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Tried hard but just couldn't finish it

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    nathanschubach — 13 years ago(January 09, 2013 12:24 AM)

    I think Annalyne did an amazing job with her character, and if you watch through til the end, you'll appreciate her as an actress all the more. Her and Traci Lords. It's a gritty film at times, but it has it's reasons.

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      chilone — 12 years ago(July 23, 2013 11:56 AM)

      Exactly! I think the movie did what it set out to do and did it very well. It's a far fetched, ridiculous caricature of a story that needs to be looked at in that light.
      I don't love her.. She kicked me in the face!!

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        mogonk — 12 years ago(May 24, 2013 01:43 AM)

        When I tried to describe Excision to a friend, I said "It's like May, only good".
        I guess tastes differ.

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          ethermusic1981 — 12 years ago(November 01, 2013 12:56 AM)

          Haha. At the time of watching "May" for the first time years ago, I thought it was great. After watching "Excision" tonight, I can honestly say "May" wasn't very good by comparison. Excision was a masterpiece.

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            fjhs3 — 12 years ago(December 17, 2013 08:17 PM)

            Like others, I'd suggest you finish the movie, but not every movie is for everyone. I'm guessing you are not familiar "The actress" Annalynne McCord but give her a look in the film "Bad Girl Island" and you'll see how absolutely hot and sexy she can beand then you'll have a new appreciation of her in Excision.
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              JL_Roundtree — 12 years ago(January 28, 2014 01:28 PM)

              maybe you were in a mood or something. not half as bad as you are making it out to be. and like a lot of movies, the ending was the point.

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                trixietrx — 11 years ago(May 07, 2014 08:25 PM)

                JL you may be right. I watched the whole thing and just couldn't get into it. Perhaps it wasn't subtle enough for my tastes, although blood and gore don't bother me, I don't think there was the "correct" mixture in this movie. To me it seemed to try to cram too many things into one movie. I guess I felt misled by the blurb about the movie.
                But then again, that could just be my mood. I usually know what I want to watch, and have been searching for good new horror lately, but what I want is suspense and mystery, I think, so this didn't do it for me.
                I saw May and remember liking it, but that was a long time ago. Just have to find the right movie for the right mood.

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                    Monknificent — 9 years ago(October 30, 2016 07:24 AM)

                    Well, yes, if you read in the blurb this was a horror film, your expectations will have been dashed and you will have been left disappointed. I too read the info box when it came on my TV saying it's a horror film, but not being a horror film fan, I watched it
                    in spite
                    of that, practically having to fight my instincts on it. (If you're wondering what actually
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                    me watch it, it was that I saw a mini "trailer" run for it a few times before its TV showing, and the snippets they used were quirky and interesting enough to intrigue me! One of the snippets used in this TV trailer was the bit where she shouts to the skipping-rope girl across the road "That looks like fun!" but it was taken out of its context, so you didn't actually know she was shouting across a road to make herself heard, meaning it lent that perfectly innoccuous expression a strange nuance, making it look and sound subtly and wonderfully unhinged, which was of course, the perfect bit of foreshadowing for the entire film!)
                    "It's too late Always has been, always will be
                    Too late."

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                      vorophobe — 11 years ago(April 14, 2014 04:44 AM)

                      If the character repulsed you enough that you stopped watching, I'm sure the director would have been totally happy with that 🙂

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                        SkateForLife2014 — 9 years ago(May 25, 2016 09:43 PM)

                        I have nothing against violence/gore in movies if it is used to advance the plot but in this case, the violence was gratuitous and over the top. All of the scenes where she has fantasies about dead bodies were so unnecessary. The first sequence was interesting but after that it was like "we get it, she has sexual fantasies that involve dead bodies and blood." No need to continue illustrating this to the audience every five minutes.
                        This movie tried way too hard to be shocking and pervasive to the point where it ended up being downright corny.
                        The director clearly wanted to be shocking. When the fetus scene came on, I rolled my eyes and shut the movie off.

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                          mikelippenkrantz — 9 years ago(September 26, 2016 03:55 PM)

                          Criminy I thought I was the only one. XD "May" is a far better attempt at trying to garner sympathy for a misfit whose loneliness and tendency to be around the wrong people results in her fragile psyche finally collapsing. Mainly because it wasn't so self important. This movie, I guess, aspires to slot itself next to John Waters's early work as "the next great shock fest." I wasn't shocked. Just disgusted. And I have a strong stomach for this kind of nastiness. And it wasn't just Pauline, it was the absence of ANY likable characters in this movie. Traci Lords as Mommie Dearest was the worst. My sympathies WOULD shift towards her character, as I would certainly act and feel this way if I had to put up with this beep from my daughter, but her robotic portrayal by the untalented Traci Lords couldn't generate any positive feelings towards her. The lil sis has only 1 defining character trait (her disease) and Dad is a non-factor. I DID finish this film. Trust me you missed nothing. The only thing I got from this was "there goes 90 minutes I'll never get back." Stick with "May."

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