----- Start Original Message ----- Sent: Fri, 15 Feb 2008
11:17:26 -0500 From: "Nathan Cain" <
IndieCrime@gmail.com> To:
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: RE : Re: RE :
RARA-AVIS: Memento
> I said trying. I didn't say succeeding.
>
> On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 10:30 AM, <
BaxDeal@aol.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 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?
> >
American Psycho was about murder as means of expressing
individuality.
Jordan
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