Movies You Can't Understand

[Al_The_Strange]

Originally Posted by The_Basterd

Videodrome, but I love it so.

Ah, that's another fine confusing movie by Cronenberg.

[toddly6666]

[I_Like_Movies]

Most recently its been Machete . I thought it was absolutely horrible

[Al_The_Strange]

Originally Posted by I_Like_Movies

Most recently its been Machete . I thought it was absolutely horrible

Isn't it supposed to be horrible?

And by horrible, does that mean you found it incomprehensible?

[FrellingFrakker]

I agree with 2001. It's one of those movies that I really enjoy and I watch it every couple of years expecting to finally "get it", but that never really happens.

I don't agree with the explanation that Patrick Bateman actually committed the murders in American Psycho just because that's how it was in the book. Movies aren't always meant to mirror the book exactly (see Kubrick, Stanley) so the director may have wanted the movie to imply that Bateman didn't do it and it was all a fantasy because he hates his mundane life and the fact that he was never noticed. I prefer to interpret the movie that way, especially since I've never read the book.

[Member-115369]

Originally Posted by PRBIGBOY

I would have to say "American Psycho" That ending got me so lost. It just makes you say WTF?

I think that (both movie and the book) are meant to be more open ended. Leave it up to the audience to

[Show spoiler]decide if it was all real or just in his head. But others disagree and argue strongly for one side or the other. The book does make it seem more likely to have all been real though--it's been a decade or more since I've read it so I don't recall the ending exactly.

[raven_32]

Originally Posted by Lacit170

you seen Donnie Darko?

yeah i love it, it made my top 20 of the 2000's list
i did have to watch it a 2ed time to fully understand it tho

[filmnut5]

Originally Posted by I_Like_Movies

Most recently its been Machete . I thought it was absolutely horrible

Machete is another of the "Grindhouse" throwbacks by Rodriguez. It's suppose to be campy and have bad edit cuts. I thought it smoked.

[notops]

Originally Posted by dmaul1114

I think that (both movie and the book) are meant to be more open ended. Leave it up to the audience to

[Show spoiler]decide if it was all real or just in his head. But others disagree and argue strongly for one side or the other. The book does make it seem more likely to have all been real though--it's been a decade or more since I've read it so I don't recall the ending exactly.

I always thought the end was a pay-off to all of the times in the movie that the characters could not keep track of each other's names (since their lifestyles discouraged individuality in the first place "I want to FIT IN!"). Even Patrick's lawyer did not know who he was while they were talking face to face.

I think Patrick was definitely doing those things in the movie.

[Duffy12]

Originally Posted by notops

I always thought the end was a pay-off to all of the times in the movie that the characters could not keep track of each other's names (since their lifestyles discouraged individuality in the first place "I want to FIT IN!"). Even Patrick's lawyer did not know who he was while they were talking face to face.

I think Patrick was definitely doing those things in the movie.

Yea, I agree also. That was my take on it too.

[KubrickFan]

Originally Posted by Mahatma

Does it bore you,or do you-as is the title of this thread-not understand it?Remember watching it in theaters,and at the end where it suggests that it is all a dream-total recall ad-nausum in cinematic history-many of the audience laughed.It was such a mess of a movie IMO.Style over matter like all his movies

About that

[Show spoiler]if it's really all a dream (and I tend to believe that) then it suggests that parts of it, or the entire movie were simply made up by an insane man who for one reason or another, can't be with his own children.

It's a very enjoyable action flick without that explanation, and gives it a whole layer of depth with it. Kind of like 12 Monkeys.

[luwanda]

The seventh seal, but i guess its due my lack of english vocabulary...

[dallywhitty]

I watched Mulholland Drive for the first time a couple of nights ago and was mesmerised. I thought the first two hours was bizarre but fairly easy to follow - and then the last half hour had me totally perplexed. My sister read me an interpretation online shortly after, although I wish I'd perhaps re-watched it first, trying to draw my own conclusions.

Excellent film, by the way.

[MisterPilgrim]

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

Oh wait. The subtitles were off. Nevermind, I'm good.