Bottom Line: During the course of the Ministry song “So What?” the gravel-voiced heroin junkie Al Jourgensen proclaims sadistically “I only kill to know I’m alive”. To Jourgensen the act of murder is life-affirming. For a similar reason - one that’s ultimately masochistic - I was glad to watch Fighting Like ATHENA. If murder is the worst thing you can do to another human being then watching Fighting Like ATHENA is the worst thing you can do to yourself. It makes your balls ache, it makes your stomach ache, and it makes your head ache. Now that it’s over and I am seated here writing my review I know I’m alive.
Did you ever see the movie from which the sample was taken for “So What”? The long “thrillseeker…” dialogue. It’s from an entertaining movie (can’t remember the title) about juvenile delinquents and their paths to personal destruction.
It should shed some light on what “I only kill to know I’m alive” means.
Bottom Line: During the course of the Ministry song “So What?” the gravel-voiced heroin junkie Al Jourgensen proclaims sadistically “I only kill to know I’m alive”. To Jourgensen the act of murder is life-affirming. For a similar reason - one that’s ultimately masochistic - I was glad to watch Fighting Like ATHENA. If murder is the worst thing you can do to another human being then watching Fighting Like ATHENA is the worst thing you can do to yourself. It makes your balls ache, it makes your stomach ache, and it makes your head ache. Now that it’s over and I am seated here writing my review I know I’m alive.
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thought it’d be cool to bring back a 4 year old thread from the bone yard!
anybody see this porno in question? after reading the review it seems like a car wreck. hate yourself for looking but can’t stop yourself from turning away!!
Late,
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Never seen this film. It doesn’t sound like family viewing but the thing I don’t get with Jap porn is that they blur out genitals but will show a girl getting creamed in the face?
I do thank Japan for Takeshi’s Castle and Ninja Warrior among other things.
al had a girlfriend named athena. cocaine fueled, bright eyed athena.
sigh.
anyways, jap porn is not as good as jap fiction, although they tend to “look” the same: murakami, for instance.
I’ve seen a Ministry reference in porn itself- the deathrock band Astrovamps made a really terrible porn film (I have no idea why) that includes footage of them playing their “Every Day Is Halloween” cover.
That guy’s reviews are really funny! I spent an hour this morning reading various reviews and interviews he had on the site. The interviews are extra pretty mean-spirited, but also side-splittingly funny.
Don’t you remember? Connelly and all of the others were “hired hands”, so of course Al did…gag! As far as i’m concerned; sounds like Chris, and Chris even says it’s him. I’ll go with his word over any of Al’s bullshit any day.
Personally, if I was to do lead vocals on a record and was credited with ‘backing vocals’ on the record, I’d take that as a hint immediately and not bother with said dictator.
I’d honestly love to know what made Chris put up with so many of these little incidents and what finally constituted the straw that broke the camels back.
…I’d honestly love to know what made Chris put up with so many of these little incidents and what finally constituted the straw that broke the camels back.
I should give it another read perhaps. I remember though that working with Al on LFG was a pain, and that he decided there and then that he won’t work with him again. That Al would work when he was high, sober up, and absolutely hate what he did when wasted.