i hate huckabees

i just bought this on dvd as it was in the sale at hmv and looked interesting, it so wasn't. i was confused the whole way through.

the only thing that kept me watching it was mark walberg lol.


shouting lumos at the light switch will not help

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I found it interesting to a point and then it just became far too pretentious for me. I respect any one else's opinion who likes this film but I just hated it so much and i've tried to give it a go several times. Like you say, you can't force yourself to like a movie...but I wish I could comprehend what people like about it...just for my own benefit!

If you beleive in existentialism. If you ask to many questions? Youre gonna eventually feel depressed, like you have no purpose. This movie made me feel like *beep* I totally understood and got the message. That religion, laws, government, jobs, the things we do everyday, is all a distraction to keep us from understanding the world and feeling like we have no purpose. If you dont do these things then you have n purpose and theres no point of living. And in a survival of the fittest system it makes the weak feel like they have no purpose when they do and they dont see it cause theres always somebody who will be doing better than you and you envy them, cause they are more fit, and it seems like they get everything they want, but they are the same person you are struggling everyday to have a purpose to keep from being bored and seeing what they truly are, human.

Let's put it this way. I saw this on IFC and could see that is was made for a very specific audience. If I had paid to see it I'd have felt ripped off, but I recognize it's attraction to those who were the target audience.

Ohhh is your boyfriend retarded sweetie? That's so great that u two can watch cartoons together.

I don't get it, your list of favorite movies is full of waaaay more pretentios junk than this. Did you mean that you just didn't like it?

I bought this film without seeing it.

I liked the cast, it had good reviews, so i bought it, £5... Now, in the UK £5 is a cheap cinema ticket, with student discount!

And in the case of the cinema, why bother?
You see the film once.
But why go see a film you've never seen before?
You might hate it?

At least when you buy the DVD you could like it, and hey, then you can watch it 10, 50 or 1000 times.
And if you hate it, well, there's always ebay....

btw - i love going to the cinema, i'm just making a point!

I buy films before I've seen them, when they are being sold for about £4 in HMV. Have ended up with some of my favourite films that way. Sort of like a lucky dip. I bought this film that way and I loved it, the main problem for me was Jude Law's awful attempt an american accent.

correction stories SHOULD be interesting....engaging...otherwise what's the point? perhaps to give us a perspective we haven't already seen? definitely. but still, any story can be made interesting and engaging with enough revision and craft

I thought it was a good movie. It's not the best film I've ever seen, but it had many special qualities to it. I think the key to appreciating this movie is in understanding its humor. Like people have said before, you can't force yourself to like a movie, or try to laugh at a movie you don't find funny. There's a whole lot of people who will never like anything about the film. But I guess what I'm saying is if there's anyone who wants to give this movie a second or third chance, I say make sure to not take the film so seriously, and try and laugh at what's going on. There's some great mind blowing ideas, but it's a movie and the filmmakers are not trying to compete with any of the major religions by converting people to their "I Heart Hukabees" cult. By realizing that the movie is constantly making fun of itself and it's crazy ideologies you can forget about the pretentiousness. The people in the movie are crazy, and crazy people are funny. Yeah sometimes they have great ideas, but mostly they are there for a good laugh.
"You can't deal with my infinite nature," she said.
"That is so not true. . . wait, what does that even mean?" he asked with a fake accent.
See that *beep* is funny, people are funny. . . we think we know what's going on but, nope, we're all just crazy.