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[chadtwo]

To be fair, it was pretty obvious from like the first post that OP was messing with y'all. Everyone taking the bait and subsequently getting upset after the obvious reveal is kinda only playing into the joke further and making reading this thread way funnier.

LOL you are trying so hard. If you were as intelligent as you profess you'd understand the basic cultural expectations around discussing your own intelligence. It's a real challenge for the MENSA set, and is as useless as a strong bicep without an equally strong tricep. Shorter: IQs over 140-150 are mostly useless to society.

Probably should've saved some points for charisma, constitution, and dexterity. As is you'll live a wasted, unhappy life and you'll never know why. Enjoy!

Jeez, case in point.

 

[Shadybiz]

I want to, but I'm far too intelligent to suffer foolishness in movies when it doesn't need to be there. Maybe the masses will swallow that slop, but I won't.

Thinking BTTF qualifies says a lot about how intelligent you are. The only time travel movie that actually seems like it could be accurate is Primer.

What color fedora do you prefer, and how is your katana training going? Lighten up.

 

[Javier23]

Did either of you even read this latest 4th page in the thread before posting?

Given how emphatically I was nodding at that first message after wasting my time reading through the entire thread I'm gonna say they did. Maybe gain some self-awareness, OP, if that's even possible, and then get over yourself, for the sake of those who have to stand you daily.

Unless you're still pranking us during this latest 4th page of the thread, you tell us. I'm very much afraid though that you obviously aren't, and so I'm sad for you OP.

 

[Foreign Jackass]

Anyone who can't enjoy Back to the Future on the sole account of the way it depicts an unrealistic view of time-travel is a tool. Nobody should bother giving him any advice.

OP, you don't get art and you're a moronic douchebag of immeasurable proportions.

Either this, or as you say you are, you're trolling, which means you're just as moronic anyways.

 

[gamz]

Coens Blood Simple

 

[Boylamite]

Is this still part of the "satire?"

It's depends on if you like it or not

 

[gfxtwin]

What color fedora do you prefer, and how is your katana training going? Lighten up.

The one that matches my glorious neckbeard. And I have a lightsaber, not a katana, you cretin.

 

[gfxtwin]

Anyone who can't enjoy Back to the Future on the sole account of the way it depicts an unrealistic view of time-travel is a tool. Nobody should bother giving him any advice.

OP, you don't get art and you're a moronic douchebag of immeasurable proportions.

Either this, or as you say you are, you're trolling, which means you're just as moronic anyways.

For a person trying to make fun of someone for being a moron, your reading comprehension is not the greatest. The entire thread is based on asking for recommendations for movies that match the criteria I typed on the OP. Nowhere did I say I don't enjoy movies that aren't totally realistic, or whatever interpretation you took from my OP. I even addressed this when I brought up Star Wars, a movie I love that has no basis in scientific fact whatsoever.

 

[Ghost is Bad]

anyone who seriously uses the word plebian in an insult is far lamer than any insult i could possibly come up with.

 

[gfxtwin]

I am confused by your topic title. Usually when people say when fiction works at many different levels they mean you can look at it with many different interpretations and levels of understanding, literal, figuratively and symbolically. Those are movies when you can revisit again and again in different periods of your life and become aware and get something new out of them each time.

What you're asking for just sounds anal retentive

Yeah, I'm not good at wording it, but I'm not talking about perfectionism or whatever. Rather, for one example, a movie or show that takes place at a certain time in history that gets the details of that time as right as possible. Mad Men might be an example. Very few critiques of that show are directed towards it's attempts to portray the time and setting accurately. It does that exceptionally well.

Other examples might be a sci fi movie that gets most to all of the science at the time right (as 2001 ASO did back in it's day and The Arrival kinda does now) or a fantasy movie that doesn't jump the shark or break or ignore the logic used in its own world-building.

 

[LoveCake]

I think that my top three movies fit the OP's criteria pretty well?

The Silence of the Lambs.
Jaws.
Casino.

I would add that I cannot separate these three and are all at number one in my list of ten, basically everyday I find a reason for one to be the best and so it goes on.

 

[nicanica]

Please post movies that don't break the OPs head cannon.

 

[squidyj]

Did either of you even read this latest 4th page in the thread before posting?

I thought being insufferable was supposed to be an act.

 

[gfxtwin]

I think that my top three movies fit the OP's criteria pretty well?

The Silence of the Lambs.
Jaws.
Casino.

I would add that I cannot separate these three and are all at number one in my list of ten, basically everyday I find a reason for one to be the best and so it goes on.

Jaws is a great film, though I have no idea if the spear/barrels thing is something shark fishermen actually use or if a mayor really would keep a beach open after several shark attacks. Another thing, would the air tank in the shark's mouth really explode like a grenade when shot? These are things that I suspend my disbelief towards when watching, but I'm just curious if there has ever been an entertaining movie that didn't have any illogical moments like that and was as grounded in logic as possible with exception of a few times it might have been bent or ignored in minor ways. IMO it's actually really hard to think of any.

 

[GiantEnemyGoomba]

No you're dead on.

This is the film that sticks out most to me - it is tighter than an airlock.


Other ones that came to mind randomly:

The Big Short
Spotlight
Rogue One
Ronin
Leon: The Professional

I think you might be right on this one. When I re-watched it, the thing that surprised me most was how every single thing shown on screen, even little things like the scene where one of the girls gets grazed on the leg by a bullet, become important to the plot at some point. I can't recall a single wasted shot in the entire runtime.

Edit: Misread the thread, I was answering more in terms of how the movie was structured and filmed.

Miller really did create a masterpiece then. With all the crazy shit that happens scene after scene, to have it be so cohesive with it's characters, plot, and even it's visuals is impressive to say the least. I love that movie so goddamn much.

 

[YesManKablaam]

Realism is such a nebulous term when applied to something like cinema. A single feature film is going to have hundreds of people working on it, for a minimum of around a year to create one piece of about two hours in length. The very idea of capturing 'realism' is so far from being actively possible that I personally believe that striving for such a thing is a lost cause.

I'm more interested in films that can convey an emotional truth, present themes and ideas that are so very fictional and constructed but nevertheless can resonate deeply within a person. I'm a fan of Mr Nobody; it's a totally out-there sci-fi flick with multiple timelines crossing and intersecting with each other, but there are some beautifully realised moments of humanity in there. Some of the depictions of sadness and joy hit me hard, be it the malaise felt by Jared Leto's Nemo Nobody in one timeline, the crippling depression felt by his wife in another, or the sheer overwhelming sense of satisfaction when things feel like they're going 'his' way. I like the sci-fi trappings of the film but I'm no stickler for accuracy, they do serve as a unique framing device for some well-realised reflections on human nature and relationships.

I couldn't care less about whether a film makes sense when you strip down its plot details and structure (certainly aids in pacing when done well though). If it can't actively make me feel something, then it will be forgotten in a short amount of time.

 

[Monocle]

Miller really did create a masterpiece then. With all the crazy shit that happens scene after scene, to have it be so cohesive with it's characters, plot, and even it's visuals is impressive to say the least. I love that movie so goddamn much.

It's an incredible film. I've seen it five times and it still thrills me. A superb example of every element of a complex art form uniting in a single elegant stroke.

 

[Premium Quality]

I know OP is banned, but if he's lurking, I can only think of two movies where people act the most realistic.
12 Angry Men
The Bicycle Thieves