Klavan's Three GREAT Modern Movies

[@advancedomega]

My favorite movie of all time: "Hot Fuzz" It starts as a parody, a mockery of cop movies. Then it ends as a glorification of cop movies.

[@mrcampbell4611]

Yarp!

[@sirg-had8821]

... Narp?

[@trequor]

Hot Fuzz is the best written movie I've ever seen.

[@MajesticDemonLord]

The entire Cornetto trilogy is great.

[@Kragar01]

And obviously check out their tv series “Spaced”

[@j.d.1506]

My favorite klavin videos are discussions about film. Even though everything else is awesome. But I always love your take on film. It’s always so interesting and a nice break from politics.

[@hhoi8225]

As long as he steers clear of sci-fi and fantasy, which he truly does not understand.

[@kettlynealysee]

I admire the videos where he talks about films and film itself. But my favorite videos of Mr. Klavan are his videos about Christianity, the Bible and God. It's really compelling.

[@DarkestGlitcher]

Him playing video games is also entertaining. He at least tries. Not like Walsh

[@bighands69]

@@hhoi8225 Most of science fiction is trash. DO not confuse your love for something as meaning it is of the same quality as the greats of filmmaking. I love Blade Runner but I know it is not as good as The Godfather or Vertigo.

[@hhoi8225]

@@LimitlessOfficialDJ Quelle horrore, apparently Star Trek embodies the vast range of sci-fi and fantasy bodies of literature and film. You are in the right place lol.

[@atticusmcfly]

It's safe to say you won't necessarily find quality films at the Academy Awards, the most enjoyable music at The Grammys or the best novels on the New York Times' Best Seller List. There's always great art out there but these days you simply gotta dig deeper to find gold.

[@artcanhelp]

I think this is Klavan's weakness. He is to focused on mainstream arts, but, he makes a living on that so I can't blame him.

[@erykmelgaard2226]

@@artcanhelp however mainstream arts are important. Most people are lazy and just follow mainstream things and the mainstream arts have a potential to be good and creat meaning full art.

[@KEP1983]

@@erykmelgaard2226 not only that, but they're the only ones with sufficient budgets to pull off some great stories. Not that small stories can't be great. But the Sistine Chapel wasn't made on a low budget, after all. If Michelangelo would have been limited financially, we may have had some nice small pieces, but we'd never have gotten the Sistine Chapel.

[@artcanhelp]

@@erykmelgaard2226 Most certainly. And the mainstream is the best gauge of where culture stands.

[@bighands69]

Modern oscars yes that would hold true but not in the classic or even new year of the Oscars would that hold true. There have been amazing films that have won at the oscars.

[@zechariahhall97]

There has been some great films the past two decades: Top Gun: Maverick Ford v Ferrari Prisoners The Dark Knight The Passion of The Christ Whiplash 127 Hours Interstellar Spotlight Nightcrawler Boy Inglorious Bastards The Lord of The Rings Trilogy Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood Creed Hacksaw Ridge The Prestige

[@vmusket5464]

Social Network has to be up there

[@zechariahhall97]

@@vmusket5464 that’s a great one, too. Sorkin is one of the all time great screenwriters.

[@artcanhelp]

Why doesn't anyone give hacksaw ridge love? Or Silence. I mean it is not as good as the book but nothing is. Harry Potter is one of the best popular stories we have seen since LotR and Narnia. Prisoner of Azkaban is an amazing work of art.

[@gergo7507]

Uncut Gems too.

[@Michael_ORourke]

I didn't understand what he was going on about that there aren't as many good movies now. Almost every year has a few really good movies and a ton of okay/bad movies. I don't care if it's 1962, 1982, or 2022. This year alone we've gotten Top Gun Maverick, Everything Everywhere All at Once, The Northman, and Elvis. There will probably be some more later this year. This video just sounded like an old man ranting about the good old days.

[@ProductBasement]

_Tropic Thunder_ is one of my all-time favorite guilty pleasure movies. That movie and the "Diversity Day" episode of The Office are a time capsule of just how much better race relations used to be in this country not so very long ago

[@padraigdoyle9262]

diversity day is brilliant my favourite lines are "oh this is a good one slavery vs the holocaust" and kevin and angelas interaction "do you wanna smoke?" "no" "i think ya do mon"

[@trequor]

It's not even a guilty pleasure. The movie is genuinely great

[@nathanielchapman1829]

Yes and yes! The Office is one of the best if not the best tv show ever.

[@zyehov]

Love tropic thunder

[@ThePrinceOfNigeria]

Tropic Thunder to me might quite frankly be the best comedy ever made which if I'm been honest I never thought would come from Ben Stiller.. Several dimensions of laughter to be had on that one.

[@ronintheebarbarian2041]

As a big movie nerd, i absolutely agree. My list is pretty different tho. I’ve got Top Gun Maverick Night crawler Logan They’re all just very good movies. They’re not all necessarily “conservative,” or even “anti-woke,” they’re just good pieces of art. It’s quite depressing how far films, novels, and shows have fallen. At least we can appreciate the ones that are good as they come along every once in a lunar eclipse.

