It should be a netflix genre... something like big lebowski or, say, anything wes anderson... not demanding, not cerebral, nothing sentimental or genocidal... also, nothing blatantly idiotic like 2fast2furious... something exactly opposite of david lynch yet not so opposite it makes me even more retarded and i forget english entirely... i tried watching porn repetitively but...
i like McKay/Apatow movies for hangovers. They're funny but not idiotic (not on the level of 2fast2furious) and you can drift while watching them, not cut at dizzying speed and they're not really too loud
I also stream really bad old tv shows from netflix when i don't feel like getting out of bed... MacGyver, Quantum Leap, Night Rider, etc.
Futurama for the win, though.
i love that this was moved from "chatter" to "theory" :)
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The Lone Rangers always cure my hangover.
Good thread. Apatow fits the bill perfectly actually.
Wonder Boys and Harold And Maude have always served me well for a hangover.
If the hangover is mild enough to allow me to make it to the cinema, I find that I love watching big, emotional movies on the big screen in this state. It allows me to switch off my analytical mind a little and to indulge more freely in something that will probably not be great, but which I really want to give the chance to move me and indoctrinate me into its way of thinking and feeling. Avatar was a good recent example of this. King Kong was another memorable one which had a hungover-me shedding quiet, manly tears.
Quote from: children with angels on February 20, 2010, 05:38:54 PM
If the hangover is mild enough to allow me to make it to the cinema, I find that I love watching big, emotional movies on the big screen in this state. It allows me to switch off my analytical mind a little and to indulge more freely in something that will probably not be great, but which I really want to give the chance to move me and indoctrinate me into its way of thinking and feeling. Avatar was a good recent example of this. King Kong was another memorable one which had a hungover-me shedding quiet, manly tears.
That's like self-exploitation by consent or something :)... kind of like if you drank wine in church before the prayer in hopes of seeing god (i don't really know if people do that...) i actually hate that feeling of total clueless surrender... i find myself liking a lot of weird shit when i do that... :)
Nah, it's not clueless - it's a conscious decision, and it's just a way of opening myself up to a valid experience that I would probably be able to have to a slightly lesser extent under normal circumstances, but which I occasionally want to indulge in a bit more fully. Succumbing to the emotional pull of sincerely melodramatic popular cinema is something that I think no fan of film should deny themselves all of the time.
Liking weird shit, or liking shit for weird reasons, is one of the unique pleasures that a hangover affords me. It's not like I'm immune to the joys of the avowedly sentimental in my regular film viewing, but I occasionally like investing EXCESSIVELY too. That kind of experience can make you realise the beauty of something that you might miss under other circumstances - like, for instance (to take one real-life example), appreciating the profundity and intensity of Ferris Bueller's Day Off, rather than just its value as a feel-good comedy.
It's more like a conscious decision to a clueless surrender for me... I can definitely see the benefits of getting pulled into a shitty movie without realizing why you're in there, namely, it's intellectually effortless and sensationally rewarding. I just always feel like i've been fucked with after such experiences e.g., Transformers(hints of Army propaganda). I guess for me, by default, being hungover as fuck does not offer a valid viewing experience and i feel the need for something almost child-like and obvious... Having said that, im not at all immune to the joys of the sentiments it's just that i personally don't like that feeling...
Silent films.
Die Hard and Die Hard with a Vengeance, with no expectation to finish.
i like watching SNL fo sho... makes me feel like these people worked all week just for my hungover cause
SNL wins. Not only is it perfect for a hangover, its also perfect for almost not drunk anymore moment
And yet, imagine how good it would be if you saw it sober.
i always end up popping in something by Ashby or Altman. i think it has something to do with that old 70's film stock look...
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Dead Man and Buffalo '66 are good too... and anything by Alexander Payne
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P.S. Bruno's unrequited lover is in it :)
Quote from: 72teeth on February 24, 2010, 02:43:15 AM
i always end up popping in something by Ashby or Altman. i think it has something to do with that old 70's film stock look...
Last Detail
California Split
Mash
Dead Man and Buffalo '66 are good too... and anything by Alexander Payne
half of those movies i'd just rather watch drunk.
Nashville was a college standby for hangovers. can't believe i forgot about that.
I feel like a jerk for saying this because i've done nothing but bash this show since it's inception, but I've been ill all week because bitches are sluts (not hungover, but kind of the same) and I've gone through two and a half seasons of Entourage. It's perfect turn your fucking brain off entertainment. Now that I'm getting stronger I don't know if I'll continue watching, but it's been good entertainment.
quit posing dude.
you're afraid of the meathead label the same way an art school student is afraid of the hipster label. we get it. but it's an act. quit posing.
Quote from: pete on March 25, 2010, 07:48:54 PM
quit posing dude.
you're afraid of the meathead label the same way an art school student is afraid of the hipster label. we get it. but it's an act. quit posing.
Pete what is it now? Oh, i forgot, you actually know me... :yabbse-thumbup:
Alot of parents get divorced, Pete.
It's not the end of the world.
Guys thanks for contributing to the thread. :bravo: