Great movies I can't get through Inspired by Breathless
#22
Posted 2011-April-04, 12:25
Fluffy, on 2011-April-03, 23:28, said:
[snip] a piece of ***** made for gay (or gay-looking straight) artists who are the only ones to ever understand it.
Kinda of topic but I have to say that gay people are normal people. In all your posts you're a nice and friendly guy Fluffy. This homofobic post suprises me.
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#23
Posted 2011-April-04, 17:05
Quote
A quote from The Exorcist for Fluffy: "Fear the priest."
#24
Posted 2011-April-05, 03:35
Not sure why I used the gay reference, what I really though of the film was that you needed to be on drugs to understand it. being gay, being on drugs, mullholland drive and modern art all have one thing in common, I don't understand them (and lack knowledge about them).
#25
Posted 2011-April-05, 03:58
#26
Posted 2011-April-05, 07:15
Fluffy, on 2011-April-03, 23:28, said:
*EDITED FOR A BETTER WORDING*
Watching mullholland drive was the same feeling like watching a piece of art composed of whatever 2/3 simple things (for example an empty can and a feather) and you look at it and see nothing but an empty can and a feather, but it is worth millions, and people say it is wonderful and faboulous and hwo ironic that the feather is "just slightly above the can", but you can't see anything but a damned empty can and a feather. That's what I though when watching mullholland drive.
I haven't watched english patient nor No country for old men yet.
You have just exposed yourself as being from Madrid instead of being from Barcelona. I bet Dalí is rolling in his grave from your comments.
To remain on topic, I have been downloading some movies as of late and watched 'The Adjuster'. A film by Atom Egoyan which would make David Lynch very proud.
wyman, on 2012-May-04, 09:48, said:
rbforster, on 2012-May-20, 21:04, said:
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#27
Posted 2011-April-16, 19:26
#28
Posted 2011-April-16, 23:50
I only watched it because I was actually born on that day. Trouble is I paid to see it at the cinema, so felt obliged to sit through the hours of tortuous boredom.
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#29
Posted 2011-April-17, 08:51
1eyedjack, on 2011-April-16, 23:50, said:
I only watched it because I was actually born on that day. Trouble is I paid to see it at the cinema, so felt obliged to sit through the hours of tortuous boredom.
That is too hilarious. Did you think it was going to be about you or what?
#30
Posted 2011-April-17, 11:14
y66, on 2011-April-17, 08:51, said:
Heh - I had no particular expectations. It lived up to them
Psyche (pron. sahy-kee): The human soul, spirit or mind (derived, personification thereof, beloved of Eros, Greek myth).
Masterminding (pron. mstr-mnding) tr. v. - Any bid made by bridge player with which partner disagrees.
"Gentlemen, when the barrage lifts." 9th battalion, King's own Yorkshire light infantry,
2000 years earlier: "morituri te salutant"
"I will be with you, whatever". Blair to Bush, precursor to invasion of Iraq
#31
Posted 2011-April-19, 17:26
1eyedjack, on 2011-April-16, 23:50, said:
I only watched it because I was actually born on that day. Trouble is I paid to see it at the cinema, so felt obliged to sit through the hours of tortuous boredom.
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That line is classic....
#32
Posted 2011-April-23, 01:50
Foxx, on 2011-April-19, 17:26, said:
That line is classic....
Go on, admit it. If someone produced a box office hit called "Born on the 18th of January" you would feel a temptation to go and see it.
Psyche (pron. sahy-kee): The human soul, spirit or mind (derived, personification thereof, beloved of Eros, Greek myth).
Masterminding (pron. mstr-mnding) tr. v. - Any bid made by bridge player with which partner disagrees.
"Gentlemen, when the barrage lifts." 9th battalion, King's own Yorkshire light infantry,
2000 years earlier: "morituri te salutant"
"I will be with you, whatever". Blair to Bush, precursor to invasion of Iraq
#33
Posted 2011-April-25, 04:08
William and Kate - the movie
ROFL. Where *did* they get the funding?
Psyche (pron. sahy-kee): The human soul, spirit or mind (derived, personification thereof, beloved of Eros, Greek myth).
Masterminding (pron. mstr-mnding) tr. v. - Any bid made by bridge player with which partner disagrees.
"Gentlemen, when the barrage lifts." 9th battalion, King's own Yorkshire light infantry,
2000 years earlier: "morituri te salutant"
"I will be with you, whatever". Blair to Bush, precursor to invasion of Iraq
#34
Posted 2011-May-14, 12:00
As to great movies that I cannot get through. There are a bunch that I failed to get through, but mostly it was because they were to emotionally draining.
The first few times I tried to watch "Schindler's List" I got really upset and had to stop, although I eventually finished it. I also found "The Killing Field's" too depressing/upsetting. There are a buch of famous horror movies that I just thought were pretty absurd and stopped watching. Child's play? Is that hte name, with the killer doll?
#35
Posted 2011-May-14, 17:45
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#36
Posted 2011-May-14, 19:02
John Nelson.
#37
Posted 2011-May-14, 19:38
Rain, on 2011-May-14, 19:02, said:
I think one of the kids, in adult life, explained that they really didn't walk over the Alps, but rather they took a train to Italy.
I guess I enjoyed the movie well enough. Just remember to whistle a happy tune. No, that's The King and I. Remember a few of your favorite things, maybe? Of course we all know that a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down.
And we wonder why kids don't listen to what adults tell them!
#38
Posted 2011-May-15, 10:47
kenberg, on 2011-May-14, 19:38, said:
I guess I enjoyed the movie well enough. Just remember to whistle a happy tune. No, that's The King and I. Remember a few of your favorite things, maybe? Of course we all know that a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down.
And we wonder why kids don't listen to what adults tell them!
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It's plain to 'splain that Italy's found by train.
#39
Posted 2011-May-15, 18:45
Another "classic" that I didn't like and found it hard to get all the way through would be Breakfast at Tiffany's. I agree with others that Titanic is over rated, but I don't think it is actually bad or unwatchable.
A book version of this thread for me is 1984. I like books, and I like sci-fi, but I've started 1984 twice and not finished it either time.
#40
Posted 2018-January-20, 11:37
kenberg, on 2011-April-01, 14:36, said:
Back to David Lynch for a moment. Enough people have told me how great he is, and in particular how great Mulholland Drive is, that I keep intending to give it another try. But then I read that if you buy the DVD it comes with some extra stuff that gives hints about how to interpret what you are seeing. Now there is a guy with a gimmick a huckster could love. Get people to see your movie, then tell them if you pay some more money you will be given some clues about what to make of it!
I've always wondered who calls in to newspapers to buy hints to the crossword puzzle. Probably the same people who buy the Mulholland Drive DVD.
I finally got around to watching Mulholland Drive last night. Enjoyed it. I'm not a big David Lynch fan but I do enjoy his work even if he does cross the line on weirdness sometimes which he did not do in this movie. Your LOW may vary.