Deep movies

[Button Basher]

'Sup y'all!

What deep movies do you guys like? I watched Donnie Darko yesterday for the first time which I know is a pretty popular "deep" movie. I just need my girlfriend to explain it to me :p !

The same night I watched the sequel to Ghost in the Shell ('Innocence'). WOAH :eek: , mad film and deeper then deepness itself. It's my favourite deep film.

The deep meaning of this deep thread was to highlight how strange the word deep sounds when you repeat it to yourself in your head. I was also interested in any deep films that have deeply moved you or perhaps deeply entertained you. They may have also featured an actor deeply close to you, such as Johnny Deepp! :p (enough)

Sorry, i'm not even stoned. I have no excuse. List your favourite deep films and why you like them. (countdown theme music begins)

Edit: And check out my new tune. It's deep! Cheers!

[Clow Dee]

Blow was deep

[mono repin]

Wild Strawberries changed my life. It's a huge reason as to why I started weed, and it started a transformation of my outlook on life. There are thousands of "don't be so serious have fun in life films," but this one meant something. I don't know what it was but something hit so close to home with it.

Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind provoked which I just saw for the first time this pas weekend provoked some intersting thoughts about "soul mates." I don't know if I buy any of it, but interesting.

Momento has a similar feel to the movie as eternal sunshine, but I liked momento alot more.

Fight club was real good the first time I saw it, now it seems a bit cheesy. I don't know if thats because I've seen it so many times, or if it lacked something special from the beginning and I was simply immature in my film tastes.

Amelia is great if you can get a copy of it with the subtitles. Another "self discovery" movie, but I think that is a pretty deep topic, maybe the deepest of all. Of coarse presentation is everything, amelia does a good job at this.

Requiem for a dream always leaves me thinking for days, so you may call it deep. It's plot is not overly complex, but the theme of the movie is pretty intersting (loss of ambition/dreams).

I guess thats enough for now.

[BluntArtist]

Your views of "deep" disgust me.

[Transitive Nightfall]

Easy Rider is an excellent choice.

[nomadherbman]

if you say any word over and over it will lose all meaning....lol
i watched donny darko again last night for the 5th time and i have to say when i first watched it i was like wow, but after seeing "what the bleep do we know" and watching it a couple more times, it was to unreal and left tooo many questions un answered...i mean did his parents and little sister die??? and how the fuck did he at the end of the movie go back in time...it just cut from one scene to the next..and the whole thing aobut your destony already being lade out before you, i think is bull, that why we have choices and make mistakes, why people end up dead..

the space odysee tho boring as hell was deep
what dreams may come left me thinking for hours

there alot more but i gotta go blaze

[NightProwler]

"the wall" and "fear and loathing in las vegas" its not exactley a deep movie but still a great movie to watch when ur high. Oh, and watch the wizard of Oz while listining to dark side of the moon starting at the second roar of the lion or something like that. i did it once and it was cccrrrazzyyy

[nomadherbman]

^^where in maine are you??? i just moved from Portland

[Nullific]

Boondock Saints was pretty interesting.

[mono repin]

Your views of "deep" disgust me.


Thank you for adding so much to the discussion, and yes your picks are SO much deeper than ours...

[Button Basher]

Good choices mono. I'm gonna check out Wild Strawberries.

I loved Requim for a dream (albeit it's a bit depressing) and definitely American Beauty. Moving, and soooooooooooooooo deep.

Cheers!

[Mirno Sctlnd]

i think is bull, that why we have choices and make mistakes, why people end up dead..

I think people actually die from old age and disease which they do have no choice in as their life is layed out before them only a very small minority of humans actualy take control and kill themselves. And you dont have freewill your path is set before you.
Think about this
- Every action has to have a cause.
- Humans perform actions.
- Therefore human actions all have a cause.
Every cause in retrun has to have a cause e.g wind temperature makes you stay inside. This in theory can be traced back to the dawn of time and the interactions of atoms and there reactions, thus reactions now between humans that control your destiny.

[mono repin]

... just so you have fair warning, Wild Strawberries was done in 1957. It's a black and white film in Swedish. I had subtitles, but I wouldn't count on finding a subtitled version. The director Ingmar Bergman is a Swedish play director, and as such he uses play like film techniques. It's long and most will find it boring. If you have patience its worth while though.

[ermitonto]

Ever watch the Matrix trilogy? That's some deep shit there, with cool special effects to boot.

I also enjoyed the philosophy behind Fight Club. It's not just about beating people up, you know. :)

[mono repin]

Ever watch the Matrix trilogy? That's some deep shit there, with cool special effects to boot.

I also enjoyed the philosophy behind Fight Club. It's not just about beating people up, you know. :)

I've seen the matrix trilogy, but there is only so much of the "what is reality" that remains interesting. The first one pretty much put everything out on the table, the following two were in reality little more than special effects movies.

