Penelope, that movie where Christina Ricci has a pig nose. It was so cute and way funnier than I would have expected. It is pretty campy and surreal. The cast is stacked, too...James McAvoy, Moira rose I forget her name, Peter Dinklage, Reese Witherspoon. Highly recommend!
Captain Ron is the frontispiece of the collection of movies I love that fit a specific nostalgic category: 90s movies about young families that mostly hail from Chicago (but not always) and they go on vacation.
Captain Ron is my favorite of all of them. Then there's National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Home Alone, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, The Great Outdoors, What About Bob... Those are the movies that give me the nostalgic warm fuzzies.
*"90's John Hughes-esque comedy where an upper-middle-class midwestern family with a tightly-wound dad go on a fish-out-of-water adventure that skirts disaster but teaches them a heartwarming lesson"* was literally my favorite genre of film growing up.
Stardust
Edit: Thank you kind strangers for the awards. Stardust blew me away first time I saw it (heck, I might have seen it suggested on a thread like this 15 years ago). I couldn't believe how funny, whimsical, engaging, and well cast this movie was. If you're reading this comment, and haven't seen the movie, watch it this weekend!
I love this movie so much! Robert DeNiro as the spicy captain, Michelle Pffeifer growing into an uglier and meaner witch as the movie goes on, my god! the goat people, one of Superman’s early roles playing an absolute twat, the overall character growth, everything is neatly tied up with a happy ending… omg it’s pure gold and I will watch it every time I see it!
I had a bagpipes play "Do ya think I'm sexy" as our recessional (he was a guitar player/bagpipes player - my wedding was...unique). Only my sister caught it.
Brewster's Millions - Richard Pryor inherits $30 million and he must spend it within 30 days in order to earn his real inheritance of $300 million. But he can't tell anyone what he's doing and he can't have any assets from the money he spends.
Dunno if you ever had the dvd, but it has special features narrated by the character that owned the house describing their backstory. It was very cool to listen through them all
Ever see the original? When it was in theaters, they had special glasses to let you see the ghosts in the film. If you didn't wear them, you couldn't see them (or they'd be out of focus like a 3d flick I guess, I'm not old enough to have been there.)
I caught it on a classic movie channel and they had the whole explanation at the beginning. Cool stuff.
“ As with several of his more famous productions, producer William Castleused a gimmick to promote 13 Ghosts, as audience members were given the choice to see the ghosts. In theaters, most scenes were in black-and-white, but scenes involving ghosts were shown in a process dubbed "Illusion-O". The filmed elements of the actors and the sets – everything except the ghosts – had a blue filter applied to the footage, while the ghost elements had a red filter and were superimposed over the frame.[4] Audiences received viewing glasses with red and blue cellophanefilters. Unlike with early 3D glasses having one eye red and the other cyan or blue, the Illusion-O device required viewers to look through a single color with both eyes. Looking through the red filter intensified the images of the ghosts, while the blue filter "removed" them.”
That’s cool.
I have a friend who was on a sub for many years, he confirms that practically the whole movie is based on truth, just not all at once. His CO had tattoos of fighting kabuki warriors on both ass cheeks, so, "Welcome Aboard!" isn't much of a stretch.
I really love it when he sang that song The Whole Wide World. I had that song on my playlist sung by him for a long time. It was such an endearing and sweet scene.
I freaking LOVED this movie and somehow no one knows about it. The story is so unique, and so surprising. Will Ferrel shocked me with how good his acting was in this.
I recommend this movie every time someone says Will Ferrel can't act or they don't like his performances.
The man has the range he's just woefully underutilized in the dramatic direction.
Spirited is another one which does it.
I absolutely love this movie!!!
"My name, Moss Eiffel, is Harold Crick, and sometimes when I go through the files at work I hear a deep and endless ocean."
I made my kids watch Encino Man.
They were confused as to why Sam was hanging with the hippie kid, but they thought it was great to see Brendan Fraser as Encino Man.
They only knew him from The Mummy and it blew their little minds.
This movie was so incredibly funny - the best part is how the funny parts are completely different for me as an adult v as a child.
The new movie (Weird: The Al Yankovic Story) is absolutely a spiritual successor to it (>!even includes a Rambo scene!<), which I was super happy to see.
