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well after seeing just bits and pieces of the movie Requiem for a Dream i had finally saw the whole thing last night. I had heard from friends that they liked it and most of the people i watched it with last night hated it. I on the other hand have mixed feelings. I may have to watch it again. I just wanted to know from the people that have seen it what you think about the movie? |
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It's not very enjoyable really, but it's a brutally truthful movie about drugs and what they can do to you... it's not something I'd want to watch a second time, but in a way it was very good... I guess it presented it's point amazingly, but just not in an enjoyable way you know what I mean? Just my opinion... plus, I watched it one time when I was really depressed, so that didn't help... :) |
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yeah i totally agree with you that it is not enjoyable. its kinda one of those "this is how life is" movies. but i dunno. i most likely wont watch it again. thanks for the reply. |
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good disgusting movie i didnt feel sorry for the kids they did that to them selves the mother was pathetic good movie disgusating |
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I didn't think it was very realistic at all. |
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I don't think it was meant to be 100% realistic; some of it was very stylised... Def one of my fave films...pretty upsetting, unsettling stuff...I can't watch it that often, a bit too close to home in places... |
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Don't tell us you've had an experience with a double-ended dildo too?! I thought it was great, though harrowing. The soundtrack was class too. I liked the rhythm of the fim; the repetitive snorts, injections and pill popping. Not one to watch with your gran on a Sunday afternoon though. Anyone read the book? |
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How did I know you were gonna mention the Ass to Ass scene...(I heard rumours that was what the chapter was actually called on DVD, will have to check that when I get in...)... |
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yep...read quite a few of his... Last Exit to Brooklyn is the most famous & another cool american movie as well... |
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Well, when Meho is away from the MB somebody has to keep the level of depravity at its optimium level. Did you think that scene was done gratuitously or dealt with sensitively? |
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Who's the author? Meho recommended him but I forget now. |
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Helbert Selbey Jr... (that spelling might be a bit off...)... and as for that scene...I dunno...it was a good scene and people remember it...I guess they could have been a lot more gratuitous with it really but what they showed was enough... Altho Meho may have wanted that section to be slightly longer..;).. |
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The woman in it was the girl in Labyrinth. |
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That's the kind of movie that you only have to see once.. I enjoyed it but don't want to see it again. It may not be 100% realistic but it convinced me not to do serious drugs |
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I agree, it was too unreal to be a "serious" cautionary tail, but it was effective. Jonesy: Which woman? The guy's mum? |
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I don't hate the film, but I don't really like it. It has the subtlety of a sledgehammer. Its greatest asset is it's score, which is absolutely incredible - if you take it away, the film becomes a collection of mixed up caricatures. Despite it's pretensions, it's an interesting comparison to make with Mulholland Dr, because on some levels, it's equally as surreal (although I don't think this is how a lot of viewers experience it). I think it aims a lot lower than Mulholland does, and the whole thing felt a little cheap to me. I'm interested that it seemed like an anti-drug commercial to others because that was my impression on first viewing. I didn't like the cliches - aspiring model has to debase herself (and did anybody else find her coerced blow job with Keith David "worse" than A$$2A$$?), black guy has to be involved in "deal- gone-wrong-with-guns"... OK, Leto's "OMG my arm has to be cut off" storyline wasn't a cliche. Hey, what the hell, different things are going to appeal to different people, but I didn't find Requiem to have any real depth. Mind you, I also disliked Aronofsky's Pi - his repetitious "slam-slam-slam-can-you-see-what-I'm-getting-at-here?" style just makes me think of film students everywhere trying to get a break. I guess he won the lottery. Anyhow, it's nowhere near a godawful film; Requiem gets a 6/10 for me - it got extra points for that incredibly memorable score, and Burstyn's over the top performance. |
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i have to say that reality, my reality, is weirder than most stuff i have seen on film! i related to alot of the movie, especially the ass scene! |
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I like 'requiem'. I saw at the Rotterdam Film Festival a few years back, not knowing what it was about, huge screen, on my own. I almost passed out during the last 5 minutes.. Jennifer Connelly who plays the girl (marion) was in Labyrinth. |
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not that i'm gonna read through everyones replies cuz i could barely sit through the fuckin' movie itself but it's wierd and i'm all for wierd. i've never been an addict so i can't give that whole perspective on it but it's a fuckin' movie you gotta enjoy it for what it's worth otherwise you'll become too judgemental about everything. |
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i like hana-bi |
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saw it once or twice, once with commentary and one without, haven't touched it since. soundtrack is really good though. listen to it quite alot |
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it was a great movie on a disturbing subject~ |
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