What Films do people enjoy watching / have seen recently?
I enjoy The Sound of Music, Mary Poppins, KPop Demon Hunters
I have seen The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit
What Films do people enjoy watching / have seen recently?
I enjoy The Sound of Music, Mary Poppins, KPop Demon Hunters
I have seen The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit
Some of my favourites are
24 Hour Party people
Animal House
The lord of the Rings franchise
All the Carry On films
Sonic the Hedgehog 1/2/3
Ghostbusters
Batman "1966"
The Dark Night
Back to the Future franchise
Star Wars
Singing in the Rain
Robin and the Seven Hoods
I love world cinema
Same here too.
I have enjoyed many World cinema movies available on DVD (I look for used ones in charity shops and on eBay) - particularly, within the back catalogue of "Artificial Eye" (Artificial Eye, established in 1976 and now under Curzon (since 2006) in case you wondered why you had not seen so many "Artificial Eye" offerings for a while). In April 2024 the Curzon CEO announced:
"Curzon CEO Edward Fletcher said;
"With Curzon celebrating its 90th year, it feels fitting to see the return of Artificial Eye, a much-loved label with a rich history and global reputation amongst cinephiles. At Curzon, we have witnessed exciting growth in young audiences seeking out classic and repertory cinema, and Artificial Eye has a deeply felt heritage value within that story. It feels like the perfect moment to bring the beloved label back."
Therefore, the happy hunt resumes - it should be possible to access new titles too (now under the Curzon brand).
https://www.curzon.com/journal/curzon-artificial-eye-relaunch/
A film I am looking forward to viewing next weekend is: "My Favourite Cake", co-written and directed by filmmakers Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha.
As one reviewer so beautifully put it: "A bitter sweet delight, like an Iranian baklava. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 March 2025. I watched this twice at the cinema, so I had to have a copy. The script is magnificent. The acting - exceptional. A wonderful hymn to humanity, down to earth yet deeply observed and presented with such sensitivity and joie de vivre, sweetly funny and bitterly sad, like honey with cardamom. I had to have a second slice and yet another…".
This movie has been nominated for / collected some impressive industry awards e.g.: it won the FIPRESCI Prize and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival. The film was also nominated for the Golden Bear for Best Film at the festival.
Some cinemas have held popular screenings and it is available on DVD both new and used e.g.:
I have some laurel and hardy boxsets but I don’t have a dvd player any more unfortunately.
Oh and I do like The lord of the Rings too
A cute movie I saw years ago about a pair of old ladies - one of them was the carer for her sister with (learning difficulties- I think it was described as) anyway it was so lovely and uplifting, It’s Belgian and called Pauline et Paulette … I love world cinema and absolutely recommend watching it
I sometimes go through phases where I watch horror movies. They make for a good palette cleanser when I'm tired of what I'm usually watching.
Today I watched the 50's original version of The Fly. Very cheesy, very stereotypical old school horror where you have the woman screaming in terror at the non verbal monster man, but to it's credit, it's much more suspenseful than the 80s remake.
I naturally assumed most autistics were otakus because the majority of other autistics I knew in person were. It's interesting to see how much preferences actually differ
My favoirites in no particular order:
Blade Runner
Solaris (both versions
are good)
Never Let me Go (the book is also brilliant)
Alien
The Martian
Quatermass and the Pit
The Time Machine
Knowing
The Orphanage
The Devil's Backbone
The Witch
2001 Space Odyssey
A Clockwork Orange
St Maud
Moon
A Dark Song
The Babadook
Tbe Lost Boys
The Wicker Man
Get Out
The Godfather
Dracula (the first, with Bela Lugosi)
Rosemary's Baby
The Woman in Black (BBC 1989 version)
His House
Solaris and Blade Runner are brilliant!
Did ypu watch Stalker? I finally did recently
I love any films based on Tolkien and enjoy the books too. I haven't watched my DVD's for ages, but prompted by your question I'll make some popcorn and have a film fest at the weekend.
I think anyone who thinks all autisic people are the same and like the same things should read this thread and see just how different our tastes are, with a few exceptions they're all different
The Lord of the Rings movies is my Special Interest! I know a heck of a lot about them and can talk about them for hours.
My childhood consisted of Laurel & Hardy, Abbot & Costello and Harold Lloyd. There was most probably at least one of them on every evening. They were old films then, but I never tired of watching them.
There's a brilliant Neil Sedaka song called Betty Grable, it was about seeing her at the Saturday morning pictures, I went to the pictures every Saturday morning.
My favourite animated films are the Asterix ones, not the American one though as they changed all the names and made it less funny.
My favourite comfort movies are The Princess Bride and The little shop of horrors. The last film I saw was Blazing Saddles which is very silly but it's not to everyones taste.
I think the last one I saw a the cinema was Together which is a weird horror/romance type thing but I found it fairly enjoyable.
Favourite animation is probably The Incredibles or Spirited Away.
I do like a good monster movie like The Thing (1982) or Alien/s.
If pressed I probably say that The Sawshank Redemption has to be near the top of my list along with Field of dreams (although I tend to sob through parts of it). An honourable mention my go to What's eating Gilbert Grape.
When I was much younger I used to go to the cinema a couple of times a week or more, loved the escapism.
This may sound weird but if I can't empathise with the characters I just switch off, even if it has a decent plot I just find I'm not interested, I started to watch the new Leonardo DiCaprio film and I had to turned it off after 20 minutes.
