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The cow scene, the gay scene and the final scene.

posted 12 years ago by BernardoLima
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I really liked this film but at the same time that cow (or whatever animal it was) scene was one of the most awful things I have ever seen.

It makes you wanna stop consuming meat almost immediately.

So fking awful...

On one hand, I did hate it, on the other hand, It's important to show all aspects of life, right? And animal cruelty is definitely present today.

Regarding the "gay scene", I don't know why but the moment that scene started I though right away, this guy is gay and he's gonna come out to someone on the phone.
I loved that scene. I'm a straight male but I did get teary eyed. It was awesome.

Regarding the final scene, what do you think the girl meant when she said "I feel that something special happened tonight" ?

[–] aquaphx 12 years ago

yeah the animal cruelty scene is troubling but i think it's very important. i've seen worse on PETA, but still disturbing.
i think we should all less consuming meat.

about the final scene, at first i thought that she's going to suicide. but then may be the 'something special' is about the movie or it is just her keeping the hope up or could be the thunderstorm lol i dunno..

[–] sgraf_x 12 years ago

About the final scene; in the context of the film what she said is relevant and in reference to the entire world. Not that something special happened in her life but that somewhere in the world something special happened.

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[–] lightsodim 12 years ago

after watching a video of slaughterhouse footage, i immediately gave up eating meat and have never looked back. that scene of the cow in the slaughterhouse made me furious, she was so beautiful!
i feel like the last scene this girl was saying how she's nothing special, just a normal girl. but here she is, closing footage in a movie. that makes her pretty special now!

[–] ricardo78 12 years ago

I too gave up eating meat! Meat must be the biggest con ever.

"All you get from killing monkeys is a deep sense of shame." - Alec

[–] new_world81 12 years ago

better not find you eating fish too then. have fun with cabbage....

seriously, where do you think meat comes from? trees? Yes it's tough to watch but people need to eat and also this is better than what they used to do (sledgehammers with a slow death)

[–] ricardo78 12 years ago

I don't eat fish either.
What on Earth do you think, who gave you the right to eat an other being which clearly wants to live? Animals are like children, they are like our little brothers and sisters, and regardless how they behave, we have responsibility towards them as we are more intelligent and ideally more wise.
Nobody have to eat meat that's a myth. If anything, a meat free diet will likely make you fat.
Actually meat eaters are the implied cause of starvation on earth from a global perspective. As you should know generating meat for 1 person costs as much resource as generating fully nutritious vegetarian food for 6 person. If all those extra vegetarian food were distributed equally, there wouldn't 40.000 children die every single day directly and indirectly because of starvation.
How is your conscience now? You are practically complicit in mass child murder.

All you get from killing monkeys is a deep sense of shame." - Alec

[–] chad-pace 12 years ago

"The cow scene" was inappropriate. There, I said it. This is why in every other movie they say, "no animal was harmed in the making of this film." It's because they know it's extremely detrimental to watch.

I was going to use the word "disturbing", but then I realized the people behind the scenes were probably pushing an anti-animal cruelty message. They wanted to disturb people into the cause. Now, this may presumptuous - and maybe it is. But why would they have a scene in a slaughter house between other scenes of PEOPLE living their lives. Kind of weird.

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[–] AttackoftheKillerVacuum 12 years ago

The cow scene made me hungry for hamburgers. Kind of like how halfway through SUPERSIZE ME, I stopped the film, ran out, and bought some McDonalds to eat while finishing the movie. The reason they had the scene in the slaughterhouse in a film about people living their lives was...well...because it was part of someone's life. It's just part of their job and they probably have it down to a routine.

As to the gay scene, I thought the exact same thing, at least as to calling that he was gay and going to come out. I don't know why you couldn't figure out why you thought he was gay, I mean, everything about that guy's appearance screams gay. I thought it was kind of obvious before he even said anything.

As to the final scene, I don't know why people are reading so much into it. She was just trying to get her say in before the day was out.