I know fight club is more then just fighting. However, again its a what is reality movie. Moreover its a movie that at the heart says violence is bad cooperations and money are neccessary, we don't need to be barbaric about things, sit down shut up and take what your told otherwise you will end up crazy like this guy and have a whole that you shot in your own head. It's a fun movie for action, and the first time you see it its neat to find out reality isn't what you thought it was. However, tyler in the end is the "bad guy." All along edward norton's character is the "good" and tyler is slowly taking over, but in the end good triumphs over evil. However look at what "good" is. It's a mediocre life. The message of the movie is if you stop being mediocre, people will be hurt and or die.

My dilemma is, does the initial "fun" from finding out what is isn't is and what is isn't worth the huge lack of a worthwhile theme.

[Fengzi]

A lot of foriegn films are really deep. If you can get over the subtitles and the fact that they don't have a lot of action and special effects they are definitely worthwhile. I'll definately have to check out "Wild Stawberries" soon.

There is a Chinese film called "To Live" that follows one family's extreme ups and downs. It was banned by the Chinese government since it doesn't paint a very pretty picture of one of the most embarassing times in their history. It shows that no matter how good things get something bad can be lurking around the corner and no matter how bad things seem, something good can come out of it. Just don't expect a happy ending.

Another good foriegn film is a Vietnamese film called "The Scent of Green Papaya" . There's not a lot of dialogue and what there is is Subtitled Vietnamese. The cinematography is beautiful, however, and there is a lot of symbolism in the film. It's the type of movie that will make you think instead of doing the thinking for you. A while back one of my old stoner friends was staying with me and we got really, really baked and I put it on. At first he was like "what the fuck, this sucks" but when it was over he just looked at me with his mouth hanging open "Duuuude.."

[mono repin]

Thanks for the tips Fengzi I'll try to check those out. Hollywood has really destroyed movies as an art form and moved them into simply entertainment. I don't want to say anything NOT from hollywood is good... but I know what you mean about foreign films. I think they are a bit of an aquired taste though, so thats why I left the warning.

[Hempamasta]

Whee.. deep movies rock.

I really liked Requiem for a Dream. Really made you think.

Donnie Darko was cool.

I really liked Pulp Fiction, actually. The last scene (the restaurant one) was deep as fuck.

Hmm... what else.. The Matrix was pretty deep.

American Beauty was cool.

Boondock Saints.

Memento.

[DharmaBum9982]

I would say Adaptation, and it gets better everytime I see it.

[photosynthesis]

"deep" "deep" shut the fuck up

[Ousted]

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Being John Malkovich
American Beauty
Chasing Amy
.....

May add more later

[ezjim]

full metal jacket
the mosquito coast
DARK SECRETS: INSIDE BOHEMIAN GROVE
easy rider
unforgiven

[Basquiatesse]

"Too tired to die", is a cool movie its japanese i think. u should check it out

[Up In Smoke 420]

i cant watch moveis high i never remmeber them in the morning.

[almigster]

Wow. I can not believe know one has mentioned Waking Life. One of the best movies I have ever seen, literally changed my life.

[stifliwmj420]

Boondock Saints was pretty interesting.

really good movie

[Nochowderforyou]

"Man on Fire"-Brilliant movie. A TRUE lesson in revenge. Eye for an eye..."Revenge is a dish, best served cold"

"Blow"-Moral of the story. Stop while you're ahead

"Saw"-Another lesson in how precious life is. People take it for granted everyday while others struggle to stay alive. Hopefully we never run into that kind of "teacher" to teach us those lessons.

[187]

Wow. I can not believe know one has mentioned Waking Life. One of the best movies I have ever seen, literally changed my life.
my friend has that movie i watched a scene of it but i want to see the whole thing.

[Edgar]

Wow. I can not believe know one has mentioned Waking Life. One of the best movies I have ever seen, literally changed my life.

I 2nd that. I realllly want to see that again. (I've only seen it once.)

[nomadherbman]

Boondock Saints was pretty interesting.

my friends uncle directed that and the detective at the beggining(not the gay guy) iis bob marly he went to my highschool

[Frequency]

those movies aren't "deep"...they are government-whored films that the media broadcasts to try and attract the "wannabe-artsy" type people and the drug-blasted heads that have nothing to do but watch the fake lives of others, while their lives are wasted as is the time the lame ass fucking pathetic actors put in to popping valium and becoming a star. it's fucking disgusting. "Blow" pfft.. Johnny Depp needs to retire...he's the definition for bland. :mad:

[Checkminus]

A Beautiful Mind was deeply deep.

[mono repin]

those movies aren't "deep"...

Says the guy who hasn't provided any deep movies of his own...

[liquid swords]

'What the Beep Do We Know' is about the stupidest documentary on the stupidest theory of anything.


deep movies.. let's see, in alphabetical order:

21 Grams
Arlington Road
Cube
Lolita
magnolia
Pi
The Seventh Seal
Solaris
Videodrome
Unbreakable

[Fengzi]

Yeah, videodrome is great. I remember watching that one way back when I was first getting stoned. Definitely trippy.

[rollinKansas]

AMERICAN BEAUTY!!!!!

[lateralus]

Damn, I thought I'd be the first to list "Waking Life". Other than that, I agree with what Ermitonto posted.

p.s
To whom this may annoy:

DEEP DEEP DEEP. You nazi feds. :cool: