RABid Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Anyone got any good, underrated, light hearted movies to get through trying times and winter months? You know, fell good movies. I've been watching Now you See Me 1 and 2. Fun movies. Good cast. Not too deep or meaningful. Pitch Perfect - Okay, okay. Stop laughing at me. I enjoyed the movies. Granted you have to believe that college kids can spontaneously break into heavily arranged vocal mashups with perfect harmonies. But is that any different than believing that people can break out in spontaneous dance numbers like they do in Singing in the Rain? Quote This post edited for speling. My Sweetwater Gear Exchange Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nursers Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 The Pitch Perfect movies are great fun I watched the Eddie and The Cruisers movies a while back as well for fun Quote The Keyboard Chronicles Podcast Check out your fellow forumites in an Apple Music playlist Check out your fellow forumites in a Spotify playlist My Music: Stainless Fields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Kaenel Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 The Tourist; Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie R.E.D.; Bruce Willis, John Malkovich A Few Good Men; Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson Quote Legend '70s Compact, Jupiter-Xm, Studiologic Numa X 73 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rod76 Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 The Seven Samurai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty Motif Max Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Interstellar. Quote Yamaha: Motif XF8, MODX7, YS200, CVP-305, CLP-130, YPG-235, PSR-295, PSS-470 | Roland: Fantom 7, JV-1000 Kurzweil: PC3-76, PC4 (88) | Hammond: SK Pro 73 | Korg: Triton LE 76, N1R, X5DR | Emu: Proteus/1 | Casio: CT-370 | Novation: Launchkey 37 MK3 | Technics: WSA1R Former: Emu Proformance Plus & Mo'Phatt, Korg Krome 61, Roland Fantom XR & JV-1010, Yamaha MX61, Behringer CAT Assorted electric & acoustic guitars and electric basses | Roland TD-17 KVX | Alesis SamplePad Pro | Assorted organs, accordions, other instruments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRollins Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 The Full Monty Grey Quote I'm not interested in someone's ability to program. I'm interested in their ability to compose and play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaceyKarina Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 The Pitch Perfect movies - one of my favorites! a beautiful picture, good actors and in fact you don't need to think about anything. just watch and enjoy. and, of course, who hasn't learned to play that "cup song"?) So, okay, from the last films - this is definitely "Knives Out" - one of the best films in recent years, as for me. although there is a rather complex and convoluted plot, but it is definitely worth attention, and plus there is a wonderful cast! Also one of the films that got me hooked is the platform. it is heavy, makes you think a lot, in some places even disgusting, not for the faint of heart, but I would still recommend it for viewing. And from light and cheerful - "good guys" - a little trivial and dull, but you can laugh heartily! Quote Music-maker via Launchpad Pro Life-lover Marketing manager of work time company Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjosko Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Intouchables, not underrated, but a feel good and funny movie, based on a true story. I have not seen the American remake 'The Upside' but enjoyed the original. Quote /Bjørn - old gearjunkie, still with lot of GAS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Threadslayer Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 If by any chance you're a James Lee Burke fan, check out "In the Electric Mist" adapted from Burke's "In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead" with Tommy Lee Jones killing it as Dave Robicheaux and (On topic musical tie-in) Levon Helm as a dead Confederate General. Quote Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. -Mark Twain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
16251 Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Paul Demolition Man Paycheck Stranger than Fiction Red / Red2 Being John Malkovich Buckaroo Banzai Quote AvantGrand N2 | ES520 | Gallien-Krueger MK & MP | https://soundcloud.com/pete36251 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RABid Posted January 12, 2021 Author Share Posted January 12, 2021 One I forgot to mention, The Big Year. Who would believe that a movie about bird watching could be this good. Quote This post edited for speling. My Sweetwater Gear Exchange Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Mike Metlay Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Big ups for Buckaroo Banzai, Interstellar, and especially Seven Samurai. Passengers is very pretty to look at and has a positively heartbreaking premise, but has plot holes a horse could jump through. The first five minutes of Gravity are worth the cost of a ticket in a real theater (remember those?) but everything after that is garbage. Other faves of mine: pretty much any Marvel movie, especially the Guardians of the Galaxy and