Film: Jacob's Ladder

[Mr_AuDiO]

What do people think about the movie?

 

[j22]

It's really fucked up. LOL

 

[onetwothreefour]

film: jacob's ladder

vote now

 

[JerryBlunted]

Excellent and thought provoking film. Thought the little bit at the end about the whole drug-conspiracy angle was needless and I tend to not think about it when I appraise the film as a whole.

 

[Sideways_Falling]

Drug Conspiracy

I thought the Drug Conspiracy was the main point of the film.

 

[Caine]

one of my all time favourites. the shakey head guy is haunting and disturbing.

 

[L2R]

This movie fucked me up when I saw it first (i was about 13). I recently saw it again, and all my suppressed memories came flooding back.

I loved it. It's very effective. Scariest movie I know.

OMFG the evil doctor. The angels/demons concept. FUCK ME DEAD.

 

[Sn2]

Excellent acting, good screenplay, shitty editing and hyperactive camera tricks/sequences. Didn't age well. 2 1/2 stars.

 

[JerryBlunted]

Re: Drug Conspiracy

I thought the Drug Conspiracy was the main point of the film.

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I thought the religious allegory was the main point of the film. The chiropractor was the guardian angel, the "evil" hospital was like hell, the creatures on the subway were demons. His girlfriend was named Jezebel, etc. etc.

 

[Sideways_Falling]

NSFW:

BUT the "Ladder" was the drug that caused all of that.

 

[JerryBlunted]

NSFW:

Yeah but "Jacob's Ladder" was the ladder to heaven....
The film showed a man who may or may not have been dead already bouncing between various states of being. The subterranean levels and the hospital were clearly demonic, the room where he finally saw his dead boy was like the gate to heaven (minus St. Peter).

I felt like the drug subplot was tacked on at the end and was unneccessary. That's my opinion.

 

[Sideways_Falling]

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I've seen and heard this theory on the movie. If all this did happen as he was dying, was he or was he not stabbed by a member of his own platoon confirming of course the drug consipircy sub-plot. Or was that twisted into all this too. either way it was a great view and I might, thanks to your thoughts JerryBlunted, I might have to watch it again with what you've said in mind.

 

[FunkyAlfonzo]

Love it - the shaky head people scared the crap outta me when i first saw them

 

[Mr_AuDiO]

Where can I rent this, I have gone to blockbusters and video ezy stores and nothing, none of them have it, any ideas?

 

[onetwothreefour]

^^^ you're in melbourne right?

try movie reel in northcote/westgarth (it's practically next to the westgarth cinema on high street), the video busters at the beginning of smith street in collingwood (a couple of blocks down, iirc, from a bar called barry, or the video shop just off lygon street - on the right hand side going away from the city. one of them will have it for sure, if not all of them

 

[Mr_AuDiO]

Cheers. I will come up with something, have to see this flick.

 

[tambourine-man]

Film: Jacob's Ladder (1990)

Jesus H Christ...!!! It's been years since I watched this, but having watched it yesterday, it's just about managed to make me nervous of dark alleyways and rooms all over again. **suffers the resurfaced childhood memories**

Quick premise of the film (shamelessly paraphrased from IMDB entry): A traumatized Vietnam war veteran, Jacob Singer, finds out that his post-war life isn't what he believes it to be when he's attacked by horned creatures in the subway and his dead son comes to visit him. Although Jacob is trying to keep his frayed life from unraveling, he becomes increasingly harassed by flashbacks to his first marriage, visitations from his now-dead son, and his tour of duty in Vietnam. Though his new wife tries to help Jacob keep his grip on sanity, the line between reality and delusion is steadily growing more and more uncertain.

Personally, I'd rate this film in my Top 10. There's so much about the film that isn't fully explained... kinda leaves you hanging with no hard and fast answers.

Tim Robbins is probably at his best as well. Opinions?

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[DigitalDuality]

There's actually a underlying true story that this is semi-based on. Not so much "jacob" ..but the issue of MK Ultra

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MKULTRA

Good movie

 

[galahan]

Excellent flick recommend it to anyone. Doesn't really have any bad parts and you uncover more to it every time you watch it.

 

[Dastrix Slogan]

One of my top movies too, I haven't found a horror that comes close to this, the tension and freak-out moments are so well done.