We decided to rent a couple of DVDs and spend the evening on the couch huddled in the warm glow of the laptop screen.

The theme for the evening was mindfuck flicks. We warmed up with The Game, starring Michael Douglas which got the confusion flowing, followed by the tour de force Memento, which still has my head spinning. To make matters worse, I just found the website for Momento http://www.otnemem.com which I'm sure will make my head ache even more.

The local is still open, Gabe.

Go outside, Gabe....

Gabe?

Memento is a good mindfuck.

Mindfuck movies are a personal favourite of mine.

Now. Gabe. Go out and rent "Cube".

Follow it up with some "Light" mindfucking (Try out LA confidential and The Usual Suspects , Existenz) , and then re watch memento and see if you spotted all the things you missed the first time round.

and Ill see you back here in 6 weeks when your therapy finishes.

Not forgetting a liberal helping of David Lynch, of course. The Master of Mindfuck.

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Memento is a good mindfuck.

Mindfuck movies are a personal favourite of mine.

Now. Gabe. Go out and rent "Cube".

Follow it up with some "Light" mindfucking (Try out LA confidential and The Usual Suspects , Existenz) , and then re watch memento and see if you spotted all the things you missed the first time round.

and Ill see you back here in 6 weeks when your therapy finishes.

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Existenz was a pile of ass.

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Memento was really good, but I am not with all the people who say you need to keep rewatching it. If you missed it the firt time, it wasn't necessary to the story. You can catch it when you rewatch it a few years later, as you probably will.

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See LA Confidential.

That's an order.

Failure to obey will earn you a spanking.

*ponder*

...or possibly will not earn you a spanking, depending on whether you would enjoy it or not.

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See LA Confidential.

That's an order.

Failure to obey will earn you a spanking.

*ponder*

...or possibly will not earn you a spanking, depending on whether you would enjoy it or not.

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Die-Hard is a good mind-fuck movie...it got me really confused after the first few minutes.

That bit in mementos funny, where he drinks his own spit. Heh heh heh.

Total Recall was a real plot twister...
also see 12 Monkeys if u haven't already.
An older twister was Vertigo, but it takes a long time to unfold.

Videodrome.

That thing with keize soche in was good...i forgot what it was called though. Here is a mindfuck comic...that isnt really a mind-fuck...more of a anti-climax

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hmm, it's like when you first meet a girl and you think "wow, this girls really great" and you want to get to know her better, you spend about 3 hours talking to her then you realise that you've actually just been talking to a toaster that someone's scribbled a crued drawing of some breasts on.

If you mean me then....uh...moo?
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I made a memento comic to, i dont think its that funny, but it has somehing to do with reverse time stuff...so read the first bit first or it will spoil the rest of the amusing comic
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hmm, it's like when you first meet a girl and you think "wow, this girls really great" and you want to get to know her better, you spend about 3 hours talking to her then you realise that you've actually just been talking to a toaster that someone's scribbled a crued drawing of some breasts on.

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That bit in mementos funny, where he drinks his own spit.

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the whole movie isnt about a guy drinking some spit its about a person trying to find out who killed his dog, lassie. I think he knocked a cup off a table or something and it read: Made in china, so he ran to get this guy who was called kevin spacey.

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the whole movie isnt about a guy drinking some spit

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Actually, I saw "Memento" and I do think it was all about a guy drinking some spit. Did I miss something?

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i think you missed the bit where he eats a lump of poo after, he thinks its chocolate you could say that part of the film was a bit corny.

You know, it's one thing to be a troll. But it's entirely a different thing to pretend to be a troll and not do a very good job at it. I can't get annoyed with you because I just can't buy the stupid act. You really need to ask yourself, 'What's my motivation?' Maybe some visualization exercises would help. Imaging that you really are a troll. Picture yourself under a bridge, eating goats and whatnot. What would a real troll do? What would a real troll say?

I say go back to the drawing board and work on it. You've got a good foundation to build on in an effort to become a real hated member of society, but right now you're just at lukewarm annoyance. But damn it, man, don't give up! Keep working at it, and maybe some day we can loathe you for real.

Keep reaching for that rainbow.

What? I am not trying to be a troll i am being me, perhaps you should rephrase the question as Happycakeman does not understand

I just made this cause me and Lara just watched it on DVD, and since this is a film thread....

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What? I am not trying to be a troll i am being me, perhaps you should rephrase the question as Happycakeman does not understand

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i have the feeling you dont like me

Happycakeman strikes me as being a small, overenthusiastic, child. Or possibly a Rainman-style autistic.