[@joshuaorourke1976]

3 great films and also some of my modern favourites.

[@artcanhelp]

I feel like Klavan is not a superhero fan. I mean, The Dark Knight is an all around amazing film with great values as well.

[@digitalnomad9985]

Logan was good, but to have a moral it had to reference an older movie.

[@lighthousefilms5530]

Friggin love Nightcrawler

[@artcanhelp]

@@digitalnomad9985 Don't all morals reference older things?

[@Hard_Boiled_Entertainment]

Honestly if there were more guys in Hollywood like Josh Brolin's character...

[@artcanhelp]

They are all too interested in Harvy Weinsteining young boys and girls to slap them around for meaning. They would rather enslave the actors than help them uplift society.

[@michaellorenzen8200]

or on Capital Hill

[@BlookbugIV]

There would be if merit wasn’t subordinate to just about every other consideration

[@bromleysimon7414]

He goes to confession twice a day to unburden himself of moral conflicts and renew himself for battle.

[@Hard_Boiled_Entertainment]

@fatarsemonkey David Zaslav? Sure looks that way!

[@nebulous6660]

Odd of him to be so dismissive of Django as if it’s a film about nothing. The handshake scene alone was brilliant in how it conveyed the repugnance of slavery.

[@YouLousyKids]

Django has its moments, but he's right that it is a revenge fantasy. MY big fear is that people might think that "Mandingo fighting" was a real thing, and it never was...and there are far too many uninformed people who believe everything they see in movies.

[@pluckyduck11y]

I rewatched Tropic Thunder recently and it's just a knockout satire. One of the best scripts of the last 20 years. In some ways, the last truly great sensational comedy that has a great concept and nails it. From beginning to end, never a dull moment. Every scene has great jokes, every character has good lines. It's Ben Stiller's masterpiece.

[@ThePrinceOfNigeria]

Hollywood doesn't have the balls to make that kind of movie ever again which is sad because that was such a great movie.

[@hkaayaakuu]

Hail tropic thunder

[@bradysmith4405]

@@ThePrinceOfNigeriaHollywood has become so self serious and afraid to laugh at itself. Tropic Thunder has become more and more relevant as the years have gone on

[@boatdetective]

Tom Cruise as Les Grossman! You know that he really enjoyed himself in that role.

[@matthewgallant3622]

Tropic Thunder was basically the Three Amigos

[@Drdirkjackson]

Singing in the Rain is a great example of Hollywood holding that mirror up to itself. I absolutely love the gag where the silent actress holds the studio boss in check because she has a contract. Fiction and satire at its best.

[@Drdirkjackson]

@Randy White I can't be mad, I use to be that guy in my younger days

[@dr.juerdotitsgo5119]

Yes! Other two magnificent movies about movies are The Bad and The Beautiful (1952) and The Player (1994)

[@m.iramiles9310]

You're so right about "Tropic Thunder" & "Once Upon a Time" that I'm going to have to give "Hail Caesar" a chance.

[@jeremyabrahamson2872]

Hai Ceaser is super underrated. Probably because it called out the commies for their attempt to take over Hollywood. Its really not a political film,though, its about culture more than anything, so its right on the money.

[@oliverholmes-gunning5372]

Definitely one of the most underrated of the Coens' movies, and a brilliant satire on celebrity culture, politics and religion.

[@nathanielcheyenne2942]

I love the Coens, their best is and will be Miller's Crossings

[@strellasmith777]

I happened to watch Inglorious Bastards right after reading and watching a lot of material on the holocaust. For me watching a fictionalized account of the Nazis getting taken down by a vulnerable Jewish girl satisfied some deep need for justice. Not to mention I thought the movie was gorgeously shot and well acted. The bar scene with Michael Fassbender was stunningly intense and the scene where the Shosanna character puts on her war paint was mesmerizing. I adored it, but to each his own.

[@flintfredstone228]

I didn't like the movie. That's all it was essentially, Jewish "justice". All the characters you're supposed to like I hated. The only character I liked was the sniper. If you want to watch a good Holocaust movie that's also factual you should check out 'Escape From Sobibor'

[@williampowell3378]

The bar scene was one of the best Tarantino ever shot.

[@jeffreydean5112]

Amazing movie. The opening scene with Hans is perfect

[@bellsprout7748]

It has amazing moments of tension and suspense and violence but once again, as a narrative piece, it's paper thin. Klavan's point is exactly right.

[@jacksonbryant3862]

I don’t care what exactly the movie was about, I loved it

[@vmusket5464]

THANK YOU for giving Hail, Caesar the credit it deserves. I knew it would be right up your alley, Klavan. It's the most optomistically Christian film from any mainstream modern director (and thematically, very layered). Definitely one of the best

[@mjef3695]

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is a masterpiece.

[@bangoskank7018]

I agree, I think it's Tarantino's best film and two of the best characters he's ever written.

