Terrible Movie
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Edren — 15 years ago(February 11, 2011 03:39 AM)
"just because you can put yourself in a person's situation doesn't make it a good movie!"
No but it helps.
"The acting was hammy"
yes, in your opinion
"the situations were extremely unlikely"
It's fiction dear. Just because the situation is unlikely doesn't make it a bad story.
"it was rubbish in my opinion"
And we've done a full circle.
"plus i kind of agree with the 14 year old girl on her period thingand i'm a woman!"
I didn't read that comment but I imagine a women who had her boyfriend murdered by thugs might be a tad pissed off.
"I'm a hero with coward's legs." - Spike Milligan -
heathrow14 — 14 years ago(June 11, 2011 01:57 PM)
"No but it helps"
It might help sometimes but if you read the original post i was replying to you would see they were using it is a reason for it being a good movie and i don't think that is enough of a reason to call a movie good.
"it's fiction dear. Just because the situation is unlikely doesn't make it a bad story"
it was fiction based in reality, therefore it has to at least be possible or likely in real lifein my opinion!
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Edren — 14 years ago(June 12, 2011 02:46 PM)
ps i think we should never watch movies together
I dunno, I think it could be quite an interesting experience. It would certainly make for some interesting conversation.
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Eightythreeyearoldguy — 14 years ago(August 22, 2011 09:34 AM)
I liked it but could understand somebody calling it mediocre. "Terrible" is an overstatement imho. I had the same thought of the number of crimes she came acrossn being unrealistic, but then it was as if she were deliberately placing herself in those situations. And I did have a time in my life when I got ripped off three times in a week's time, so it can happen.
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gb901 — 13 years ago(September 30, 2012 03:58 PM)
Yes, so he's going to look the other way and let this female serial killer/vigilante continue? Shes probably got a taste for killing now. Crime is still crime - especially murder, irrespective of who commits it!
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chilone — 10 years ago(February 02, 2016 01:45 PM)
Yes, so he's going to look the other way and let this female serial killer/vigilante continue?
I think seeing the video changed his heart about busting her. He knew whatever "justice" she got couldn't make up for the brutality of what she suffered.
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DaVooz — 13 years ago(October 15, 2012 04:44 AM)
I agree with the OP. ALso in the end the cliche movie magic: he turns up at the exact right moment at the very place she fled to (ran to). Unbelievable that he shot someone "for her". Semi romantic bravado nonsense. And a little wrong. No?
They may have opted for a "feel" Taxi Driver mixed with the 25th Hour. But failed. Those two mentioned are terrific movies.
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Soodinum — 12 years ago(May 08, 2013 07:00 PM)
I like TH a lot, but was really disappointed with this film. Tiresomely derivative, doesn't bring anything new to the deal, characters who are meant to be in relationships but appear to have met only on the first day of shooting, and some really off casting. JF is a good actress but really doesn't belong in this role. It seems wrong for her, and would have suited a younger actress.
^ That's, of course, only my opinion, but being that IMDb is a place for people to air their opinions
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kidd-simon — 12 years ago(June 12, 2013 02:32 PM)
Hmmmm
First off I am a huge fan of Jodie Foster and I think its a shame that she has done so little acting in the last decade or so, she is a huge talent.
However I think this was a well intentioned misfire. The script felt underwritten, underdeveloped and just plain wrong The motivation for her character was muddled to say the least.
It feels like the first 3 times you see her going outside someone gets killed. A little OTT imo.
What the film does not convey at all is that killing someone, even a complete scumbag, would not be easy. Doing something like that would have a huge emotional impact on a person.
Also the relationship between her and the cop, played by Terrence Howard, was pure Hollywood. The ending so rushed and completely unrealistic.
Why would her thirst for killing just stop suddenly and how could she live with what she had done?
This was kinda like a classy version of Death Wish.
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Bluedusk — 12 years ago(September 04, 2013 04:39 PM)
I think you have to relate to the character on a personal level to fully appreciate what the film tells us. I've watched
The Brave One
and
Shutter Island
a short time after going through a traumatizing experience, and somehow these two films have helped me deal with the psychological, intellectual and even spiritual changes I've seen happen to and in me during this period and consider them as a natural process of personal reconstruction and healing.
The end result is not so brutal and dramatic though, my life wouldn't inspire an action movie. -
Miss_Sui_Generis — 12 years ago(September 21, 2013 03:56 AM)
"I think you have to relate to the character on a personal level to fully appreciate what the film tells us."
I know what you mean. I identified with Erika because I've been mugged and so has my mother. The second time I was mugged I was absolutely furious. If I'd had a weapon I would have kneecapped both thugs-and with joy.
Send lawyers,guns and money/The beep has hit the fan -
Bluedusk — 12 years ago(September 21, 2013 04:08 AM)
No, I've once been kidnapped and mugged by a mob armed with knives. I've been very sick later due to the shock, but I didn't change my mind. But after my mother's death (of a long, incurable disease) I experienced deep changes in my persona that were really surprising - my brain literally reconstructed me from scratch and there are many parts of my former self that I can't access any more.
The Brave One
and
Shutter Island
have been quite helpful on my path to recovery.