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stockybloke t1_je1psop wrote

Reply to What are iconic films everyone knows in your country ? by LanaStudio

Pinchcliffe Grand Prix or as Norwegians call it Flåklypa Grand Prix. It is an absolutely brilliant stop motion movie about a bicycle repairman and inventor who gets hired by an Arab oil sheikh to make a car and win the local Formula 1 style grand prix race. It is THE prototypical Norwegian movie. I have heard many foreigners say it translates well even though some of the humor and content might get lost if you are not from Norway. It was released in 1975 and to this day remains the BY A LANDSLIDE most visited movie in Norwegian history. It sold 3.5 million tickets. In 1975 we had 4 million inhabitants. Second on the list was released in 1962 and sold 1.6 million tickets.

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MarcusXL t1_je1nwmo wrote

Reply to comment by Bumblesquatch_Prime in The Godfather movies are so relaxing to watch. by AndyKaufmanSentMe

My point is, some kind of movies offer instant gratification. Lasers, space-battles, non-stop action. They are fine for what they are.

Others are a slow burn, they demand close attention, they save their impact for later, once you understand the characters and the world they live in. They engage your intelligence, they challenge your sympathies and make you think about who you are, about morality, loyalty, and difficult choices people have to make. They have things to say about what it means to be human, to be a son, to be a father. It's the difference between forgettable pop-culture schlock and high art that sticks with you forever.

The first kind are childish, because children don't know how to delay gratification. They want the candy NOW, they want the toy NOW. Grown-ups should have learned that delaying gratification results in a better reward, and that the best things in life require some patience.

I don't have a superiority complex. Art is available to anyone who takes a moment to appreciate it. If you decide to miss out on it, it's nobody's fault but yours.

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RageCageJables t1_je1mprp wrote

Reply to comment by MurderDoneRight in Leonardo DiCaprio has only worked with 3 directors more than once: Baz Luhrmann (2x), Quentin Tarantino (2x), Martin Scorsese (6x). by jankyeyes

I know it would and probably should never happen, but a sequel to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood could be fun, mainly because I loved hanging out with those two characters. In the novelization, they explore how his career got a boost from saving Sharon Tate and friends, so they could portray that. Maybe they can accidentally prevent another tragedy.

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MarcusXL t1_je1mp6e wrote

Reply to comment by Bumblesquatch_Prime in The Godfather movies are so relaxing to watch. by AndyKaufmanSentMe

>I also never said I didn't like the movie, I said I don't understand it.

How can you understand a movie if you have only seen 30 minutes of it? It's a piece of art. You cannot say you know all about it by hearing about it second hand.

I didn't watch the movie until I was 30. I "knew" parts of it from references people made, but I had no idea what the movie was about until I actually watched the damned thing. The whole thing. It absolutely deserves its reputation as one of "the best movies ever made." There is no such thing as enjoying a complicated piece of art by proxy. But you'd have no idea why unless you watched it, and part 2 (but not part 3, which sucks).

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