Doc Lynam
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- Jun 19, 2011
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This, this and this again. The movie is the most confusing thing i have ever seen.
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This, this and this again. The movie is the most confusing thing i have ever seen.
Art Vs Science
Banned
- Sep 1, 2010
- 6,419
This! What a complete dent in the head that was. The book is even worse.
Brightonfan1983
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I watched Irreversible after a recommendation here.
Boy oh Boy.
Try the original Funny Games, Haneke at his greatest.
Tyrone Biggums
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Valhalla Rising fits quite well into the WTF film genre.
Insignificance.
Plot (from Wikipedia):
The film opens on a crowded New York City street where people have gathered to watch a film crew shoot a sequence which becomes recognizable as the iconic shot of Marilyn Monroe in a white dress standing on a grate while the rush of wind from below blows her skirt up around her waist. The Actress' husband, The Ballplayer, watches with obvious discomfort as she is ogled. The Actress, rather than join him afterwards, disappears in a taxi, leaving him behind. She stops at a store and picks up a variety of toys, flashlights, and balloons.
The Professor, recognizable as Albert Einstein, is in his hotel room, working on pages of mathematical calculations. He is interrupted by The Senator, who has come to alternately coax and threaten him into appearing before a committee to investigate his activities and answer the famous question, "Have you now or have you ever been...?" The Senator is recognizable as Joe McCarthy. The Professor refuses and says he will never appear. The Senator leaves, saying he'll back to get him at 8 a.m. the following morning.
The Actress appears at the door of the Professor's hotel room, and he invites her in. They talk about fame, being chased, and the stars. She does a lively demonstration of the Theory of Relativity using the toys and flashlights and balloons. She tells The Professor he is at the top of her list of people she'd like to sleep with. They decide to go to bed, but are interrupted by the arrival of The Ballplayer, who has tracked her to the hotel. The Professor leaves them alone and goes to find another room, meeting a Cherokee elevator man with whom he speaks. The Actress and The Ballplayer talk about their marriage; The Actress tells her husband she believes she is pregnant, but he has fallen asleep.
The following morning The Senator arrives at The Professor's room to find him gone, but The Actress naked and alone in his bed. The Senator mistakes her for a call girl and threatens to use her to expose and embarass The Professor, then punches her hard in the abdomen, causing her to collapse in pain. The Professor returns while The Senator is collecting all of the hundreds of pages of The Professor's work to take away with him. The Professor grabs the papers and throws them out of the windows, while The Actress writhes in agony on the bed. The Senator leaves, defeated in his purpose. The Ballplayer returns and talks about his fame in the baseball world, and confides in him about his marital problems while The Actress is in the bathroom. She finally announces to him that their marriage is over, and he leaves.
The Actress becomes impatient with The Professor, sensing that he is hiding something. He is sitting on the bed with his watch, which has stopped at 8.15, in one hand, and the alarm clock in the other as the hour approaches 8.15 (the time that "Little Boy" was dropped on Hiroshima). He confesses his terrible feelings of guilt about the event, and she reassures him. Right at 8.15 a.m. as she is leaving, he has a vision of the destruction of the room, Hiroshima, the world. The Actress' skirt swirls in flames as she burns in his vision. Then the film reverses and the world is restored to order as she smiles and leaves.
Plot (from Wikipedia):
The film opens on a crowded New York City street where people have gathered to watch a film crew shoot a sequence which becomes recognizable as the iconic shot of Marilyn Monroe in a white dress standing on a grate while the rush of wind from below blows her skirt up around her waist. The Actress' husband, The Ballplayer, watches with obvious discomfort as she is ogled. The Actress, rather than join him afterwards, disappears in a taxi, leaving him behind. She stops at a store and picks up a variety of toys, flashlights, and balloons.
The Professor, recognizable as Albert Einstein, is in his hotel room, working on pages of mathematical calculations. He is interrupted by The Senator, who has come to alternately coax and threaten him into appearing before a committee to investigate his activities and answer the famous question, "Have you now or have you ever been...?" The Senator is recognizable as Joe McCarthy. The Professor refuses and says he will never appear. The Senator leaves, saying he'll back to get him at 8 a.m. the following morning.
The Actress appears at the door of the Professor's hotel room, and he invites her in. They talk about fame, being chased, and the stars. She does a lively demonstration of the Theory of Relativity using the toys and flashlights and balloons. She tells The Professor he is at the top of her list of people she'd like to sleep with. They decide to go to bed, but are interrupted by the arrival of The Ballplayer, who has tracked her to the hotel. The Professor leaves them alone and goes to find another room, meeting a Cherokee elevator man with whom he speaks. The Actress and The Ballplayer talk about their marriage; The Actress tells her husband she believes she is pregnant, but he has fallen asleep.
The following morning The Senator arrives at The Professor's room to find him gone, but The Actress naked and alone in his bed. The Senator mistakes her for a call girl and threatens to use her to expose and embarass The Professor, then punches her hard in the abdomen, causing her to collapse in pain. The Professor returns while The Senator is collecting all of the hundreds of pages of The Professor's work to take away with him. The Professor grabs the papers and throws them out of the windows, while The Actress writhes in agony on the bed. The Senator leaves, defeated in his purpose. The Ballplayer returns and talks about his fame in the baseball world, and confides in him about his marital problems while The Actress is in the bathroom. She finally announces to him that their marriage is over, and he leaves.
The Actress becomes impatient with The Professor, sensing that he is hiding something. He is sitting on the bed with his watch, which has stopped at 8.15, in one hand, and the alarm clock in the other as the hour approaches 8.15 (the time that "Little Boy" was dropped on Hiroshima). He confesses his terrible feelings of guilt about the event, and she reassures him. Right at 8.15 a.m. as she is leaving, he has a vision of the destruction of the room, Hiroshima, the world. The Actress' skirt swirls in flames as she burns in his vision. Then the film reverses and the world is restored to order as she smiles and leaves.
magoo
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Ma Mere.
Also A Serbian Film is fun.
Also A Serbian Film is fun.
MORTY
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Bambi.
Lord Bracknell
On fire
I'll wait for the sequel, when The Actress gets to shag The President.
Fitzcarraldo
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- Nov 12, 2010
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The Devil's Rejects.
METALMICKY
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- Jan 30, 2004
- 6,524
Jacobs Ladder starring Tim Robbins wins the WTF award for me by some distance. Even now if you read the plot summary on somewhere like Wikipedia you end up going huh?
Coming close was Angelheart starring Mickey Rourke.
By way of contrast I absolutely love The Usual Suspects. Yes, you do have to concentrate but the twists and turns work well and you don't get the feeling that the director is trying to clever for the sake of it..
Coming close was Angelheart starring Mickey Rourke.
By way of contrast I absolutely love The Usual Suspects. Yes, you do have to concentrate but the twists and turns work well and you don't get the feeling that the director is trying to clever for the sake of it..
footychick
Nicola
That is seriously weird.
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End
I quite LITERALLY lost the plot on this. Followed shortly by the will to live.
I quite LITERALLY lost the plot on this. Followed shortly by the will to live.
I found it quite eay to follow. Even wrote out an explanation for a friend who had trouble with it.
Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
- 71,885
Picnic At Hanging Rock - has been known to induce symptoms of extreme jet-lag in the viewer
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
If it was even a half decent film, I'd ask if you could kindly cut and paste your explanation on here so I could give it another go.
But it wasn't.
So I won't.
Heh. On re-reading it recently I realised that the complexities were largely not much to do with the basic plot (trading company trying to rid the seas of pirates) it was all in the relationships between various characters.
The Large One
Who's Next?
Head.