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overend
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Registered: Sep 2010
Location: Chicago
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Inception of course, it is the best one recently.
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Sep-10-2010 01:31
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Omega_Blue
Someone Changed My Custom
Registered: Dec 2003
Location: Gone
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quote: | Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
My estimation of that movie has gone down over time. Now it seems over-sentimentalized, almost tacky, and ultimately kind of insubstantial.
Then again, I have not seen it in a couple years, so perhaps I would change my mind if I watched it again. |
agreed. i'm gonna watch it again tonight before bed just to see if my opinions change. it's still a good film, but it is quite tacky, and some of the situations are pretty outrageous/outlandish and would never really happen irl, imo. for example, some of the events that would never happen which would totally make the movie pointless without them happening-
1. the entirety of new york city being dry on heroin. it would never happen. if it did, they could always find it somewhere else, nearby. jersey? DC? boston? i'm sure that shit is everywhere. especially when only ONE guy, the black dude who whores out the junkie girl, has obviously copious amounts of it, but no one else does? who does that guy get it from?
2. the dude continually hitting the same vein because "it's the only way he can get off," which eventually leads to him losing an arm. being that i know a couple addicts who use intraveneously, i know for a fact that that's not how it works- the vein collapses sooner or later and is no longer usable; the junkie then either moves to a different vein (inevitably ruining that one) or move up the vein a few inches away from their old injection spot. the old injection spots become impossible to hit because of scar tissue buildup.
3. the black dude who took the guy to the hospital, and then stayed there. he's a wanted man, bailjumping to score dope in fucking florida? like 20 hours away? why would he go that far when there's a billion other cities out there? they could've easily found oxy's or other replacement opiates i'm sure. my point is, being that he'd get locked away for a long time for bailjumping, i guarantee he would've in reality left his friend in the hospital and made sure the cops didn't bust him. he would've like, given his friend a # to call him when he got out so he could pick him up, but i guarantee he wouldn't have risked his ass to wait in the waiting room and get popped off.
that and one thing that has always pissed me off about that movie is how when they're bangin their dope, it shows their pupils dilate, which is the exact opposite effect of what happens when you're high on opiates. your pupils constrict to the size of pinpoints.
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Sep-10-2010 09:23
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gehzumteufel
In your ass
Registered: Nov 2005
Location: so cal
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quote: | Originally posted by Omega_Blue
agreed. i'm gonna watch it again tonight before bed just to see if my opinions change. it's still a good film, but it is quite tacky, and some of the situations are pretty outrageous/outlandish and would never really happen irl, imo. for example, some of the events that would never happen which would totally make the movie pointless without them happening-
1. the entirety of new york city being dry on heroin. it would never happen. if it did, they could always find it somewhere else, nearby. jersey? DC? boston? i'm sure that shit is everywhere. especially when only ONE guy, the black dude who whores out the junkie girl, has obviously copious amounts of it, but no one else does? who does that guy get it from?
2. the dude continually hitting the same vein because "it's the only way he can get off," which eventually leads to him losing an arm. being that i know a couple addicts who use intraveneously, i know for a fact that that's not how it works- the vein collapses sooner or later and is no longer usable; the junkie then either moves to a different vein (inevitably ruining that one) or move up the vein a few inches away from their old injection spot. the old injection spots become impossible to hit because of scar tissue buildup.
3. the black dude who took the guy to the hospital, and then stayed there. he's a wanted man, bailjumping to score dope in fucking florida? like 20 hours away? why would he go that far when there's a billion other cities out there? they could've easily found oxy's or other replacement opiates i'm sure. my point is, being that he'd get locked away for a long time for bailjumping, i guarantee he would've in reality left his friend in the hospital and made sure the cops didn't bust him. he would've like, given his friend a # to call him when he got out so he could pick him up, but i guarantee he wouldn't have risked his ass to wait in the waiting room and get popped off.
that and one thing that has always pissed me off about that movie is how when they're bangin their dope, it shows their pupils dilate, which is the exact opposite effect of what happens when you're high on opiates. your pupils constrict to the size of pinpoints. |
I can understand things not being realistic at times, but do you watch a film (that is entertainment mind you) and expect it to be representative of reality?
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Sep-10-2010 16:06
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LAdazeNYnights
Crossing Swords
Registered: Nov 2009
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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quote: | Originally posted by gehzumteufel
I can understand things not being realistic at times, but do you watch a film (that is entertainment mind you) and expect it to be representative of reality? |
you're right of course, but given how popular Requiem has become, it's evolved into something much bigger than just entertainment: a sort-of glorified anti-drug, stay-in-school, make good decisions in life because the bads ones will fuck your shit up HARD message.
i've come across so many people in college, where movies like Requiem and Donnie Darko are "cult classics", who use Requiem as an argument against hard drug use. "Nah man I don't really wanna hang out with those guys, they do coke. haven't you seen requiem for a dream? ?"
when this kinda shit comes into play, suddenly getting things right/depicting them accurately becomes more important.
and, for what it's worth, everybody involved with the movie knew it was, on some level, an anti-drug message.
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Sep-10-2010 16:39
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gehzumteufel
In your ass
Registered: Nov 2005
Location: so cal
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quote: | Originally posted by LAdazeNYnights
you're right of course, but given how popular Requiem has become, it's evolved into something much bigger than just entertainment: a sort-of glorified anti-drug, stay-in-school, make good decisions in life because the bads ones will fuck your shit up HARD message.
i've come across so many people in college, where movies like Requiem and Donnie Darko are "cult classics", who use Requiem as an argument against hard drug use. "Nah man I don't really wanna hang out with those guys, they do coke. haven't you seen requiem for a dream? ?"
when this kinda shit comes into play, suddenly getting things right/depicting them accurately becomes more important.
and, for what it's worth, everybody involved with the movie knew it was, on some level, an anti-drug message. |
You need to consider why this film has caused society to presume that drugs will lead to this. The US is a fucking cesspool of idiocy when it comes to the true effects of drugs. I mean shit, we put marijuana dealers (yes, I mean ones that strictly only deal marijuana) in jail for longer than murderers!
Look at the people that are advocating for all drugs and alcohol being banned. They are religious morality idiots.
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Dual exhaust tips on dual exhaust = QUAD EXHAUST = 300 gain in horsepower. Duh |
quote: | Originally posted by bas
Undies with a dickhole aren't good for guys. Your balls can get caught in them. That's why I prefer to go over the gate instead of through the fence. |
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Sep-10-2010 16:49
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