Well its Monday again folks and its time for the Monday Movie Meme hosted over at The Bumbles Blog. An interesting subject today as we discuss films that have Confusing Plots. A few here that would qualify I think.
I’ll start with the same one my wife did actually, Vanilla Sky. Now this one really had me going “eh?” pretty much all the way through it. That said, the performances from Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz and Penelope Cruz were good enough to keep me watching and I wanted to find out if it would be all unravelled as the story was really intriguing me.
I think everyone should se this film though, its one of those “Ah of course! moment” films and I am going to watch it again very soon and do a full review.
Next in my list would be 12 Monkeys. Again one of my favourite actors, Bruce Willis and also Brad Pitt just when he was hitting the big time. I have to admit that I was a lot younger when I saw this, it is 1995 after all, and I had no clue what it was all about at the time. I haven’t watched it since and perhaps I might be better informed these days but I’ll keep it in the list for now.
Lastly today I will mention Pulp Fiction. So much going on in this film and I saw it in the cinema when it was released. That was a film I came out of thinking “what the hell was all that about then?”. I still don’t like it to this day and find it extremely overrated.
There are some good performances, but I just didn’t get it. Was there actually a plot as such, or was it just a load of stories jumbled together? In any case, I stick it in the same category as Sin City (theres another one); well made, but enjoyable? I don’t think so. I like films to make sense, these two did neither for me.
I do find it very interesting that Bruce Willis appears in three of my four choices, perhaps he is drawn to the confusing film plot aswell, any I hope you enjoyed reading my blog today. Please leave your comments and thanks for stopping by for a read, remember to link back to The Bumbles Blog with your own choices. Bye for now.
Good choices, hun. I almost included for Pulp Fiction, but I love that film. I also loved Twelve Monkeys though – fab film. I think if you watched it agani now, you might get a bit more from it, but knowing you, you’d probably still hate it – LOL! Sin City, though, I couldn’t even wach to the end. Visually stunning, but what a load of cr@p!
You and I must never, EVER go to the movies together. For while I found Batman Forever the worst kind of bad (That big fight scene at the end: Who was firing whom? Who even cared anymore?), I think Pulp Fiction completely rocked, revolutionizing story-telling the same way Jaws took movie visuals out of the proscenium arch. Loved the audacity, and how each individual plot tied so neatly back to Marcellus. I agree with you completely on Vanilla Sky, though.
We thought alike with our choice of 12 Monkeys, and wanted to include Vanilla Sky, but felt others would feel the same, and I was right. Pulp Fiction is a great choice, although it’s a cult classic, with a fantastic soundtrack!
I haven’t seen any of those but that’s the second time I’ve seen Vanilla Sky today. Kaye—the road goes ever ever on
My wife beat me to it this morning lol
I used Pulp Fiction as a film I had to keep explaining to other people. I loved it. But I agree that Twelve Monkeys was a head scratcher!
I include Pulp Fiction as one of my favorite films, especially for the way all the threads were cleverly tied to each other but managed to stand alone as their own stories within the big picture. I’ve known many who disliked it for the violence level – something Tarantino loves to use – but I’ve not heard it said that it didn’t make sense as a whole. Interesting perspective. As for Sin City, I really enjoyed that one too – I guess I like the comic book style of installment stories. I wonder if Tarentino’s involvement in directing one of those segments is a reason for your dislike of it as well? Perhaps his style is just not your cuppa? I generally love his movies, but I must say, I disliked Inglorious Basterds tremendously. I found that one I bit confusing as to the overall point and the violence in that one was over the top even for me.
I loved the LOOK of Sin City, I though that was fabulous, but the story itself was nonsesical