Rating: 
Summary: The Director's Cut of "Natural Born Killers" is awesome!!
Review: This is got to be one of the coolest films ever made. I've seen "Natural Born Killers" when it first came out in theaters back in 1994. It was a good movie. I've always heard that there was a lot of violence cut out of this movie until the Director's Cut of Natural Born Killers came along years later. I finally saw the Director's Cut last year and it was much better than the theatrical release back in 1994. According to Oliver Stone (the movie's director), there was 150 cuts left out of the theatrical version and it's been restored in the director's cut. I think "Natural Born Killers" is a good movie, But with the director's cut, It's even better especially with a lot of graphic violence restored and additional dialogue. I recommended the director's cut over the theatrical version. I really think it's that good.
Rating: 
Summary: Unwatchable
Review: I've tried to watch this [film] several times, but the editing is so abominally bad that it is a total a waste of time.As anyone knows, the job of the film editor is to be invisible. This travesty is in-your -face- editing, obnoxious, obtrusive, amateurish. Add to that the total lack of talent from Woody, and the totally inept diection of Holywood's most over-rated director and you have one of the worst films to come out in the last 50 years. The film industry should be ashamed to ever let this piece out if the can.
Rating: 
Summary: Strong Message but could have been said better
Review: The movie has become very famous due to its extreme violece and little retribution to the characters who commit these acts. many have said that this caused things such as the Colombine shootings. the people who say this obviously did not get the message of the film but their claim is not completey invalid as tere IS lots of violence in this film. slow minded teenagers might not get the message and just revel in its violence. that out of the way, id have to give thuis movie 3.5 stars if i could. see, i enjoy the biting satire (although at some points rediculous) and the message but quite frankly, this movie gives me a headache. i found it hard to focus on anything happening while Stone switched from black and white, to color, to grainy 70's style color, to stock footage, to negative colors, to odd camera angles and warped lenses. this complete bombardment of the sense may have been good IN MODERATION and with a purpose. i would understand if they were on drugs (ala Fear And Loathing) but they're not constanlty on drugs. sometimes it works as to portray it as on televsion but the constant change is mind numbing to say the least. ...
Rating:
Summary: No redeeming social value but strangely compelling.
Review: Be forewarned: this movie contains copious scenarios of gratuitous violence. For responsible adults only. This film uses a compelling blend of surreal cinematography and animation to convey the drugged-out world perceived by its protagonists, Mickey and Mallory. When I first saw it, I was appalled. However, I found it increasingly compelling and entertaining after repeated viewings. Don't expect a moving love story, or the tale of two rebels unjustly persecuted by society. Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis play two BAD people out to kill anyone and everyone just for the thrill of it. If you enjoy well produced films and visual spectacles, and can park your morals at the door for a couple of hours, I would recommend this film. If not, it would be best to pass on this one.
Rating:
Summary: this disk is one of the best buys i've made.
Review: its in my favoraite disks folder. i'm usually not to crazy about dvd extras but the alternate ending is very good i thought. i've had no problems playing this dvd. i'm even thinking to buy the directors cut dvd for fun. maybe anyway . this disk is a good buy.
Rating: 
Summary: moments of smirking depravity and vile intent
Review: A flamboyant mess of a movie with moments of smirking depravity and vile intent. Mickey (Woody Harrelson) and Mallory (Juliette Lewis) are the lionized mass murderers who escape their half-parodied white trash backgrounds to eventually be captured, only to escape from prison. Stylized grandeur overwhelms the watcher; effective scenes like the killers' brief awakening to humanity with an Indian mystic is lost in a tirade of foul collages and flashing memories. Here the director is indulging his talent but missing the point in doing so.
Rating:
Summary: VERY,VERY BIZZARE,BUT...
Review: First things first,Oliver Stone's "Natural Born Killers" has to be one of the most bizzare films in recent history! Bizzare meaning that you can interpet this film two ways,either
you'll see it as a crazy,strange physcedlic mess or as a daring,
edgy,groundbreaking look into media obession and twisted values. Ultimatly,I look at it as both.
The weird editing in "NBK" and strong performances by Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis makes this Stone-directed film NOT your average film. If you're a very image-senstive viewer then "NBK" won't be your cup of tea but looking for something kooky,unbelieval strange,and mind-bending,you gotta see this one!
Rating:
Summary: NATURAL BORN KILLERS--Pointed Or Pointless?