[@sprezzatura8755]

For me Once Upon a Time is number one and Inglorious is number two.

[@bromleysimon7414]

@@sprezzatura8755 Well where is Jackie Brown then?

[@damiantirado9616]

Nah it’s not a masterpiece buddy. You conservatives are terrible at analyzing films

[@TickleMeElmo55]

@@damiantirado9616 "You conservatives are terrible at analyzing films" Why does it matter if the poster is conservative? There are many non-conservatives that think the film is rather good.

[@Sketch_XR]

I'll add some great titles to Klavan's list that I recommend which are from after 2000: "No Country for Old Men", "A Quiet Place", the entire "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, "Ford vs Ferrari", and "1917". And here's an extra three from this year too: "The Northman", "Bullet Train", and "Top Gun: Maverick". AND, here's a few TV series: "Stranger Things", "Chernobyl", "Arcane", and "Primal".

[@lieutenantflyboy]

There Will Be Blood, The Dark Knight, Nightcrawler, Interstellar, Mad Max Fury Road, Creed, Blade Runner 2049, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, Hereditary, Parasite, The Lighthouse, Spider-Man No Way Home

[@bighands69]

@@lieutenantflyboy Only There Will Be Blood is a great film on your list. The rest are good entertainment nothing else.

[@bighands69]

Out of that list only No Country for Old Men ad Lord of the Rings trilogy qualify has great movies.

[@OwwThatSmarts]

O Brother, Where Art Thou? Classic comedy made around 2000. Is it deep and meaningful? No. But it is fun and crazy and entertaining. Another rare gem. I agree that Hail Caesar! is good like that. Maybe not quite as good but still good.

[@IndyDefense]

It's based on Homer's Odyssey though, which is hilarious.

[@howardmctroy3303]

I was unprepared for how good the new Top Gun was, especially the end where Maverick and Rooster are behind enemy lines. It had the personality of an older movie. A lot of the media we have now is a reflection of the uninspired, confused state of our society.

[@ThePrinceOfNigeria]

There is a new movie from Kevin Hart and Mark Wahlberg in the opening five minutes Kevin Hart mentions a penis and his four year old daughter asks him "dad do I have a penis" and he replies "no, but at some point if you want one you can get it" it was such a cringe line, uncalled for, yet forced into the story just to promote the transgender cause the whole movie was boring and uninspired but surely a great representation of what art has become today.

[@bozoclown99]

Overall great action film but the (apparently) necessary nods to DEI (e.g., hot little girl pilot, etc 🙄) scenes were throwaways unimportant to the story and mostly cringeworthy /230913

[@howardmctroy3303]

@@bozoclown99I don't mind "representation" as long as it's done well.

[@diegomontoya8889]

I agree that the Coen Bothers are kind of hit and miss. I like dark and gritty movies and I think their adaptation of the novel, "No Country For Old Men" is a masterpiece. For people that need constant movement, it is slow to watch at times, but I don't ever feel like there is wasted screen time in the plot.

[@ThePrinceOfNigeria]

Hit and miss is quite a stretch for people like the coen Brothers, to be honest they have far way more great and good movies than they have bad ones.

[@diegomontoya8889]

@@ThePrinceOfNigeria I should correct that statement, as you are speaking truth. It isn't a one for one good and bad, 50/50 thing. The Coen Brothers have far more good films than bad ones. I am a huge fan of their filmography overall, but they have had some films where I personally just wasn't a huge fan. Barton Fink was one of those films, the Man Who wasn't there, although Tom Hanks did his best, "The Lady killers" wasn't a big hit for me...That's all I meant.

[@okyouknowwhatever]

They get really annoying really fast when they get caught up in too much quirkiness.

[@kennethlauer4735]

Downey Jr. Literally is in character for the dvd commentary

[@kalebstuckey570]

Obviously that’s funny because his character says that in the movie. But one of the inspirations for the character was Christian Bale, who actually did do a lot of press for the Batman movies without his accent.

[@jimluebke3869]

"Hail, Caesar" is one of the best Easter movies ever made. By a couple of Jewish guys, no less. I can only imagine that the idea came from a conversation with a very earnest evangelist trying to pitch Jesus to them... "He is The Redeemer, who will sacrifice everything for you to forgive you all your sins, even if you don't deserve it, so you can become the best you could possibly be" "So... sort of like a Hollywood fixer, then?" "Um..." Oh, and the most delighfully absurd part -- aside from Tilda Swinton once (or twice) again playing The Accuser (a.k.a., Satan) -- is the fact that the loveliest, least flawed, most normal person in the entire movie *dances with fruit on her head* for a living. Gotta love it.

[@displaychicken]

Absolutely agree. It’s a fantastic film with a tremendous amount of Christian symbolism and allegory.

[@Gatasma]

I really recommend last year’s Kenneth Brannagh’s Belfast! It was just really beautiful, a time period film, about family and acceptance of other people’s differences (it is set on Ireland , and tackles the anti catholic sentiment of the times). Honestly shed a tear at the end of the film.

