Aronofsky’s finest film by far.
Aronofsky’s finest film by far.
Pi says hello.
Aronofsky’s finest film by far.
i agree, A LOT.
Pi was beautiful and thought-provoking, Requiem was a fine film, The Fountain was a really beautiful film that unfolded for me upon reviewing a few times, and Black Swan was a really luscious film that told a simple story… but The Wrestler is one of the more touching and real movies i have ever seen. the similarities between the dancer and the wrestler, the broken hopes and bodies, the metaphors and visual keys/symbols/allusions…
The Wrestler is easily one of the best films i have ever seen.
Yeah, “The Wrestler” definitely felt REAL. No bullshit or fluff or magic. It just felt very true and sincere. Watching Ram plop out a bucket of potato salad at the deli while dealing with being a burnout hasbeen who just wants to hide in the shadows when he’s not on stage . . . . so awesome. And the ending, to me, is just incredible. How something can be equally tragic and sad AND triumphantly heroic at the same time . . . greatness.
[reply]Aronofsky’s finest film by far.
Pi says hello.[/reply]
Eh, I prefer it to Pi. Particularly after I saw Tetsuo the Iron Man.
[reply][reply]Aronofsky’s finest film by far.
Pi says hello.[/reply]
Eh, I prefer it to Pi. Particularly after I saw Tetsuo the Iron Man.[/reply]
Tetsuo is one of the most nightmarish things i’ve ever seen, very fucked up.
i haven’t busted out tetsuo in a long ass time. are either of the sequels worth a look?
i remember being way more freaked out by Visitor Q.
Tetsou sequels are not good…nothing like the original…
Visitor Q is a seriously fucked up movie…
I always use SALO as my barometer for fucked up movies. I kept hearing how itchi the killer trumps salo so i checked it out…laughable. that movie was unwatchable it was so sad and fake…
so where do these movies fall between SALO and Itchi the killer?
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I always use SALO as my barometer for fucked up movies. I kept hearing how itchi the killer trumps salo so i checked it out…laughable. that movie was unwatchable it was so sad and fake…
so where do these movies fall between SALO and Itchi the killer?
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Ah, i loved Ichi the Killer, it was the cut version i saw first, and then got the fully uncut one later. There’s a bit of shit-eating in Salo is there?
I haven’t seen most of these in years so my memory is hazy. I don’t remember Visitor Q as being violent but psychology FUCKED. I skimmed through Salo but never watched.
I remember Ichi just being fun. I bought the cool blood pack DVD but the “blood” is like all dissolved or something now.
Audition is the shit though. Not as disturbing as the other movies here, but also directed by Miike and one of my favorite movies still.
[reply]I always use SALO as my barometer for fucked up movies. I kept hearing how itchi the killer trumps salo so i checked it out…laughable. that movie was unwatchable it was so sad and fake…
so where do these movies fall between SALO and Itchi the killer?
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grmpysmrf
Ah, i loved Ichi the Killer, it was the cut version i saw first, and then got the fully uncut one later. There’s a bit of shit-eating in Salo is there?[/reply]
This shit eating is the least of the problems with salo. It’s the entire control, mass rape of your liberty and dehumanizing aspects that really make me shudder at it.
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To me, the most fucked up movies were psychologically damaging. Not visceral… Dancer In The Dark, The Vanishing ('88 version), The Shining, Oldboy…
Also I’ve never heard a Megadeth album. Go figure.
Also I’ve never heard a Megadeth album. Go figure.
Imagine an 80’s Metallica album. Then go down, down, down a few notches. Don’t quite go down to the gutter. Just so that you are sitting comfortably above it. Musically speaking, you’re there. Then imagine a character out of some 80’s comedy about the heavy metal scene. Imagine him as a cross between Bill & Ted and Sid Vicious. Give him an Iron Maiden shirt, a mullet and a studded denim jacket. Picture him giving the finger to authority every fifteen minutes and talking like an irritated school dropout with a gruff voice who has just been asked to take out the garbage.
Now picture that character as the lead singer for that sub par, slightly above gutter level Metallica clone band. Throw in some lyrics about war and politicians and corruption and about being a heavy metal kid in the straight world and hey presto - you got yourself some Megadeth, ol’ buddy.
To me, the most fucked up movies were psychologically damaging.
Salo will fuck you up then
[reply]Also I’ve never heard a Megadeth album. Go figure.
Imagine an 80’s Metallica album. Then go down, down, down a few notches. Don’t quite go down to the gutter. Just so that you are sitting comfortably above it. Musically speaking, you’re there. Then imagine a character out of some 80’s comedy about the heavy metal scene. Imagine him as a cross between Bill & Ted and Sid Vicious. Give him an Iron Maiden shirt, a mullet and a studded denim jacket. Picture him giving the finger to authority every fifteen minutes and talking like an irritated school dropout with a gruff voice who has just been asked to take out the garbage.
Now picture that character as the lead singer for that sub par, slightly above gutter level Metallica clone band. Throw in some lyrics about war and politicians and corruption and about being a heavy metal kid in the straight world and hey presto - you got yourself some Megadeth, ol’ buddy.[/reply]
what he meant was take all of that and go in the complete opposite direction for about 100 miles.
I’ll take new Megadeth over new metallica any day.
It’s kind of a draw between old megadeth and old metallica
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At least Dave Mustaine doesn’t call himself a table.
At least Dave Mustaine doesn’t call himself a table.
If Hetfield’s the table Dave would just have to be the Anti-Table.
Audition is the shit though. Not as disturbing as the other movies here, but also directed by Miike and one of my favorite movies still.
i absolutely hate Audition.
im a huge horror-hound, and i even write for a site as a reviewer. im always watching ‘dark’ films, and i can stomach almost anything. that said, i have no interest in films that aim to be debasing strictly to be debasing. movies that attempt to disgust and distress for no reason other than being the most disgusting they can be is just so… boring.
Audition, A Serbian Film, and a whole slew of other similarly minded films arent violent or visceral for any reason other than to win some sort of jerk-off contest.
Salo (or 120 Days in Sodom) is revolting, and beautiful in its depravity… because it is making a point. not one so crass and simple as ‘watch out!’, or ‘dont just do what you are told’.