Your Best buddy wakes from a coma after 19yrs, what movie would you show him [Archive]

TheMovieMinor

07-10-2003, 03:57 AM

So the true story about a man who woke up from a 19 year coma this week is alive again. Now he went down in 1984, right. So pretend that this is your best friend boy or girl, what movie would you show them to show the change and technology of today.

No sequels or continuations or second parts to movies. You need to show them the first if you do that.

Only 1 movie.

I would show that person Finding Nemo, he'll probably die afterwards, but thats alright. What would you show that person?

outsyder

07-10-2003, 03:59 AM

1984? I'd show him the Matrix. Total mindfuck.

Jasonite

07-10-2003, 04:02 AM

I'd show him Resident Evil or Jaws 4. Movie-watching just doesn't get any better than that!!

J

Mike

07-10-2003, 04:05 AM

Dying Young! :D

(I couldn't think of one with a coma damn it! ;))

movies35

07-10-2003, 04:07 AM

Comedy- Oh, maybe something like, Scary Movie

Drama- Titanic

Horror- Wrong Turn.

It depends on what movies he likes.

XCoRyX

07-10-2003, 04:14 AM

i'd show him MANY things before movies...but i couldn't show him just 1 movie....

American Psycho tops the list though.

outsyder

07-10-2003, 04:15 AM

I think he was on Jimmy Kimmel tonight. But I missed it. DAMN!

the movie guy

07-10-2003, 04:21 AM

Originally posted by Mike
Dying Young! :D

(I couldn't think of one with a coma damn it! ;)) How about the Michael Crichton film COMA? :D
Or While You Were Sleeping.

I'd choose Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. He'd be seeing a great movie with great advancements in filmmaking.

Strider

07-10-2003, 04:35 AM

Originally posted by the movie guy
I'd choose Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. He'd be seeing a great movie with great advancements in filmmaking.

I second that, I TOTALLY second that... :D

Strider

Reigh Kaufman

07-10-2003, 05:13 AM

Waking The Dead
Chasing Sleep

Paterfamilias

07-10-2003, 08:16 AM

Pulp Fiction I'd tell him, "look, your gonna see a lot of movies that have snappy dialogue based on pop culture, scenes shown out of order, and starring John Travolta ...no really, John Travolta. Anyway, you're gonna see a lot of movies like this, but this one started them all. I want you to see this before any of them because it will blow you away the way it did me when I saw it in the theater."

Trainspotter

07-10-2003, 08:29 AM

I'd show him Memento. Waking up after 19yrs in a coma and then watching the ultimate mind fcuk movie ever, ho ho.

BadCoverVersion

07-10-2003, 08:35 AM

I've just been reading about the poor chap...The Sun no less.

The bloke won't let people chat about the present day, and all that has happened in between..he's obviously overcome, and slightly delirious no doubt.

Christ, imagine how that must feel!?

His new-born baby girl is 19...

Anyway,

Trainspotting for me.

Benny

07-10-2003, 09:38 AM

Sit him down, and watch a movie from the mid-80's, like Ghostbusters or Back to the Future, then show him a very good recent blockbuster like Spider-Man or Fellowship of the Ring.

Then introduce him to the wonders of things like Seinfeld, Simpsons, and the internet.

Dead Halloween

07-10-2003, 09:58 AM

Don't show him "Glitter" or he will want to go back to coma again.

paul calf

07-10-2003, 10:19 AM

28 days later

he would then know what a lucky bugger he is waking up in a pleasant world where everyone loves one another,where there is no crime,no hatred and wham no longer exist.

Damned Martian

07-10-2003, 11:00 AM

My best friend from when i had 5 years? I had forgotten him! Who cares about him? I would make him see Requiem for a Dream so he could go back to his coma. He couldn't handle a world full of Big Brother, American Idols, Bjork, Ping, Michael Jackson, Bush, Macauley Culkin, Roseanne and other horrors...

:D

Sugar_Kane

07-10-2003, 11:17 AM

My friend would just have to see Pulp Fiction.

James Logan

07-10-2003, 11:45 AM

I'd show him MINORITY REPORT and tell him that's the way the world is today. Then I'd set him loose in the nature and watch him fuck around until he understands I'm playing with his stupid little mind.

;)

sleekproductions

07-10-2003, 12:02 PM

I would show him either Minority Report, Titanic, or Jurassic Park so he can see the amazing achievements that we have made in filmmaking.

notchreturns

07-10-2003, 12:11 PM

I'm pretty sure showing him Jurassic Park would put him right back into the coma! Now..... THAT'S a mindfuck!

Nachokoolaid

07-10-2003, 12:31 PM

Terminator 2 would be cool to show.

Also, I wouldn't show things like Scary Movie, or anything like that, as someone mentioned, because he wouldn't get the parodies because he was asleep for 19 years, so he's missed a lot.

I'd probably show Jurassic Park. That would be a pretty neat experience. The technology would blow him away. But I have to agree with some others. Why not go straight to the best and show Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring?

What if he doesn't like moives?

