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Summary: The ABSOLUTE WORST film ever made
Review: When director Stone gave viewers Jim Morrison's euphoric, visual perspective of his drunken, drugged journey in "The Doors," it was a hint of what would later come. In-your-face directing, fast edits and psychedelic direction becomes a bore within the first five minutes. This is as cynical as movies get. The plot: the "media," news media that is, plays up serial killers Harrelson and Lewis as heros. The performances are great, but Stone's direction of the film is just awful. Impossible to bare for more than 20 minutes. Most critics and viewers agree. Stick to "Wild at Heart" or "Thelma and Louise."
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Summary: Dazzled at the movie theatre
Review: The graphic violence, visuals and frantic pace of the movie entralled me in the movie theater. I will always remember their NBK characters whenever I see Woody Harrelson and Juliet Lewis. An artistic masterwork. If a movie is suppose to make you feel, this movie made me feel. I compare it to how I felt during parts of Jurassic Park 1, Return of the Empire, Pulp Fiction. But with NBK the feeling lasted throughout the entire film. Disclamer: I haven't seen it on the small screen yet, and I originally saw this movie in theater with no idea what it was about.This film made me feel how I imagine someone on psychadelic "shrooms" or acid might feel.
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Summary: sarcastic
Review: This film means to be sarcastic about public and media hunger for violence in our culture. Any comments other than that about it are missing the point. I wouldn't see it twice though.
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Summary: This Movie is interesting
Review: This movie does not as people say glorify violence. It shows the amamture careless nature of people in the 20th century. That's all. The way Oliver Stone shows it is interesting. The film techniques are great. Love the camera angles and B/W. That's what brought me on to it. There is a huge difference between Tarantinos version and Oliver Stones version. Director: Oliver Stone Cast: Woody Harrleson, Tommy Lee Jones, Tom Sizemore, Julliette Lewis and Robert Downey jr.
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Summary: Time has not been kind.
Review: when I was 14 I thought this film was a cinematic achievement. But now looking back at it, I don't even really find Bob Richardson's photography that interesting,which is the primary main attraction here as with all of Oliver Stone's films. The Rodney Dangerfield scene however is wonderful, the rest isn't.
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Summary: Too radical for this era
Review: I watched this film when I was younger, and I couldn't understand a thing about it, except that M&M where insane. However, when I was older I watched it again and was amazed! I'm not going to use a large vocabulary like so many others, although I could, but the results will be that a great deal of people won't understand what I'm saying. All and all this movie gives us everyday joes a look at the power the media has on us. It shows us how, even though the media are bloodsucking, heartless people, we make them that way by living by there every word like it's a bible or something and always craving for more of the same carnage and madness. Personally, I don't think that the 90's was ready for this film, that not only was it far too radical and extreme, but also a film in which you need to devote a great deal of thought towards. This is a film like no other, but keep in mind that if you pay attention half heartedly to NBK, then you'll walk away unsatisfied and scratching your head in a questioning way.
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Summary: Meant to be a Parody
Review: 'Natural Born Killers' is meant to be a spin-off of the image of violence that the public has given our society in the past decade or so. The movie is also a detailed bio of the lives of the unfortunate few people out there who end up becoming mass murderers. The public, in general, recognizes our ability to see things on television that may be sexual or violent and laugh at them and not try to generate that material to reality. But, when a child does copy actions from TV, businesses get sued and so on. This movie justify's why violence does take place; from sexually abused children growing up and not from things that we see on television. The 'I Love Mallory' scenes were meant to mock the public's image of violence, vulgarness and sex on television to show where the line is drawn between television entertainment and reality. The content is pretty graphic; the only reason that this wasn't given an NC-17 rating was because it had a lesson behind it; which was that television is responsible for nothing.
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Summary: Hate to disagree...But I must!!!!
Review: I guess almost everyone missed the point Stone was trying to make here. Social Satire! He pokes fun at everything in sight, from the exagerated actions of our two anti-heroes (Harrelson & Lewis), the hypocrisy of rating-hungry sensationalistic "tv" reporters (Downey), to the justice system and the corrupt fools who run it, to law enforcement in general, even to the capture scene with the police resorting to barbaric measures for no reason whatsoever! Not to mention a miniscule supporting roll for Dangerfield that was worthy of an Academy Award in my book! No, I am not a sick person who laughs at car accidents or mass-murder, nor do I condone the actions of Harrelson and Lewis as socially acceptable. I just enjoy a great flick, and this is one!
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Summary: Oliver Shows Quentin How to do IT!
Review: This, along with Q. Tarantino's 'Pulp Fiction'once again lit the blue touch paper in the 'Violence in the Movies' debate. Is this film worth all the hype? - YES it is, but not for it's violence but for the sheer audacious movie making that Oliver Stone had once again shown. Out has gone a lot of Quentin's snappy and witty dialogue, although the QT trademark is there, but the showmanship of OS is at the forefront. This is what Q. Tarantino would and could not have acheived - a mad, bad and altogether out of body movie which debates that society and the media should be more accountable for their actions in the depiction of violence that is all around us. This is a complete cop out and should be ignored at the outset. Take this movie with a large pinch of salt and sit back and marvel at the splicing of different filmstocks 35mm Super 8 and also the fusing of cartoons in some areas. Plot, there is no plot, Mickey & Malory Knox ( Woody Harrelson / Juliette Lewis) kill and they enjoy it they have no morals, scruples and no compunction in doing what they do! Superb performances from all concerned above and also Robert Downey Jnr., Tommy Lee Jones and Tom Sizemore. This disc is nothing short of brilliant as it has superb missing/deleted scenes, alternative ending and one of the best audio commentaries fom Mr. Stone himself into the sights and insights of the film. Good / Bad? You decide, although it's not easy watching... you have been warned.
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Summary: Wow!
Review: Oliver Stone tries to capture one thing: he wants to show how America reacts to violence. Although he, himself, violently took the script away from Quentin Tarantino and changed almost everything except for the names, did a good job, I recommend this film to many Olvier Stone fans. And if you pay attention, you don't see as much violence as you think. Oliver always has a way of doing that. If you liked this, I recommend Reservoir Dogs, Silence of the Lambs and for Oliver Stone fans, Platoon, which if you are a fan, you should of already seen it!
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