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Post by The Masked Mamasita on Nov 9, 2003 18:05:30 GMT -5
Here you can talk about the beautiful Don Juan DeMarco! Is he crazy or is he just wise? Tell us what you thing of the Greatest Lover!  |
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Post by The Galloping Gypsy on Nov 9, 2003 19:49:01 GMT -5
I think he's a little unwell, but definitely not crazy.  Don Juan makes my heart all a-flutter.  |
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Post by The Caribbean Crusader on Nov 9, 2003 20:12:58 GMT -5
Yay! I've been waiting and waiting for this thread to go up!  This movie I loved before I loved Johnny. It is such an interesting story and you just can't help but become a hopeless romantic. *sigh* Oh and MM, I think your sig might just be my fave... |
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Post by The Raisin Avenger on Nov 10, 2003 20:13:11 GMT -5
Oh I'm so glad this is up now! I love Don Juan. I think he has a lot to teach us, not just about love, but about how to live our lives. Such a great movie, and such a great character for Johnny! |
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Post by Dangerbabe on Nov 10, 2003 22:30:32 GMT -5
I loved this movie!  I'm not a big fan of Marlon Brando, but I thought he did such a good job. He and Johnny really worked well together. I loved the character of Don Juan and how uncompromising he was in his identity. And yet, at the end he had the wisdom to know when to compromise and what was really important. What a great story! |
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Post by The Raisin Avenger on Nov 10, 2003 23:10:57 GMT -5
Yes exactly. I love it that he knows when to strike that balance between standing up for your beliefs and compromising in order to gain something.
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Post by The Fearless Fiend on Nov 11, 2003 18:36:26 GMT -5
I don't believe our Don Juan is crazy. He knew who and where he really was the entire time. He simply choose not to believe in these things. Here is a man with an incredibly overactive imagination with the ability to make women spontaneously smeep, but he's not insane. At least, that's my opinion. |
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Post by The Raisin Avenger on Nov 11, 2003 20:01:55 GMT -5
No definitely not insane. He simply sees what he chooses to, rather than what he is supposed to.
That's what makes him a great lover.
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Post by The Dashing Director on Nov 11, 2003 21:12:21 GMT -5
I loved this movie because it explored a sense of being that nto many people really thing of - can you really be who you say you are when no one else will accept it? How can you honestly know who you are, /what/ you are, without coming to conflicts. Here is Don Juan de Marco, living his life as he always has, and then people bring him to a hospital and tell him he's crazy. What a mind job.
There was a certain aspect of this movie that made me very sad. No one would believe Don Juan is who he says he is, but if you're not who you say you are, then how can you even know yourself at all? Arg, I'm starting to confused myself. But I just thought in all of the scenes with the present-day Don Juan, he looked very sad, angst-ridden. Of course, who wouldn't be after all that's happened to him? But it's the kind of sad that makes me want to hold him and tell him everything's ok. That's the wee mommy inside me that has yet to be born, but likes to come out on occasion. I feel really sad when I think of Don Juan and what's happened to him.
Especially the part when "Don Octavio" gives Don Juan the meds, tells him he has to take them, and DJ just gives in so passively, realisation striking him then that no one else is going to believe he is who he knows he is. So he gives in, gives up, tells them what they want to hear. A part of me is thinking this guy's a really good actor and he's bs'ing the people to believe he's perfectly sane, but another part of me is sad that he might be convinced for the time being that he truly is not Don Juan. Am I making any sense at all? Anyways, that's enough typing for one post. Don't want to flood the board.
-gyps
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Post by The Caribbean Crusader on Nov 11, 2003 21:41:45 GMT -5
I totally hear you, gypsy. I couldn't really tell what happened there at his little hearing. Was he Don Juan pretending to be who everyone else said he was? Or was he Johnny DeMarco medicated out of his delusions? Now actually I think it's neither. I think that he explains it when he and 'Don Octavio' and going over ink blots. DJ tells him that he knows that he is in a mental hospital, but that is a very unimaginative and limited point-of-view. My opinion: He is, of course, Johnny DeMarco from Phoenix, Arizona. And the story he tells at the hearing is true. I don't know a lot about that type of medication, but my guess is that the meds must have been rather disorienting, as he looks still pretty confused on the plane, looking at his 'costume.' But he agreed to take the meds, because I believe he could tell that something was going on with Dr. Mickler and saw that as his only way out of there. But did he know that Dr. M would take him in and then back to the island? *shrug* |
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Post by The Fearless Fiend on Nov 11, 2003 23:21:30 GMT -5
All wonderful thoughts to ponder. That's what makes the movie so smeep interesting. I love it!!! |
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Post by Dangerbabe on Nov 12, 2003 14:56:11 GMT -5
Hmmm...I think he was truly Don Juan DeMarco...how else could his story of the island and his model girlfriend be true? |
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Post by The Daring Dealer on Nov 12, 2003 15:47:21 GMT -5
I have yet to see this film *gasp* I know, but I will definitely be getting it soon. I'm making a whole list of Johnny movies for christmas. Anywhoo, it seems like everyone knows this movie. Unfortunately this guy my mom works with thinks he's a modern Don Juan  whatever dude. I told my mom there's only one Don Juan and that joker ain't him. Johnny is the only one who would ever have claim to that title.
Oh, and I've heard that k-mart has that movie and other Johnny movies for like $6-7 dollars. Worth checking out.
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Post by The High Flyer on Nov 12, 2003 16:15:14 GMT -5
i havent seen this movie yet either but ive seen enuff hot pics of him and heard many great sound files to want to watch this movie VERRY much...i also saw a small clip of don juan talking, shown during the interview on BRAVO and it was funny cuz he was saying how no woman has left his arms unsatisfied....sounded a bit overconfident but then again, hes probably telling the truth hahaha i find this funny, the tagline for this movie in austrailia is: If you can't get laid after seeing this film, you can't get laid  |
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Post by The Fearless Fiend on Nov 12, 2003 16:26:30 GMT -5
Are you serious about the tag line??? That's frickin' hillarious!!! I love it!!! And you should all see the movie. You all need to see the movie. Like now. Go. Are you going yet??
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