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The OmbakBali crew has searched far and wide to find the most awesome, awe - inspiring films of the genre, films that go beyond the waves and show how surfing can mobilize, inspire and fuel social change.

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Nominated for Best Documentary at the Hawaii International Film Festival and winner of the Special Jury Mention at the San Sebastian Surfilm Festibal, this Sundance Channel co-production by Director Justin Mitchell (Death Cab for Cutie: Drive Well, Sleep Carefully, Jenny Lewis: Welcome to Van Nuys, Ted Leo: Dirty Old Town & Songs for Cassavetes) and Writer Vince Medeiros (Surfing & Huck Magazine) is an inspired and hugely original documentary that takes the surf film genre into never - before - seen territory.

We also discussed the similarities between Thelma and his previous films — Reprise (2008), Oslo, August 31st (2011), and Louder Than Bombs (2015)-- and the kinds of genre films he was inspired by.

It seems like back then, the horror genre in particular inspired composers to really try to write something interesting and different, which makes it all the more ironic that today it's the one genre where film music has truly reached an all - time - high of genericism.

It's coming from the same team that brought us Until Dawn, only it'll be less of a cinematic, story - driven tale inspired by the slasher film genre and more of an on - rails shooter built for virtual reality — specifically PlayStation VR.

Such bad taste is par for the course in this Wayans Brothers production superficially patterned after Scary Movie, their hilarious spoof of horror films that inspired a host of take - the - money - and - run parodies of other genres, including Not Another Teen Movie, Date Movie, Epic Movie, Superhero Movie, Meet the Spartans and Disaster Movie.

Always a spirited devotee of old - school Hollywood genres, Guillermo del Toro achieves in his latest film, «The Shape of Water,» an inspired melding of creature feature, spy thriller and wondrously perverse love story, the latter sustained by Sally Hawkins» achingly delicate performance as Eliza, a mute cleaning lady who immediately bonds with the imprisoned merman (played, naturally, by Del Toro's prosthetic - happy muse, Doug Jones).

The film's clear Amblin - inspired pastiche still flares of originality of design when dealing with familiar genre elements.

Inspired by decades of Japanese horror films, F.E.A.R injected a sense of genuine terror to the FPS genre, much of which was owed to a psychic ankle - biter named Alma who (spoiler) turned out to be the leading man's mother.

Though Jacob's Ladder is still one of the more underrated films on this list, it's still holds a huge sway on the horror genre, having inspired the Silent Hill game franchise, American Horror Story: Asylum, and more.

This has taken the sci - fi / fantasy genre and breathed a really powerful breathe which hopefully creates a more inspired surge of these genre films.

No other film on the list inspired such low expectations from me before viewing it, but celebrated Irish playwright Martin McDonagh has kick - started the played - out Brit gangster genre with a dose of existential neurosis, refreshingly languid pacing and ream upon ream of rapid - fire, ferociously literary dialogue that credits its audience with as much intelligence as its audience.

It's not his best film by far but this mix of vigilante / revenge movie and eco-conscious stand against corruption makes for an inspired twist on a familiar genre.

Feige talks about Doctor Strange's origin story, how the movie will be different from the comics, rooting crazy concepts in real science, does Steven Strange know about The Avengers, how the film is more respectful to other cultures than the original source material may have been, how this movie was inspired by The Oath, which characters might connect with the Runaways, Mads Mikkelsen «s character Kaecilius, multiple dimensions, the trouble with writing magic action, how Mordo is different in the movie, Rachel McAdams «character Christine Palmer, is the eye of agamotto an infinity stone, the genre of the film, how this film will defy expectations, Steven Strange's role in the larger MCU, will we see cameos from the other Marvel characters, and much more.

Danny Trejo is a genre icon who has been in hundreds of films in his career, having faced Michael Myers in Rob Zombie's Halloween and killed as one of the few to go against The Devil's Rejects among many others, but he reached a new level earlier this year with that hilarious Brady Bunch inspired Snickers commercial that everyone can't stop talking about.

Clapfoot Inc's Fortified is inspired by 1950s science fiction films, but it's also a mixture of genres.

Inspired by blaxploitation movies while he was filming his recent acclaimed documentary Baadasssss Cinema, Julien appropriates the styles, gestures, language and iconography of the genre to create a work that defies easy categorization.

Inspired by Blaxploitation, the 1970s film genre that includes «Foxy Brown» and «Shaft,» her pieces capture the sassy attitude of the era.

Conner's innovative film works, often utilizing montaged shots from pre-existing footage and incorporation of pop music for sound tracks, have inspired generations of filmmakers and considered to be precursors to the music video genre.

Master genre film director & all - around cinematic auteur Guillermo Del Toro has inspired a legion of Read More

He did not allow himself to be controlled by the Hollywood studios, therefore delivering films of pertinence and power, sometimes of controversy and always of originality across genres, inspiring future generations of film makers and artists alike.

In 1964, inspired by both the long history of art and by imagery he found on contemporary printed postcards, Roy Lichtenstein began to explore the genre of land and seascapes, using paint, plastic, enamel, drawings, collage, print, and even film to realize his various works.

This year, we're particularly interested in finding and honoring films (we'll only give one award, but may give «shout - outs» of some kind to other worthies) that inspire and empower everyday individuals, especially people not traditionally thought of as part of the environmental movement, as well as those that eschew the clichà © s of the genre: talking heads, doom - «n - gloom, and what I call the «Care Bear Ending»: if we all just felt right about environmental problem X, and joined hands, and were kind to each other, and recited inspirational quotes, and signed petitions, green justice and mercy would surely follow.