Weird Cult Films That Make You Think...

[darkjetti81]

Okay, I thought I'd start a thread were we can post on neat and artsi films (which I LOVE).
To start with:

"Donnie Darko," a very thought-provoking film about a high school kid's Dark destiny....    anyone seen it??

[caiticlu]

I LOVE Donnie Darko, its a great movie. One of the groups I was involved in on campus watched it one night and we spent about 3-4 hours talking about it and having philosophical and theological debates about it, until they kicked us out of the union to close it.

[Harbinger]

That was a cool movie. Weird, but cool. Sadly, it's been years since I've seen it, and I'm unable to add anything more substantive.

[Eagle Prince]

It was weird, not sure about cool.  Same for clockwork orange, not a big fan.  Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, now I love that show, its at least as funny as Dumb and Dumber, a real classic cult film.

[Harbinger]

Haven't seen "Fear and Loathing." It's been even longer since I've seen Clockwork Orange (nearly 10 years). Not one of my favorites, but interesting, for its moral questions if nothing else. I've heard that the book is considerably better, but that's usually the case.

[Eagle Prince]

Fear and Loathing, the first time you watch it, then its just kind of strange and sort of like Clockwork Orange, you feel it is saying something but you're not quite sure what it is.  But after you keep rewatching it, then it just gets funnier.  If you want to watch it, you best know there is a lot of swearing and such, its about 2 guys who go on a drug binge in Vegas.  It also was a book, same as clockwork.

You better take care of me Lord, if you don't you're gonna have me on your hands.

[darkjetti81]

Here's one for ya:  "Fight Club"
-it did very poorly in theatres, but later on through word of mouth it broke records selling as a DVD.

AND get this, it was taught in my Ethics class last year for our unit on Existentialism.  

It was based on a book, and I think the book has a little better ending, but other than that the movie held it's own.

[Peter Ahlstrom]

Pi was one I really enjoyed.

[darkjetti81]

Oh my god I forgot about that movie! ("Pi"!)    I'm gonna have to rent that again.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

Strange Days is one of my favorite underappreciated films.

[FirstMateJack]

I've always been a fan of "Santa Claus versus the vampire sorority party babes from the twin moons of Saturn VIII."

[Harbinger]

Or "Mom and Dad Save the World."
No, wait, that one didn't make me think.

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

Strange Days is good because when Ralph Finnes says "Have you ever jacked in?" he really means it, belives it, like the tech is real... Reminded me of a great GM I had once...

Wierd cult film aye... Psycho Beach Party... witty, funny and an interesting take on the American beach flick...

[caiticlu]

psycho beach party amuses me lots, the first time i saw it i just sat there thinking "what the...."

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

I think its hilarious that the most "educated" person in the whole movie only went to Northwestern for a semester and he's the psychology "major" who figures the whole thing out.