[@socalguy616]

Brad Pitts character was based on the real life legendary stunt man Gene LeBell who was a very high level mixed martial artist (10th degree black belt in Judo) and really did beat down Bruce Lee for not showing other stuntmen respect. He actually passed away recently 8/9/22 at the age of 89.)

[@freebee8221]

Nah gene was a liar. He also lied about making steven seagul crap his pants

[@johndub3866]

Agree 100% about Once Upon a Time... A great movie, and I too laughed like a drain at the last 15 minutes.

[@ThePrinceOfNigeria]

Yeah, never seen something so brutal but yet so funny before but I think its hinged upon the fact that those who were on the receiving were so dumb and deserving.

[@jayjayjigsbys]

The Coen Brother's A Serious Man is in my top five favorite films of all time. It's their best, imo. Their funniest, darkest, and deepest all at once. Just my two cents.

[@JessicaJLandi]

The movie that had my laughing harder and more often than any other movie I can remember is "Hitch", but now I'm going to have to see "Tropic Thunder". Robert Downey Jr. is phenomenal.

[@ThePrinceOfNigeria]

If you are a comedy fan but haven't seen Tropic Thunder then I must say you are truly sleeping on that one, because you start laughing out loud five seconds into the movie and it goes on till the end (again, again, again, and again) with such a stellar cast all on their Apex Game. I can't see anyone making a comedy movie to top that, and Robert Downey Jr frankly deserved an Oscar for His performance in that one.

[@kazunariimakita1199]

Tropic Thunder is definitely in my top comedies my friends and I regularly quote. I'm a big Tarantino fan and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood was excellent. I didn't realize that representation of Brad Pitt's character. I think I love it even more now! As for Hail Cesar, I gotta watch that one. I don't like all Cohen brothers movies but I really liked their comedies Burn After Reading and O Brother Where Are Thou.

[@ThePrinceOfNigeria]

I've seen hail Caesar but I never really caught on to what the characters represented so I didn't really like it because I felt it was all over the place and incoherent which was odd coming from Coen Brothers, but with this information I will have to see it again as I am sure it will all make sense now.

[@real_MacrocosM]

Just cos it's a theme song doesn't mean it's not true

[@rubeng370]

I recently watched Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon 🐉 🐅 and wow the fight scenes are super well done 👏 I love it 😀

[@stephj9378]

The Curse of the Yellow Flower will toast your bagels too.

[@mystdragon8530]

Yes. I thought It was horrible that it lost to Charlie’s Angels for best fight scenes. I think it was from the actresses popularity vs the actual choreography.

[@denroy3]

Yawn

[@TheAyeAye1]

Thank you for giving Hail Caesar some love. It's one of the Cohen brothers I love as opposed to the ones strongly dislike.

[@ThePrinceOfNigeria]

Yeah, I'd truly want to know the ones you strongly dislike because you are the second guy I've seen on this thread saying something very similar.

[@sergten]

Tom Cruise dancing at the end of “Tropic Thunder” is one of the funniest scenes ever made.

[@moonlitegram]

I think you missed a big chunk of what Pulp Fiction was about if you think that movie is a film that exists purely for the sake of style. There's a reason it ends with Samuel L Jackson giving that monologue to Tim Roth about the Ezekiel passage and why that scene comes after the scene with Bruce Willis and John Travolta in the apartment, despite the fact that the order of events is reversed in regards to the plot. Because of the events that happened when Jules and Vincent are shaking down those guys for Marcellus, and because of the different interpretation they had of it, one of them winds up in that apartment with Bruce Willis, and one doesn't. And if you notice, pretty much every major plot point of that story involves some kind moral or ethical dilemma. I mean sometimes they're framed in a more traditional sense like Jules experience, while other times they're framed within the rules of the crime world that the characters operate within. But they're still there in virtually every scene.

[@williampowell3378]

Well written

[@okyouknowwhatever]

Film is too long, the scene with Tarantino's own character (Jimmy) is way too long and boring and unnecessary.

[@scottwhittaker4959]

You forgot Jackie Brown. QT seemed to be headed toward more drama, less violence. Hollywood is an extension of that.

[@enggopah]

Came out in 97.

[@okyouknowwhatever]

It's the only one of his films that is based on other source material (Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard) and thus comes across more mature and multilayered. Not every character sounds like Tarantino himself while talking. The film kinda semi-tanked though, and Tarantino quickly ran back to his old shock-jock money making gory violence ways.

[@TravisLeeism]

I’m glad I wasn’t the only person who laughed uncontrollably at the ending of Once Upon a time in Hollywood. I watched that part five times and it only got funnier, loved Tropic Thunder and now I have to watch Hail Cesar! Great film!

