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Master slacker
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It never occurred to me that
it may all just be played out in his head and not real at all
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I thought something completely different the whole time -
the murders did happen and Bateman had secret people "looking over him" to ensure the deeds never came back to him. Early on, I even thought the doorman of his apartment was in on it when he dragged a bloody body bag outside to a taxi.
Messed the f up now I've read more about it all.
it may all just be played out in his head and not real at all
.
I thought something completely different the whole time -
the murders did happen and Bateman had secret people "looking over him" to ensure the deeds never came back to him. Early on, I even thought the doorman of his apartment was in on it when he dragged a bloody body bag outside to a taxi.
Messed the f up now I've read more about it all.
The movie is 14 years old if you haven't seen it by now
It's up to the reader/viewer to determine whether it is real or not. Either he commits the murders and no one notices or cares. They always call each other different names throughout, which leads you to believe they are so wrapped up in their own lives they don't care about anything else.
Or he just imagined the whole thing because he hates his life.
I watched the movie some time ago but am reading the book right now.
It's up to the reader/viewer to determine whether it is real or not. Either he commits the murders and no one notices or cares. They always call each other different names throughout, which leads you to believe they are so wrapped up in their own lives they don't care about anything else.
Or he just imagined the whole thing because he hates his life.
I watched the movie some time ago but am reading the book right now.
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Capt Worley PE
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Capt Worley PE
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Yeah, but some movies the twist ending is so important, that I don't like to divulge it. Sixth Sense is that way.
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Yup.
That's not what it's supposed to be. The ending is supposed to leave you wondering. The script writer feels she failed as the movie leans that way when it shouldn't have done that at all. The book doesn't lean one way or another, which leaves you wondering. That's all I've picked up in my Google searches.
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Latest film observation for the MS household is The Wall.
First off, this is another foreign movie with a few subtitled scenes. Most of it is English, however.
Now, to the meat of the matter, do NOT believe the three quotes at the top of the movie poster. It must have been opposite day for those reviewers. As an entertainment piece of media, this movie did not deliver. 90% of the film is done as a voice-over for the main character as she is reflecting on past events as she writes a memoir. She is dictating her experiences as she goes to a mountain retreat one day with two friends and a dog. The two friends go to town one afternoon, don't return, and she wakes up the next morning trapped in a portion of the country by an invisible wall. She has no interaction with any other humans so she is left to deal with loneliness, survival, and mental stability by herself with the dog and other animals she encounters along the way. It's as if everyone on the face of the Earth vanished. The reason for the wall is never explained, much less discussed. The best part of the movie is the scenery - mountain sides in Austria and Germany are pretty awesome.
With all that said, I can give this movie no more than 2 stars. It may be more entertaining to those who are "artsy" or those who analyze humanity and the inner self for these types of movies. I'm not that kind of person.
First off, this is another foreign movie with a few subtitled scenes. Most of it is English, however.
Now, to the meat of the matter, do NOT believe the three quotes at the top of the movie poster. It must have been opposite day for those reviewers. As an entertainment piece of media, this movie did not deliver. 90% of the film is done as a voice-over for the main character as she is reflecting on past events as she writes a memoir. She is dictating her experiences as she goes to a mountain retreat one day with two friends and a dog. The two friends go to town one afternoon, don't return, and she wakes up the next morning trapped in a portion of the country by an invisible wall. She has no interaction with any other humans so she is left to deal with loneliness, survival, and mental stability by herself with the dog and other animals she encounters along the way. It's as if everyone on the face of the Earth vanished. The reason for the wall is never explained, much less discussed. The best part of the movie is the scenery - mountain sides in Austria and Germany are pretty awesome.
With all that said, I can give this movie no more than 2 stars. It may be more entertaining to those who are "artsy" or those who analyze humanity and the inner self for these types of movies. I'm not that kind of person.
Capt Worley PE
Run silent, run deep
That's not what it's supposed to be. The ending is supposed to leave you wondering. The script writer feels she failed as the movie leans that way when it shouldn't have done that at all. The book doesn't lean one way or another, which leaves you wondering. That's all I've picked up in my Google searches.
I've always thought the script writers were making excuses because the movie was built up and didn't live up to expectations.
The book was a mess. Ellis was always a hack writer, IMO (I've never finished one of his books, and Lord knows I tried several), but American Psycho was an unmitigated disaster. Why Hollywood kept trying to adapt his books is beyond me.
Although, I do have to say that as horrid as the movies were, they were better than the books, so a rarity was acheived there, I suppose.
Latest film observation for the MS household is The Wall.
First off, this is another foreign movie with a few subtitled scenes. Most of it is English, however.