I finally watched Memento today, what a fucking great film, it's quite clever and stylish, like Bladerunner meets Fight Club.

The website really helps expand the story and on the DVD there's a hidden version of the movie, re-edited to play backwards (forward) showing the events in the correct order. It's not as good as the original version, but helps you to notice a couple of good clues.

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The website really helps expand the story and on the DVD there's a hidden version of the movie, re-edited to play backwards (forward) showing the events in the correct order. It's not as good as the original version, but helps you to notice a couple of good clues.

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I loved Memento! And I have to agree again with LadyJ (this is becoming a habit!) Existanz SUCKED ASS!

I was completely creeped out by that oozing pod thing. But, other than that I laughed mostly..anyone notice Jennifer Jason Leigh fell off the face of the earth after that tripe?

One of my other favorite "E" movies is Entropy...Steven Dorff..mmmmm!

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That seems kind of redundant; you can play the chapters in reverse order to begin with.

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I've brought this thread back from the dead because I'm trying to find the "hidden edit" of the movie. Kajun Firefly had mentioned it. Can ya tell me how to find it, or were you just yanking our chains?

I been wondering the same thing. It must be very well hidden cause I can't find it at all.

Put the DVD in like you normally would. At the chapter screen, tap the 'up' key on your remote. Then tap your heels three times and say 'There's no place like home.' Then, using the remote again, press the combo up-down-up-down followed by two quick taps on the B button. This should be the super uppercut, and if you time it right, you can make your opponent's head fall off.

No, that only works on the Fried Green Tomatoes DVD.

When you go into the "Special Features" section, all the options spin around as Polaroid shots (I think), then, there's a gap between when the last one spins off and the first one comes to the front again, THAT'S when you hit ENTER or whatever button you have on your remote.

Cool. Thanks a bundle -- I'll give that a shot as soon as I get home.

Fight Club (the film) = Top Notch.

The book is a bit different and, in my opinion, slightly funnier tho.

I feel that American Psycho should get a mention too as it is plainly FUCK-ED UP-ED!

And funny.

I felt a bit odd watching American Psycho, since I was pissing myself laughing through 95% of it. Sure it's a nasty film, but the black humour touches upon pure genius at times.

The movie had to be funny. If it was anything like the book, we would have spontaneously combusted, only to reappear and combust once again. The book takes 'skullfucking' to a whole new level...

I just saw Capt Corelli's Mandolin...I flipped when I realized the stupid greek dude was none other than PATRICK BATEMAN!

I kept waiting for him to whip out a chainsaw.
I loved American Psycho...the humor was just awesome.

Supposedly, Easton-Ellis' book "The Rules of Attraction" is either being made or is a movie. That was pretty interesting too...but not as good as Psycho.

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You know, it's one thing to be a troll. But it's entirely a different thing to pretend to be a troll and not do a very good job at it. I can't get annoyed with you because I just can't buy the stupid act. You really need to ask yourself, 'What's my motivation?' Maybe some visualization exercises would help. Imaging that you really are a troll. Picture yourself under a bridge, eating goats and whatnot. What would a real troll do? What would a real troll say?

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Christian Bale, who plays Bateman, is apparently a strong contender for a role in the third Harry Potter film. I was surprised about that, and found out a few interesting things about him while looking for more information. First of all, he's from Wales (Welsh Psycho! "Ooh eh! Gonna kill ye, boyo!"). Secondly, he played the brilliant child lead in one of my favourite films - Empire of the Sun. Remember the spunky little British kid, lost in Japanese-invaded China? He was brilliant in that... quite a different role from the one for which he is most famous...

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James (DexX) says he will be jealous if I ask if I can have your babies.... but but but

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Ah, Happycakeman, whatever happened to him?

and "fuck", I haven't seen him in a while, I actually kind of miss his nonsense jibberings.

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(Welsh Psycho! "Ooh eh! Gonna kill ye, boyo!")

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Should I apologise for this or not? I have mixed feelings...

Well, you made a joke so funny that I scalded my mouth and will now have to try to discreetly apply lip balm while walking around Glasgow, so you should be happy, I guess.

It's kind of like running over a kid who's paralysed from the waist down and breaking both his legs, you're shocked that you hit him, but kind of relieved that it doesn't matter.

The difference in that situation is that, laughing as hard as I did at your running-the-kid-over thing, if I had burned myself with a hot drink, I would have thoroughly deserved it. :)

I brought up this thread cause I realize we don't have a current movie one, anyway...

I just watched a truely excelent movie- Brainstorm. It was great if you could sit though it... anyone else see it?

Another great movie that I saw recently that would fall under this catagory would be "Pi".