[@davidgerald133]

But the true irony was the virtuous character turning down underage sex in a movie that reimagines the murder of Roman Polanskis girlfriend

[@mongolianqwerty123]

@@davidgerald133 True, tho the case could be made that Polanski would never have sunk to such deplorable lows if Sharon had survived. Her living would have saved him as well

[@ThePrinceOfNigeria]

@@davidgerald133In my opinion I doubt he was even being virtuous because He did say to her she wasn't going to be the reason he'd go to jail and you'd have to also consider that he just narrowly got away with the murder of his wife and should be aware the law was waiting for him to slip up, so it wasn't more about virtue like it was about fear of consequence.

[@VinnieBoucher_II]

God, Tropic Thunder was just so good. So many hilarious scenes and characters. One of my favorite movies of all time.

[@kevinintheusa8984]

We love Tropic Thunder so much at our home. It does suffer in the last third of the film but the stuff up to that point is awesome. The standouts are RDJ and, of course, Tom Cruise. I remember hearing Ben Stiller saying that he offered Cruise the part and he came back and told him he would do it but he must have huge hairy hands and arms. Stiller was not sure what to think but said OK and then when in Post Production, he got called by Cruise to come to see what they had come up with on the makeup. Stiller went to see and Tom was practicing the dance moves with the arms and fat suit on. It became one of the best parts of the film.

[@hengineer]

A lot of satires kinda dull at the end but that's just a function of having an actual plot, you need to close out the story in a relatively realistic way. Same with Tucker and Dale vs Evil, first half of the movie is great and hilarious. Second Half is.....OK but it has to close out the plot.

[@skrome1953]

I loved every second of Once upon a time in Hollywood, the ending included. Of course I know the awful history but a fictional story based on a true event isn't obligated to be a slave to historical reality. The funny / traumatic, over the top ending left me with a warm (no pun intended) glow for the probable enduring friendship between Rick and Cliff (Pitt) and the possible start of a friendship between Cliff and his neighbors. In Tarantino's alternate reality I envision Cliff becoming a serious star in a Polanski movie. And what a walk down memory lane it was. Although I walked by the No Hollywood Victory Drive in everyday on my way to jr. high we did go to the Van Nuys drive in every once in a while. When I was 16 in 1969 I started driving into Hollywood nearly every Fri and Saturday to hang out with friends in Laurel Canyon with trips to Aron's Records to score used albums, catch folk and blues acts at the Ash Grove and to fill up on Pink's hot dogs. Manson Family member Tex Watson was rumored to live in Laurel Canyon at some point but I never ran into him or if I did, didn't know who he was. Lots of hitchhikers back then too. Tarantino didn't get all the details right. The sound of Cliff's Karmann Ghia. Have you ever heard a 60's VW sound like that? That's ok - don't sweat the small stuff.

[@Barronvoncrash]

If you haven't seen it already, I'd recommend watching "Tucker & Dale vs Evil". Edit: even if you have seen it I'd recommend watching it again 😁.

[@dwightdonnelly8662]

I enjoyed "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood," and your review. I knew why I liked Brad Pitts character, but didn't know how to articulate it. Thank you

[@jonkelley9021]

doesnt like inglorious or django because Tarantino rewrites history to save the victims.. 10 seconds later: I love how he rewrites the Manson murders history to save the victims

[@Hard_Boiled_Entertainment]

To be frank, Drew, not liking movies that aren't "about real life" really requires some explanation. I understand you don't care for Sci Fi, Fantasy (until you wrote Another Kingdom), etc...but the idea that those "unreal" genres don't have value needs an argument. What do you mean by "about real life"?

[@rynolascavio3381]

I absolutely love Klavan. But we couldn't be further apart about our taste in movies.

[@artcanhelp]

For someone with imagination he is lacking in this department. I think he likes things that are grounded in a reality he recognizes and does not require him to "get his bearings." but I would love for him to explain this taste choice more explicitly.

[@thefilmeffect6089]

His whole diatribe about Tarantino’s films was a bit lacking or shortsighted. Movies don’t need some overarching message to have value. Everybody complains about that very thing in present day with too many modern films putting message before creativity. Tarantino’s films explore themes and characters and stand on being extremely well written entertainment. Also, Klavan summing up Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained as Tarantino saving minorities is just asinine.

[@Hard_Boiled_Entertainment]

@thefilmeffect6089 Precisely. It's one of the things I'm VERY pleasantly surprised with Matt Walsh about: He's stated he's a big Quentin Tarantino fan, especially of the two Westerns. As for Drew...he did praise Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, so I guess there's that.

[@lorenzoamer8456]

Love Klavan giving love to Hail Caesar, a movie that gets too much hate for absolutely no reason. It’s an absolutely amazing film and one if the Coen’s best since O Brother Where Art Thou (my favorite of their movies). Though, in regards to your thoughts on Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, the unfortunate thing is that Tarantino rewrote Brad Pitt’s entire character in the novelization to be, essentially, this violent criminal who gets away with murder four times, one of which being his own wife. The good thing about the book, though, is that it shows this amazing scene at the end where Rick Dalton finally realizes how completely absurd it is for him to feel the way he does about his acting career when he stands in the middle of his living room to see the memorabilia collected over the years and all the experiences and joys a life in movies has brought him over the years. So the book has its ups-and-downs, but still keeps a somewhat conservative mind.

