Eternal Sunshine [Archive] - Freethought Forum

Ensign Steve

03-01-2005, 10:06 PM

Eeek! Nobody told me what this movie was. I do not do movies that take place inside people's heads or where people go crazy. The Cell, Secret Window, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Shining, Lawnmower Man, Being John Malcovich, The Matrix. All these movies scare the ever-loving shit out of me. Anything can happen inside the human mind! I am far less fearful when I see a cute teen with a ripped blouse running through the woods on Halloween night. At least then I know what is going to happen.

I made it through about an hour of this thing, fetal on the couch, clutching my puppy. It's a good fucking thing it's daylight. I'm scared out of my mind, here!

:afraid:

viscousmemories

03-01-2005, 10:30 PM

Oops. Sorry, JD.

You should totally rent Donnie Darko. :D

Ensign Steve

03-01-2005, 10:32 PM

Oddly, I liked that one. Then again I was not alone when I watched it, and I was probably drunk. I do remember the big rabbit freaked me out.

Ensign Steve

03-01-2005, 10:41 PM

I really want to finish this movie because, despite being fucking scary, it is really good. And I'm really interested to know how it turns out. I left off at the part where he is running ("do we have to run?") through his memories and he tracks down the doctor. And he says, "Who's that?" and the doctor says, "That's Paaaaaaatrick." And Patrick's face are upside-down or his eyebrows are on his cheeks or something? That image was too creepy for me to go back and work out exactly what I was looking at. And then Clem doesn't have a face anymore, and I had to turn it off at that point.

So, from that point... do I have a lot more to contend with? Does it let up pretty soon? How "worth it" is it for me to stick it out to the end? I've got a few minutes of daylight left.

godfry n. glad

03-01-2005, 10:44 PM

My friend and I rented Eternal Sunshine... and tried to watch it. We were bored stiff. We turned it off less than half way through and returned the CD. :yawn:

Dingfod

03-01-2005, 11:24 PM

How about Fight Club?

godfry n. glad

03-01-2005, 11:27 PM

How about Fight Club?

Never saw it. My wife used to work with Chris Palaniuk, who wrote the book.

Dragar

03-01-2005, 11:27 PM

I do remember the big rabbit freaked me out.

Me too. :)

I liked Eternal Sunshine.

Dingfod

03-01-2005, 11:30 PM

Not an in someone's head movie:

godfry, Lost in Translation?

Ensign Steve

03-01-2005, 11:32 PM

How about Fight Club?

Did not bother me. Probably because I didn't know it was in his head till the end.

(hopefully this movie is old enough not to warrant spoiler tags)

I felt about Lost in Translation like godfry felt about Eternal Sunshine. Well, not entirely, but parts of it draaaaaagged some serious ass.

SharonDee

03-01-2005, 11:38 PM

Dingfod

03-02-2005, 12:16 AM

Dingfod

03-02-2005, 12:18 AM

godfry n. glad

03-02-2005, 04:11 AM

I felt about Lost in Translation like godfry felt about Eternal Sunshine. Well, not entirely, but parts of it draaaaaagged some serious ass.How better to convey the sheer boredom of being a sad middle-aged man in a foreign country with nothing much to do?

Oh....Lost in Translation dragged all the way through. I know because I actually finished it.

I don't really know why, but I did.

I wish I hadn't.

godfry

Crumb

03-02-2005, 04:26 AM

I have been looking forward to watching Eternal Sunshine for a while; I have it on hold at the library. But recently some things I have heard have me feeling like I might be disappointed. How much like Adaptation and Being John Malkovich is this movie? (It was written by the same guy.) I am wondering, because I didn't really get those two movies either. I had been looking forward too them, because of what I heard about them. But I was disappointed.

Kind of like Mullholland Drive only less so.

viscousmemories

03-02-2005, 04:30 AM

If you didn't like Adaptation or Being John Malkovich, you probably won't like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. I know 'cause I loved 'em all. :yup:

godfry n. glad

03-02-2005, 04:52 AM

My friend and I rented Eternal Sunshine... and tried to watch it. We were bored stiff. We turned it off less than half way through and returned the CD. :yawn:Well, no wonder, ya doofus. You were supposed to get the DVD.
:giggles:Shhh, he was probably trying to watch it on the Victrola.

