Brilliant or utter filth?
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Khitt66 — 14 years ago(December 02, 2011 10:30 AM)
Define: "Better Off"
I mean I hate to bump an old thread and you'll probably never see this but how exactly was Devon's family better off? Her mother was cheating on her father with a boy half her age or more and her father was so obsessed with social standing that he couldn't see that; 1. his daughter was unhappy, 2. his wife was cheating on him and 3. That the real person capable of "touching" his daughter lived right there inside their little village. Yes, they had money and big houses but their community is rampant with thieves (the boy), bullies (the teenagers) and violent vigilantes (the fact that they chose to beat up Trent rather than going to the cops). No one's really happy, they're just wealthy.
Trent, on the other hand, may be poor, he may be living in a "tin can" and he may be looked down on by that fancy village he works in but he has a family that loves him, he grew up in a neighborhood that was bouyant and full of life and he had a REAL friendship with someone who loved him for HIM, not for what he had.
It's not about age and understanding, it's about value. I personally agree with Devon: freedom, truth, love and happiness are more important than material wealth and safety could every be. TRENT is better off, not Devon. -
jbaker1-2 — 2 years ago(March 13, 2024 04:53 AM)
The people who live in their million-dollar McMansions in their meticulously maintained gated communities are generally the type who are so concerned with keeping up appearances that they have no time to be happy. They're also almost invariably card-carrying Republicans, and as anyone who's had to deal with them knows, conservatives as a general rule aren't happy unless they have someone "different" to hate.
There are 8.2 billion people in the world. 8.19 billion of them have never heard of and don't give a fuck about Charlie Kirk. Get over it. -
murderousleeches — 19 years ago(July 21, 2006 07:07 PM)
OH MY GOD. ADOLESCENT SEXUALITY MUST MEAN PEDOPHILIA.
What the beep is wrong with you? Did you NOT see that Trent didn't want to touch her because he knew that it was wrong, and he respected her and I think he was even slightly disgusted at the thought that she might show him her body?
I hate how anyone who doesn't GET IT automatically jumps on the pedophilia bandwagon. Just shuttup already. You don't get it, it doesn't mean it's a horrible movie. It just means you're kind of stupid.
holiday=holy day.
Not "Happy I Hate Christmas" -
tigudik — 19 years ago(October 11, 2006 04:15 AM)
well I saw it like 2 days ago and it goes like this: devon says 'touch it'. trent's like 'no thanks'. then Devon says something like 'go on' and then he runs his finger down the scar and says 'that's cool'. and then he shows her his scar.
out of all the things i've lost i miss my mind the least -
mickygor — 19 years ago(December 13, 2006 01:28 PM)
God forbid a child be anything but fully clothed in an artform!
I'll not deny, there is something (quite obvious) about this film that attracts paedophiles, it was one of my girllover friends that introduced me to the film, but is there a problem with that? Topless Mischa in a relatively pointless scene does not make the movie bad - that aside, you do not actually see anything unless you're actively seeking it out.
Whether you can see any depth in it or not, this is a beautiful, very emotional film. I feel it carries a very important message about our society, and your reaction to the movie only validates it. -
KingKongCompany — 20 years ago(November 21, 2005 06:10 PM)
well it looked like this discussion was reasonably handled until recent comments. Not filth, but not brilliant either. Sturdy performances all round. A good movie.
I also like the irony of "House of 1000 corpses" branding it filth, with such high moralistic tones. Remind me, what happened in that Rob Zombie flick again??