[@josephfraser]

I was going to list my favourite three movies from the last twenty years, but then learned two of them are 90's - The English Patient (1996), The Talented Mr Ripley (1999), Gladiator (2000)

[@mywalterego9248]

Tropic Thunder isn't about actors, it's about SELF AWARENESS which actors are famously low in.

[@blazeovich]

I do like your quirky takes

[@boiboi7717]

he's not like other klavan's

[@rswindol]

I prefer his Turkey Quakes.

[@blazeovich]

@@boiboi7717 there are no easy takes.

[@blazeovich]

@@rswindol there are no easy clicks.

[@thelionsshare6668]

1. Brad Pitt's role is loosely based on Gene LeBell, who was a stunt-man, pro-wrestler, and catch-wrestler. And trained Ronda Rousey in Judo. 2. Didn't like Hail, Caesar, or at least what I saw of it. I can't get past the first twenty minutes, as there's nobody likable. Who am I rooting for in this movie? Who am I suffering for? 3. Robert Downey Jr's role in Tropic Thunder is one of the most misunderstood. Some people have seen it as "black-face," and he's making fun of black actors. In truth, he's making fun of insane method actors who "become" their character.

[@bossisin2510]

I’m sure you don’t read these comments, but just in case, what do you think of my top ten favorite movies: 10. Eyes Wide Shut 9. The Dark Knight 8. Se7en 7. Manhattan 6. Blow Out 5. Hannah and Her Sisters 4. The Thing 3. Buffalo 66 2. The Matrix 1. Heat

[@stevewright1539]

The style is much of the substance of Pulp Fiction and that’s what makes it great!

[@OpenMawProductions]

Eh.

[@okyouknowwhatever]

You're correct in the sense that the style is the only thing in PF that holds any relevance. The restaurant dance scene and the scene with the boxer in the taxi are entertaining and mildly funny scenes, but they're not in any way remotely profound. In contrast, the scenes where Samuel Jackson is reading Bibles lines are horribly boring and empty.

[@ep4169]

Can't believe he mentioned Hail Caesar, one of my favorite films. A little underwhelming the first time but I watched it a couple more times and enjoyed it more and more. The subtitle in the title card of the first movie-within-the-movie gives away its secret in plain sight.

[@frankbolger3969]

Couldn't agree more about Once Upon A Time in America. It's the only recent film that I actually loved. I think Tarentino and I grew up in the 60s watching the same cowboys and Sci Fi/ Monster movies, and he takes that whole 60s culture and nails its balls to the wall with great flair. Incidentally, the person who actually made that trek to the Spahn Ranch, according to his young daughter, was none other than The Lone Ranger, Clayton Moore.

[@shawnpilgrim2355]

Once Upon A Time in Hollywood is a masterpiece. I watch it all the time.

[@delix787]

Same! I’m on my 38th watch 👀

[@markrooker5971]

"True Romance" is one of my favorite movies. It's a Quentin Tarantino story that he sold to raise money to make "Resivour Dogs". It IS a love story as told by Tarantino.... lots of violent mayhem. It was directed by Tony Scott & has a terrific cast: Christian Slater, Gary Oldman, Dennis Hopper, Christopher Walken, James Gandolfini, Brad Pitt, Samuel L. Jackson, Chris Penn, Tom Sizemore, & Val Kilmer. This is a must see movie!

[@datsyukiansanderov7184]

No Country for Old Men Memories of Murder (Bong Jun-ho) Mulholland Drive Lost in Translation Hell or High Water The Sopranos (an extended film with 86 mini-films; best of the bunch)

[@rndyh77]

Mulholland Drive. Fantastic.

[@soulsistersam7]

I haven't seen Kail Ceaser but if Klavan says it's worth it to check it out, I will... I used to review movies for my job so I can't believe I missed a Clooney movie.... Love you Guys, G'day from Australia ❤️👍🙏🇦🇺🌏

[@Saratogan]

Andrew, where is "Death of Stalin" on your list of top movies?

[@thefilmeffect6089]

1. No Country For Old Men 2. There Will Be Blood 3. The Social Network

[@robnemily]

I miss 90's tv. Our families stopped watching new TV. We're watching Colombo, Monk, Princess Bride... shows I don't have to screen everything for the kids. Drybar Comedy has been a blast too.

[@rettaroo5972]

Other than Termites List, I haven’t seen you review any TV shows. I think TV is where the great film art is being made lately. For me personally, I really enjoy long, involved stories. I want to see deep character development. Same for books- a good thick book please! Kindly consider giving us your take on great television series made in recent years. We just finished Ozark. It was a wonderful tale of morality, family loyalty and corruption. At four seasons it was just the right length.

[@jccusell]

I love Tarantino.

