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I didn't care for Requiem For A Dream' date=' but most people I know seem to have liked it.[/quote'] What makes Requiem for a Dream good in my opinion is the great deal of irony it contains if you take a closer look. In the end, the characters end up in horrible situations because of their loved ones, while those same loved ones tried to put them at ease earlier in the film.
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It manages to feel surreal and otherworldly even though the story is based in reality which I thought was cool. It achieves this very well with the lighting and shadow effects. As for Requiem For A Dream I've only watched it once and it just depressed the hell out of me so you could say I'm not a fan of it either.

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It manages to feel surreal and otherworldly even though the story is based in reality which I thought was cool. It achieves this very well with the lighting and shadow effects. As for Requiem For A Dream I've only watched it once and it just depressed the hell out of me so you could say I'm not a fan of it either.
Sounds very much like my experience with it. I was never tempted to revisit it and get anything more out. The guys that I know that like it seem to mostly like it due to the presence of Jennifer Connelly, anyway. :D
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Do you mean "thicker" ladies? Like that redhead Dave posts? They can be sexy as hell too=D
Yes, that tends to be my most preferred type, which also happens to be my wife's type. I'm not a "chubby chaser", nor do I consider her or girls like Dave's Lucy to be "fat" or whatever, but I do tend to like more curves than what you would find in a typical model/Hollywood type actress. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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Cool. I haven't seen that in years. I really enjoyed it at the time' date=' but I don't remember it terribly well. I'll have to revisit. I didn't care for Requiem For A Dream, but most people I know seem to have liked it. I don't think I've seen any of his other movies.[/quote'] I love Aronofsky's films, with Requiem For a Dream being one of my favorites. I would also recommend The Wrestler, Black Swan, and The Fountain, which is a pretty underrated and surreal romance movie with a really beautiful story. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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Well, I just finished End of Evangelion, which was weird as all hell by the end. It didn't exactly strike me as an atom bomb of revelation (no pun intended) and it left a lot of plot threads unresolved. It's still very interesting as a conclusion to the series, but that doesn't make it any less disappointing. Maybe that's because the only two characters I actually liked died about halfway through with no ceremony, but then that does suit the show.

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Well' date=' I just finished End of Evangelion, which was weird as all hell by the end. It didn't exactly strike me as an atom bomb of revelation (no pun intended) and it left a lot of plot threads unresolved. It's still very interesting as a conclusion to the series, but that doesn't make it any less disappointing. Maybe that's because the only two characters I actually liked died about halfway through with no ceremony, but then that does suit the show.[/quote'] The ending left a lot of questions unanswered specifically, but gave direction for you to be able to figure it out, especially when combined with the original episodes 25 & 26. I couldn't think of a more perfect ending than Asuka's comment to Shinji though, it capped off their bizarre relationship in a twisted and almost darkly humorous way. It also helps to watch the other movie, which was something of a recap of the series up until The End of Evangelion, but it did reveal and further explain a few more details. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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The ending left a lot of questions unanswered specifically' date=' but gave direction for you to be able to figure it out, especially when combined with the original episodes 25 & 26. I couldn't think of a more perfect ending than Asuka's comment to Shinji though, it capped off their bizarre relationship in a twisted and almost darkly humorous way. It also helps to watch the other movie, which was something of a recap of the series up until The End of Evangelion, but it did reveal and further explain a few more details.[/quote'] I remember Asuka complaining that Shinji's feelings toward her were more a result of her being the nearest person rather than any specific individual, and it sure seemed that way to me, I didn't think their relationship was as developed as it could have been. There seemed to be stuff missing from the middle. The funny thing is that Asuka seemed a much more interesting and well-developed character in Shinji's own mind than she was in real life, which could explain his sentiments (or is maybe a result of those sentiments?) toward her. I was wondering whether Shinji was basically going to re-create the planet as it was before, since it's kinda hinted that he wanted things the way they were. The other thing I was curious about was to what extent the self-actualizing was just the last gasp of a deluded mind or whether Shinji actually possesses the ability to change reality in the fashion that was suggested.
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I watched Shutter Island (2010) last night and really enjoyed it. The acting' date=' set design, plot and twist were very good! There's been a lot of good movies that have been released in the last sort of 5 years like Hesher, Django Unchained, Death Proof, Inglorious Bastards, etc.[/quote'] I liked Shutter Island too, it seems like DiCaprio is on something of a hot streak (not something I ever thought I would say around the time that Titanic was released). The premise was great, and while the ending wasn't a total surprise, the acting and sets were well done. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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Yeah I agree! He has been in a lot of great movies lately, and has been really well suited for the parts. He has done some awful stuff and when I was younger I actually used to hate him because of Titanic and Romeo and Juliet (I hadn't seen the Basketball Diaries yet) and because of what a 'teen heartthrob' he used to be. I've totally changed my opinion of him in the last couple of years though.

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I watched Clean, Shaven from 1994 and really enjoyed it. It's a very atypical film with a schizophrenic character. The ending was very sad but the movie earned it as it was built up very well. I wanted to watch Revolution #9 from 2001 but I couldn't find it anywhere online. It doesn't help there was a documentary called Revolution from the same year.

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