Movies

Movies, docs, podcasts
I think after this one I’ll do something weird (monologue style maybe) about the universe, I have an idea in my head and it’s sorta growing but also isn’t… we’ll see what happens. It’ll definitely be a while until that shit comes out, cause I’ll start being quite busy soon.

So where do I begin… I’m not an expert on movies. While there is tremendous depth possible in the medium, the medium itself, in my humble opinion, is more suited just for entertainment and really cool experiences. Why do I say that? Because for most people, you would need to fucking slow down the movie, freeze the fucking frame and look at the visuals, at the positioning of everything and most people can’t/don’t want to do that. And you don’t even get to do it at a cinema, obviously. So you just soak it all up, and consume it like food.

This list will feature, probably, a few movies whose depth I genuinely enjoyed, but most will likely be just movies I enjoyed as a general experience. So simple movies will be included. In fact the list will be more about me recommeding movies that I think are worth watching instead of me telling you WHY they are worth watching, in many cases Im not qualified enough to do that and havent put in the effort into examining the movies in depth.

edit: nope most movies here are fucking amazing and ur a bad person if u dont watch them

Now the bad thing is, my memory is aids. So I won’t even remember half the fucking movies I’ve seen. Unlucky as FUCK. But let’s do it anyway.

Let’s start with some good ones. By the way, some of these, and I’ll mention which ones, have been recommended to me by fairly credible people, and I havent seem em yet. So don’t spoil pls, although idc if you do. (edit2: just a few at the end)

One thing by the way, I will sort of ruin movies for you now forever. A concept that has been used with movies, for the longest time, and still gets used is this one. You have a guy alright. And he’s a likeable guy. He’s either mysterious. Or funny. Or fucking cool as fuck. He’s usually the friend of the protagonist. The protagonist almost never dies, happy end and stuff. But people still want that rollercoaster emotional ride. So what do you do? You introduce the funny side kick and he ALWAYS dies in the end. Always. Once I noticed that, I couldn’t „unnotice“ it. It happened fucking every time. I’ll give u examples later.

Another thing I wanna stress is, there’s, ironically, many all time great movies that I havent seen yet. so this whole blog is a scam. but you cant ask for your money back

Number 1 (in no particular order but as I said Im starting with good ones. This movie might be my favorite ever tho coincidentally).

The Prestige. A movie that you should watch 3 times. It’s fucking incredible. It’s exciting. It’s deep. It’s layered as FUCK. The movie plays a trick on you. The whole time it’s telling you everything. I have to be careful not to spoil anything here, but trust me on this one, it’s one of the best movies ever. Highly recommended.

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A clockwork orange. Features some really … tough scenes. Hard to watch in some ways. Very enlightening in others. A movie that brings up moral questions. A brutal movie.

Highly recommended.

The usual suspects.

Highly recommended. Great performance from Kevin Spacey. No spoilers. Watch it. It’s actually on youtube lol (a bit old but very watchable).

Se7en.

Spacey, Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt (young). Need I say more? The ending is fantastic and brutal.

Catch me if you can.

Leonardo Di Caprio + Tom Hanks (young). Based on a real story. Fucking great movie, great acting. Oh my god but the story is really the coolest part. I still can’t believe this fucking story is real. Jesus christ. Absolute must watch.

Schindlers List.

No this isn’t some elaborate jew joke. It’s a really powerful movie. It’s brutal. It will make you feel empty for a few days. But you must watch it to understand war. And evil. You will cry at the end.

12 angry men. it will mesmerize you. it’s thrilling. it’s also from fucking 1957. but SERIOUSLY dont knock it off. it’s one of the most bizarre movies. it’s all in one room. it’s 12 .. uh angry men. let that title sink in. it has to be good right? it is. on youtube obviously.

300

Im not saying it’s one of the greatest movies of all time but it’s so unique and fun you just have to watch it. I like the vibe. I like the … magic around it. The mythology. It’s enjoyable for sure.

American History X

oh my god. this fucking movie will fuck with you. you’ll watch it twice. the ending will make you really sad. the beginning will make you really sad. the middle part will make you not leave your seat. A movie about racism and nazis. and death.

the matrix trilogy.

fantastic trilogy. i dont care what people think about part 3, it’s a great trilogy. if you’ve never seen it (I don tknow how that would even be possible), better fucking watch that shit. some of the most amazing fighting scenes you’ll see. and cool ideas.

those fucking startrek movies they made, startrek beyond and shit.

they were actually pretty good, pretty enjoyable. i’ve never seen the old startrek series so… yeah those movies were good. definitely not comparable to the GOD TIER movies I just talked about but very enjoyable.