[@yaantsudnbesdai972]

I had a REALLY "old-fashioned" upbringing. At the time, I ambivalently liked this fact in some ways and loathed it at other times and other ways. Some people would say that I lived a 'sheltered' life for awhile or metaphorically "lived under a rock": In fact, I resided "on top of a butte," instead... Many years later, I'm grateful I had this kind of upbringing. I've long recognized and have felt certain that society has been in the process of OVERALL 'de-evolution' for many many years, musically, artistically, cinematically, morally, socially...in every conceivable way. Due in part to my upbringing, I've long had familiarity with older music, T.V. shows, music, etc........and consider most 'older things' overall superior...and certainly I have always innately considered "conservatism" to be a euphemism for wisdom and intelligence.......in a society that too often erroneously mistakes conservatism for stubborness, refusal to change, and stupidity.... I consider most 'older' movies, by far, (esp. 70s and any decade before the 70s) to be vastly superior to modern movies in the ways that count the most. Yes there are many exceptions; I'm an optimist and I too would rather watch a good modern movie rather than go back in time to the past to find something that doesn't suck...but as a general rule, our society has long de-evolved and done it too egregiously which has resulted in that most modern aspects of our society suck and are pathetic and washed up and immoral, etc. and lack originality and creativity...

[@Gatasma]

As a social conservative, economically liberal, I really like seeing GOOD films. Doesn’t matter if they’re “conservative” or “liberal”. I think films are made to make us think about other perspectives. I would strongly encourage conservatives to vote however you like, but to absorb art outside of their political/ideological perspective.

[@lisaj2269]

Thank you. There’s zero chance I’d ever have watched any of these, but now I will.

[@matthewgallant3622]

Tropic Thunder was basically the Three Amigos. Pulp Fiction was a reaction to 80s action movies, by the way. It was absolutely about something.

[@lilliansheriff7668]

Just shared on Twitter Sir!!! One of my favorites has been In the Pursuit of Happiness with Will Smith

[@kevint1719]

My favourite 3 movies since 2000 are : 1) Gone Baby Gone, Ben Affleck's directorial debut and a brilliant adaptation of a Dennis Lehane mystery novel, even better I think than Mystic River, with some really thought provoking moral questions. 2) The Aviator, Martin Scorsese's excellent biopic of Howard Hughes. 3) Unbreakable, M Night Shyamalan's masterpiece.

[@Art-is-craft]

Gone baby Gone was 17 years ago. It shows the state of modern cinema.

[@thewishfulthinker]

I think you could make a pretty good case that this has been true in Hollywood since the 80s, or even before. In the 30s, they were making Only Angels Have Wings, which was about real people, not superheroes. In the 80s, movies like Raiders of the Lost Ark were pastiche films--pasted together from the stories Spielberg watched as a kid, from comic strips and film cliches. It felt more like a world for children. Totally different world from that of the World War II veteran directors. The Wild Bunch vs. Raiders of the Lost Ark is quite a contrast.

[@MostlyBuicks]

Did you overlook Mullholand Drive? It is not only about movie making, but it is about the Hollywood the dream vs Hollywood the nightmare.

[@jccusell]

I would love to hear a discussion about music and movies of the 20th century with people like Klavan. I dont agree with everything, but he brings so mamy argumenta to the table. Very riviting

[@k1n6n07h1n6]

I don't think Hail Caesar was conservative or liberal. It was making the point that movies are just as much propaganda, no matter what side it's coming from. The fact that George Clooney forgets the final words of his big religious monologue at the end of the film proves that he's easily swayed by whatever side is most in power at the time. Actors are empty headed mouthpieces for whoever pays them.

[@artcanhelp]

Don McClean had a good quote, something like: Because we don't believe in anything we aren't making good art. Yet, there are a few folks making good art it is just much harder to find. Mostly because there are way more people making art which makes a much larger cloud of crap you need to sift through.

[@rebimpskitzo8489]

I love how Klavan meshes his political views in a coherent way that brings something different to the table; a conservatives guide to non-shit media. The only thing that worries me is Dailywire is producing media that he could review. Think he'll be fair?

[@FulciLives42]

Talking about Tarantino - "I really dislike his films in which he saves minorities." - Klavan 🤣 That's messed up. Also, none of these are conservative films.

[@Jo-bs2uu]

One Upon a Time in Hollywood and Hail Ceasar pair really well together if you want a very specific kind of movie night lol

[@thenatundi9009]

Tropic Thunder was what caught my eye in the thumbnail, didn't expect to see it in the video

[@williamlarochelle3160]

Tarantino's novelization confirm that Cliff Booth did murder his wife. He only seems moral in contrast to Hollywood.

[@AspenVonFluffer]

There is good music coming out. You just need to know where to look. Check out Jack Rider Presents - kzbin.info/door/LV6BT2uTX8NyI-FbQdy0NA

[@pedduharsha5889]

I am from indian born in the great usa and living in india America truly needs a movie like RRR that was released in india.

