Re: RE : Re: RE : RARA-AVIS: Memento

From: Nathan Cain ( IndieCrime@gmail.com)
Date: 15 Feb 2008


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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