Chris Marquette Message Board / Stay

Re: Stay

dummy@example.com (London) — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 05:47:33 +0000

TeeJay wrote:

And the explanation that I had was that the whole movie were just the last delirious thoughts of a person who's about to die. Dunno if that makes any sense.
-TeeJay

That is what I thought.. everything before the end was Ryan Gosling character's dream sequence or something like that. I had to watch the movie a few times before actually understanding it.

Re: Stay

dummy@example.com (domesticelefant) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:05:52 +0000

Well, I have to agree with shrams, I didn't like Vanilla Sky that much. I once watched that at school and it was sooo boring. At least to me. I don't know what the others were thinking. I watched identity a few years ago and well, I didn't like that movie either but it was at least more interesting than Vanilla Sky.

Re: Stay

dummy@example.com (TheCentralScrutinizer) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 19:32:19 +0000

I think I'd switch the paces of Identity and Vanilla Sky there, shrams. But I agree with what you're saying in essence.

Deb

Re: Stay

dummy@example.com (shrams) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 18:10:21 +0000

I hate it when movies are so pretentious and are trying something so different that the audience can't keep up and has no idea what they've just seen. There's a difference between clever, intelligent film-making that requires concentration on the part of the audience (Identity, The Prestige), and a muddled mess that leaves the average viewer wondering why the hell they wasted time and money on it (Eyes Wide Shut, Vanilla Sky).

Re: Stay

dummy@example.com (domesticelefant) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 17:11:32 +0000

Speaking of weird movies ... does anybody here know that movie called "Palindromes"? It was on TV here last night and my mom and I watched it and it was so confusing and absurd and somehow funny that we ended up laughing at it because it was just so ... weird. It was about this girl who was desperate to get pregnant, but the movie was shot in episodes and in every episode she was portrayed by another actress. That's what made it so confusing. We didn't get the sense of the movie, so we ended up laughing at it.

Re: Stay

dummy@example.com (TheCentralScrutinizer) — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 20:04:01 +0000

Yeah, I guess you're right. It was just him looking around at the faces and making up stories. Stupid. Man, pretty much a waste of time.

Deb

Re: Stay

dummy@example.com (TeeJay) — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 19:46:23 +0000

Oh, that movie with Ewan McGregor, right? You want me to explain it to you??? I remember coming out of the theater, going: "Huh?? What was that all about??"

But, refresh my memory just quickly, what exactly went on in that movie? I forget movie plots very easily. I remember that there was a car accident and there was this... was it a woman? who was close to dying or actually did die. Or was it Ewan who almost died? See, it's all blurry already. And the explanation that I had was that the whole movie were just the last delirious thoughts of a person who's about to die. Dunno if that makes any sense.

-TeeJay

Stay

dummy@example.com (TheCentralScrutinizer) — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 19:34:56 +0000

Now I know why I'm all frustrated. I was watching Stay and I kept thinking I'd understand what the hell was going on by the end. Nope. That was a very irritating, pointless couple of hours.

TeeJay, wanna explain it to me? I know you saw it.

Deb