i didn't cry
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blonde_chick15 — 18 years ago(October 05, 2007 08:33 AM)
Yeah i have to agree with you. I'm a person who usually gets affected by movies quite easily.but it didnt happen for me either. i found i was more shocked and in ore of what was happening to Lilya. In no way is this comment to bring down the acting of 'Lilya', she was amazing in this role!!!!
hmm i was just thinking it may have to do with the lack of feeling and empathy shown by all characters. Overall the characters were very cold and not phased by the situations presented in the movie. I think if anyone had come to help 'Lilya' and shown some empathy i would have cried. But this didnt happen. Does anyone agree with me? Just my opinion!
I really enjoyed this movie and maybe i should watch it again
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onli_hope — 18 years ago(October 06, 2007 01:05 AM)
i guess that shows how easily somehting can make me cry =O
i also realise now that there was a lack of feeling or empathy shown by all characters, the men were soo.. well, lets say i was turned off by males or the thought of sexual relationships for a while after i watched it. I even truly considered chastity because that movie made sex feel so.. well, i can't find the words atm.
Often i felt so frustrated that she didn't do certain things that could have helped her escape, yet when she did she chose to commit suicide. I would've liked to see her change her life and have the movie end with her just dying of old age and reuniting with Volodja. But, i guess life isn't that sweet. As this movie made me truly realise
I guess it was the things that Volodja said and did that made me cry. I really liked the movie despite its often disturbing scenes, when i feel disgustingly angry at my life, i'll watch this movie again.. when i find it on dvd or something.
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wishart188 — 18 years ago(November 04, 2007 09:58 PM)
Nah. You probably don't need to watch this movie again if it didn't hit your soft spot the first time round.
The movie's portrayal of characters and story of Lilja were poignant and tragic. But it didn't move me like some other movies do. I mean, I felt sad after watching it but not moved or touched. Compared to watching "Lars and the Real Girl" (most recent movie that I watched and cried) this movie had a happy ending but I actually cried a little during the movie.
The feeling I got at the end of the Lilja 4-ever movie? Yeah kinda "oh, that's sad". But also feeling that while it was perhaps an escape for her to die, still, she could've put up a stronger fight than to give up like that.
Anyway, I still enjoyed the movie anyway. It made me appreciate about my living no matter how mediocre and uneventful it is. -
btgranard — 18 years ago(November 16, 2007 10:08 PM)
i was more angry than sad to i mean yes this movie was sad and the story was sad but idk i was reading about it before i saw it and people said that it was more sad and depressing than requiem for a dream so that made me think that it was going to be overwhelmingly sad i think i gave it to high of expectations as i have every depressing movie since i saw requiem for a dream.
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Dismenot — 18 years ago(March 29, 2008 01:41 PM)
I swear to God if I had seen someone abusing a girl right after watching this I would've beat him to death.
Wow! I had to scroll almost to the bottom of the thread to find someone that felt the way I did. lol
But I was sad as well, this movie brought out the tears for me, knowing that it's based on a real girl didn't help much.
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twitchyhug — 18 years ago(January 06, 2008 02:22 AM)
I did. The ending hit me pretty hard, and I really related with how much she missed Volodja. I actually staggered around my house after it ended, crying forcefully until my eyes burned. But that's just me ^_^
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icaptainchaos — 16 years ago(June 22, 2009 04:21 PM)
(spoiler) I must admit, I'm a "tough" middle-aged bloke with 2 kids about Lilja & Volodya's age, but I had to wipe a tear away when she stood on the bridge at the end I was just thinking "no, please don't, please don't" also the bit when Volodya took all the tablets and was just lying dead in the stairwell so so sad
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aurolacul2004 — 15 years ago(April 05, 2010 05:59 PM)
" also the bit when Volodya took all the tablets and was just lying dead in the stairwell so so sad "
Yeah that is what really got to me, him lying on the stairwell dead while the old woman told him to get up. I smashed my DVD remote on the floor crying while screaming: He's fu**ing dead you bitch! -
hairplay-1 — 18 years ago(January 08, 2008 08:52 PM)
i almost cried at the very end when she died and had a chance (in her heaven) to tell the guy off, help the old woman she was always rude to, and play with her friend i didn't, but i almost did and that's saying enough i guess.
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poem — 18 years ago(April 02, 2008 05:16 AM)
so this is a competition who cried and who didnt now ?
Hmpf.
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poem — 17 years ago(December 22, 2008 07:11 AM)
There is absolutely nothing immature about stating the simple fact that it doesnt matter if you cry during the movie or not. The purpose of the movie is to display the reality like it is. Not to make people cry.
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Lucky_Lefty — 17 years ago(April 27, 2008 07:43 PM)
I admit, I cried. I only cried at like three other movies and I guess I'll add this one to the list. What did it for me was the scene where after she's had sex with all these men and her body and soul has taken a beating, she decides to build a hut under the coffee table. At the end of the day, all she wanted to do was be under the hut with her only friend, Volodja.