Natural Born Killers

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Summary: Possibly the coolest movie ever made!!!
Review: After trying for years, I eventually managed to get a copy of Natural Born Killers. Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis excellently portray a young psychopatic couple, Mickey and Mallory; who travel the States and murder 52 people in three weeks. These are turned into celebrities by the media, in particular Wayne Gayle (played by Robert Downey Jr).

The acting, from an all star cast, is superb and the direction, by Oliver Stone, is excellent. This is one movie you just can't afford to miss.

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Summary: Provakative, to say the least
Review: The movie plays out like a twisted nightmare, and about halfway through, it becomes all too real. Although I thought the movie was VERY good, what brought to the point where I am writing an online review for it was how the country has been pointing its fingure at this movie for every murder aired live on CNN. I am even more pissed off with the fact that most of those doing the pointing haven't even seen the movie. The film is 100% original. It, for the first time, criticises our present culture and our obsession with violence. Sure the film is overblown and surreal, but that is the very nature of satire. Violence scares and entertains us at the same time, and that fact, shown so brilliantly in this film, is more disturbing than any of the violent images it depicts. This film is very important to see with a group or friend because it MUST be discussed and thought upon. Everyone should be talking about what this film says and stands for. What is the line drawn between entertainment and journalism, embellishment and truth, life and death? Pretty heady stuff for a comedy, but it is one of the greatest satires ever made. What kept our eyes glued to CNN during the Columbine crisis? Why did we have to watch that? Why did those kids do that in the first place? Was it because of the movie? No. My guess is that it was for attention, to go out with a bang, to release their anger to and in front of the world,to say in the loudest way possible: "Here I am!" This wouldn't be possible if there weren't millions glued to their TVs as it happened live. They succeeded in every way. The same station that will show a clip of Natural Born Killers and say "there's the culprit!" will turn around and show that clip of the wounded young man escaping through a window (the clip with the most suspence and blood) at the top of every hour. Natural Born Killers shoves this in our face and says "Just look at yourself. See how awefull this is? But you're laughing at it! See how easy it is for me, Oliver Stone, to make you laugh at it? But how much gore does it take to disturb fnally disgust you? To shake you into not being entertained any more?" Our culture is tragicly comical, and so is the movie. The final scene is brilliant and places everything together. What's the point that we'll finally reach with our fascination and obsession with violence? The film shows us a very likely scenario, and it is scary and ironic. The film tells us how little we think about what we see, and ironically, that's what caused this movie so many problems. The movie was terrifying and hilarious, and honestly, I don't really want to watch it over and over again. I would never buy it. But, by all means, see it. Oh, and one other thing, the direction and filming of this movie is beautiful and brilliant.

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Summary: Stone presents the theme the wrong way
Review: 'Natural Born Killers' theme is, ideologically, a dead-on accurate theme. Unfortunately, Oliver Stone presents it in a rather odd way. He says that it is a statement that the media (cinema included, I assume) has taken violence too far. How does he go about illustrating this? By making a movie that is one of the most violent films in history. I believe his point would have had more impact if he told it from the view of the victims and their families. Then, the audience would be presented with people who have to watch as the killers of their loved ones are raised to star-status rather than following the killers and therefore empathizing with the wrong characters.

BUT...Just because this movie gives a scrambled theme, doesn't make it bad. Technically, this movie is always a visual treat. It is exciting, funny, and the acting is wonderful. This movie succeeds in entertaining the audience, if they can stomach it.

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Summary: Great movie against media!!
Review: i found this movie great and diffrent because it uses media (and movie) to show that it will corrupt us just as anything else we (humanity) have to many things to point our fingers at to put the blame on it's not music movie or news its only ourselves i.e. if someone is born into poverty they steal food 9/10 then we punnish them for the way SOCIETY raised them!!!

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Summary: goddamn you Americans!
Review: what is wrong with this film? so what, the "point" of the film (an invention of the film critics that came from hype, IMO) doesn't come across, but so what? it is very funny. the acting is amazing. the editing is awesome. the music fits the film perfectly (though the soundtrack alone seems kinda boring). this is just a psychedelic ride. it is trash, of course. but it's damn good trash. Oliver Stone's best film. (i might even say his only good one, though Midnight Express is excellent.)

and to that person who tried to blame this film for the Littleton shootings: it's people like you who slow down prevention against these sorts of tragedies. if you blame the media (especially auteur cinema), you're nowt but a smeghead. get lost.

this is the ultimate anti-American film. godbless Natural Born Killers!

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Summary: NUMBER ONE WITH A BULLET
Review: I first fell for this film by listening to Trent Reznor's soundtrack. I did not see it for the first time until 1996 and it was everthing that i had envisioned from the vivid portrait painted by the soundtrack. While this film will never be considered a "classic" film to most people it touches on many truths that prevail in our sick and twisted society that TV and our mass media has shaped. I have the directors cut version and if you listen closely to Mr Stone's commentary he ironically points out how our media turns mass murder into a circus, he made these statements in 1996 and look where the media has taken us today with the Colorado trajedy. there are many people who will never "get" what this movie is all about because they refuse to open their minds to what is really going on in the world, and has been for decades. In the words of Mickey Knox "you aint seen nothin' yet."

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Summary: Worst movie I've ever seen!
Review: There should have been a selection for ZERO stars as I give it no stars, period. After watching half way I wanted to puke! I felt disgusted I regretted watching it. Movies like these cause violence in today's society, senseless and stupid violence.

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Summary: a real stir
Review: natural born killers is the only movie after pulp fiction that give me real enjoyment. many people don`t like it, but i dont know why? it really has all the expression. . a true story of today`s life.

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Summary: Why doesn't this man retire?
Review: Oliver Stone is a man of little imagination and even less intelligence. Here's the message of "Natural Born Killers": Tabloid TV is bad. Mass murder is bad. Child abuse is bad. Cops are bad. Native Americans are good. Let's add some funky camera tricks to make this banality artful. Here is the message: See Dick run. Run, Dick, run. Run, run, run. Crap!

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Summary: Ollie Stone's view of America?
Review: What a piece of trash! For some reason, Oliver Stone CAN'T make a normal film without somehow beating up on his country! JFK was killed by a conspiracy that involved NIXON (???) and a secret cabal of pro-Vietnam War military industrialists, while Jim Morrison was haunted by an old Indian ghost who encouraged him to drink himself to death, and now it's the media creating crazed super-killers that are somehow modern-day heroes --- or at least that's how Ollie sees them! What kind of drugs is he taking? His movies are CRAP!!!