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FilmPG-131998
Meet Joe Black
Directed by Martin Brest
Bill Parrish has it all - success, wealth and power. Days before his 65th birthday, he receives a visit from a mysterious stranger, Joe Black, who soon reveals himself as Death. In exchange for extra time, Bill agrees to serve as Joe's earthly guide. But will he regret his choice when Joe unexpectedly falls in love with Bill's beautiful daughter Susan? From TMDB
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| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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Meet Joe Black is a 1998 fantasy drama romance film, directed by Martin Brest, starring Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins and Claire Forlani.
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60 of 169 · most liked firstI've never seen Meet Joe Black but without looking up the plot I think it's a movie about Brad Pitt getting hit by a car and thinking he's Jamaican.
neutral · AI labelView post →that photo of Vance and the Pope reminds me of a movie scene: Meet Joe Black, when the old lady in a wheelchair recognizes the Devil in Joe Black. The expression on the Pope's face when he looks at Vance... as if he has seen the Devil in person.
neutral · AI labelView post →A movie podcast in which I interview celebrities about their worst reviewed movie, like I ask Brad Pitt about doing patois in Meet Joe Black
neutral · AI labelView post →And i have this weak feeling in my knees. -And is your heart beating strangely? Movie 🎥📽️ : Meet Joe Black 🖤 (1998) Director: Martin Brest 🧡 🌇 (Photo by Kirpal 💌)
neutral · AI labelView post →Film theory: the van in “Meet Joe Black” is driven by the same guy who drives the buses in “Final Destination” and “Mean Girls.” It’s all the same guy. He needs to stop driving like that.
neutral · AI labelView post →Hey, remember how the first Star Wars: Phantom Menace trailer was in front of Meet Joe Black (1998)? Only they moved it to behind the film because people would leave after seeing the trailer and refunding their tickets? That is still a lot more interesting than 3hr whatever Meet Joe Black tho lol
neutral · AI labelView post →Meet Joe Dirt is a movie my brain created out of the broken memories of Meet Joe Black (1998) and Joe Dirt (2001)
neutral · AI labelView post →Some seem disturbed by my arrival Would it help if you imagined me as Brad Pitt from the movie Meet Joe Black It may surprise you, but that is closer to the vibe than most myths portray
neutral · AI labelView post →Playing a word guessing game and me and my partners single brain cells bonked together. They said “the movie with the big monkey” I guessed “Meet Joe Black” It was the correct answer.
neutral · AI labelView post →Well, I was going to put on a film for a couple hours (as I let a foot peel soak in). Meet Joe Black popped up and I realised I'd never seen it so thought it would do. 3 hours?! It's 3 hours?!
negative · AI labelView post →Meet Joe Black If you have one day left to live it’s a great film to put on because every minute is a goddamned eternity
negative · AI labelView post →#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic 🎼 #MusicChallenge 🎶 Movie outro/credits Meet Joe Black youtu.be/Z26BvHOD_sg?...
neutral · AI labelView post →This scene in Meet Joe Black. I could not take this movie seriously & the way I cackled during this scene & then had my friend rewind a few times to bust my gut again & again. *chef’s kiss* Then his raggedy Patois, LAWD 🤣 Brad Pitt seemed like he was in pain this entire movie & so was I LOL.
negative · AI labelView post →“… then there was a movie called Meet Joe Black. It had nothing to do with Star Wars except that during the previews they’d play…”
neutral · AI labelView post →I bought the Art of Ponyo book from @mzspress.bsky.social last month and can’t wait to give it to Tyler for his birthday on Sunday. I’m SO glad we have a first date movie worth revisiting again and again. I’ve got a friend stuck watching Meet Joe Black with his wife every year.
neutral · AI labelView post →Man Brad Pitt gives a much better performance in Meet Joe Black than that movie deserves
neutral · AI labelView post →Meet Joe Pasquale. Exactly the same film as "Meet Joe Black" only Death chooses to embody Joe Pasquale instead of Brad Pitt.
neutral · AI labelView post →Tfw you conflate Meet Joe Black with Mighty Joe Young and you find yourself asking somebody, "What's the movie where Brad Pitt played a big monkey?"
