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Thread started 02/23/03 12:17pm

jessyMD32781

Requiem for a Dream

Has anybody else seen this movie? I just saw it about two nights ago and it is still on my mind. I found it to be horrifying but brilliant. It was so well done and the acting and the cinematography were excellent. Has anyone read the book that the movie was based on?
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Reply #1 posted 02/23/03 12:20pm

AaronUnlimited

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jessyMD32781 said:

Has anybody else seen this movie? I just saw it about two nights ago and it is still on my mind. I found it to be horrifying but brilliant. It was so well done and the acting and the cinematography were excellent. Has anyone read the book that the movie was based on?



saw the movie. it's the kind of film that you don't enjoy, but you appreciate how well it's written, acted, directed, etc. it's painful to watch.
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Reply #2 posted 02/23/03 12:23pm

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It was good. I don't know if I'll ever watch it again though. wink
Oh shit, my hat done fell off
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Reply #3 posted 02/23/03 12:38pm

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AaronUnlimited said:

jessyMD32781 said:

Has anybody else seen this movie? I just saw it about two nights ago and it is still on my mind. I found it to be horrifying but brilliant. It was so well done and the acting and the cinematography were excellent. Has anyone read the book that the movie was based on?



saw the movie. it's the kind of film that you don't enjoy, but you appreciate how well it's written, acted, directed, etc. it's painful to watch.


Exactly. I've got it on DVD. Well said.
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Reply #4 posted 02/23/03 12:52pm

AprilMichelle

I love this movie, it is one of my favorites...kept asking everyone i knew if they had heard of it...its so tragic and beautiful the way things fall apart for the characters...crushed by what might have been.
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Reply #5 posted 02/23/03 12:54pm

Paisley

Never heard of it. confuse
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Reply #6 posted 02/23/03 3:37pm

EvilWhiteMale

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"Ass to ass!"
"You need people like me so you can point your fuckin' fingers and say, "That's the bad guy." "

Al Pacino- Scarface
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Reply #7 posted 02/23/03 3:50pm

Randb

jessyMD32781 said:

Has anybody else seen this movie? I just saw it about two nights ago and it is still on my mind. I found it to be horrifying but brilliant. It was so well done and the acting and the cinematography were excellent. Has anyone read the book that the movie was based on?


I saw this the other night and pondered posting here as well to see if anyone else caught it...but I was too drained to get up and type something out! at the end, all I could think was "damn."
Excellent movie...Marlon Wayans definitely took his craft up 5 notches taking on that character. Ellen Burnstyn...she was phenomonal. And the scene that garnered it the NC-17 rating? I was like...FUCK! Addiction is no joke...and to think that this is probably mild when you think of what goes on out there on a daily basis.
As on reviewer said, "brilliant film, but a hard pill to swallow (pun intended)." I know that after seeing this, addiction has taken on an entirely different meaning.
And, I bought the DVD on Amazon the next day!
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Reply #8 posted 02/23/03 3:57pm

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that was the most depressing movie i have ever seen...
its the kind of movie that makes you wanna blow your brains out...
definately wont be watching that again...
even more glad i aint strung out on anything wink
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Reply #9 posted 02/23/03 4:08pm

origmnd

Jennifer's Bush...

This should be shown in every rehab center in America.
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Reply #10 posted 02/23/03 4:35pm

Diva

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As Aaron said, it is painful to watch... very intense...

It is a brilliantly done and excellent film... it's not a movie one soon forgets, at all...

Heartbreaking...
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Reply #11 posted 02/23/03 4:39pm

GIOVANNI

AND Damon Waynes fine ass!! literaly skinny sex MF
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Reply #12 posted 02/23/03 6:00pm

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Being in recovery,from addiction(s), I found this movie to be an "ALL TRUE, Tell-Tale" eyepop experience, Of what happens to people with, shall we say.. GOOD INTENTIONS...(being snide).

I first viewed this movie 1 year ago, it ended I then said to myself, I'm alright,I'm being good, then proceded to clean my place up a bit. If you know of ANYONE with a substance problem, sit down with them & watch it.THEY might NOT have to go as far as in the movie, as I did. If you have seen this movie, get the UN-CUT Directors Version with the DVD Bonus info..INTENSE


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Reply #13 posted 02/24/03 12:29am

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I know it's beautiful baby, but I didn't pull it out for air... evillol

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AND Damon Waynes fine ass!! literaly skinny sex MF


That would be MARLON Wayans, Damon is the older one on My Wife & Kids... smile
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Reply #14 posted 02/24/03 12:31pm

jessyMD32781

Randb said:

jessyMD32781 said:

Has anybody else seen this movie? I just saw it about two nights ago and it is still on my mind. I found it to be horrifying but brilliant. It was so well done and the acting and the cinematography were excellent. Has anyone read the book that the movie was based on?


