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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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no matter how many times ive seen it 'Harry Potter the half blood prince' just confuses me..
any one care to enlighten me on wtf its all about? lol
also share the films you dont get? |
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I've read all the harry potter books and see 3 films, one of which was the Half Blood Prince to try and make sense of the book... I still have no idea what is going on, it feels like the book was written for the sake of writing a book was also the hardest of all the books to read....
I however cannot understand Donnie Darko....  |
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"no matter how many times ive seen it 'Harry Potter the half blood prince' just confuses me..
any one care to enlighten me on wtf its all about? lol
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Its the 6th film in the series of books converted to film aimed at children. The entire story spans the books/films so its impossible to summise 5 books/films so you can understand the one you picked out at random to watch.
However on the general subject of the thread I cannot think if a film I didn't "understand".
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Shutter Island...seen it several times: still clueless! 
I agree , I've given up trying to watch it now. "
Shutter island is awesome.. Made perfect sense.. Don't wanna say on here coz it would spoil it for others..  |
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By *at2Couple
over a year ago
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"Catch 22 and Jacobs Ladder are both very confusing, and dull!"
Jacobs ladder is about a man that the medics in a field hospital during the Vietnam war keep resusatating.
And is confused as to what is happening as his memories or being mixed with what his soul is experiencing as it passes into what some call purgatory were both angels/demons are vying for that soul as his life ebbs away. The movie is confusing, but this is only to show how confused the man in the story is simples lol.. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Shutter Island...seen it several times: still clueless!
I agree , I've given up trying to watch it now.
Shutter island is awesome.. Made perfect sense.. Don't wanna say on here coz it would spoil it for others.. "
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Shutter Island...seen it several times: still clueless!
I agree , I've given up trying to watch it now.
Shutter island is awesome.. Made perfect sense.. Don't wanna say on here coz it would spoil it for others.. "
Oh please go on spoil it |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"no matter how many times ive seen it 'Harry Potter the half blood prince' just confuses me..
any one care to enlighten me on wtf its all about? lol
also share the films you dont get?"
Ditto. What the fuck happens in that? Just finished watching it and i regret watching it. Then again, i get confused by all sorts lol
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Shutter Island...seen it several times: still clueless!
I agree , I've given up trying to watch it now.
Shutter island is awesome.. Made perfect sense.. Don't wanna say on here coz it would spoil it for others..
Oh please go on spoil it "
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Shutter Island...seen it several times: still clueless!
I agree , I've given up trying to watch it now.
Shutter island is awesome.. Made perfect sense.. Don't wanna say on here coz it would spoil it for others..
Oh please go on spoil it
See below "
Above now lol |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Shutter Island...
Its an epic film but wtf!
He starts on the boat at the beginning and ends up being a patient?? "
SPOILER ALERT-He was always a patient. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Shutter Island...seen it several times: still clueless!
I agree , I've given up trying to watch it now.
Shutter island is awesome.. Made perfect sense.. Don't wanna say on here coz it would spoil it for others..
Oh please go on spoil it
See below
Above now lol"
Oh I'm even more confused now |
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"Shutter Island...seen it several times: still clueless!
I agree , I've given up trying to watch it now.
Shutter island is awesome.. Made perfect sense.. Don't wanna say on here coz it would spoil it for others.. "
The book and film are awesome |
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I don't understand what's not to understand... But then again, as a fan who grew up with the Harry Potter series, I guess I know it inside out from the beginning...
I can't say there have been any films I "didn't understand"... 
- Amy. x |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I've heard J.K is planning on writing a Harry Potter 8! 
He'll be playing a 30/40 year old if they take it to film
Oh, and 'the way we were' always confuses me, but it's Robert Redford - so I don't care  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Watched men
You mean 'Watchmen'? Very good movie.
Very close to the original comic strip, which ain't comic at all. Very dark.
Brilliant."
Have you seen the directors cut? Love that film. Even if they did change the ending. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Shutter Island...seen it several times: still clueless! "
Oh I thought that was a fantastic movie.. although I'd worked out what was going to happen early on and was disappointed that I had worked it out.. but still loved it. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I didn't really understand the potter films. Seen all of them with the kids and they get fed up with all the questions I ask.
But the one film I really don't get is Green Mile. Isn't it just a grown up Disney film about a supersonic mouse ? It started of ok but then just got very silly after a while. |
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
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"I didn't really understand the potter films. Seen all of them with the kids and they get fed up with all the questions I ask.
But the one film I really don't get is Green Mile. Isn't it just a grown up Disney film about a supersonic mouse ? It started of ok but then just got very silly after a while. "
The mouse being supersonic wasn't the main point of the story or the film. The story is worth a read. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Inception ~ couldn't be doing with the dream state thing!
I agree , it didn't help that both times I watched it I fell asleep ! "
...is that the one with a dream inside a dream of a dream? That did my head in...and i usually don't even watch films.
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By *igSuki81Man
over a year ago
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"Inception ~ couldn't be doing with the dream state thing!
I agree , it didn't help that both times I watched it I fell asleep !
...is that the one with a dream inside a dream of a dream? That did my head in...and i usually don't even watch films.
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Yes and it is a brilliant film |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"no matter how many times ive seen it 'Harry Potter the half blood prince' just confuses me..
any one care to enlighten me on wtf its all about? lol
also share the films you dont get?"
instead of snipe saying "am the half blood prince" he should have said "am the plot point" |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Shutter Island...
Its an epic film but wtf!
He starts on the boat at the beginning and ends up being a patient?? "
He doesn't end up being one from what I remember I don't want to say anymore in case I spoil it!
Momento is pretty confusing but one amazing film |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Shutter Island...
Its an epic film but wtf!
He starts on the boat at the beginning and ends up being a patient??
