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Are you feeling bored? You don't know what to do tonight and you think you've already seen all the movies that are worth watching? 

 Maybe you just need to pick a movie to watch with your friends and you have no idea what to choose. 

 Well, my friend, I have a few suggestions for you; films that I'm sure not everyone has seen already and that, even if you have, might deserve a rewatch.



The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

I watched this movie the first time when I was just a kid and it honestly felt like watching The Avengers. 

 Basically, you have a group of people, some of which have superpowers, that has to fight a bunch of bad guys, but, for example, instead of Bruce Banner that transforms in The Hulk, you get Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. 

 I didn't even know most of the characters when I first watched this movie, but I simply loved it. I saw it again on television recently and found it still pretty good, after more than 10 years. 

 One thing to say is that I discovered that the movie is based on a comic written by Alan Moore and drawn by Kevin O'Neil, I checked it out and I was pretty disappointed in finding just how much was left out of the source material; the whole thing had so much potential, but they decided to just make a 110 minutes film with it. 

 If you are bored and don't know what to watch, I would suggest The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen; it doesn't get much talk, but, in my opinion, it's definitely a great movie.

Van Helsing

I saw this on TV only a few years ago and I was surprised by how much I enjoyed watching it. 
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 If you are just looking for something fun to watch, this movie is perfect for you: it has Hugh Jackman, starring as Van Helsing, Dracula, the best werewolves I have honestly ever seen in a film, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dr. Victor Frankenstein and his creature. 

 It probably looks more like a video game disguised as a film and it's a bit long, but I didn't find it boring at all. I was just disappointed Hugh Jackman didn't turn into a were wolverine...sorry, that was terrible.

You Don't Mess with The Zohan

A few years ago somebody suggest this movie to me, they told me to watch it without even saying what it was about. I have never been a huge fan of films with Adam Sandler, I don't mind watching one if I have nothing else to do and they are showing it on TV and I am probably goign to laugh throughout it, but I don't actively look for them. 
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 I absolutely loved You Don't Mess with The Zohan, I don't care what anybody says about this movie, it's possibly one of the best things you could watch with your friends. Slapstick comedy is not really my favourite, but this film cracks me up every time I see it. A similar movie that you should definitely check out is "The Dictator" with Sacha Baron Cohen.

 I find myself quoting these movies with my friends to this day, that's how much I loved them.

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

I was looking for a trashy movie to watch with my friends, something not too demanding that didn't require too much attention and I saw this title. 
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 I went in expecting to see the President of the United States of America hunting down blood-sucking creatures of the night and that's exactly what I got. The movie does take itself a bit too seriously if you ask me, but it was a lot of fun to watch, I honestly didn't expect it to be that good. 

 On a similar note, you should also watch Abraham Lincoln vs Zombies, if you liked this one: the title already says it all, you are going to get exactly what it implies.

Hardcore Henry

I watched this movie relatively recently, I had never heard of it before, but I am so glad I got to see it. 
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 Hardcore Henry is an action-packed, ultra-violent movie told from the first-person point of view.

 It reminded me of a first-person shooter, a type of game I used to love when I was a kid and that I still play from time to time with my friends. The movie leaves little to no time for explanations, every time the scene turns quiet and still, you already know something is coming, the bad guys are going to break in and everyone is going to start shooting again. 

 I went in not knowing what this movie was about and I absolutely loved it. 

 I would definitely suggest watching it if you are into action movies and video games, it doesn't require too much attention, if you are just looking for something that isn't particularly demanding to watch with your friends, but you'll probably find yourself immersed into the movie thanks to how well the first-person perspective is executed.


The Babadook

The Babadook is not just a gay icon, it's a great movie that came out just a few years ago. I originally didn't intend to watch it at all, I'm not a huge fan of scary movies, but I felt like going to the cinema and there was not much else. I was plesantly surprised by this movie, despite going in with a hostile attitude. 
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 I was ready to criticize any minor detail...but I liked it. I proposed the movie a few months later to my friends, we watched it and we enjoyed it. 

 Even if you don't like horror movies, you have to admit that watching them with your friends it's a totally different experience: you can watch something you don't like it and laugh about it; you can find something too scary, but end up pulling through anyway. 

