tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724552330122407809.post8346763331695668393..comments2023-11-03T01:50:13.028-07:00Comments on He Shot Cyrus: I Spit on Your Graveelgringohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16856962746924193109noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724552330122407809.post-51195058366500188602008-06-07T17:03:00.000-07:002008-06-07T17:03:00.000-07:00Saw Machine Girl last night at Roxie. Not sure whe...Saw Machine Girl last night at Roxie. Not sure whether it's relevant to your discussion on I Spit on Your Grave since I haven't seen it yet. Although it was all about a Japanese teen getting revenge on those who killed her brother. The grossness outweighs the hilariousness, and the film shows the ultimate way of objectifying/fetishizing women (yes, there's two women struggling together for a while yet the film ensures there remains one Final Girl) under the pretense of female empowerment. I wonder what you'd think..zeynephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04330807805420504503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724552330122407809.post-67308050510561349202008-06-06T21:50:00.000-07:002008-06-06T21:50:00.000-07:00Not to further your exploration of rape revenge mo...Not to further your exploration of rape revenge movies, but I noticed neither of you 2 have mentioned Gaspar Noe's beyond disturbing "Irreversible." It's the ultimate in rape revenge and although I'd never, ever "recommend it" to anyone, it's a pretty brutal and amazing film. And, it has Monica Belucci! Well, it has her getting raped for like, 5 plus minutes in one big, long take. Ack. See it...or, don't. Or, do.Don@PetalumaFilms.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05570900368693491772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724552330122407809.post-80832226581569325412008-06-06T12:12:00.000-07:002008-06-06T12:12:00.000-07:001. Damn you Whitney for calling me on the one poin...1. Damn you Whitney for calling me on the one point I didn't touch on. I began writing a paragraph on how the film can be a feminist statement even if that wasn't the director's intention. It was late, I was lazy, excuses are lame.<BR/><BR/>2. I never saw Hostel but I did watch Saw a few times. Is Irreversible the one with the sound playing through out that's supposed to make you sick to your stomach? I haven't checked this out yet but I intended to. Maybe a double feature of Irreversible and Ichi The Killer for a delightful evening? <BR/><BR/>Thanks for the comments!elgringohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16856962746924193109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724552330122407809.post-69627248011935092222008-06-06T10:39:00.000-07:002008-06-06T10:39:00.000-07:00This is a film, I've always meant to see, but have...This is a film, I've always meant to see, but have had trepidations about. I laughed at Hostel, I think it's a dark comedy, but I too draw the line at rape... especially if it's this detailed and long. I probably won't bother now. <BR/><BR/>Irreversible, an otherwise great film, is another film with a hard to stomach rape scene, I've wanted to see it a 2nd time, but I can't go back to it, knowing that scene's there.Ross Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15695960005732475663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724552330122407809.post-72558550531003030222008-06-06T10:27:00.000-07:002008-06-06T10:27:00.000-07:00I don't think that the director had to have femini...I don't think that the director had to have feminist intentions for this to be a quasi-feminist film. I doubt the director really cared at all about women as a group. But I think, inadvertently maybe, he ended up making a statement, comedic relief or not. I think his attempts at humor (her calling that guy a "bitch" or maybe even part of the castration scene, for example) sometimes become a way of her empowerment towards the end of the film. But I'm definitely not sure. I hated watching this movie.whitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06048153758556096552noreply@blogger.com