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Sometimes a night is too long and lonely for one movie to get you thru it. That's when you need a double feature.
So recommend two movies that are actually better to watch together than separately.
I'll start with the original failsafe and Dr. Strangelove.
Failsafe is a dark, harsh, gritty and hard look at nuclear war that pulls no punches but isn't as depressing as 'on the beach'. it was an excellent movie for it's day and still is.
Dr. Strangelove is a dark satirical comedy that satirizes things without parodying them, and yes, satire is different from and harder to do than parody.
Watching them both is a bit of a roller coaster ride from one extreme to the other. Not bad.
Alien and aliens goes without saying.
The blob 58 and the blob 88 are an interesting look at how america changed in 30 years.
"But the universe is a big place, and whatever happens, you will not be missed..."
The easy answer is 'take any franchise and watch two movies from it'.
When the kids start getting a little older, watching Cinderella and Ever After provides a bit of perspective to growing up. Likewise, any fifties cowboy movie next to Dances with Wolves provides an interesting contrast in how America viewed Native Americans at different times.
Both The Incredibles and Megamind are thoroughly entertaining animated superhero movies that dip their toe into the more serious issues of what it means to be a hero in the first place.
If you're in the mood for some goofy comedy that doesn't dip into sheer silliness, you can do way worse than doubling up Love At First Bite and Zorro, the Gay Blade... assuming you can find them anymore.
One thing I do not recommend. Don't do the 'drink every time an old James Bond movie does something you'd never get away with in a modern film' game. You might barely make it out of Dr. No without getting completely smashed, but you'll never make it through From Russia With Love, much less Goldfinger.
I just recently got the Criterion Collection Blu-ray of that in. Looking forward to watching it soon.
I would say Alien and Aliens is a good double feature. Halloween (1978) and Halloween II (1981) also works well together. Evil Dead II into Army of Darkness would be a fun evening.
Some of the OG monster movies work well paired together. I would go Dracula (1931) into Frankenstein (1931) or for bigger monsters King Kong (1933) into Godzilla (1954)
Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
I’ve thought of some more pairings I would likely go with.
Krull and Willow or Labyrinth and Legend for some weird 89’s fantasy.
Big Trouble in Little China and The Last Dragon for comedic martial arts action.
Hudson Hawk and Last Action Hero, misunderstood gems. Or Hudson Hawk and Showgirls—movies half the cast and crew knew were comedies, and half knew were not comedies.
Cats and The Apple, wtf musicals.
Automatically Appended Next Post: @Atman, please let me know how it holds up on blu ray.
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Zed wrote: *All statements reflect my opinion at this moment. if some sort of pretty new model gets released (or if I change my mind at random) I reserve the right to jump on any bandwagon at will.
Zed wrote: *All statements reflect my opinion at this moment. if some sort of pretty new model gets released (or if I change my mind at random) I reserve the right to jump on any bandwagon at will.
You cant have a double feature thread without this.
As for the movies maybe I'd go a black and white pair of Creature From The Black Lagoon + Young Frankenstein.
Or any of the modern Star Wars trilogy followed by Space Balls to remind me why modern Star Wars is even a thing. Merchandising!
Evil dead 2 and Army of Darkess. The latter is the conclusion of the previous movie and combined together they last less than 3 hours, which makes the double feature watch quite reasonable.
As to a godzilla double feature, i'd go with the original, and then shin godzilla.
As to a james bond double, maybe almost any of the first series of films followed by Craig's casino royale.
Someone said that merchandising made star wars, it wasn't the first film series to be mass merchandised, the planet of the apes series had the whole merch storm too.
"But the universe is a big place, and whatever happens, you will not be missed..."
After binging MST3K my thought on an extra cheesy double feature would be Puma Man and Warrior of the Lost World.
Both feature Donald Pleasance as a mind-controlling villain and it's easy to imagine a connection between his plot in Puma Man and the post-apocalyptic wasteland of Warrior of the Lost World.
I prefer to buy from miniature manufacturers that *don't* support the overthrow of democracy.
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