 I don't know a lot of people who have watched The Babadook, but, the ones who have, told me that they found it a good movie and I definitely agree with them.
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The Black Panther film has been called revolutionary for its primarily black cast and taking place almost entirely in Africa. However, beneath the Afro-futurism Wakanda also acts as a subtle allegory to the United States both in terms of our history our place in international politics. 


x.Both Were Extremely Isolationist Before the War

It may be difficult to remember now that America is involved in just about everything but before WW2 the U.S. was primarily an isolationist nation and although like Wakanda there was a trade with other nations (That’s how Cap got the Vibranium for his shield) when it came to military policy, we mostly kept to ourselves. 

 This was until WW2.

x.Captain America: Civil War is WW2 for Wakanda
The MCU’s “Civil War” is the equivalent of Wakanda’s WW2. Much like the United States at the time Wakanda did not want to get involved in the war, they just wanted to help arbitrate from outside. 

 This was until they were forced to become involved after a surprise attack. For the United States it was Pearl Harbor, for Wakanda it was the attack on the UN which killed King T’Chaka. The parallels run even deeper, because in the Civil War the biggest battle of the movie is the airport fight which takes place in Germany, and while they changed Baron Zemo’s character for the film his comic book counterpart is, in fact, a card-carrying Nazi. 

 Black Panther puts an end to his plot when he catches Zemo and prevents him from shooting himself in the head (just like Hitler did)

x.M’Baku and Civil Unrest

After the war Black Panther returns from Germany to his homeland, much like American soldiers did, to find civil unrest waiting for him at home.

 As he ascends to the throne he is challenged by M’Baku of the Jabari tribe for the right to rule. M’Baku is not a power hungry villain like his comic book counterpart. Instead, he makes it clear that he is challenging the leadership in the name of helping his people. 

 The Wakandans are all African but they consist of several different tribes and M’Baku is challenging T’challa because he feels that the Jabari are underrepresented and disenfranchised. 

 The separation between the Jabari and the rest of the Wakandan tribes is intentional and made even more pronounced by the fact that they speak Igbo rather then Xhosa which is spoken by the rest of the Wakandans. Later in the movie, M’Baku even states that he is the first king in centuries that has bothered to come to the Jabari’s home village.

 Although certainly not a severe as in the United States it is made clear that Wakanda also has a long history of racial/tribal tensions. 

x.Vibranium is Wakanda Version of Atomic Power

WW2 marked the U.S. as a major fighting and economic force but what really cemented our standing as a superpower was the arrival of atomic power. 

 The U.S. was the first to have it just like Wakanda was the first to have vibranium which seems to have just as many offensive and technological applications. Not to mention once it was found that these nations had these shiny, amazing new toys everyone else wanted them. 

 Intelligence agencies all around the world are just as enticed at getting vibranium as they are nuclear secrets. This leads us to South Korea where T'Challa goes undercover in a casino with two femme falls on his arm and a suit full of gadgets to intercept some vibranium undercover CIA agent Ross is attempting to buy Vibranium from Klaue in South Korea. 

 This premise has all the aspects of a 60's cold war spy movie.


x. KillMonger Represents America’s Violent Foreign Policy
KillMonger mentions that while in the military he served in both Iraq and Afghanistan. This is no accident. Kilmongers goal is to use the super technology of Wakanda to invade the outside world free the oppressed people from their oppressors. Sound familiar?

 Liberating the oppressed people was the excuse the Bush administration used when they couldn't find WMD's. Kilmonger’s goals are reflective of the bloody American interventionist policy that has refused to learn the lesson of Vietnam. He wants to force revolution and liberation but that’s where his plans end. 

 He never mentions anything of governing after this supposed revolution is supposed to take place. In short, much like in the Iraq war, he has no exit strategy. 

 Kilmonger's military background draws a parallel between the modern American intervention in the world and centuries of European colonialism. The Afghanistan war has been going on for almost two decades, US troops finally left Iraq after a decade in 2011 but returned to intervene again after the countries destabilization from the war allowed ISIS to gain a foothold and is currently intervening in the Syrian civil war with no end in sight. 

x.The UN Speech and Donald Trump
By the end of the movie, T’Challa refuses the isolationism of the past, and the military takeover of foreign nations that Kilmonger wanted and decides on a something in between. 

 He will no longer have Wakanda withhold itself from the world and has begun foreign aid programs but he will not engage in unprovoked military interventionism. At his UN announcement, he has this to say.
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