Good Unique Movies
In case you aren’t a regular reader of my blog, or that you’re just dumb, I am somewhat of a movie geek. Became one sometime when I was in Year 12 in 04.
Neways, I absolutely love unique movies. Either in terms of the plot, multiple interpretations, or cinematography. So now here’s a short list of the movies that I like and ones that I intend to watch soon:
1. Donnie Darko - Great weird movie bout a weird boy and a 6-foot rabbit. You can interpret it in many ways. Great unique structure. My review of it here
2. The Virgin Suicides - Enthralling whimsical film about 5 seemingly perfect sisters committing suicides. Great dreamy cinematography. Mysterious and a bit scary in some bits as well. My review here
3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Great unique romance story. About a couple trying to erase their memories of each other due to their souring relationship
4. Memento - A mystery film about a guy who lost his ability to retain his short term memories. It’s told in reverse. Quite depressing though
5. The Prestige - A new good film about magicians and magical sleigh of hands. The whole film is also a magical trick. Review coming soon
Other Unique And Weird Movies, But Ones Which I’m Not Really A Fan Of:
6. Being John Malkovich - A truly bizarre film in which a couple of people finds an entrance into John Malkovich’s mind
7. Mulholland Drive - Drug-induced vision vs reality intertwined in this story about a Hollywood actress trying to make it big in Hollywood. Very weird, and depressing for me. I couldn’t understand it even after a second viewing. Didn’t like it at all. Typical David Lynch’s style of weirdness, of Twin Peaks fame, which I liked incidentally.
Haven’t Seen Yet, But Recommended By People As Being Good In The Same Vein:
8. Adaptation - Another film by Charlie Kaufman who brought us Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. About a writer with writer’s block writing about a writer with a writer’s block 
9. Garden State - Have no idea what it’s about. From the sypnosis, it seems to be a romance film
10. Abre Los Ojos (the original film which spawned the US version of Vanilla Sky) - Me thinks this film is about a good-looking chap who’s face got damaged, which then confuses viewers about which of his visions are reality and which are his dreams?
So neways, that’s all the films of the same style that I can think of. Feel free to add others which you think I’ve missed out. Also feel free to correct me about the premises of those films which I haven’t seen yet. Just please don’t reveal any spoilers to me for them please! 
Cheers then!
You should also watch Big Fish (the Ewan McGregor one, not Little Fish with Noni Hazelhurst), A Beautiful Mind, Mysterious Sking and even Angels in America and Moulin Rouge to some extent.
Comment by Khym — December 13, 2006 @ 1:58 pm
Thanks Khym for the suggestions. Think will give Big Fish a pass. But the rest sounds interesting though.
Comment by sigma — December 28, 2006 @ 2:45 pm
I loved Garden State, although I understand why some people think it’s a bit of a meaningless movie. For some reason it just struck a chord in me.
I didn’t really like Eternal Sunshine, though. I mean, I got the idea, and I really wanted to like it, but I just didn’t. I loved the theme, though. :p
Comment by johnleemk — January 14, 2007 @ 7:59 am
Hey john, I’ve just seen Garden State and I liked it a lot as well. It’s not meaningless, more like a ‘coming of age’ mid 20’s film. It also has a great soundtrack as well: Frou Frou, Zero 7, The Shins, etc
I enjoyed ESotSM. Found Jim Carrey in a serious mode a refreshing change.
Comment by sigma — January 15, 2007 @ 6:08 am