I saw this the other night and pondered posting here as well to see if anyone else caught it...but I was too drained to get up and type something out! at the end, all I could think was "damn."
Excellent movie...Marlon Wayans definitely took his craft up 5 notches taking on that character. Ellen Burnstyn...she was phenomonal. And the scene that garnered it the NC-17 rating? I was like...FUCK! Addiction is no joke...and to think that this is probably mild when you think of what goes on out there on a daily basis.
As on reviewer said, "brilliant film, but a hard pill to swallow (pun intended)." I know that after seeing this, addiction has taken on an entirely different meaning.
And, I bought the DVD on Amazon the next day!

I don't think that the version I saw was the NC-17 one but I'm not sure. Which scene was it?
Marlon Wayans really surprised me! When I saw his name on the opening credits I thought that meant the movie was going to have some comic relief but...um...NO! He was amazing as were all of the actors.
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Reply #15 posted 02/24/03 4:38pm

Randb

jessyMD32781 said:

Randb said:

jessyMD32781 said:

Has anybody else seen this movie? I just saw it about two nights ago and it is still on my mind. I found it to be horrifying but brilliant. It was so well done and the acting and the cinematography were excellent. Has anyone read the book that the movie was based on?


I saw this the other night and pondered posting here as well to see if anyone else caught it...but I was too drained to get up and type something out! at the end, all I could think was "damn."
Excellent movie...Marlon Wayans definitely took his craft up 5 notches taking on that character. Ellen Burnstyn...she was phenomonal. And the scene that garnered it the NC-17 rating? I was like...FUCK! Addiction is no joke...and to think that this is probably mild when you think of what goes on out there on a daily basis.
As on reviewer said, "brilliant film, but a hard pill to swallow (pun intended)." I know that after seeing this, addiction has taken on an entirely different meaning.
And, I bought the DVD on Amazon the next day!

I don't think that the version I saw was the NC-17 one but I'm not sure. Which scene was it?
Marlon Wayans really surprised me! When I saw his name on the opening credits I thought that meant the movie was going to have some comic relief but...um...NO! He was amazing as were all of the actors.


The scene that garnered the no rating/NC-17 was one in which Jennifer Connelly went back to the brotha's house for the party he invited her to (the guy she gave head to for the drugs), and without giving up everything, she performed a sexual act with another woman while the men at the party looked and cheered on. It was pretty graphic and brutal. It definitely adds to her condition in the end; how low she went for her addiction.
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Reply #16 posted 02/24/03 7:37pm

jessyMD32781

Randb said:

jessyMD32781 said:

Randb said:

jessyMD32781 said:

Has anybody else seen this movie? I just saw it about two nights ago and it is still on my mind. I found it to be horrifying but brilliant. It was so well done and the acting and the cinematography were excellent. Has anyone read the book that the movie was based on?


I saw this the other night and pondered posting here as well to see if anyone else caught it...but I was too drained to get up and type something out! at the end, all I could think was "damn."
Excellent movie...Marlon Wayans definitely took his craft up 5 notches taking on that character. Ellen Burnstyn...she was phenomonal. And the scene that garnered it the NC-17 rating? I was like...FUCK! Addiction is no joke...and to think that this is probably mild when you think of what goes on out there on a daily basis.
As on reviewer said, "brilliant film, but a hard pill to swallow (pun intended)." I know that after seeing this, addiction has taken on an entirely different meaning.
And, I bought the DVD on Amazon the next day!

I don't think that the version I saw was the NC-17 one but I'm not sure. Which scene was it?
Marlon Wayans really surprised me! When I saw his name on the opening credits I thought that meant the movie was going to have some comic relief but...um...NO! He was amazing as were all of the actors.


The scene that garnered the no rating/NC-17 was one in which Jennifer Connelly went back to the brotha's house for the party he invited her to (the guy she gave head to for the drugs), and without giving up everything, she performed a sexual act with another woman while the men at the party looked and cheered on. It was pretty graphic and brutal. It definitely adds to her condition in the end; how low she went for her addiction.

i saw that scene. i guess i just didn't realize that it was the nc-17 scene. thanks.
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Reply #17 posted 02/24/03 8:17pm

Christopher

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great movie!...graphic but good
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Reply #18 posted 02/24/03 8:31pm

GIOVANNI

CalhounSq said:

I know it's beautiful baby, but I didn't pull it out for air... evillol

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GIOVANNI said:

AND Damon Waynes fine ass!! literaly skinny sex MF


That would be MARLON Wayans, Damon is the older one on My Wife & Kids... smile




oh...O.K. hes till fine
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