tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706937351903658758.post6313883139134431145..comments2024-01-09T06:37:41.791-05:00Comments on The Horror Digest: Requiem For a Dream: Why Keith David, Why?Andre Dumashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07170879111034420803noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706937351903658758.post-77465058178149077742014-08-11T07:34:11.569-04:002014-08-11T07:34:11.569-04:00I don't believe the most disturbing part of th...I don't believe the most disturbing part of the movie to be the injection scene. Rather, this movie is hard to watch because you can't help but connect with these characters... an unaccomplished widow yearning to feel loved and appreciated, the son that she enabled to the point that he became addicted to hard drugs, then the beautiful girl that became a victim of these addictions as well... you see them spiral out of control into a pit of a despair that they will never get out of. I could watch the needle scene a million times and not obtain the same gut-wrenching feeling as seeing those old ladies cry and hug each other after Sarah received her ECT and was just a shell of her former self.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706937351903658758.post-62334539468705558402012-12-18T18:35:33.417-05:002012-12-18T18:35:33.417-05:00So there is vomit in Requiem for a dream? I don&#...So there is vomit in Requiem for a dream? I don't rememberAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706937351903658758.post-52660276575372944062012-11-04T03:59:45.503-05:002012-11-04T03:59:45.503-05:00Just saw this movie and it has left me disturbed a...Just saw this movie and it has left me disturbed and sad.<br /> <br />Even though you can see their demise coming from miles away the climax still manages to grab you by the throat and leave you pondering.<br /><br />Awesome movie.Heuveltjeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10190551622723428252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706937351903658758.post-51275873702888224362011-01-21T02:38:43.333-05:002011-01-21T02:38:43.333-05:00Cool blog..Cool blog..old Hindi Songshttp://old-hindisongs.blogspot.com/2011/01/awaaz-de-kahan-hai-1990-movie-review.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706937351903658758.post-90294552979702851832011-01-07T14:00:15.613-05:002011-01-07T14:00:15.613-05:00I wonder which is more disturbing, repugnant and h...I wonder which is more disturbing, repugnant and hard-to-endure; watching this movie or listening to 30 Seconds to Mars.CashBaileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13593976245341180685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706937351903658758.post-46485753497132086772011-01-07T11:36:39.058-05:002011-01-07T11:36:39.058-05:00Yeah, this one really shook me the first time I sa...Yeah, this one really shook me the first time I saw it as well (and absolutely...Burstyn should have won that damn Oscar!).DVD Infatuationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02986606131886453883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706937351903658758.post-4964594205964559902011-01-07T11:33:53.133-05:002011-01-07T11:33:53.133-05:00I actually did find this film to be one of the mos...I actually did find this film to be one of the most disturbing I've seen, in terms of how much it depressed me while watching it, and because I could not for the life of me get it out of my mind after I watched it. When I think about it now, I still feel my stomach clenching up.... maybe it's because I've had a huge crush of Jared Leto since he was in <i>My So-Called Life</i> which I was obsessed with when I was 12, and seeing him as a heroin addict crushed me... I'm pretty sure the reason I saw this film at the time was because he was in it. I really think that <i>Requiem for a Dream</i> and <i>Trainspotting</i> should be used in school as part of their anti-drug campaigns. <br />I haven't yet seen <i>Black Swan</i> but I can't wait!Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11703547283751473482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706937351903658758.post-65523056189122438122011-01-07T07:59:36.043-05:002011-01-07T07:59:36.043-05:00Blue Seven- You hit all the marks about why I did ...Blue Seven- You hit all the marks about why I did come away enjoying the film. It's just not sticking with me as much. Black Swan was a different experience for me I guess, probably because the internal battle is much more apparent and obvious throughout. It gave me this crazy feeling of exhaustion, franticness and just overall unsettled emotions. It's like someone shook a snowglobe and it never really stopped snowing...I still feel....weird about it..!<br /><br />M- Yes! I also quite loved all those fetal position shots a very beautiful and haunting way to end the film. <br /><br />Matt- I had no idea this year was when stupid Julia Roberts won...! I was wondering who Ellen could have possibly lost to. Egads. <br /><br />Funny story-- I have seen Pi only in math class in the 7th grade. I remember nothing except a brain or something. Anyways I have thought about going back and watching that movie and definitely more so now as I had no idea Aronofsky did it until a few weeks ago....!Andre Dumashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07170879111034420803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706937351903658758.post-51919610485770830492011-01-06T23:56:11.604-05:002011-01-06T23:56:11.604-05:00I agree with you...I wouldn't call it disturbi...I agree with you...I wouldn't call it disturbing so much as it's very sad and gut wrenching to see what the characters have come to. It's even sadder that Ellen Burstyn lost out to Julia "fish face" Roberts because she played a sassy character that all of America would embrace! Bullshit. Burstyn for the win. <br /><br />I am very much am looking forward to Black Swan, though and your thematic theory is certainly apparent in Aronofsky's first film, Pi, which I highly recommend as a solid little indie mind fuck. Plus, there's no ass-to-ass to be found.Matt-suzakahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16215962688591291944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706937351903658758.post-51769512359328674112011-01-06T22:15:01.985-05:002011-01-06T22:15:01.985-05:00Good to see you got back to those cool kids at the...Good to see you got back to those cool kids at the back of the bus...down with them! But in all seriousness, great review of Requiem For A Dream. I for one really enjoyed this movie, but I have to agree with you, it's extremely subtle up until the very end. Which is just plain upsetting, after getting to know/love the characters. The funny thing is, what stuck with me wasn't the grotesque arm, but the last scene where they're all in fetal position. Something about that...subtle, but poignant. ///rant. In short, great review!M. Hufstaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08710221415534490058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706937351903658758.post-19022180199678400472011-01-06T22:01:00.846-05:002011-01-06T22:01:00.846-05:00I'll always have an imprint of this film on my...I'll always have an imprint of this film on my brain, for better or worse. Something about the way it's put together just disturbed me like few other films have. The sadness of Ellen Burstyn's character's life and her interactions with her son is palpable even before she starts getting high. The doomed nature of the young lovers' relationship without them even knowing it is depressing. That feeling that addicts get where all they'll need is that one giant score and then it won't be an issue any more - they'll earn a living from it instead of being crushed by it - is portrayed brilliantly here. I vividly remember watching a vhs tape of it back in 2001 or so and just being decimated by the end. It's weird...of course, as horror/disturbing film buffs we've seen sexual grotesqueries and scenes of all sorts of drug use and even hallucinatory mindfuck types of movies as well...but few other movies combine them into something so gut-wrenching. I love this movie and in my opinion it's one of the scariest things I've ever seen. Saw Black Swan last night. Liked it a lot but it sure didn't leave a mark like Requiem For a Dream did.Blue Sevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01076687900710701290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706937351903658758.post-52478601081568326522011-01-06T21:51:30.782-05:002011-01-06T21:51:30.782-05:00I agree, great display of addiction's downward...I agree, great display of addiction's downward spiral, but not "disturbing"...baby screaming pic is pure fucking genius!!B.STANKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558201636404539086noreply@blogger.com