The NZA Posted November 10, 2004 Share Posted November 10, 2004 Mad advertising on this one, and heartless thinks its about philosophy or somethin...anyone know bout it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperEeyore Posted November 10, 2004 Share Posted November 10, 2004 Here is the trailor...it might help. It does seem like a philisophical movie. I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted November 10, 2004 Author Share Posted November 10, 2004 Ah...ok, its got Dustin Hoffman, and im a wanker with this shit, so i wanna see it ("select cities Oct. 10th"...dammit) Thanks isa! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Lindsay Posted November 10, 2004 Share Posted November 10, 2004 i think it has to do with existentialism or something like that. regardless, it has an awesome cast (including mi favorito...jason schwartzman... ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted November 10, 2004 Author Share Posted November 10, 2004 Find out if its playin nearby, and we'll go catch it, im down after that trailer (you should see it LL). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperEeyore Posted November 10, 2004 Share Posted November 10, 2004 yeah I even liked it. I was mezmorised..ask Aoi she was sitting next to me hehehehe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted April 6, 2005 Author Share Posted April 6, 2005 I remember askin bout this one when it was in theatres, and i wish i'dve gone to see it. First off, this is definitely not for everyone, but if you enjoyed, say, Waking Life, or even Being John Malkovich, you might dig it. Amazon sums it up as: ...."an existential comedy," I Heart Huckabees is a flawed yet endearingly audacious screwball romp that dares to ponder life's biggest questions. Much of director David O. Russell's philosophical humor is dense, talky, and impenetrable, leading critic Roger Ebert to observe that "it leaves the viewer out of the loop," and suggesting that Russell's screenplay (written with his assistant, Jeff Baena) is admirably bold yet frustratingly undisciplined. Russell's ideas are big but his expression of them is frenetic, centering on the unlikely pairing of an environmentalist (Jason Schwartzman) and a firefighter (Mark Wahlberg) as they depend on existential detectives (Lily Tomlin, Dustin Hoffman) and a French nihilist (Isabelle Huppert) to make sense of their existential crises, brought on (respectively) by a two-faced chain-store executive (Jude Law) and his spokesmodel girlfriend (Naomi Watts), and the aftermath of 9/11's terrorism. No brief description can do justice to Russell's comedic conceit; you'll either be annoyed and mystified or elated and delighted by this wacky primer for coping with 21st century lunacy. Deserving of its mixed reviews, I Heart Huckabees is an audacious mess, like life itself, and accepting that is the key to enjoying both. --Jeff Shannon That's very true. Its quite random, and all over the place, though i wouldnt say it comes off nearly arthouse or pretentious as Waking Life might, most likely due to random comedic moments (the dinner conversation's a highilight for me). Somewhere between Hoffman and Marky Mark playing this hardass, enviornmental firefighter, i decided i really wanna pick this one up & show it to people here & there, but again, if you're turned off by the works of Spike Jonze, approachable philosophy & dialogue and such, you prolly wont enjoy this one. Props again to miss Heartlessbitch for puttin me onto it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pictureofdorian Posted April 6, 2005 Share Posted April 6, 2005 I love that movie... everyone in my family hated it but it is one of my favorites... its definitly in the top 5 of my list! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristyandJake Posted April 6, 2005 Share Posted April 6, 2005 Yes this movie was hilarious and awesome. We went to see it in theatres. POD made us go see it and I hadnt laughed that hard in a long time. She has great taste. Yay for the Huckabees!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pictureofdorian Posted April 6, 2005 Share Posted April 6, 2005 hahah ya i remember you and jake didnt really want to see it but hahah you mind me bitch lol jk it was officially my turn to pick a movie.. and boy did I pick a great one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartlessbitch Posted April 6, 2005 Share Posted April 6, 2005 A film worth viewing twice.. truly original and funny in thought and delivery.. glad da nick liked it too (i knew he would) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eternal Usagi-Chan Posted April 6, 2005 Share Posted April 6, 2005 I haven't seen it, but I've been wanting to for a while... Fuck it, I'm going to blockbuster to rent it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Lindsay Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 word! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JunkerSeed Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 agreed, i really really enjoyed it. I was really surprised thta something this out there got such a wide release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Jax Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 I just finished watching this. Funny stuff, but like nick said, this is NOT for everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristyandJake Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 Whatevah, everyone should love it. LOVE IT I SAYS!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaKa_nO_kUrO_nEkO Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 I own it.. its awesome..."everyone is connected..." oh the white blanket idea made so much sense to me its kinda scary... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted April 26, 2005 Author Share Posted April 26, 2005 it does, doesnt it? see how approachable philosophy comes when Dustin Hoffman explains it... Glad Jax & more of you saw this. I laughed the other day when i heard Marky Mark did some time back in the day for an assault charge; i could believe it in this flick, and again, he was awesome. Im surprised that was Rushmore, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Jax Posted April 26, 2005 Share Posted April 26, 2005 Marky Mark character was my favorite. "I'm not a hero! But we can ALL be heroes if we stop using petrolium!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted April 26, 2005 Author Share Posted April 26, 2005 Oh man, that dinner scene kills me, especially when he goes "no, you shut up" and throws a potato at the father guy. I love this flick. Here's somethin cool dante made of it,f or those fond of violent nihlism: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalHeart Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 MMmmm Mr. Jason Schwartzman can hit me in the head with a balloon ball thing anyday...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Lindsay Posted April 29, 2005 Share Posted April 29, 2005 ditto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted April 29, 2005 Author Share Posted April 29, 2005 Rushmore's cool, but ya'll should show some love fro Marky Mark, and cystic fibrosis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Lindsay Posted April 29, 2005 Share Posted April 29, 2005 i show love in my member title. dammit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted March 17, 2007 Author Share Posted March 17, 2007 This movie's still awesome. I need to trade LL something and get her copy, philosophy & firefighting are a better mix than chocolate and...anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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