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Movies that you didn't quite understand... explained here! (well, attempted) (pg. 8)
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| Greeny1210 |
Dreamcatcher
About half way through it just goes nuts, I have no idea what the it was supposed to be about, that film monged my head up
tho to be fair i was a bit off my and never tried to watch it again, got the book somewhere too but cant be arsed to read half of it then get pissed with it and stop reading :stongue: |
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| justin |
| quote: | Originally posted by srussell0018
I've heard theories that it contained Ving Rhames' soul, which was taken out of the back of his neck, hence the band-aid :p |
speaking of Ving Rhames soul have you seen King of the Avenue yet? |
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| RyanVice |
Justin Beiber 3D
I didnt understand it at all. Complete MIND |
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| Scoops |
Jacob's Ladder
another film you had to follow closely to understand what was going on |
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| justin |
a new movie and total mind worth checking out from blockbuster if you have the movie pass is Frenemy. Its got a lot of killing, drugs and complete mayhem taking place, so if your not into that kinda stuff, then don't watch. a scene at the end of the movie led me to believe that having schizophrenia is a valid excuse for getting into heaven, even, if your a cold bloooded killer.
check it out!
no pun intended |
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| treeboo |
A couple people mentioned Primer. I'm not gonna type out the whole explanation, but this chart should clear some things up for you, especially on a second watch
primer_timeline.jpg(1.6MB) |
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| bas |
| quote: | Originally posted by Scoops
took me awhile to find out what the was going in Total Recall |
This was when you were ten, right? |
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| LAdazeNYnights |
| quote: | Originally posted by Greeny1210
Dreamcatcher
About half way through it just goes nuts, I have no idea what the it was supposed to be about, that film monged my head up
tho to be fair i was a bit off my and never tried to watch it again, got the book somewhere too but cant be arsed to read half of it then get pissed with it and stop reading :stongue: |
read books plz.
the movie wasn't too convoluted tho. you were just off your obv. |
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| costizzle |
Awesome post Desiderata, that really helped me understand that movie!
Can somebody please explain the movie "The Box" it's with Cameron Diaz and it's about the box that if you press the button you kill somebody you dont know and get 1 million dollars. I feel like theres a lot of hidden messages in the movie and if anybody could explain it that would be awesome!
Thanks! |
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| LAdazeNYnights |
ok i'll take a shot at it.
hidden message - if you touch too many boxes you'll get a disease.
cheers. |
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| djhaziel |
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
Gwyneth Paltrow's head. Obviously. |
I think it was actually the unborn child .
edit : nevermind, just saw the scene yeah it was the head :P
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Muholland drive somethings about it I don't get :o |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
I like to think of Mulholland Drive as a series of dream sequences central to Naomi Watts' character - which changes actresses later in the movie, as though to represent the adoption or symbiosis of shared dreams. It's not the 'you can't tell what's real and what's not, ooOooOoOooo' kind of movie, but more like the collective connections of one idealistic young woman's failed aspirations as her psyche and self worth take a nosedive outside of what we might perceive to be the night's dream content.
I don't believe it's terribly important to think of the entirety of the film as her dreams, either - indeed, perhaps it's more valuable to consider the various scenes as mere selections out of the random firings from many of the recurring characters, their dream relationships of impending significance as we (presumably) are taken from memories of actual happenings to projections of emotional resonance from these events. The diner is a fine example of this, as its recurrence serves as a kind of nexus for several (if not all) of the characters.
There is a reason the movie begins to sort of 'fall apart' toward the end; that is, scenes become disjointed and awkward, characters begin doubting one another as well as themselves, we are taken from high-falutin events such as the Opera sequence, to a masturbatory cry sequence, the theme of 'Silencio' resonating through somebody's subconscious like a song stuck in your head, the sexual longing an obviously conflicted gesture witnessed to bring about a sense of crestfallenness. The dinner party scene is of most importance, because its transition is practically nonexistent - we suddenly find our characters mashed together with a dreadful sense that they do not belong or are not welcome in this situation - like any dream of guilt or shame or embaressment, we are forced to break bread next to people who despise us for reasons we do not even know. The final scene has Diane completely falter in self-worth, the blue key representing the ability to realize -or unlock- ones potential, where she is plagued with hallucinations and kills herself - in her dream? In real-life? Maybe it speaks of the importance of the dream-life, or the life-dream that her ambitions had mired her in.
There aren't any answers in the film on purpose, as Lynch has completely declined to offer people any insight into the narrative, and would rather leave it to interpretation. |
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