21. (movie is called „21“)

kevin spacey was in it, if I remember correctly. Great fucking movie. I watched it twice. Enjoyable. not god tier probably but really cool. modern movie.

shawshank redemption. Sick as fuck movie. all time great. no spoilerinos..

gladiator. I love this movie and I cant really describe why. it just maxes out the basic categories, like the story is really cool. the atmosphere is cool. it seems real, it seems like you are somehow in it. I dont know. it’s good.

shutter island.

leonardo di caprio. this movie gets shit on a lot but it’s good. it’s a fucking good movie I dont know what is wrong with people. dont spoil yourself.

actually let’s stick with leonardo di caprio, one of my favorite actors. (de niro is coming later stfu)

the first one that comes to mind is

the aviator. just watch that shit. holy FUCK what an amazing, outstanding performance. absolutely stunning. captivating. thrilling

departed. matt damon. jack nickelson. dicaprio. (young) FANTASTIC story. must watch. crazy ending. fucked up shit.

the great gatsby. good movie. new/modern. enjoyable as fuck.

inception. dreams. a movie about dreams. another masterpiece by nolan that is absolutely underrated imo. movies are like dreams. a new scene starts, a new location appears from 1 second to the next. an artistic exploration of dreams.

blood diamond. if you think diamonds aren’t worthless, watch this fucking movie.

if you think diamonds ARE worthless, watch this movie. (wow that’s deep.)

django unchained (is that how you spell it? who the fuck cares) man tarantino is so creative. another great performance from dicaprio. cuts his hands (breaks a glass i believe) in the middle of a scene and they just keep rolling. he doesnt stop. he doesnt give a fuck. blood everywhere.

the revenant (great performance, classic revenge movie, amazing scenery. i believe he ate a raw fucking bloody liver in this movie… jesus… he didnt HAVE to he was just hungry).

revolutionary road. last dicaprio movie for now. great one.

all of these so far you will enjoy. snob or not.

now it gets interesting. korean movies. If you’ve never seen a korean movie, you are lucky. I envy you. you get to see them for the first time.




this list is pretty reliable. I’ve seen a few of these. (btw why the fuck are koreans better at everything? srsly some of these surpass all western movies.. wtf..)

Let’s begin. ( HOLY SHIT I SHOULDA USED FUCKING 10/10 SYSTEM…  kill me..)

Oldboy. 10/10. no spoilers. no questions asked. most of my friends and people i know in esports have this as their favorite movie. strap in and enjoy the ride. a classic.

The chaser. 9.9/10

classic korean action movie. hype is unreal. action is fucking crazy. brutal movie. it’ll fuck with you. but really REALLY enjoyable.

I saw the devil. I dont like horror or gore movies but this one was so cool. there’s some gore (not THAT much), but you should endure it.. it’s worth it. cause the story is just so fucking cool. read a few lines of it (but dont spoil yourself)

sympathy for lady vengeance (I cant spell it) I believe it’s from the creator of oldboy, who made a trilogy on revenge. fantastic movie. dirty.

sympathy for mr. vegeance is alright. watchable. not 10/10 tho.

district 9. hm… I think my audience in particular wouldnt mind this movie. it’s something new. it’s a cool story. it’s kinda disgusting tho. I dunno check it out. not 10/10 but a good movie.

okay every movie except district 9 (7/10-watchable as fuck) so far is a 10/10 (10/10 meaning WATCH IT RIGHT NOW). shutter island 7.5/10 (i edited this post a bit so some things outta order fuck you)

king arthur (2004), personal taste: 8/10

there is something magical about this movie. it’s very simple. it uses the basic concepts (no spoilerino but the concept I mentioned earlier about the .. cool guy dying.. hehe.. it would be a shame if.. okay I ruined the movie fuck all of you, watch it tho it’s so good and unpredictable I swear … .-.    ) there’s just some cool scenes. the atmosphere is fucking cool as shit. i watched it 3 times actually. which is very rare for me. maybe it’s just me who likes it but I like the mythology and the vibe.

sin city

8/10, just watch a trailer or a few minutes of it and you’ll see what I mean. the style is unique. that gives it a big bump.

Heat – utterly fucking unreal movie, absolute classic. One of the most iconic scenes ever when pacino talks to de niro in that restaurant… holy shit. so good. just so good. deniros peak imo.. but Im a pleb I dunno.

