Sunday, August 16, 2015

Movie "Requiem for a Dream"


I just saw this for the first time the other day and I was really surprised actually. It's been a little hard for me to watch movies on my computer lately. With all the detracting questions I always feel compelled to answer in the middle of a movie like "Who is that actress? I've seen her in a commercial or something before" or "Oh wow! What's that song?" or even "This is boring. I wonder what I've been missing the past 30 mins on Facebook" 

This was different. It my have just been something in this new strain I bought but I was weirdly hooked into this movie. Somehow I cared more about every character in this movie than the main characters in some other movies I've been watching recently. It showcases all of the evils of addiction while still maintaining empathy for all of the characters struggling with them. Along with showing how big of a factor loneliness plays into the pain that these characters so desperately what to escape from.

It actually reminded me a lot of this comic I read a while ago

Pi is the only other film I've seen from Darren Aronofsky and I liked that a lot too. "Black Swan" Is next on my list from him (To be honest all of his others one's seem kinda lame based on their trailers haha)


I don't know how to end this



P.S. 
If you watch it backwards it's a lot less depressing

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