab driver whose increasingly disturbed mental state due to his PTSD begins to drive him to more and more violent actions as he attempts to rid the city of what he sees as the “scum” on the streets. Jodie Foster, Harvey Keitel, Cybill Shepherd, and Albert Brooks also star in the film.
Written and directed by David Lynch, Blue Velvet is a 1986 Thriller and Mystery film. Starring Kyle MacLachlan and Isabella Rossellini, the film follows a young man that becomes embroiled in a crime.
Quentin Tarantino’s classic tale of violence and redemption follows the intertwining tales of three protagonists: hitman Vincent Vega, prizefighter Butch Coolidge, and Vincent’s business partner Jules Winnfield.
