For about month now I have been massive movie rut… struggling to find anything to watch. What do you do when you are in one of these slumps!?
I take a break from watching movies and read/audiobook or something else instead.
Recently, it’s been listening to audiobooks while sharpening all my kitchen knives.
Respect for taking good care of your kitchen knives my dude. 👊
Look for stuff from the past. Like have you watched Klute? Or the original Poseidon Adventure? What about old black and white films from the 40’s and 50’s? The back catalogs are where the real gems are.
I love 40s & 50s. Huge Bogart, Cagney, Hitchcock and McMurray fan. I am open to any and all suggestions you have for that era as I feel I have watched a lot of the good stuff that’s just there for the taking.
You may be on to something though. A Noir marathon may be beckoning.
Even some old stinkers can be fun from time to time. Cat Ballou is objectively not a great film, but I enjoyed it recently … currently working my way through Lethal Weapon (just finished 2), which again is patchy in almost every way!
A change is as good as a rest, as they say.
First of Lethal Weapon 1-4 are master pieces.
Secondly Cat Ballou was a great watch and if you enjoyed not I suggest Paint Your Wagon!
When I’m in a movie rut, I revisit few of my favorites that I haven’t seen in a while.
Yeah I did that worked through a few Pacino movies I love. Maybe time to hit some others up.
I just watched Godzilla Minus One on Netflix last night. And Furiosa before that. I had been wanting to watch these movies for a while now and the opportunity presented itself.
Aside from that, I rewatched Stranger Things because I wanted to watch seasons 3 and 4 as I’d never watched them before. I’m thinking about checking out that show Adolescence cause I’ve been hearing good things about it.
If I can’t decide on a movie to watch, I’ll try to find something actiony where I don’t have to think as much. Do not watch Geostorm for this reason though; it’s too dumb to be enjoyable even as a bad movie.
Thankfully I have already ridden the Geostorm train.
I watched Adolescence and enjoyed it.
I have tried numerous brainless action flicks but nothing is doing it. Maybe need to give myself a challenge and just power through. Or just take a break.
I tend to go back to Roger eberts great movies. Or pick a director / actor I like and pick something I haven’t seen. Even if it’s not great it’s usually worth a watch.
