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Not necessarily because it was gory or disturbing in a horror sense, I mean a movie that genuinely left you feeling sick, like you needed a shower afterward.

For me, it’s conspiracy (2001), the HBO movie about the Wannsee conference with Kenneth Branagh, Stanley tucci, and an incredible ensemble cast.
There’s almost no violence on screen, which somehow makes it even worse. It’s just watching intelligent, well-dressed bureaucrats casually and methodically discuss the logistics of the Holocaust over lunch. The banality of it all is what got to me. By the end I honestly felt grimy, like I’d been sitting in the room with them.

I’m curious what movie did that for you. It doesn’t have to be horror or even intentionally disturbing. It could be a historical film, a drama, a documentary, or anything else that left you feeling genuinely disgusted or unsettled after the credits rolled.

What movie made you feel that way, and why?

The Coen Brothers have made some of my favorite movies of all time. In particular, I believe Raising Arizona, Miller's Crossing, and Fargo represent some of the best of the 90's, and show off the diversity of their interests and their range of different genres they can operate in.

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs was pretty good and I remember enjoying it back when it was released, but at the time it didn't occur to me that a made-for-Netflix anthology could be their final film.

I haven't seen a bad Coen Brothers movie, but I've obviously been less impressed by a few of them, and compared to their best work, TBOBS feels generally unremarkable.

Where does this rank on your all time list? Top 10 for me.

Everything about it was about as good as I remember, except Bloom, he was awful! Every scene that demanded he show some real emotion was completely wooden. He looks so bad compared to all the other great performances in the movie.

People complain about casting choices in the new Odyssey or about Pitt being too old for playing Achilles, but man I really think they should have reconsidered Bloom as Paris in this movie. He has the same face in every scene.

I must really have been blind to it as a little girl. He was my first celeb crush and I loved everything he was in. I'm honestly kinda scared to rewatch the Pirates of the Caribbean movies now, is he as wooden in those too? Damn.

I always found his performance in Lord of the Rings fitting since Legolas isn't a human and elves are pretty stiff otherwordly in the movies, but now I'm thinking that's just him not delivering on a good performance.

Back in the day, I used to watch films on my pc. For most of this time, my setup included a 38 inch screen and a very good headset. Films like Barry Lyndon and Amadeus were awesome to watch in this manner, but when I moved I went for a more living room set up, which is a 77 inch tv, but crucially also just tv audio (shameful, I know).

I know I was missing quite a bit when watching Masters of the Air, Babylon, stuff like that, but the worst thing for me was that even dialogue was really hard to understand this way.

I knew it couldn't continue like this, so I splurged and ordered a top tier soundbar which will be here in a couple of hours.

Now I want to know, what films are absolute must sees, or better said: must hears, now that I finally got my stuff together? It doesn't necessarily have to be something with the best music or best soundtrack, I could have probably googled those, at this point I'm more interested in movies that have the best sound design, best use of surround sound etc.

I've seen roughly 200 films out of the IMDb top 250, so a bit more obscure than that is no problem. ~2012ish and beyond is a bit of a weaker era for me though, so I'm very open to newish suggestions.

It had a predictable plot, but I still had a lot of fun with it. The ensemble cast did a good job, and Skeletor was an effective villain who really helped maintain the film's tone.

We've seen plenty of fantasy adventure movies underperform at the box office, only to gain a cult following years later. I think this movie will also find its audience through streaming.

The movie looked bright and colorful, so I don't have many complaints about it.

What are your thoughts on this movie?

I thought the film was amazing, but I just can’t interpret what happened in the final 20 minutes. I get that Kubrick likes to leave things ambiguous but this just stumped me.

I mean it lets you have a massive screen in such a small form factor I understand VR has failed as a whole but it has so much potential for movie watching at home. What are your thoughts?