Dignan

07-10-2003, 01:01 PM

I'd show him Braveheart, just to win the bet I made him in 83'
MEL GIBSON CAN ACT!
Pay up, coma boy....:D

quoth_the_raven

07-10-2003, 02:00 PM

hmmm tough call

a few names spring to mind-

Memento

Reservoir Dogs

The Matrix

LOTR:FOTR

Hannibal21

07-10-2003, 04:17 PM

Citizen Kane would be my choice.

Lindsey

07-10-2003, 04:31 PM

Originally posted by James Logan
I'd show him MINORITY REPORT and tell him that's the way the world is today. Then I'd set him loose in the nature and watch him fuck around until he understands I'm playing with his stupid little mind.

;)

Hahaha! Good one Logan!

If my best girlfriend wakes up after 19 years, I's show her the recent installment of a Ron Jeremy flick.

rushmore beauty

07-10-2003, 05:22 PM

Probably LOTR: FOTR.

scottish-movie-freak

07-10-2003, 05:40 PM

Amelie, to show him or her how beautiful the world can be (this...sounds...too...corny).

07-10-2003, 05:43 PM

I'd show him 1984.

Only joking, of course.

Perhaps a film like The Fellowship of the Ring, yes, because I'd love to be in the position of someone who wouldn't have the first clue of how any of it was made. You'd be completely oblivious to CGI, and therefor you'd be agast. It's an astonishing 3 hours...A great way to spend a few hours.

Hannibal 21 - Why Citizen Kane? That film would have been around for years before he fell into a coma.

Dead Halloween

07-10-2003, 06:02 PM

Originally posted by Sugar_Kane
My friend would just have to see Pulp Fiction.
Better, The Matrix
Dress like Morpheus and tell him that the machines taked over the world in 1985 and all around him is a program to slave us.

EDsoulsurvive*

07-10-2003, 06:05 PM

my best friend (guy) wakes up after a 17 yr coma?
I'd show him Charlies Angels. :D

quoth_the_raven

07-10-2003, 06:07 PM

Originally posted by EDsoulsurvive*
my best friend (guy) wakes up after a 17 yr coma?
I'd show him Charlies Angels. :D

your not much of a friend, are ya?

;);)

EDsoulsurvive*

07-10-2003, 06:12 PM

Originally posted by quoth_the_raven
your not much of a friend, are ya?

;);)

ahahahha. C'mon, it has tits and action, thats all i'd want the second i wake up from a coma.

quoth_the_raven

07-10-2003, 06:16 PM

Originally posted by EDsoulsurvive*
ahahahha. C'mon, it has tits and action, thats all i'd want the second i wake up from a coma.

id rather have a chocolate milkshake and a burger. after 19 years of being fed through a tube, its food first, then a movie ;)

mattjk_17

07-10-2003, 06:19 PM

Hmm, I'd probably show them Jurassic Park or the Back To The Future movies.

outsyder

07-10-2003, 06:54 PM

When the real life guy woke up, he said "Mom," "Pepsi," and "Milk." Pepsi must love the free publicity.:)

Maybe we should show him a few remakes, instead. That would help him understand how stories he knew have been moderized.
It might possibly soften the shock of waking up 19 years later.

Invincible

07-10-2003, 06:59 PM

A.I. lol!!! and make him believe that this is what happened to New York, and machines, overall.

outsyder

07-10-2003, 07:17 PM

Call all of these films documentaries.:)

Psychocandy

07-10-2003, 07:28 PM

Patrick

Scarface98.9

07-10-2003, 07:50 PM

I'd show him Almost Famous. That way it'll put him in a good mood, before showing him how cynical and shitty the world has become since he went under

jolanar

07-10-2003, 09:23 PM

Id show him Legally Blonde, that would make him want to go back into a Coma.

But honestly depends, if he was a big fan of LotR show him that. Likewise with starwars.

Other than that, Fight Club probably tops the list. Tell him its an historical drama of the early 90's and the world is now run by a secret society entitled Fight Club.

jackson13

07-10-2003, 10:05 PM

When I read about this, I thought to myself, 'wow, I would freak out if I woke after a 19 years sleep'. I myself am 19 years old, so if it happened to me it'd be like I was just born. So much has happend in 19 years, with everything. First I'd have to learn what was going on in the world, and what had happened while I was gone, like Desert Storm, Waco, Oklahoma City, O.J., Monica/Bill, 911, the current 'war'. Then I'd have to try all the new products that had emerged while I was 'out', like cd players, microwaves, computers, internet, dvd players, everything. Then I'd have to find out what happened with my family and other important people in my life. Then I'd get down to films. I'd find out what came out the year I 'left', filter through it, and watch what interested me. Then do the same year after year until I was caught up with now. It would just be awesome and astounding to go through movies and watch them evolve from the awesome effects of Ghostbusters and Back to the Future to T2 Judgement Day and Jurassic Park to Matrix and many others. To be honest I dont think my mind would handle it that well.

