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I finally bit the proverbial bullet and watched I Heart Huckabees. Much to my amazement I not only liked it, but I heart it.

The film follows a Huckabees executive who hires 'existentialist detectives' and is driven through a classic, if not pseudo-intellectual, character driven road of discovery.

Ironically, the film chooses to examine existentialism from an external perspective, placing the viewer as an unbiased observer of the course of events.

Borrowing from Brecht's desire to manipulate every aspect of staging and script to serve a single point, the film wastes no prop, no line, no background to deliver a series of symbols. Few of which fall anywhere near the line of subtlety.

As nihilist and existentialist figures collide in the style of trajica, we're taken on a trail of philosophical experimentation bound in a highly stylized storyline.

Having been seduced by the tale of Stoicism in Dogtown , I'm left wondering if anything is safe from the axe of Hollywood intellectuals and the delicate humour of self discovery?

Rotovia, drunk & out!

I don't understand shit as i didn't read through the post detalied, but i want to post, so that your threads doesn't get sad

I skull and crossbones Huckabees

I don't understand shit as i didn't read through the post detalied, but i want to post, so that your threads doesn't get sad
It's all I ask.

Unfortunatly I can't get past the title to watch the movie. The title reminds me of something one might see scribbled in pink ink on a 12 year old girls notebook.

I think you might have found your calling.
You made me want to see that movie.

Unfortunatly I can't get past the title to watch the movie. The title reminds me of something one might see scribbled in pink ink on a 12 year old girls notebook.
That's what I though at first. But once you get past that, it's a wonderful film and by the end you'll truly appreciated the title.

I think you might have found your calling.
You made me want to see that movie.
My work here is done. ;)

I liked it, although I thought that the existential detective thing was a ripoff of Dirk Gently by Douglas Adams. Ah well.

Marky Mark was funny, surprisingly. The rest of the cast.. not so funny. I've always hated Lilly Tomlin though, to be fair. Dustin Hoffman's never been a favorite of mine either.. I'll leave it there. :(

I saw it. I liked it. It makes you think.

But toward the end it just lost me.

I bought I <3 Huckabees last year and have watched it at leasy fourty times since, showing it to different people or just using it as a personal brain massager. At the end of it I always feel somewhat refreshed.

There are so many ways to look at things.

Also, The Wahlberg is thumbs-up!

I bought I <3 Huckabees last year and have watched it at leasy fourty times since, showing it to different people or just using it as a personal brain massager. At the end of it I always feel somewhat refreshed.

There are so many ways to look at things.

Also, The Wahlberg is thumbs-up!
I almost didn't see it because I have a fairly strict "No Walberg" rule.

I liked it. I'm not prepared to compare it to Brecht, per se, but hey...

I bought I <3 Huckabees last year and have watched it at leasy fourty times since, showing it to different people or just using it as a personal brain massager. At the end of it I always feel somewhat refreshed.


Ditto.
This movie has got to be on my top 10 and believe me, I have seen almost every movie out there, except some of the really old ones that you can't find anymore :( which makes me sad.

I skull and crossbones Huckabees
No, no. You don't get it. "Skull and crossbones" isn't a suit, silly!
It's either "I
HEART
CLUB
DIAMOND
or
SPADE
Huckabees"!!!

I liked it, although I thought that the existential detective thing was a ripoff of Dirk Gently by Douglas Adams. Ah well.
Seconded. *bows*

I think the "milking" part really drove the point home. Another of a select few cluster of memories searingly etched into my psyche. Good thing i can laugh about it.

yeah, i love this film. watched it about a dozen times. still ask my friends "how am i not myself?" at odd intervals. classic

and on the marky mark front, i'm not sure about him. he's not a great actor, but he usually picks fairly good films to put himself into...

No, no. You don't get it. "Skull and crossbones" isn't a suit, silly!
It's either "I
HEART
CLUB
DIAMOND
or
SPADE
Huckabees"!!!

Skull and crossbones should be a suit. It would be useful for gambling pirates.

yeah, i love this film. watched it about a dozen times. still ask my friends "how am i not myself?" at odd intervals. classic

and on the marky mark front, i'm not sure about him. he's not a great actor, but he usually picks fairly good films to put himself into...

I think the reason he went so well with this film is that he didn't need to seem intelligent, just kinda tough. He was an average guy, maybe with slightly below-average brainpower, diving headlong at problems that most people never even consider.

Skull and crossbones should be a suit. It would be useful for gambling pirates.
Seconded.
Would it be the trump card, instead of the Joker?

I think the reason he went so well with this film is that he didn't need to seem intelligent, just kinda tough. He was an average guy, maybe with slightly below-average brainpower, diving headlong at problems that most people never even consider.
Also seconded. Of all the character contrasts in the flick, this was the one i liked the best. Props to Mr. Underwear.

Fuck. Fuck. FUCK. Fuck!

Best opening scene ever.

No, no. You don't get it. "Skull and crossbones" isn't a suit, silly!
It's either "I
HEART
CLUB
DIAMOND
or
SPADE
Huckabees"!!!

Wouldn't SPADE-ing Huckabees be just mean though. CLUB-ing it makes it sound like a baby seal, and clubbing those is just cute.

Fuck. Fuck. FUCK. Fuck!

Best opening scene ever.

You ROCK, rock.

You ROCK, rock.
Cheers to you, friend.

Wouldn't SPADE-ing Huckabees be just mean though. CLUB-ing it makes it sound like a baby seal, and clubbing those is just cute.
Far out. I sense a joint effort with Gassputia possibly in the works.
Hmmm ....
I *spade* Huckabees ... as in, castration.
I *club* Huckabees ... pretty self-explanatory. Unless we're talking rave circuit.
I *diamond* Huckabees ... uhm, that needs a little work.
Well, i'm spent.

Reminds me of those "I [spade] My Cat" bumper stickers... as dumb as they are, I laughed long and shamefully the first time I saw one.. :p

Reminds me of those "I [spade] My Cat" bumper stickers... as dumb as they are, I laughed long and shamefully the first time I saw one.. :p

I have a button on my backpack that reads "I (club) hippies."

I have a button on my backpack that reads "I (club) hippies."

:p That's a good one too...