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Films I like
c.a.:
--- Quote from: caballero reyes on January 30, 2012, 06:27:25 AM ---I've watched these movies. I recommend them. I haven't watch "The fountain", but "Requiem for a dream" (2000), from the same director, Darren Aronofsky (from New York of polish ancestors), is a very interesting movie, is about the drugs addictions and broken dreams.
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This film was very draining emotionally. Though it won critical acclaim, as the acting was well done, in conveying the message of the wrong idea's, and choices can lead to the depth's of hell on earth.
Watching this movie is great example to just when one thinks it can't get worse (convoluted by the addiction's) it does beyond ones imagination.
This is not popcorn movie, but a finger gripping, white knuckle view of the under world of addiction's.
Defiantly a lizard feeding ground example.
Requiem For A Dream - Official Trailer
_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6gPvY_ZYr4
Tomek:
Requiem for a dream is a horrible movie. I really doubt that the director's intentions were to make a PSA film : the obvious goal is to shock, to traumatize, that cannot be a good thing. I had nightmares for days after seeing this filth. What sadden me the most is the fact that when the movie came out, so many people around me immediately refer their favorite movie as "REQUIEM FOR A DREAM OMG SO DEEP" (I was 16). This is just high-octane nightmare fuel and I cannot recommand it to anyone... Like anart, I wish I've never seen this.
RflctnOfU:
--- Quote from: anart on February 02, 2012, 03:20:43 PM ---
--- Quote from: caballero reyes on January 30, 2012, 06:27:25 AM ---I've watched these movies. I recommend them. I haven't watch "The fountain", but "Requiem for a dream" (2000), from the same director, Darren Aronofsky (from New York of polish ancestors), is a very interesting movie, is about the drugs addictions and broken dreams.
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I found The Fountain to be far too newagey for me - very disappointing, actually and not worth the watch. I found 'Requiem for a Dream' to be a horrific film - and I'm not exaggerating. It's an emotionally manipulative pain-fest and a film that I truly wish I had never seen. fwiw.
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I am inclined to agree with anart about Requiem. This movie was one of only two that affected me physically - I felt, not quite sick, but off, for about three days after watching this film. I too wish that I could unsee it.
Kris
Carlise:
I have not seen Requiem for a Dream so I can't really say much, however these comments have got me interested. Could it not sometimes be beneficial to see the darker side of life (especially when one is searching for objectivity)?
On the other hand movies like Saw really make me feel horrible unnecessarily, so maybe some things are better left unseen?
anart:
--- Quote from: carlise on February 02, 2012, 08:20:32 PM ---I have not seen Requiem for a Dream so I can't really say much, however these comments have got me interested. Could it not sometimes be beneficial to see the darker side of life (especially when one is searching for objectivity)?
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It's interesting that what has been said has 'interested you'. Why is that? Also, this is not about avoiding the dark side of life, this is about observing the fact that exposing oneself to psychic slime and emotional violence as a form of entertainment is hardly beneficial. Such things can be endured and seen for what they are, but, honestly, to spend two hours exposing oneself to what amounts to a psychological/emotional cesspool is questionable at best. But, that is, of course, my personal take and if you're interested, then I suppose that's up to you.
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