neutral · AI labelView post →I’m watching Meet Joe Black for the first time in a long time & it’s a completely different movie now that dad’s gone. His birthday is Saturday. I wish I was being an annoying daughter throwing him a big dumb party.
neutral · AI labelView post →Let Martin Brest out of director's jail to do Meet Joe Black 2 just so they can advertise it before showings of the next Star Wars movie
neutral · AI labelView post →This is like when they released the Episode I trailer and people would buy tickets for the films like Meet Joe Black just to see the trailer, then left before the actual film showed... I feel like I need my back medication now.
neutral · AI labelView post →#AprilFilmChallenge Day 1️⃣8️⃣: My guilty pleasure film 📽 Meet Joe Black (1998) #MovieSky #FilmsSky
positive · AI labelView post →-DJT “Based on what Steve, Jared, Pete & others were telling me…“ Reminds me of the movie “Meet Joe Black”. When the board thought their boss was no longer in possession of his faculties… They decided to vote him out. It’s time to send Old Man Trump packing. Straight to The Hague.
neutral · AI labelView post →I think the peak of society was when everyone snuck into Meet Joe Black so we could see the first trailer for Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, and then promptly left as the feature film began.
neutral · AI labelView post →Man, Meet Joe Black is such a fun movie. We need more Eldritch entities discovering the wonders of Peanut Butter and cucking Business Magnates.
positive · AI labelView post →Oscar winner Bo Goldman, #botd in 1932, wrote the screenplays (adaptation + original) for some of Hollywood's most iconic films: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Shoot the Moon, Melvin and Howard, The Rose, Scent of a Women, Meet Joe Black. Also lots of rewrites on other pics. #moviesky #filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →One of the best, most meaningful, creative, philosophic movies of our era. All humans should take the time to watch watch “Meet Joe Black”. I’m also partial to Peter Sellers’ last film “Being There”, which has a similar theme/moral; but also struggled commercially. Theater, Film can be instructive.
positive · AI labelView post →After tiktok threw me a few scenes this morning that peaked my interest, I sat down and watched "Meet Joe Black" for the first time. As I was watching it I was reminded how slow paced 90's stories were until I realised that the movie was 3 hours long. I still very much enjoyed it
positive · AI labelView post →Martin Brest: “For this new restoration of MEET JOE BLACK, we’ve employed AI technology provided by Respeecher to fix Brad’s patois accent, thus perfecting the film.”
neutral · AI labelView post →Meet Joe Black is a Christmas movie
neutral · AI labelView post →We were a small group of teenage boys who picked this film because it was the only thing on, the rest of the cinema was packed with couples there to watch the latest Brad Pitt movie. Then he bounced off two cars in a row and died. Meet Joe Black, the funniest thing we’d ever seen
positive · AI labelView post →Watched Meet Joe Black for the first time last night and I’m still emotionally compromised over billionaire Anthony Hopkins dying in a 3-hour movie where Brad Pitt is literally death itself. How do I casually bring this up at work today without looking unhinged. 😭
positive · AI labelView post →I say rewatched because when I was a kid, I've seen "Meet Joe Black" countless times on TV, but I must admit I was too young and never realized Brad Pitt portrays Death. "Ohhh, it's not some random dude, it's Death, now the movie makes sense." - I finally have plot hole closure after 15 years.
neutral · AI labelView post →Meet Joe Black. All those scenes just staring at each other could have been a lot shorter. Or they could have just not made the film.
negative · AI labelView post →"Meet Joe Black" might be the best study of grief and the fear of dying, that has ever been committed to film. Every time I watch it, I cry the big tears.
positive · AI labelView post →is this from Meet Joe Black? Because she looks just like when I had my massive crush on her from that movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →Oh, cool, that's the Tumblr Sexyman Death from Meet Joe Black, the movie with the Tumblr Sexyman Death in it.
neutral · AI labelView post →Meet Joe Black is a really good movie. I should've watched this the other day, instead of trying to watch awful-ass Goonies
positive · AI labelView post →63. Worst song ever? Kumbaya. Worst film ever? Meet Joe Black. Worst TV show? Hollywood.