Aw, Worn, I'm not that old. :oldman:

I do remember when the transistor started replacing the vacuum tube in a big way. I'm that old. :oldman:

And, SharonDee, I'm an analog guy in a digital world. Please adjust your pixels accordingly. I should have known the difference, but I haven't entirely learned it yet. Or cared to. You probably know the type. Technoresistant. Aging counterculture.

:cletus: Ask not what a doofus can do for you, but what you can do for a doofus....
Yes, all too often, I doofusate. Or, is it doofusize?

DVD....CD....eh.

:blink: How are they different? <-------(sign of onrushing doofusness)

godfry n. decrepit

godfry n. glad

03-02-2005, 04:59 AM

If you didn't like Adaptation or Being John Malkovich, you probably won't like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. I know 'cause I loved 'em all. :yup:

Now, there... I really enjoyed Being John Malkovich. I haven't seen Adaptation.

So...what about Memento? That I liked.

viscousmemories

03-02-2005, 05:34 AM

I think Adaptation is a lot like Memento. I felt like I had a big question mark over my head after both of them, but I enjoyed the experience.

Crumb

03-02-2005, 05:54 AM

If you didn't like Adaptation or Being John Malkovich, you probably won't like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. I know 'cause I loved 'em all.

Well, that's too bad. But I will watch it anyway. These movies were ok, I just felt like there was something more that I was missing. Maybe they just made me feel stupid.

Memento was wonderful! I own it and have watched it many times :yup: Maybe I was too lazy to try and figure Adaptation out. Oh well, there are plenty of movies out there to entertain me.

freemonkey

03-02-2005, 06:23 AM

What's wrong with me? I really liked each and every movie mentioned in this thread so far, with the exception of Donnie Darko and almost all the ones mentioned in the OP*.

* mostly because I have not seen The Cell, Secret Window, Lawnmower Man, The Matrix

Crumb

03-02-2005, 06:30 AM

Why does that mean something is wrong with you? :scratch:

freemonkey

03-02-2005, 06:41 AM

Why does that mean something is wrong with you? :scratch:
either I was comparing myself to godfry or I was being facetious. :wink:

Crumb

03-02-2005, 06:45 AM

Sorry, my sarcas-o-meter must be on the fritz.

freemonkey

03-02-2005, 06:51 AM

Sorry, my sarcas-o-meter must be on the fritz.
That's OK, I'm very subtle. :smoove:

Crumb

03-02-2005, 07:02 AM

and I am very dense. :dunce:

Dingfod

03-02-2005, 12:54 PM

godfry,

CD = Music (Compact Disc)
DVD = Movie (Digital Video Disc)

Note: Neither of these will play on the Victrola.

Dingfod

03-02-2005, 12:54 PM

and I am very dense. :dunce:
And I am kind of lightheaded.

viscousmemories

03-02-2005, 03:07 PM

<snip> I have not seen [...] The Matrix

:eek:

This might be the first time I've ever heard that.

godfry n. glad

03-02-2005, 03:30 PM

Why does that mean something is wrong with you? :scratch:
either I was comparing myself to godfry or I was being facetious. :wink:

Wait...wait...am I reading this right? :rubeyes:

godfry :eyebrow3:

godfry n. glad

03-02-2005, 03:40 PM

godfry,

CD = Music (Compact Disc)
DVD = Movie (Digital Video Disc)

Note: Neither of these will play on the Victrola.

Um....Is not a DVD merely a CD with visual digital images and sound "burned" onto it? I know what they are, but how do they differ?

Note: Neither of these will play on my turntable, either.

You do know what a turntable is, don't you?

I also take great pride that I never purchased an 8-track tape.

Dingfod

03-02-2005, 03:53 PM

Um....Is not a DVD merely a CD with visual digital images and sound "burned" onto it? I know what they are, but how do they differ?They are the same. I have CDs that have a music video track on them.

You do know what a turntable is, don't you?Isn't that one of those big things that they turn railroad locomotives around with?

Yes, I know what a turntable is, it is that thing that goes round and round on top of a Victrola box after you turn the crank handle on the side. Jeez, some people.

I also take great pride that I never purchased an 8-track tape.I never bought one either, but I did own one someone gave me as a gift. A stereo system I was given for graduation had an 8-track recorder built in but the only use it ever got was playing ELO Face The Music over and over and over again.

Crumb

03-02-2005, 05:37 PM

They are the same. I have CDs that have a music video track on them.

No they are not the same. DVDs hold much more information. CDs can store about 800 MB, DVDs can store 5 GB or the commercial ones can store up to 9 GB.