If it were my friend though, I'd show all the movies I just mentioned. Forget choosing one, that wouldnt be possible. :P

Scarface98.9

07-10-2003, 10:25 PM

Originally posted by jackson13
When I read about this, I thought to myself, 'wow, I would freak out if I woke after a 19 years sleep'. I myself am 19 years old, so if it happened to me it'd be like I was just born. So much has happend in 19 years, with everything. First I'd have to learn what was going on in the world, and what had happened while I was gone, like Desert Storm, Waco, Oklahoma City, O.J., Monica/Bill, 911, the current 'war'. Then I'd have to try all the new products that had emerged while I was 'out', like cd players, microwaves, computers, internet, dvd players, everything. Then I'd have to find out what happened with my family and other important people in my life. Then I'd get down to films. I'd find out what came out the year I 'left', filter through it, and watch what interested me. Then do the same year after year until I was caught up with now. It would just be awesome and astounding to go through movies and watch them evolve from the awesome effects of Ghostbusters and Back to the Future to T2 Judgement Day and Jurassic Park to Matrix and many others. To be honest I dont think my mind would handle it that well.

Don't forget about the countless hours you'd need to spend making up for all the lost time to post on these boards. That's certainly a priority

Grim H.

07-10-2003, 10:32 PM

I'd say Pulp Fiction. Possibly Goodfellas and Fight Club as well. Ooh, ooh, and The Matrix. That'd really fuck with em'!:D
oh, and T2: Judgment Day! You know what, why don't you come back to me?!

Grim H.

07-10-2003, 10:34 PM

Stupid double post

ColinM

07-10-2003, 10:48 PM

If I were trying to show him what movies are visually capable of now, I'd show him T2 or Jurassic Park.

If I were to show him the best movie since he'd fallen asleep, I'd show him The Shawshank Redemption, no contest.

Annie Hall

07-11-2003, 01:24 AM

I think I'd take Scarface's route and show him Say Anything... or High Fidelity.

I know if I was asleep for 19 years, as much as I love the film, I wouldn't want to wake up to Trainspotting. Ease him into the hardcore stuff, wait til he's adjusted to his new surroundings and bloody century before giving him Trainspotting or the like.

DevilMonkey

07-11-2003, 02:26 AM

Originally posted by jolanar
Id show him Legally Blonde, that would make him want to go back into a Coma.

Legally Blonde rocked!

I'd show him Spider-Man, show him how good movies have become or Harry Potter because the ooks are brillkiant and the movie is too.

Shakamaker

07-11-2003, 03:05 AM

I'd have to leave him be with a porno first, because his balls'd be this big (I'm holding my arms out) and would be disracting, perhaps even obstructive for him.

Then I'd show him Twelve Monkeys.

Buck Turgidson

07-11-2003, 03:10 AM

Why, Magnolia, of course.

electriclite

07-11-2003, 03:16 AM

Originally posted by Buck Turgidson
Why, Magnolia, of course.

I'd call that euthanasia, but then the purpose of euthanasia is to end the suffering of others.;)

BadCoverVersion

07-11-2003, 04:27 AM

Originally posted by Annie Hall
I know if I was asleep for 19 years, as much as I love the film, I wouldn't want to wake up to Trainspotting. Ease him into the hardcore stuff, wait til he's adjusted to his new surroundings and bloody century before giving him Trainspotting or the like.

Naaaaah.

Make their brain hurt...they'll thank you for it in the end.

Dogma

07-11-2003, 12:09 PM

Donnie Darko.

EDsoulsurvive*

07-13-2003, 10:53 PM

Originally posted by quoth_the_raven
id rather have a chocolate milkshake and a burger. after 19 years of being fed through a tube, its food first, then a movie ;)

boobs or milkshake? ass or a burger?

Ooohhh I see your point now. (btw this is not sarcastic) :cool:

Tom Samborski

07-13-2003, 11:00 PM

I would show him all the post-1984 movies that changed the way we saw visual effects, such as T2 and The Matrix.

rilocay

07-14-2003, 06:37 AM

Lol..seriously id hate to be that guy..

i would show him jurassic park telling him its based on a true story and doing the same for T2 and the best 3 animated movies aswell as 2 drama and 4 action. and then he would say to me "This cant be" id then say "be what? be real?" (lol dats off the matrix) and then tell him i tricked him telling JP was real but this movie up Next is the real truth, The MAtrix would then slide in :P.

blankpage

07-14-2003, 04:23 PM

Bowling for Columbine

dannywalker17

07-14-2003, 05:47 PM

Obviously I would show him several, but the first one I would show him would be The Fellowship of the Ring.

I would also show him Pleasantville, Back to the Future, Pearl Harbor, Deep Impact, Moulin Rouge!, Misery, Forrest Gump, Saving Private Ryan, American Beauty, The Matrix, Moonlight Mile, Fargo, and The Silence of the Lambs.

Buck Turgidson

07-14-2003, 06:42 PM

Originally posted by electriclite
I'd call that euthanasia, but then the purpose of euthanasia is to end the suffering of others.;)

And it wouldn't even work as anestesia, either, because it has a certain grim fascination to it. Like watching a guy gnaw his leg off to get free of a bear trap: it's horrible, but you just have to watch...