I’d read the novel years earlier, and the movie pares the story down the absolute minimalist bones. The novel is basically a pro-vegetarian parable: the alien is consuming humans the way we consume cows. Plenty of abbatoir imagery.
I appreciated the moodiness of the film, and I’ll forever be grateful to it for introducing me to the music of Deacon Blue, whose “Real Gone Kid” is playing in a nightclub scene. That fandom is actually my biggest takeaway fromt eh flick, to be honest.
Good to hear it wasn’t a complete waste of time for somebody. It was something interesting to watch for about 20 minutes, and I watched the whole thing when I had time to waste. And if you don’t know that backstory then it’s still a memorable WTF.
Red Christmas was pretty ridiculous. Its hard to explain without spoiling the surprise twist
Yeah, I listed that up in post #6, and am still thinking about it.
For those who haven’t seen it, here is a link to the last 48 or so seconds. It’s basically about a man in conflict with himself, possibly in the form of doppelgängers (alternately, it’s actually a movie about doppelgängers), who also has mommy/women issues.
If you are not going to see it, and I don’t really recommend it, the video clip above is worth a watch just because…
That’s true, but that scene of Otto eating from a can labeled “FOOD” was hilarious.
In the meantime, Public Image Ltd., Johnny Rotten’s band after the Sex Pistols, did this.
And this.
And this too.
Generics, with the plain wrappers, faded out when store brands became more popular.
I looked up an explanation of the ending and couldn’t even understand that.
Yes, there’s a Denis Villenueve explanation out there that just makes everything more confusing. Sure it’s a metaphor, but what does it actually signify?
It’s amazing to me that he went on to make Arrival, one of my favorite movies, and Sicario, which I like a lot.
Are you ever going to rewatch it? I’ve actually thought about it. 
Nope.
In the book the mom murdered their little boy because her “husband” is her brother, and as he got older she began to believe the child was unnatural due to this incest and therefore had to die. It’s unclear if she actually believed the story she told everyone about wolves, or was deliberately lying.
As far as I could tell he killed the cops and so on because he was really mad/driven nuts by his experience in the war and the cops taking the son’s body was enough to send him over the edge into murder.
I actually did, as I had somehow forgotten I’d seen it. About halfway through I thought “Oh yeah, I sorta remember this”, but I didn’t remember that ending at all, so was annoyed all over again.
the professional… Its the anime movie version of a manga character duke Togo aka glogo 13 whos a hitman whos pretty much an amoral James bond type who works for anyone with the money
Well, he performs a hit that kills the son of the one of richest and most powerful men in the world and said the father is out for revenge at any cost… its an 80s anime so there are about 5 too many sex scenes but when it all comes together, in the end, you’re just like stunned from all the plot twists
missed the edit :
The first half, ok, I really don’t think that was covered in the movie. I don’t remember that at least.
Your second point would make sense if he was alone when he killed the cops, but his buddies helped him. That made no sense, and still doesn’t even with your explanation.
Friday Night Lights, the movie
I’ve stated this here before, but this one really angered me. Leave before the ending card. You’ll then realize you watched the wrong underdog movie:
Movie focuses on a bunch of stars, almost wins the state title. Their portrayed as scrappy underdogs who almost beat a team capable of decapitating them. Now the seniors are graduating, and by golly, they gave it their all. Fade to black… then the ending card:
The next year, the team WINS the State Title.
This is more remarkable as they’re replacing all the graduating stars on offense and defense from the previous year, including the QB. Think of the 49ers winning it all the year after Montana, Rice, and Lott suddenly retired.
That, my friends, is a FAR more remarkable story.
Well, Bissinger just happened to write a book about the year he spent living in Odessa to follow the school football team. He wasn’t there the next year.
Goodnight Mommy is all kinds of WTF. A mother returns to her two young twin children with bandages on her face from cosmetic surgery, and her kids start acting super weird. The longer you watch, the stranger it gets.
The Lobster is an excellent choice for WTF-ness, along with another film by the same guy, “The killing of a sacred deer”
Answer: David Lynch.
Blind (2014, Norway)
This woman is a writer, but going blind. I don’t wanna spoil it, but it’s really good, and I’ll paste the trailer if you want to know more. If you have seen this, I’d love any recommendations.
Geostorm was hilariously bad. Whoever wrote this piece of shit appears to have learned everything they know about science and the environment by watching Looney Tunes. It practically makes The Core look like a documentary by comparison.
My humble contributions are not about WTF endings, or WTF plots, but WTF am I really seeing this?
The first two encounters are from channel flipping (I have HBO, so I do that often):
JoJo Rabbit An HBO channel flip, and…am I really seeing HITLER in a comedic role? WTF were they thinking??
But I later watched the entire film - 5 stars, moved into my top 20 of all time, partly because of the seemingly-ridiculous nature of what it is showing you. Probably the best example of a “comedy” that gut-punches you HARD, even if you expected it was coming.
Movie 43 I’ve caught segments a couple of times channel-flipping on HBO. Yeah, I can’t believe it was made. Yeah, I can’t believe I found some of it hilarious, and was embarrassed for myself.
Kingsmen: the Secret Service This was not a channel-flip; I was encouraged to watch it by some cow-orkers. “It’s pretty violent in parts” they said. Holy shit: I could not believe I was watching the church scene in a major motion picture. “Over the top violence” isn’t descriptive enough.