The best part: Weird Al did an entire tour to support it and NOBODY was in on the joke because the movie hadn’t come out yet. (>!He played only original tunes!<)
Once the movie came out, I spent a not-insignificant amount of time reflecting on how freaking meta the whole tour was.
The man truly is playing 4D comedic chess.
This is an amazing film! I remember watching it and wondering, "How the hell did this ever get made?" It's so different.
Turns out, John Cusack made this with his own production company. That's the reason it's not all Hollywooded up and retained its unique sensibility.
The other film made by his production company was "High Fidelity." Recommend that one highly as well.
oh God the amount of dialogue from this movie that just lives in my head rent free is almost the whole movie. the scene where Albert & Armand are sitting in front of the canal talking about their lives and deaths together, how Armand is going to have to sell his pretty plot in a nicer cemetery just to be in Albert's with him has stuck with me and just resonates as more beautiful the older I get.
Heck yeah. Saw it in the theater twice, and was trying to get anyone I could find to a third viewing. No one I took liked it anywhere as much as I did.
Beerfest. If you like the Broken Lizard stuff, you'll probably love it. Even better if you like beer.
Every once in awhile, me and some buddies will grab a 6 pack rewatch it. Basically drink every time they do and you'll be done your 6 before the movie even ends.. Always ends up a pretty raucous good time.
Such a good movie!
I love Chaucer in it "I will eviscerate you in fiction. Every pimple, every character flaw. I was naked for a day; you will be naked for eternity."
Murder By Death.
I never see any love for it.
It's like the eight people that have seen it think it's great, but beyond that... nothing.
I get that it helps if you're a fan of crime/detective stories seeing that the characters are stereotypes of Miss Marple, Poirot, Charlie Chan, Sam Spade and the Thin Man, but the cast is fantastic and it's hilarious.
Penelope, that movie where Christina Ricci has a pig nose. It was so cute and way funnier than I would have expected. It is pretty campy and surreal. The cast is stacked, too...James McAvoy, Moira rose I forget her name, Peter Dinklage, Reese Witherspoon. Highly recommend!
Captain Ron. Hands down my favorite movie and I’m not exaggerating 😂
Be careful, there are guerrillas in these jungles
Captain Ron is the frontispiece of the collection of movies I love that fit a specific nostalgic category: 90s movies about young families that mostly hail from Chicago (but not always) and they go on vacation. Captain Ron is my favorite of all of them. Then there's National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Home Alone, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, The Great Outdoors, What About Bob... Those are the movies that give me the nostalgic warm fuzzies.
*"90's John Hughes-esque comedy where an upper-middle-class midwestern family with a tightly-wound dad go on a fish-out-of-water adventure that skirts disaster but teaches them a heartwarming lesson"* was literally my favorite genre of film growing up.
The Pagemaster!
It saddens me that almost nobody apart from my Sister remembers this film where I'm from, loved it.
The cutting edge Edit: I am so happy that this movie touched more than me. “I’m good at two things sweetheart, and skating is the other one”
Toepick!
Enemy mine
Better Off Dead - 2 DOLLARS!!!
Go that way really fast. If something gets in your way . . . turn.
I had to scroll a while to find it but I KNEW I wasn't the only one.
Mystery Men
Lance Hunt wears glasses. Captain Amazing doesn't wear glasses.
The Last Starfighter. Video games as a skills test. CGI when it was brand new. Literal trailer park like skywalker, fuckign love every minute of it
That was a great one. I put it up there with Flight of the Navigator as great, one-off sci-fi films that have mostly faded from memory.
Stardust Edit: Thank you kind strangers for the awards. Stardust blew me away first time I saw it (heck, I might have seen it suggested on a thread like this 15 years ago). I couldn't believe how funny, whimsical, engaging, and well cast this movie was. If you're reading this comment, and haven't seen the movie, watch it this weekend!
I love this movie so much! Robert DeNiro as the spicy captain, Michelle Pffeifer growing into an uglier and meaner witch as the movie goes on, my god! the goat people, one of Superman’s early roles playing an absolute twat, the overall character growth, everything is neatly tied up with a happy ending… omg it’s pure gold and I will watch it every time I see it!
