I’ll start: “Happy Death Day”
Clue
Movie based on a board game? Blegh
But it’s awesome. Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd, Lesley Ann Warren
Osmosis Jones.
A half-and-half cartoon and live action film with Chris Rock as the titular character from the late-90s/early-00s. The movie was a flop, but I think it had more to do with lousy marketing. It was actually pretty good and a fun way to look at how things affect the human body.
David Hyde Pierce as the enormous Pill was a great choice, and Bill Murray was hilarious.
I love this movie!
Around the time this came out, I, having had no idea about the movie or its premise, wrote a story that was along similar lines in creative writing. Specifically, it featured the immune system and other cells as characters and whatnot.
I was accused of ripping off the idea.
It was fantastic. The spin-off show was good too
And Laurence Fishburne as Thrax. He was pretty horrifying when he would let loose and make people explode.
The Long Kiss Goodnight
https://imdb.com/title/tt0116908
Geena Davis and Samuel L Jackson. He said in 2019 that it was his favorite role. It was released after a flop for Davis and director Renny Harlin (then her husband), and may have had poor press related to that.
It has an unlikely hero, plenty of action sequences, some fun performances (I had to pause it after a funny line from Brian Cox cracked me up), and heart. Solidly entertaining. But low expectations might help.
I watched this movie when I was in middle school and thought it was badass. I completely forgot about it until your mention and now I gotta see if it holds up. All I remember is that it takes place in winter and Samuel L. says "Pussy is pussy " at some point.
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“You’re gonna die screaming and I’m gonna watch” will never not be a badass line, and “I propose that whatever he is trying to dislodge is either gone for good or there to stay” will never stop amusing me.
I wouldn’t say those are definitely the best lines in the movie, but probably top 5, definitely top 10.
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But that first line only gets better when she mows him down and punctuates it with, “Die screaming, motherfucker.”
That movie is so good, regardless expectations. One of my absolute favorites.
