Me and my partner loves to watch movies and discuss trying to guess what is happening/will happen. We are open for recommendations and would love to hear your stories

Submitted by seeilaah t3_ycbsuw in movies

We follow the rules:

-Know nothing before the movie starts except the title (no trailers, discussion, imdb, etc).

-Movies we both have never seen.

-I pick one movie, she picks the next.

We sometimes have a quiet interaction, but when the movie is good oh boy, do we discuss during it. Sometimes we have to pause to discuss theories without losing too much content.

Does anyone else does this? What movies brought the most discussions?

We recently had great discussions during Cache (Hidden), The Rental, Forgotten, The Mummy 1 (we have seen this one but it is such a classic and we didn't remember everything).

Any recommendations and personal stories are highly appreciated.

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mikeyfreshh t1_itl818c wrote

I can guarantee you will not be able to guess a single thing that happens in Barbarian

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imminentmailing463 t1_itl8iq1 wrote

Unlikely one of you hasn't seen it, but Parasite would be an amazing one for doing this with.

The Secret in Their Eyes (the original Argentinian one, not the remake) would be good for this too.

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WhenRobLoweRobsLowes t1_itl9258 wrote

My wife and I do this quite a bit. I'd consider us both well-read or media-literate when it comes to mysteries and thrillers, so we'll very often toss out our plot suspicions as we go.

If it's a TV show, we'll usually just shout it out, and if we get it right, high-five. Usually, that's only about an hour, maybe 45 minutes, so we aren't "spoiling" anything.

If it's a movie, though, and someone gets a suspicion, we'll text the other and leave our phones down for the rest of the film until we see if we were right, then discuss. That way, we don't ruin anything, right or wrong.

Film recs: The Game with Michael Douglas and Identity with John Cusack.

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anneferbs t1_itlagr0 wrote

The HBO show Mare of East Town or season 1 of True Detective will have you guessing.

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DoopSlayer t1_itld71c wrote

Inherent Vice is fun for this because the main character is sorting through the smoky mystery just as much as the audience, and you feel like you uncover the truth with him

based on the Pynchon book.

But yeah my partner and I love doing this, or trying to figure out the thought process behind a scene, like why were decisions made to construct a scene the way it was, how it feeds into the thesis of the movie

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Maalaaja t1_itlhhkg wrote

Everything Everywhere All at Once was very good. It had so many things that i didn't see coming.

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wonwont t1_itlj60d wrote

going to reco something that isn't too deep. my partner and I had a ton of fun with source code

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LEXX911 t1_itlqo4g wrote

Mulholland Drive.

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LauraPalmersMom430 t1_itlraxi wrote

  • Aniara
  • Under the Silver Lake
  • Sorry to Bother You
  • Blue Velvet
  • Fresh
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xxStrangerxx t1_itm4jdn wrote

I like to lob a Denis Villeneuve film for these kinds of questions, particularly ENEMY

Movies to go in blind?

You want gonzo? FROM DUSK TILL DAWN

You want delightful and refreshing? STRANGER THAN FICTION

You want a whole lot of fun? KUNG FU HUSTLE

You want spiritual? SPRING SUMMER FALL WINTER ... AND SPRING AGAIN

You want to never watch movies the same again? EL TOPO

You want Henry Fonda? ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST

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vosha0 t1_itmqavm wrote

The Others (2001)

Vertigo (1959)

The Handmaiden (2016)

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gotthelowdown t1_itmx3f0 wrote

Three Identical Strangers.

It's a documentary, but it's a wild ride of twists and turns. Definitely don't read or watch anything about it. Watch it totally blind for the most intense experience.

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Bozee3 t1_itnsxah wrote

Frailty

Stir of Echoes

Moon

10 Cloverfield Lane

Dark City (Directors Cut)

The Ninth Gate

The Mist (Directors Cut if you can, it only makes it black and white)

Ready or Not

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K1llswitch93 t1_itp2tnt wrote

Triangle (2009)

Coherence (2013)

Enemy (2013)

Predestination (2014)

Mother (2017)

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