*** OFFICIAL Movies & Movie Recommendations Thread ***

[oskar]

An Honest Liar on Netflix. Incredible documentary about James Randi, a father of modern skepticism. So many worthwhile lessons to learn from this man and his experiences. From emulating and out-doing Houdini, to unmasking charlatans mind-bending spoons and faith-healing cancer, to fooling scientists into believing in psychic forces, to the people who go insane in the face of overwhelming evidence and automatically revert to whatever prior belief they held dear, to spoon-benders and faith-healers still managing to bilk rubes - the central tenet is that you can be deceived, no exceptions.

Also some sappy bullshit about his family... I give it a solid recommend.

Oh I fucking love James Randi!


I have not seen any movie that really stuck with me in a while. The most worthwhile was probably Splice, which has a lot of problems, mainly that it feels like they had five different scripts and instead of deciding on one, they just mashed them all together. Which doesn't make for a very convincing story, but it leaves enough open so you can make your own as long as you're willing to put in the work. So I recommend Splice, but make up your own story.

[a500lbgorilla]

Oh I fucking love James Randi!


I have not seen any movie that really stuck with me in a while. The most worthwhile was probably Splice, which has a lot of problems, mainly that it feels like they had five different scripts and instead of deciding on one, they just mashed them all together. Which doesn't make for a very convincing story, but it leaves enough open so you can make your own as long as you're willing to put in the work. So I recommend Splice, but make up your own story.

I fell asleep to that documentary a few days back. I still recommend it. It really is unbelievable how he learned from watching the Master Houdini, then eventually went on to trick the world into learning how easily they can be fooled.

There's one scene where he basically demonstrates some flim-flammer was a joke and an audience member told him, "You may not believe it, but you are psychic," and then they cut to the host berating him and storming off the set to applause. Definitely worth the watch.