A History of Violence

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Mon May 01, 2006 8:20 pm

Do yourself a favor and DO NOT see this film. Holy shit, that was terrible.

Rack Fu · Post by **Rack Fu** » Tue May 02, 2006 1:09 am

I was disappointed. Not a bad movie, just not as good as advertised.

titlover · Post by **titlover** » Tue May 02, 2006 2:08 pm

mvscal wrote:I had no idea mtool's colon had written an autobiography.

d4gg3r.

The Assassin · Post by **The Assassin** » Tue May 02, 2006 9:28 pm

I just got it via Netflix.

dont fukkin ruin it for me!!

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Wed May 03, 2006 1:27 pm

There's nothing I can ruin for you. The movie is a ruin.

Bizzarofelice · Post by **Bizzarofelice** » Wed May 03, 2006 1:31 pm

It just isn't gripping. The actor has never done more than raise an eyebrow. For some reason the wife is down with Vigo. His scene on the stairs with Maria got me some after seeing the movie. Gotta give him props for that.

MiketheangrydrunkenCUfan · Wed May 03, 2006 3:20 pm

Yeah. Crash was way better.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Wed May 03, 2006 3:26 pm

Bizzarofelice wrote:It just isn't gripping. The actor has never done more than raise an eyebrow. For some reason the wife is down with Vigo. His scene on the stairs with Maria got me some after seeing the movie. Gotta give him props for that.

I was surprised at how utterly simplistic and predictable the plot was. This can often be balanced out by good acting. It missed on that mark too.

Bizzarofelice · Post by **Bizzarofelice** » Wed May 03, 2006 3:50 pm

MiketheangrydrunkenCUfan wrote:Yeah. Crash was way better.

Cronenberg's Crash? I did not get any for a month after that BY MY OWN VOLITION.

Invictus · Post by **Invictus** » Wed May 03, 2006 5:20 pm

Seeing Jennifer Tilly get fucked while wearing a backbrace was oddly kinky and creepy, a trait Cronenberg is famous for. HIS Crash was far superior to the most recent one which I've promised myself I will not see. I get tired of films about happy, PC race relations. That shit panders to the lowest common democratic denominator.

Bello was showing all kinds of FFN in A History of Violence. She is a beautiful woman. I specially dug her in the cheerleader outfit. William Hurt and Ed O'Neil were the best parts of the movie but I have to admit, seeing Viggo's son cripple that kid in the school hallway was excellent.

Bizzarofelice · Post by **Bizzarofelice** » Wed May 03, 2006 6:21 pm

I rented Lost Highway. Didn't care much for it 7 years later. Not a fan of that Arquette girl.

Invictus · Post by **Invictus** » Wed May 03, 2006 6:37 pm

Lost Highway requires a few viewings and even you don't understand it completely but Blake's no eyebrowed Mystery Man was the best character in the movie.

I think of Lynch and Cronenberg in the same breath: very esoteric directors who have carved out a specific fan base.

My favorite Cronenberg film of all time will always be "Videodrome." Seeing Debbie Harry burn her tit with a cigarette is burned into my mind forever. An all torture pirate cable tv channel in Pittsburgh? I wonder if any of the victims/models were ever invisiblem?

Long live the new flesh!

MiketheangrydrunkenCUfan · Mon May 08, 2006 7:41 am

Bizzarofelice wrote:
MiketheangrydrunkenCUfan wrote:Yeah. Crash was way better.
Cronenberg's Crash? I did not get any for a month after that BY MY OWN VOLITION.

Heh. I momentarily forgot that Cronenburg made a Crash too. I was referring to the overrated Best Picture winner from last year. The equally overrated Brokeback Mountain would've probably been a less-confusing comparison.

I really liked this movie. In an admittedly weak year for movies, I thought it was the best of the year.

William Hurt was pretty annoying, but I thought everyone else did a pretty good job, acting-wise. Predictable? I guess that depends on how much you knew about the movie going in.

Regardless, I think it's an interesting commentary on the relationship between violence and "family values."

SunCoastSooner · Post by **SunCoastSooner** » Mon May 08, 2006 12:59 pm

It wasn't horrible but it was missing something. I don't know exactly what it was missing but something just wasn't there.

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Mon May 08, 2006 2:45 pm

Bizzarofelice wrote:I rented Lost Highway. Didn't care much for it 7 years later. Not a fan of that Arquette girl.

She was smokin' in true romance...not quite there since.

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Mon May 08, 2006 2:47 pm

An all torture pirate cable tv channel in Pittsburgh? I wonder if any of the victims/models were ever invisiblem?

stop hiding your gems.

BBMarley · Post by **BBMarley** » Wed May 10, 2006 1:37 pm

Invictus wrote:Seeing Jennifer Tilly get fucked while wearing a backbrace was oddly kinky and creepy, a trait Cronenberg is famous for. HIS Crash was far superior to the most recent one which I've promised myself I will not see. I get tired of films about happy, PC race relations. That shit panders to the lowest common democratic denominator.

It was Rosanna Arquette, wasn't it? Most disturbing part of that is if you know what was really happening (from reading book). He was actually having sex with her scar, not her Vag.

Seeing Debra Kara Unger naked most of the film was great though

The Assassin · Post by **The Assassin** » Sat May 20, 2006 12:21 pm

MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:Do yourself a favor and DO NOT see this film. Holy shit, that was terrible.

finally watched it.

The sex scenes were hot the graphic violence was cool, the dorky kid kicking the school bullys ass was a good moment.

the rest of the film was a crashing bore. The ending was especially terrible. Why this film was nominated for anything puzzles me.

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