You can put any type of information on a CD or DVD, but CDs can't hold feature length films with as much quality as a VHS tape.

And not only do I know what a turntable is, but I own one. :P

godfry n. glad

03-02-2005, 05:53 PM

[quote]
And not only do I know what a turntable is, but I own one. :P

So....you have locomotives? Or vinyl LPs?

Dingfod

03-02-2005, 06:11 PM

Neither, not any more. Nor a turntable.

Crumb

03-02-2005, 06:14 PM

So....you have locomotives? Or vinyl LPs?

Neither, but I do have a turntable.

godfry n. glad

03-02-2005, 06:17 PM

So....you have locomotives? Or vinyl LPs?

Neither, but I do have a turntable.

Hmmm.... Is it a conversation piece?

Dingfod

03-02-2005, 06:19 PM

Crumb could always use it to make those splatter paintings.

Crumb

03-02-2005, 06:34 PM

It is here merely because it is attached to my stereo system. Yes, my stereo system is that old. I've added a CD player.

Shake

03-02-2005, 07:19 PM

I do own some vinyl LPs! We had to add the turntable to the stereo system when we bought it. Not surprisingly, I haven't used it much, though.

OK, ES, what about something like Total Recall, which was something of a mindfuck?

I bet she'd also really like Wild at Heart! :giggle:

Ensign Steve

03-02-2005, 08:40 PM

Total Recall didn't bother me. Also probably because I didn't know it was in his head. When I get freaked out is when the music or the cinematography gets all Twilight Zone (yes that show freaked me out, too) and you know shit just ain't right. If someone is inside their own head, but it is the same kind of shit going on as outside the head (a la Total Recall and Fight Club), I really don't notice a difference.

Anyway, like I may have mentioned, these elements don't make me dislike a movie, they just scare the hell out of me. Most of the films in my OP I enjoyed a lot. I just get the heebie-jeebies at some parts and have to turn on all the lights and crawl onto someone's lap.

I watched the remainder of Eternal Sunshine last night, and fortunately they got out of his head pretty shorty after the part where I had turned it off. I think I had shut it down at the scary climax, understandably. Anyway, I'm proud of myself for making it that far on the first go-round, and for making it all the way through on my own. I did end up enjoying the hell out of the film. I didn't realize it was by the same people as Being John Malcovich and Adaptation, but I liked those flicks, too.

viscousmemories

03-02-2005, 08:56 PM

Glad you made it through and liked it, JD. :yup:

wei yau

03-02-2005, 09:06 PM

I kinda agree with Ensign Steve about how these kinds of things can be terrifying. I like being scared by movies, so I don't avoid them, but damn it can get pretty bad.

One of the scariest...Jacob's Ladder.

:eek:

godfry n. glad

03-02-2005, 09:10 PM

How about Pi?

maddog

03-02-2005, 11:24 PM

Fight Club was all in the guy's head? Hey, man, I needed THAT spoiler, and I even SAW that movie!

Being John Malkovich was lame, stupid and boring. It is one of the very few movies that I've ever walked out of.

Everybody raved so much about Matrix. Up until last year, I could have said I had never seen it. Now I wish I hadn't seen it. Complete waste of time. I didn't bother with the other two; one was enough.

I don't like surrealism, however. I don't get it, and I don't enjoy it. Obviously, YMMV.
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Dingfod

03-03-2005, 02:00 PM

Fight Club was all in the guy's head? Hey, man, I needed THAT spoiler, and I even SAW that movie!Well, not exact ALL in the guy's head.
Brad Pitt's Tyler Durden only existed in Edward Norton's head.

Everybody raved so much about Matrix. Up until last year, I could have said I had never seen it. Now I wish I hadn't seen it. Complete waste of time. I didn't bother with the other two; one was enough.Die, you heretic! But only because you're bad-mouthing the first one.

Crumb

06-12-2005, 05:02 AM

Well, I watched Eternal Sunshine and I liked it. (Yes, it took me THIS long to get it from the library. I guess you get what you pay for.) It is definetly a movie I need to watch again just to get a hold of.

I was confused by the scene on the ice. It appears to be something that happens on the say they meet for the second time, before they discover the truth. And yet Patrick (Elijah Wood) reads about it in his journal and reproduces it when she drags him to the ice.

I suppose they were unconciously reenacting it too when they did it on that day. At least that's how I explained it to myself.