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good film, great dialogue! (spoilers)

posted 18 years ago by slimsticks
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I saw this movie the other night and I really enjoyed it. The thing that stood out to me was the way it was written. I loved the dialogue! It was beautifully done. The repetition really worked.

I found it to be hypocritical when the lover was being harassed for having glasses when the Nazi himself was wearing glasses. It's just another subtle hint of how asinine everything was. also how Clive Owen's character was able to get the medicine in the first place. another very hypocritical instance, but I guess it doesn't matter with violence.

Oh and did you guys think, the lover was going to be killed off so soon? I didn't.

The ending was very sad, Clive Owen's character really tried to hold on, I mean the man was pushed to the freaking limit and just couldn't take anymore.

S.I.L.

[–] perpetual_entropy 18 years ago

I reckon this movie is like a jar of Marmite- you love it or hate it! I have seen many reviews ranging from "AMAZING" to "REALLY BAD!" depending on how people react to its stagey feel.. But seeing as I'm an ex-Drama student trained to appreciate theatrical productions, I gotta say that this movie was very well made..and the blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameos by various famous stars make it even more entertaining :) Still, even thinking about it still depresses me, and I'm still thinking about the symbolism, non-naturalistic techniques, semiotics and the effective dialogue used- how little dialogue can really be expressive and effective. The irony in this film is very moving and this film doesnt have a clear protagonist- just a normal man with his own agenda. It was acted very sensitively and with such a deep intensity that it's bound to stay with me for a very long time..

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[–] slimsticks 18 years ago

I actually liked the stagey feel, it work w/ this film. Even though the paradigm was "bent", it still came across as a good film. It's funny you're an ex-Drama student, appreciating theatrical productions, whereas I'm a aspiring screenwriting, who works so much with the skeleton format of scripts but was still able to enjoy the stagesque feel of Bent.

"The irony in this film is very moving and this film doesnt have a clear protagonist-just a normal man with his own agenda. It was acted very sensitively and with such a deep intensity that it's bound to stay with me for a very long time."

Agreed!!!!!!

S.I.L.