It was weird, but a bad movie, to be honest. Men, the movie I referenced above, also feels weird like a Cronenberg movie…but Men was much better.
Does it have to be a movie? I’m watching a series on Netflix that has made me go “WTF?!” numerous times.
Yeah, like I said, at first I thought “this is like a bad knockoff of Cronenberg”. I was wrong- it was just bad Cronenberg. Certainly no Videodrome or Scanners.
“Tenet” was WTF, purposely uncomprehensible dialogue and mostly incomprehensible plot.
A show that made me say “WTF??!?” multiple times but in a good way was “The Boys”. It takes superhero characters and portrays them in a much more cynical/realistic way. There was one scene where I jumped out of my chair and walked out of the room.
Is it The Midnight Gospel? Because that is definitely the weirdest series on Netflix, which is really saying something.
Isabelle Adjani, not Huppert. (I typed this at 2 a.m.).
Ms. Adjani won a Cesar (French academy award) - Best Actress! - for her screaming scene.
I’ve watched quite a few films which are challenging.
To pick one I’ll choose Taxidemia
If I describe it as a dramatisation of how Hungarian society has changed since the end of WW2 by using the lives of three generations of men as illustrations…? That will NOT prepare you for the actual film.
TCMF-2L
Under the Skin
Scarlett Johansson is the only recognizable actor. She received praise for her performance, and she did pretty well, but IMO the movie is boring and pointless. It’s science fiction, but to me it’s not the kind to attempt on film this way. But what do I know? Try it yourself, if the first 10 minutes doesn’t appeal you don’t expect it to get better later.
Midnight Meat Train. I know, the title should have been a clue, but sometimes I like to watch bad movies. This movie is not entertainingly bad (like, for example, Malignant, which is bad, but an instant cult classic). The end makes absolutely no sense. It was just an exercise in bad ideas all the way through.
The weirdest thing about that movie IMHO is that it was a parody of a movie that it beat to the cinemas. Wong Kar-Wai was making his arthouse wuxia epic Ashes of Time, and it was going over schedule and over budget. During some downtime, this parody version (based on the same novel) was banged together and released, starring basically the entire cast plus Joey Wong for some reason, and Ashes of Time was still to be completed.
In essence, imagine if Hot Shots had starred Tom Cruise and all his Top Gun co-stars plus Michelle Pfeiffer for no discernable purpose, and had been released in early 1986.
Craziness like that is one reason why I was so enamoured with HK films for so many years.
A friend of mine watched this film. His comment was, “Scarlett Johansson is naked and having sex for a fair amount of it. You’d think that that would be arousing, but somehow, this movie makes sure that it isn’t.”
I like the majority of Kevin Smith’s work, but Yoga Hosers (the second of his “Canadian Trilogy”) is really awful, despite decent performances by Lily-Rose Depp (Johnny’s daughter) and Harley Quinn Smith (Kevin’s daughter). Skip it.
BTW, the third movie of the trilogy is Moose Jaws – “Jaws with a moose.” You’ve been warned.
I liked it. It wasn’t as good as Clive Barker story it’s based on. But it had some great moments.
The Lobster - It has a lot of well known actors, including Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Léa Seydoux, John C. Reilly, and Olivia Colman. But it’s a weird movie with a weird premise. The characters live in a world where single people are sent to a resort where they have 45 days (IIRC) to partner up with a mate, otherwise they will be turned into an animal of their choosing (Colin Farrell’s choice being the titular crustacean). Inevitably, pairings seem to be based off of some shared ailment or affliction (nearsightedness, a gimpy leg, whatever). It’s kind of weird AF.
In all fairness, given the nature of her character, I thought the film captures that inherent weirdness and isolation. And in many ways, it’s probably better not to have much more detail or backstory than what is provided. But it was also kind of boring and pointless.
The only thing that kept me watching was the motorcycles on wet roads. I seem to recall the actor or stuntman was a real-deal racer. But as many have said already, boring and pointless.
On the other hand, it’s one of my top 10 movies of the 21st century. Granted, it’s harsh … depressing … almost nihilistic … you know, Cormac McCarthy.
My vote for Most WTF would be Rubber. A sentient automobile tire with the ability to psychokinetically make people 'splode becomes infatuated with an attractive young woman. WTF upon WTF upon WTF. Maybe it was because I watched it with a bunch of friends at 2:00 A.M., but we all enjoyed it (and no, none of us were stoned).
I liked it too. There’s an audience in the film. They demand food. They get turkey. Genius!
Any movie by Korean director Kim Ki Duk (Bad Guy, Samaritan Girl, The Isle) in a good, but need to take a lonnnng hot shower after way.
The most recent one I watched was Moebius. After discovering her husband’s affair and getting into and losing a physical fight with him, the wife goes to her son’s room and does a Bobbit on him! Things get even more WTF after that! Deeply dark, grim and another Ki Duk masterpiece!
Don’t understand Korean? No problem, there’s no dialog and the only thing you need to read is in English.
Have a cartoon ready to watch after Moebius!
I didn’t realize, but the store owner is played by the same actress who plays the mother. WTF!
The Caller starts off weird, but it’s an approachable kind of weird; it’s like coming in partway through what clearly might become an I Never Said It Was Poison chat, where the killer is unconvincingly acting like he doesn’t know what the cop is talking about, and the cop is unconvincingly acting like he’s buying it, and it’s obvious that each of them knows that the other knows what’s really going on — and, as there’s no set-up, you don’t really know what’s going on, but you get the feeling that you could.
But it slowly gets weirder.
All movies, at least ones worth their salt, have a “WTF” element to them.
I am hoping the OP is looking for exceptional films with an exceptional WTF element to them.