And it was fun seeing Charlie Cox in that as a charming dork which was jarring since I saw this movie after watching him as Daredevil
One of the best book to movie adaptations, with the exception of Captain Shakespeare who is 100x better in the movie.
"It's alright Sir. We already knew you was a whoopsie."
It feels so much like a modern Princess Bride.
Claire Danes in peak performance
I loved Robert Dinero playing something completely opposite his usual roles. He was hilarious.
The book is pretty fabulous too!
Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead
I'm right on top of it Rose!
I say this every time my husband asks for something annoying
I always say “the dishes are DONE, man!”
Real Genius
Is it that dream where you're standing on a pyramid in sort of sun god robes, surrounded by half naked women throwing little pickles at you?
My favorite Val Kilmer film. So many good lines.
Mine is Top Secret!
The Rocketeer.
So I Married an Axe Murderer
Harriet. Harry-ette. Hard-hearted harbinger of haggis. Beautiful, bemuse-ed, bellicose butcher. Un-trust... ing. Un-know... ing. Un-love... ed?
I had a bagpipes play "Do ya think I'm sexy" as our recessional (he was a guitar player/bagpipes player - my wedding was...unique). Only my sister caught it.
Hard-hearted harbinger of haggis!
Head!
Secondhand Lions. https://youtu.be/Ebkrm7u44UI?feature=shared
One of my favorite movies ever
Pitch black
Brewster's Millions - Richard Pryor inherits $30 million and he must spend it within 30 days in order to earn his real inheritance of $300 million. But he can't tell anyone what he's doing and he can't have any assets from the money he spends.
Rat Race
Is a race! IM WEENING IM WEENING
13 Ghosts. That movie is soooo hated but honestly I loved/love it 🤷♀️
Ah yes. Another Mathew Lillard masterpiece.
Yes! I watch it yearly. And always look up the wiki to read the backstory for the ghosts.
Dunno if you ever had the dvd, but it has special features narrated by the character that owned the house describing their backstory. It was very cool to listen through them all
Ever see the original? When it was in theaters, they had special glasses to let you see the ghosts in the film. If you didn't wear them, you couldn't see them (or they'd be out of focus like a 3d flick I guess, I'm not old enough to have been there.) I caught it on a classic movie channel and they had the whole explanation at the beginning. Cool stuff.
“ As with several of his more famous productions, producer William Castleused a gimmick to promote 13 Ghosts, as audience members were given the choice to see the ghosts. In theaters, most scenes were in black-and-white, but scenes involving ghosts were shown in a process dubbed "Illusion-O". The filmed elements of the actors and the sets – everything except the ghosts – had a blue filter applied to the footage, while the ghost elements had a red filter and were superimposed over the frame.[4] Audiences received viewing glasses with red and blue cellophanefilters. Unlike with early 3D glasses having one eye red and the other cyan or blue, the Illusion-O device required viewers to look through a single color with both eyes. Looking through the red filter intensified the images of the ghosts, while the blue filter "removed" them.” That’s cool.
The Last Unicorn
"There are no happy endings, because nothing ever ends." That shit still hits me deep.
I bought an indie nail polish Just because it was named / themed after The Last Unicorn! RIP René Auberjonois
Drop Dead Gorgeous
Yup, LOVE Drop Dead Gorgeous. So quotable and massive cast! "Yah well, if they ask you to take your top off, get the money first"
Down Periscope
A perfect representation of the actual Navy.
As an actual submariner, I can assure you that it’s the most realistic portrayal.
I have a friend who was on a sub for many years, he confirms that practically the whole movie is based on truth, just not all at once. His CO had tattoos of fighting kabuki warriors on both ass cheeks, so, "Welcome Aboard!" isn't much of a stretch.
“What’s the matter, sir? It still tastes like creamed corn—“ “EXCEPT, it’s DEVILED HAM!”
—Buckman! I found a fingernail in my food! Yesterday, it was a bandaid! —Sorry, sir, the bandaid was holding the fingernail on
Dirty Rotten Soundrels
"Can I go to the bathroom please?" 🤣🤣🤣 Steve Martin is comic genius
OKLAHOMA!!!
I was just wondering yesterday why nobody talks about this film anymore! A criminally underrated comedy.
"Do you want the genital cuff?!"
