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What do you think the film 'Natural Born Killers' is trying to convey (if anything)? What did you get out of it?
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What was your favorite part?
What was your least favorite part?
Who is your favorite character?
Rate the film from 1-10 (10 being best)
Any additional comments about the film are appreciated!
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What I got most out of it is a reminder to stop being a judgemental prick. I was convinced I was going to dislike it, that it would mean anything, just more selling of violence as cool and entertaining. I'd also underrated Woody Harrelson's versatility (which I've done twice in my life).
As for the film itself, I like it very much indeed. How often do you see the cop who apprehends serial killers being seen as the bad guy? He isn't the bad guy, he's just doing his job (which is to stop serial killers) but our sympathies have been twisted in favour of two people who have problems and whose problems are made worse by the media and, ultimately, by we people at home with our prurient interest in what they'll do next.
The question is, is it our fault for wanting it or the media's fault for giving us what we want?
Favourite scene is when Tom Sizemore's character arrests Mickey and Mallory. And he's my favourite character too. I'd rate it 8/10, maybe even a nine.
I didn't write that very well. I was talking about a general cop and then I went into Scagnetti's character so it looks like I meant it all about him. Scagnetti was the same as Mickey and Mallory. Bad childhood turned him bad. He also gets his fame and repute out of it (despite being a killer himself). I should really have talked more about this because it's pretty much the whole point of the film.
I got something else entirely from it. I don't want to say what yet because I don't want to influence anyone else who hasn't posted yet. I really wonder if anyone got the same impressions I did.
If you are talking about a show I have never heard of it. If you mean the word I think someone who is naturally psychotic enough to kill when they are born. As in born with something already wrong with them like Jeffrey dohmer.
Whenever I spoke to my friends in the past, we all tended to see it differently. I do think it's a multi-layered film and you can even watch it without any layers at all. I'm going to be interested to see what you and others thing too and yeah, it's a good idea to hold back for now. I tend to do that, as well.
The film is simply about over representation of violence in the media, and the love society has of such violence. It wasn't some big mystery, Stone stated what it was about. It's about how we all have a vicious side that can be influenced, such as Scagnetti losing his mother in the Charles Whitman shootings, only to grow up fascinated by and commit; murder.
Warden Dwight McClusky is my favourite character, because he shows the viciousness that molds these people, the evil on "the right side" of the law. He isn't concerned with how badly prisoners are treated, is cruel and cold hearted, making them feel the same. The cycle of violence, one of the key points of NBK.
Rodney Dangerfield deserves special mention, his character was very important to that film. Alot of people don't get those scenes, but it's very realistic in terms of many mass/spree/serial killers childhood home lives.
The film "worked" or more likely failed, as a bunch of people commited murders after watching it.
It's not a complex film by any means, but a great one if you can understand it being against violence, not promoting it.
"drop it!" (guard drops donut)
"the gun god damn it!"
it is a 9/10
My favorite parts are the dialogues, the camera, the comic style scenes... I fucking love the whole movies, the actors... Juliette Lewis, Robert Downey Jr. and Woody Harrelson, the 3 most attractive people in film business, are main characters
I consider it my most favorite love movie
I tell you what ARE some good films that I saw recently.
The Cloud Atlas
Lawless
Flight
Dredd 3D
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
It's been a while since I've seen the movie but I see it as a strange love story. Simple, I know. It does have many themes but that's what I remember about it.
My favorite part is when they are in the desert with the Indians and they accidentally kill one of them. They have no problem with killing innocent people but they clearly didn't mean to hurt the man trying to help them and felt remorse.
I also really enjoyed the part where Mallory is in her cell singing and at some point she runs headfirst into the glass and knocks herself out.
I can't think of my least favorite part. Nor do I have a favorite character. I do like the movie as well as the soundtrack to the film. I give it a strong 8.