Trailers suck in general. I avoid them at all costs.
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Id be lyin if I said I wasnāt considering seeing this in the theater. The pandemic atmosphere might actually elevate the film experience.
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I mean, you could do a lot worse if you were going to choose which movie you saw last in theaters before you die.
I was set to agree, but then the Class Action Park trailer was posted in the TV thread.
Iām not sure Iāll ever be able to put the David Lynch epic out of my head. Iām not sure he intended it to be so camp, but it ended up that way, and Iām not ashamed to say that I loved it when I was young, and it heavily influenced my movie watching and thinking for a good portion of my jr high and high school years.
I think Kyle MacLachlan in that movie was probably one of my first celebrity crushes.
I hope this new one is good.
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When Im feeling a little less lazy Iāll start a thread on ānakedā film experiences. As in movies you see with zero prejudice. For me, these scenarios have often been my most intense film experiences.
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Totally agree. Saw both Pulp Fiction and Usual Suspects knowing nothing about them going in. Mind = blown.
Of course, there is a flip side. I call it āmovie trauma.ā These are experiences that blindside you and require some time alone in a quiet room to recuperate from. Two notable examples for me were Nil by Mouth and Dancer in the Dark.
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Dancer in the Dark is Von Trier correct? I havenāt seen that one but I did see Dogville naked and its in my top 5 in this category.
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Also while it wouldnāt qualify, I saw āRequiem For A Dreamā in the theater without knowing much and I will never watch that film again. The momā¦
Iām not agreeing with fear based drug advice from parents but this is the definitive film to see if thats your goal.
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Yeah, Dancer in the Dark is a von Trier film. I wonāt go into details to avoid spoilers, but I think I literally staggered out of that one.
I just looked at the first bit of the wikipedia article for Dogville, thereby eliminating my opportunity for a ānakedā experience, but it does look intriguing.
On Requiem, Iām very much pro drug and the movie still hits very hard. I recently rewatched it and actually found it much more impactful to me this time around.
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I saw The Pledge with zero advanced knowledge of what it would be. It was good (and underappreciated), and not having any idea what I was in for probably made it more memorable experience for me.
I donāt think the opposite is a traumatizing movie, I think itās a movie not being at all what you were expecting. For some reason I watched Sunset Boulevard thinking it was going to be a comedy. You can get quite a ways into it with that starting assumption before realizing how very wrong you were.
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I wont say much about Dogville for the reasons we have been discussing but I would advise that if you watch it, commit to it and donāt give up. There just isnāt a film like it and it is so deep. Id put it right next to āOldboyā in the uniquely powerful parable type film category.
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Iām gonna check that film out. (Sunset Boulevard)
There are films that can be completely transformed in these conditions. Rosemaryās Baby is my #1. Its a fucking minimalist masterpiece if you give it the right atmosphere.
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Holy shit. Iād still be traumatized!
My number one blind movie experience, that I fought my girlfriend kicking and screaming to not go see, was Before Sunset.
To this day, itās my favorite film of all time and is almost entirely responsible for me being a cinephile.
No hyperbole, it changed my life.
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The opposite of this for me would be a film like āThe Exorcist.ā That movie was always pure camp to me.
I find the 70ās stories of peeps running out the theater vomiting absolutely incredulous.
Man I am so jealous. Pulp fiction is the second reason I am a cinephile.
My best blind movie watching experience was renting Strangers on a Train and Vertigo without knowing more than whatever was on the box at Blockbuster. Watched Strangers on a Train first and was like āthat was really cool and kinda crazy.ā Then watched Vertigo and was like OMGWTFBBQ?!?
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So context specific. Think of what audiences had seen to that point.
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