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Film Discussion => News and Theory => Topic started by: Banky on May 10, 2003, 08:19:48 PM

Title: Skewd viewing eperience
Post by: Banky on May 10, 2003, 08:19:48 PM
Have you ever watched a movie under strange circumstances which really enhanced or changed the way you viewed the film?

    I recently had a really big paper to write for my english class and was up all night doing it.  I got done at like three in the morning and when i was finished i was really exhausted.  It was that strange kind of tired though where everrything seems odd because your body is so completley out of it and your tired as hell but not really sleepy.  Anyways this is how i felt so i decided to watch Vanilla Sky.  I had seen it a couple of times before but this time i viewed it it was tottaly unique. The movie seemed so much more beautiful and vivid.  It was like my senses were all enhaced to view the film.   I've watched the movie since and never have quite had the same experience.

Anyone else have some kind of similar experience.  Maybe not because of fatique but from anything?
Title: Skewd viewing eperience
Post by: aurora on May 10, 2003, 08:44:15 PM
Not including weed? :P

*Thinks of being stoned and watching FRIDAY*

I remember one time I hadn't slept all night and I started to watch 187... and it was all yellow tinged and shit and I was like 'what the fuck' and I kept on falling asleep and waking up and it just got weirder and weirder
Title: Skewd viewing eperience
Post by: RegularKarate on May 10, 2003, 09:38:19 PM
Quote from: aurora
*Thinks of being stoned and watching FRIDAY*

A couple years ago, I went to a midnight screening of Friday, but didn't smoke weed first.  All my friends did though and it was really fun at first.

Everyone was laughing and a whole bunch of people snuck beer into the theater... my friend had snuck in some O'douls just because he thought it was funny.

We were watching the movie and everyone was cracking up really loud and talking to the screen... everything kind of died down towards the end because that's where the movie takes it's "dramatic" turn.  When the lights when up, I looked around and almost EVERYONE in the theater was asleep.
I think I was the only one who wasn't stoned there.
Title: Skewd viewing eperience
Post by: aurora on May 10, 2003, 09:53:52 PM
LOL

Thats a classic man

I've never been to the movies stoned... only at home. But I don't smoke anymore anway

Going to the movies drunk sucks... you can't concentrate and if you've been drinking beers (like i do) you have to leave every 2 minutes to take a piss
Title: Skewd viewing eperience
Post by: Alethia on May 10, 2003, 10:08:25 PM
i saw ice age in the theaters stoned out of my fuckin head last year --  pretty funny
Title: Skewd viewing eperience
Post by: Banky on May 10, 2003, 10:33:03 PM
i had a feeling this thread would turn to this.  I went to go see 8 mile at the theatre stoned.  It was really enjoyable because the crowd was really into the movie like yelling and cheering.

Also i watched Master of Disguise fucking ripped and it was the funniest movie i ever saw.
Title: Skewd viewing eperience
Post by: NEON MERCURY on May 10, 2003, 10:41:10 PM
Maybe still not a "GREAT" film but nonetheless  an effective thriller, -the mothman prophecies-got under my skin when watching it a five thirty in the morning to avoid not falling asleep so I wouldn't miss an exam that I spent all night preparing for.  Something about the dawn hours while watching a film screws with you  a bit.:crazyeyes:
Title: Skewd viewing eperience
Post by: bonanzataz on May 10, 2003, 11:53:13 PM
the movie "spider" high was perfect. I felt like i was the character. when miranda richardson would swap places with different actresses, it made perfect sense and i didn't even notice it. everything was that much more real.

