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[moktir]

This guy at work has been suggesting movies to me lately and he kept telling me to rent Hard Candy. Wednesday morning, I got to work and found a DVD of it on my desk. It turns out he had bought it and decided to lend it to me because he thinks it's a "must-watch". That night, after pausing it several times I managed to finish watching it and I can

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[purple_dwarf]

I saw that too. Aside from not being a must watch and the disturbing material I didn't find it entertaining. And my criteria for movies is pretty low, as long as it's entertaining. Exactly why I like Desperado (chalked full of violence - but done in an entertaining way, IMO).

3-Iron was a good one I saw recently. The lack of dialogue between the hero and heroine I thought was particularly cool.

P.S.

[purple_dwarf]

P.S. How goes?

Re: P.S.

[moktir]

I'm sorry it's taking another hundred years (as you said) for me to write. I keep meaning to do that, but I get somehow distracted. No big changes here though, just some minor ones. I'll write soon, I promise!

[big_paul]

I gotta agree with you on "hard candy"... I saw some of it, and I remember thinking 'wow, this movie thinks it's way smarter than it is..."

It's the Poke-the-audience-with-a-stick school of film making...

[moktir]

Yea, it seemed to want to make a sensation and outrage. That's a stupid way of getting attention. It doesn't mean its controversial, although that's what people say about it.

[big_paul]

Exactly. In the same sense that, just because everybody thinks you're wrong doesn't make you Galileo, Showing a bunch of shocking images and ridiculous, nonsensical plotlines doesn't make you a genius film maker.

[purple_dwarf]

Yes I has issues with the plot line too. I didn't think I could mention it though since I mentioned Desperado. But that movie is different. It's Rodriguez doing his angry Mexicans - it doesn't try to be serious.

[rheo3000]

There is a girl at my work who recommended a movie to me and she won't stop badgering me about wether or not I have watched it. I hate people pestering me and trying to make me do something that they know I will love, especially when they don't really know me very well.

I watched the end part of that movie. The only thing I remember about it was thinking 'this movie blows and I never want to see it in full.'

[moktir]

I absolutely agree. Not only do they not know you, but even if they did, why do people think that everyone loves the exact same thing they love??? I hate when people do that to me and it's happening allll the time!