I Melt with You
2011 Directed by Mark Pellington
Synopsis
When life hammers you, get smashed
Former college friends meet up for a reunion that leads them to face the apparent disillusionment that defines their lives. After a week of excessive drug and alcohol abuse, events lead them to contemplate fulfilling a self destructive pact they made when they were young.
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The soundtrack is great and the acting is decent, but when you break it down, it's just a pretentious pathetic over-stylized artsy fartsy mess about a bunch of assholes just being assholes.
A waste of talent. A waste of a good soundtrack. A waste of the eyes. A waste of fake cocaine. All of which deserved a much better movie.
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"I Melt with You" is a drug-fueled descent into a dangerously nihilistic delirium, a mid-life crisis that stumbles into a tunnel where the light at the end turns out to be an oncoming train. Mark Pellington sets the tone for this bleak movie with Sex Pistols music, a band that proclaimed that there is "no future." Appropriate.
Four middle-aged friends reunite for some birthday shenanigans over Spring Break in Big Sur, consuming a mountain of drugs and a sea of alcohol as they try to relive the glory days of their youth and forget their debilitating shortcomings. As the sex, booze, and drugs infect their collective blood, things take a dark turn when they find themselves stuck in a moment…
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So much darker than I was expecting. If you watch this based on the original trailer you will be surprised I think. Watch the Jeremy Piven monologue trailer - that's a much better taster.
First half is pretty pretentious and self-indulgent and nothing really happens. But the second half of the film is a complete change of pace and something else entirely.
Seems this got critically mauled and it has some incredibly low ratings but I personally thought it was really great in parts and the experience is completely unexpected. Great soundtrack and I liked the way it was shot and edited, even if it's a bit much at times.
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If I want to see semi-famous people doing drugs, I can just go visit my brother in LA.
I was getting a little bored until the last 45 minutes. The devolution of these characters actually makes them interesting.
Definitely the best movie soundtrack I've heard in a long time. There were times I was glad there was no talking, just snorting and boozing. That means I got too listen to the great tunes without any interruption.
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What a despicable, broken, lost and dangerous film. This is mid-life crisis gone to the debaucherous ends, wrapping up in complete devestation. Suicide pacts are NOT cool and should never be glamoured up as to seem appealing and courageous. I have really loved Mark Pellington's work in the past, but this trash just breaks my heart. I see no benefit to anyone ever seeing this film other to be depressed and lose hope. This film is the exact opposite of what life should be. I understand that there is maybe a glimmer at the end that suggests to "remember" your youth maybe.. but it's too little too late and cannot hold up the 2 hours of hopelessness that come before it. This film goes on my HATE list. .
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One of the most intense, surreal dramas of our age. It's the type of movie that will leave you asking questions like "what's the meaning of life?" and "what have I done with my life?" The acting, the cinematography, EVERYTHING was different and cool in this film. Not for everyone, but still a fantastic film.
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Äijien viikonloppu. Viinaa ja lääkkeitä.
Surullinen kuvaus ystävyydestä. Parhaimmat sävärit saa katsomalla darrassa.
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Sehr schwieriger Film.
4 Arschlöcher (allesamt genial gespielt) treffen sich wie jedes Jahr, nehmen Drogen, saufen, haben eine "gute Zeit" und verhalten sich wie... Arschlöcher. Den einen findet man vielleicht etwas sympathischer als den anderen, eventuell redet man sich auch ein, dass alles "cool" zu finden, was da so abläuft, aber wirklich warm wird man mit den Leuten und deren Verhalten nie... Vor allem, weil das hier kein Hangover ist, sondern alles wirkt ziemlich echt und zeigt fertige, kaputte Menschen.
Alle Charaktere freuen sich auf ein Wiedersehen, aber allen ist dabei auch sichtlich unwohl. Man fragt sich "warum" und das macht die erste Hälfte des Films interessant. Man entwickelt eine gewisse Faszination. Die Musik ist ziemlich geil, die Bilder wirken…
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A lot of assholes and cocaine.
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http://didyouseethatone.com/2012/06/30/i-melt-with-you/
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This movie feels like the adaptation of a Modernist novel: plotless, violent and experimental. I fully understand why people find it pretentious (and it is of course meant to polarize), but I enjoyed it. As much as you can enjoy two hours of, well, this.
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Wow. This is my life, right now.
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Great Soundtrack.
What do you want? A review or something? I just had a long trip.
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The soundtrack is great and the acting is decent, but when you break it down, it's just a pretentious pathetic over-stylized artsy fartsy mess about a bunch of assholes just being assholes.
A waste of talent. A waste of a good soundtrack. A waste of the eyes. A waste of fake cocaine. All of which deserved a much better movie.