Idiocracy
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Idiocracy
Everyday idiocracy is becoming more and more real
Schindler's List. Humans can be nasty, horrible, utterly evil. It's all too common. But some of us will work to do good. Some of us will push back and do what's right. There is evil in this world, but there is also goodness.
"Contact" for a similar reason. It's a mix of all motivations, along with people's general mistrust of each other.
Samsara for the same reason. It shows beauty mixed with terrifying images of human impact.
300
Let them think humanity is 99% buff oily badasses in speedos who will gladly fuck you up until their dying breath.
My autistic ass would have them watch all three Lord of the Rings movies. Y'all need to find a better diplomat than me.
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Idiocracy
Don't Look Up - https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dont_look_up_2021
Sort of summarizes the total shit-show that current politicians and billionaires are responsible for.
Idiocracy.
Real answer though, 2001 a space odyssey.
Idiocracy was honestly my first thought, but they wouldn't have all the cultural nuance required to understand it. Someone else said Don't Look Up, which I think would get through the irrationality a bit better.
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History of the world: part 1
Independence Day.
I'll tell them it was a documentary. Or at least based on a true story.
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Koyaanisqatsi or Baraka, since I'm guessing they won't understand English nor indeed any human language.
I made the mistake of watching Baraka on 3gs of mushrooms.
I am a changed man.
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I was hoping to find Koyaanisqatsi here
They'll nuke us out of orbit after watching that, but hey
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Independence Day. Just run away, alien dudes! The xenophobia isn't worth it!
Just the entire Cunk on Earth series.
100% factual information about human history.
Independence Day. Tell them it's a documentary.
Idiocracy.
Life of Brian, no doubt
The meaning of life too
Shocked nobody's mentioned 'Mars Attacks.'
Orgasmo. The '97 one, not the '69 one. ... fuck it, also the '69 one. Make it a double-feature.
You should show them my latest movie that I can't promote right now.
They would be so confused, it would be hilarious.
Spaceballs
Obviously the complete Stargate franchise. Humans don't put up with aliens tryin' to pull any shit.
The Gods Must Be Crazy. I think it shows the absurdity of our modern civilization in a lighthearted way.
Arrival I think would be a great choice.
Obviously the greatest documentary ever committed to film: The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension.
I just came here to upvote every "Idiocracy" comment
Doctor Zhivago. And when they inevitably fall asleep. Iβm jacking that Ufo.
Napoleon dynamite pretty much sums it up. I intensely dislike the film but it's pretty indicative of the human condition.
Not a movie exactly, creators asked some basic questions and invited people to submit footage from a single day in July 2010. Exciting or mundane, anything.
Itβs really well put together and always gives me a refreshed perspective on my place in the world.
They did it again in 2020, during the pandemic.
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If I could get away with a miniseries, James Burke's Connections.
Or Cunk on Earth. It's a toss-up.
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) - Literally telling aliens that we will fuck shit up.
Stalker (1979) - You can leave your garbage and we'll think it's treasure.
Dude, Where's My Car? (2000) - Humanity is really just a bunch of idiots, stumbling through everything.
Wall-E. Sums it up pretty well
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.
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