September Film Challenge 🎬

[Bry1313]

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So dark

 

[morelikeasong]

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It’s usually for myself only when I quote this because no one gets the reference but I say this a lot

 

[LaisDeMarieDeFrance]

Idk that I've ever seen a movie that left me confused. Angry? yes Disappointed? yes Disgusted? yes
But not confused. lol

ETA: I haven't seen at least half of these people have listed, so maybe I've not watched the right ones.

 

[BrendaBear]

Idk that I've ever seen a movie that left me confused. Angry? yes Disappointed? yes Disgusted? yes
But not confused. lol

ETA: I haven't seen at least half of these people have listed, so maybe I've not watched the right ones.

Well, if you decide to check them out - don’t watch them all in one day. That might be confusion overload… wondering around in a blank haze… repeating letters echoing in your head …. WTF! WTF! WTF!

 

[PassionatePanther]

I’d do a watch party of that film

If it’s a party, does that mean drugs and alcohol are invited? I might understand it then.

 

[Bry1313]

Idk that I've ever seen a movie that left me confused. Angry? yes Disappointed? yes Disgusted? yes
But not confused. lol

ETA: I haven't seen at least half of these people have listed, so maybe I've not watched the right ones.

Just watch Brazil, you will like it and be confused

 

[Bry1313]

If it’s a party, does that mean drugs and alcohol are invited? I might understand it then.

How else are we going to enjoy the movie

 

[PassionatePanther]

How else are we going to enjoy the movie

 

[CarlyAnn]

Day 12: A film that left you feeling confused

 

[Cogan]

As I said earlier anything with David Lynch can be confusing. But after some thinking Pulp Fiction kept popping up in my head. I saw the movie at the cinema when it was released and I can still remember the mixed feeling of A brilliant movie, great actors/acting and how is it all connected. It took that evening to sort it out. I still think it's a brilliant movie.

 

[NRJLIVES4ever]

Day 12: A film that left you feeling confused

First time I watched it in the early 90s I didn't quite grasp it and wasn't ready to accept its genius. Twin Peaks the TV show was loaded with David Lynch's fun brand of weirdness and quirky characters but it was still easy to digest for the most part. The movie was much weirder and darker. And Cooper was barely in it. That bummed me out. So first time I watched it I didn't get it. I probably didn't realize it was a prequel too (I was 15 lol). But years have gone by and my pallet developed and now I embrace it and think it's amazing.

 

[Frankjba1]

Day 12: A film that left you feeling confused

 

[lavendersilk]

You have to watch this movie two or three times to figure out what is happening.
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My choice. I'll come up with something else...

 

[lavendersilk]

Day 12: A film that left you feeling confused

 

[SalaciousMonkey22]

First time I watched it in the early 90s I didn't quite grasp it and wasn't ready to accept its genius. Twin Peaks the TV show was loaded with David Lynch's fun brand of weirdness and quirky characters but it was still easy to digest for the most part. The movie was much weirder and darker. And Cooper was barely in it. That bummed me out. So first time I watched it I didn't get it. I probably didn't realize it was a prequel too (I was 15 lol). But years have gone by and my pallet developed and now I embrace it and think it's amazing.
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This is exactly my arc. I loved the show didn’t quite get this movie. Rewatched the show and this over covid…it’s brilliant. Adds so much depth and heartache to the story.

 

[TANSTAAFL58]

Day 12: A film that left you feeling confused

Bogey again. Hey, I am a huge fan.

But this one, hmmmmm. Roger Ebert put it best:

Film critic Roger Ebert, described the movie as being about the "process of a criminal investigation, not its results

The Big Sleep.

Here are Bogey and Bacall, flirting as much as the censors would allow

The reason may be this piece of trivia from IMDB:

Leigh Brackett [writer] only had one meeting with co-writer William Faulkner. He told her they would each adapt alternate chapters of the original novel, then went off to work on his own. They finished their first draft in eight days, and Howard Hawks patched together their various scenes.
Or this one:
While working on the script, writers William Faulkner and Leigh Brackett couldn't figure out from the novel who murdered a particular character. So they phoned Raymond Chandler, who angrily told them the answer was right there in the book. They shrugged and returned to their work. Chandler soon phoned to say that he looked at the book himself and couldn't figure out who killed the character, so he left it up to them to decide. In the original cut, shown to the armed services, this question is resolved; in the film as released, it isn't.


I found the remake with Robert Mitchum is even harder to follow

 

[SalaciousMonkey22]

This is exactly my arc. I loved the show didn’t quite get this movie. Rewatched the show and this over covid…it’s brilliant. Adds so much depth and heartache to the story.

I’ll add, that I think part of it was it’s uncompromisingly a reminder that the story isn’t about a quirky town full of weirdos, it’s about Laura Palmer and the evils in the world that lead to her tragedy. I think that was a difficult pill to swallow for some people back in the day. Certainly part of why I had a tough time absorbing this movie.

 

[curious_slut]

Day 12: A film that left you feeling confused

I kind of get it but mostly it just annoyed me. And I wanted to like it so much cos I generally love Rachel Weisz movies.

 

[shybutobscene]

My choice. I'll come up with something else...

It only seems fitting since you stole my Guardians of the Galaxy pick for the soundtrack day

 

[Pad_Foot]

When Gandalf appeared at Helm's Deep, the whole theater of us nerds cheered. lol

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A cheer happened EARLIER when the WHITE Wizard appeared.. !!

Beheading of Sauron’s emissary was denied us originally but I cheer that moment now.
Women (and men?) might cheer when his love is revealed at the end, of are they sad that he isn’t going to be single??

Ooops! Sorry for quoting!! I have kept my distance.

 

[barefootgirl69]

Day 12: A film that left you feeling confused.

I know each of these movies is subjective, and I was going to agree with @LaisDeMarieDeFrance. I've felt a lot of things about movies, but had a hard time chosing something that left me confused.

Then, I read further. I loved Shutter Island. It was confusing until that twist at the end! I thought it was brilliant!

But, I'll never understand Pulp Fiction. It WAS confusing. I'm still confused about why it's so popular. So, there's my answer.

Pulp Fiction. (And, no. I don't want to watch it again.)

 

[Lady_Libra_]

Day 12: A film that left you feeling confused
Probably because it jumped around so much.

 

[barefootgirl69]

Day 12: A film that left you feeling confused
Probably because it jumped around so much.

Yep! That's another one that I am totally lost by!

 

[BrendaBear]

Day 12: A film that left you feeling confused
Probably because it jumped around so much.

Yep! That's another one that I am totally lost by!

Yep! Me too.

 

[RosewoodTulip]

Catching up.
Days 9, 10 & 11.
The soundtrack is gorgeous. The book is wonderful and I still cheer at certain places after a million rewatches