Requiem For A Dream

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Kind of an old movie, but holy fuck, very intense. I've never been so depressed over a movie, made me feel like :skull::skull::skull::skull:.

Anyways, it's an excellent flick, if you havn't seen it I definitely suggest it. Very deep movie, shows how fucked up the system really is.

For those who have seen it, discuss.

Yeah I dunno if you meant to go around the swear filter or not, but regardless, don't do it again. =D -kikimm

[Jowy]

Parts of this movie stay burned in your skull for all eternity. And the soundtrack is soverygreat.

[Araciel]

it was ok...good theme song that's used a lot for other stuff now

[LunarWeaver]

I liked this movie a lot :jess:. It was pretty depressing, but I wouldn't have it any other way. I give it huge props for having a plot and an ending that leaves a bad taste in your mouth rather then everybody living happily ever after. I think this movie should be shown in high schools. Probly cut down on drug use a whole lot.

The theme song is awesome too.

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It would raise up the suicide rates if it was shown in high school.

And I didn't say smurf, I said phuck, fhuck, or ufck :D

[Araciel]

i think they censor stuff like that ... and discourage methods of dancing around the censor too

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I have a dirty fucking mouth. What can I say

[Araciel]

*and dirty fingers heheheh

[Mirage]

It was nice, but it didn't really scare me away from drugs, it's too much of a worst case scenario.

I have my own reasons for not taking them.

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*and dirty fingers heheheh

No way, I'm the freshest ma fucka on this board

[Aurons_Desciple]

It was a crazy movie, i still remember when that guy puts himself on fire, that freaked me out :eek:

[Ender]

A very intense movie with a lot of disturbing scenes. I'm not sure exactly what message the writer was shooting for with the drugs, but it came off a little more as a warning about the situations than drugs themselves because the situations were very specific in time, place, and the people involved.

I love it though.

And the "climax" is harrowing and masterful in a way that really strikes at the physiological responses of the body/brain to stimulating imagery...particularly if you're a guy. Activate the heightened state of awareness and arousal that comes from sexual/pornographic imagery and then blast you with something gross and/or disturbing when your mental filter/guard against it is let down.

Or another way to look at it is that the movie pulled off one of the few ways of ruining your Jennifer Connely fantasy. ;)

[Bunny]

I'm afraid to watch this movie a second time.

Seriously.

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Don't be, the second time ain't as bad. It breaks my heart how the Wayne brother never gets our of poverty, despite how hard he tried, but due to the fat white greedy white polititions we have a corrupt system.

[farplaner]

A very intense movie with a lot of disturbing scenes. I'm not sure exactly what message the writer was shooting for with the drugs, but it came off a little more as a warning about the situations than drugs themselves because the situations were very specific in time, place, and the people involved.

I love it though.

And the "climax" is harrowing and masterful in a way that really strikes at the physiological responses of the body/brain to stimulating imagery...particularly if you're a guy. Activate the heightened state of awareness and arousal that comes from sexual/pornographic imagery and then blast you with something gross and/or disturbing when your mental filter/guard against it is let down.

Or another way to look at it is that the movie pulled off one of the few ways of ruining your Jennifer Connely fantasy. ;)

NO doubt! lol

..but Jennifer is still my baby. :D

...ahem.... anyway, I really don't think the movie was about the "corrupt system." Not that it doesn't exist.

The movie displayed a great deal of "ugliness," but it also showed glimpses of the "ecstacy" associated with drugs. For example, when Julie (am I remembering Connelly's character's name right?) looked in the mirror, she saw herself as imperfect; but after getting high her image in the mirror was "supposedly" perfect. and when "the mom" sees herself as a star on her favorite TV show...

I think the message is that, despite the short term effects of drugs, the long term effects and the depths to which people descend to get them and keep them is reason enough to not get caught up in it all.

To sum it up, yes, a very powerful and a very important film. I give credit to all involved.

[Breine]

I'm afraid to watch this movie a second time.

Seriously.

Me too. I remember being pretty shocked after watching it. It's just so powerful and depressing that it's painful to see. The ending especially got to me.... Brrr.

[Mirage]

Strange. I can't say it affected me as much as many in this thread seem to have let it. I think I felt like it tried to scare me away from drugs way too hard, and as a result, I must have subconsciously blocked the baddest parts from affecting me, sort of making me look at it as pure fuction, just like when the Terminator brutally slaughters all those innocent Sarah Connors.

I don't feel afraid to watch it again at all, but I won't, because I know how it ends, and it doesn't have much of what would be "replay value" in a game :p.

[XxSephirothxX]

I thought it was a good movie, and certainly a testament to how much drugs can ruin your life, but it's hardly a realistic warning. The movie is so over-the-top it's ridiculous. It's just too overdone to be believable.

[CimminyCricket]

Kinda like Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

[Lawr]

Lol. I've got the best song in my Inbox and it's going to stay there for all eternity. Too bad I haven't seen the actual movie.

[Desert Merchant]

I loved this movie... probably one of my favorites. I also like the fact that the ending wasnt happy. Im not a dark person or anything its just nice to be suprised by an ending kind of like in "Very Bad Things."

[Mirage]

But fear and loathing was hilarious at the same time, this one wasn't :(.

[GooeyToast]

RFAD is easily one of my favorite movies, as is Fear & Loathing.

JUICE BY SARA

[Trent]

This is easily one of the best movies of the beginning of this decade.

Mostly due to the shock-factor, but man, it's so horrific, it's so re-watchable, 'cause: it IS very realistic how they've put heroine-junkies in view.

The mix of the entrancing sound and music score + the Stanley-Kubrick - alike overall-scary athmosphere: pure awesomeness. ^^ I can only say good things about this film.

Also a thought of mine: let this movie be standard in high-schools or something, to show what the realistic extremes are when dealing with a hazardous drug like heroin. o: