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jchrisobrien) wrote2003-09-02 06:03 pm
jchrisobrien) wrote2003-09-02 06:03 pm
Time destroys all things.
Sunday began the great cleaning project, and hanging out with M. Our usual ritual involves watching a movie and catching up on events in our lives. Many a time I'd talk with him about things that bother me, but as of late little is bothering me. We began to look through some promising entries at the video store (spun, gangs of new york, a kung fu vampire hunter movie) when I saw Irreversible on the shelves. I remembered Ta_Chang's and Cosmicserpants reviews of the movie. ("I'm glad I saw it. I never want to see it again.") At the time, I had absolutely no desire to see the movie at all. Now, I was curious again. Was it as bad as all that? We flipped a coin, Irreversible or Spun were the options.
Was Irreversible as raw as all that? Yes. The scenes were horrible. They were meant to be horrible. My intial response was that they scenes were pointless. I talked the film over with M, and re-read the comments made by Cosmicserpent, Tiny_Chicken, Mittenstein, and Ta_Chuang. I'd say I have a better understanding of the points Gaspar Noe was trying to make. It's still excessive.
Was Irreversible as raw as all that? Yes. The scenes were horrible. They were meant to be horrible. My intial response was that they scenes were pointless. I talked the film over with M, and re-read the comments made by Cosmicserpent, Tiny_Chicken, Mittenstein, and Ta_Chuang. I'd say I have a better understanding of the points Gaspar Noe was trying to make. It's still excessive.