Okay, I'm gonna go with Eraserhead (and not just because somebody once said I look like that guy!).
Yep, Eraserhead would have to top the list. A radio host here said he has seen it multiple times....what a weirdo. Second place, Children of Men. Third, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. Also everything by Ang Lee.
They screened Eraserhead at my local art house cinema about a year ago, and the seats were full in the main (full size) projection hall. The movie still has a cult following 40 years later. I bought a ticket because I saw it once as a kid in the 80's and it freaked me out more than any other movie at the time. I wanted to get a second opinion as an adult---it did not seem all that weird by today's standards, and it made me chuckle as an adult. It seemed like a surreal expression of the young David Lynch's subconscious fear of accidentally getting a woman pregnant and having to deal with the consequences (abortion or having to raise his own bizarre hellspawn)
Ah yes, chuckling at something right outta CliffNotes...one of my favorite pastimes!
Pawn Sacrifice. I chose this for a number of reasons.
1) First, professional chess players do not smile at their opponents while thinking.
2) Spassky is portrayed as such a bad guy just because he was Fischer's opponent.
3) Spassky's hair is so slick.
4) They play faster than Magnus Carlsen in Blitz, even though such a long time control.
5) Professional chess players like them don't drink liquor while playing moves.
1) First, professional chess players do not smile at their opponents while thinking.
2) Spassky is portrayed as such a bad guy just because he was Fischer's opponent.
3) Spassky's hair is so slick.
4) They play faster than Magnus Carlsen in Blitz, even though such a long time control.
5) Professional chess players like them don't drink liquor while playing moves.
@MrPushwood what are "CliffNotes"? ... oh yes, I just Googled the term, and read up on "CliffsNotes" Seems like a favorite source of your opinions.
Me, I was always into freaky films and saw a bunch as a child:
* Un Chien Andalou (1929 B&W queazy surrealism classic which partly inspired Eraserhead)
* The Seventh Seal (1957 B&W surreal classic with a brooding atmosphere similar to Eraserhead--it gets major points for the playing-chess-with-death theme)
* A Clockwork Orange (1971 hard R-rated dystopian classic by a director who loved Eraserhead);
* Pink Flamingos (1972 X-rated camp comedy cult classic predating the Deep Throat-inspired porn-with-a-plot explosion--full of strange and queazy sex/family themes);
* Dark Star (1974 SF cult classic which, along with Eraserhead, was one of the inspirations for Alien[1979]);
* A Boy and his Dog (1975 dystopian SF cult classic with its own procreation weirdness)
* The Shining (1980 infanticide horror partly inspired by Eraserhead),
* Brazil (1985 decaying industrial dystopia, partly inspired by Eraserhead)
etc. etc.
They were all freaky films, but they all made some sort of sense, and none freaked me out as much as Eraserhead, which seamed to make no sense to me at the time. Eraserhead seemed subliminally disturbing for reasons I did not fully understand, and that made it even more disturbing. But now, as a grown adult man who has lived through the personal and family drama of unexpected, unintentional pregnancy with a lady friend, I find that just about all the symbolism in Eraserhead makes sense to me. I chuckled the chuckle of deep understanding on a visceral, biological level.
You see, I am pretty good at forming opinions on my own, based on my own knowledge and experience. Meanwhile, you can go back to getting all of your opinions from your favorite CliffsNotes.
Have a good day.
Me, I was always into freaky films and saw a bunch as a child:
* Un Chien Andalou (1929 B&W queazy surrealism classic which partly inspired Eraserhead)
* The Seventh Seal (1957 B&W surreal classic with a brooding atmosphere similar to Eraserhead--it gets major points for the playing-chess-with-death theme)
* A Clockwork Orange (1971 hard R-rated dystopian classic by a director who loved Eraserhead);
* Pink Flamingos (1972 X-rated camp comedy cult classic predating the Deep Throat-inspired porn-with-a-plot explosion--full of strange and queazy sex/family themes);
* Dark Star (1974 SF cult classic which, along with Eraserhead, was one of the inspirations for Alien[1979]);
* A Boy and his Dog (1975 dystopian SF cult classic with its own procreation weirdness)
* The Shining (1980 infanticide horror partly inspired by Eraserhead),
* Brazil (1985 decaying industrial dystopia, partly inspired by Eraserhead)
etc. etc.
They were all freaky films, but they all made some sort of sense, and none freaked me out as much as Eraserhead, which seamed to make no sense to me at the time. Eraserhead seemed subliminally disturbing for reasons I did not fully understand, and that made it even more disturbing. But now, as a grown adult man who has lived through the personal and family drama of unexpected, unintentional pregnancy with a lady friend, I find that just about all the symbolism in Eraserhead makes sense to me. I chuckled the chuckle of deep understanding on a visceral, biological level.
You see, I am pretty good at forming opinions on my own, based on my own knowledge and experience. Meanwhile, you can go back to getting all of your opinions from your favorite CliffsNotes.
Have a good day.
don't have any
Some weird cartoon Harry Potter. The singing also makes it weird. Like they sing the spells they want to use.
Mamma Mia and the new Lion King.
Mamma Mia was a fun musical, interesting story and it was going so well but it ends without any resolution. We're not told who the dad is. It's like that old joke "How do you keep an idiot in suspense? ..."
But the Lion King was something different. They took one of my favourite films of all time, and they just butchered in front of me. The acting, the songs, just everything was butchered. And it's the only film that I've actually left the cinema more pissed off than when I went in.
Mamma Mia was a fun musical, interesting story and it was going so well but it ends without any resolution. We're not told who the dad is. It's like that old joke "How do you keep an idiot in suspense? ..."
But the Lion King was something different. They took one of my favourite films of all time, and they just butchered in front of me. The acting, the songs, just everything was butchered. And it's the only film that I've actually left the cinema more pissed off than when I went in.
@sosumisai
How on earth did Un Chien Andalou make sense? The only movie that confused me more was Jodorowsy’s Santa Sangre
How on earth did Un Chien Andalou make sense? The only movie that confused me more was Jodorowsy’s Santa Sangre
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