Now, to the meat of the matter, do NOT believe the three quotes at the top of the movie poster. It must have been opposite day for those reviewers. As an entertainment piece of media, this movie did not deliver. 90% of the film is done as a voice-over for the main character as she is reflecting on past events as she writes a memoir. She is dictating her experiences as she goes to a mountain retreat one day with two friends and a dog. The two friends go to town one afternoon, don't return, and she wakes up the next morning trapped in a portion of the country by an invisible wall. She has no interaction with any other humans so she is left to deal with loneliness, survival, and mental stability by herself with the dog and other animals she encounters along the way. It's as if everyone on the face of the Earth vanished. The reason for the wall is never explained, much less discussed. The best part of the movie is the scenery - mountain sides in Austria and Germany are pretty awesome.
With all that said, I can give this movie no more than 2 stars. It may be more entertaining to those who are "artsy" or those who analyze humanity and the inner self for these types of movies. I'm not that kind of person.
So... it's a movie about a mime?
Capt Worley PE
Run silent, run deep
Latest film observation for the MS household is The Wall.
First off, this is another foreign movie with a few subtitled scenes. Most of it is English, however.
Now, to the meat of the matter, do NOT believe the three quotes at the top of the movie poster. It must have been opposite day for those reviewers.
All three quotes are true IF you know what the unedited quote was.
"An astonishing and unexpected waste of time."
"Riveting from start to finish if you enjoy watching how poorly a movie can be and still make it to mass market distribution."
"Instead of watching this, I'd recommend watching anything, even if it was a transcendentally gorgeous painting, for two hours. You'd get more out of the experience."
Master slacker
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Just for the record, the wifey-wife chose these last two movies trainwrecks. In fact, most of the lackluster movie choices are hers...
Watching Angel-A on crackle. Its a sexy version of "Its a wonderful life". About 3/4 the way through and so far its not too bad. It is in French, but has some fairly decent eye candy to make it watchable.
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Capt Worley PE
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Jayne Mansfield's Car - Good cast, OK movie. Had some really good moments surrounded by a lot of meh moments. I think Billy Bob had a point to make, but either I didn't get it or he didn't make it.
RIPD - Some interesting camera angles, and a couple of funny parts, but pretty much a waste of time and talent. Probably the worst movie I've seen Jeff Bridges in.
RIPD - Some interesting camera angles, and a couple of funny parts, but pretty much a waste of time and talent. Probably the worst movie I've seen Jeff Bridges in.
snickerd3
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^worse than that men that stare at goats movie?
Capt Worley PE
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Was Jeff Bridges in that? INo, it was not worse than that movie.
That was a pointless film if ever there was one?
That was a pointless film if ever there was one?
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Master slacker
Something awesome.
Recently watched El Infierno. That's Spanish for "The Infierno".
Another subtitled movie, but has a couple of lines in English. This is labeled as a "dark comedy" in Netflix and it really is dark. The story begins innocent and playful enough, but rather quickly goes down the road of the darker subject matter - drugs, murder, and other drug business "interactions". And it all revolves around this initially goofy and innocent man, Benny, who leaves early in his adulthood to spend a long time in America, but then returns home to his mom. His mom tells him about his brother and he spends the rest of the movie taking care of his family the best way he can in the drug-torn town of San Miguel. The fact that drug families and businesses exist, and possibly act the way they do in the movie, is rather depressing. The movie was very entertaining and I really like the job these actors did. Not only that, but some pretty bodacious tata's are shown in some rather raw sex scenes. I give this movie 3.5 stars. It's a good, solid movie and definitely better than most I've seen recently.
Now, I give Elizabeth Cervantes, Benny's sister-in-law, 4.5 smokin' stars. She's older than me and rockin' it!
Another subtitled movie, but has a couple of lines in English. This is labeled as a "dark comedy" in Netflix and it really is dark. The story begins innocent and playful enough, but rather quickly goes down the road of the darker subject matter - drugs, murder, and other drug business "interactions". And it all revolves around this initially goofy and innocent man, Benny, who leaves early in his adulthood to spend a long time in America, but then returns home to his mom. His mom tells him about his brother and he spends the rest of the movie taking care of his family the best way he can in the drug-torn town of San Miguel. The fact that drug families and businesses exist, and possibly act the way they do in the movie, is rather depressing. The movie was very entertaining and I really like the job these actors did. Not only that, but some pretty bodacious tata's are shown in some rather raw sex scenes. I give this movie 3.5 stars. It's a good, solid movie and definitely better than most I've seen recently.
Now, I give Elizabeth Cervantes, Benny's sister-in-law, 4.5 smokin' stars. She's older than me and rockin' it!