WHIPLASH – 10/10. UTTERLY AMAZING. I AM WRITING IN CAPS. BECAUSE IT’S THAT GOOD.

8/10 imitation game

enjoyable. new.

john wick 8/10 (personal taste)

great vibe. pure destruction.

mad max fury road or w.e the fuck it’s called

9/10 just because it’s so fun. not very deep. some basic criticism of tribalism and religion… but genuinely barely remember it cause my memory is bad.

I am legend – great movie 9/10, watch the alternative endings on youtube after you see it.

enemy of the state 8.5/10 – good movie.

the pursuit of happiness – 9/10, enjoyable as fuck. emotional.

all quiet on the western front. great book. great movie. war is hell. watch it. 9/10, brutal.

check out all the classics from nolan. all masterpieces… the dark knight (2nd part of the trilogy is a 10/10, dark knight rises pretty fucking good too)

saving private ryan. 9.5/10, good.

black hawk down. 9/10, good portrayal of the military (in a sense).

men of honor. emotional. good. 9.2/10

rules of engagement. samuel l jackson movie I believe, fantastic. 9.5/10

the last castle + the spy (or just spy, w.e it was called), decent harrison ford movies.

enemy at the gates 9.9/10 – russian sniper movie (that’s how I remember it, great tho)

oh shit I forgot wolf of wall street HOLY MOLY THAT MOVIE IS FUNNY. 9.8/10. funny.

good will hunting 9/10 (If I remember correctly the moral of the story is that if you are a genius and realize how meaningless everything is, you should still work hard and make money and be a drone, overrated pile of shit, jk it’s pretty fucking good for plebs. also pretty decent when it comes to the whole „reading isn’t enough“ shit. that’s actually true.)

pulp fiction (anything from tarantino really)

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DOCUMENTARY REDDIT POST I COPY PASTED

departures if that counts, its the travels of 2.5 Canadian friends and there travels around the world, its the only travel show I have ever enjoyed this much and it combines amazing cinematography along with great music and charecters

the farm series (tales from the green valley Victorian farm, Edwardian farm, Victorian pharmacy, Wartime farm ), I dont even know what it is but damn farming through history is actually really fascinating, it features 3 historians as the live out 1 entire year on a farm in a set period, this is not just a shitty reality TV show, this is amazing. definitely one of my favorite documentaries

walking the amazon, follows the trials and tribulations of 2 men that successfully become the first people to ever walk the length of the amazon rain forest

What the ancients did for us, the different technologies of the ancient world

Medieval Fight Book (REALLY REALLY GOOD, but hard to find so here is the first episode, great CGI, it looks at the mysterious tolhofer manuscript and its strange artwork and tries to recreate what they were, it provide great incite into the real world of medieval combat

Leonardo da Vinci The Man Who Wanted to Know Everything, a biography of sorts on the famous Da Vinci but with the addition of testing out some of his technology and making it work

Life in a day, A documentary of user submitted video from all over the world in one day but edited into one superb film. I saw live when it first came out can it was magical.

The divine Michelangelo, similar to the davinci doc but about Michelangelo

a history of Brittan (Missing part 1), straight forward, but great doc with a through look at Britans past

Jesus camp, a rather extreme right group of campers, fascinating look at just a few people, you would think its really boring but its remarkably good

The history of rome podcast (Yeah i know its not a documentary… big whoop wanna fight about it, but holy hell was it amazing to listen its so fucking intresting and long and detailed i am so sad i hav heard it all now😦 ),

Crash course world history and us history, great short foreas into the different times of history, very good but I just wish it was longer,

Canada a people history (insanely good but maybe less so if your not Canadian, it missing the last 2 episodes but i can upload them if anyone wants, I used to think that Canadian history was rather dull, but I am glad to know just how amazing it can be

Filthy cities life during the industrial revolution

Hot coffee, I couldnt find this one😦 but its about the famous case were the women burned herself on McDonalds coffee and sued them, but it shows how wrong most peoples views are. it also looks at tourte reform in general,

BlackCoffee (History of Coffee, damn its good, I love the opening song as well

Weapons that made Britain (I dont even remember if i have seen this…),

ancient discoveries (REALLY GOOD, all about the technology of the ancient world with great cgi demonstrations and real ones),

The universe (Very long series and i dont know about the later seasons but great CGI and info, fascinating),

The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization, A very high quality look into greek hsitory