ocean's 11 high sucked. dazed and confused high, if you're familiar with the movie...perfect. i hate watching movies drunk or stoned when i haven't seen them already and don't know what's going to happen, because then i'm confused. I saw Amarcord high and don't remember shit and i don't have the stamina to sit through it again. but, anyway, it works for the movie spider, and that's all i can say about that.
Title: Skewd viewing eperience
Post by: picolas on May 11, 2003, 12:04:30 AM
the first time i saw Fifth Element was at around two am and i was watching from the bottom of the screen. i didn't remember much of it in the morning but the face of the bearded man as he looks up at the beginning to see the giant spaceship haunted my dreams.
i also remember watching a short at an animation festival (called pib and pob or something...) and at one point a cannon is fired at the screen. at that precise moment, the reel in the projector set on fire. it made whatever the original ending was ten times better, i'm sure.
Title: Skewd viewing eperience
Post by: sphinx on May 11, 2003, 12:32:17 AM
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Title: Skewd viewing eperience
Post by: phil marlowe on May 11, 2003, 01:54:58 PM
this homeboy has recentley stolen the first place for the contribution of the best/worst weedout experience:

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this video holds a close second:

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also, every movie starring sally field will do. with the winner being 'not without my daughter'.
Title: Skewd viewing eperience
Post by: Pedro on May 11, 2003, 06:52:54 PM
Quote from: aurora

I remember one time I hadn't slept all night and I started to watch 187... and it was all yellow tinged and shit and I was like 'what the fuck' and I kept on falling asleep and waking up and it just got weirder and weirder
I was sober when I saw that and remember it being yellow, too.
Title: Skewd viewing eperience
Post by: Tiff on May 11, 2003, 07:12:30 PM
watching a movie with deep or shallow people maximises or minimises your confidence in yourself. -Tiffany, 2003
Title: Skewd viewing eperience
Post by: Ernie on May 11, 2003, 09:53:40 PM
I saw PDL for the third time a little awhile ago before the long haul to dvd at this weird dollar theatre near me. The seats in the theatre were set in such a way that, when you look at the screen, it almost feels like your laying down....it feels like your in a recliner. At first it was really disorienting as I hadn't been to the theatre in awhile, but once the film started and everything, it was really fucking cool. It felt like I was at home watching it or something, just like on the couch or something...it was really freaking relaxing.

Anyway, that's as skewed as any of my film experiences have gotten I'm pretty sure. It counts, right? The angle I was watching it at was sort of skewed. I don't know, I'm boring...I don't get high or drunk.
Title: Skewd viewing eperience
Post by: AlguienEstolamiPantalones on May 11, 2003, 10:00:44 PM
drug use in the audience , ahh how else do you explain how it took cancer to stop the powerhouse juggernaut that was " ernest goes to...."  movies

if he would of beat the big C, Right now somewhere in america  two 24 year old guys giggiling their ass's off would be saying

" yeah two tickets for ernest joins the Taliban"
Title: Skewd viewing eperience
Post by: bonanzataz on May 11, 2003, 10:03:55 PM
Quote from: Butterscotch Jonesdrug use in the audience , ahh how else do you explain how it took cancer to stop the powerhouse juggernaut that was " ernest goes to...."  movies

if he would of beat the big C, Right now somewhere in america  two 24 year old guys giggiling their ass's off would be saying

" yeah two tickets for ernest joins the Taliban"

sigh...

we tried, BJ. we really tried.
Title: Skewd viewing eperience
Post by: AlguienEstolamiPantalones on May 11, 2003, 10:06:52 PM
argh !!!! Am I the first guy to get banned because of grammer ?
Title: Skewd viewing eperience
Post by: bonanzataz on May 11, 2003, 10:10:08 PM
:yabbse-cheesy:
Title: Skewd viewing eperience
Post by: AlguienEstolamiPantalones on May 11, 2003, 10:18:10 PM
but the jokes the jokes, that is what matters

i took a comedy taboo and found the funny in it

" Alas when it was all said and done,  Only Cancer could stop Ernest P. Worrel "

Now if we could only get andy dick to take up smoking before fox green lights yet another variety hour
Title: Skewd viewing eperience
Post by: godardian on May 12, 2003, 02:49:36 PM
Quote from: ebeamanI don't know, I'm boring...I don't get high or drunk.