SPOILER ALERT-He was always a patient."
Opps should have read the whole thread but this! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Watched men
You mean 'Watchmen'? Very good movie.
Very close to the original comic strip, which ain't comic at all. Very dark.
Brilliant."
agree on all points x |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Vanilla Sky
Can anyone give me a clue? Went to see it with a friend and never has one film caused so much baffled silence. "
try reading the short stories of phillip k dick films like vanilla sky bladerunner total recall etc all came from his original short stories. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Life of Pi no idea what that is all about"
White man wants to hear a story about the nature of God. Indian guy tells him 2 stories, with similar characters and both about the same events (animal one and the one in the hospital bed). Both stories end up with the same result. Whichever story you prefer to believe tells you your attitude towards God. It's a film that really is tied up in one line of dialogue at the end. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I didn't really understand the potter films. Seen all of them with the kids and they get fed up with all the questions I ask.
But the one film I really don't get is Green Mile. Isn't it just a grown up Disney film about a supersonic mouse ? It started of ok but then just got very silly after a while.
The mouse being supersonic wasn't the main point of the story or the film. The story is worth a read."
tom hanks is duty bound to kill an angel and gets all pussy about it. Very good film though |
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I don't get Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Did they really do that shit over in Vulgaria? Or was it just a story that Dick Van Dyke was telling the kids? It doesn't make it clear. Also are Toot Sweets real?
So many questions. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I've heard J.K is planning on writing a Harry Potter 8!
He'll be playing a 30/40 year old if they take it to film
Oh, and 'the way we were' always confuses me, but it's Robert Redford - so I don't care "
Harry Potter 8 turned out to be an April fools joke. I saw an article about it afew days ago  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Shutter Island...
Its an epic film but wtf!
He starts on the boat at the beginning and ends up being a patient??
SPOILER ALERT-He was always a patient.
Opps should have read the whole thread but this! "
Haha. It's all good. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Try watching Only God Forgives.
Memento is a good one to play with your head to "
You can watch it forwards if you look in the special features. Not done it before though |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Try watching Only God Forgives.
Memento is a good one to play with your head to
You can watch it forwards if you look in the special features. Not done it before though "
I understand memento, I enjoyed it.
Try Only God Forgives, it's really confusing. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Vanilla Sky
Can anyone give me a clue? Went to see it with a friend and never has one film caused so much baffled silence.
There's no need for a clue its just crap"
It was indeed! |
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"Shutter Island...seen it several times: still clueless!
I agree , I've given up trying to watch it now.
Shutter island is awesome.. Made perfect sense.. Don't wanna say on here coz it would spoil it for others..
Oh please go on spoil it
See below
Above now lol
Oh I'm even more confused now "
I got the ending just didn't get the faffing about in the middle and their pandering to his psychosis. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Dark blood prince doesn't make sense because they missed too much of the book out.
If you have trouble understanding a film watch with the subtitles on.
Love wierd films. Watchmen is one of my faves. Just watched a film called Franklyn - very cool. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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There's loads I didn't get.. Most of them in this thread.. But I just watch them over and over until they do make sense, then the stories tend to be superb!! Donnie Darko, vanilla Sky, shutter island to name a few.. And the Matrix is my all time favourite |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Dark blood prince doesn't make sense because they missed too much of the book out.
If you have trouble understanding a film watch with the subtitles on.
Love wierd films. Watchmen is one of my faves. Just watched a film called Franklyn - very cool."
here here to watchmen its very dark
have you read any of the short stories by phillip k dick ? |
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By *adybee77Woman
over a year ago
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"Life of Pi no idea what that is all about
White man wants to hear a story about the nature of God. Indian guy tells him 2 stories, with similar characters and both about the same events (animal one and the one in the hospital bed). Both stories end up with the same result. Whichever story you prefer to believe tells you your attitude towards God. It's a film that really is tied up in one line of dialogue at the end. "
Ahhh, i missed the line at the end - its been the only film I've ever walked out of the cinema for - it was awful. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"6th sense......"
Very nice plot. Warrants a second viewing.
Satyricon (Fellini).
The film is loosely based on the book Satyricon by Gaius Petronius Arbiter, the "Arbiter of Elegance" in the court of Nero. The book has only survived in fragments, and the film reflects this by being very fragmentary itself, even stopping in mid-sentence.
And that shows. Back in the 60s I thought it was brilliant, but a recent reviewing left me scratching my head. Some great visuals, though. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Life of Pi no idea what that is all about
White man wants to hear a story about the nature of God. Indian guy tells him 2 stories, with similar characters and both about the same events (animal one and the one in the hospital bed). Both stories end up with the same result. Whichever story you prefer to believe tells you your attitude towards God. It's a film that really is tied up in one line of dialogue at the end.
Ahhh, i missed the line at the end - its been the only film I've ever walked out of the cinema for - it was awful."
Saw it on a plane no chance to walk out |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"no matter how many times ive seen it 'Harry Potter the half blood prince' just confuses me..
any one care to enlighten me on wtf its all about? lol
also share the films you dont get?"
Is the half blood prince the one in which dumbledore dies? X |
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By *andS33Couple
over a year ago
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"We watched Cloud Atlas the other night... Have no clue what it was about , if anyone would like to enlighten me???"
We watched cloud atlas too the other night and I didnt get it either. Such a long film too lol
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By (user no longer on site)
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"We watched Cloud Atlas the other night... Have no clue what it was about , if anyone would like to enlighten me???"
You're better off Googling it. It's 6 over-lapping stories. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Life of Pi no idea what that is all about
yeah that went over my head too..
im just not a great film watcher or a book worm lol"
I'm a potter addict! What bit were you confused by? I shall reveal all... |
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