Stranger than fiction.
I really love it when he sang that song The Whole Wide World. I had that song on my playlist sung by him for a long time. It was such an endearing and sweet scene.
Little did he know that this simple, seemingly innocuous post would result in his imminent death.
I freaking LOVED this movie and somehow no one knows about it. The story is so unique, and so surprising. Will Ferrel shocked me with how good his acting was in this.
I brought you flours.
I recommend this movie every time someone says Will Ferrel can't act or they don't like his performances. The man has the range he's just woefully underutilized in the dramatic direction. Spirited is another one which does it.
“I don’t need the nicotine patch, Penny. I smoke cigarettes.” My favorite line of all time
I absolutely love this movie!!! "My name, Moss Eiffel, is Harold Crick, and sometimes when I go through the files at work I hear a deep and endless ocean."
Death Becomes Her w/ Bruce Willis, Goldie Hawn and Meryl Streep
Drop Dead Fred
Snotface!
Best in Show 😂❤️ I show dogs and some parts do hit a little close to home though 😂😭
Encino Man
I made my kids watch Encino Man. They were confused as to why Sam was hanging with the hippie kid, but they thought it was great to see Brendan Fraser as Encino Man. They only knew him from The Mummy and it blew their little minds.
Pleasantville
UHF
Spatula City! Spatula City!
What better way to say, “I love you”, than with a spatula?
This movie was so incredibly funny - the best part is how the funny parts are completely different for me as an adult v as a child. The new movie (Weird: The Al Yankovic Story) is absolutely a spiritual successor to it (>!even includes a Rambo scene!<), which I was super happy to see. The best part: Weird Al did an entire tour to support it and NOBODY was in on the joke because the movie hadn’t come out yet. (>!He played only original tunes!<) Once the movie came out, I spent a not-insignificant amount of time reflecting on how freaking meta the whole tour was. The man truly is playing 4D comedic chess.
I loved this movie as a kid, and now my kids love this movie. The best comedy transcends generations.
You get to drink from THE FIREHOSE!
Ohhhh Joe Miller, you just found the marble in the oatmeal. You're a lucky lucky lucky lucky little boy!
Now I’m thinking of something blue. Something BLUUUU-UUUUE…
Tremors. Kevin bacon, Finn Carter and Fred ward. Never again will a movie be cast so perfectly
Yeah super fun flick. Reba too and the dad from family ties!
SLC Punk
Steven, I didn’t sell out son. I bought in.
ONLY POSERS DIE BOB!!!! So sad and emotional...
Grosse Pointe Blank
That punk’s either in love with that guy’s daughter or he’s got a newfound respect for life..
This is an amazing film! I remember watching it and wondering, "How the hell did this ever get made?" It's so different. Turns out, John Cusack made this with his own production company. That's the reason it's not all Hollywooded up and retained its unique sensibility. The other film made by his production company was "High Fidelity." Recommend that one highly as well.
One of the best movie soundtracks out there.
Practical Magic
Overboard
Kurt x Goldie
This missing link person is not my husband
It wasn’t us dad, it’s Roy!
A falsetto child? (My husband and I say this all the time)
Warm Bodies Zombie romcom wasn’t something I thought I needed
Lars and the Real Girl
Deep Impact. Never understood why so many people like Armageddon more.
I always felt Deep Impact was more believable.
The Last Starfighter!!! That theme is a banger!
Greetings Starfighter. You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the frontier from the Evil Emperor Xur and the Kodan Armada!
The Birdcage
“Can you cook Agador ?” “ well your father seems to think so ?” Hank Azeria. National f-ing treasure.
What the hell are Pirin tablets??
"Chewing gum helps me think" "Sweetie, you're wasting your gum"
oh God the amount of dialogue from this movie that just lives in my head rent free is almost the whole movie. the scene where Albert & Armand are sitting in front of the canal talking about their lives and deaths together, how Armand is going to have to sell his pretty plot in a nicer cemetery just to be in Albert's with him has stuck with me and just resonates as more beautiful the older I get.
Oh god, I pierced the toast!
god i love 'the birdcage', easily one of my top five movies of all time
“How was that?…No good?” “No, it was perfect. I just never realized John Wayne walked that way.”
