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Have you ever seen a movie and thought "What am I watching here?"

Think you have to read the books to truly 'get' and love those movies Mr. Allen. After I saw them I stopped reading the books.
As for the movies where you wonder what exactly is happening in them I do become confused with some plot lines. I didn't for example like 'Pulp Fiction' as many of the things that happened in the movie, seemed to make little sense. Similarly with the 'Kill Bill' series.
 
Mamma Mia - during the "Lay all your love on me song" and seeing those guys with flippers on high-kicking down the pier:

 
What do you mean by " what am i seeing?" You dont get the point of the movie? you'r not into it? or you just visually dont understand what happens?
 
First time I saw "2001 A Space Odyssey" as a kid I thought it was cool science fiction, but I honestly had no idea what I had actually seen. Can't say I was ready to absorb something attempting to explain our cosmic existence. Of course this was not the case when I saw "2010" much later.
 
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Not so much “what am I seeing?” as “Why am I watching his?”, proceeded by switching off said movie or leaving the theater.
 
Mia said:
Think you have to read the books to truly 'get' and love those movies Mr. Allen. After I saw them I stopped reading the books.
As for the movies where you wonder what exactly is happening in them I do become confused with some plot lines. I didn't for example like 'Pulp Fiction' as many of the things that happened in the movie, seemed to make little sense. Similarly with the 'Kill Bill' series.
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I never thought about how someone unfamiliar with lord of the rings etc books would view the movies. There's these rings and blah blah blah... what?

That was the problem with Dune too. Like with LotR a woman comes on first thing and explains the plot and the audience unfamiliar with the books just says "what?".

Like with David Lynch films, Quinton Tarantino films can be pretty hard to follow. In Lynch's case that's basically intentional. But they all have these very captivating scenes I watch clips of over and over.
 
Dead Man starring Johnny Depp. Absolute crud! The majority of the film was just more shots of him on horseback going through desert areas with an annoying guitar being played in the background. I kid you not, go and watch it and come back and plea for those 2 hours of your life back! I dare you!
 
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Agree with this. The same with Reservoir Dogs.
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Forgot to mention Reservoir dogs.:confused: It's the extreme violence that shocks in most of his films. Or the nightmarish torture. Which often has little bearing on the plot, it seems to just get 'thrown in' in a matter of fact way.
 
Ezra said:
That was the problem with Dune too.
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Liked all the Dune books, except Children of Dune. The films were a little on the bizarre side. But rather good in their time.

True concerning LOTR, it would likely be too complex for most to follow. During the films I whispered a little of the 'backstory' to my husband, when he asked what was going on. Later he did mention it was confusing. And I was not about to go into the history of wizards, elves, men, hobbits and orcs.
 
Jack in the Beanstalk 1974.
A Japanese adaptation of the classic fairy-tale that has to be seen to be believed as it's downright weird:

 
Mia said:
Forgot to mention Reservoir dogs.:confused: It's the extreme violence that shocks in most of his films. Or the nightmarish torture. Which often has little bearing on the plot, it seems to just get 'thrown in' in a matter of fact way.
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The biggest thing that I do not like about Quinton Tarantino movies is the way he messes with the time line. He might start with the middle and end with the beginning. The extreme violence can be hard to watch, but I have seen four of his films.
 
clg114 said:
The biggest thing that I do not like about Quinton Tarantino movies is the way he messes with the time line. He might start with the middle and end with the beginning. The extreme violence can be hard to watch, but I have seen four of his films.
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I hate to be pedantic but it's Quentin, not Quinton.
 
Mia said:
Forgot to mention Reservoir dogs.:confused: It's the extreme violence that shocks in most of his films. Or the nightmarish torture. Which often has little bearing on the plot, it seems to just get 'thrown in' in a matter of fact way.
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Precisely, gratuitous violence.
 
Spirited Away. A friend told me it was brilliant and I'd enjoyed (and been traumatised by, thanks Grave of the Fireflies) a few other Ghibli films, but I thought it was a bunch of astoundingly boring nonsense.
 
God's Not Dead. It, and its sequel, majorly suck. It's not because of its religious message, but the way they execute it is done so cheesily and unrealistically.
 
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