Don't say that! The only time I've ever found a drunk or high person remotely interesting was when I was also drunk or high. When intoxicated, everything interesting goes downhill or mutates into something "interesting" in the monstrous, freakish sense.
Title: Skewd viewing eperience
Post by: Banky on May 12, 2003, 07:48:22 PM
I went an saw Goldmember.  It was the strangest thing.  When i left the thatre i could barely remember what happened.  Not because i fell asleep or anything but for some reason i could not remember nearly anything.  Really strange.  Maybe the sign of a dead franchise.
Title: Skewd viewing eperience
Post by: cowboykurtis on May 12, 2003, 08:04:06 PM
when i got my wisdom teeth out, i was loaded up on vicadin -- i must have wathced 20 films in 3 days -- cant remember a second of them, except a few seconds of a car chase in ronin -- havent seen it since...
Title: Skewd viewing eperience
Post by: phil marlowe on May 13, 2003, 01:51:52 AM
me and some friends of mine once saw a clockwork orange when being stone high and that was so disturbing you wouldnt believe it. it was scary in very uncomfortable way and i remember having nightmares for several weeks. in a case like that, watch robocop instead.
Title: Skewd viewing eperience
Post by: MacGuffin on May 14, 2003, 11:17:11 AM
Actor guilty on drug-gear charges

Actor Tommy Chong of the spaced-out, dope-smoking comedy duo Cheech & Chong pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal conspiracy charge of selling drug paraphernalia over the Internet.

Chong, 64, of Pacific Palisades, and his family-run business, Nice Dreams Enterprises, admitted to conspiring to sell marijuana pipes via Web site promotions that featured the comedian's celebrity endorsement.

Under a federal plea agreement, Chong also admitted in a Pittsburgh courtroom that he promoted the drug paraphernalia during personal appearances around the U.S.

He could face up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. But federal prosecutors said the actual penalty will likely be more lenient. U.S. District Judge Arthur Schwab set a sentencing hearing for Sept. 11 and released Chong on $20,000 bond.
Title: Skewd viewing eperience
Post by: phil marlowe on May 14, 2003, 11:55:59 AM
SQUIRREL MASTER?!...

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by: DavTMcGowan on May 30, 2003, 10:59:16 AM
I just saw Brazil for the first time last night and I absolutely loved it.  How much of that has to do with teh fact that I was stoned?  I'm going to watch it again in a few days sober, will I like it any less?
Title: Skewd viewing eperience
Post by: sexterossa on May 30, 2003, 09:25:47 PM
i watched ordinary people after my brother died in a boating accident.
Title: Skewd viewing eperience
Post by: dufresne on May 30, 2003, 09:33:37 PM
Spy Kids on shrooms is highly recommended.

I remember my dad told me one day out of the blue that he and hsi best friend saw 2001 totally stoned out of their mind at Radio City Music Hall.  i never even knew he touched drugs.  made me respect him a lot more.
Title: Skewd viewing eperience
Post by: MacGuffin on May 30, 2003, 10:20:12 PM
Quote from: sexterossai watched ordinary people after my brother died in a boating accident.

Holy crap! That's really must have hit too close to home. Did you know what the movie was about, or least that part, before watching it?
Title: Skewd viewing eperience
Post by: Duck Sauce on May 31, 2003, 02:26:41 AM
Quote from: dufresneSpy Kids on shrooms is highly recommended.

I remember my dad told me one day out of the blue that he and hsi best friend saw 2001 totally stoned out of their mind at Radio City Music Hall.  i never even knew he touched drugs.  made me respect him a lot more.

Im not impressed
Title: Skewd viewing eperience
Post by: dufresne on May 31, 2003, 03:02:57 AM
Quote from: Duck Sauce

Im not impressed

hmm...wasn't trying to impress you.