requiem for a dream..

you know, i'm not really sure what to think about this movie. i loved the way it was filmed. but i'm not crazy about the story. it made me laugh some, but thats about the only reaction i had to the storyline. and i mean... laughter definatly wasn't the intended response. at least i wouldn't think so.

 

i think its effin' fantastic. brilliant movie.

 

I watched it for the third time last night and loved it just as much as the first

 

It was really good, and depressing just like I knew it would be.

It's not the sad that makes you want to cry, it's the kind that gives you a completely numb feeling. Sometimes I think it's the numb sad that has more meaning.

Anyway, I'd like to watch it again sometime to appreciate more than just the story.

 

I just saw this movie about a half hour ago. Wow. So intense.

So sad. Mrs. Goldfarb was the saddest. When she was talking to her son about how she was happy, and she was shaking... that was probably the most moving/painful part for me. I agree with Jacob that Ellen Burstyn should have gotten an Oscar for that role.

 

It's extremely depressing and painful to watch...by far one of my favorite films ever.

 

To seamonster, I don't think you are meant to watch this movie as pure 'reality', but as more of an allegory, anyway. And on another level, I don't believe the implication is that ALL of NYC had run out of heroin, but that this particular neighborhood and it's junkies were unable to score for whatever reason, which does happen once in a while in any city, even NY. And if you don't know anyone outside of the circles that you are used to, it is harder to come across a random person to find heroin. As you suggest, it's not like its sold in the supermarket. On the other hand, while yes the supermarket scene was quite exaggerated, you would be naive to think that there's not a single supermarket in NYC that has not had some drugs sold out the back.

 

I saw this last night for the first time, great editing, I must say i did cry at the end.

 

I had this filmed hyped to me alot before I first saw it several years ago and I was dissapointed. I felt that out of the 4 main characters stories, only that of Sara Goldfarb was brilliantly executed and achingly poignant. I can't fault Ellen Burstyn's performance and the incremental disintegration of that character had me glued to that particular plot. However, for me, the other 3 characters were flawed for the simple fact that I neither related to nor felt any amount of empathy for any of them. It's my understanding that strong emotional content in any film hinges on being able to open a channel of identity between the characters and the viewer whereby the emotions in the film are vicarious aswell as merely translated. Unfortunately when it came to Tyrone C. Love and Harry Goldfarb, I could only see their stories as justified inevitabilities involving tragedy that they had brought upon themselves. For this reason, the only sensibility I drew from the direction of their plots and their performances was one of mild complacency. That has changed slightly with more recent viewings as now I actually find the idea of Jared Leto losing an arm both amusing and satisfying.

The biggest reaction I had to this film was at the finale of Marion Silver's story (you know that most notorious scene!). Again it was a very predictable outcome but this time it was one I was hoping for from the onset of the film because, quite frankly, I've been wanting to see Jennifer Connelly do that since I first saw Labyrinth! Hot!

From a more technical perspective, yes the cinematography in this film is gorgeous, lots of lingering, artistic shots with a clever use of silence in some places. So thumbs up there.

So there you go, that's how the jaded perspective of my brain totally undermined the emotional value of this film for me!

 

I agree with you that this is a major problem with the film.

What the film is really about is dreams, not drugs; but with so much focus on drugs, it's hard to remember that these were just everyday people one time. Especially with Marion, you would think that the screenwriters could emphasize this a little better.

 

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Great Movie!!!