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yeah i just saw it last night. i used to be a huge gore fan and nothing bothers me.
this film bothered me. i even turned my head away at times and got really nervous -- "how long will this go on? can i stand it?"
however, i just spent the last few weeks in nyc since sept 9. since then, i've had a markedly changed attitude about entertaining violence. the people in the theater were laughing, cheering, and applauding during audition's climax. which is how i would normally approach a movie like this. but i felt as though this was all wrong. the horror in ny was very close to home for me, and my thoughts about torture under the taliban overrode my ability to enjoy filmic violence.
i saw a movie the other day "The Devil's Backbone" by the guy who made Chronos and Mimic. A climactic scene of an orphange exploding, bloodying up and glassing a bunch of 12 year old, rubbed me the wrong way. the film wasnt that good, and the violence just made me kind of grumpy. it just doesnt seem so fun these days. |
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