Agreed. I didn’t think I would like it because it was so stupid. It was stupid, but quite funny, particulary the incredibly gratutious Taco Bell Product placement.
Buffalo '66 I thought this was a great film, most people I know just found it depressing, it probably dosent help that Vincent Gallo is also the director of The Brown Bunny.
Henry and June My ex and I considered it our favorite “bad movie we love” I think my love of Miller’s writings probably shortcircuited my inner critic, even allowing me to ignore the medicore(and at times downright bad)acting, or maybe it was just the love scenes between Uma Thurman and the actress who played Anais Ninn…
Waterworld. Great premise, great production value, and overall a great science-fiction story.
By far
that and the famous quote “Up and Over!” Bam :smack:
Don Juan DiMarco
'nuff said.
Number Six, my take on the scenes you mention is that we are seeing the world from Halsey’s deluded perspective. Is he really on the ground talking to police while Ryder revs the truck engine? Or is he in the truck the whole time and just imagining the rest?
Ryder’s “I want you to stop me” line says to me that the Halsey/Ryder character is contemplating suicide, but can’t go through with it.
Anyway, the film is particularly appropriate for this thread. Nobody else “gets” the movie the same way I do (except maybe Leonard Maltin).
I’ve spent a good deal of the last four years trying to tell the other students in my cinema class about the work of Hal Hartley. In particular his golden run from 88 to 96 which included The Unbelievable Truth, Trust, Simple Men & Amateur. But most people stall at the first step: getting used to the idea that his movie have a distinct acting style that doesn’t go for realism in any way shape or form.
I always have to watch Freeway and Evita alone.
I love that film. Actually, All of Terry Gilliam’s films have that certain wonderfulness about them, that sense of dark fantasy mixed with reality.
I only wish “The Man who killed Don Quioxte” had come off…
Rutger Hauer’s explanation of who/what Ryder is, from an internet chat transcript on his web site:
This explanation along the same lines is the most satisfying one I’ve come across, and it’s a pretty good match for what Hauer says is going on:
Read the complete review here.
I absolutely loved Ishtar. The writing is good, with some wonderfully funny lines (“Run, you smuck!”), and the acting is great. I think this got panned because, for the producers of the movie, the film was a huge financial loss. It went a zillion dollars over budget, and the modest–but not awful–ticket sales couldn’t offset the costs incurred in making the movie.
I also loved The In-Laws (“Serpentine, Shell!”) which few other people seem to have heard of, let alone like.
Guess I have a thing for costumes…
“Swashbuckler” c1976
"Robin and Marion"also '76
And shear stupidity,
“Wayne’s World” 198?
Joe’s Apartment 199?
Airplane! 198?
All of which my family pretty much refuses to watch.
I laughed myself sick over this movie! I also just LOVE High Strung, another Steve Oedekerk film!
Noises Off! and The Full Monty are a couple of my faves that not everyone seems to like.
Oh, and another “thumbs up” for these flicks:
Mars Attacks
The Emperor’s New Groove
Tremors
Rustler’s Rhapsody
The Big Hit
Ishtar
These were all terrific, IMO!
I recently rented both “Breakin’” and “Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo” on DVD. It’s only a matter of time before I get around to checking out “Beat Street”, “Krush Groove”, “Wild Style” and other classics in the breakdancin’/spray paintin’/pre-thug/early rap genre. “Rappin’…rappin’…this movie just had to happen…” Geez, I just get goosebumps thinking about how Turbo showed that uptight ballet guy Frank what real dancin’ was all about. “Ain’t no stoppin’ usssssssss!!!”
Number Six, I would love to hear the director’s commentary on this movie. (Has a DVD even been issued with commentary?)
Hauer’s comments are interesting, but not definitive. After all, Harrison Ford and Ridley Scott disagree about the correct interpretation of Blade Runner.
I may be a minority of 1 in my reading of the film…
Yes, there is a version of The Hitcher with a variety of commentaries on it, including the director and writer, which should lead to a definitive answer; however, this set is available only in region 2.
I would say that Hauer’s comments are definitive as to how he played the character, but though you are correct that this is not a definitive answer to question of what the interpretation intended by the director/writer was, it is evidence.
In any case, it’s clear we’ll just have to agree to disagree. I think you’re seeing something that isn’t there, but I’ve done the same thing, so I’ll leave you your pet theory.
As for the Harrison Ford / Ridley Scott disagreement over Blade Runner:
[spoiler]If you accept Scott’s explanation that Deckard is himself a blade runner, it would still make sense for Ford to believe that Deckard was human while playing him. If Deckard believes himself to be human, Ford believing this would lead to a more effective portrayal.
My favored interpretation is that in the theatrical version, Deckard is human, in the Director’s cut, he’s a blade runner being covertly operated by Lt. Castillo.[/spoiler]
And for the movie I “get” in a different way than most, I decided to use a play. Watch Hamlet, but go into it with the assumption that Prince Hamlet actually is crazy and his uncle an innocent victim of the Prince’s madness, and it’s almost a whole new story.
The Beatles’ Magical Mystery Tour has everything: the amazing “I Am the Walrus” sequence, hilarious absurdist comedy, a guest appearance by the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, and the best love scene ever committed to film (Buster Bloodvessel and Aunt Jessie). I don’t understand why it flopped so badly.
Oh, I loved this movie! Mr. singular and I were even lucky enough to catch the cast on tour here in Seattle last month - it was wonderful! The DVD makes the best concert souvenier ever!
Put me down for a huge fan of any Christopher Guest film. It’s one way I can judge someone’s character - you didn’t get Waiting for Guffman? Chances are, we won’t be going to the movies together…
I was shocked to hear Ben Stiller and Artie Lang dissing this movie on a Howard Stern repeat this week. I get a huge kick out of it. Of course, I’m instantly drawn to any movie that has Tom Waits in it, especially with a Blame Thrower.
Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb…
I personaly find the directing, acting, camerawork, pacing, comedy, etc etc of this film pure brilliance… but I think that what is commonly refered to as “MTV generation syndrom” has affected my family. I plan on setting my best friend down with it, and if she does not like it then it is settled… but I really do not know how a person could not like this movie!