I just saw a movie that was so weird, mesmerizing, and just plain cool. I somewhat followed it, but I don't think I needed to and I certainly didn't need to in order to enjoy it as immensly as I did. The acting was great, the scenes were inspired, and the story was all over the place. Also, that last scene was just great. It is a movie that will stay with me for awhile and when I see it again, maybe I will pick something else up, maybe I won't. If someone tells me what it was about, I'll listen, but it might not even be a movie that can be explained. It was just the creators'/directors' vision and that's that.
The movie I am speaking of is David lynch's "Lost Highway". What a fascinating movie. Not even the extras, including a lengthy interview with Lynch (France R2) explains too much of anything and I liked it that way. He was bizarre as was the movie.
So what are some other movies that you have seen that you don't care if it is explained to you or not?
NatrlBornThrllr
03-05-06, 12:20 AM
Schizopolis.
kvrdave
03-05-06, 12:28 AM
I don't need any of David Lynch's movies explained to me. Any attempt at an explanation would be inadequate.
Dr. Calamari
03-05-06, 12:39 AM
I found Mulholland Drive to be like this...inexplicable, but no less entertaining for being so.
PopcornTreeCt
03-05-06, 12:41 AM
Schizopolis.
Agreed.
Funny movie.
Johnny Boy
03-05-06, 12:46 AM
Aeon Flux, the cartoon
All About Lily Chou-Chou
Dean Kousoulas
03-05-06, 01:00 AM
Mulholland Drive
I LOVE the fact that every time I watch it, it's a different experience, but yet still so far away from understanding it completely. Brilliant.
FantasticVSDoom
03-05-06, 11:50 AM
I dont like to have any movie explained to me...I like to have my belief about what a movie is and isnt to be my own. While its true most movies are pretty much straight forward, I still find it much more enjoyable to keep my opinion of a movie intact without someone else trying to tell me "what its about."
Brain Stew
03-05-06, 12:13 PM
Dude, Where's My Car?
I'll form my own ideas about what the message is, thank you!
gryffinmaster
03-05-06, 12:20 PM
Agree heavily with Mulholland Dr., but also feel that way about Donnie Darko and Rashomon.
I liked being told MD was a "puzzle movie" before viewing it the first time so the analytical gears would certainly be going for my first viewing. Also, I do like to hear other people's interpretations of complicated as hell movies - even from the directors.
However, I take it with a grain of salt since we all interpret things differently - and ultimately the viewers' interpretation is what matters most. Commentary is great since we are able to hear what the thought processes and ideas were from the originator, but even the viewers can get more from a film than the director.
Mondo Kane
03-05-06, 04:36 PM
L'age D'or
Burzmali
03-06-06, 10:23 AM
2001
freudguy
03-06-06, 01:04 PM
I must admit that I have read several explanations of certain themes from The Matrix. The first was fine, it was the bus station and such from Revolutions that I wanted explained to me.
riley_dude
03-06-06, 01:33 PM
Dude, Where's My Car?
I'll form my own ideas about what the message is, thank you!
Who needs an explanation if you smoke a joint before you watch it. :)
Dr. DVD
03-06-06, 01:35 PM
2001-I like keeping it abstract
Any David Lynch movie- he never explains them, and ultimately believes it is up to the viewer to decide what they mean and what is real and what isn't.
H8nXTC
03-06-06, 02:13 PM
I Heart the Huckabees was just a waist of time that I didn't care if anyone explained to me or not, so there's one from the other end of the scale... So bad I didn't care to have it explained.
ShagMan
03-06-06, 02:15 PM
When you mentioned David Lynch it reminded me of Eraserhead. I din't get it and didn't care. All I knew was that I liked it. I once read someone's explanation of the movie and it made sense and didn't ruin how I already felt but sometimes over analyzation spolis the whole point of a movie which is most of the time entertainment.
I watched this movie yesterday, and I have to agree. There wasn't a point, it was just..... David Lynch, all David Lynch. In fact all of his movies (most have already been mentioned, except for Dune, which was loosely based on a book), all fit into this category.
Cygnet74
03-06-06, 02:22 PM
Schizopolis.
Nose army. :up:
I watched this movie yesterday, and I have to agree. There wasn't a point, it was just..... David Lynch, all David Lynch. In fact all of his movies (most have already been mentioned, except for Dune, which was loosely based on a book), all fit into this category.
and that category being... that they have no point? that's a pretty dismissive statement. his films are intricate and at times puzzling, yes. but pointless?
thegingerbreadm
03-06-06, 04:11 PM
Three Women...Altman came up with the idea after he dreamt it (it was placed in the desert because his kid was sleeping in his bed and had brought some sand from the beach into the bed with him...) im not sure there is a meaning to it....
inri222
03-06-06, 08:24 PM
Blood of a Poet
Gozu
Cure
Mirror
The Bus
03-07-06, 08:09 AM
Baraka
RichC2
03-07-06, 09:17 AM
Mulholland Drive is genius in it's direction - it always seems like it's clicking and making sense even when details don't quite fit. Though I came up with a more than adquet solution for myself :).
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