Teeth Breaking

[kneeshooter]

This was just going to be a post about Hard Candy, but I've somewhat been put off my stride by watching the opening credits to UFO and noticing an apostrophe crime. I can even forgive the clouds of smoke generated from the "underwater" SKYDIVER, but not a misplaced '.

Oh well.

Anyway, teeth crackingly good sweets. If you haven't seen it then do. If you are attached to your testicles then think slightly more carefully, then go anyway. It's not an easy or pleasant film to watch and in many ways is an "almost ran" rather than truly brilliant but it does show how cinema can be done.

The acting is excellent, the storyline is intriguing (rather than engaging) but at the end it throws it all away. I put this down to an american desire for ultimate Black and White over ambiguity and a need for closure. It would have been much braver and more to my taste, if not as neat and tidy, if there had been anagoresis rather than justified righteousness in the final scene.

If that doesn't make sense - go and see the film; if it does - do you agree?

Comments

[litt1e-n0thing.livejournal.com]

I thought the sudden push to have a solid storyline at the end seemed a bit odd, i'd been convinced all the way through you were either not going to know, or she'd assumed entirely wrong. And honour student is one thing, private stalker detective is quite another!

Was very good though, with added amusement coming from flywingedmonkey's obvious discomfort on the Testicle Scene..heheheh :P

[kneeshooter]

I think it would have been much stronger if we had not had any definitive answer. It maintained the ambiguity all the way through very well, then had a complete change of mind it seemed.

[marcushill.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I thought it would have been better not to know for sure. Also, didn't anyone else see the "twist" at the end of the testicle scene coming a mile off?

[averylaterabbit.livejournal.com]

yup better off not knowing.

P.S. I think If i was only using an ice pack Im SURE i would notice.