Interesting films you've seen?

JPFS1 · 12-05-2005, 11:40 AM

Thought i'd start this thread to ask about your favorite "trippy" films you've seen....

Quite a few years ago, i saw a film called The Cube, and only a couple of days ago, got my hands on the sequal, The Cube 2 - Hypercube.

Extremely interesting to say the least.

Anybody else seen these?

What did you think?

XRated · 12-05-2005, 11:50 AM

2001: A Space Odyssey <- Brilliant comes to mind, boring to others
Clockwork Orange
Interstella 5555
Berserk (series)

LuvinmyEB · 12-05-2005, 11:54 AM

I watched "Eternal Sunshine Of A Spotless Mind" a couple of weeks back, it was different. I don't know if I'd watch it again in a hurry, very interesting/unusual plot though.

JPFS1 · 12-05-2005, 12:00 PM

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I watched "Eternal Sunshine Of A Spotless Mind" a couple of weeks back, it was different. I don't know if I'd watch it again in a hurry, very interesting/unusual plot though.

Is that the one with Jim Carey?

If it's the one i'm thinking of, it was quite good.

Quasi · 12-05-2005, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by XRated

2001: A Space Odyssey <- Brilliant comes to mind, boring to others
Clockwork Orange
Interstella 5555
Berserk (series)

12 Monkeys (Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt) pretty much fits into that pidgeon hole, I'd say. Whilst an enjoyable film, it certainly was a 'pay attention' type of flick. I thought pitt's performance was outstanding.

Another very odd type film would have been 'Catch 22'. It was made in the same era as 'Clockwork Orange' and '2001: A Space Odyssey'.

Is it just me, or do just about all Kubrick's films come under this genre.

ferris01 · 12-05-2005, 01:05 PM

M. Night Shyamalan’s movies I really liked (Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, The Villiage). Although I have to say the mystery around this director makes his movies even more thrilling (if u believe the story about him to be true).

ferris01 · 12-05-2005, 01:18 PM

I will correct myself quickly here. I know the doco wasnt true about him, but I believe the doco when I watch his movies. (gets me scared).

Jaeger · 12-05-2005, 01:18 PM

Donnie Darko and Butterfly Effect get up there in "trippy" films.

The rabbit is Donnie Darko is freaky.
And both films need to be watched sober, as i discovered.
I was spinning out, I thought someone kept changing the channel on me or something.

Twisted · 12-05-2005, 01:59 PM

Equilibrium is a great movie. Good storyline and great acting all coupled with some phenomenal fight scenes make it one of my all time favorites. Its one of those movies that only 1 in 100 people you talk to will know about but you can be sure that if they have seen it they absolutely loved it.

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M. Night Shyamalan’s movies I really liked (Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, The Villiage). Although I have to say the mystery around this director makes his movies even more thrilling (if u believe the story about him to be true).

Whats the story about him??

loxxr6 · 12-05-2005, 02:10 PM

There's meant to be a third Cube movie coming out/already released.

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas rocks.

Spun was wierd (haha drug movies)

Butterfly effect was trippy...so was Donnie Darko.

I never thought I'd like it, but A Dangerous Mind ?(Russel Crowe) was quite good.

Any of the early Peter Jackson schlock films eg Bad Taste etc

Brain Dead (love gore films)

Twisted · 12-05-2005, 02:17 PM

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Brain Dead (love gore films)

I LOVE zombie movies and there is nothing better than a cheesy zombie movie. Braindead is the master of cheese!

