Mind Bending / Intellectual Movies
I always craved for complications in movies. Not weirdness, but complication. Like, after watching a movie, when you say to yourself: "what on earth was that? let me see that movie again!"
So, I created this list which contains confusing/intellectual movies, yet have a logical base , which can be explained. Not some some idiotic stupid movie like Mulholland Dr.
I don't care what critics or somebody else say, I don't care if a movie has high budget CGI, the only thing I care about is logical explanation.
I am talking about the movies, which confuses the viewer, I am not talking about confused director. :-D
The movies listed here, have some kind of "basis"; at least, it has been explained logically within the movie.
There is no particular "order", I just update this list as the movies come to my mind.
Suggestions are always welcome. :-)
Here are the movies from this list, which are "flawed", or can't be explained logically:
Fight Club
Black Swan
Mulholland Dr.
Lost Highway
Chasing Sleep
Source Code
The movie eXistenZ can be explained as long as it goes, but it ends kind of unexpectedly. So the user (viewer) doesn't get the complete "input" to make a conclusion at the end.
So, I created this list which contains confusing/intellectual movies, yet have a logical base , which can be explained. Not some some idiotic stupid movie like Mulholland Dr.
I don't care what critics or somebody else say, I don't care if a movie has high budget CGI, the only thing I care about is logical explanation.
I am talking about the movies, which confuses the viewer, I am not talking about confused director. :-D
The movies listed here, have some kind of "basis"; at least, it has been explained logically within the movie.
There is no particular "order", I just update this list as the movies come to my mind.
Suggestions are always welcome. :-)
Here are the movies from this list, which are "flawed", or can't be explained logically:
Fight Club
Black Swan
Mulholland Dr.
Lost Highway
Chasing Sleep
Source Code
The movie eXistenZ can be explained as long as it goes, but it ends kind of unexpectedly. So the user (viewer) doesn't get the complete "input" to make a conclusion at the end.
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- DirectorShane CarruthReparto principalShane CarruthDavid SullivanCasey GoodenCuatro amigos emprendedores, sabiendo que hay algo más grande e innovador que los diferentes dispositivos de comprobación de errores que han construido, se pelean por su nuevo invento.Two engineers out of four realise that they have accidentally created a machine which actually is a time machine. But unlike other machines from fictions this machine has a very different method for "travelling" in time.
The movie has fantastic elements of science fiction, and philosophy but Carruth portrayed scientific discovery and whole movie in a down-to-earth, and realistic manner.
This movie won tons of awards.
Shane Carruth is the director, producer, one of the two protagonist, music composer, and the editor of the movie.
Carruth, is a former software engineer with an undergraduate degree in mathematics.
For more details of the movie:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primer_(film)
10/10 - DirectorRichard KellyReparto principalJake GyllenhaalJena MaloneMary McDonnellTras salvarse por poco de un extraño accidente, un adolescente con problemas tiene visiones de un hombre con un disfraz de conejo que lo manipula para cometer una serie de crímenes.Another movie on time travel. In the whole movie a large bunny rabbit visits a teenager, telling him the date of end of the world. The rabbit also possess him to commit social crimes.
The protagonist Donnie Darko thinks that bunny rabbit is a time traveller and starts research on time travel.
On the date of destruction, movie ends with a time travel paradox.
Also starring Noah Wyle, and Drew Barrymore.
10/10 - DirectorGareth CarrivickReparto principalChris O'DowdMarc WoottonDean Lennox KellyMientras beben en su pub local, tres marginados sociales intentan aclarar un enigma de viajes en el tiempo.British comedy that centres on three friends in a pub. Movie has several incidents of time travel leading the trio in different future each time, caused by themselves: the chaos theory/butterfly effect.
10/10 - DirectorJohn McTiernanReparto principalJohn TravoltaSamuel L. JacksonConnie NielsenUn agente de la DEA investiga la desaparición de un legendario sargento instructor de los Rangers del ejército y de varios de sus cadetes durante un ejercicio de entrenamiento que salió terriblemente mal.Not complicated but confusing. An investigation of disaster, where each of the survivor gives different statements. Upon asked for second time each of them comes with another story.
9/10 - DirectorMikael HåfströmReparto principalJohn CusackSamuel L. JacksonMary McCormackUn hombre especializado en desmentir sucesos paranormales se aloja en la legendaria habitación 1408 del Hotel Dolphin. Poco después de instalarse, se enfrenta a un auténtico terror.This movie has two different endings.
Be sure to watch the version named as "Default Ending" rather than "Alternate Ending". There isn't any difference in the story though, as it is just the ending.
10/10 for the default ending, 8/10 for alternate ending. - DirectorGarth JenningsReparto principalMartin FreemanYasiin BeySam RockwellSegundos antes de que la Tierra sea destruida por una constructora extraterrestre, Arthur Dent es rescatado por su amigo Ford Prefect, un investigador que está escribiendo una nueva edición de "La guía del autoestopista galáctico".Based on the classic novel/radio show by Douglas Adams.
Hats off to the novels, but movie couldn't capture the novel. Furthermore there is a lot difference in the novels and the movie.
The movie begins with demolition of earth by a race "vogans" the galactic government's bureaucrats. Later the protagonist learns lots of facts/hidden truths about the universe.
10/10 - DirectorMartin ScorseseReparto principalLeonardo DiCaprioEmily MortimerMark RuffaloEn 1954, un marshal estadounidense investiga la desaparición de un asesino que se ha escapado de un hospital para criminales dementes.
