a love story-plain, but not simple
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Raksha_Keller — 19 years ago(September 03, 2006 02:18 PM)
edawee is right. And that paedophile question was just dumb. You could have asked edawee more in detail his conclusion as to why it is a love story and not be so dumb.
Love comes in many forms and not all has to be sexual, though there is no denying Devon and Trent loved each other.
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YeBoiii — 18 years ago(April 20, 2007 09:13 PM)
well i was thinking about it after i caught the second half of the film just a few mins ago. maybe, just maybe, if you screwed a 10 yr old, the only reason it would beep her up, is because people constantly say "it will beep you up to have sex at such a young age". know what i mean? like, people creating their own reality. maybe the fact that having sex with young girls is seen as "perverse", makes the girl think its perverse, and phux with them? or something. its hard to explain, but i think i got that out right.
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InUrFridge — 18 years ago(April 21, 2007 03:20 AM)
I'd have to say that it was purely platonic love, like that between a very close brother and sister (although Im no real expert on this being an only child) and that both Trent and Devon were searching for companionship and found it in an unlikely place.
Im not really sure what the little boy represented in the film but as he is the only other child we actually see from Camelot Gardens for more than a few frames (you do see some others at the barbecue) I think that the director was trying to show that there was nothing for Devon in her neighbourhood.
I was then going to say that whereas that was the case in Camelot Gardens the child we see at Trent's old house was nice and friendly but then it occured to me thatshe did exactly the same thing as the little boy dressed as an 'Indian' did: pretending to shoot a gun at Devon. Funnily enough then, the only people to wield guns in the entire film are children. I don't know what all this is about and I'm completely off topic now so
It's also clear that Trent has no sexual feelings for Devon, the director handily put the sex scene in to show to the audience that he (Trent) wasn't sexually repressed or anything and then by his questions to the girl afterwards - which she obviously doesn't realise are sincere - we see that what he really wants are commitment and to share time with somebody.
A Plane. With Snakes On It. On DVD.
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silversusi — 18 years ago(April 21, 2007 03:33 AM)
i agree it was obvious he wasn't attracted to her, they were just really good friends because they were both ageless people and therefore there wasn't an issue with maturity or age, they were both mature enough to see past stupid social rules that say you only have to have friends your own age.
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willywonka35 — 18 years ago(December 04, 2007 09:05 PM)
edwawee, thats an interesting interpretation you have for the film, but I strongly disagree. It is possible for an adult and a child to form a bond between one another and it be nonsexual. I think you are seeing things that just aren't there.
However, I do agree that this film comes pretty damn close to walking a fine line. When watching the film, I kept expecting it to take a dark turn, but it never did.
I like the film as it is, but had this been a foreign film(especially if someone like Takeshi Miike or Chan Wook Park got ahold of the story), it would have been entirely different and the relationship would have been in a much darker vein and been extremely controversial.
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edwawee — 18 years ago(December 15, 2007 09:57 PM)
ok santa, i hear the "point" you are making, and i respect it.
but i never said the "relationship" between trent and devon was sexual or anything of that nature.
im simply saying that there was more (much more) to the story of devon and trent, than the "filmmakers" could (or would) show.
what the "nature" of the "relationship" between "trent and devon", was (or is), is up for debate.
but the film "lawndogs" (imo), is without question a "love story".
the world we live in, is clearly NOT ready to think about the idea of "love" between characters like 'devon and trent'.
so the idea of "love" between them had to be "sugar coated" or "toned-down", as not to incur "public outrage".
we all have our thoughts about this film (lawndogs), but for me this movie (lawndogs), is a POWERFUL story of LOVE between 'trent and devon'. -
willywonka35 — 18 years ago(December 21, 2007 06:17 PM)
If you don't think it was sexual in nature, then what is it in your mind that the film makers couldn't show?? If it is a love story, its one sided love(Devon). The male character pretty much spends half the movie trying to get the girl out of his life. He's too busy with his mundane life and screwing local women to take any real interest in this girl. An unlikely friendship winds up developing. There's really nothing in this story to insinuate that he loves her. Even devon's so called love is just an immature girl trying to adjust to her life, and develops a bond with this guy.
Was there potential in this story for it to take a strange turn? Sure.
This is an interesting film. Its like they wanted to take the story in an unconventional direction, but held back. You can feel it in many scenes in the film. I think this is why you believe its some sort of love story that required "sugar coating". You are reading between the lines of the scenes. -
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adaisytea — 16 years ago(January 11, 2010 04:15 AM)
I think it's a love story too. I love reading in between the lines of scenes, behavior, lines. I think what we are left with is the idea that when she's old enough, the relationship will further develop if they ever find one another again. They probably won't, is what I would think. Just another movie that leaves it up to our imaginations, which is a device I'm growing tired of, but seeing this movie was so refreshing. I think it's another interesting point that only the children wield guns in this movie. Roles are switched. Devon controls so many of the situations. Trent is the more-innocent of the two.
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doldrums452 — 16 years ago(January 19, 2010 02:03 AM)
They loved each other as friends, but that's pretty much it. In fact, the idea of two people who cannot be more different being friends is so awesome and rare, I would have been disappointed had they gone in that direction such as Devon having a crush or something. There should be more movies like this, movies in which females and males can be best of friends, soulmates even, but don't necessarily need romantic love. There is a beauty in the main characters' innocence and in their connection, which is hard to understand by a cynical society. Anyway, that's just what I thought and I may be wrong, but for me it's more special and personal interpreting it that way.
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