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Bastable
| Wednesday, October 01, 2003 - 4:07 pm
Oh...I saw that movie as a warning about the dangers of drugs. I was grossed out, but I think that was the point. I saw it probably two years ago and I still remember how the message was all about how drugs can take you over and make you do horrible things. (If I recall correctly, the director was indeed forced to edit that paty scene down for theatrical release; the original version is on the DVD.)
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Pannie
| Wednesday, October 01, 2003 - 7:57 pm
Eliz87 and TVDuck pegged four movies I saw and concur with: "Magnolia" (those poor FROGS!!), "Beloved"(huh??), "Being John Malkovich" (was that his nightmare?), and "Eyes Wide Shut" (better kept that way). '12 Monkeys' was dang weird as well as "Memento", but I really liked these two films anyway.
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Kimmo
| Thursday, October 02, 2003 - 12:15 pm
Just a question...When saying something is "too dang weird," does that just mean weird, or so weird you couldn't watch it?
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Hummingbird
| Thursday, October 02, 2003 - 2:21 pm
It just means they were too dang weird! Some of these movies were good weird and some were bad weird -- but all of them were offbeat and different.
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Boberg
| Thursday, October 02, 2003 - 8:34 pm
"Beloved" I so agree, too dang weird. I only watched it because it was connected with Oprah..then wondered, "what in the world was Oprah thinking" and "well maybe I just don't get this movie..but I sure ain't watching it again!
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Fabnsab
| Saturday, October 04, 2003 - 1:40 am
I just watched "Secretary" with James Spader and Maggie Gyllenhal. Pretty darn weird. Mind you, I sat there and enjoyed it and was actually touched at the end but it definately belongs in this thread.
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Azriel
| Saturday, October 04, 2003 - 6:59 am
I just got back from seeing 28 Days Later. That is one weird and stupid movie! Is this movie showing in the States? (This isn't the Sandra Bullock movie )
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Pannie
| Saturday, October 04, 2003 - 7:55 am
Question: Have anyone seen "Swimming Pool"? It's playing in Portland, OR., and I may get to travel up there for work and see a film after hours. I'm not sure if it's worthy to see or just too dang wierd. Anyone know? Fabnsab and Azriel Are Secretary and 28 Days Later new movies? Spader is on the small screen now (The Practice, I believe). 28 Days sounds like the lunar cycle - at least it isn't a Sandra Bullock movie
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Azriel
| Saturday, October 04, 2003 - 10:07 am
Pannie, 28 Days Later just came to the movie theaters in Singapore this weekend. It's a British movie so that's why I wasn't sure if it was released in the US. Here's the website for the movie 28 Days Later
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Naja
| Saturday, October 04, 2003 - 1:26 pm
I was all set to rent 2 weird movies from this thread yesterday, Salo and May...And May was all rented out and they don't even carry Salo at my Blockbuster. Ah well, I got Edentity, and I would call it weird and good.
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Carrie92
| Saturday, November 08, 2003 - 12:32 am
Anyone see Mulholland Drive? I totally didn't get it. Definitely too dang weird.
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Fabnsab
| Saturday, November 08, 2003 - 2:21 am
Pannie, I think Secretary came out last year, sometime. It was on cable- one of the movie channels. (This isn't the Sandra Bullock movie ) Azriel, thats too funny because when i heard about this film, I said it sounded like a sequel to 28 days. I think that may have actually hurt the film. It didn't sound new to those who don't pay close attention.
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Bbfanatic
| Saturday, November 08, 2003 - 10:39 am
i agree about mulholland drive carrie. i didnt get vanilla sky.
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Hummingbird
| Saturday, November 08, 2003 - 6:56 pm
I believe Mullhold Drive has been mentioned more than anything else here. That one was weird and boring.
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Mamie316
| Sunday, November 09, 2003 - 8:13 pm
Vanilla Sky was very strange. Magnolia was also very odd, the whole raining frogs thing...I don't know
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Lycanthrope
| Wednesday, November 19, 2003 - 12:32 pm
I gotta add 'Aswang' to the list. I referenced it in the 'creepy movie/scene' thread. Has anyone else seen this? It was made in the early 90's and it was the very first movie ever screened at the Sundance Film Festival in 1994(under the title The Unearthed). The basic plot centers on a young, unwed pregnant woman who enters into an agreement with a family who want to adopt her baby. The catch is she has to pose as the wife of the man in the family for a little while so people will think it's his child. She goes to live at his mansion with him, his mother, his crazy sister, and their Philipino housekeeper. Weird, creepy, and sometimes sickness ensues from there as this is no normal family. They are Aswang...
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Meemo
| Tuesday, January 06, 2004 - 12:43 pm
i don't know if this has been mentioned but i thought Freeway with Reese Witherspoon and Kiefer Sutherland was pretty "dang weird"
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Blacksheep
| Tuesday, January 06, 2004 - 2:12 pm
Happiness (1998) directed by Todd Solondz Kissed (1996) directed by Lynne Stopkewich both are just "dang weird" - though, I do admit I liked them both, partially because they are somewhat demented - Neither are "family" entertainment Also if anyone happens to look these up, do not dismiss Kissed just because of the subject matter - it is a weird but very interesting film Need to find info on films, great database site: The Internet Movie Database - http://www.imdb.com
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Cba79
| Wednesday, January 07, 2004 - 11:21 am
This list is a hoot! I can't believe how many of these I have seen (and own on DVD!). I have to agree with those that are listed above --- especially Event Horizon, Reqiuem for a Dream, and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. I would like to add a few of my own: Donnie Darko In the Mouth of Madness The Thirteenth Floor The Ninth Gate Pi (written/directed by Darren Aronofsky before he made Reqiuem for a Dream) Gattaca
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Mamie316
| Wednesday, January 07, 2004 - 11:29 am
Donnie Darko was very strange but I really liked it.
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Hummingbird
| Wednesday, January 07, 2004 - 1:53 pm
Was Gattaca the one set in the future with Ethan Hawks and Uma Thurman? If so, I agree it has the weird factor. I saw something on the Academy Awards show that year about the set design. The stairway in the building where they worked was designed to mimic the DNA double helix shape. I always meant to watch the movie again just to look for stairway.
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Hummingbird
| Wednesday, January 07, 2004 - 1:57 pm
Hawk, Hawks ???
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Mamie316
| Wednesday, January 07, 2004 - 2:38 pm
Hawke
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Hummingbird
| Friday, January 23, 2004 - 1:05 pm
I don't want to read the entire thread to find out if anyone has previously listed "Dead Man" with Johnny Depp and Crispin Glover. I just saw it on the IFC cable network. What a strange movie!
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Cba79
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07-11-2001
| Monday, February 02, 2004 - 10:46 am
Just saw the Butterfly Effect this weekend and will definitely have to add that title to this list! Weird....and disturbing. Not for everyone.
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