- DirectorChristopher NolanReparto principalLeonardo DiCaprioJoseph Gordon-LevittElliot PageA un ladrón que roba secretos corporativos a través del uso de la tecnología de compartir sueños, se le da la tarea de implantar una idea en la mente de un jefe de una gran empresa.A mixture of "Uncle Scrooge: The Dream of a Lifetime", and "eXistenZ". Yet amazing.
- DirectorChristopher NolanReparto principalGuy PearceCarrie-Anne MossJoe PantolianoUn hombre con pérdida de memoria a corto plazo intenta encontrar al asesino de su esposa.
- DirectorChristopher NolanReparto principalChristian BaleHugh JackmanScarlett JohanssonTras un trágico accidente, dos magos en el Londres de 1890 se enfrentan para crear la ilusión definitiva, mientras sacrifican todo lo que tienen para superar al otro.
- DirectorMary HarronReparto principalChristian BaleJustin TherouxJosh LucasPatrick Bateman, un rico ejecutivo de banca de inversión de Nueva York, esconde su ego psicopático alternativo de sus compañeros de trabajo y amigos al tiempo que profundiza en sus violentas fantasías hedonistas.
- DirectorBrad AndersonReparto principalChristian BaleJennifer Jason LeighAitana Sánchez-GijónUn trabajador industrial que no ha dormido en un año comienza a dudar de su propia cordura.
- DirectorMichel GondryReparto principalJim CarreyKate WinsletTom WilkinsonCuando su relación se deteriora, una pareja se somete a un proceso médico para borrar el uno al otro de su memoria.
- DirectoresEric BressJ. Mackye GruberReparto principalAshton KutcherAmy SmartMelora WaltersEvan Treborn sufre pérdidas de conocimiento durante acontecimientos importantes de su vida. A medida que crece, encuentra una forma de recordar estos recuerdos perdidos y una forma sobrenatural de alterar su vida leyendo su diario.
- DirectorCameron CroweReparto principalTom CruisePenélope CruzCameron DiazDavid Aames lo tiene todo: es apuesto, tiene dinero y una hermosa mujer. Pero justo cuando ha encontrado el verdadero amor en Sofía, sufre un accidente de automóvil que le deja la cara horriblemente desfigurada y lo pierde todo.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergReparto principalTom CruiseColin FarrellSamantha MortonEn un futuro donde una unidad especial de la policía puede arrestar a asesinos antes de que cometan sus delitos, un oficial de esa unidad es acusado de un futuro asesinato.
- DirectorPaul Thomas AndersonReparto principalTom CruiseJason RobardsJulianne MooreUn mosaico épico de personajes interrelacionados en busca de amor, perdón y significado en el Valle de San Fernando.
- DirectorBryan SingerReparto principalKevin SpaceyGabriel ByrneChazz PalminteriEl único superviviente de un terrible tiroteo en un barco relata los eventos que condujeron a esta masacre, empezando con cinco criminales que se encuentran aparentemente al azar en una selección policial de sospechosos habituales.
- DirectorAnthony HopkinsReparto principalAnthony HopkinsStella HopkinsChristian SlaterAging screenwriter Felix Bonhoeffer has lived his life in two states of existence: in reality and his own interior world. While working on a murder mystery script, and unaware that his brain is on the verge of implosion, Felix is baffled when his characters start to appear in his life, and vice versa.Personally, I literally hated this movie. :-D
- DirectoresJoel CoenEthan CoenReparto principalGeorge ClooneyJohn TurturroTim Blake NelsonEn el sur de los EEUU durante los años 30, tres fugitivos buscan un tesoro escondido mientras la ley les persigue.
- DirectorGrant HeslovReparto principalEwan McGregorGeorge ClooneyKevin SpaceyUn reportero en Irak puede tener la historia de su vida cuando conoce a Lyn Cassady, un tipo que dice ser un ex miembro del Ejército de la Nueva Tierra, una unidad que emplea poderes paranormales en sus misiones.
- DirectorPaul VerhoevenReparto principalArnold SchwarzeneggerSharon StoneMichael IronsideCuando un hombre va a tener recuerdos virtuales de vacaciones del planeta Marte implantados en su mente, una serie de eventos inesperados y desgarradores le obligan a ir al planeta de verdad, ¿o no?The new Total Recall (2012) (Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale) contains a spoiler, and the story or the grasp is nothing at all compared with this one. It has advantages of better special effects, CGI, and sound effects though. But I would recommend to to watch Arnold's first, and then the new one.
- DirectorJames MangoldReparto principalJohn CusackRay LiottaAmanda PeetDesamparados en un desolado motel de Nevada durante una violenta tormenta, diez extraños se conocen mútuamente cuando se dan cuenta de que están siendo asesinados uno a uno.
- DirectorJoseph RubenReparto principalJulianne MooreDominic WestChristopher KovaleskiDespués de que les dicen que sus hijos nunca existieron, un hombre y una mujer pronto descubren que hay un enemigo mucho más grande en el trabajo.Julianne Moore believes that her son disappeared few years ago. Everybody else tells her he never existed and she made him up.
Later, she meets a man, her son's friend's father, a drunkard, who's daughter is also missing. Upon asking him, he denies of having a daughter ever. Then he starts regain the memories of his daughter. For a brief moment, the viewer is confused whether Moore is insane or what.
9/10 - DirectorJoel SchumacherReparto principalJim CarreyVirginia MadsenLogan LermanWalter Sparrow se obsesiona con una novela que él cree que fue escrita sobre él. A medida que aumenta su obsesión, parecen surgir más y más similitudes.
