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Dave
Guest
the heart is deceitful above all things
I rented this dvd to see Marilyn Manson acting actually so some of you will say I got what I deserved. It isn't that there were no good scenes or that there wasn't a possibility for a good movie somewhere in this mess. I even like some of the actors. I hate that this thing is viewed as some sort of artistic achievement though because it's just a real pile of trash, and I don't mean that in a good way. It's full of child abuse for one thing and it isn't as if there is any message conveyed through this, it's just completely gratuitous.
The actress who plays the mother is listed on the DVD cover as giving a "fearless" performance but it's all a bunch of courtney love retread along with a couple of sections that seem to be inspired by that Metallica video with Ginger Lynn.
It's got Sonic Youth on the soundtrack and they really should know better, but now that I think of it they do get involved with some pretty stupid and trendy people.
It's got lots of people that have good credentials really but I think they must have all been forced to appear in this. Maybe it was part of some deal with satan.
I was left hating the whole hipster scene more than I already do and I realize that punk rock really did die a long time ago. I loved the sex pistols and was sickened to see the way they were used in this film as if to lend some sort of authenticity or whatever the intent was.
don't rent this thing. ignore it. if I've somehow made you think it was interesting or "hip" believe me it's boring. there is no real story. things happen for 80 minutes or whatever and then the story ends unexpectedly but there is no sense to it, no central story arc, no beginning middle or end. I'm sure that you could watch the scenes in random order and it would be just as intelligible.
Why do I care? It's because this thing is being treated like it is some kind of important film and because it's full of a bunch of the sort of people that should just do everyone a favor and take a fatal overdose. The sections with these people being interviewed and attending a premiere were pathetic. It appears this scene they are involved in is a big circle jerk selling garbage to their deluded followers. they took all of these things that are cliches and tried to make them dangerous and they wound up just being boring, stupid, and offensive and I don't mean "controversial", I mean like a backed up toilet.
I rented this dvd to see Marilyn Manson acting actually so some of you will say I got what I deserved. It isn't that there were no good scenes or that there wasn't a possibility for a good movie somewhere in this mess. I even like some of the actors. I hate that this thing is viewed as some sort of artistic achievement though because it's just a real pile of trash, and I don't mean that in a good way. It's full of child abuse for one thing and it isn't as if there is any message conveyed through this, it's just completely gratuitous.
The actress who plays the mother is listed on the DVD cover as giving a "fearless" performance but it's all a bunch of courtney love retread along with a couple of sections that seem to be inspired by that Metallica video with Ginger Lynn.
It's got Sonic Youth on the soundtrack and they really should know better, but now that I think of it they do get involved with some pretty stupid and trendy people.
It's got lots of people that have good credentials really but I think they must have all been forced to appear in this. Maybe it was part of some deal with satan.
I was left hating the whole hipster scene more than I already do and I realize that punk rock really did die a long time ago. I loved the sex pistols and was sickened to see the way they were used in this film as if to lend some sort of authenticity or whatever the intent was.
don't rent this thing. ignore it. if I've somehow made you think it was interesting or "hip" believe me it's boring. there is no real story. things happen for 80 minutes or whatever and then the story ends unexpectedly but there is no sense to it, no central story arc, no beginning middle or end. I'm sure that you could watch the scenes in random order and it would be just as intelligible.
Why do I care? It's because this thing is being treated like it is some kind of important film and because it's full of a bunch of the sort of people that should just do everyone a favor and take a fatal overdose. The sections with these people being interviewed and attending a premiere were pathetic. It appears this scene they are involved in is a big circle jerk selling garbage to their deluded followers. they took all of these things that are cliches and tried to make them dangerous and they wound up just being boring, stupid, and offensive and I don't mean "controversial", I mean like a backed up toilet.