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Best geek movies throughout history.
Must Watch Classics
1. Ferris Buller's Day Off - Netflix Starting this off with a bang. Ferris Bullers Day Off. The top dog when it comes to fun filled teenage mischef and excitment. From phony phone calls to exploring the city of Chicago, this movie has you hooked from the get go. Ferris Buller (Matthew Brodrick) breaks the fourth wall as you follow him and his friend Cameron, and girlfriend Sloane through their adventure whilst the Dean of the school Mr Rooney tries his best to catch Ferris out on his lie of another sick day from school. The witty banter and irreplacable friendships that take place through this film make this a must watch. Emotional and Feel good.
By Megan McLennan6 years ago in Geeks
Off-Netflix - Personal Favorites
So for the first piece for Off-Netflix (click here to see the initial plan for this series) I just want to share some of my personal favorites. Movies that I couldn't count how many times I've watched over the years since finding them. So there is no real rhyme or reason to these. Just strictly movies that I wanted to share. After this I'll try to theme these lists more so they could be used for a themed movie night.
By Art School Dropout 6 years ago in Geeks
Scary Disney: The Fox and the Hound: Death, The Fight and The Bear
The Fox and the Hound tells a beautiful tale of love and friendship. Todd, a young fox, is taken in by an old woman, Widow Tweed, after his mother is shot by hunters. He soon befriends Copper, the next doors neighbour hound dog. They become the best of friends but as they grow up Copper’s owner Amos Slade makes him slowly turn on Todd and Widow Tweedy takes Todd and abandons him in the forest. Amos takes Copper hunting and Copper chases Todd throughout the forest. They meet a bear by a waterfall and Copper fights with the bear saving Amos’s life, Todd can’t bear to watch them fight so intervenes and forces the bear into the waterfall and they both fall into the river. Amos finds Todd in the water at the bottom and finds this as his opportune moment to kill him, Copper stands between the gun and Todd, Amos lets him go, Copper and Todd stay friends but then never see each other again.
By Sara Sparrow6 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: Revisiting 'Terminator Dark Fate'
Terminator is Frankenstein's Monster of movie franchises. Every few years, a new Dr Frankenstein emerges to attempt to reanimate the rotting corpse of this franchise and ends up creating yet another diminished, desperate copy of something that was once great. Terminator Dark Fate is the latest attempt to resurrect this moribund, hard luck franchise, and like the sequels and failures that came before it, it is yet another fading, rotten, copy of what was once great.
By Sean Patrick6 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Guide to 70 Things You Should Know About Citizen Kane (1941)
Citizen Kane (1941) is possibly one of the most well-known and critically beloved films in cinema history. Have you even studied film if you weren't made to watch this movie a billion times over? Anyways, the accounts of making this film were amazing in a recent book I read called "One Man Band" about Orson Welles. I personally think there are better films out there but I can see why this one is so very well respected. Most of it is due to that opening segment. It is absolutely brilliant. The death of Charles Kane at the beginning and then the start of the story coming back on itself isn't really a structure that is used until much later in cinematic history.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
Scary Disney: The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: Winnie the Pooh, Rabbit and Heffalumps and Woozles
Winnie the Pooh is one of the most popular media franchises written by Alan Alexander Milne. Many movies, television series and video games have been created surrounding Winnie the Pooh. In 1977 Disney took this on and made it into a theatrical film. The film consists of three featurettes based upon the books by the author, Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree, Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day and Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too. A few extra scenes were recorded to let the stories merge into each other. A fourth segment was added to help bring the film to a close, The House at Pooh Corner. Where Pooh Bears owner, Christopher Robin must leave the Hundred Acre Wood, he asks Pooh Bear to promise to remember him. Pooh agrees and tells Christopher Robin he will always be waiting for him whenever he returns.
By Sara Sparrow6 years ago in Geeks
How “Shrek” Is One Big Marxism Metaphor
Today I watched the classic movie “Shrek” and wanted to share some thoughts I had while watching. The movie Shrek is about a right libertarian achieving class consciousness when he tries to be a revolutionary, and Fiona in this film is a class traitor to the bourgeoisie. The length of the film shows Fiona growing disillusionment with the very system that upholds her privilege. At her introduction, Fiona is posh and abides by the same anti-fairytale creatures stereotype as the pleasantry and Lord Farquad. However, her time around Shrek (a politically moderate member of the working class and marginalized fairytale creature) and Donkey (a fairytale revolutionary) helps her to gradually unlearn the propaganda that has been fed to her since birth.
By Kayleigh Barbosa6 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Vanilla' is a Charming and Funny Modern Romance
Writer-Director Will Dennis’s debut feature, Vanilla, displays a filmmaker and star with a strong voice and presence who is still finding himself. Awkward, and often uncomfortably so, Vanilla is an attempt to update the romantic comedy to something modern while maintaining many of the beloved elements that make audiences love romantic comedies.
By Sean Patrick6 years ago in Geeks
8 Underappreciated Moments From 'Avengers: Endgame'
A year has passed since the release of Avengers: Endgame, one of the biggest cinematic events of all time. Wrapping up a decade's worth of story while also whetting fans appetite for the future, the film is packed with big, iconic moments. However, after a year and multiple re-watches, it is easier to recognise the smaller moments that contribute to making the film great.
By Kristy Anderson6 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Review: "The Seventh Veil" (1945)
A film without much remorse, this psychological thriller classic is about a trapped pianist who is forced to become one of the greats as her mental state slowly gets compromised. She seeks out more meaning to her life, but is shunned by her overlord and protector - a man who believes that he is above her in every way and that she owes him her life. This man is called Nicholas, but he is troubled in his own degree, eventually he cracks under the pressure of being stood up to and something wild happens. It is a sudden turn of events that changes every single character in the film and their walks of life.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
Artemis fowl film...Oh no!!!
Oh god NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NOOOOOOOOOO NOOO NOOO NOOOO NOOO NOOO000 NOOOOOOOO!!!!!, ok, so I loved these books as a kid, absolutely loves them, and when I heard there was an Artemis fowl moving coming out oh maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan was I stoked, but then I saw the trailer and I thought to myself.. WTF!!. They show him training with a blade, a blade!!!!!.. This does not in anyway match up with the Artemis fowl character from the book, the one we all know and love that Artemis Fowl rarely puts more effort into things than using his hands to hack some database due to him being a criminal genius . That’s what his muscle Butler is for!!!, Butler Is the person who handles all of the muscle!!!!!!. And on top of all that this movie seems to gets yet another major thing very, very very, very, very, very, very, VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY wrong about the series and that is the fact that Artemis Fowl is NOT in anyway a hero in the first book. He’s a villain. He is in the game for cash and it isnt until later in the series were he developed. Honestly this aspect is what made the story unique and not some story filled with stereotypes, especially going into the stereotype filled young adult literature genre. Fowl isn’t the chosen one, isn’t some kind of prophetic hero to look up to, NO!!!, He’s a villain and most of the books are him trying to recover from one of his schemes that have back fired.
By Dylan Sharma 6 years ago in Geeks
