Anybody see this French movie? An interesting premise, a la Memnto, of starting at the end and going back to the beginning.This has got to be one of the most brutal and graphic movies I have seen. I have a pretty strong stomach, but as I was sitting on my couch in the dark with the wife out of town, I was squirming and wondering if the rage in the first half of the movie would let up.
A bit of a SPOILER here for those of you who haven't seen it and might - it has, IMO, one of the most gut-wrenching rape scenes ever. The camera just looks on as Monica Belluci, who is in fine form here, is raped for what seems like forever. It was a real test to see if I was going to make it just sitting watching this brutality. And there's another even more horrific scene before this.
Having said all this, I would probably see it again just for the honesty of its portrayal - a movie that doesn't hold back, doesn't gussy things up to make it more palatable for the audience.
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Topic - Irreversible - Beethoven 08:46:19 08/26/03 (13)
- Just saw it . . . - albee33 06:21:05 08/28/03 (1)
- Re: Just saw it . . . - Beethoven 11:58:48 08/28/03 (0)
- Monica Bellucci has taken a lot of on-screen abuse. - TAFKA Steve 19:48:28 08/26/03 (6)
- Re: Monica Bellucci has taken a lot of on-screen abuse. Right! And the skirt she - tinear 13:02:57 08/27/03 (5)
- Remember how porcine she was in "Tears of the Sun" . . . - albee33 17:54:04 08/27/03 (2)
- One of my favs this year, but I don't think that she cared for the locations too much....... - Chris Garrett 16:22:59 08/28/03 (1)
- Good thing? Depends on her horizontal orientation and proximity in relation to yours. n - albee33 12:50:30 08/29/03 (0)
- There ought to be a law. - TAFKA Steve 15:54:43 08/27/03 (1)
- As far as I am concerned... - Beethoven 17:35:23 08/27/03 (0)
- Re: Irreversible - patrickU 11:06:55 08/26/03 (0)
- Memento? - Chris Garrett 09:10:43 08/26/03 (2)
- Re: Memento? - Beethoven 09:47:40 08/26/03 (1)
- Sorry, I totally misread your post this morning....... - Chris Garrett 12:04:26 08/26/03 (0)