Ant-Man films, the funnier the better (they're all funny, usually intentionally, but the ones deliberately played for comedy are wonderful and stand up well on their own) Greyhound and Battleship (the sublime and the ridiculous in terms of naval war movies) The 2014 Godzilla remake (the best kaiju film of all time since the original Godzilla -- even the Japanese loved it and said it respected the material beautifully) The Russian films Tankers and T-34 (the latter with some of the most delightfully idiotic slow-mo CGI battle scenes ever) Hacksaw Ridge (all the more amazing because while there's a lot of dramatization early in the film, the stuff that actually happens in the battle was all real) Love, Actually (sappy and idiotic but also beautiful and funny and touching) Arrival (beautiful, believable, and heart wrenching at the end) Ad Astra (by far the most underrated sci fi movie of the past 5 to 10 years) First Man (the first real character study of what a fundamentally broken man a test pilot has to be) Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049 (an iconic movie and wonder of wonders, a sequel that doesn't fuck it up) And finally, my favorite movie of all time -- Tampopo by Juzo Itami. A glorious look at the wonders of man's relationship with food. It's wonderfully funny in many places, deeply thoughtful in others, hilariously filthy in a few spots, and beautifully shot and directed: it's the very first film to use the cinematographic technique of ending a scene and then panning the camera to pick up a character in the background, follow them, and start another scene without a break... and in the titanic combat between the hero and his rival in love for the leading lady, containing the single best fight scene in any movie ever. Quote Dr. Mike Metlay (PhD in nuclear physics, golly gosh) Musician, Author, Editor, Educator, Impresario, Online Radio Guy, Cut-Rate Polymath, and Kindly Pedant Editor-in-Chief, Bjooks ~ Author of SYNTH GEMS 1 clicky!: more about me ~ my radio station (and my fam) ~ my local tribe ~ my day job ~ my book ~ my music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docbop Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Another thumbs up for Buckaroo Banzai, also Fifth Element, 12 Monkeys, Being John Malkovich, Starship Troopers and Atomic Blonde. For some teenage angst Breakfast Club, Pretty In Pink, and Ferris Bueller Day Off. A movie with some cool Jazz is Robert Altman's Kansas City and Mo Better Blues, Bird, Round Midnight. A film on the dark side of Jazz, Low Down based on life of pianist Joe Albany based on a book written by Albany's daughter. I'm a big Spike Lee fan so any of his big movies. I'm also a Denzil Washington fan and one of his early movies Devil In A Blue Dress. A detetive kind of movie takes place in L.A. post WW II. For a lot of laughs and funky soundtrack Undercover Brother. Don't watch movies as much these days, except for the teenage angst movies the rest are movies I do still enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GovernorSilver Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 And finally, my favorite movie of all time -- Tampopo by Juzo Itami. A glorious look at the wonders of man's relationship with food. It's wonderfully funny in many places, deeply thoughtful in others, hilariously filthy in a few spots, and beautifully shot and directed: it's the very first film to use the cinematographic technique of ending a scene and then panning the camera to pick up a character in the background, follow them, and start another scene without a break... and in the titanic combat between the hero and his rival in love for the leading lady, containing the single best fight scene in any movie ever. No wonder you and I seem to get along so well! My favorite comedy of all time as well. I never thought of the similarities between the Western gunslinger and Japanese samurai archetypes until I watched this film. Not too many fight scenes that are hilarious, but that was one of the best for sure, just edging the ridiculous "Put... on... the... glasses...!" fight in They Live in greatness I still need to order the Blu-Ray edition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elif Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Finding Forrester Searching for Bobby Fischer The Battered Bastards of Baseball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamuelBLupowitz Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Hot Fuzz (a buddy cop pastiche from the same team that brought you Shaun of the Dead) is one of my absolute favorite comedies of all time. It's basically an American action flick set in a rustic English village. Not a wasted line in the script. The third film in the loose trilogy, The World's End, is also excellent, but a little heavier in tone and subject matter (it deals a lot with alcoholism and not being able to outrun your past). Quote Samuel B. Lupowitz Musician. Songwriter. Food Enthusiast. Bad Pun Aficionado. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowboyNQ Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Good, light hearted. Let"s see: Burn after reading Safety not guaranteed Meet the feebles (NSFW) (Any of the 'Cornetto' flicks) RED Kingsman The Gentleman Logan Lucky Payback Shoot em up A league of their own Kelly"s heroes The castle All of these are high-quality flicks that don"t take themselves too seriously. Some are a little on the violent side. They may or may not be underrated - but certainly not by me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowboyNQ Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Sorry Sam we cross-posted there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iconoclast Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Or just watch The Fifth Element like 20 times. There's something about that movie that just cracks me up. You're looking for light faire here right? I watched Guns Akimbo and found it surprisingly entertaining Musicians should like Scott Pilgrim vs The World Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates. Some seriously funny, juvenile humor. Aubrey Plaza steals the movie. Neighbors. Very funny, very juvenile. Neighbors 2 and 3 get progressively less funny. Zombieland makes zombies fun! Cardio! The sequel was watchable. Someone mentioned Burn After Reading, which I also found funny, but not many others did! Quote You want me to start this song too slow or too fast? Forte7, Nord Stage 3, XK3c, OB-6, Arturia Collection, Mainstage, MotionSound KBR3D. A bunch of MusicMan Guitars, Line6 stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skipeb3 Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Walk Hard, The Dewey Cox Story should be required viewing.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MathOfInsects Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Best "movie" I saw all year was The Queen's Gambit. Quote Now out! "Mind the Gap," a 24-song album of new material. www.joshweinstein.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAJUSCULE Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Watched Richie Rich the other day. Macaulay Culkin remains undefeated. Quote Eric Website Gear page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Zeger Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Do you love to cook? Do you love to eat? Big Night Chef I recommend all the Wes Anderson films but especially: The Royal Tenenbaums The Grand Budapest Hotel Moonrise Kingdom Rushmore And the animated Isle of Dogs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
16251 Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 I recommend all the Wes Anderson films but especially: The Royal Tenenbaums The Grand Budapest Hotel Moonrise Kingdom Rushmore And the animated Isle of Dogs Missed my favorite The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou Quote AvantGrand N2 | ES520 | Gallien-Krueger MK & MP | https://soundcloud.com/pete36251 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Zeger Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 I recommend all the Wes Anderson films but especially: The Royal Tenenbaums The Grand Budapest Hotel Moonrise Kingdom Rushmore And the animated Isle of Dogs Missed my favorite The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou I knew that would be someone"s favorite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyRude Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Anyone got any good, underrated, light hearted movies to get through trying times and winter months? Contact: GOOD? Yes UNDERRATED? Yes LIGHT HEARTED? At times, but mostly thrilling and emotional. The greatest movie of all time. More recent: Queens Gambit: GOOD? Yes UNDERRATED? Yes LIGHT HEARTED? At times, but mostly quirky and awesome Shot Caller: GOOD? Yes UNDERRATED? Yes LIGHT HEARTED? No. Heavy, violent. Added here just because I watched the other night, really good with a guy from Game of Thrones Not a movie: The Office - binge watch: GOOD? Yes UNDERRATED? Not really LIGHT HEARTED? All the time - the best ever Quote Some music I've recorded and played over the years with a few different bands Tommy Rude Soundcloud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksoper Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 ...I watched the Eddie and The Cruisers movies a while back as well for fun I was involved with an extra in that movie who I met as it was being filmed. The movie aged better than the relationship. Or the girl, for that matter. Lots of great choices here. The Coen brothers got a nod already but don't neglect the one that put them on the map, "Blood Simple." Quote 9 Moog things, 3 Roland things, 2 Hammond things and a computer with stuff on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George88 Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Peter Sellers, 'The Party' Michael Clayton Tropic Thunder Royal Tennenbaums No Country for Old Men Arrested Development Cheers (Season 1) UK and US Office (UK is genius) Hot Fuzz Knives Out PARASITE Lady Bird Manchester by the Sea Magnolia Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Zeger Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 The Coen brothers got a nod already but don't neglect the one that put them on the map, "Blood Simple." GREAT film and often overlooked in discussions of the Coen brothers but definitely not a light choice (same for Miller"s Crossing and Barton Fink). Sort of 'Texas noir' with a super performance from the great character actor M. Emmett Walsh. Blood Simple also put Frances McDormand on the map. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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