negative · AI labelView post →Omg I forgot about the TPM being trailer in front on Meet Joe Black 😂 people would just walk out before the movie even started.
neutral · AI labelView post →#classicfilms #filmnerd Just how much of a film nerd am I? I just ordered the Ultimate Meet Joe Black DVD just because it has the original film "Death Takes a Holiday" with Frederich March on it. www.amazon.com/Meet-Black-U...
neutral · AI labelView post →I've only walked out of one movie, and it was Meet Joe Black in high school (because it was bad) Everybody bust out laughing when Brad Pitt got hit by the car and went flying in the air, and my friend and I were like "yeah let's go" and booked it
negative · AI labelView post →Meet Joe Black is a very good, very long movie where everyone's eyes and lips look so fucking wet in overlit rooms that it feels like a sterile environment battling these constant intrusions of imperfection/frailty which is essential to the movie's major themes.
positive · AI labelView post →Popped back in just long enough to share my review of Meet Joe Black I didn’t like this car wreck of a film (except for the scene involving an actual car wreck) letterboxd.com/amazingamyta...
negative · AI labelView post →I understand Meet Joe Black is not a well-regarded movie. It's maudlin, long and a bit flat. But few things feel as true as the scene where Anthony Hopkins pretends to like cake, so that his daughter feels loved, while Death sits beside them.
neutral · AI labelView post →One of the best, most meaningful, creative, philosophic movies of our era. All humans should take the time to watch watch “Meet Joe Black”. I’m also partial to Peter Seller’s last film “Being There”, which has a similar theme/moral; but also struggled commercially. Theater, Film can be instructive.
positive · AI labelView post →The movie Meet Joe Black was a box office smash simply because it had this trailer in front of it and millions of Star Wars fans kept going to see it just to see this trailer :)
neutral · AI labelView post →Midnight Run was such a good movie. Unfortunately, director Martin Brest pretty much used up all his remaining talent on it. After that, it was Meet Joe Black and Gigli.
neutral · AI labelView post →You don’t hear much about Meet Joe Black anymore. That’s an underrated movie.
positive · AI labelView post →Yeah,he and Anthony Hopkins also did, Meet Joe Black, another "gotcha" BP movie for me.
neutral · AI labelView post →I feel like I am one of the few people who truly and deeply loves Meet Joe Black. It is one of my favorite movies of all time. Even though I've gotten older and I learned to hate the rich I can't help but love that movie.
positive · AI labelView post →His presence feels like the movie “Meet Joe Black” if Joe was plotting with the evil board member to dismantle the entire company and sell it for parts.
neutral · AI labelView post →#Moviefortheday : Meet Joe Black (1998) 🎬 – In this romantic drama, Death takes human form to experience love, loss, and the essence of life. Profound, moving, and heartfelt. #Movie #Opinion #Romance #Drama
neutral · AI labelView post →I tried. Death tried. I can’t be selfish, even though I’d rather have healed her for one last performance 🎭 But … she wanted to go home. Rest in Peace 🪦 My dear sweet professor. I’ll see you when I get there. Meet Joe Black #filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →I liked him in "Meet Joe Black" A very underrated movie in my opinion...
positive · AI labelView post →Saw Meet Joe Black in the theater. This scene (the high point of the film) produced a lot of "I shouldn't be laughing at this but I am" laughter in the audience (myself included).
positive · AI labelView post →If I still had a LiveJournal (let's be real, I had a DeadJournal), I'd sit down and write a dissertation about what a great movie "Meet Joe Black" is and how I watch it every couple of years to sort of get a bead on how I think about grief as I march towards death.
positive · AI labelView post →Casablanca - best movie ever made Star Trek IV - the whales! Meet Joe Black - I, unironically, love this movie and its portrayal of death and being a good person.
positive · AI labelView post →Meet Joe Black is on 7Flix. I love this film and I love Claire Forlani’s wardrobe in this, especially *that* dress. Stunning.
positive · AI labelView post →Youtube weirdly has me watching clips of ‘Meet Joe Black’ tonight. And maybe the women back then were right about Brad Pitt’s blue eyes. Even with the awful hairstyle in this movie.
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