Huh?
“In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.”
Pliny the Elder (23 AD - 79 AD)
That’s what you say when you finish watching these movies. I saw one on this list over the weekend and when the credits rolled I literally said, “Huh?” These are the movies that make me want to go to the directors house and say:
“You avant garde mothafucka? Was that artistic? You had a hidden message in there or something…huh…answer me!…Say what again!”
Shadowboxer
Cuba Gooding Jr., Helen Mirren, Stephen Dorff…and some other people.
What the hell was the point of this movie? And Hollywood…save the ass shots of dudes for romantic movies that women want to go see. This is one of those movies where in the end I think I understand the point…but still…huh? Who the hell read this and said, “Yeah let’s do that!”. It’s the type of thing I want to show people like I was rick-rolling them.
Donnie Darko
Jake Gyllenhall, Holmes Osbourne, Patrick Swayze.
This one is weird, but I actually like it. It’s a movie I did end up understanding and still watch to catch other little hints from. However, if I show it to a room full of people most of them would probably go, “Huh?” A 6 ft tall rabbit that predicts the future…that’s the only part of the plot I will mention…and that’s pretty much enough.
The Peanut Butter Solution
This is a weird ass french movie from the 80’s that involves ghosts, kids, hair loss, a hair growth formula involving peanut butter, kidnapping, child labor, magic and just weirdness. At first it seems like it will be a funny light hearted movie and then it just takes strange turns and in the end I just have to ask “WTF?” Who thinks of stuff like this?
Plan 9 from Outer Space
Bela Lugosi…and some rejects.
This one is honest…the director was weird as all hell. This movie includes Aliens using zombies and vampires to stop earth’s “stupid minds” What’s really ill is that Bela Lugosi was in this and it seemed like he could never be in a bad movie. I always have to ask though…what were plans 1-8 and why didn’t they work?
Name some weird movies.
I gotta think of some.
But uh, ruh. I tagged you and shit on my blog. You probably saw it and ignored it. Cuz that’s the type of shit I would have done. LOL
Comment by NinaMM — April 23, 2008 @ 6:20 pm
Sunshine
It was awful but I keep thinking about it. Maybe I’m just glad it’s over. Very strange. Michelle Yeogh, and that guy from Red Eye, among others are astronauts flying into outer space to deliver a bomb to the center of the sun, which has “gone out”.
that Donnie Darko was impossible to finish, for me. I got up to the part where the school is flooded and I was like, “oy vey”.
Comment by GC — April 23, 2008 @ 6:54 pm
I’ve only seen two on your list, ‘Donnie Darko’ and ‘Shadow Boxer’. Despite cementing my fear of giant talking rabbits I think that ‘Darko’ was brilliant. The latter I felt wasn’t sure of the kind of movie it was trying to be in its mix of sex-mafia-freudian-psychodrama and its sprinkling of Macy Gray and Monique.
One good ‘weird’ movie would be ‘Fur’ with Nicole Kidman and Robert Downey Jr.
Comment by Empath — April 23, 2008 @ 11:56 pm
I would participate but I’m still working my way through the 80s movie-wise. Get back to me.
Comment by kofi — April 24, 2008 @ 8:56 pm
Gotta see Donnie Darko! I don’t know why I haven’t yet - I’ve heard great things from people I trust (who love Trainspotting and Snatch)
Comment by jali — April 25, 2008 @ 3:55 pm
American Beauty. What a stupid movie. Kevin Spacey having some weird mid life crisis, lusting after his daughter’s friend. Too weird for words.
Comment by Miss T. Ayes — April 25, 2008 @ 7:55 pm
Totally understand the baby’s facial expression and the quote. There should be one that reads, “the more I write papers, the more squishy my mind gets…” See even my words don’t make sense!!! Lol! Yeah and tell Miss T that she needs to stop looking at ma page without writing something! I need to increase my blog esteem. AND, the words need to be prolific.
Comment by NGALANJALA — May 1, 2008 @ 6:42 pm
The Apple. So strange I had to make everyone I know watch it twice, just so I could be sure I hadn’t unwittingly absorbed some freaky drug just before I saw it the first time.
Basically it’s the book of Genesis and Revelations in a futuristic sci-fi eighties musical setting.
Comment by Mel — May 20, 2008 @ 8:14 pm