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Main message of this movie?


Is this movie, and similar other films of this ilk, basically saying that - (in this case) male rapists are SO horrible, awful, brutal, sick, and just all around irredeemable inhuman monsters that if they are to do something like this as shown in this movie, and if its somehow difficult or impossible to report them to the police and have them jailed, they deserve to die a painful death and the victim at their hands, in this case female and played by Camille Keaton, is 100% correct and to be applauded as a hero/heroine?

And as CIVILIZED people, including those who RIGHTLY despise sexual offenders especially like here, are we to agree with it in every way shape and form, hook, line and sinker and left, right and middle?

The film, besides being a disturbing exploitation horror flick, seems to be saying so. (NOT that I "disagree" or anything.) But what do you think, thanks.

P.S. Yeah, in real life, we, as civilized beings, may indeed ultimately approach it differently, as in, no, we don't just state "let's kill them all" and believe it would sort the issues out. And many of those sensitive social sides, however unfortunate, are ultimately facts of life, which make this matter not one of a "heroes versus villains" type of variety, if you get what I mean, and many many do, in fact.

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NO MEANS NO.

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Mate, NOBODY is arguing about what rape is and whatnot, especially since in this film in particular, its clear that those men used violence and have brutalized her character several times throughout the day. And murder, by the way, is also an unforgivable offense which takes away another person's life, if we are talking about pre-meditated murder of innocent people who don't deserve it etc.

But IN THIS FILM, it wasn't just a matter of what happened to her character and whatnot, given that we have seen acts of violent revenge took place.

And since the film has shown us that, I wonder what else it may be telling us INCLUDING the fact that whether or not, IN ADDITION TO BEING hurtful, wrong AND ILLEGAL from law-point-of-view, rapists are ultimately SO horrible that they deserve to die.

That's more than just about "consent" or lack there of in sex to make it you know what. Its also - how IRREDEEMABLE rapists are and whether or not they DESERVE to die, and I got the feeling this movie was telling us - yes, ladies and gentlemen, they DO.

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Also, for your information Kowalski, a lot of people in my circles ALSO thought so, including some of my relatives.

And they didn't think the absolute same for other criminals including VIOLENT criminals as such, and to some extent, even murders and murderers didn't cause them this much an outrage. Or thieves etc, or bullies even.

And this film also somewhat shares their view as well.

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The director, if I’m remembering correctly, was in city park in New York City and came across a young lady who had been brutally raped. He helped her to the police station and it made a big impact on him. He decided to make a film about such a rape and how the victim extracts revenge. I don’t think there are any hidden meanings and nothing is glossed over. Rape is disgusting and horrible and those who commit it deserve the worst, in this case: death.

The directors first choice of title was “Day of the Woman” but was changed after 2 years because it just wasn’t doing well in the theater.

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WHAT THE FUCK DID HE SAY TO ME?🤯🥴

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He’s giving you some information but it’s confusing for sure. 😆

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And serial killers also deserve to be killed?

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I don’t know what’s right or wrong I’m just expressing the directors intent. The film started out as something with a message about our society. When it bombed in the theater it was repackaged as grindhouse exploitation for the money.

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I felt that it was STILL a grindhouse exploitation flick even WITH its message.

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It certainly has that feel.

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Because it is.

Also, check out its director Meir Zarchi's other work INCLUDING more recently his "I Spit On Your Grave: Deja Vu" and tell me that grindhouse B/C-Movie-esque exploitation ISN'T his main territory?

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THE MAIN MESSAGE IS...DEMI MOORE LOOKS DAMN FIND FROM BEHIND.👍

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It wasn't confirmed it was Demi Moore on the cover, rumored, yes, but not affirmed.

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She is on the record stating that indeed it is her.

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WHAT HE SAID?^

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It's main message is revenge, tapping into the frustration people have when they feel injustice has been done to them. While this movie is more graphic than most, there are others similar in theme, such as Death Wish, The Brave One, John Wick, The Crow, Gladiator, Kill Bill, and Carrie, among many others.

Revenge is not the same thing as justice. But what all of these movies have in common is they they make the audience feel the desire for revenge is justified, so they are empathetic with the main character seeking it. But in the end, they're just fantasy movies, and not instructional videos on how people should get revenge in real life. For some people, it's enjoyable to see that fantasy carried out on the screen.

Personally, I enjoyed I Spit on Your Grave. (The original more than the remake.) The woman was brutally raped, and the acts of revenge were both innovative and appropriately brutal. They deserved to die. (In the fantasy world the movie created, of course.)