Review: Ever since it came out in August 1994, Oliver Stone's NATURAL BORN KILLERS has been the subject of much invective, particularly when it comes to the question of whether or not it encourages savagely violent behavior--a charge that has been levelled by society against the media more times than people can remember. It certainly provoked the ire of its original screenwriter Quentin Tarantino, who went to every length imaginable to disown the film because of what Stone did to it. Stone, perhaps our most powerful cinematic maestro in exposing the dark side of America (witness PLATOON and JFK), has set himself up a significant problem in making this ultra-violent film about mass murderers Mickey and Mallory Knox (Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis) killing dozens along U.S. Highway 666 and becoming media celebrities. He has frequently gone on record as stating that this is a savage satire on violence and the media. Stone's material and his method of presenting it, however, are so extreme that the satire is often swamped. This raises the question: Is NATURAL BORN KILLERS really a pointed satire (in the manner of DOCTOR STRANGELOVE and NETWORK) or rather just a pointlessly violent movie? Stone, like Stanley Kubrick, has historically made it a habit of making movies that people talk about years after they are first released. But NATURAL BORN KILLERS, unlike his other achievements, is so over the top that whatever satirical intentions he might have had are buried under a migraine-inducing avalanche of montage sequences, bizarre camera angles, weird camera filters, blood, and bone-crushing alternative and heavy metal rock music. The acting is also so outrageous, especially by Tommy Lee Jones (as Dwight "Welcome To Hell" McClusky) and Robert Downey Jr. (as Wayne Gale, a bizarre caricature of Geraldo with an Australian accent), and the dialogue so extreme and profanity-ridden that the film becomes heavy-handed long before the halfway point is reached. Although I have to give credit to Stone for making the points he does about violence and the media, I don't think he's really telling us anything that a film like NETWORK didn't forsee back in the 1970s--that we would become obsessed by media-glamorized mad dogs. The rapid-fire montage sequences that worked so well in JFK, and which were perhaps inspired by Sam Peckinpah's similar use of them in THE WILD BUNCH, don't always impress this time around. Thus, the verdict here is that NATURAL BORN KILLERS is a film that rests in a vacuum--one where it is easy to admire the technique, but much harder to admire the story
Rating:
Summary: Unsettling and unpleasant
Review: Although I'm sure Oliver Stone's intentions were good in attempting to show the banality of media hype and desensitizing of society, NBK, in my opinion goes too far. This movie is ruthless in its "in your face" attitude regarding violence. Apparently Oliver Stone wanted to use shock tactics and this he accomplished. No wonder society is in such an upheaval. Mr. Stone did not help society with this unsavory offering, he merely added to its demise. Attempts at humor throughout the film are, possibly, meant to temper the violence, but sadly falls short. I don't recommend this movie to anyone with healthy sensibilities.
Rating:
Summary: This is one of Oliver Stone's greatest movies!
Review: I have to say that I love most of Oliver Stone's work. I think he's really exceptional. He's defintely one of my favorite directors. I loved JFK (*****), Wallstreet (*****), Any Given Sunday (****), and of course Born on the Fourth of July (*****).
But as far as vision, I think that NBK is the best. Not because of the violence, but the storyline. The media does influence people. (Look at the last case against NBK's director Oliver Stone. Two young kids killed a bunch of people at a convient
mart, all because they seen NBK). I mean, is the media responsible? Some would say yes, I defintely say yes. But should the media be charged with the crime when someone commits a crime?
Of course not. People have free will and make the decisions they want to make. The media is part responsible for making it, but people know what their doing. Anyways, this movie is more that violence. Its the camera work. They used handheld cameras, psychadelic special effects, and gritty quality. (Even on the DVD, which I purchased today). I loved this film, I mostly bought it for the movie, but a lot of the persuasion was the fact of all the special features. Some are really good, others are not. The deleted scenes are really a joke. (With the exception of the Ashley Judd courtroom scene). The alternate ending was pathedic. (However Oliver Stone said it could pave the way for a sequel, in which Micky (Harrelson) and Mallorey (Lewis) get the passion for killing again and embark on another "Death Fest". This story is about two young lovers, Micky (Woody Harrelson, White Men Can't Jump) and Mallorey (Juliette Lewis, Kalifornia), who go on a killing spree. Killing anyone, and almost everyone. (With exception of the one who will tell the tale of Micky and Mallorey). After they are finally apprehended, they must deal with a cop who wants them to fry, (Tom Sizemore, Saving Private Ryan), a Warden (Tommy Lee Jones, Volcano), who is less than pleased that their in his prison and a T.V Journalist (Robert Downy Jr., Ally McBeal) who wants to find out more. The DVD seems to be loaded, but don't be fooled. But if you want it for the movie, its exceptional, and will stand out from all the rest. DVD SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDED: • Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
• Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby
• Commentary by Oliver Stone
• Theatrical trailer
• Documentary Chaos Rising: The Storm Around Natural Born Killers
• Deleted Scenes and Alternate Ending
• Widescreen anamorphic format (1:85:1)
| 
