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Summary: excellent cinematography + acting
Review: this movie grips the viewer virtually from the start and doesn't let go....the actors do an amazing job and aronofsky's directing and use of unique visual representations combine for a great movie and DVD.....watch it if you like things that are different, slightly attack your sanity and cool
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Summary: Very good
Review: It was directed by the same guy who did "Pi".
The movie is very dark...very intense & hardcore.
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Summary: Wow
Review: Truly an amazing experience. It shook me, surprisingly given my jaded persona. After it finished, I don't know whether to laugh or cry. It made me feel utterly hopeless. Like it wouldn't matter if I or anyone else died today, because the world would just continue to be a big, ugly mess. I hope we see more from this team. Aronfsky's films are the wave of the future.(P.S. The soundtrack is a MUST!)
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Summary: Surgeon's general warning: This movie will depress you...
Review: ...but nonetheless it's great. This movie is so fast paced that when I went out of the theatre I actually saw the rest of the people moving slowly . Requiem has a great cast and delivers an important message while scaring the hell out of you (I don't do drugs but after wtaching this movie I'll even quit smoking). There is no doubt about the power of this movie but people should remember that not every movie is suitable for everybody , so you have to be prepared for 1h 50 min of strong agression to your senses.
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Summary: I was speachless...
Review: What an amazing movie, I was speachless when I saw it. Everything is so great about that you won't believe it. It is the kind of movie that has everything well done, not a single error of dislikely thing, the type of movie that makes buy the dvd and the soundtrack. Darren Aronofsky is a genious no one can stant him. It's amazing to watch Ellen Burstyn and her passion for her TV game show, and how she changes at the end. Her acting is brilliant. Each drug in this movie causes the same mortal effect, it shows you clearly what could happen when your likes and passions get out of hands. Jared Leto prooves to me he's one of the best out there, he's such a great actor and has that strange look which is so fashionable and physically adaptable like in "Girl, Interrupted", "American Psycho" and "Highway", it's like whole new different Jareds for each movie he makes, he is definately unique. I never thought Marlon Wayans could make it so fine, in fact the casting of this movie is perfect, the visual effects are beautiful, the music is SO for the movie, it goes exactly in every part, the movie is so complete that you can't ask for anything else. So if you want to see a movie like no other, something that you are not going to in any other movie unless it is from the same director, buy this movie and buy the soundtrack. It is just great. My personal favorite.
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Summary: Superb Movie About The Reality Of Drugs
Review: Requiem For A Dream is a film which actually means something. Not your run-of-the-mill love story with some teen idol and some teeny bopping girl, no. It's about the reality of drug usage, mainly speed and heroin to be exact. When you watch this film, you will see how all four of their lives slowly deteriorate into nothing as they become addicted to the drugs and make it their lives. It starts off with Harry (Jared Leto) taking his mothers TV for drug money, starting off the journey to sadness. Then they come up with a master plan to sell the drugs to gain a profit and have it easy for the rest of their lives. But while they do this, Harry's mother Mary, gets a call saying she's going to be on television. So she takes out a red dress inwhich she wore to Harry's graduation, and noticed she has gained some wait. So she decides to go on a diet. She tries everything, and nothing worked, so she calls a doctor who prescribes her "uppers", or speed, if you will. Then as they start to wear off, she takes more and more at one time to keep the buzz, causing her to have frightening halucinations. On the other story, Tyrone (Marlon Wayans), a buddy of Harry's, gets busted after talking to his business connections and a shootout takes place. So Harry needs to spend all his money bailing out Tyrone, using up most of the drug profits and the rest of his money, causing his girlfriend Marion (Jennifer Connelly) to get extremely angered. You should see the rest to find the results of this mind-tingling and fairly-harsh movie, because you will enjoy it for its entertainment and its meaning. I cried at the end, which shows you I thought it was a very fine film. Have fun.
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Summary: Stunningly imaginative
Review: This is a movie about a woman trying to lose ten pounds, and her son, who wants to help his girlfriend open a clothing store. Only they're all on drugs. (And so, I would guess, is the director.) I mean all that in a good way. And it's one of the most visually imaginative films I've ever seen. But strange. Very, very strange.
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Summary: Faithful Adaptation of the Classic Tale of Addiction
Review: I've seldom seen a movie that is more faithful to its source material than Requiem for a Dream. The performances are marvelous throughout; it is a crime that Ellen Burstyn did not receive best actress for her performance, but Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly and Marlon Wayans are all great, as well. The slippery slope to addiction has rarely been portrayed so honestly. I have heard some complaints that the movie has no subtlety, but really, that is a reflection of the addict - there is nothing subtle about living for the next fix. That such people exist is no exaggeration - unfortunately, I have met a few myself, otherwise wonderful people who have lost themselves in the dream world of narcotics. How quickly that dream turns nightmarish! - which is, I think, rather the point of this fine piece of work. Don't miss the novel if you like the movie - it is extremely well written, and just as powerful, if not more so. Recommended for all but the squeamish.
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Summary: Sarah's Requiem
Review: Requiem For A Dream is a shocking veiw of the drug world and the true effects it has on people. Through its four characters, played brilliantly by Jared Leto, Ellen Burstyn, Jennifer Connelly, and Marlon Wayans, you see the effects different kinds of drugs have on different walks of life. The excitment of this wonderful film is nurtured and at times heightened by the amazing cinematography. This electrifying film will have you hearing the requiem of the lovable characters and dreaming about the chance that this could happen to you.
I thought that Requiem was a wondefful work of art that deserves to be seen by all that coudl fully appreciate it. I thought it was wonderfully done and perfectly cast. Ellen Burstyn's portrayal of the secluded and desperate Sarah was Oscar worthy and one of her greatest and most intriguing roles.
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Summary: Joyless in Babylon
Review: Requiem for a Dream is the story of the drug induced transformations of junkie turned dealer, Harry Goldfarb, his girlfriend (Jennifer Connelly), best friend (Marlon Wayans), and mother (Ellen Burstyn). This is a bleak and quite unpleasant film; still there is much to recommend it: good directing, camera work, special effects, editing and acting--particularly Burstyn in the role of Sara Goldfarb, whose addiction to television leads to something stronger. Burstyn's slow metamorphosis of the meek Sarah into a blithering psychotic is just a masterpiece of acting. Jennifer Connelly shows she's not on the silver screen just for her looks and handles a complicated role as the degenerating junkie girlfriend with real style and color. Leto and Wayans turn in memorable performances too as best friends turned failed drug dealers looking for one more good score to put them back in business. The fault with this movie is that it is virtually a manifesto of nihilism; compounded by a lackluster script and a tendency for certain scenes to run on too long. This said, I still think writer/director Darren Aronofsky should be applauded for an imaginative and unflinching treatment of an ugly subject.
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