@ Diego, have you seen '
The Good, the Bad, the Weird' yet? It's a bit style over substance that one, but enjoyable western nonetheless.
Dexter, what's Requiem for a Dream like? Is that your favourite film of all time?
I've just read up on it. It sounds really disturbing.
It's at times quite a disturbing movie, very dramatic, but it's very very good. Based on a novel actually. I own the movie, yet I haven't seen it that many times because it's not an easy movie to watch. It follows the life of a guy, his mother, his girlfriend and a friend and how their lives spiral into doom. After watching it for the first time it was stuck in my head for quite a while. The orgy scene you're referring to isn't that bad however, and it certainly isn't the worst scene in the movie.
Here's the trailer.
Is it my favourite movie? That's a very hard question, but I think so. Requiem for a Dream isn't the kind of movie I love to watch frequently. But for me at the time it came out it was a movie that changed how I looked at movies, in that way it's been the best movie I've seen. Before that movies were mostly just entertainment to me. I still enjoy easy going entertaining movies at times, but the movies that really touch me and I can admire for the workmanship are mostly more original movies and movies with some substance and depth. And I think Darren Aronofsky is an extremely talented director.
That said, I never really recommend Requiem to people, because I know it's a hard movie to enjoy. Have you seen
Garden State though Ross? Also in my top 10, that's a movie I would recommend to you. Touched me as well, could really relate to the main character when that movie came out somehow, it really stuck with me, but at the same time it's easy going and feel good. Brilliant first movie for Zach Braff as a director.
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