To whoever recommended Jacob's Ladder....

[YellowRubberDuckie]

Thank you. It was a great movie, but it was fucked up and a little exhausting. If you haven't seen it, it's incredible. We just finished it. We had never heard of it until someone on here, I'm sorry I can't remember who, told us about it.
Duckie

[SeattleGirl]

1. I saw it when it first came out.

A very disturbing movie, but a very GOOD movie.

[DS1]

5. I did, too

I was with a bunch of friends, I think they were expecting another Rambo clone. At the very end, one of them yelled out "What the fuck was that?" and a lot of people laughed.

I dunno, I got it, I liked it. I'll still watch it now and then.

[edbermac]

2. Should have seen Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge instead.

Was a French short film that was bought by Rod Serling and shown as a Twilight Zone episode years ago. Having seen that, I guessed what would happen at the end of JL. Similar plot twist.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

3. I've seen many Twilight Zone Episodes like that.

[wildhorses]

6. was that based on a short story? by ambrose bierce?

about a hanged man from the civil war?...

[ghostsofgiants]

9. That's the one.

[wildhorses]

12. thanks, dude

:hi:

have not seen jacob's ladder in years but, understand it totally now...

do you agree with this?

[ghostsofgiants]

13. Yep, An Occurrence At Owkl Creek Bridge is definitely a major influence on Jacob's Ladder.

[BlueIris]

4. "Jacob's Ladder" is one of my ultimate "mindfuck" movies.

I first saw it when I was in my early teens, on a lark. That'll mess up a high school freshman's head but good.

Eventually, in college, I saw it again. In a class for which I had to write a paper on it. Reliving the second viewing for the purpose of writing the paper about it was traumatic.

[AwakeAtLast]

7. I so totally agree!

We must be around the same age, I also saw it in my teens. :hi:

[BlueIris]

8. Well, I saw it after it had been out on video a while.

Make of that what you will.

[AwakeAtLast]

14. I think I saw it on HBO.

So it was out on video at the time.

[ghostsofgiants]

10. I haven't watched that in ages. I think I'll pull out the DVD and give it a watch later tonight.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

11. It's an excellent movie. Worth watching.

A trivial aside- did you recognize the young boy? It was a young uncredited Macaulay Culkin in his first screen role.

[conscious evolution]

15. I watched that movie trippin

Never again will I watch a movie trippin.