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Biggest problem with this movie

posted 13 years ago by wordartist1
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Overall, I thought Affleck did a good job portraying a serial killer and the film was generally pretty decent. However, I felt at times like the director couldn't decide whether he wanted the film to be an unflinchingly serious and realistic portrayal of a killer like Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer or a slightly campy and over-the-top portrayal a la Natural Born Killers. I thought, in particular, the ending seemed like it belonged in Natural Born Killers or perhaps one of Tarrantino's films. If it were clear the ending occurred in Lou's imagination, it would have worked. However, I think it was supposed to be real, which made for a very farfetched ending to an otherwise brutally realistic (for the most part) film. I think it should have been realistic all the way through or over the top all the way through. Then this movie might have garnered 8 or 9 stars rather than a mediocre 6.

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[–] fuchsiasattic 13 years ago

I agree. It felt like the director couldn't decide what to focus on. There wasn't much of a flow, I guess.

[–] SavageBeauty 12 years ago

Yes, I agree also with the OP.

It was off the mark, truly. You know, I do like "edgy" movies but... one moment it was trying to be American Psycho mixed with The Hot Spot ... but something just didn't work in this film.

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[–] reignoffacts 12 years ago

The reasons he beat the women are all made very clear. I'm getting really sick of reading nonsense posted by people who don't even understand what happened in the film.

He wanted it to look like Elmer beat Joyce. Simple explanation.

He needed to get the cigar guy off his back, so he beat his wife and tried to make it look like she was raped. Simple explanation.

How can say he has problems with WOMEN? He shot Elmer in the face, and hung an innocent boy in a jail cell...

[–] RedMirror 12 years ago

I completely agree with you. Affleck did an amazing job but the direction the movie was going, it was like on then off made things much worse especially the ending..

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[–] joanna164 12 years ago

what was with all the saloon old timey feel good music...was that just to mess with our heads more?

[–] kcolli11 11 years ago

I think it was very clear that the ending was all in Lou's head. First of all, what kind of lawyer comes skipping and yelling down the halls of an insane asylum, especially yelling things as though he's Lou's best friend? And why would the officers have come inside the home without noticing the smell of gasoline?

I think at the moment that Lou sees the photos of Amy at night in his room in the asylum he has a psychotic break, and everything after the conversation with his nurse is all in his head.

[–] Yinky 11 years ago

Why do you think it was "very clear" that it was all in Lou's head? By the time Pullman came on the scene, my thoughts were "here's another thing that's not even remotely believable." (After reading on this board, I think you're right, that it was an hallucination, but at that point in the movie, I really didn't give a sh*t--it all seemed pretty stupid.) I didn't think ANY of the action in this movie seemed like it actually could happen (of course, I know weirder things have happened than this, but I like to think what I'm watching is at least realistic).

I viewed this because people on the Killer Joe board were making comparisons. They are two completely different movies. Killer Joe blows this away (no pun intended).

[–] shempXIV 8 years ago

re: First of all, what kind of lawyer comes skipping and yelling down the halls of an insane asylum, especially yelling things as though he's Lou's best friend?

VERY good point!