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Summary: An attempt at the impossible
Review: When I first watched Requiem for a Dream I didn't know that I was getting a guided tour through Hell. As a big fan of Pi already, I was very excited to see this movie. Not being 17 at the time, I didn't see it in the theatres, so I rented it when it came out (the edited version.) I bring it home and start up my self-deconstruction. A few friends that had seen it were discussing it and talked about how intense the movie was. I go through Summer and Fall not understanding how they could think this movie was intense... I was rather confused. Then Winter set in and I realized what exactly they were talking about. I could try to explain how this movie had me crying in a fetal position or how I couldn't sleep because all I could think about was the movie. It wouldn't help, I have tried it before, reccomending this movie to all that I thought would understand the impact of this work of art. The best I can do is say, rent this movie, and watch it.
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Summary: Wow....
Review: A dark movie, not one to watch with those faint of heart. A beautifully disturbing account of the minds and worlds of drug addicts. A television/diet pill junkie and three dope fiends. The acting of both Marlon Wayans and Jared Leto are amazing. These boys donot get enough credit. That ending. Wow. It is the most un-sexually stimulating sex scene in a movie ever. This is a film that will stick to you and sneak into your mind when you least expect it.
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Summary: a masterpiece!
Review: this film made me feel every human emotion possible. i am 15 years old and yes i have already tought of taking drugs.of course my parents taught me that drugs are bad but im unsure that in a situation i would have turned drugs down because of my curiosity of drugs that every teenager has.i watched this movie with my mother ,she knew that it was rated nc-17 but since it was about drugs she tought it it would frighten me from taking any drugs .she was right.every teenager who ever tought of taking drugs should see this movie because in our society drugs are commercialised as fun to take (like in the movie next friday)and that of course arouses our curiosity. requiem for a dream showed me the pain ,the horror and the lost of using drugs.this film should be shown to adolescents!the mpaa rated the film nc-17 making it unaccessible to anyone of the adolescent age.the mpaa must be afraid that it will destroy our fragile little minds,when in reality a film like the r-rated next friday can do much, much more damage.to any parent reading this if you have an adolescent at home make them watch requiem for a dream ,you never know it may one day save their life.
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Summary: A MOVIE THAT WILL STAY WITH YOU FOREVER
Review: Some scenes in this movie will stay with a person for the longest time especially those last scenes. Can't wait for BATMAN 5!! Darren Aronofsky is one of the greatest director's I have ever seen.
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Summary: Show me the Oscar!
Review: This film sure deserved an Oscar. I have never seen a film that made me feel with the characters (yeah, yeah, I laughed, I cried, it worked). It took me two days just to get the images out of my head long enough for me to drive to work. That's what is great about this film: the images. The dialating pupils, carnivorous refridgerator, the TV game show constantly screaming. Yeah, I did cry at the end. I ain't ashamed.
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Summary: Incredible DVD for an incredible movie
Review: There's a reason this is #55 on the top 250 movies on IMDB.com. Absolutely brilliant picture, read the reviews here and at IMDB.com to get all the praise.Since there is no linked DVD review here, I wanted to mention that this movie has an incredible DVD translation. Dolby Digital has never sounded so good. Those of you lucky enough to have a 5.1 set up, you must rent this DVD. The back speakers get as much play as the front ones and it adds *significantly* to the experience. It would be a wonderful showcase for home theater stores, if the movie wasn't so disturbing.
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Summary: Boring, pretentious, and moralizing
Review: Aronofsky uses every gimmicky camera and editing move in the book in an attempt to jolt some life into this otherwise leaden addiction movie. It doesn't work. Ellen Burstyn chews the scenery, Jared Leto commits an aural atrocity with his Brooklyn accent, and Jennifer Connolly just sits there--every now and then you catch her using one of the two expressions in her repertoire. This movie is pointless.
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Summary: Aronofsky showing off
Review: Aronofsky provied with Pi that he was a filmmaker to watch, bold and restless, but a bit too clever for his own good. Requiem for a Dream magnifies these faults, but still holds promise for his future. Still, no amount of razzle-dazzle can hide the fact that the film holds little interest in human terms, other than watching the director torture his junkies. The story is your standard movie-of-the-week cautionary tale. The performances are uniformly excellent (Burstyn in particular is put through the wringer), but to what end, exactly? Drugs are bad, sure. What else have you got? The early scenes are promising and if Aronofsky and Selby had stuck to comparing the lonely Burstyn's addictions to food, television and longing for fame to her son's herion addiction, they might have been on to something special thematically. What they've given us instead is little more than a manic exercise in style that finally falls under the weight of its own inventiveness. Aronofsky throws everything at the viewer but the kitchen sink (including, literally, the refrigerator), but he's trying so hard to be noticed that you quickly forget to care much about his two-dimensional characters. For a more successful riff on the same theme, try Trainspotting, which is similarly harrowing and stylistically inventive, yet somehow more emotionally resonant.
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Summary: Amazing, and unlike anything you have ever seen
Review: I recently purchased Requiem for a Dream on DVD and was blown away... all the originality and style of Pi (Darren Aronofsky's freshman effort) had been super-evolved to a state of near perfection. This movie is simply beautiful to watch... incredibly striking and original camera effects.. wonderful split screens and amazing cuts. This movie packs a visual knock out. Beyond the sheer delight of how it is presented, the story is very complex and compelling... the 4 characters in which this movie centers on are all very well developed, each of their fates unfolding before you like some wicked nightmare. Ellen Burstyn portrays her character (Sarah Goldfarb) with particular skill... her fall into the depths of addiction is an amazingly interesting spiral. Do not watch this movie and expect some uplifting message or moral resolution to all the depravity. Requiem for a Dream presents you with all the horrors that humanity is capable of, and then walks away, leaving you to deal with it on your own. It is extremely dark and jaded, but it is in that honesty that the movie becomes so powerful. This is an incredible movie, and I don't think *any* DVD collection is complete without it.
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Summary: Thought Provoking, Sensory and Soul Journey
Review: This is by far one of the best movies I have seen in years. The reality of our lives, our addictions to love, life, pills, alcohol, and the turmoil of every day existence and our search for love and happiness -- is so realistically and beautifully represented in this film. It will challenge your beliefs, grip your soul, and force you to look within and compare youself to the characters in the film. I recommend this to anyone who enjoys a superbly filmed masterpiece.
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