Forrest Gump.
So there’s this middle aged man waiting on a bus and telling his life story to whichever strangers happens to walk by, and he like fought in Vietnam and got a medal from nixon and showed his ass on national television and became a pingis champion and started a successful fishing company and became a millionaire and gave Nike their slogan and ran across the continent and… Oh, and he’s mentally disabled and about to meet his son for the first time because the sons mom is dying of aids.
Absolutely bonkers premise, and such a fantastic movie still today.
Its even more mind blowing if you read the book. There are a lot more stupid things he does like becoming a wrestler, and an astronaut who goes on a mission in space with a baboon that he can speak with telepathically. They crash land on an uncharted island full of cannibals and they will only let him escape with their lives he he beats them at a game of chess. For whatever reason he has unlimited tries and after several years finally wins a game of chess, so they send him and his baboon on a raft and they eventually get found.
Obviously these things very fortunately didn’t make it into the movie, but it’s super weird to me that someone read all of that and was inspired to make it into a movie anyway. Somehow it was actually a very good movie too.
He also has a savant’s knack for higher mathematics!
I’ve heard of the insanity that is the book, but somehow missed the years-long chess games. I’m even more afraid to read it now haha.
I believe this is one clear case where visual media has the upper hand over the story, as when we can see it happen it becomes somehow less unlikely than merely reading about it, because the “proof” is visible right there (though this might be because I don’t have a mind visual when reading, it’s fully an emotional and mental experience).
Also the lack of communicating with space apes…
I’m the same with reading novels! It’s so hard for me to situate things because I don’t see images while reading! I found out that’s called antaphasia!
Hmm, let’s work shop this. Slice out the island bit and let’s make that into its own move.
- Get rid of the cannibals, let’s make the island deserted, there’s no one left for the unlimited chess games, so let’s have him just go a bit nuts for a few years.
- Exchange the baboon with a volleyball.
- Let’s get Tom Hanks back.
Oh wait…
The film maker already stated that Jenny did not have Aids.
Huh. I always assumed that based on the time period and how involved the characters were in all the cultural chaos of their times, plus her involvement with drugs and the free love-movement… it probably wasn’t actually spelled out in the film though, so that’s on me.
Row (2016)
French horror movie about teenage period of live and about problems and temptations young people meet when they become adult
This is so unintersting for me but im rewatching this movie cous of its vibe
Kung Fury
Don’t know what you mean, plot makes perfect sense. Hard boiled Kung Fu detective fights nazi robots with dinosaurs
City of Lost Children (1995)
A carnival strongman teams up with a young orphan girl to rescue his little brother from a mad scientist who kidnaps children to steal their dreams in the hope that it will stop him aging.It’s completely nuts but the surreal visual style and editing makes it pretty fun to watch.
Work of art.
Saving Private Ryan. World War II was a terrible idea.
Jupiter Ascending
Dude, where’s my car
Dude, where’s your car?
Tropic Thunder! My favorite comedy. It’s so stupid but so funny.
Shoot ‘Em Up (2007). Basically Bugs Bunny in action movie form.
Kills a dude in the opening coupla minutes with a carrot, Peak.
Fucking love this movie!
Snakes on a Plane
So over the top that it’s fun again. Throughout the movie, the snakes get progressively bigger until these MASSIVE snake-like schlongs get sucked out of the plane at the end. :D So unrealistic and ridiculous!
And of course, a snake had to bite into a nipple.
They wanted to make really funny and entertaining trash and they did.
You can tell everybody involved knew they were making a movie called Snakes on a Plane and just embraced it.
Also, the blonde flight attendant who is long of leg and short of skirt? Pretty cool she spends the entire movie being effective and competent, and is never a panicky damsel.
Smiley Face, truly a stoner classic, basically no plot at all but also excellent.
Smiley Face was made by Greg Araki, who has made some really dark, depressing, and generally fucked-up shit. I mean, he has a movie called “Totally Fucked Up.” If not Smiley Face, he may be best known for The Doom Generation. He also made a few movies with James Duval, who was the crop duster’s son in Independence Day (his first big film IIRC) and Frank the Bunny in Donnie Darko.
Araki made Smiley Face because his last few movies were so depressing, so he wanted to do something a little brighter. That’s why it has “basically no plot,” it’s a feel-good (ish?) movie.
Cocaine Bear
Monty Python And The Holy Grail
Highly overrated
It’s definitely a product of its time. Some of the humour has become a bit dated, but it still holds up well, as a low budget production.
Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey
That plot is batshit wild, and I think it hinges on a bootstrap paradox. But that’s the point. It’s Bill and Ted, they just deal with it as Bill and Ted do. From robot clones, to Death, to death, to Hell, to Heaven, to Smokey and the Bandit III, it’s a perfect film.
Armageddon! Basically an excuse to have rednecks in space.
