TS; I'm with you 100% (and I'm a woman.. and a feminist). Out of the bunch of "those" movies (irreversible & co), this is my second favorite (after ACO). And I definitely agree with you on ACO and the Alex-wannabes who haven't understood the movie at all.
With these kind of movies (I also consider 'Life of brian' to be one of them, violence isn't the only way to force us to think), there are four types of responses:
1) Violence! Blood! Sex!! AWESOME!!! (typically 15 year olds who faps to gore)
2) Violence? Blood? Sex?? HORRIBLE!!! (typically women, especially radical feminists)
3) I get the message, but I feel that there should have been more to this movie.
4) I get the message, this is brilliant.
This movie makes men uncomfortable because they don't want to view women in "that" way - as humans, who are perfectly capable of such heinous behavior.
This movie is very sad, it's also funny, it's thought-provoking, and I think that this is a MUST SEE for all women, especially feminists. But they/we need to chill out and not let the visual aspect get in the way of understanding what this movie is about. It's an extremely important movie imo.
I'm not too impressed. I've just come to dislike movies where women would rather sink into their depression and PTS instead of seeking help.
Uhuh. Did you dislike ACO for the same reason? Irreversible? Salo? Caligola? It has nothing to do with depression or PTS, but I'm glad that you make a point out of them being women - you're halfway there.
By emulating the behaviour of their attackers
They're not. They're emulating typical male roles in "violent" movies. It has nothing to do with their attackers or previous abuse.
they don't accomplish much except to point out that women are just as capable of snapping and going crazy when it comes to violence, as men are.
That's the only thing that the author was trying to point out. What else did you want? Entertainment?
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