Can't find a thread on this. Out in the UK right now, out US July 27th NC-17.
I'll alert you all that haven't heard of this yet that it's best seen as blind as possible, so maybe start avoiding stuff.
One of my favourite performances / films of the year so far, probably the last couple of years. Very much worth checking out.
Just got back from this. Still processing. Very well done, great performances. It sticks with you. Chilling.
If you have trouble with violent, troubling films, do not go. Otherwise, I recommend it.
Matthew Mcconaughey seems to be making a bit of a renaissance.
This is a tough one, because I feel no need to recommend this to anyone, but rather liked it.
It's brutal, and funny, and absurd. Added to my list of movies like Funny Games (not that it's similar in intent) that I cannot recommend under almost any circumstances. It recalled, to me, a lot of The Lieutent of Inishmore, in its attempt to drive the violence and savagery so hard that it rounds horror and comes back to comedy. I think it ultimately failed a little bit there.
Spoiler: Fordamovie
general spoiler alert!Originally Posted by Gabe Lewis
I think the chicken leg thing, hard to watch as it is, is really a completely logical result once you consider the way that his misogyny has been telegraphed. The reason he's drawn to virginal Dottie, the reason he eventually focuses his humiliation on Sharla— I think the clearest read into that comes from an exchange Joe has with Dottie in the trailer. I dont know it word for word now, but its something like:
D: Have you ever been married?
J: No.
D: How come?
J: Because women are deceitful, and vituperative, and evil, and black-hearted, and old.
Joe's a particular kind of warped righteous monster.
Is the Mcconaughey's American Psycho?
Yeah, I definitely know what you mean with regards to recommending it. Was with some people last night, and they asked about it. My response was that I thought it was a really well done, engrossing film. But, that I wasn't entirely sure how I felt about it, and it was disturbing.
Some small spoilers
That part didn't bother me that much, because Joe obviously had a very warped relationship with women. As Rattled pointed out, the whole Dottie thing indicates that he's a pretty sick individual. Also, he Sharla betrayed and lied to him, so that he feels he has the moral high ground. But, man. That scene was hard to watch.
Really impressed by the actress who played Dottie. She was in the Dark Knight Rises?
Yes, Bat Girl/Cat Burglar's assistant.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1017334/
I honestly thought this was one of the worst movies I've ever seen. There were at least a dozen points where I seriously considered just walking out of the theater, something I haven't considered doing for about fifteen years. Just profoundly stupid and nonsensical.
I almost got up and walked away from the horror that was that latest Rambo movie, so I'm probably going to have to avoide this, just from what you guys have inferred.
Just to clarify: I have no problem with the violence, which feels more like the violence out of a Looney Tunes cartoon than anything else. You shouldn't see it primarily because it's stupid, artless, boring and badly translated from stage-to-film.
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