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Kereminde @kereminde.bsky.social

Hm, okay. The list of films I love and want other people to see is part of it, but recommending them is hard because they're often on the "not good" side of movies. Or at the least have been skewered by enough critics to make people dislike them. I'll throw out three.

aug 31, 2025, 12:29 am • 0 0

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Kereminde @kereminde.bsky.social

"Willow". I love it, this is where I know Val Kilmer from, and both Warwick Davis and him make the movie work. It's very by-the-numbers, and there's a lot of dialogue about how "it's just fantasy Star Wars!". It's not, it's really... not.

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Kereminde @kereminde.bsky.social

"Clash of the Titans". The 1981 version, which is full of stop-motion stuff. It's also been said to be dull, but I honestly enjoyed it growing up. These days I'd recommend it because said stop-motion is a lost (and expensive!) art.

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Kereminde @kereminde.bsky.social

"Johnny Mnemonic". It's not 'good' but Keanu is interesting in it as a courier who carries data files in his brain. It's weird because I saw this before I actually saw "Blade Runner". Also, home to a scene I really love. (Source of the GIF) Problem is, the rest of the movie feels "bleh".

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Kereminde @kereminde.bsky.social

One more now that I recall, and it's because I was familiar with the source material: "Always Watching". It isn't exactly connected to the original source, and it relies a lot on already having some cursory knowledge about the Slender Man mythos. Which is in the "fad" territory. It was interesting.

A movie poster for the film
aug 31, 2025, 1:33 am • 1 0 • view
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Kereminde @kereminde.bsky.social

But it's also an acquired taste: - Slender Man tangential. - A found footage horror movie. - Using "Marble Hornets" without being directly connected to it. (Even in writers.) - FULL of jumpscares and occasional digital distortions. - The protagonists are not really good people, really.

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Dnapalmhead @dnapalmhead.bsky.social

Ah, you know, still need to do that one! I liked the VHS cover, at the time, thought it was clever ^^

aug 31, 2025, 12:44 am • 1 0 • view
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Dnapalmhead @dnapalmhead.bsky.social

It used to blur with me as a kid, with Jason and the Argonauts X3

aug 31, 2025, 12:43 am • 1 0 • view
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Dnapalmhead @dnapalmhead.bsky.social

Willow terrified me near the end as a kid, we watched it at a hotel during a trip and I wasn't prepared XD The arcade game was fun, too!

aug 31, 2025, 12:42 am • 2 0 • view
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Kereminde @kereminde.bsky.social

The NES game was... look, I'm 90% convinced it was another game with the license plastered over it. But it was still a fun game.

aug 31, 2025, 1:23 am • 1 0 • view
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Hungry Lucario (HL) @hungrylucario.bsky.social

Poltergeist, the original. It scared me as a kid. I never wanted to be in a room with a tv showing snow.

aug 31, 2025, 12:51 am • 1 0 • view
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Dnapalmhead @dnapalmhead.bsky.social

I stayed up all night the first viewing, with the lights on XD I feel that

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