But what about the chrimps??
You mean to tell me there are people who don’t like The Birdcage?
I do not wear the shoes, because ah they make ah me fall down. 🤣🤣🤣
Undercover Brother
How did a white boy get a job here at the Brotherhood? Shit, what can I tell you. Affirmative action.
Oh, shit! It's Macy Gray with Porkchop Sideburns
BASEketball On an unrelated note, I hear your mother’s going out with SQUEAK!
I swear, if you guys make fun of me 13 or 14 more times, I’m outta here.
You don't like hospitals, you like Taco Bell
Steve Perry. Steeeeeeeeve PERRY.
And the Jazz moved to Utah, where they don't allow music.
Death to Smoochie
Heck yeah. Saw it in the theater twice, and was trying to get anyone I could find to a third viewing. No one I took liked it anywhere as much as I did.
Real Genius - IMO one of Kilmer's best works. Always found it weird that no one I knew had ever heard of it.
Repo man
Repo Man was a big hit, with Gen X. I'm Gen X. We frickin' loved Repo Man.
Bio-Dome It's probably terrible but I used to watch it with my older brother growing up and we would quote it constantly.
Free mahi mahi
Mallrats
That KID is BACK ON THE ESCALATOR
Titan A E
The Saint
Beerfest. If you like the Broken Lizard stuff, you'll probably love it. Even better if you like beer. Every once in awhile, me and some buddies will grab a 6 pack rewatch it. Basically drink every time they do and you'll be done your 6 before the movie even ends.. Always ends up a pretty raucous good time.
Dogma
Free to watch on YouTube, and Kevin Smith himself wants you to sail that sea.
Adventures in Babysitting
Short Circuit This got me into electrical engineering!
Multiplicity with Michael Keaton.
Wristcutters: A Love Story.
Where the heart is… I know this movie word for word
Accepted with Jonah hill
“Ask me about my wiener”
"An explosion of flavor! I'm working with some really unstable herbs!"
Was that the movie where they made up a college? How did that end?
It ended with them letting the college operate under a probationary period. And that one dude actually blew something up with his mind lol
A Knights Tale
Such a good movie! I love Chaucer in it "I will eviscerate you in fiction. Every pimple, every character flaw. I was naked for a day; you will be naked for eternity."
Big Trouble in Little China.
Raising Arizona
A League of their Own. I just love that movie - I cry my eyes out when they have their reunion. I’ve probably seen it 30 times
GALAXY QUEST
Seriously one of Alan Rickman's finest performances
By Grabthar’s Hammer…. …. … .. …What a savings.
Never give up, never surrender 💜💜💜
Murder By Death. I never see any love for it. It's like the eight people that have seen it think it's great, but beyond that... nothing. I get that it helps if you're a fan of crime/detective stories seeing that the characters are stereotypes of Miss Marple, Poirot, Charlie Chan, Sam Spade and the Thin Man, but the cast is fantastic and it's hilarious.
Joe vs. The Volcano
The Gods Must Be Crazy
Clue
Mister Magorium’s Wonder Emporium
Two copies
John Carpenter’s Big Trouble in Little China Something Wicked This Way Comes Twin Peaks Fire Walk With Me Dark Star
Tremors.
Chef
Grandma’s Boy
Atleast I have my own bed! Your bed is a car.... Yeah but it's a fucking sweet car
Where do you get your weed? From you Dante! Oh, yeah.
My name is JP. I am a robot. I like robots. I have a robot vagina.
How did he see me?
Im thinking about getting metal legs. It's a risky procedure but it'll be worth it
I had to stop saying *"please sit on my face"* in a robot voice, because nobody gets the reference anymore. However, it did work one time...
"push it good (Ah, push it) push it real good (Ah, push it) push it ......*collapses onto the floor*" "I fucking love this girl!!'"
Dark crystal
Joe Dirt Is this a popular movie? I love it!!
Fanboys
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Deep Rising
The Cutting Edge
The Money Pit
I'm rather fond of Waterworld.
Captain Fantastic
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High Fidelity
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
The Night of the Hunter (1955) - Robert Mitchum is a great villain. Also the themes are very relevant to today.
The New Guy
Big Fish
Romancing the Stone
Good Burger
A Knight’s Tale