[–] kaosdragonslayer 12 years ago

This vegan crap is annoying, in my opinion, not eating meat because some dumb animal dies? Come on, get some balls/guts. Also, the chick at the end? Attention whore. She had nothing to contribute, so just said some "poetic" *beep* to get screen time.

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[–] MadchenJ 12 years ago

How does eating the meat mean you have balls/guts? You're not the one suffering and dying. You're the one sitting on your fat ass eating. That makes no sense at all. Saw off an arm so some rich guys can have a gourmet meal and brag how they've eaten monkey brains, duck embryo and human meat. Then I'll say you had balls.

Sounds just like those hunters who brag on how bad ass they are to kill a deer. It's not hand-to-hand combat, you pull a trigger. Not tough at all.

[–] AttackoftheKillerVacuum 12 years ago

"Saw off an arm so some rich guys can have a gourmet meal and brag how they've eaten monkey brains, duck embryo and human meat. Then I'll say you had balls."

Wait...how would sawing off his arm provide someone with monkey brains and duck embryo in addition to human meat? He must have one funky arm.

Also, I haven't had monkey brains or duck embryos, but now I really want to.

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[–] MadchenJ 12 years ago

Yeah, usually young guys with testosterone in their veins to prove will try to eat as many species as possible to feel bad-assed. I live in a town with mostly 35-younger Navy and aircraft repair so eating alligator meat or live squid or what have you is really big here. It makes them feel all tough and daring and macho.

Girls do the same thing but by buying Coach purses to enhance their self-worth as women. I think it's pathetic but you have to mature past that after awhile and some people don't or don't care to.

Didn't you see the guy in the movie in the Philippines eating the duck embryo (he put salt on it)? He had this smug self-satisfaction like, "Ha ha, aren't I the sh-- I put that in my mouth and swallowed it whole on camera. Did you get that? That was awesome." No regard for the animal whose life he just ended, that isn't thought of at all. Just his moment of trying to be a bad ass.

[–] sirmalker 12 years ago

That's how they slaughter cows. Generally not perceived as cruelty. Though you are entitled to think it as such, and maybe right in doing so, but I won't say that you are.

I'm better than you.

[–] Deion-Sandals 12 years ago

"One of the most awful things I have ever seen" is overstating it (especially considering you see that 18 people were trampled to death in the same day, and even that is probably far from the most awful thing most of us have seen). I do agree though that it makes you think differently about eating meat, at least for the rest of the day. I just watched it for the first time a moment ago and I'm about to go to sleep, so it's entirely possible I'll wake up tomorrow and have pushed this scene into the back of my mind.

I think anybody who has ever seen a gay person before could instantly tell the guy was gay. I'm a straight male like you though and I also got a bit teary eyed at this scene, which surprised me because there are many emotional scenes (some far more emotional than this one), but it's just touching to see someone do something courageous and be instantly rewarded for it (I think the teariness started for me when you hear him say "I love you too," bc until that moment you don't know how she's going to respond). This was actually the only moment in the film that brought a tear to my eye, though it wasn't my favorite scene or the most emotional one there is something intangible about it.

I was slightly disappointed by the final scene bc although it was fitting in a way, it doesn't really have the same emotional impact as the rest of the film. However I think the 20-25 minutes leading up to this scene more than made up for it, as this was an intense rollercoaster of emotions (I know that phrase is overused but it is appropriate in this case).

Lambo guy stole the movie though

(sarcasm)

[–] Zero_Wolf 11 years ago

It makes you wanna stop consuming meat almost immediately.

Did you?

what do you think the girl meant when she said "I feel that something special happened tonight" ?

That is doesn't matter if nothing out of the ordinary occured, just being alive is a miracle in and of itself.

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[–] timlin-4 10 years ago

Yup, I hate cows so much I spend my days killing them, but burn the corpses so that they don't have the consolation of being put to a useful purpose.