The great food revolution, I dont entirely remember what this was about but it was fantastic and about food

The adventure of English, nice and straight forward. I usually don’t care for older documentaries, but my god its just so damn intresting

james Burkes: connections (Especially season 1), highly unique series that looks at several invetions throughout history and there importance then in the end explains the impact they have on the modern world

The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance a great history of the Medici family of the renaissance

Barbarians (Haven’t seen it in forever so it may not be good but its about the Barbarians of the ancient world

Medieval Lives, the medieval world split up the diffrent aspects of society,

The Last Stand of the 300 Spartans, the famous last stand, what they used, what happened

The human body (The life/body parts of us :D),

Journey to the edge of the universe (I was REALLY sick and high on medicine but one of the best docs i have ever seen ),

Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial a great doc on the trial of a creationist theory that threatened to win out over evolution in a small town

the human face John Cleese explores the human face/emotions and expressions

The alien planet (ALL CGI ALL Awesome about a potential future… not even a documentary now that I think of it, but so good ),

The Story of Science: Power, Proof and Passion a history of science

[the cell](www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEqsw_8ftpslist=PL3646927BF6F1C645) a documentary with really good cgi about the cell

the story of one, the history of the # 1 as told by john cleese

The Elegant Universe ,

Ants: Nature’s Secret Power, ANTS !

Fractals: The Colors of Infinity, fractals and the math/theory behind it

Chemistry a volatile history a history of chemistry and some cool experiments

PARALLEL WORLDS, PARALLEL LIVES, remarkably good documentary in the purest form about the eels lead singer trying to come to terms with his distant scientifically famous father

Empire of the Desert Ants (NEVER have i learned so much interesting stuff about ants, and it has a story too)

After Life: The Science Of Decay A interesting experiment of the average home if it was just left to decay and what would happen, remarkably interesting for the subject

Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner the history of the meals

Addicted to pleasure a look at different drugs from caffeine to opium

how to grow a planet a look at how the earth became the green landscape it is today from nothing

Madness in the Fast Lane one of the most bizarre stories I have ever heard, but I dont want to spoil it, just watch it

Devil’s Bible damn good if i remember correctly, its about the history of some really odd and mysterious book

Into the wind a documentary on Canadian hero and icon Terry fox, to be honest its the best one out their… so interesting.

Inside natures giants join richard dawkin and several other interesting characters as they disect some of natures biggest creatures, its REALLY good

inside natures giants already seen, great!

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fight club. first movie on the list that I havent seen. people say it’s fucking amazing. Im sure it is. that’s all I have to say. I dont wanna watch it it’s not clicking with me.

moon – people say it’s great (!). I’ll watch it.

lawrence of arabia – Im told it’s fucking amazing. will watch.

the godfather ones, will watch. never got to it.

children of men, prisoners, nightcrawler, the grand budapest hotel, in bruges (will watch, supposedly fantastic)

that fucking brazilian movie, city of god or whatever. still have to watch that.

that one where they go „ass to ass“. the drug one. pretty good but I feel like it’s been decades since I’ve seen it. and Im dehydrated LOL Im getting dizzy…

„die welle“ german movie. based on novel. rare good german movie. (seen it)

there was this one german movie about internet bullying which was unusually good. brutal ending. dont remember the title. good one.

I have a few westerns to catch up on but who really cares right. have the titles written somewhere but I wanna go sleep just google „top 5 westerns of all time“. WHY DID I EVEN WRITE THE LIST OH GOD

man on fire is good (d. washington) 8.8/10 and that one movie where he’s like a cripple laying in bed. and that one where he is a cop and does hostage negotation (so pretty much all of his fucking movies)

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-Special movie. „Now you see me“ with Franco and Morgan Freeman.

infinite/10.

Why do I say that. Well this fucking movie. this movie. … oh god. it’s kinda cool at the beginning. it’s hip. it’s fun. some cool special effects. at one point there’s a cool scene where a guy (this movie is about all the classic magic tricks) is fucking throwing cards in a cool way in a 1v1 battle with a cop.. rofl.. it’s actually fun. but then. then it happens.

the ending. the worst, most inane, most insane, most ridiculous, horrific, tragic, sad, happy ending I’ve ever seen. an ending that not only does it not make any sense, it’s utterly incoherent. it’s retarded. it’s so bad you almost HAVE to see it. you be the judge.



podcasts: radiolab, bill burr, joe rogan, sam harris, duncan trussell, a few others but Im literally falling asleep afk.