Help me pick a movie to watch!
Title says it all
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Lars may never win, but it deserves its flowers.
Eternal sunshine is a perfect movie. I don't throw that word around a lot. I have only seen it once too so don't quote me on that. 🤣
All of these, please. Lars is a hugely underrated masterpiece.
I'm interested to check out Eternal sunshine. I have heard how good it is so now this will give me a reason to watch it
It’s from the “Green Hornet” director, just so you know.
Major league
The Truman show would be a great movie to watch
500 days is cool, I also wanna suggest Need for speed or teenage mutant ninja turtles (1990 or 2014) would be sick
Great list. Eternal and 500 are incredible.
Dang. All of these.
If you had seen Eternal Sunshine you would know that not remembering is a funny comment. Another early Kaufman script, Being John Malkovich, is also great.
Being John Malkovich is a mind f
Easiest vote of my life lol
There's a hidden gem that nobody talks about and deserves appreciation. It's a drama called 'Things We Lost In The Fire', with Halle Berry and Benicio Del Toro. It focuses on grief and addiction. It deserves a watch.
if you don’t remember if you’ve seen eternal sunshine. you probably haven’t seen it, absolutely one of my favorite movies of all time. and severance even has a few references to it so no better time to watch it
“Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind….Saw it once long ago, maybe, not sure if I can remember it now.” Some are noting the irony. 🤭
My top two requests are not on your list. Try watching "Sex, Lies, and Videotape" (Don't watch the trailers, they give too much away) or "Sling Blade" (The original theatrical cut). But you'll probably have to torrent Sling Blade so if you don't want to mess with that try watching "Living in Oblivion" It is hysterical and it is also Peter Dinklage's first screen credit. https://youtu.be/12-S3adLCkQ
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is on my must watch list of all time
I've not heard of most of these. I'm going to suggest the Maze Runner trilogy
Eternal Sunshine is my favorite of the Charlie Kaufman scripts. My wife liked "Adaptation" better, which is good too, if you don't mind a double dose of Nicolas Cage. Kaufman is great with surreal comedies which allow the tragic undertones to sneak up on you. It just struck me, re a previous comment, my late wife was a "manic pixie dream girl", fer shure.
To clarify: I'm not saying my wife was a 1-dimensional plot device. I got to see close up how the MPDG vibe can manifest IRL: a young girl with a very strong personality, who is submerged for a while in tragedy and hopelessness but breaks out of it defiantly. She liked to use a line she got from Bette Midler, "Fuck 'em if they can't take a joke!"
Natalie, before you watch ESOTSM, might be better for you to watch Being John Malkovich and Adaptation if you haven't seen them and experience the Charlie Kaudman trilogy as we did
Thematically, Human Nature would be more part of that trilogy than Adaptation. I would put Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Adaptation and Synechdoche together.
O my god, Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind IT WILL WREK YOU, I sugest you just go ahead and watch Hichiker's Guid thru the Galaxy, just so ypu get back on a happy state of minde.
I really want Nat to finish Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, as I grew up watching the original and I loved it.. fingers crossed it may win the poll.
Natalie should've titled this the "Manic Pixie Dream Girl" movie poll. "Eternal Sunshine" is so overrated, it's just like "Donnie Darko". The bar is so low for lamestream audiences that when an arty (pretentious) romance/drama comes along, they're so enamored with it that they never shut up about it. I voted for "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" but I recommend "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist" and "The Big Sick".
Eternal Sunshine deals with a deep romantic loss, and a universal want for that to be removed, but countered by the utter trauma of that loss being fundamental to our being. Bit of a twatty thing to say dismissing it as 'pretentious'. Also Donnie is about the cross of spirituality and science, and speaks to young people in a way you might be, obviously, a bit blasé about. So, in all kindness, 'no' to your opinions.
Hey Nat, is there a place to put suggestions for the polls? ☺️
You can put your suggestions here on Patreon and Nat will see them 😊
Just about a month ago had watched "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind". Was okay, but on rewatch with you, might get something new from it.
You would remember if you saw Eternal Sunshine... That movie sticks with you.
I really love (500) Days of Summer, but Eternal Sunshine is the superior film in most aspects.
Lars!! It’ll never win, but I’d love to see someone react to it.
Ironic she doesn't really remember if she watched Eternal Sunshine 😆
I thought that might be a joke! :)
ESotSM is an all timer
A tight race ao far! 😂
Happy Wednesday Nat. Happy to watch any of these movies with you, but going to vote for Hitchhikers this time so you can finally get to see how it ends. I think you've waited long enough 😅 Super stoked for your Last of Us reaction tomorrow. It's going to be unforgettable. Have an awesome day Nat 💛
Eternal Sunshine is one of my favorite movies. Every time I watch it, I catch new details and subtexts.