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I hate this movie AND I know about existentialism.

posted 16 years ago by general_ed2000
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Existentialism is boring. In fact it's the most useless philosophy I know of, in my opinion. Who cares if we are all connected; are we all supposed to be happy and have sex with each other now? What matters, and listen to me now, is what we make out of it - the fact that we are all connected. Just because the philosophy has a fancy name doesn't mean we have to freak out. I choose to not care.

This movie is shallow. It is not deep. I'm in the middle of a marathon right now including Trainspotting, Amelie, Garden State, some Quentin Tarantino - and then this suddenly slaps me in the face with its boredom and normalcy.

This is - and I mean this in the most insulting way possible - the most normal movie I've seen.

[–] MissFuzzyBritches 14 years ago

I only watch it for the scene with Bob Gunton. Other than that, I bypass the rest of the movie.

"Lord! It's a miracle! Man up and vanished like a fart in the wind!"

[–] veil182 14 years ago

hate on it all you want, and I agree existentialism is useless, but you really think its normal? especially in comparison to Garden State, one of the blandest movies there is--not a bad film, but come on, Huckabees gets pretty irreverent at times

listen to the receiving end of sirens.

[–] Strazdamonas 13 years ago

Its funny how you pretend to come up as some sort of higher person and then think that sex is main source of happiness.

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All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for enough good men to do nothing.

[–] Chytilova 13 years ago

Oh noes! Did you actually think this film represented existentialism accurately???

"What matters, and listen to me now, is what we make out of it - the fact that we are all connected."

Oh... my... goodness. Please actually read some existentialism now. The point, insanely generally, of existentialism is that life is meaningless therefore we should create our own meaning. Read the essays of Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir.

"This is - and I mean this in the most insulting way possible - the most normal movie I've seen."

I agree completely, but please do not lump existentialism together with this awful film.

[–] Sorcerio 13 years ago

[–] greenbanzanas 13 years ago

Funny, general ed (I think it explains a lot that your name is general, but putting that aside, I find it hilarious that you denigrate this movie and then contend that Trainspotting, Amelie, Garden State, and, wait for it, Quentin Tarantino, in any facet, manner, avenue, approach or aspect even come close to the brilliance of I Heart Huckabees.

Granted, it's one of my favorite all-time movies, but then who's correct and who's wrong? Well, someone who contends that they understand we're all connected and then says so what, I get it. I get that you're the Brad character, and you don't like the psychoanalysis. You're the problem, and you've got a lot of company.

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[–] FreeFallFlow 13 years ago

Dude, relax, it's a movie, you don't have to hate it so much.

I really enjoyed it. It was funny, entertaining, interesting, I don't see what's not to like about it. Maybe you took it too literally; what is so bad about a character trying to find a meaning to his life haha, it was just funny I think, not pretentious or anything...

Anyway, I wish there was more movies like this one to entertain me.