I said trying. I didn't say succeeding.
On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 10:30 AM, <
BaxDeal@aol.com> wrote:
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> In a message dated 2/15/08 7:12:10 AM,
IndieCrime@gmail.com writes:
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> > 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.
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> 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?
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