EB-maen · 12-05-2005, 02:24 PM

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Equilibrium is a great movie.

big thumbs up, that movie had some good action scenes in it. a friend actually lent me a copy and i was surprised that i had never heard of it before, considering it is a reasonably new movie. it had a lot of interesting ideas in it though. The cube was just weird, lol, and I don't mean that in a bad way, it was just really bizarre. It 'kind of' reminds me of 13ghosts with respect to the whole shifting enviornment thing.
Although Memento (guy pearce, the movie is kind of backwards, literally) isn't really that 'trippy' but I thought it was very interestingly done and you did need to pay attention to figure out what was going on.

big_pete · 12-05-2005, 02:25 PM

has anyone seen Dogville, with nicole kidman

that is one disturbing yet cool movie. i had to watch it for uni, and i was blown away by how good it was.
the whole movie is set on like the set of a play or something like that, just a big square block that represents a town, the houses have no walls people act like its all there.

the ending is awsome aswell, very powerfull

InitialD · 12-05-2005, 02:33 PM

Butterfly Effect had to be one of the most wacked up movies ive seen.... Watched it for like 45 mins then turned it off as it was tooo F**ked up.

MITCHAY · 12-05-2005, 02:36 PM

Butterfly effect was ****ed. Went to see it at the movies with some friends. Lets just say i slept through most of it cause it was too ****ed to bother watching it.

12-05-2005, 02:57 PM

Fight Club
Donnie Darko
12 Monkeys
Brazil
Mullholland Drive
Being John Malcovitch (spelling)
The Tenant (Polanski)
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Oh and the first 3 Police Academy films!!!

By the way, you Zombie Film fans, have you seen:
Shaun Of The Dead
Undead

MITCHAY · 12-05-2005, 03:03 PM

Shaun of the dead is so ****ing funny. Beating zombies with cricket bats lol

MITCHAY · 12-05-2005, 03:04 PM

Shaun of the dead is so ****ing funny. Beating zombies with cricket bats lol. And got his zombie friend chained up playing the playstation lol.

JPFS1 · 12-05-2005, 03:11 PM

Donnie Darko was wacked - enjoyed it, but enjoyed Butterfly Effect more.

Chaos theory - trippy yet very true!

big_pete · 12-05-2005, 03:12 PM

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Mullholland Drive

that has to be the WORST film ive ever seen.
nothing made sense, not even the lesbo scene!

Quasi · 12-05-2005, 03:13 PM

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Equilibrium is a great movie. Good storyline and great acting all coupled with some phenomenal fight scenes make it one of my all time favorites. Its one of those movies that only 1 in 100 people you talk to will know about but you can be sure that if they have seen it they absolutely loved it.

Yes, I enjoyed Equilibrium, but yeah, not too many know the film.

JPFS1 · 12-05-2005, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by BlueAU

Equilibrium is a great movie. Good storyline and great acting all coupled with some phenomenal fight scenes make it one of my all time favorites. Its one of those movies that only 1 in 100 people you talk to will know about but you can be sure that if they have seen it they absolutely loved it.

Will have to get my hands on that one.

I've got Cypher and Spun to watch now, don't know anything about these films but apparently they fall into this category too.

svo347 · 12-05-2005, 03:21 PM

Cube 1,2
13th ghost
Dark City
TV series American Gothic.

svo347 · 12-05-2005, 03:23 PM

Equilibrium was pretty good. Mind you i never really did like Christian Bates

MITCHAY · 12-05-2005, 03:26 PM

Has anyone see Cabin Fever. Thats ****ed lol

Twisted · 12-05-2005, 03:37 PM

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Equilibrium was pretty good. Mind you i never really did like Christian Bates

Christian Bale ;) Patrick Bateman was his character in American Psycho.

svo347 · 12-05-2005, 03:40 PM

ok ok you say tomato i say tomato

Twisted · 12-05-2005, 03:59 PM

I say Potato, you say Potato

Franky · 12-05-2005, 04:00 PM

I really enjoyed the butterfly effect, you kinda have to keep watching it for it to make sense

paul7v7 · 12-05-2005, 04:11 PM

These are movies that i would say are not the norm and interested me a lot.

Equilibrium
Donnie Darko
12 Monkeys
2001: A Space Odyssey
PI
Brazil
EraserHead - Wouldn't say interesting but really weired
secretary
Irreversible - That one scent (the controverisal one) was just a little too graphic for moi
Vanilla Sky
Chinatown
Requeium for a dream - A very good film. Every kid should have to see it to see the concequences of taking drugs.