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Post by **GORDON** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 2:52 am

What the fuck?

Post by **TheCatt** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 7:15 am

Dunno. It's on my list to watch...

Post by **TPRJones** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 11:00 am

wtf indeed

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 11:01 am

Well, damn, now I need to check this out. Netflixing...

Post by **TPRJones** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 11:07 am

I rated it four stars, so I must have liked it, but now months later the only thing I can remember was that there were some people whining about life, that some guy was a total asshole, and that there was a very large wtf factor.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 11:09 am

TPRJones wrote:I rated it four stars, so I must have liked it, but now months later the only thing I can remember was that there were some people whining about life, that some guy was a total asshole, and that there was a very large wtf factor.

Except for the whining about life, that can accurately describe about every David Lynch flick ever made.

Post by **GORDON** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 12:56 pm

I dunno. I guess by the end it sort of kind of made sense. I 87.6970000% "get" it.

Anything else we'll need a spoiler thread.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 1:28 pm

I should have it viewed by the end of the week. Bumped it to the top of my queue. Normally, I at least enjoy Linklater's films. Slacker & Waking Life spring immediately to mind. But, goddamn, I just hate Keanu.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 11:03 am

Wow. Many conflicting thoughts on this film, but the negative outnumber the positive. Didn't like Keanu or the goth chick from Edward Scissorhands. On the other hand, Woody & Robert Downey, Jr. were alright. But Robert's character started to piss me off. I've never been a huge fan of Phil Dick, either. I think that began cos I didn't like his endings too often.

Post by **TheCatt** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 2:03 pm

He doesn't write endings. He has ideas, and writes them. And never knows how to finish them.

Post by **GORDON** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 2:34 pm

Well, I GOT the ending. There was some bits in the middle I don't understand after having seen one viewing.

I also am not entertained by extended scenes of people having DT's. It was interesting the first time I saw that years ago, but now it's YEAH. WE GET IT. MOVE ON.

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Post by **TheCatt** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 8:15 pm

Post by **GORDON** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 8:45 pm

TheCatt wrote:DTs?

Usually associated with alcohol abuse, I applied it to the fictional drug in this movie.

Post by **TheCatt** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 9:29 am

Weird, I've never heard that phrase, and now I've heard it twice in one day from completely different sources.