Well, I have a ps3, no blu-ray movies, I'd like to change that. However, Im a pretty picky movie person (seeing as they're only 2 hours-ish, its harder to justify the price). So here are my guidelines:
Has to be from 1997 or more recent (anything else doesnt really need to be blu-ray)
I like a movie that takes a middle ground between action and drama, I dont like pure action movies or overdone dramas. Basically a drama with a couple violent/intense scenes is good (The Departed basically falls into that category, although Im not sure I liked it, movies similar to it also fit in here obviously).I dont need a happy ending either.
Has to be fun to watch more than once (thats why I hate overdone dramas, I cant stand watching the same characters do the same 20 minute speach much more than once, which is what bothered me about Flags of our Fathers)
Again Im extremely picky, out of about 50 movies I remember clearly, I only genuinely enjoyed a few, dont go reccomending any movie you liked, without really thinking if someone with extremely strict tastes would like it. Dont expect to have very many reccomendations.
I, do like dramatic scenes, despite what I've said about overdone dramas. I love dramatic/desperate scenes they just have to be well done. For example, I loved the scene in the house in Saving Private Ryan were all they do is talk about how their assignment isn't fair and how one life isn't worth their's, while I hated the scenes where Ira (sp?) in Flags of Our Fathers gets drunk and feels sorry for himself, seemed to overdone and cheesy (again opinion, maybe).
I tend to hate movies that are *touched by Hollywood*, I dont mind Hollywood movies, but some reoccurring themes in them are just stupid. I hate cheezy gunfights that are made just to be badass, or characters who waste 30 minutes crying about how they need to go on without them. Basically I hate movies that are unrealistic to a crazy extent (I dont mean fantasy).
If it helps I enjoyed these movies: Saving Private Ryan, No Country for Old Men, and to a lesser extent Gone Baby Gone.
Im neutral/kind of liked these: The Departed, Letters from Iwo Jima, and There Will be Blood
I hated these: Blood Diamond (overdone and unrealistic drama scenes, unrealistic fights, no offense to those who like it just my opinion), Flags of Our Fathers (just some overdone drama scenes, at a ridiculous extent, and the characters were occasionally hard to tell apart), Balls of Fury (and every other crazy fruity comedy like it, dont get me wrong I laugh at these movies, but they have no lasting appeal)
Im only posting these at the chance you'll find some pattern about the movies I like/dont like (and also so you dont reccomend the ones I hate). Again, lots of this is opinion, so don't necessarily reccomend movies you liked, just try to imagine movies I would like (Ex. lots of people liked Blood Diamond, not me) Thanks in advance.
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