Movies I Found Confusing + Reasons Why
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>Decided to make list after seeing movies like: Inception, Shutter Island, Tenet, I'm Thinking of Ending Things, Memento- constantly popping up on lists like this and not agreeing at all
>Decided to make list after seeing movies like: Inception, Shutter Island, Tenet, I'm Thinking of Ending Things, Memento- constantly popping up on lists like this and not agreeing at all
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- DirectorJoachim TrierStarsRenate ReinsveAnders Danielsen LieHerbert NordrumThe chronicles of four years in the life of Julie, a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path, leading her to take a realistic look at who she really is.*I found the ending confusing (was the actress also a version of her? There seems to be a lot of debate about ending)
- DirectorCharlotte WellsStarsPaul MescalFrankie CorioCelia Rowlson-HallSophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories real and imagined fill the gaps between as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn't...*I found the ending confusing (the sequence of events, was the water scene the last 'real' scene)
- DirectorPark Chan-wookStarsPark Hae-ilTang WeiLee Jung-hyunA detective investigating a man's death in the mountains meets the dead man's mysterious wife in the course of his dogged sleuthing.*I found the story and the English translated subtitles incredibly confusing, half way through movie I paused it went on wikipedia to read the plot to the point I was up to- never struggled with translated subtitles before
- DirectorBen BoltStarsCaroline PeggJodhi MayColin FirthA governess put in charge of two young children begins to see the ghost of her dead predecessor.*Don't understand the movie (any adaption) or the book either
- DirectorNoah BaumbachStarsAdam DriverGreta GerwigDon CheadleDramatizes a contemporary American family's attempts to deal with the mundane conflicts of everyday life while grappling with the universal mysteries of love, death, and the possibility of happiness in an uncertain world.*Was enjoying the film during the 'disaster event' scenes, but by the ending I felt I could no longer understand anything
- DirectorAlex GarlandStarsJessie BuckleyRory KinnearPaapa EssieduA young woman goes on a solo vacation to the English countryside following the death of her ex-husband.*No idea what this entire movie was, the final scenes will scar me forever
- DirectorAlex GarlandStarsNatalie PortmanJennifer Jason LeighTessa ThompsonA biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply.*Enjoyable but ending confusing
- DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsKurt RussellWilford BrimleyKeith DavidA research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.*There are lots of discussions about what happened at the end between two of the characters
- DirectorToby MeakinsStarsIola EvansAsa ButterfieldRobert EnglundAfter firing up a lost 1980s survival horror game, a young coder unleashes a hidden curse that tears reality apart, forcing her to make terrifying decisions and face deadly consequences.*Didn't understand any of the film's logic
- DirectorChloé ZhaoStarsGemma ChanRichard MaddenAngelina JolieThe saga of the Eternals, a race of immortal beings who lived on Earth and shaped its history and civilizations.*Didn't understand any of the film's logic
- DirectorDavid LoweryStarsDev PatelAlicia VikanderJoel EdgertonA fantasy retelling of the medieval story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.*I love this movie so much but feel like the end is confusing as it goes against the message I was getting throughout the entire film
- DirectorOlaf de Fleur JohannessonStarsFlorence PughBen Lloyd-HughesScott ChambersA team of scam artists get more than they bargained for when a job at a haunted country estate gets out of hand.*So many things in this film don't add up, very messy, no internal logic
- DirectorIsao TakahataStarsShinchô KokonteiMakoto NonomuraYuriko IshidaA community of magical shape-shifting raccoon dogs struggle to prevent their forest home from being destroyed by urban development.*Found this movie very confusing, couldn't tell the characters apart many times and think this movie would be much better appreciated if I increased my understanding of Japanese culture and folklore
- DirectorMatt RuskinStarsKeira KnightleyCarrie CoonChris CooperLoretta McLaughlin was the reporter who first connected the murders and broke the story of the Boston Strangler. She and Jean Cole challenged the sexism of the early 1960s to report on the city's most notorious serial killer.*I think I found it confusing because it was telling me not to think exactly what I was thinking in regards to 'one monster' being the perpetrator, it was challenging me and telling me to think differently but I found the logic too confusing, it was somewhat an open ending but heavily implied things I wasn't sure about
- DirectorDon BluthStarsElizabeth HartmanDerek JacobiDom DeLuiseTo save her ill son, a field mouse must seek the aid of a colony of rats, with whom she has a deeper link than she suspected.*I found the use of both magic and science in this movie very confusing, magic was added towards the end to save the day (deus ex machina style) and I was left scratching my head, thinking magic was in this movie?
- DirectorMike CahillStarsOwen WilsonSalma HayekNesta CooperA mind-bending love story following Greg who, after recently being divorced and then fired, meets the mysterious Isabel, a woman living on the streets and convinced that the polluted, broken world around them is a computer simulation.*I knew going into this movie it was a metaphor for drug addiction but I still found some parts hard to comprehend
- DirectorChristopher NolanStarsChristian BaleHugh JackmanScarlett JohanssonAfter a tragic accident, two stage magicians in 1890s London engage in a battle to create the ultimate illusion while sacrificing everything they have to outwit each other.*The only Nolan film that truly confused me on first watch, had to watch again to appreciate how amazing it truely is
- DirectorJim SharmanStarsTim CurrySusan SarandonBarry BostwickA newly-engaged couple have a breakdown in an isolated area and must seek shelter at the bizarre residence of Dr. Frank-n-Furter.*I had no clue what was happening
- DirectorPeter WeirStarsRachel RobertsAnne-Louise LambertVivean GrayDuring a rural summer picnic, a few students and a teacher from an Australian girls' school vanish without a trace. Their absence frustrates and haunts the people left behind.
- DirectorJonathan LynnStarsEileen BrennanTim CurryMadeline KahnSix guests are anonymously invited to a strange mansion for dinner, but after their host is killed, they must cooperate with the staff to identify the murderer as the bodies pile up.
- DirectorKatsuhiro ÔtomoStarsMitsuo IwataNozomu SasakiMami KoyamaA secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by a teenager, his gang of biker friends and a group of psychics.*I was seriously confused for 90% of the movie then moderately confused for the last 10%