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Main message - revenge is a dish best served in any way, manner, shape, or form.

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By the way folks...

Is there an ACTUAL truth to the viewpoint that such perpetrators are so awful and bad and whatnot, as well as of course dangerous, that if they legally happen to get away with it, they "deserve to die"? And is the fact that the law and not everyone out there shares THAT point of view, existence of some downright UNFAIR points of view in our sad world of humanity notwithstanding, really an example of humanity's flaw or does it have a truth to it that whilst inconvenient, frustrating and even downright painful for some, and also hurtful for others, does legitimately have a right to exist?

And must we feel this particular way to all or even MOST sexual offenders including those who fit into the 'r word' categories or other molesters, folks guilty of sexual assault and misdeeds etc, or should we, as civilized people, look at them as guilty perpetrators and offenders in need of punishment yes, but not necessarily of painful death or other similar and related aspects etc.

And do so because it actually IS the right thing to do and common sense as well, as much as victims do need help of their own yes and perpetrators do need punishment and people in general must know and remember never to officially commit such acts overall and hopefully ever again.

Also. Knowing what constitutes consent and whatnot IS indeed important, yes.

But what about certain or even many people who do it intentionally whilst having full knowledge of its wrongness and having perverse and sadistic desires that they sadly may not mind acting on? How do we educate the potentially or even the officially brutal psychopaths among us? And if some or other matters can be lessened if not eradicated, could psychopathy and sociopathy be done too, never mind if we have to do something to men's main organs here in such fields, maybe we should also target their BRAINS AS WELL?

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You've some new threads on this board.
The movie 'haunts' you for a longer and was already discussed.
However, here's my opinion about it.

Understandable that the woman took revenge after that horrible gang rape.
What she did was LYNCHING.
If society allows this vigilantism, we'll soon have blood feuds again.
And (supposedly guilty) people hanging dead on the nearest tree. ☠️​ ☠️​ ☠️​

This film was banned here and confiscated.
You can currently watch it again, but it's NOT approved for youngsters.
Take it as living out violent revenge-fantasies.
As fantasies (!) and hopefully not in real life. ☻

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Well yeah, no doubt, it was an act of VIGILANTE JUSTICE. :) Not that I ever argued or especially 'thought' otherwise.

In life, for reasons both personal AND objective, I'm not capable of such administrations personally but I hope you know, that it all works out well, if we HAVE to deal with it all personally and not just theoretically out of ideal thoughts.

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Hmmm...hmmm.
Apparently it's time for 'our' personal Russian-German anthem. ☺

Man-Eaters - Menschenfresser 1986 😈​
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaFDmwkjuP4

Man-Eaters are people too, but not always males.
Man-Eaters eat professors and hobos.
Man-Eaters can't smell people. (= don't like people)
Man-Eaters love to see people creep.

Man-Eaters have a heart for children.
Man-Eaters often live much healthier.
Man-Eaters sometimes eat vegan.
Man-Eaters aren't always blond Aryans.

And when Man-Eaters cry,
they feel terribly sorry for everything.
But they can't change it.
It's just a hard time.

Man-Eaters are regular people and hard working.
Man-Eaters aren't around just since '33.
Man-Eaters are often kind and gentle fathers.
Man-Eaters are often perpetrators out of conviction.

Man-Eaters rarely eat folks themselves.
Man-Eaters have thousands helpers.
Man-Eaters are never granted rest.
Man-Eaters are terribly busy.

And when Man-Eaters cry,
they feel terribly sorry for everything.
But they can't change it.
It's just a hard time.

Man-Eaters can play tennis and go horse-back riding.
Man-Eaters can be found on all sides.
Man-Eaters receive Man-Eater pensions.
Man-Eaters can bring it all the way to President.

Man-Eaters aren't always in it for the money.
Man-Eaters own almost the entire world.
Man-Eaters rarely show their faces.
Man-Eaters know everything about you.

Man-Eaters stand next to you at the counter.
Man-Eaters have never done a crime.
Man-Eaters receive Man-Eater pensions.
Man-Eaters can bring it all the way to President.
....
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Is that meant to be a parody of the song "Man Eater" by Hall & Oates, only in THAT song, it was about a manipulative woman who, well, basically manipulated men in that sense?

"Ooh here she comes, watch out boy, she'll chew you out, ooh here she comes, she's a man eater". (And its not to do with THIS movie, though.)

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No!!!...not a parody of that chewy song!...Hahahaha.
Your Maneater-song is a parody by itself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRYFKcMa_Ek Roar! 🐆​ ☺

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