Monster

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Summary: Monster
Review: I watched this movie some months ago, and it was shocking how a woman could live such a misserable life, with nothing to be proud of. What was amazing is how Charlize Theron, who is such a beautiful woman, could transform into Aileen (not only physically) but you could see a look of hate and sadness at the same time in her eyes, and could get so much into the character without feeling disgusted for herself, and portraying such a disturbed woman. Some parts are disgusting and shocking, but it is still a good movie, and Charlize Theron really diserved all the Awards she won. Christina Ricci also gives a good supporting-actress role as Selby, Aileen's lesbian love-partner.

I wouldn't watch it again, one time is enough, but I would recommend you to watch it.

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Summary: Disgusting!
Review: Believe it or not, but there are people out there who have experienced far more hell then Aileen Wuornos and yet they didn't become murderous hookers! I got the impression that the makers of this movie wanted the audience to feel sorry for this woman, and that's both sad and pathetic. NOBODY forced her to take the road she took in life; it's a cryin' shame what happened to her, but that's not an excuse to do all the terrible things she did. This movie is DISGUSTING and it shows all kinds of crap that shouldn't be seen by the human eye. Theron can act, but big frickin' deal! Her acting doesn't make up for this complete and total abomination! Save your eyes the horror and watch Finding Nemo instead.

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Summary: Good film...but can you say OVERRATED...
Review: Don't bash on me for this but I didn't find this film as most people say "AMAZING, RAW, INCREDIBLE!" I found it to be just plain average...I was pretty excited to see this film but ended up dissapointed. Theron did a great job but lets admit here, great acting...but Not a GREAT film. Christina did a fine job too I must say. I'll make this short and sweet for you, Good acting, Yeah it's based on a true story but it could have bin more convincing, some parts were NOT needed and I won't bring up those parts...and if they were..well...Sue me for saying that.

I thought it was just an average film, really I did, But I'll say it again this had some superb acting but just a really average film..which is based on a true story...

3.6 out of 5..

Peace..

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Summary: an odd movie to give high rating to
Review: charlize did an excellent job getting into supposed charactor(im sure eileen wasnt the all caring and misunderstood vagabond portrayed here).she is an adequate actress(is this term still used or are all just actORs?!?!?!).the story is simple and based on the life and death of eileen wournos-female serial killer.to take her side,you would think she did what anyone in her deprieved situation would have done - ''yes im a homeless hooker but how dare you expect sex from me?now gimme your money or die!''or you can say most of this is hollywood glamorization - ''yes im a homely homeless hooker with the streotypical good heart who was taken advantage of all my life.ok,well have sex,i wont enjoy it and god help you if you use profanity or call me out my name.''either way,its not a bad movie although the usaully competent christina ricci did her best to destroy it.it was done in by its own hype.the director did as expected,the pace was brisk,it kept me awake and wasnt over done by its soundtrack(not many movies can make these claims).yes it was onesided and the relatives of her victims might find this worth suing over.but as far as MOVIES go,not bad.

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Summary: Was mezmorized by the film
Review: Watched this one of the dish network "free nights" and thought it was pretty good...violent...yes...vulgar...yes, but overall very good film. I am just amazed at how someone can do what she did to these men and thier families....Charlize did and excellent job in this film and definatley deserved the awards that she recieved in them....:)

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Summary: Personally, one of the most impressive movies of all time
Review: I didn't watch this at the cinema. I watched it on DVD at home. I have to admit this movie was so strong I couldn't watch it at one go. I had to watch it a few scenes at a time. Now, with regards to gore and explicit nude and sex scenes, this movie is not over-the-top. In fact I'm impressed why a lot of people with negative reviews have been scandalized by the movie's sexual scenes. The most you see is Charlize's [...] and I think we should be used to seeing this type of flesh exposure on cinema and TV. Maybe it's the lesbic content of the sexual scenes that some people just can't digest. But, for me, that's just turning one's eyes away from an accepted reality nowadays. However, despite all this, this movie is still very strong.

Reading other reviews, I noticed that some people were angry at the movie for trying to justify murderers while other were angry at the movie for putting homosexuality in a bad light. This shows that ultimately the movie does not bias itself towards one perspective rather than another but it actually gives an objective picture of the story, leaving the viewers a space for their personal interpretation. Personally, I never thought the movie was trying to justify anything. Based (with an emphasis on the word BASED) on the true story of Aileen, of whom I made a bit of research on the internet, the movie highlights both the difficult childhood and youth of the serial killer and what she became in her adulthood. The movie doesn't try to justify Aileen at all. In fact, in one scene of the movie, there's a conversation between Selby and her aunt in which Selby sympathizes with her terrible past while her aunt says that not all people with a difficult childhood become hookers. The way Aileen's futile attempts to escape what she has become are depicted is done in a very effective manner. And finally, in the scene were Aileen and Selby are talking over the phone while the conversation is being taped, I couldn't not break into a waterfall of tears. The scene was so heartbreaking! I couldn't not feel for a character who lived like a stray dog, throughout her whole life was treated like a stray dog and in the end had to die unloved, just like a stray dog!

Ultimately, the movie's aim is not that of depicting Aileen as a good person. It depicts Aileen as a weak and fragile person who, throughout her life, was punished for her own bad decisions. Despite all of this, not everyone is intrinsically bad, and we see that Aileen was still a person in need of love, and who was still able to deeply love Selby. In other words, we get a very 3-dimensional view of the serial killer's character.

A very good but strong movie. So beware of this, whoever watches it!

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Summary: The Creation of a Killer
Review: If there was ever a more deserved academy award for a lead dramatic performance, Charlize Theron as serial killer, Aileen Wuormos, it most certainly is this one. Take away the latex, make-up and false teeth, the extra thirty pounds and damaged blond hair, and you would still have the unnerving personification of this tragic woman.

This dark tale, based on a true story, is disturbing on many levels. The character of Aileen Wuormos, on one level, is a terrible indictment of a compassionless society. A more accurate title for this film would be, "The Making of a Serial Killer." Aileen Wuormas was sexually abused as a young child by one of her father's best friends, and then beaten severely by her father for telling him. In effect, this little child was raped on a continual basis throughout puberty. Forced on the street at thirteen years of age, she turns to prostitution, and lives her life in this manner for the rest of her days. As the character states at one point in the film, no one knows what life is like as a homeless person and a prostitute, unless you are one, it is not an easy life, taking a tremendous amount of will to survive, but if it's the only thing you know to survive, you keep doing it.

In a seeming compassionless world, she meets a lonely young woman who reaches out to her. Selby (Christina Ricci) is a lovely enough girl, naive and inexperienced, but is weak, incapable of action, and utterly dependent. Though for the strong and independent Aileen, a perfect partner to care for and love. This is a complicated relationship, but in the end, a transparent one.

The turning point in the film, and for Aileen Wuormos, is the unmentionable incident, where she's beaten, made a prisoner, and horrifically raped. To save her life she retaliates as any person in the same situation would, killing her assailant. This sets her off onto a killing spree across Florida, assassinating Johns, found in compromising positions. When she finally confesses to Selby about the murders, her justification is,

"Everybody out there is killing and raping, and I'm the one out there killing them".

There is no justifying murder in any situation, unless in self defence, or in the organised arena of war, but writer/director, Patty Jenkins, has endeavoured to reveal to us another side, and that is a victim living on raw hopes and dreams that are continually crushed, unleashing a response, an almost primeval reaction of extreme violence.

This is a film that I would have no desire to see again, though brilliant, once is enough, as it is such a tragedy.