What movie did you not get?

[Aynge]

Me: 2001 A Space Odyssey.

What was that giant Hershey bar thing? Was it supposed to be God?

What the hell happened to Dave? What was going on in that weird room at the end? Did he turn into a baby?

[Leslie]

Aynge wrote: "Me: 2001 A Space Odyssey.

What was that giant Hershey bar thing? Was it supposed to be God?

What the hell happened to Dave? What was going on in that weird room at the end?"

I know! I never understand what the heck is going on. I figure someone was smoking the happy weed when writing that film. Well, for me, it was Napolean Dynamite. I couldn't even bear to finish watching it. Totally lame, but all my coworkers went around quoting it like it was funniest movie ever.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Inland Empire.

[Sally, la reina]

I'm Still Here

[Félix]

We know you are, Sally. This thread is about movies.

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

I love Mulholland Drive!

I don't quite get Lost in Translation. I like Bill Murray and Scarlett Johanson okay, but I want there to be more there, somehow.

[Félix]

With Lost in Translation, it was all about the things that were never said. That couldn't be said.

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

I guess that's just hard for me to relate to, Larry. I'm pretty forthright when I need to be.

And not exactly true - things were being said in that movie, WE just didn't get to hear what they were. Aaaaah! Hate that!

[Félix]

I didn't remember that part.

[Jonathan]

I liked Mulholland Drive too, Jackie. With Syriana, I felt like I needed a scorecard or a user's manual in order to understand what was going on and eventually kind of lost interest. I might give it another try at some point.

[Sally, la reina]

Larry wrote: "We know you are, Sally. This thread is about movies."

No, the movie.it sucked.

[Félix]

Oh.

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

Eh, Syriana. What I got out of it is just about how immense the amount of money and power there is tied up in oil, so much so that governments will kill to get and keep that power.
It wasn't a very entertaining movie, but it was eye-opening to me. I walk and take the bus as much as I can.
I don't tend to like George Clooney movies. They might be smart, but they aren't very much fun.

[Jonathan]

I liked Oh Brother Where Art Thou, but mostly for the music.

[Félix]

I enjoyed Up In the Air.

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

Sally wrote: "I'm Still Here"

That movie was an interesting exercise, but I didn't like it. And if I hadn't been familiar with Dylan's life, I would have been totally lost. Not good in a movie. Movies should stand on their own.

It was mostly notable for being Heath Ledger's last performance.

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

I almost turned Napoleon Dynamite off, but then about 20 minutes in, it clicked, and I LOVED it!
Vote for Pedro!

[Brittomart]

Jackie, I think you're mixing I'm Still Here, the Casey Affleck-directed Joaquin Phoenix mockumentary with I'm Not There, the Dylan biopic.

[Brittomart]

I don't get Napoleon Dynamite. I like the dance scene at the end, but I don't get why some of it is funny.

I'll admit it, one reason why I loved LIT was because I have a....not fetish, but a thing for May-December relationships, and ugh I just wanted them to....not hook up, but just like, I dunno. But the reason why the movie is so good is that they didn't! That movie is....it leaves me speechless.

[Phil]

I saw "A Clockwork Orange" when I was about 14. I can't say I understood it at all, but I thought it was totally cool.

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

Britt-Britt wrote: "Jackie, I think you're mixing I'm Still Here, the Casey Affleck-directed Joaquin Phoenix mockumentary with I'm Not There, the Dylan biopic."

You are totally right, Britt!

Completely understandable though, with those titles. :)

[Stacia (the 2010 club)]

Agree with Syriana. I fell asleep during it. I also fell asleep during Master and Commander.

[Michael]

A Serious Man

[janine]

i don't tend to watch films i won't get, but someone had to explain the ending of vanilla sky to me.

[Sally, la reina]

Jackie "the Librarian" wrote: "Sally wrote: "I'm Still Here"

That movie was an interesting exercise, but I didn't like it. And if I hadn't been familiar with Dylan's life, I would have been totally lost. Not good in a movie...."



I think you're talking about something else. ::googles:: that was I'm Not There.

[Félix]

I wasn't there, either.

[Phil]

I'm not sure I got "Dead Ringers" at the time I saw it. Interesting movie, though.

[Brittomart]

DEAD RINGERS IS MY SHIT OMG

[Sarah]

Burn After Reading. Blah. I'm glad I turned it off halfway through, but I was confused and bored.

[Brittomart]

I didn't get No Country for Old Men

[Félix]

Britt-Britt wrote: "I didn't get No Country for Old Men"

Seriously? I thought it was all pretty straight forward.

[Aynge]

Sarah Pi wrote: "Burn After Reading. Blah. I'm glad I turned it off halfway through, but I was confused and bored."

I got this movie, I just didn't care for it. It was nice to see Brat Pitt get shot in the face though.

I didn't get Mulholland Dr., either, at first, but after ranting about how dumb it was with my friends, we slowly began to untangle it. The more I thought about it, the more I began to think it was a masterpiece.

Lost in Translation left me feeling gypped at the end. WHAT DID HE SAY TO HER!? If I ever meet Sophia Copolla I will pimp slap her.

I watched about 5 minutes of Napoleon Dynamite. I could not get into that movie.

[Aynge]

Britt-Britt wrote: "DEAD RINGERS IS MY SHIT OMG"

That movie was so freakin' creepy. Too awesome.

[Auntie]

Britt-Britt wrote: "DEAD RINGERS IS MY SHIT OMG"

I love that movie!

I didn't get the hype about "Fargo" or "Usual Suspects".

[Michele]

lurking again. loved "Mulholland Drive",loved "Fargo" and loved "Usual Suspects". did not care for "Lost in Translation". still not sure how I feel about "Inception" but it sure left me wondering and I at least remember it. There are movies I have paid to go see and forgot all about within 24 hrs.

[Phoenix]

I didn't get "Pulp Fiction" the first time I watched it, but I was sober. I wasn't sober the second time around, and it made so much more sense!

[Joanne]

I thought Pulp Fiction was an over hyped snoozefest.

[Paul]

Piles of hideous grot inexplicably liked by some maniacs:

The Bourne Identity
I heart Huckabees
Donnie Darko
Crazy Heart
In Bruges
Lust Caution
Pretty Woman
The Royal Tennenbaums

[Phoenix]

I didn't get "Donnie Darko" at all...when it was over I just sat there looking at the screen thinking...WTF did I just watch?

[Michael]

Joanne wrote: "I thought Pulp Fiction was an over hyped snoozefest."

Same here. Years later I wondered what it was I missed so I rented it and felt the same way.

[Félix]

I've never seen Pulp Fiction.

[Joanne]

Thanks for the laugh Paul.

[Brittomart]

I'm watching American Psycho with friends right now, and they don't even know what's coming...

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

The book was much better.

[Phil]

I've never seen Pulp Fiction.

[Jim]

I've never seen Pulp Fiction either.

[Carol]

I did not get and no one needs to explain to me:
Syriana
The Royal Tenenbaums

Burn after Reading was meh.

I really liked Usual Suspects

[Michael]

Lobstergirl wrote: "The book was much better."

I never saw the movie because I hated the book so much.

[Paul]

Pretty Woman was a vile insidious piece of anti-feminist propaganda which most people ate up like it was a tender love story instead of the vicious hooking-as-career-choice-for-non-college-educated-women combined with spray-enough-money-over-something-and-it-smells-like-Chanel Cinders-shall-go-to-the-ball claptrap it was.

[Jim]

Not a fan Paul, you seemed a little ambiguous in your review :-)