In a message dated 2/15/08 7:12:10 AM,
IndieCrime@gmail.com writes:
> I think where Irreversible failed was with the
characters. I didn't
> really care about them. If the events had been
presented in
> chronological order it would have been completely
uninteresting. Guy
> Pearce's character in Memento, on the other hand,
was sympathetic. I
> felt for his situation and his problems, and I think
the movie was
> much more successful at driving home the point of
the pointlessness of
> revenge, which was theme I think both films were
trying to make.
>
I don't glean that point from Irreversible at all. in fact
the only point I get is that rape isn't sexy, it's horrible.
and because the rest of the film just seems to be an exercise
in style, it even calls that point into question. I mean...
horrific rape as style? how pretentious is that?
John Lau
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