chrizbiewhat movie/show made you think "WTF did I just watch?"
LewistrickRequiem for a dream
The Eric Andre Show
Plastic Nee-san
BlueÆtherDogville from 2003
sideoneThe Lobster was pretty out there.
canthidiumI absolutely love Yorgos Lanthimos’ movies. Killing of a Sacred Deer is probably my favorite. His movies just have this uneasyness that really makes you feel…off watching them.
Splice
Perfect Blue
Nonameuser678Enter the void
Also “The Void” is another good one.
The credits just soften you up for the mindfuck.
OrkneyKomodo- Everything Everywhere All At Once
- Mad Max 3: Beyond Thunderdome
Beau is Afraid is absolutely mental. I had no idea what to expect when we went to see it, and I’m so thankful the cinema was empty so we could audibly talk about wtf was going on throughout. It’s definitely a movie I want people to watch but with the caveat that I’m not recommending it.
I absolutely loved Beau is Afraid, but yeah that last act was a trip. It reminded me of “Men”. The ending of that is just pure WTF.
The penis monster haunts my dreams! The whole movie was a trip and I absolutely loved the insanity of the first act, but the last 30 odd minutes were just mental
TeaHandsJust watched Men last night, I guess this other one is going on the list now!
Ooh, what did you think of Men? Also, Beau is a way different movie, but I thought the endings had similar vibes with a pure WTF is going on feel.
I really enjoyed the first half but have to admit it lost me a bit by the end, it just sort of kept going for a bit too long for me I think. Husband, meanwhile, was very taken with it and has been recommending it to anyone who will listen!
Same, I love really unnerving movies in the first 2/3 of men did that well but then it just went way over the top.
Titane.
If I had been told beforehand that a woman being fucked by a car would be the least messed up part of the movie, I’m not sure I’d have believed it; however, that movie has burned it’s way into my head like few others have.
NeilAnnihilation staring Natalie Portman. The wife and I went and saw it in theaters. A few people straight up walked out after a while and I heard an audible “what the fuck?” After the movie was over from someone in the theater.
On a rewatch after reading that the movie was about cancer I appreciated it a lot more, but it’s a weird one for sure.
It’s probably my favorite scifi movie that made me really feel something. I think you can find a lot to relate to, grief, depression, loss. I really think the main theme is self destruction, specifically resulting from some kind of trauma. Everyone had their own issues and they were all basically destroying themselves and finding solace in the shimmer.
Quite literally self ‘Annihilation’, I think the shimmer itself is more analogous to cancer (continuously expanding, with random distorted outcomes, most of which are agressive towards anything untainted by the shimmer), but fundamentally each of the characters are there for their own different reasons for self-destruction with the hopes that it benefits others, as they effectively know it’s a suicide mission).
The bit that I cannot recall if it was explained is why did the special ops guy go if he had a loving wife at home; what was his reason for self destruction?
The bit that I cannot recall if it was explained is why did the special ops guy go if he had a loving wife at home; what was his reason for self destruction?
I don’t remember an explanation for it aside from it was just his mission as part of being in the military. But he didn’t really have a “loving” wife at home. She cheated on him. Maybe he knew and volunteered for the mission because his marriage was over.
Frater MusThe book is better IMO (other than no Portman :-) and one of the most disturbing things I’ve ever read. Highly recommended.
JoyfulCodingGuyDid you read all three books? Got real WTF in book 2 and 3.
Yes, I read them all the same week (bad weather kept me inside). Yesterday I read the Silo Stories (3?) in his Machine Learning anthology. I liked the first book and the short stories the best.
My favourite film analysis of this is by Dan Olson of Folding Ideas: youtu.be/URo66iLNEZw
It’s a great breakdown and also criticises those “ending explained” videos as well.
Annihilation and Decoding Metaphor
Didn’t understand the hype for that movie at all.
The movie was about cancer? Where did you read that?!
The movie is the closest movie approximation of the book Alex Garland could make, considering how dense and intertwined the whole Southern Reach Trilogy is.
I found the article I read back when I saw it in theaters. It’s only one dude’s opinion, though. Now that I see the rest of the comments here that makes sense. I suppose back then i just took his word for it.
Sorry if my question sounded like an attack 😬
Vandermeer’s writing style deliberately opens his work to different interpretations and it’s rather interesting to see the same happening with this movie adaptation.
Another interesting angle I’ve read is environmental: either in a way that Area X is return to nature (purification) or it’s the opposite (our own destruction of the planet)
Getting ready to re-read the whole trilogy, will definitely include this guy’s cancer perspective as I am going through to see how it fits.
simplyobnoxiousSorry To Bother You was a wild fucking ride. Definitely watch it high for maximum wtf
I still have no fucking clue what that movie was supposed to be about
Selling out to capitalism was my takeaway
I was looking for this one. I went into it completely blind one night and that was a ride.
meatwads_toothA Serbian Film.
First and only movie I ever regretted watching. Def could have gonna my whole life without seeing that.
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Films wild, also Brittany Murphy’s last role as well.
Wounds.
Sci-Fi horror is my jam so I’ve definitely seen some weird shit but that was just wtf. Notable mention for splice.
Dave“Under The Skin” with Scarlet Johansson. It has easily the most low-key terrifying scenes I’ve ever seen in a movie (the beach scene). And the whole film is the very definition of wtf.
NuwandaKnights of the Zodiac.
0.4/10
Unicorn Wars… it’s a French/Spanish animation movie about a “carebear” v unicorns war. It’s like full metal jacket, but much more brutal and bizarre….
kunehoWilfred (the US version)
Absolutely one of my favorite shows. It hits all the right notes for me. I can definitely understand why it wouldn’t be someone’s cup of tea, but it absolutely resonated with me.
one of my friends, who loves TV like this told me he had instant migraine from Wilfred :P
also, my girlfriend really didn’t wanted to start it, because it was too strange for her, but after a few episodes she has fallen in love with the series.
so fucking a pity there’s no other show like this (or I don’t know about it at least…)
psskBad boy bubby
Lolors17The Pacific Rim sequel. I just thought:“Why??”.
PiecemakersBecause Sons of Anarchy turned off the money faucet.
… He’s not in the second one. They actually got john boyega to star somehow.
I can’t remember the title but it was on uk Netflix for a while last year. It was a Spanish film where a girl had an ass for a face. That was weird in and of itself but then it just kept getting weirder the whole way through.
Preacher?
I forgot about this comment til you replied. Just googled it, it was called Skins.
Flux Gourmet definitely got this reaction from me
cyberpotatoJust watched Beau is Affraid. Good movie but holy shit is it ever weird.
I ragequit at that certain Parker Posey scene. Caught the other thing that happened right after, and was 110% “Oh, fuck this highschool film class bullshit.” Nope.
ianovic69Old Boy.
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I just watched Neon Genesis Evangellion. WTF at the end of the series. Then saw there was a later movie with the “real” end. Which was also WTF.
Literally the first thing on my mind when I saw this thread! I needed some time to process what happened after seeing End of Evangelion.