[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Vanessa

I did watch Eternal Sunshine, but it left me so confused

...yeah, I guess it has similarities to Memento, Vanessa...in that it’s not all in real time....we’ll watch less confusing movies as well and not all ‘memory’ ones.....

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by GoldHeart

Eternal Sunshine? Unlikely

...that’s cool if Eternal Sunshine is not your thing, Goldheart...as with Alf, if there are any that you do want to watch, just step in any time, yeah...

[Ammi]

...Elijah Wood’s character in Sin City was hugely creepy as well...he plays an excellent creep...(...Sin City is a good one for the watch list tbh...another excellent movie that I’ve only seen once...)...

[Ammi]

...Eternal Sunshine...

Spoiler:

...I also loved it, I don’t know why I’d only watched it once up until now...unlike Memento, I did remember the overall plot but had forgotten some of the details...actually, I’d forgotten about Mary and Howard, maybe because that part of the storyline took up a very small amount of screen time...but it was also such an important part of the plot...anyway, remembering some parts of movies over time and forgetting others is quite interesting as well...how we connect to some things and details more and how some things just pass through our memory stores, it’s all been very interesting....I liked the similarity to Memento in that it was also backwards, Joel’s relationship memories...he just passed fleetingly through the deterioration of their relationship, which became quite toxic and the whole reason why Clementine deleted him and his memories were more for the happy times ...but it showed that although memories could be deleted, connections couldn’t...as with Mary as well, she hadn’t lost that attraction she’d felt to Howard....and ughhhhhh, Howard was such a creep as well, he was responding to Mary’s ‘crush’ again until his wife came...good that Mary exposed the creeps and took away their power...what they did was obviously open to so much trust betrayal and that’s what Howard and Patrick did...I guess that it was essentially a love story but so many layers as well, just loved it.....

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Bollo

I don't think anything is stretching it when it comes to classic movie, it's just any movies that have resonated regardless of how well known they are

I have a few days off now in a row so I'm going to watch Defiance & Eternal sunshine...I remember watching Eternal when it came out but thats years ago
so i can't recall the details..is that ironic?

Yes it's definitely a good idea to watch something lighter and comedic... I was thinking about recommending an early Kevin Smith movie at some point...

...oh I had to google Kevin Smith.....how dumb was that when I look at the movies, so many I haven’t seen as well...I loved Dogma, though...that’s the one I recall most...

[Ammi]

...just going back to what you said about Finding Alice, Bollo...sorry I couldn’t find the post to quote...but about it ending with loose ends and leaving you hanging in air for the next series...?...goddamn them, I was loving it as well..Keeley Hawes is sensational ....but damn them all for leaving us there...

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Bollo

I don't think anything is stretching it when it comes to classic movie, it's just any movies that have resonated regardless of how well known they are

I have a few days off now in a row so I'm going to watch Defiance & Eternal sunshine...I remember watching Eternal when it came out but thats years ago
so i can't recall the details..is that ironic?

Yes it's definitely a good idea to watch something lighter and comedic... I was thinking about recommending an early Kevin Smith movie at some point...

...yeah, you’re right about stretching them to fit whichever movies we want to watch because they left that lasting vibe with us...there has been so few new movies this last year because of COVID so it was becoming difficult to find any I hadn’t seen...but actually flipping that difficulty to take the opportunity for re-watches has been excellent, I’m loving it...

[Vanessa]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...yeah, I guess it has similarities to Memento, Vanessa...in that it’s not all in real time....we’ll watch less confusing movies as well and not all ‘memory’ ones.....

I think it's one of those movies you need to watch more than once to understand

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...oh I had to google Kevin Smith.....how dumb was that when I look at the movies, so many I haven’t seen as well...I loved Dogma, though...that’s the one I recall most...

Just did a google of him too, I've seen Dogma as well but not many more, I'd be up for one of his too

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...Eternal Sunshine...

Spoiler:

...I also loved it, I don’t know why I’d only watched it once up until now...unlike Memento, I did remember the overall plot but had forgotten some of the details...actually, I’d forgotten about Mary and Howard, maybe because that part of the storyline took up a very small amount of screen time...but it was also such an important part of the plot...anyway, remembering some parts of movies over time and forgetting others is quite interesting as well...how we connect to some things and details more and how some things just pass through our memory stores, it’s all been very interesting....I liked the similarity to Memento in that it was also backwards, Joel’s relationship memories...he just passed fleetingly through the deterioration of their relationship, which became quite toxic and the whole reason why Clementine deleted him and his memories were more for the happy times ...but it showed that although memories could be deleted, connections couldn’t...as with Mary as well, she hadn’t lost that attraction she’d felt to Howard....and ughhhhhh, Howard was such a creep as well, he was responding to Mary’s ‘crush’ again until his wife came...good that Mary exposed the creeps and took away their power...what they did was obviously open to so much trust betrayal and that’s what Howard and Patrick did...I guess that it was essentially a love story but so many layers as well, just loved it.....

Spoiler:

Yeah Howard was a big creep as well, you could tell when Mary played her tape she wasn't fully sure she wanted to have her memory wiped but he pressured her in to it because he's a weak man and couldn't just..not sleep with her. In the real world he could have been sued/had his medical license (If you have a medical licence for memory erasure) taken, what he did was massive abuse of his position and extremely unethical.

I suppose the "moral" of the story is, break up's/grief are horrendous to go through but you have to go through and erasing the memories sounds like a perfect solution but really our memories make us who we are, can we ever advance personally without our experiences- good and bad? I don't think so

You can see with Mary's story for example, she would just continue to make the same mistake again without having learned any lesson without her memory. Howard had his memory, he's just using the "I'm just a weak man who can't be held responsible when a pretty young girl throws herself at me" card bleh

[Alf]

Some recommendations.

Dancer in the Dark
Into the Wild
Requiem for a dream
Secrets and Lies (highly recommend)
The Straight story
Eyes wide shut

[Niamh.]

Eddie Vedder did the soundtrack for Into the Wild

Personally I hated Eyes Wide Shut

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Eddie Vedder did the soundtrack for Into the Wild

Personally I hated Eyes Wide Shut

I'm pretty sure Stanley Kubrick died before he finished editing Eyes wide shut, so it probably didn't turn out how it was supposed too.

[Vanessa]

The Deer Hunter is another one of my favourite movies.
Not the happiest of stories, but really good.

[Nicky91]

idk much about classics, but as a possible franchise to be discussed Tremors?

during one of my america holidays i've also been at the location where the first ones had been filmed, Lonepine, they got an entire tremors museum there which is pretty cool

we recently had the 7th movie of those, so quite a few to discuss either

[Niamh.]

Actually American Psycho is on Netflix, I think I watched that years ago but I really can't remember anything about it. I wouldn't mind a re watch of that either

[Vanessa]

Originally Posted by Nicky91

idk much about classics, but as a possible franchise to be discussed Tremors?

during one of my america holidays i've also been at the location where the first ones had been filmed, Lonepine, they got an entire tremors museum there which is pretty cool

we recently had the 7th movie of those, so quite a few to discuss either

I love the first one.

[Vanessa]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Actually American Psycho is on Netflix, I think I watched that years ago but I really can't remember anything about it. I wouldn't mind a re watch of that either

It's good, I love Christian Bale.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Vanessa

It's good, I love Christian Bale.

He's a really good actor, seems like a bit of an asshole in real life though

[Vanessa]

I'm watching The Deer Hunter.
I recorded it recently when it was on.
Love Christopher Walken!

[Niamh.]

Speaking of Christopher Walken, True Romance is another good one

Again, I know The Deer Hunter is a classic but I found it pretty boring, maybe I have bad taste, i don't know

[Vanessa]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Speaking of Christopher Walken, True Romance is another good one

Again, I know The Deer Hunter is a classic but I found it pretty boring, maybe I have bad taste, i don't know

Its very long. You need to pay attention.
He's so good in this!

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Vanessa

I'm watching The Deer Hunter.
I recorded it recently when it was on.
Love Christopher Walken!

The Wedding scene drags on for too long.

Great film, but I've got to be in the right mood to watch it. Apocalypse Now is a far better Vietnam war film.

[Vanessa]

Originally Posted by Alf

The Wedding scene drags on for too long.

Great film, but I've got to be in the right mood to watch it. Apocalypse Now is a far better Vietnam war film.

Yes, it's not the happiest of stories.
But the performances are amazing!

[Niamh.]

I find a lot of these Oscar nominated classics really boring, like The English Patient for example, that was thee most boring film I've ever sat through, did people really like that?