Everybody seems to pout that we never really see anything truly original anymore. R/Movies rants that all non-AFI greatest films are terrible. Film fanatics despise the franchise films. Movie-goers rarely find anything worth attending the theater for.
What is the last big movie that felt truly original to you? Why do you love it?
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At their heart there are no original films.
But every year there are good original films. In 2021 I enjoyed PIG.
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After 2000 a few good movies where made, for me the last one was "Unbreakable".
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The Northman gets my vote.
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Lifeforce, a 1985 sci-fi/horror/mystery film starring Steve Railsback and Peter Firth, directed by Tobe Hooper and based on Colin Wilson's novel "The Space Vampires". I like it because it actually gives vampirism a scientific rationale, a real logical reason for them to do what they do, and the story takes place in a world where such creatures can actually exist (the music by Henry Mancini is also a bonus).
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Nolan's Batman trilogy.
As for "Everybody seems to pout..." they must be unemployed/dont make movies for a living. There are lots of great movies every year and ppl's definition of original need to be questioned.
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Snowpiercer...prefect allegory to our (declining) society...
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I'm not sure if it qualifies as a big movie but Grand Budapest Hotel (and anything Wes Anderson does in general) feels fresh and original to me.
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Personally, while watching a movie, I do not give a rat's ass about (1) originality, (2) how commercial a movie is, or (3) in general, what strangely has been bombarded a fact that ‘you only seem allowed to judge what movies you like or not, when you made one yourself’; and topping that, the idea that it’s blasphemy to say: "very few good movies were made the last twenty years." Just an opinion folks, yours doesn’t have to be mine and visa versa.
Watching a movie, I just want to be entertained, and if there is time, It would be cool to grasp its deeper meaning.
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"Parasite." The story and characters were well-written, and the "parasite" theme kept showing up throughout the movie (sometimes in a subtle way).
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Joker / Topgun
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I enjoyed the Hunt for Red October and Good Will Hunting.
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Hmmm. The Truffle Hunters. Maybe also Drive My Car.
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That's easy. Memento, Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer, Cloud Atlas, 7500, Orlando. there are a bunch of them. just look to the past.
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My favourite movie of this century is Arrival. Very unique movie from a very creative short-story premise.
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Everything Everywhere all at Once.
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From the last few years, Mother!, written and directed by Darren Aronofsky, particularly leaps to mind. I watched this having read next to nothing about it (the best way to see it) and was thrilled and truly surprised by the unexpected directions it took. Screenwriters often seem encouraged to write to formula but I especially like individual, idiosyncratic work and who could have guessed where this one was heading?
More recently, I was quite wowed by Vivarium, directed by Lorcan Finnegan and co-written with Garret Shanley, again for how unexpected, original and surprising it was. I'd just heard it was about a couple trapped in a neighbourhood and forced to raise a mutant child, which was pretty intriguing.
It seems I especially like films that turn into delirious fever dreams!
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Galaxy Quest. Great how it switch the roles of those portraying Star Trekish characters to actually having to live it :)