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Somebody explain Rubber to me (Movie)

GodfatherGodfather Registered User regular
edited September 2011 in Help / Advice Forum
This is the first time i've been unable to form an opinion on a film whatsoever. I have no idea if I liked it, hated it or what.

I need the entire thing explained to me. I don't know why, I just need to know.

Please help.

EDIT: Here's the trailer if it helps

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G5pyFhmAqE

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  • JebusUDJebusUD Adventure! Candy IslandRegistered User regular
    edited September 2011
    That looks like the most awesome thing ever, in the history of things.

    But if you want to talk about it I would suggest the D&D film thread. There are plenty of crazed film nerds nice folks there who will discuss it with you.

    http://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/146749/i-tried-to-be-a-serious-film-thread/p57

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  • Kuroi OokamiKuroi Ookami Registered User regular
    I watched it too, and while having no idea what to really think of it in terms of like or dislike, I'm trying to plan a drinking game around it. I think it was what it was suppose to be, and that the very first opening words rather sum it up. I found the lines on IMDB:

    "In the Steven Spielberg movie E.T., why is the alien brown? No reason. In Love Story, why do the two characters fall madly in love with each other? No reason. In Oliver Stone's JFK, why is the President suddenly assassinated by some stranger? No reason. In the excellent Chain Saw Massacre by Tobe Hooper, why don't we ever see the characters go to the bathroom or wash their hands like people do in real life? Absolutely no reason. Worse, in The Pianist by Polanski, how come this guy has to hide and live like a bum when he plays the piano so well? Once again the answer is, no reason. I could go on for hours with more examples. The list is endless. You probably never gave it a thought, but all great films, without exception, contain an important element of no reason. And you know why? Because life itself is filled with no reason. Why can't we see the air all around us? No reason. Why are we always thinking? No reason. Why do some people love sausages and other people hate sausages? No fucking reason. "

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  • GodfatherGodfather Registered User regular
    It mainly bothered me that there was no ending at all.

    Like, none.

    Why is the tire at Hollywood? What does that have to do with anything?

    They've been doing this meta stuff all throughout the film, they gotta be saying something there.

  • Skoal CatSkoal Cat Registered User regular
    The wiki page delves into it a bit more and even has a link to the style.
    Their use of chorus was interesting.

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