[@montyhathaway4564]

Klavan I love you! Thanks for covering art more than anyone else on DW. Matt is my favorite but I watch all of your content. Once Upon A Time is going to age like the finest of wines

[@MikeBronson515]

Master and Commander with Russel Crowe was a definite modern classic

[@salinger1106]

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is Tarantino's best film. Andrew, you should the novel "re-telling" by the director himself. Really good.

[@williampowell3378]

Yeah

[@bruh949]

This is truly the moment Andrew Klavan became Heisenberg.

[@mongolianqwerty123]

This was a great vid, but Mr. Klavan is wrong about the shallowness of Pulp Fiction. There are spiritual depths in the film beyond the simple redemption of Jules character. A lot of it is esoteric, but powerful symbolism is at work in the picture (the Jimmy/Nurse Bonnie sequence is rife with it, for example)

[@rswindol]

I know Inglorious Bastards is total schlock, but I still love it.

[@mattturner7531]

I know Klavan wrote True Crime, which turned into a really good Bay Area detective/journalism thriller with Clint Eastwood. Check it out some time, Isaiah Washington, James Woods and Diane Venora are also fantastic in it.

[@RylzMunkister]

Tropic Thunder was the last thing I expected here

[@RoverIAC]

Filmmakers use to be inspired by good stories to make good films, now they are inspired by good films and seem to have forgotten the story bit.

[@tobydeaux]

I wouldn’t necessarily say a movie has to be conservative to be good. I would just say it needs to not be liberal. Movies are best when the political messages completely stay out of them, and that includes both sides. Only then are the story and characters able to organically develop without an agenda.

[@MasterEggroll]

Watch No Country for old men, 40 yr old virgin, Role models, Blade Runner 2049, and Rush. So many good movies out there that you dont even know about. I picked up Elysium with Matt Damon a few months ago. Never watched it but its a good one too.

[@AmatureAstronomer]

"Three GREAT Modern Movies?" There are so few, I can only think of three. "The Fellowship of the Ring", "The Two Towers" and "The Return of the King". Dozens come to mind for older movies.

[@hopefull61256]

More reviews please. Helps us sift through the garbage out there.

[@glenhesketh1]

Charles Dickons novels/films can't be beat.

[@donlee.4308]

Tropic Thunder 2 would be a smash hit in todays world that will cause a Liberal/SJW/Woke meltdown.

[@sherlockkrankcase3578]

Brad Pitt's character killed his wife in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

[@everythingisawesome76]

There have been quite a few good films released in the last 20 years. I agree with this list though.

[@Art-is-craft]

Not really.

[@5stardave]

"Pulp Fiction" was about 2 hours too short. For the price of a ticket now, with no more double features, I want all 3 "Lord of the Rings" extended versions spliced into one movie.

[@kalebstuckey570]

I think one of the best movies I have seen in the last ten years is “The Death of Stalin.” Ironically enough, it was Klavan who introduced me to it.

[@davidbriggs6086]

One of the great things about SciFi and Fantasy, apart from the fun subject matter, is the ability to isolate and magnify the elements and values you wish to display. You don't have to worry about what color the traffic lights are or which side of the street you drive on, you can emphasize the human elements and (and beings) that you wish to. Diehard may display the values of courage, honor, self sacrifice, compassion, friendship, comradeship, etc. but the Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter can accentuate and magnify them just as well or better. Of course, SciFi and Fantasy can be trash too, in the wrong hands, but so can "realistic" movies.

[@artcanhelp]

All art can do this. It is about focus. As long as an artist properly understands how to direct the viewer's attention they can ignore the minutia for the sake of the bigger picture.

[@lih3959]

3 Great Movies: Hail Caesar starring George Clooney Once Upon a Time in Hollywood starring Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio Tropic Thunder. Funny movie starring Robert Downing, Jr.

[@tftv7639]

I hate it when they make movies about movies. There is so much else that is ordinary and everyman/day to make movies about.

[@artcanhelp]

In an age of specialization know one knows anything beyond their field. It is the death of the jack of all trades. Instead we only have masters of one and so they are enslaved to that field and its stories. horse blinders.

[@tftv7639]

@@artcanhelp Exactly. This is why I appreciate people like Oliver Stone, Ernest Hemingway, George Orwell, etc. who actually lived the art that they made.

[@robvegart]

Andrew, you point out about Tarantino movies in which much of the movies have no real substance but more about how chaos derives of something from nothing. I wonder if Tarantino has ever watched his movies consecutively to see just what is consistent with him self in content regarding these movies. All his movies i agree seemed to have overtones of the 1960's though they be of different era's. His infatuation with this suggest that he is indeed enamored with rebel culture. In particular the 60's. It was probably an escape watching movies and mastering this mostly throughout his younger life. I also believe this is where his direction and leanings fell into place. Probably neglected so he developed his own direction and how life should be. The closest director that i would relate him to would be Martin Scorsese. You can even tell his movies are very much era genre oriented with the main characters being anti-hero's and celebrated as savior's from the fictional world of establishment characters.

[@FightingCamel22]

Anyone else think if Xpress VPN goes woke, the DW should create a competitor called KLAVPN